Chapter 46
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This is awkward. It is quite late at night and I decided to accompany Aini to her house before going home myself.
"Hey.."
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Aini was the first to break the silence.
"Yeah?" I simply reply.
"I'm sorry... I made you fight..."
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That's right. I used to hate fighting a lot.
Doing so will drag everyone around me into my mess. The reason why my parents died...the accident my sister got into... the downfall of my family...all of it happened just because I offended some notorious gang. Though I could defeat their numbers no matter how much, I am still powerless if they hold my family hostage. in the end, I didn't listen to their warning and beat the shit out of every one of them.
And of course...they hold a deep grudge against me and wanted revenge.
Although they could not defeat me physically, they can torture me psychologically. My father was fired and humiliated. My mother was kidnapped and tortured before she died...though I also suspect that they raped her. Unable to come face to face with reality, my father committed suicide. Somehow, someone spread that fact and it turned into a rumour spreading to my sister's high school and everyone started bullying her because of it. Her accident...also happened because of her classmate's "teasing".
As I thought of that, I clenched my fist so tightly even blood starts to appear. I cower in fear and acted like a weakling in the past because I don't want to deal with them anymore and is afraid of anything happening to Aini too but now...it's different.
EVERYONE SINGLE ONE OF YOU...I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU ARE...I WILL KILL YOU AND EVERYONE RELATED TO YOU. ONE BY ONE, I WILL SEND YOU DOWN PERSONALLY.
Screw the news. I don't mind getting the attention of authorities if I can kill every one of them who killed my parents and injured my sister. I won't even mind being jailed.
But of course, I am not so dumb as to let myself be caught by the police so easily. I will also hide all forms of evidence and bodies. If I'm unlucky and they manage to outsmart me, then that's that. I don't care what happens to me.
"Karma?"
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"Oh! uh...yes?"
"This is far enough. I can go on my own now. My house is just right there." says Aini, pointing at the house just opposite the street.
"Alright...good night."
"en...good night."
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I wake up the next day and was preparing to go to work when I received a message from the store manager. He said that I can go on paid leave for a week!
...Looks like he is quite wise. He doesn't want to attract the attention of the Yakuza clan to the convenience store and since I'm the centre of attention now, he wanted me to stay away.
"Alright, Thank you. If you need any help in the store, contact me." I replied.
"Uhm karma!" says Mino suddenly.
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I almost dropped my phone!
"H-Hey, Don't suddenly talk and scare me."
"oh...I'm sorry...wait! This isn't the time for this. I found something online that you should see!"
hm?
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Shit...
Someone placed a bounty on my head...not in real life yet but in the game. ("yet")
1 billion US Dollars...so it's someone from the USA?
That's 106,804,000,000 yen...damn...
Wait...what if I "kill" myself and take the bounty...
Hehe...
"Mino, help me find information about the person who issued this bounty."
"Alright!"
She went into work while I check the forum of the bounty.
Many people did not take up the bounty because I was ranked first globally. But, those are only individual solo players. Some people started forming groups and I even attracted the attention of a local famous e-sport group.
Not bad...
oh?
I saw a group currently recruiting vanguards.
Hahahahaha!!!!
I am going to scam this man's money, whoever you are who placed this bounty on me.
I request to message the group leader on the forum using a completely new account, Kel290.
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Kel290: Hi, I heard you are looking for a vanguard to hunt Karma down.
Eugenkills09: Yep. you up?
Kel290: Yes, I use blades or dual blades and specialize in ambush. So I can be both an assassin and a vanguard.
Eugenkils09: Oh nice! We can execute most of our plans now with you!! But...would you say that your swordsmanship is on par with Karma?
Kel290: Hmmm...I can probably outrun him but I don't think my power is enough. (Disclaimer: This is pure BS made up by Karma to fool the leader.)
Eugenkils09: That's okay. I will be adding you to the group.
Eugenkils09 has invited you to a group: Wickes
Accept?
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Wickes?
I feel like I heard that name before? when did I hear that...
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Eugenkils09: what's worng?
Eugenkils09: wrong*
Eugenkils09: Should I send the link instead?
Kel290: It's fine. I was just lagging.
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Welcome to the group: Wickes
currently online members:
Eugenkils09, Kelli, Ten_tan, LUsick
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kel290 joined the group.
Kelli: Oh, is that the new guy? :3
LUsick: dude, I said I could handle being a vanguard alone. If he joins, we will need the share the bounty with him too.
Eugenkils09: Come on! don't be like that, better safe than sorry. besides, that's a huge sum of bounty, wouldn't affect us too much if we spilt it up by 5 instead of 4.
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Hmm... it's not still coming to me. These guys seem so familiar but I just can't...quite put my finger on where.
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Kel290: Btw, I'm curious. what are you guys gonna do with the money?
Eugenkils09: Not much, I'm just going to use it for my mother's surgery and the rest, do whatever I want with it.
LUsick: Why the hell should I tell you, wait what the heck?!? Why are you telling this stranger that!?!
Eugenkils09: Come on! No harm in doing so.
Kelli: I would spend it on candies...and a bit for my brother hehe. :>
LUsick: You too!?!? Ugh...fine... I will spend it to buy a better house for my mother I guess...She has been living in that shabby place for too long!
Kelli: Mummy boy.
Eugenkils09: Mummy boy.
Kel290: Mummy boy.
LUsick: Oh come on! Even the stranger is joining in too?!
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I smiled while messaging this group of people. I like how laid back they are and this "LUsick" guy's reaction is really good...
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They are all good people.
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Then am I the bad one here...
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No, What the hell am I thinking. Nobody helped me when I needed help. Why should I bother about these strangers? They might even be faking it.
Afterwards, the leader explained to me their plan. Because I sort of went into hiding at stage 3 and completed the stage fast, none of them was able to capture a recording of my fights or moves so they showed me footage of stages 2 and 1.
When I fight that pig silverfish, I turned off my fake username and showed my real username so they shouldn't be able to notice that I'm both Kel and Karma.
But I also know that someone will notice sooner or later. So I need to change my username and avatar soon.
They notice that my speed and attack is my main attribute. Not bad. So they devised an actual good plan, unlike that pig head.
Kelli is a marksman with slow reloading speed but incredible attack power. if you multiply her attack by 3, it is almost the same amount as mine, which is impressive. She has however low defence.
Ten_tan, the AFK girl is the strategizer with support skills. They say she has a sharp observation and can think quicker than average people.
Eugenkils09 is the mid support. he has the most average build out there which is an attack, sub-defence build but his skills can combo with each other continuously. Kind of like spamming abilities. he can even stun.
LUsick is a Tank that has almost zero attacks but has high speed and defence, very fitting for a tank. he also uses skills like aggro, buff defence, and buff team's defence.
(From now on, Karma will talk as if he is not Karma and just Kel so might be a bit confusing from here.)
Since I can outrun "myself", I will be the main distractor and main fighter of "myself". My goal is not to kill Karma but to distract him for the other members hiding to ambush. Of course, that won't kill Karma so they decided to make use of Kelli's attack power.
the pattern is like this:
1. I distract and try to outrun Karma while Kelli charges her sniper rifle, Eugenkils09, and Ten_tan will watch the rear guard just in case Karma hired any allies to help him.
2. If Karma decided to ignore me and manages to reach a certain distance from Kelli, LUsick will step up and block. I must then use that chance to either finish him off or throw him off and start distracting him away again.
I asked them why they are so confident LUsick can block my attack, LUsick took a screenshot of his BOG stats and sends them to the group. Even I am surprised. LUsick has a total of 900k Defense stats with a shitty 109 attack stats. I need to attack LUsick twice to break through his defence if I go all out. If he uses his skills, I will need 3 times...damn...
3. Kelli will give the signal and I will have to go out of the way. Her skill can auto-lock on an enemy but the explosion is quite destructive and powerful. That's why I will have to lure Karma away while also escaping myself.
4. repeat.
So technically I will be doing most of the work and they agreed to let me take 30 percent of the bounty instead of 20.
and...
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Ten_tan: .
Eugenkils09: Oh! Ten_tan is back...Wait, how long have you been staring at your screen and not saying anything?
Ten_tan: The new guy is suspicious.
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Kel290: What do you mean?
Ten_tan: you knew too much information about Karma. As if you are Karma yourself.
Kel290: what do you mean too much, I observed all of that from the footage.
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damn it...they did say this Ten_tan have sharp observation skills.
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Ten_tan: I see...nvm.
Eugenkils09: Sorry about that, She likes to suspect people. Don't mind her.
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Shit...I almost got caught. She is too sharp. I need to watch out for her.