After Frederick was launched by someone he couldn't recognize, the masked elf groaned after getting up.
"Man, what just...?" His instincts kicked in as he had to sidestep to the right before rolling to get more distance before taking his aiming position. From the corner of his eyes, he saw a pale woman. Her hair a hime-cut blonde hairstyle while her eyes were a faded blue as if she was very lifeless. Her dress was a white Gothic outfit and black heels with socks to match. In hand, she had a sword with chainsaw teeth around it. Her face was a neutral frown. (Who is she?) Thought the boy. Hmm, come to think of it, her resemblance looked like...
"I need you to be kept away from my Master."
"Your master?" Questioned Frederick. He was confused by this, it took him a few minutes for the gears to move and click in. This woman...SHE IS THE DOLL! "You're...Emuna's doll!"
"You're correct. I am Regalia I am the first doll that my master met. I was a gift given by my master from her parents when she was only 5." This has been a week, first Harry can have robots as his teammates, then they fought a group with the first Omega World Champion in it. Now he is fighting an inanimate object that comes to life inside Omega? What's next?! Is he going to fight a dog that turns into a half-human/half-demon dog?!
"I...really need a rest after this." Rest will have to wait because he had to dodge a charging Regalia. The masked elf retaliated quickly by loading an arrow on his bow and shooting it straight to the head of the doll. Regalia using her speed as a scout dodged it cleanly. Regalia uses her speed before leaping in the air and trying to slash Frederick. The sword starts to make a chainsaw sound while she was descending. Luckily Frederick's reactions were quick and dodged the sword. "Whoa." he sees the damage that could've been inflicted on him. ("Good thing I manage to dodge that.") thought the black-haired boy. If he ever going to defeat the blonde doll he will have to have the reactions of a cat.
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Richard and Alice were ready to take on Emuna and the army of dolls. Alice was still afraid of them that she have mustered the courage to face her fears on thanks to the brown-haired boy's encouragement. Emuna, on the other hand, was thinking of multiple things. One of them has to do with the pieces that all three of them have in their possession. If Linnet's father Leos Kishima invited her to the tournament, then it meant that he most likely was gathering the owners of each piece. Why? For what purpose? Of the 12 pieces, one of the most intimidating ones is the Pentagram of Manipulation, a piece with the ability to control the minds of people. If that piece gets into the wrong hands they can use this piece to hacked and control people inside this game unless they're protected with an anti-virus program. She assumed that he does have such a program, so, for now, she will have to focus on this fight. Speaking of it that gets the second thing in her mind. How much do they know about their pieces? From the looks of it, they seem unaware of the power that they have dangling around their necks. For example, Alice Hishikawa if she knew about the Ragging Sphere she will not have Pediophobia as that will burden the owner of that piece and be able to do incredible feats of strength. Not to mention that there's a distinguishing aura between being active and not. If active the aura of the user will be dark red, so far she sees nothing of the sort with the red-haired dark skin Japanese teen. Then there's Kurosagi, he doesn't seem to be aware that the owner of the Dragonite Diamond has the ability to transform into one due to the fact that the owner has dragon blood in him. This means that Kurosagi must have a slight tint of dragon's blood inside him. There's also the fact that neither of the pieces was responding to hers. She has read the stories that the owners could know the whereabouts of each other because the pieces responded to each other whereas it is from glowing or from the sound vibrations.
("This is indeed interesting.") she nevertheless prepared herself from the brown-haired boy's attacks. "Magdalene take care of Miss Hishikawa. Use your sniping abilities and the fact that she still fears you to your advantage." The white-haired girl told her doll.
"Yes..." With that reply the brown-haired boy wasting no time use his speed to charge towards Emuna. Despite being a wall Emuna was quite fast and her speed matches almost that of a scouter, the two of them clashed with their weapons with a strange hollow clang. Emuna backs him away and using her sword commanded some of the dolls to go after him. Richard looks to see that most of the dolls had arm cannons ready to shoot him out of the game.
"You're kidding." Using his speed he dodges the shots before he sees some going after him. He dodges one with a rapier follows by another one with a battle-ax before slashing them both. The dolls just dissipate into papers. The boy didn't have enough time to rest as Emuna called upon 8 more dolls these ones with bows. Not only now he has to dodge cannon shots but now arrows?!
"Richard!" Alice said before gasping when Magdalene appeared.
"I am your opponent." The red eyes doll said equipped with a crossbow in hand before kicking the red-haired girl. Alice sent flying crashed into the wall breaking it. The red-haired groaned in pain before she had to deflect an arrow coming her way.
"R-Release!" Alice hesitantly said before unleashing the chain that connected both halves of her pole. Magdalene dodges the half that was coming towards her.
"Is that all?" The doll said emotionless toward the red-haired girl. Magdalene proceeded to kick Alice once again before shooting her crossbow hitting the red-haired in her left arm. "I assume you're a powerhouse? If so, then the way you're now you won't be able to protect your allies. Especially if you fear people like us." People, she says? She is a doll?! An inanimate object. She knows that some can talk but they're sound recorded. This one, however, is alive and walking even talking! The more Alice thinks about it the more creep out she is. However, this doll has a point...if she doesn't fight against her fear and defeat it in battle then she won't be able to help Richard against Emuna who she assumes has more dolls ready to pounce on the brown-haired boy and even more Frederick. They haven't seen him ever since he got sent flying out of the building and into the streets of the city. She is worried that if he is defeated then that other person which she assumes is another doll will come to aid this one. She has to think fast. "Any last words." Alice uses this opportunity to swing with both hands despite having an arrow stuck into her left arm. Magdalene had to dodge from that wild swing. Alice winced from the pain of swinging despite her injuries but with this opening decided to retreat toward the window breaking it before running somewhere. She just hopes that the doll doesn't go after the brown-haired boy otherwise she will feel bad about abandoning her friend to face an army of these dolls. Magdalene, on the other hand, was not going to aid Emuna despite wanting to. Her master has instructed her to fight and defeat the red-haired teen. She has faith that her master will defeat the brown-haired boy resulting in their victory. With this victory, they will be noticed as a threat to this tournament and therefore be the favorites to win it.
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Frederick has been used to fighting fast opponents like his opponent. However, that did not mean that he has an easy or average match against them. A fight between a scout vs a sniper is 50-50 and it depends on the distance between them. If they fight most of the fight long distance then eventually the sniper will win against the scout. However, if a scout tightens the distance between each other then the advantage goes to the scout since they specialize mostly in close combats and speed. Despite scouts having the lowest damage output, their strings of attacks make up for the lack of damage they can do to the opponents.
("I got to do something to get our distance wider. Otherwise, I will be in a real pickle here.") that was the thought process from the black-haired boy as he keeps shooting arrows to keep Regalia distance in check. Regalia, however, knew that as soon as her distance became farther from the boy she will be at a huge disadvantage and it would be difficult to tighten the distance again.
"I can see in your eyes that you want some distance between us. However, that will not be possible as you can see I can keep my distance as close as possible with my speed." Regalia told Frederick as she attacks him once again. This time Frederick had to block with his hard bow. The sword strikes and tries to saw the wood but the sturdy bow would not budge. Deciding that it is useless Regalia decided to back Frederick away but as soon as possible keep herself close to him giving him no room to breathe or even load an arrow. The black-haired boy has to think of something quickly. He cannot keep blocking forever as eventually the white-haired pale doll will find an opening in his defenses and then strike him and considering that is a sword with the power of a chainsaw he can bet that he might not survive the following strike.
("This isn't good, I have to think of something quickly otherwise...") The masked black-haired boy thought and decide to get his brain gear functioning before his team has less of a chance to defeat their foes.
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Meanwhile, The brown-haired boy has been on the defensive side for almost all the matches. Emuna seems to have an infinite amount of dolls that she could call upon to block any advances that the boy tried to do towards her. He has to admit this level of pressure he has never experienced it before...and that's what makes it very awesome!
"Oh? You seem to enjoy our little game Kurosagi. Is it that exciting to be pressured and cornered with no way to bypass someone's defenses?" The white-haired asked him.
"Yeah. I really haven't been this excited for a while. Don't get me wrong I always have fun when I enter Omega. However, I haven't had a true fight like this ever since Harry and I faced each other in the finals of last year's World Tournament." He said truthfully. He and Harry had a great match in last year's finals. When Richard won it was considered a huge upset since Harry was on the verge of a 3 peat. He also fought other people who were just as strong and determined as he was. However, while those people became friendly rivals Harry was his one and true rival. Like Yin and Yang, they're both the polar opposite of each other.
"I see. I am wondering, have you heard of "The Legend of The 12 Pieces"?"
"The Legend of...Oh yeah! I heard of it. Dad always told me the story, Hmm, it was about 12 children with different pieces...?" Richard said before trailing off. It has been about 7 years since he heard that story so his memory is a bit foggy about the complete story. He does know that there was a cool one that can transform into a dragon. Dragons are his favorite mythical creature and that's saying something cause the brown-haired boy hates History class but that's the only subject that got his attention.
"You're correct. However, there's more to it than just that. It happened 3,500 years ago the 12 children were represented by 12 family branches. The 12 pieces were given by each of the chosen children after one of the tests given by each branch. Some may vary from living in the wilderness alone for 5 years or entering the dragon's den and being judged by a true living dragon. Another test was that of someone being thrown inside of a cave with no food, no water, and no ropes for safety. Did I mention that the cave is filled with tight spaces, cliffs, and wolves? I could mention the other 9 tests but we would be here all day."
"Yeah, sorry but I am not good at lessons in history."
"Fufu, I see. Well then let me explain it as short as possible. Each child after passing their test was given their pieces. Each piece had a different shape or form each with its unique skills and abilities."
"I really don't know why you're telling me this."
"Oh it is quite simple that is because..." The white-haired girl would've continued if it wasn't for the next set of words.
'Warning! Warning! Medium Level Virus detected: Proceeding to prepare anti-virus program.'
"What?" The brown-haired boy said. Suddenly the environment started to change. Cables started to come from below and start to coil slowly on said building. The windows started to crack before some shattered.)
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Outside Frederick and Regalia stopped their fight as soon as they heard the message before the sky became pitch black and cables started to appear from the ground. The cables started to slowly coil on the buildings and even some try to coil on them to no avail as Regalia easily cut through them. Frederick dodged the cables that try to lash and coil to him like anacondas before shooting arrows to them getting them stuck into the ground to a strange hissing sound.
("What is going on.")
"We must head back to our groups now. It's very dangerous here." Regalia told the black-haired boy who agreed with her. This place was getting dangerous and the environment wasn't helping it either. The best they can do is regroup and see how to solve this. This is the first time that a virus has appeared in the middle of a game, even more, why haven't they been teleported out of the game yet? Has the virus already enter their profiles and now is preventing the computer from reading their binary codes so it can use the command to teleport each player out of Omega so they can solve the dilemma? If so then they must find the source of the problem quickly before it becomes more complicated.
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The brown-haired boy and his opponent were now helping each other repel the cables that have started to invade the insides of the building. Emuna used her dolls along with her string sword to cut through them while the brown-haired boy using his speed dodged the cables before cutting through them in fast swift motions. However, the more cables they cut it seems to make them multiply.
"Is there no end to this?!" Richard asked himself. Just then a pair of arrows impaled some of the cables who tried to sneak up on the brown-haired boy.
"Richard!" The boy turns to see the red-haired girl along with one of Emuna's dolls who was holding a crossbow.
"Alice!"
"Master."
"Magdalene. It seems that someone wasn't to entertain with our battle."
"What is happening?" Alice asked. Alice was still a bit afraid of the dolls that it was slowly subsiding since the warning of a virus invading the game. Magdalene saved Alice from being dragged by one of the cables. Alice returned the favor by spiking her pole on one of the cables which made a loud hissing sound. Hearing that made her realize that there are scarier things than living dolls in a game.
"It seems that we have ourselves a...hacker."
"A Hacker? Like one of those people who uses bugs and exploits to find cracks in the program system?" Richard told before Alice looks at him incredulously. "What?"
"You, since when do you know a lot about programs? You barely pay attention to history!"
"I don't like History class! Besides I have to know about these things you never know when they come in handy." The brown-haired responded.
"You're correct Kurosagi it seems that we're against a black hat hacker."
"Black Hat?"
"She means we're against someone who has malicious intentions. They are 3 types of hackers. The first one is the white hacker, these ones are just inside the company to help said company from other hackers invading their systems by countering the threat by exploiting the system themselves without harming any data nor corrupting it. You can say they're the loyal soldiers in an army." Richard explained.
"The second ones are the Grey hats. While these don't serve a threat they use bugs and exploits to either prank companies or other players. They're just hacking for fun."
"Oh! Like trolls?!" Alice asked Magdalene.
"...Yes."
"Um, what was that delay respond right now?" Alice asks the red eyes doll.
"To clarify it for her Hishikawa, yes they are trolls who are just doing it for fun, they're neither good nor bad. However, they are blamed because people think they're the third class of hackers."
"The one who is responsible for this virus, right?" Emuna nodded in response.
"Black hats are deemed as the most dangerous of hackers as they use bugs and exploits for their very own gain, the gain of other companies that are trying to sabotage a rival company just so they can move up in the ranks nor other fellow hackers that can use the information they get from their fellow hacker to use as a bribe to get what they want."
"But why would anyone do this? Especially to a game that we love?" Alice said feeling sad.
"There are many reasons for them to do so...But it seems that this one has a goal in mind."
"Which is...?" Richard said.
"Revenge." Revenge? Why would someone want revenge on the game? Or is it...?!
"Guys!"
"Frederick!"
"Master."
"Regalia, How is the environment outside?"
"Not good. The sky is pitch black, not to mention that the place is in total blackout. It seems that a medium-level threat is going to become a high-level threat."
"Hmm, if that happens then that means that they will show up."
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"They?"
"Kurosagi, Hishikawa, and Santos too. There's something that I must reveal to all of you." Emuna said showing a bracelet with a black coffin that she held in her left hand.
"Er...Okay, you have a coffin necklace. Neat, But that is not such a big revelation. The way you said it was looking as if you were going to reveal the secrets of the world." Richard said.
"It is. Now let me explain it to you. You know that I asked you about "The Legend Of The 12 Pieces", correct?"
"Yeah..."
"Your necklace."
"Huh?" The brown-haired boy and the red-haired girl said before taking their necklaces into their hands. "You mean these things, what about it?"
"These are not ordinary necklaces you see. Let me ask you have you ever felt something strange happen to you when you were given these necklaces? Like a sudden burst of anger, or the feeling of transforming into something?" Emuna asked. Now that the white-haired mention it Alice doesn't remember her fight against Heidi that much with the exception that in the middle of the fight she hears a very annoying voice shrilling and screeching in her ear. There was also the time that her necklace glowed for a few seconds before it dissipated. Her trail of thoughts, however, were interrupted by the appearance of cables hissing at them.
"Master this place is not safe anymore."
"You're right Regalia, let us retreat somewhere safe."
"But where? We were outside and we had to fight our way to get inside this building!" Frederick pointed out.
"There's a place."
"Huh?"
"While we were heading to this building I saw the gear in the center of the city not being taken over by the virus."
"Why there?"
"Hmm...I see it seems that this virus is still in mid-level if we manage to get there we might be able to access the mainframe."
"The mainframe is in there?"
"Yes."
"How do you know this?!" Frederick said quite impressed by the knowledge of the white-haired girl.
"Fufufu, There are a lot of Revelations left for me to tell all of you about. But for now, we must reach the mainframe before the virus evolves into a high-level threat." Emuna said and they have to agree if this is the mid-level of a virus they cannot imagine what will it look like if this virus reaches its maximum level.
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Meanwhile, somewhere in Paris in a dark room only lightened by a gleam of the computer light. Someone was typing away at a rapid pace, before clicking. That person looks to see the profiles of players before clicking on their profiles. While this was happening on another computer there were video images of Emuna, Richard, Alice, Regalia, Frederick, Magdalene, and an army of 60 dolls all fighting their way toward the big gear in the city. The person zoomed in and adjusted the resolution of the video to see that the brown-haired boy and the red-haired girl held necklaces while the white-haired girl held a bracelet on her left hand. each of them had a different shape. Emuna's bracelet held a black coffin, while Richard held a fake diamond sapphire-colored necklace, and Alice held a red ruby stone the size of a pearl.
"I see, so they are like me," Said the person in a female voice. The person looks at its desk to reveal a dark purple necklace with a black pentagon.
"Maybe I should play with them a little just like he played with my sister." said the person with a bit of disgust before the Pentagon started to glow a devilish blood red.
"Oh? Do you want to play too, Pentagon of Manipulation? Hmm, well then maybe we should start our little game then." The person looks at the profiles before giving an evil smile. "Richard Kurosagi, Alice Hishikawa, Emuna Chariot, just like the stories, huh? Leos Kishima." Said the person before giving a cute giggle and continuing the job that it was trying to accomplish: Hack this forsaken game that made this person's life miserable and to show the president of Omega Corp what happens when he uses that person's sister to his very own gain.
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On Omega Corp., White hackers that worked within the company to help solve problems such as this have been trying to deal with the problem. So far they have successfully been able to stop the virus from spreading any further than "The City that never evolves" S.K.Y.H.I.G.H. which was the good news. The bad news was that they could not decipher the lock from the players that were inside said city who were having a battle currently. It seems that they were dealing with an A rank black hacker this was dangerous as they might harm and corrupt systems and profiles. What makes them more dangerous is the fact that they don't care much if a player is inside of the game or even come to harm because of the virus.
"Virus has been neutralized in section 4." said one of the white hackers. This one was a boy 18 years of age with blue hair covered mostly by in his white hoodie. He also had long white pants while His eyes were bright yellow while his face was very neutral about the situation. He has been working with the company for 2 years now and was already deemed a prodigy hacker by many of his teammates.
"Sections 5 & 6 have been neutralized, proceeding to help in on section 7 & 3." Said a female. She was 4 years older than the boy who neutralized the virus in section 4. She had medium length blonde hair tied in a braid and green eyes. Her dress was also a white hoodie with a short white skirt. She had been loyal to Omega Corp. since she graduated with a degree in programming and technology. Unlike the boy, this woman has a very cold yet suiting style. She has had her share of battles against Rank A black hackers but it seems that this one was the most difficult of them all.
"Scanning for hidden spyware on section 3." Said another female. This one had magenta long hair that was tied in a ponytail with a blue band. Her eyes were purple and she was dressed like the blonde woman that she was with. This female was 3 years younger than her and has worked on this company no longer than a year and a half. Thou during that year and a half she has gained the attention of the higher-ups especially Leos'.
"Scan completed on section 2 after its clearance, no virus nor spy-ware found." Said a girl. This one seems to be the youngest of them all. Just like the blue-haired boy she has been deemed a prodigy, however, it was not by her teammates. No this time it was from Leos himself. Her hair was short teal while her eyes were sky green. Her face seems like she was very charismatic and cheerful but since this was a very dangerous situation she was very focused.
As the 4 of them were doing their best to maintain the level of the virus at medium, the automatic door slides open before Inès entered the room.
"Viper, A.V. Gamma, Bulldog, and Nort Anna. How're the procedures going?" Asked the bespectacled secretary of Leos to the group.
"Miss Inès, so far we have secured sections 2, and 4-6. As we speak Viper is making sure no spy-ware has escaped our defenses in sector 3. After its deemed clear we will work on sections 1, 7, and 8." Said the long blonde-haired woman.
"I see...A.V. Gamma, do you think you can investigate the source of the virus? If this hacker is close by we might be able to capture it."
"No, as of now there are no clues to the whereabouts of our Ranked A black hacker. It seems that they have hidden their location pretty well. Even with the help of Viper, Bulldog, and Nort Anna, we cannot find the hacker." A.V. Gamma told her.
"Tch, this is not good. We still have competitors inside of the game. Still, why would they target this specific game?" She asked herself. Is it to gain the attention of Leos'. Even so, if they wanted the president's attention they could've gone after smaller cities. Why this place? Even the game in the U.S.A. would've been a better choice. Whoever he or she may be they must put a stop to this before someone gets hurt for real.
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The city of S.K.Y.H.I.G.H. has been completely taken over by the cables. The night that was a beautiful scenery has been replaced by the void of the pitch-black sky. Despite this, Team Omega and Emuna along with her army of dolls have fought their way in order to reach their goal: The Gear in the heart of the city where the mainframe lies. Some of the dolls were given light so they can see where they were going.
"We're almost there!" Frederick said while running. Emuna has commanded the dolls to make a shield to protect them from assaults from all directions from the cables, excluding the ground above which they have prepared for it also if they anticipate them to adapt and use that as an advantage.
"Man, this place is creepier with the moon being blocked completely." Said the brown-haired boy.
"We must reach the Gear quickly. It seems like the cables are absorbing the electricity of the city. If so, then it won't be long before it reaches max level." Emuna told the group before the group stops. Suddenly an earthquake started to occur and up came a giant cable in the form of a giant worm.
"Well, whoever did this must have loved the Tremor series." Is been like 15 years since the tremors series ended the last installment was Tremors 7: The End Is Here! In 2021. The Wormroid even roared at them before going underground.
"Regalia, Magdalene! Below!" Emuna commanded before she commanded 30 other dolls to point to the ground. The arms of the dolls were replaced by arm cannons and a heat infrared scanner appeared on their foreheads before it descended like glasses.
"Whoa." the brown-haired boy was impressed by this.
"Tch," Emuna commanded some of her dolls to take them off the ground by creating a pillar of them to prevent this thing from eating them. The dolls' cannons start charging before a red laser was released from them. The pitch dark sky was lighted by the red blood light that the laser was released.
"Did you get it?!" Alice asked. After a few seconds, the Wormroid appeared screeching before it slithers wildly at them. Regalia and Magdalene aimed toward the opened mouth of the monster before shooting at it. It had little to no effect so they all had to move out of the way quickly.
"Tch, Core Shift: Scouter!" Emuna said before her sword became thinner while her dress added demon wings to her back. The dolls also got wings and they use this to fly away. Regalia took Frederick away while Richard using his default core class: Scouter took Alice and used his speed to dodge the incoming Wormroid.
"That was close." The brown-haired boy looks to see the Wormroid going back to the ground.'We need to reach the gear fast.') Richard thought.
"Um...thank you," Alice said to the brown-haired boy. She was blushing because she is being carried like a princess from those fairy tails that she and Aeris read when they were kids...Aeris, she wonders if she ever going to come back to France. It will be nice to meet her again and even maybe go to the same school. Still...she has been very curious about the white-haired girl's comments about the necklace that were given to them by their parents. Her necklace was given to her by her mother when she reached 10, she said that her grandmother had that necklace before she decided to leave to work in a company. When the red-haired girl asked where it was her mother simply went silent for a minute before assuring her that she promised her grandmother not to tell but she can be sure that it will be a surprise when she returns home. That was 6 years ago tho. Even more, her mother has been acting even more strange ever since she mentioned that she was in the same school as Richard's. She gave her a smile but it seemed forced she even said: "That's great of you." She even declined to go to school during days where parents visiting because she was busy with work. Alice decided not to go any further as she understands that it is very important that her mother keeps the company in the positives. But, for once she wishes that she could at least visit the school so she could meet Richard and his parents. Gina was the nicest person she has ever met and Xino Kurosagi Richard's father...She can see the resemblance between the two boys from a mile away. She knows what Richard's father does for a living too. He is an assistant in a big company that is partners with Leos the owner of Omega Corp. Chances are that he might come to the Representation Tournament just to see how his son will perform. Her mother, however, she doesn't know if she ever will be able to make it to the tournament.
"No problem." If it wasn't for the fact that they were all in real danger, Richard would be saying he was having fun fighting a creature like this. No wonder that guy what was his name...hmm Bart Burnman...Burn Gunner, Whatever he will remember later. "In any case, we can't stay on the ground for much longer."
"But we can't fly!" Alice pointed out.
"Then we will have to borrow some wings," Richard said as two dolls descended meaning that Emuna must have commanded them to take them thinking the same as the brown-haired boy. If they stay on the ground any longer they might become Snakeroid food and who knows what happens if they do.
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The black hacker has been observing their every move and she was having a lot of fun. The Pentagram of Manipulation seems to be appreciative of the girl's work as it glows while making a shrilled sound. Easily manipulating the scripts to join the cables of the city to create her latest beauty she observes as the new ground worm being, followed the group of children and dolls to the heart of the city.
"Now this is something that is deemed fun. Hmm, I should be careful thou we don't want our fun to end so abruptly, right Pentagram of Manipulation?" The legendary piece responded with a shrill sound as if it was approving her work. "Now then, I wonder if this got the attention of Leos?" Only time will tell if the owner of Omega Corp. will respond to this virus evolving slowly on sector 8.
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Meanwhile, The owner of Omega Corp. has been quite aware of the situation. And from the looks of it, he seems relaxed to say the least. Usually, some of the higher-ups would be slightly panicking thou they will not show it. Him he just drank his coffee and observed the situation as it is. He had a suspicion that someone will eventually hack sector 8, in fact, he already knew that someone would! He even knows who the culprit of said hack is. It was inevitable too, after all, she is trying to take revenge on him for the incident of her older sister. Ever since that day, this girl has nothing but hatred toward the owner of the best virtual game in the world. His legendary piece was now glowing meaning that it was responding to one of the pieces. The Hexagon of fate a legendary piece that allows the user to see distant into the future. However, this distance is limited to 2 weeks and it also only works on the one that the Hexagon deemed its owner giving the said person the option of changing his fate or accepting it. It is the main reason why he knew about this attack and the person responsible for it. He doesn't fault the girl for doing so. His best course of action is to let things work out until the fateful day of the tournament. While he saw that not all the pieces will be there he knew that 7 out of the 12 will be present this is including his Hexagon of Fate. He still didn't deem the situations that will transpire this next 2 weeks to be very threatening thou he is aware that this might not be the first and only A rank black hacker that will invade this game and threatens his players. For now, he will just have to assure the safety of the players...also the media since they will be all over the place. He sighed at the thought of that, those people will do anything even exaggerate their news just to get people to buzz around them.
"Sir." The owner of Omega's thoughts was interrupted by his secretary.
"Oh, Inès, how are our white hackers doing?"
"So far they have clear almost every section with the exception of 1 and of course the 8 sectors."
"I see..."
"Sir, Who do you think planned this, is it one of our rival companies?"
"No, no. If my speculations are correct I'll say that the culprit is doing this own it's own," answered Leos.
"Should we suspend the tournaments for next week? It would be wise to do so. What if this black hacker tries to do this during the tournament?"
"That would not be necessary."
"But sir!"
"Inès. We cannot take the fun away from the people that enjoyed playing in Omega. Even more because of these people from all over the world can meet and interact with each other without the need to go to the country of each other. As a matter of fact, in order for something like this to not happen again, I will personally call the higher ranks."
"Sir, you don't mean to call Team False and Team True! If so then you're telling me that the threat could become worse."
"Not really I am just doing it because you seem very worried about the situation," Leos replied before sighing. "Look I know your concern, you want everyone to have a safe game, however, as long as there are black hackers in this world that dream can never become true. Also, I am sure that they would solve this."
"They, you mean the players that are stuck inside Sector 8?!" The bespectacled secretary asked confused. Why the president will have high fate in four children? Unless there is something that she doesn't know about them she is not sure if they would be able to solve this.
"I sense doubt in you. It is understandable how about I reveal something so you can be at ease. Team Omega's opponent was none other than Emuna Chariot."
"Emuna Chariot? Isn't she the heir to the Chariot Mansion?"
"Yep, the very one she also has a unique title, she is known as the "Puppet Queen"."
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While in the air the group of children and dolls have to dodge the surprising big leaps of the Wormroid. The massive worm made out of the cables of the city has not let go of chasing its prey plus its speed was very quick underground. However, despite this, the group was almost there.
"There it is!" Said, Richard. Before they could go there the cable worm blocked their path but this time it stood up and it became even bigger.
"You have got to be kidding me," Frederick said as the massive Wormroid screech at them.
"What do we do?" Alice said.
"Only one thing to do, We have to fight!" The brown-haired boy answered before suddenly his diamond necklace shine.
"Eh?" Alice felt something warm before she sees that her necklace was shining.
"Oh." Emuna looks at her bracelet that shined too before the coffin opened to reveal a small doll with strings in it so it wouldn't fall out of the coffin.
"Interesting, this never happened before." It was the first time since she was given the Coffin of Soulless that said item has opened. She then heard the voice of someone.
'Help...me...'
"That voice..." She looks to see the worm has yet to make its move. Was the worm...trying to communicate with her.
'Is inside me...please...help!' Inside it...does it means the virus? Maybe...
"Ok on three! One, Two, Thr...!"
"Wait!" The white-haired girl yelled.
"Master?" Regalia said confused it stops the others too.
"What is it Emuna?"
"Let me speak to it."
"Huh?"
"I heard its voice."
"The voice? But that thing...."
"The legendary piece," Alice said realizing because of their necklaces glowing now. She then notices a doll with strings dangling outside of the now opened coffin.
"The Coffin of Soulless. Master when did it opened?! It has never done it before!"
"Yes, Perhaps, it is because there are two other pieces close together. We have yet to reveal all the secrets of these pieces yet." Emuna said before looking at the cable.
("You...who infected you with this virus?")
'Do...not...know...it...hurts...it...its eating....me...I...can't...control...it...anymore...'
("Then would you let us pass? We may be able to destroy the virus if we use the mainframe.")
'The mainframe...can...it...cure...me?'
("Yes...I can guarantee that if I manage to reach the mainframe, I can use it to neutralize the virus. With that done I am sure that Leos white hackers will do the rest.") Answered the white-haired teen.
'...Hurry...then...I...cannot...control...myself...hurry....save...me!' Save it? If that's the case then she must be talking with Sector 8! Did the sector itself use this worm to communicate with her? If so then...
"Let's go!"
"But the worm!"
"It will let us pass."
"Huh?"
"Are you sure about this?" Alice said with a bit of doubt in her voice.
"Do not worry I can assure you of this," said Emuna as she safely passed over the worm. The worm did nothing to stop her, soon everyone followed suit and it was only one of the dolls and Richard left. The Wormroid suddenly started to screech.
"What?!"
"What' going on?!" Frederick asked.
'I cannot...xxx....xxkillxxx...xxxkilll!!!!!!!!!!!'
"Oh no. We must get inside quickly!"
"But Richard is...!"
"I am sure he will find a way, let's go!" Emuna urged them before they follow suit but not before the red-haired girl looks behind and took a final look at where the boy might be.
("Richard...Be careful.")
For the brown-haired boy, this case couldn't get any worse.
"No choice then, I guess we will have to fight it, don't we." All he got was complete silence from the doll. "Right, you can't talk if your master isn't nearby, right?" The doll responded by dodging the mouth of the Wormroid. "Don't know why you have a grudge against me but I will gladly fight you!" Richard said as his Diamond Dragonite glowed.
Inside the gear, the group has reached the mainframe.
"There it is," Emuna said before going toward it.
"How long will it take you Emuna?"
"Hmm, it is hard to say, depending on the level that this virus is in here it might take more or less around 15-20 minutes to delete the malware and virus from this sector."
"That will take forever! By that time Richard will be..!"
"I can assure you that it will not happen Hishikawa, My doll will make sure of it and besides...," Emuna said before she looks at her bracelet glowing. "It seems that the legendary pieces are on our side."
"You say Legendary Pieces, do you mean to tell me that the necklace that Alice and Richard have are the actual pieces that are told in the story?!" Frederick asked a bit hard to believe for him that his friends and the white-haired girl posses powerful items that could give them unique abilities.
"I understand if it is hard to believe Mister Santos, but it is true. These pieces are as real as they can be. Why do you think I am able to communicate with dolls Regalia and Magdalene outside of Omega, even more, I was able to communicate with the Wormroid hence why he allowed us to pass with ease. However, he seems to have lost his will due to the virus." Emuna started typing scripts and binary codes to try and neutralize the virus to a point that it will be easy for the White hackers in Omega Corp to finish it off. She just needs to do it before the brown-haired boy and her doll becomes the sector's next food.
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Back in the darkroom, the mysterious female has seen that they have reached the mainframe and it might be a matter of time before their game comes to an end. Oh well, it was good while it lasted.
"It was fun while it lasted, that's too bad that in about a few minutes I presume 20-30 minutes our little game will come to an end. Oh well, as long as you're satisfied Pentagon Of Manipulation." The Pentagon glowed before dissipating meaning that it was done playing around and its thirst for fun has temporally come to an end. Now she just has to watch as they take care of her virus. This virus was child's play compared to the future one that she will unleash later on. She still has the invite from Leos himself. Was that man a fool? He just handed over the keys to his game to her! Well, no matter she will have fun with this tournament and even use the Pentagon Of Manipulation to create a low group of Black Hacker to fight for her. "Just you wait, Leos, I will have my revenge for letting my sister die in this Forsaken Game!!!" The person said with hatred as she looks to see the end of their little game.