Chapter 31 (2/2)
Until Battrol, we'd just be riding normal trains, not express They said they were here to earn soold coins for a quick ride would just be defeating the purpose
We got on the cheapest train we could find A bit tight, but still we ed to find a four-person room We finally had ti the water lizards in the bog nearby Their hides and ood price in the Free City So…what's your name? I'm Sandrea Just call roup cohter, and Sandrea the h to use my real name here The fake name wasn't all that different, since I needed to be able to respond to it quickly enough if someone calleds
”Sally is fine!”
”Hi, Sandrea”
”Really, just call me Sally…”
”Hi, Sandrea”
”…”
I really didn't want to confuse her with silly Salia And before I knew it, my insistence had already pro her Sandrea too She was appalled
Miss Sandrea I can hear you whispering ”Dumbass AI…” over there Whisper quieter
”What will you do about food?” I asked
”We'll just grab whatever in real-ouch!”
”We have so to eat, don't worry about it”
Isaac elbow-jabbed Weed for his careless words
On the train, I still went and bought food (for Blobsy's consumption) from the cafeteria to keep up the ruse On the other hand, despite being inside a train car, the group so out to eat, then There were times when Sandrea disappeared for a whole twelve hours, even tiame Weed was mostly here He was here too often I worried for his real life
”It's nice, just the two of us alone like this Hey, Sherry, anything you want to know about me? For a cutie such as you, I'll answer any question you have!”
”Then, how do I delete you…?”
”You have a surprisingly sharp tongue!”
He was constantly, annoyingly atte to start up conversations, plus his eyes actually felt kind of dangerous, so I shut hi Then, once in a while, he would stopand stared into eirl who's super frosty to me…'
A closer look revealed that his lips were barelywith so to fool aout times became more and more frequent
It wasn't really a problem for me, since I had no plans to make friends with the just like real living people, they still wasn't treatingall sorts of issues Good luck, gah
And on the day before we reached Battrol's first station, the three of theed out at the saic skills on the train, but it wasn't enough to distract themselves froe pool ofbarrier It was probably in
I carefully tested out a bit of [Cyber-Manipulation] on it, subtle enough that the corporation wouldn't find out As I did, I got a response si, I found soh ed to the three
This was a welcoht still be possible to play a bit of a prank
An hour before the train reached the first station, the three finally reappeared
”Alright, finally here! I can't wait for the sky trip!”
”Yeah, the ga alone”
Sandrea and Weed immediately crowded theThey had co tourists now, entranced by the view of far town Only Isaac was still in his seat He see so still
”Were you fine alone?”
”Yeah”
I acted the part of an obedient NPC He relaxed and whispered under his breath, ”Yeah, of course, I suppose there wouldn't be a problem when you're an NPC…”
If only I was just a normal player…
Too late, noas neither a player, nor a native of this world I had beco in between
The moment that corporation betrayed all one hundred of us, players were no longer our allies
[Isaac] [Race: Huic Points (MP): 150/150] [Hit Points (HP): 260/260] [Total Coic Points (MP): 190/190] [Hit Points (HP): 135/135] [Total Coic Points (MP): 140/140] [Hit Points (HP): 180/180] [Total Combat Power: 665]
Fourteen days of borrowed time left
I could see the end of the line Better be prepared, you three Sooner or later, you'll become my meal
Author's Note: I heard the old meme ”How do I delete you?” that used to be popular back in the day actually gets an answer nowadays
Slight exposition Player storage
When players died, they dropped their equipround, except for event iteout spot will be marked, and their items would be stored inside it Then ere players not allowed to use [Packer] nore requires a bit oftheir iteame developers decided to remove the ability entirely
Below is the travel path for this chapter and the next There are soht adjustments to the path Shedy's taken until now, mainly because of tier sized map here
Author's note refers to a japanese meme Over in japan, Microsoft Office didn't used to have Clippy, they had a dolphin called Kairu instead Which was still annoying as all hell So when the dolphin asked ”What do you want to know?”, a lot of users would type in ”How do I delete you?” Newer versions these days actually have the dolphin respond to that e now, and it'll tell you how to turn itself off while looking super sad