Second Story Online: Aiming To Become The World's Number 1. Ideal Witch

'That's why this one's after Poco, who took the key. I'll leave you to Kyle and the others. "

'Got it. Let me know if you need anything!

Tell Mr. Kyle he's been deprived of his keys. From here on out, we're going to act apart from them. Mr. Kyle and the others went to the mansion, and we're tracking Poco, who took the key.

It's Azi and Nil who are chasing ahead. There's Bluey, me and Earl in the form of a chase after that, and then there's Mr. Lucille.

"Excuse me, Bluey. He said he was suspicious, but he stole his keys... and Savar..."

"Never mind. Besides, you don't have to worry about our Savar. I've been caught, but I know he's safe."

Bluey, a dwarf shorter than me running next door. He gave me back a grin without a single dissatisfied face and no consignment.

Party applications fly from such a Bluey. Give me permission to do that, and when I come in, some of the party members...

"Savar kun......?

'Wow... I didn't expect a black witch to come in...'

A cheerful voice came back for being caught. It's a funny story to be able to interact with a kidnapped person if you're supposed to...... well this is a game so you shouldn't think too deeply about it.

'Uh, no, it's nothing. Don't worry about that!

Savar-kun rushes back to his usual in-game tone. I'm sure they don't roleplay because they usually use party chat for just the three of us

'It's in party chat, so let's go off-record. I'm going to talk to you about it. "

"What, wait... Mr. Chloe was a player!?

'... I thought I wasn't... were you really a player...'

Azi's voice is amazing and then she talks differently, but it's the same voice, so it must be Savar. You can hear them both from your ears.

"Ha-ha-ha, this guy is amazing! I didn't know I was a player, either!

'... I'm surprised at you now...'

"Hmm? Where do I find the element of surprise?

This voice, it's Bluey, right? I look next door unexpectedly.

That gap is awesome when you talk very differently than when you rolled in Bluey earlier.

... He's probably the best role player of the three.

"So, Savar-kun's okay, right?"

'Don't worry about this one. Now that I've successfully lost the rope, I'm just thinking about going outside the room next. And help will come, won't it?

'... really, sounds ok'

To his calm voice fades the feeling I was worried about.

Looks like it's okay to leave that one alone.

'Totally stupid enemies, isn't it? Savar says he doesn't have the keys, but he takes them away. I knew you'd be glad to let me keep the keys, wouldn't you?

'Well, as a result theory...... the last time Azzie dropped a request in the river, I couldn't trust her...'

'You couldn't help it because the chaser was coming! I slipped out of my hand when I panicked, and whoever had it must have dropped it!

'Yes, yes, keep your rhetoric that far. I have a guest today, don't I?

The voices of Azi and Savar echoing within the party chat. Bluey, who stops those two gently.... It doesn't seem to change the relationship between the three of them, whether they're role-playing or not.

'It was. Sorry, sorry.'

'Excuse me.... I'm here to apply for a party from Kyle, so I'll move over there. Best wishes to Azie and Bluey, Mr. Chloe'

"Yeah, I asked for you, too."

Savar-kun slipped out of the party. Mr. Kyle, you were applying to him for a party, weren't you? Certainly it would be easier to collaborate by partying over there.

'... Azie, can you make the next corner go left?

Well, shall we work together on this one?

Compare the map of the city as you see Poko running away from Nil's sight and Azi. The map also shows Azie as a party member, so it's easy to see where they're running right now. By the way, Savar-kun was still at Mr. Johnny's mansion to see the marks that had been shown until earlier.

'Eh, I'll try everything I can... but it could be difficult because it's a crossroads...'

'Please block the forward direction. The demon will block this one on the right.'

Copy that!

After a while they hang on to that point. Azi walks further and stands in front of Poko. And the road to the right of it gets blocked by Nil.

The road we've been running is coming after us, so inevitably there's only one way to go.

'All right, try to steer the next corner to the right. It's a split path, so just Azi should be able to do it.'

'Okay, I get it!

That's how Poco guides the way forward. There are many blind spots in this staged city with many high and low differences and...

"End of story!?

I'm surprised to hear her voice from a little far away. Yes, I was leading her to the end of the line. Currently, we are almost in the process of getting all the map information for this city. This was also thanks to Nil overlooking the city as he searched around from above. I guess that also activated the [terrestrial] effect. Now we can have detailed map data, and if you look at the map you can see where it leads to the end of the line.

"Well, there's no escape. Poco?"

Not if it's a bag of rats, Azi surrounds her as a bag of rabbits, and me and Bluey, who caught up.

"No... here's what I had to do!

"... is that true? Then let's talk a little bit."

I'm afraid her words are suspicious. Maybe that's what it sounds like because I think so.

"There was something very, very difficult to understand about your behavior. Earlier, when I caught Lili, I was the first to hear her scream... how could I not hear her when I first ran into Lili..."

'That's what I was wondering too...'

Mr. Lucille was the first to hear me scream when I first encountered him. How could Poko, the rabbit beast man who seems to have better ears than her, not have heard...... The next time I ran into him, he said he was just hearing screams...

"Sometimes I can't hear it depending on the direction of the sound, the echo... is that all you want to decide?

"So if that's how you hear the sound...... how did you choose to be far away when rushing to the scene?

I looked at the detailed map and noticed it. Earlier, Poco had chosen a route to go around when approaching the scene, the path he had guided when catching Lili. They say there's a shorter route.

"It... sounded echoed... and I'm not familiar with the path."

"That's crazy. You lived in this city, didn't you? Didn't you come with us then as our guide because you know the city's path?"

"Yes, but... I'm not really familiar with that area..."

"So why are you at such a dead end right now? There's a back street around here where you live."

What we have now is close to where Lili first encountered her properly. Sure, he said there was a house for her on the back street around here. I was the one who led her to this end, but she should have known there was a end ahead. Even so, she had a surprised look earlier. It's a way of surprise as if you didn't know this was the end of the line.

"... Yes, it is. I'm not from this city."

That's what Poco was like, as I've noticed, but he doesn't seem to have given up yet.

"Well, let's do that"

"... you don't believe me"

'Cause there's no single proof that you're not one of them.'

Well, there's no proof that she's one of them.

"... that's terrible. I was only threatened by them..."

"Hey, Mr. Chloe. Here's what she does too... I'll believe you."

Look at Poco complaining in tears, that's what Azi says.

... Hmmm, that doesn't work. My guess is that she is suspicious...

"... don't make the farce that much, Poco. That excuse doesn't seem to make sense."

I can rush back to my familiar voice. Contrary to the dim end of the back street where we are, there is one person walking this way from the path where the sun hits. There was a man wearing a red hood the same back length as me.

"Huh... I don't know. It's a terrible thing to break Atai's efforts."

Where were the tears just now? Dallan dropped his standing ear straight and Poko spoke in a different carefree tone than earlier.

"Well, I like to break it."

"... that's why he's always mad at me?

It seems obvious from the conversation between the two of them that this is not the first meeting. - I see.

"Poco, you look like one of them"

"... I didn't really mean to fall apart, hey"

Poco weaves a red robe that he has removed from somewhere.

"Again... Atai usually does the [Red Chaos Apostles] faceless group (no-face). No face. That's why I don't want to fall apart. But hey."

I remember that way of talking. It's one crack on that decoy combo chipper.

"... you, that's one crack back then"

"What are you talking about? Didn't you make a difference in food?

"Uh, I knew you'd gone. In the woods..."

He said, "No! You didn't go! Because it sounds real, seriously!

"... I like it when you give up badly, don't you? Listen, you're gonna want to bully me more."

"Atai doesn't like that part of her husband..."

Is that man better up there in position? That's what I felt from the words and attitudes that rolled out. No, it would feel more like a power relationship. Poco feels a little afraid of that guy.

"Nevertheless, you've been lying to me from the beginning. Even though it's the perpetrator's side, pretend to be the victim..."

"It's true that you're the victim of that batwoman. Atai's job was to eliminate that woman. This time, thanks to Chloe and the others, you're safe. No, thank you. But... that was supposed to be the end of it, because someone over here did all that flashy, and he did something that couldn't take a single key away from me, huh?

With that said, Poko looks at the man, a little staring.

"Haha, I'm sorry. I missed a third of the wheel. I'm supposed to be lucky... not this time."

I answered that in a tone that went away without the colour of reflection. If the keys had been taken away properly, Poko might have disappeared without representing her identity.

"Shall we have a chat? … should I have my keys returned"

"... I don't like it!

If you say so, Poco starts running against the end of the line wall. And... I jumped over the high wall without difficulty.

"Become... that height!?

"Phew, I don't even need to cuddle anymore. This height... if I make it Atai, it's not a wall or anything."

A white rabbit looked down at me from the top of the wall and said so.... You were watching the leap power of the ravioli sweetly.

"Bye, sir! I'll take care of the rest!

"Oh wait! I'm not letting you get away with this!

Azzie chases after him like a raven that disappeared across the wall. Azi is also an animal man. The height of physical ability seems no less than Poco's, and she also tried to jump over the wall......,

"Don't worry about me."

At that moment, a fireball flew toward Azi, who was about to jump over the wall. I thought that hit me, and suddenly I was wrapped up in an explosion.

"Azzy!"

"What is it... this... a blow to death (...) or something impossible?!?

The body (...) falls to the ground, wondering if the fierce flame instantly struck Azi. Yes... the moment she was in flames, she was already eating attacks that would cause HP to lose everything.

Being a party member, her HP was always on the left side of the screen...... I saw where that HP had disappeared.

"Don't ignore me. I won't ignore you anymore, Chloe."

Niyali and a red-hood man with a childish grin were approaching us.