Chapter 47
I tried to contact Flowerbloom, also known as, Kozumi Itanashi but she did not answer. Even after spam calling her about ten times, no one picked up.
Did she go into hiding because she lost her bet with me? That's weird. She shouldn't know that this is my number since I never called her before. Or did she entirely shut herself off from the world...ugh whatever.
I will try to find her next time. Now the most important thing is...completing my plan.
I've laid and completed all requirements. Now I just need to get that skill and I can scam that ridiculous money for my sister's hospital bills. After that, I won't need to complete the game...I just want to take my revenge against those bastards. There should still be...40+ members left excluding En. But judging from everything so far, I highly doubt that En also participated in my betrayal but there is still a small...very small possibility, can't rule that out.
I went out and went to the nearest BOG store I can find.
BOG shops sell merchandise, vanity, and weapons and tools for in-game character and most importantly, skills. Some skills sold here cannot be obtained anyway in the game but people don't know that. As most skills can be obtained through levelling or experience in the game, they don't care.
I walk to the skills rack and grab one of the cards that caught my eye.
"Perfect..." I mumble.
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Skill: Clone.
Create a clone of yourself and control it.
disclaimer: It takes a lot of brainpower to control both your main body and your clone so it is recommended to only control your clone while you hide your main character somewhere. BOG is not responsible for any brain damage caused by excessive control.
Lvl 1: Clone Takes after 30% of your stats(You can alter the clone's look.)
LVL 2: 50%
LVL 3: 65%
LVL 4: 80%
LVL 5: 100%
LVL 6: Clone can now use skills from your character
LVL 7: two clones can be spawned
LVL 8(Maxed): three clones can be spawned.
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Not bad indeed. 30% of my stats are enough to fool people. Adding on to the fact that i can alter its looks, saved me a lot of time and effort.
heh...
I bought this skill card and went back home, plugged it into my headset and input it into my account.
Alright...I have done that and now everything should be set.
As I thought of that, a message came.
It's from Reina. It's a message saying just "OX".
What?
...
Wait.
There are invisible letters in this message.
...
What is this!?!? A puzzle-riddle solving game? I'm not very good at those.
I tried decoding it and the only thing I can understand is outside Shinjuku station.
That's quite far, I'm currently at Nakano estate...shit.
I decided to go to Shinjuku.
After around 1 to 2 hours, I reach there and scouted around the station until i find something on the floor. It's a hairpin...this belongs to Ika!?!?
What the!?
I asked around and this uncle says "I saw a group of men forcing two girls into that alley just a few hours ago, one of them is quite short and the other has a ponytail."
"What?!? Why didn't you call the police?!!?" I shout and grab his collar.
"U-Uh...that's"
"Tch, whatever."
I throw him onto the floor and ran towards the alley and which leads to one door.
...
Losing my patience, I grab a metal pole I find on the floor and kick the metal door down.
*BOOOOOOM!!!*
After one strong kick, I left a deep marking on the door but it's still not open.
Tch, this thing is strong.
"Huh? Who are you, what are you doing?" says a group of men behind, I immediately attack them without hesitation.
!!!!!!
Instantly all five of them is knocked out, I want to finish them off but the girls are more important.
With another powerful kick, I bust a hole in the metal, reinforced door and charged in.
Every single people I went through is either knocked out or killed as the metal pipe have a sharp tip at the end. I doubt I will be arrested because of this. Those police officers don't care about every Yakuza's death.
After clearing out every room, I reach the final door at the end of the long hallway.
Kicking the door down, I see a few men surrounding Reina and Ika. Reina is trying to protect Ika by being in front of her.
Once they see me, all bloody with blood dripping pipe, some start to tremble.
"?" a lady at the other end of the huge room throws me a glance. I felt some sort of chill down my spine, was it my imagination?
It seems like I'm in some sort of an underground arena. The spectator seats are filled with gangsters and only one lady stands out. She is sitting at the upper level which I assume is the VIP seat.
"You don't need to know who I am, let them go!" I shout.
"Oh? the rumoured master likes to be a hero huh." says the lady.
Rumoured master? Who is she? She is dressed in a Kimono like Kozumi in BOG with thick makeup. Oh my god, so much mascara.
She laughs after seeing my confused expression and jumps down from the upper level. despite the height, she landed perfectly fine and elegant in a way too.
"Are these two associated with you?" She asks.
I nod.
"Hahahahaha!!!! Good. I originally only wanted to know more about this person called Karma from BOG them but someone more interesting appeared. I heard that you are stronger than me, is that true?"
so it's my fault huh...
I smirk. "Want to find out?"
She immediately appears in front of me and I managed to step back before her fans cut my face.
She's fast!! And she uses a fan as a weapon!?!?
The spectators start to escape after seeing this lady fight, those gangsters know that they will die if they continue to stay here. Although some still stopped at the entrance to watch the fight.
I jump back and continuously dodge her barrage of insane attacks.
Shit! this woman keeps changing the way she attacks, I can't predict her attacks at all.
But...if I can't predict, then I just have to do this.
I stomp onto the ground with power equivalent to 5 times the strength of bears and the explosion of dust and cement managed to make the lady steps back herself. Amidst the dust, she fans it away within one stroke but I am nowhere to be seen.
"Where did you-"
When she notices where I am, it's too late.
I attack from behind and the lady attempted to deflect my pipe away, she successfully did so but I hid a speck of dust and throws them at her face.
!!!!!
She tries to block it, probably because she is wearing makeup and I kick the fan away before grabbing her entire body and flipping her.
!!
She falls onto the ground with a loud thud and I stomp on her torso, creating an intense impact that broke the floor into debris.
the impact releases a large amount of dust and that's when I realized she is gone.
!!!! She's using my trick from just now!?!?!
Where is she-
I suddenly felt an impact from behind, someone kicks my spine with both legs and I flew in front. To prevent me from colliding into the wall, I flip mid-air and my feet touches the wall before I use it as a boost to charge against that lady.
!
She did not expect me to do that and failed to go into a defensive stance in time, I knee her chin following up with a kick to the head.
She falls and slides across the floor in pain.
"I-Impressive...as expected of this rumoured master." says the lady, slowly getting back up.
!!!
She stood up!?!? How is she acting like she is completely fine? I attacked her brain and nerves and she still can talk and stand. What kind of monster...Tch.
"So can I leave with them now?" I ask.
"Sure, go ahead. Today has been really interesting and I would like to end it here. Let us hope we meet again, Karma."
What the!?!? I didn't mention my name once and she already figured out...what a true monster.
and she disappears without a trace, really without a trace, she just suddenly vanishes into thin air.
what the hell...
I left the underground arena with the girls. On the way out, I tell them to close their eyes...they don't want to see this gore after all.
They followed me back to my apartment after that.
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"Hey girls, I have two choices for you. First, you can just use your blessing skill on me and then leave the team. Being acquainted with me right now is dangerous, you should have seen it yourself."
"Then, what's the second choice," asks Reina without hesitation.
"The second choice is that you move somewhere near my house, that way, i can try to protect both of you more easily. We don't need to worry about En. She is from a rich family with high-quality bodyguards."
"Understood!" both of the girls say in sync.
!
"Y-You girls are oddly...willing to stay near me. Are you sure? the estate and rooms around here are quite shabby though the landlord lady is kind and nice. She sometimes let me skip rents too!!"
Ika nods her head. "I...don't want to leave your side."
Reina widens her eyes at Ika's remark. Then she calms down and says "M-Me too."
"I-...alright then, your choice," I say with a sigh.