＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ ■ [Reporter]/[Unshadowed] Marie Adler

"Are you Marie, who Ray often talks about?

I gave you two tickets, and right after Mr. Ray left the store, Luke suddenly overheard the right answer.

"Why are you spreading it?!?... No, no, no, no, no. YO!?"

I know I would normally be a little more deluded, but it was so unexpected that I just reacted by saying, "It's a picture star".

Luke, you're just saying "I knew it" too.

"Yes, no, no, I, I'm not. He's not a super killer."

"Then I'll arrange the circumstantial evidence in turn, so when I admit it, I hope to raise my hand."

"To?"

That said, Luke, you line up your reasoning. [M]

○ Even though Super Killer has the ability to cover up who he is, I have repeatedly testified that he is the "Super Killer".

○ Isn't that because you tried to impress the opposite image of an authentic woman as a fact?

○ Earlier, when talking about the idea of Super Killer, it was not speculation, but a deceptive breeze.

○ During the battle against [Gardranda], Luke, who was in the air, was so intense that you couldn't see inside, but Ray told me that I was outside of the temper that "[Gardranda] shot him in the left shoulder".

○ A year in real life, the total level is lower here for more than three years of playing time compared to Luke or Ray, so I'm wondering if you're covering up your real strengths.

○ There is a Japanese comic featuring a reporter and killer who looks just like me, and I read about it in an ebook that I looked just like him until I said it.

So I raised my hands. I surrender.

Thanks for reading more. I don't remember issuing a translated version abroad, but did you read it in Japanese?

"Heh, heh, it's a complete defeat... this is the first time they've noticed me before I rose"

What reasoning might that be?

What if this is, Luke, your real is a detective or something?

Do you look like a child and have an adult brain?

"No, Mr. Marie was pretty full of gaps, so I think someone else noticed, right?

"Ghoo."

That's damaging......

"And if you used the same look and name character as the reporter and killer character, the reader would know right away"

"I'm aware of that, but it's an identity."

That's right.

For the purposes of my playing < Infinite Dendrogram >, it doesn't make sense unless I'm Marie Adler, a [reporter] “killer”.

"It's just that I and everyone else, Mr. Ray and Mr. Nemesis, aren't aware of anything at all."

"... if those two found out, you'd be stuffy"

I think it looks very poorly as a schematic.

"Marie is the only person you two are dealing with when you're desperate, isn't she? Normally, I might say something, but I don't see any malice in Marie right now about doing something about you two. So I don't think I have anything to say."

"Thank you"

"That being said, may I ask you a few favors?

…………

Hey, in the current flow, I'm like, "Can I ask you a favor? You're almost threatening me, aren't you?

Could it be Luke, you're an S.?

"No way, even an eclectic favor to your sister..."

"I don't need it."

"It hurts......"

When a beautiful boy says "I don't need it" with a smile on his face, he's going to get a giggle in his heart......

"So what's a favor?

"Simulate with me, please."

"Match?"

Because?

"As I said a little earlier, I'm hoping to get some interpersonal practice. So I want Marie, the PK of the war, to give me a hand job."

"Ha, I don't mind that,"

It's just fine as a place pattern.

You can rent some arenas for practice in these dueling cities, so you can spare them safely with them.

"Why are you fighting against each other?

"It's Nisho."

That's what you said, Luke, and you laughed nicely.

It's a very beautiful grin that if an angel smiles, it's like this.

I couldn't help but be fascinated, but now I felt a little scared by that smile.

◇ ◆

That's how we moved is the Sixth Arena in the dueling city of Sixth Street.

Here in Gideon there are twelve other arenas besides the central Grand Arena.

Those are also daily events and betting matches, but there are arenas in a closed state that are not used for events in rotation.

And some closing arenas can be rented for practice.

The practice arena does not use the whole thing like an event, but is blocked apart by some extent in the junction. You can rent that for about 5,000 lil an hour a block.

It's cheap because within the juncture you can spare without worrying about injuries, broken weapons, consumption of items or use of disadvantage skills.

It is also gratifying to be able to practice not caring about the outside eye, as it can also put the junction into impermeable mode.

And yes.

"Luke, you're not over level 51 yet, are you?

"48."

"Then don't lean on the kingdom. I'm going through it."

Under the setting of this junction system, if it's below level 50, it slips through, right? I don't know, in a way like a monkey with a big mesh.

Sounds like you can get the restorative effect of the junction, but you can't get below level 50 into the arena entertainment because the junction won't be a wall, can you?

Well, it would be tough if you were blown away and stuck in the guest seat.

I'd love to see a rookie fight full of rookies or something.

"Ready."

I finished setting the impermeable mode on the block I rented, and I turned you around, Luke.

Luke, you're Babi, Marilyn, Audrey, and you're already ready for battle with a fluid metal-based slime simulated on that and your gear.

"I have plans this evening, and I mean up to ten sparrings. And even though it's sparring, it opens up too much power difference, so I fight without MVP perks."

With MVP benefits included, Luke, you'll lose ten before you learn anything.

But I use Embrio because it's an interpersonal practice.

"My < Embrio > is relatively (...) not tricky, so I think it's just right for practice. Do you mind?

"Yes!"

Okay, here's the beginning of sparring.

What is your current strength, Luke?

◇ ◆

"Arcane shell"

I call and grip the revolver pistol type - TYPE: Legion arcane shell on my left hand.

Black painted dagger [Nightpane] on right hand side. It is not an MVP benefit, but it is robust and has a visually inhibitory effect on attacks using it.

As the range is short, the visual inhibition is mostly aside.

"Awakening, Marilyn, Audrey"

Luke, you also call two Tame Monsters.

Marilyn, a subdragon of the ground dragon species, and Audrey, a flaming monster bird.

Three, including a metal slime and a new arrival, simulated on the equipment.

It's all a broken force for a junior rookie to have, isn't it?

And.

"Oh-ooh-ooh-ooh."

A horny devil looking at this one with a tiger's eye as he shows himself in the wind counting to the start of the game to swallow - Babi.

Well......

"Yikes, dude!

At the same time as the words, the subdragon, the weird bird, and Babi three bodies stormed in. Luke, you're putting [charm] skills on me in the rear.

Perhaps this is the combat style they use a lot in their hunt.

Looks like you're going to bump into the first battle as it is without the skinny work.

"Well, this one's without the small work,"

I wield an arcane shell and release the contents from a medium fold revolver rotary magazine.

Luke, you look surprised.

I guess so. If you were poaching from a gun that hasn't shot one yet, you'd think so.

But Arcane Shell is only.

Even in the shape of a gun, it's not a gun, and it's not a bullet that shoots out.

"Black Tracking, Red Burst, Blue Spread."

Along with my words, three types of bullets - no, “paint” in a transparent container - are loaded into a rotary magazine.

I sifted my arm again and returned the arcane shell from a broken shape to a gun shape,

"- Fire"

I pulled the trigger.

Shortly afterwards, dozens of bullet-shaped monsters pop up from the mouth of the Arcane Shell.

They all draw a tortuous trajectory but still kill to the freaky bird.

Freaky birds try to fly and dodge, but bullet creatures also track freaky birds and fly.

There is no significant difference between the flying speed of a weird bird and the speed of a bullet organism.

In addition,

"KIEEEE!?"

This place immediately reaches the ceiling to be “within the boundaries”.

The bullet creatures caught up with the weird birds, landed - and burst in unison.

The remains of a monstrous bird that has become a piece of wood dust will disappear into particles.

"VOLAAAAAAAAA!!"

Aim at me right after the attack. Now the shock angle of the subdragon is imminent.

That assault was like a 10t truck coming at full speed if you say so in real life.

"Slow (...)"

It's the same thing that stops for me with AGI recording five-digit numbers and reaching the realm of hypersonic combat.

Drain the pod again while avoiding the impending punch angle with a single piece of paper.

Now silently loaded with two kinds of "Red Blast" and "Green Piercing" penetration.

And slowly in the world that I see, in the world that she sees, she pushes the gunpoint against Marilyn the subdragon's crust as she tries to rush through at a fierce rate - shooting.

The bullet organism granted penetration capability penetrated the subdragon's crust easily and exploded where it reached the gut.

A subdragon that died instantly from an internal bombing becomes dust of light.

"Next"

In order, I thought Babi might be next, but I don't see it in my sight.

Where is it...?

I wave [Nightpane] without looking backwards.

"... a"

Shortly afterwards, blood erupts from where there was nothing, and Babi shows up.

Apparently, it was becoming transparent.

Nevertheless, why does the Succubus have such abilities...

Oh, speaking of which, Babi had the skill of "Drain Learning".

I wonder if the monsters I've hunted ever had Transparency.

Is it around [Lesser Chameleon Basilisk] in a nearby forest area?

Babi disappears, too, and all that remains is you and your new slime.

Fire the arcane shell again, which remains set in the burst penetration bullet.

I thought that would be the end of it, but unexpectedly, the bullet organism deviated and hit the junction shortly after it landed, where it exploded.

So if you look at what happened, the landed part of the pseudocoat draws a sleek curve like a slope. I flushed it with that one.

"It's a success. Liz."

Apparently, Luke, you ordered Slime to change to that shape.

... Marilyn knocked you out of the trait of a bullet creature over here in one shot?

In addition, it also finds out that you need a drainage operation to switch modes.

I'm scared. Luke, I'm afraid of your observation.

But.

"That's all I can't prevent."

Drainage pods, and only "green penetration" are loaded.

The penetrating bullet creature that pulled the trigger and popped through the slope defense of the slime with penetration well above the earlier burst penetrating bullet, making you a hive, Luke.

◇ ◆

I am Marie Adler's Arcane Shell characteristic is the creation and ejection of bullet organisms.

And the characteristics of the bullet organism are different depending on the “paint” used.

“Paint” comes in six colors, and a bullet organism becomes as if it were something different depending on what percentage you pack in the six magazines.

In this battle, at first, a tracking burst scatter mixed with black with target tracking capability, red with explosive capability, and blue with increased ammunition count capability.

Next up is a burst penetration bullet mixed with red and green with penetration capability.

The last one is a piercing bullet that swung all green.

The more abilities you mix, the weaker each trait is. Use it separately depending on the situation.

I only used black and blue when hunting beginners I encountered with Mr. Ray.

Beginner opponents don't need red for increased power or green for defensive breakthroughs.

"And this is what happens when you screw around"

"What's not tricky about that?

Practice area at the end of the first war.

There's a hive, Luke. You and the disappearing babies, Marilyn and Audrey are also sitting satisfied and healthy with their five bodies.

It's within the boundaries. You won't die if you die.

"No.“ It's not relatively ”tricky. We pride ourselves on being a legitimate category in the sixth form."

More creative and crazy by the time you learn advanced and special skills.

You think you're going to make Lorisotta laugh at people who have entered the kingdom?

You think I have to fight naked when my gear is forced off?

You think if you let him transform into the most abominable creature and die, he'll just go back up from his neck?

That's crazy...... oh, this was all Legendary's < super >.

You're the only pervert there.

"Well, is it time to go for the second one"

"Yes."

Oh, I was thinking about the possibility of breaking it here. Do you want to continue?

Nice. After all, Ray and Luke are both mentally strong.

Then let's get serious one by one.

◇ ◆

That's how a total of nine mock fights ended.

The result so far is my ninth straight win.

WWII and WWIII rekindle WWI.

The Fourth World War is starting to move better, so the Shadow Split Technique is used.

The fifth battle has also moved in response, so the art of concealment has also been used.

After that, it was almost a one-sided game because it was a combination of Embrio, Shadow Split, and Hidden Art.

The second half is so much more than I put in yesterday's [assassin] group when I did it, so this result is natural to say.

Luke, you guys included monsters, but I'm in a super position. This is what happens if you fight non-combatant junior positions.

The slimes that seem to be Marilyn, Audrey and Liz are also good monsters inside. Still, it's not the number and power that can fill the difference with me.

I have a professional pattern and high state abnormality tolerance, and I have resistance gear, so [charm] doesn't work either.

The sights are Babi, right? It had an unusually high number of skills and a wide range.

In addition to Transparency, the skills I learned in Drain Learning have also been used by you, such as Phantom and Petrified Braces. He also had other resistance to flames and poisons, so he seemed to have gained quite a few monster skills.

Based on them, I was still strong at my leisure. It's almost a unilateral development.

What worries me when this happens is if you can learn something, Luke.

Especially since I used the art of shadow identity and the art of concealment.

Luke, you've also dealt with dislocation and concealment, and you've crushed it with Audrey's Flamethrowing.

I can't see them, bake them all if I don't know which one is real.

It's an effective tactic.

But if you try it on me, you can also call it a response I'm tired of seeing.

Similar responses were not limited to this simulation, but more than a hundred PK experiences.

Even when I thought [Destroyer King] was attacked in those woods.

Just as using Range Attacks against me is the norm, so is my breaking through Range Attacks.

The separation remains in random motion. I don't care if it burns out with flames. Keep moving.

I myself find a flame gap and dive, or use a bullet organism in bomb mode to forcefully make my way around.

That was my regular path, and this mock fight was almost fixed in that pattern in the second half of the battle.

Luke, I guess even for you, there was no other effective hand punch.

…………

You can almost certainly grab something for a full battle with as many opponents as you can.

But battling opponents with far different strengths is all-or-nothing.

Either you get nothing or you grow decisively.

Luke, are you getting something?

"Next is the tenth and final battle."

"Yes. Are you okay?

"... just wait one more minute"

Luke, you are exhaling roughly.

Look, it's drained a lot.

Your status is in the junction, so you'll recover once the simulation is over, but you can't take it until you're mentally tired.

If you get killed nine times in a row, you'll also wear out.

"... Yes, it's all right now"

That's what you say, Luke. You deploy the monsters.

"... Really?"

Whatever, this is the last one.

I'm going to decide exactly the tenth time I compete, more than I've undertaken sparring.

"I'm coming."

I activate the Art of Shadow Identity and Art of Concealment in parallel.

Five identities appear to intercept you, Luke, and at the same time I hide myself loaded with arcane shells.

Shoot the bullet organism with the most effective distribution into the target while it is catching the ear and eye with a split body.

If there's nothing, I'm done shooting through like this.

"KIIEEEEEEE!!"

Freaky birds roar and at the same time spit flames out of their mouths with fierce momentum.

Fire tastes all over the ground as it sears the surrounding area.

The momentum of the flames is tremendous, so much so that the vision in the junction is significantly blocked by the light of the flames.

But that's also the sixth time.

And then there's the repetition so far.

I scratch a flame and shoot a guided bullet mode bullet creature in between flames.

That brings us to the end of our tenth simulation.

……

Unexpectedly, there were signs of something.

Not from the other side of the flame, but from that “foot” exactly, where I scratched and moved the flame.

As if, to be able to ambush me, I crouch in the flames - there was a silver human form there.

――

There are no words.

How could you have expected me to move into this position in the main unit?

How could I ambush you in the flames of burning fire?

In the first place - what is the silver color in front of you?

I moved my head to understand the questions that arose.

That's how a moment of blankness is created in the manipulation of the flesh,

"Mithril Strain."

Silver in front of you - Skill activated by you, Luke.

A slaughter by skill struck me.

Totally surprised.

Evasive posture, too.

Shifting the axis is the best you can do.

It's been a long time since my left arm was cut off.

"- ■ ■ ■ ■ (Arcane shell)"

I hit you with a special skill from close range, Luke.

Moment after moment, both you and the monsters evaporated together.

◇ ◆

My ten straight wins as a result.

It was as expected before sparring.

Except they took my left arm in the last fight, as expected.

Now that the duel is over, it's back to normal with the effect of the junction, but it was gone until a while ago.

To be honest, I even feel like I lost on this one point only.

The tenth war, you and Mr. Babi, the monsters, were moving just like before.

But he ambushed me like he prefaced my movements, and dropped my arm with a blow that poked at the void.

I won with one hand after that though.

... Special skill use may not have been very popular.

In the first place, my Arcane Shell special skills are too cons to be used unless they are also within this juncture. I don't even know if I could have shot him aggressively in action.

"Thank you, Sparling!

Luke, you bow your head in peck and thank me.

"Yes, good luck. Luke, I can only say it's amazing if you guys think about the time period since you started... Working with monsters and using skills is brilliant. Especially at the end, it was unexpected. That hand, did you keep it warm until the 10th World War, when you could grab the move over here?

"Yeah. But Mr. Marie is strong. Even after the Ninth World War, it was not completely legible. Actually, I was aiming for my neck."

Luke laughs, saying things like that.

... Oh, I see. Was WWVI to IX one pattern to grasp my habit of moving against the same attack and preface it in WWX?

And I wonder what you're going to say with a frank smile.

This child, I feel like a natural livestock.

"You didn't slow down your movements when you lost your arm. I was hoping we could get a little more clearance."

"If it's a super or equivalent level of combat, you usually get about limb defects and visceral failure. I'm used to it."

"I'll remember. Thank you so much for today."

"Was it helpful?

"Yes, very!

That's good. You deserve to have my left arm with you, too.

But even though I'm a non-combatant junior, I can get this far to a super position, albeit with a handful.

So is Ray, who butchered two < UBM > while he was Rookie, but Luke, you haven't lost either.

These two are out of standard among the < masters > I've seen so far.

Out-of-standard as of the beginning, not out of standard as a result of growth.

What will happen in the future?

"... which is stronger at the end"

"Yes?"

"No, it's nothing. Speaking of which, was there any last use of skills you hadn't used before? Oh, not Miss Lil Strain."

I'll ask in the deceptive half. But that's actually what I was wondering.

Read my movements and ambush them. Attack with Liz. I can understand these two points, but sometimes I don't understand them in the process of connecting them.

Why could I ambush you in the flames?

I guess that silver mannequin wrapped Liz around it...... no matter how much Liz covered her body, the heat of the flames shouldn't be prevented.

That's what's burning you to death before you ambush if you don't have a fair amount of flame tolerance.

So I thought I used some skills I hadn't used until then......

"That's Union Jack!

In response to the question, Luke, Babi, not you, answered to strain her chest.

"Union Jack..."

"Yes, it's a new unique skill Babi has acquired in his evolution to a third form"

Oh, was it already in the third form? Babi doesn't look the same when she evolves.

Union Jack, what the hell kind of skills are they?

If it's a unique skill, it's probably in line with the characteristics of Embrio.

You still haven't grasped Babi's properties compared to my Arcane Shell bullet creatures and Nemesis counters, have you?

◇ ◆

Me and Luke, your secret sparring is over, and I'm going to rendezvous in the venue once we break up to get a little ready for [reporter] 's job.

After I'm alone, I think.

Ray and Luke, sir.

I'm extraordinarily stronger than the two of you now.

I am in a position to observe or watch the two of you.

But I realize that eventually, I guess I'll be outrun.

I may not be able to make it, but I feel like those two will reach < super > as well.

"I hope I'm grabbing something then too..."

As a PK that has killed countless players, I have had a lot of experience gained but still not enough.

As for me, the pieces I need to walk again with Marie as a cartoonist's palace are not PK activities, it is only when I look at those two that I bury them.

Such a sure feeling was in my chest.

◇ ◆

"Hey Luku. Why are you sparring?"

"Yeah, I just wanted to get ready, I guess."

"Ready?"

"That Mr. Ray fought Tian and defeated him. Well, I think that was a pretty big deal. Because Mr. Ray is sweet."

"That's right."

"But there were times when that Mr. Ray had to cross the psychological hurdle and fight“ people ”. I didn't think I'd be too far away from fighting."

"Mm-hmm?"

"I don't suppose this is a game... but you still have to fight when you need to, don't you?

"I don't know. If Luke's gonna do it, Babi's gonna do it."

"Kill Babi, too."

To be continued