Episode 6 "Death Gun"

 It will be a story from the start of the finals to the joint fight with Sinon.

The previous flag is already reclaimed.

Then go ahead!

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Episode 6 "Death Gun"

“Ta, shield killer!?”

"I'm sorry...get off!"

Fifteen minutes had already passed since the start of the finals. He engages a player he encounters in the woods, using his shield to deflect the onslaught of machine guns while firing his shotgun head-on.

　

"Gah...!"

"... don't feel bad..."

　

A few players were hit by shots from close range, but their HP remained, but they were greatly disturbed. In order to finish off such an opponent, I shot between my eyebrows with a handgun.

　

"... Phew... As expected of the finals. Quite tough."

　

After finishing the battle, I waited for the scan to start after confirming that there were no enemies around. At first, I started in the middle of the forest, so I didn't know the direction at all.

　

With this, we can finally escape from the forest... thinking so, it's time to scan.

　

(... There are quite a few people who have dropped out from the beginning... Sinon seems to have survived... Is the Pale Rider in question... fighting with the player... Hmm, Kirito? ?)

　

I checked the positions of all the players and roughly grasped the battle situation... but Kirito in question was nowhere to be found.

I searched all over the scan screen, but it was nowhere to be found... and then the scan ended.

　

(Does this mean that I'm out of range of the scan?...for now anyway...)

　

It was a miscalculation that I didn't know Kirito's location, but for the time being, I thought I should pursue the first target, the Pale Rider, and started moving from that location.

　

　

　

(Is this an iron bridge...? Who is there?)

Guessing from the direction of movement of the Pale Rider, it was the iron bridge that arrived. In order not to be noticed, I was watching the situation from a bush a little away from the iron bridge. A cowboy-like man seemed to be ambushing the iron bridge. Then, a player in a full-body camouflage-colored rubber suit came from the other side.

　

(Is he Pale Rider?)

　

Then the cowboy fired a machine gun...but...

　

(Wow!...what a move!? It's like 3D combat, it's acrobatic...does GGO have skills like that...!I'm really interested!!!)

　

I was fascinated by the movements of the Pale Rider. Out of curiosity, I became interested in GGO's skills, but I immediately remembered my purpose and continued watching the battle. Pale Rider continued to toy with Cowboy and finished him off with a shotgun. Really strong... but...

　

(It's not him... For now, let's leave here...)

　

That's what I thought, and when I was about to leave...

　

Bang...!

"Eh...!?"

　

When I looked back at the sound I heard, the Pale Rider had fallen.

　

(…Done!? Who!? Gunshots!?)

　

When you erase the presence and search the surroundings again

　

...he was there...

　

No, to be exact, when did he appear?

　

(...when did he do it?!)

　

I try to grasp the situation somehow in a sudden event. However, he approached Pale Rider, who had collapsed and couldn't move.

With the worst case in mind, I held my handgun ready to shoot at any moment.

　

Pale Rider couldn't move, he hadn't even moved a little since a while ago. He stood in front of the Pale Rider and readied a black handgun. He took a cross-shaped pose in front of him.

　

(Huh? It's bad!!!)

　

I had a bad feeling... I immediately focused on the bullet circle and fired my handgun, regardless of what I was going to find out.

　

Bang! Dogon!

"...!? (From another direction?!)"

　

He dodged a sniper fire from the other direction. As a result, the bullet I fired was also dodged.

As he was looking in the direction of the sniper, I averted my gaze...

　

(Sinon!? Kirito too...!)

　

There, Kirito and Sinon were hiding behind a rock. And when I look back at him...

This time he was looking at me...and...

　

"Huh..."

"W-Stop!?"

　

It looked like he was laughing...I screamed involuntarily and tried to fire my handgun...

He shot the Pale Rider with a black handgun...that shot reduced the Pale Rider's HP a little bit.

　

Then, as if it had become able to move, Pale Rider immediately stood up and counterattacked...

　

"...!?...?!?!?!"

　

···could not. Pale Rider squeezed his chest painfully and collapsed on the spot. Just like that, he grabbed the air with his hands and changed into a green polygon...the words "DISCONNECTION" were displayed, which means line disconnection.

　

「・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・」

　

I was at a loss for words, not knowing what had happened. But he held his gun up on camera as he stomped on the letters.

　

"The true name of me and this gun is Death Gun... I will appear in front of you someday... and with this gun, I will bring real death... I have that power...

Don't forget... it's not over yet... nothing is over...!

It's show time...! ”

"Huh...!?"

　

With those words, he disappeared into the shadow of the pillar. For a moment, I thought about pursuing, but since I didn't know what the opponent was doing, I decided to join Kirito and the others, thinking it would be dangerous to pursue them.

　

As soon as I went to the rocky place where Kirito and the others were, it seemed that it was time for the scan, and Sinon was checking the scan.

　

"Eh... lie..."

　

Sinon let out a surprised voice.

　

"What's wrong, Sinon?"

"Huh! What is it, Fon..."

"Eh...? Huh, Fon! When did it happen!?"

"Just now... I was chasing the Pale Rider too."

"Already! Even you... don't be surprised by suddenly appearing!!"

"Wow, sorry...because I was nearby. So what were you surprised about...?"

"...look at this...the cloak from earlier isn't there."

"what···?"

　

Hearing Sinon's words, I looked at the scan screen too, but there were certainly no other players besides us and the cowboy player from earlier.

　

"···What does it mean?"

"Did you move in such a short time...?

No, it's probably the same as Kirito."

"With Kirito...?"

"Yeah, this is your chance...!"

"chance···?"

　

Kirito tilted his head at Sinon's words. I was completely unable to keep up with the conversation with a question mark above my head.

　

"That cloak hasn't moved to the terminal. It's diving in the river like you... If so, it should be fully disarmed."

"... Ah, so you didn't know Kirito's location in the scan just now... but with the pistol just now, can't you equip it and dive?"

　

In Sinon's words, I hit the question that came up when I was clear about the scan mystery.

　

"Even if it's like that, I can easily push through a handgun."No!!!"

Kirito interrupted Sinon's proposal.

"Didn't you see...? That black pistol that killed Pale Rider...! If you get even one shot, you might really die!?"

"Uh...I...don't want to admit...that I'm actually killing people instead of PKing..."

"Even so, it's still here...that boromanto...death gun killed a lot of people in that world too...!"

"...if my HP is completely lost, the opponent will die...knowing that...while enjoying that, I swung my sword down...!"

　

In response to Sinon's denial, Kirito and I told him that he wasn't someone we could talk to.

　

"... Really, such a person... in GGO..."

"At least... there's a possibility that two more people are victims..."

"...!?..."

"···Sinon?"

"............"

"Sinon!!!"

"Ha... it's okay, I was just a little surprised..."

　

I called out to Sinon, whose appearance had changed, but there was no response. When Kirito grabbed her by the shoulder and called out to her, she seemed to finally notice.

　

"To be honest, I can't believe what you guys are saying right away... but I can't believe it's all lies and fiction."

"···Thank you"

"If you say so, it will help me."

"For the time being, let's get away from here. There is a high possibility that the player who thought the three of us were still fighting would come to aim for the fisherman's profit."

"Do you get it"

"Then let's split up here."

　

While Kirito and I were keeping an eye on Sinon's proposal, we decided to part ways with Sinon.

　

"Eh...? Oh, what are you guys going to do?"

"We chase Death Gun"

"Sinon, please stay away from him as much as possible."

"But...!"

"It's okay, I'll keep my promise... Thank you for listening to me instead of shooting me just now... Let's go, Fong."

"Oh"

“Hey, wait a minute…!?”

　

With Sinon's voice behind me, Kirito and I were about to jump off the rocks and move along the river through the forest.

　

"Wait!!!"

""eh···?""

　

Sinon stopped us with a loud voice. Instinctively, we stopped and waited for Sinon to catch up.

　

"Phew...I'm going too."

　

Involuntarily hearing those words, Kirito and I looked at each other.

　

"That Death Gun...it's pretty strong. If you lose to him, I won't be able to fight you."

"Oh... that's..."

"...so let's make a truce here and hit him together... kick him out."

"... No, no. It's too dangerous...!"

"We're dealing with an enemy whose whereabouts we don't know, so whether we're together or not, aren't we together?"

"·····OK"

"···yes"

　

My dissenting opinion was brilliantly returned to Sinon's words. No matter what I said, I thought that this was a bad pattern, so I entrusted the decision to Kirito. With a wry smile, Kirito agreed to Sinon's proposal... At the same time, Kirito and I each prepared our shields and light swords.

　

"Wha...!?"

　

At the same time that Sinon was surprised, a prediction line hit us. Just like that, the one-eyed player fired an assault rifle in rapid succession.

　

"Kuh!!" "Wh... this!"

　

Kirito slashed the bullets at Sinon with his light sword, while I defended myself with my shield and counterattacked with my machine gun. In response to our counterattack, he hid himself behind a rock.

　

"First... after defeating him."

"Ah. Sinon, I'll rush in, so please back up."

"Eh... Haa, Understood."

　

Kirito and I stood in front of Sinon, and Sinon got into a sniping stance... I apologize to my opponent, but I didn't feel like losing at all.

The opponent fired again, but Kirito used his innate reflexes, and I used the system's assist to cut through the gunfire, completely defending it with a shield.

　

"Ugh...!?"

"... now, Sinon!"

"...!!"

　

The moment Kirito signaled to Sinon along with that reaction, Sinon punched his opponent.

　

"Phew... let's go."

"...it's amazing no matter how you look at it, Kirito..."

"·····Really?"

「・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・」

　

After confirming that the opponent was incapacitated, I was joking about such a joke with Kirito, and I noticed that Sinon was looking at Kirito.

　

　

　

Death Gun is a sniper type... He's supposed to be good at fighting, using his weapon "Silent Assassin" and his tactics... We came to the ruins area on Sinon's advice.

I tried to confirm the location of the Death Gun with a scan, but...

　

"Death Gun's character name huh..."

"Yeah...if you don't know that, you can't snipe or ambush."

"If I remember correctly, the first player to appear... is Musketeer X, Kobold, or Stephen..."

"If all three of us are in town, there's no way we'll be ambushed..."

"... Hmm... a kobold... no way."

“…Maybe from the first floor boss?”

"... as expected, isn't that... it's like saying you're an SAO survivor..."

　

For a moment, I remembered the first floor and doubted the 'Kobolds', but I thought it was not true, and denied my thoughts at Kirito's words.

　

"Hey... just now, I was thinking... turn the musketeer upside down, Shiju... X is the cross gesture just now... Is that an easy idea?"

"I don't know... Character names are up to each person's way of thinking."

"...Certainly. My real name is also a play on... you...?"

"···Me too···"

"Ah..." "Huh..."

　

Hmmm, isn't there something strange going on here... Am I perhaps forgotten?

　

"... Ohon!"

"Oh! Alright... For the time being, if there are three of us, let's think about it at that time... If it's just the two of us, we'll go to Musketeer X."

"... tho, that's right"

　

……Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, .

　

　

　

Then it was time to enter the city and scan. We split up and checked the scans. There are two other people in town besides us...

　

“There was…Musketeer X.”

"In other words, Death Gun is Musketeer X..."

"...if that's the case, then the target... is this 'Rikoko' player..."

　

Hearing Sinon and Kirito's words, I pointed at the other player, 'Rikoko'.

　

"I have to stop it before it comes within range of the Death Gun...!"

"I'm Rikoko, and I'm going to go to the player and somehow stop him... Can Kirito, Sinon, and Musketeer X be entrusted to you?"

"Understood. Sinon, please help me."

"roger that"

"Then, later...!"

　

After confirming the plan, I parted ways with Kirito and the others to head for Ricoco to stop them.

As I ran through the ruins, I felt the presence of the player and hid behind something.

　

(Did you notice...? Well, how to buy time...)

　

That's what I thought, when I was about to stick my head out from the road facing the main street.

　

""Ah···!?""

　

I ran into a player as hard as I could! The other person probably didn't expect me to be this close to him either...he let out a voice of complete surprise and stiffened. But, as expected of a GGO warrior... immediately give me a weapon...

　

"Let me do it!"

Gon!

　

Involuntarily, without thinking, I hit my chin with my shield.

Opponent: Ricoco probably flew into the sky and fell to the ground.

　

"... Gaku...!"

　

I wonder if the fainting debuff entered, it just stopped moving...

　

"...I did it..."

　

No matter how sudden it was, even though this was a game... hitting a girl with a blunt weapon... the guilt was supposed to be terrible...

　

(No, this is to prevent the number of victims from increasing...! Yeah, that's right...!)

　

I persuaded myself to do so, pierced the body with a shotgun, and reduced its HP to zero.

　

(...and, for the time being, we succeeded in stopping them...should we reunite with Kirito and the others...)

　

That's what I thought, and it was time to leave the place.

　

tons! tons!

"Uh...! Kuh...!!!!!"

　

There was a light sound, and when I looked up at the sky, something was flying. She jumped back and raised her shield, which exploded on impact. I was lightly blown away by the impact.

　

"Guh... a bomb? A grenade launcher...? Where did it come from..."

　

When I searched for the enemy with the enemy search skill, the skill hit. The enemy... was on the roof of a building about 30 meters away. When I expanded the enemy search skill, I could see his face...but...

　

"Hey...!? De, Death... Gun?"

　

There, a silver masked player in a boro cloak stood with a grenade launcher pointed at him.

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Another Death Gun appears unexpectedly... In the

GGO arc, Fon faces off against SAO's dark side.

Please wait a little longer to find out who it really is.