The Strongest Assassin Team

"Today! I will win today!"

She often made self affirmations at the beginning of her day.

Afterward she would begin circling her wrist and stretching out her fingers. This was preparation for her extensive gaming which often happened daily.

"I will not lose!" she thought, as she started up the game on her phone.

Today was her day off, and she had planned to spend the whole day playing her game.

The game screen finished loading.

[System: Would you like to Login?]

[System: Yes. No.]

[Selecting: Yes.]

A big spiral and flash appeared on the screen as she began entering the game world.

Her character loaded into the town called "Newsgreen" , with her recently acquired "Vagabonds Cloak" . The cloak covered her character from top to bottom, which made it difficult to see her weapons and boots beneath it.

As she walked through the town she noticed players were giving her suspicious and demeaning looks.

"You there!" said an in-game officer.

Officers: are played by the game developers. Officers handle the task of capturing players who break the rules of the game and gathering evidence of their crime. Officers also have skills which give them the ability to see players' names even from a far distance.

Kana responded nervously"Wha-?"

"You are under arrest for a suspected pk (player kill) ." said the Officer.

Kanas' face is full of shock. She puts her head down and allows herself to be arrested.

Kana thought to herself, " I did kill another player..but it was self defense."

A swirling light blue portal appears. Kana and the officer travel through the portal to the police station.

Portals:

Portals are an in-game function limited to certain players free of charge, while others must pay for "portal shards" which allow them to create portals to venture to a select location.

As she was being taken to her cell she realized a piece of paper with her face on it, titled; "ACCUSED" in red marker.

DUM! The cell door had been shut.

"Your friend will be arriving shortly," said the officer.

" Friend? Guh.. grrrr uuuhhh," she thought in growls. "Who could have accused me, I didn't see anyone else there--I don't want to lose-my coins, I've been saving them for so long, and who's the friend? I don't have any."

"Your friend is here," said an officer. He offered to pay fully for your release if you talk with him.

The officer motioned her towards the separate room with a glass window; between her and the guy who called himself her friend. The window had multiple holes in the middle, which fit the shape of a circle; for speaking purposes. He sat on the other side.

He was a fairly tall man with silver hair and elf ears. He wore all black. Black glasses- which were shades. A black tie, black suit, black socks, black pants, black dress shirt, and if that wasn't enough he had black gloves.

"Why so much black." She thought as she took a seat at the window.

"My player name is X-Shadow," said the man. "I'm here to get you out. But I need to know--did you kill another player?"

Kana looked nervously, searching for the proper response.

"Wha- what if I did ?" she said.

He slightly grinned.

"Tsk. Forget it", he said. "Are you into manga by any chance?"

"Huh, uh.. umm… yea-h". she said.

His eyes lit up.

"Nice! Do you read any regularly?" he said.

"Yeah, I'm into the horror ones."

"Oh… so are you into the action ones too."

"Yeah, like the scenes in the horror manga where the characters fight back against the killer or killers— idk, but yeah that's action."

"Cool," He said. "I have some bad news for you Kana. "From this day forward you're going to be in my party.

Party: A team of two or more players. Both players can receive a party bonus by gaining experience while playing together. These bonuses include new skills, more coins, and greater overall character power.

"What! No." She responded.

"What a shame", he said. "You're an assassin class too right?"

"Yeah", she said.

"Then let's be the strongest assassin team." He said.

End of Chapter 4