CHAPTER 60 (520) BOB
There are 12 minutes left before the start of the BOB final.
Coming to the players' lounge, Shino sighed and said, "Alas, the trouble is dead." β
"Shino, don't you like them?" Kiriko asked.
"It's not that I don't like ......," Shino said, "It's just that they're going to treat you as an idol without permission, which bothers me...... You don't seem to hate it? Kiriko-chan~~"
"Huh?" Kiriko was suddenly blushed by Shino's words, scratched her head, and decided to change the topic and get down to business.
"Shiina, can I ask you some questions?"
"Absolutely." Shino said, "This is your first time attending BOB, right?" Just ask any questions. β
"Then ......" Kiriko drew out the menu, brought up the list of BOB contestants this time, and showed the interface to Shino, "Which of these contestants is the first time to participate in BOB?" β
"Huh? What is the problem? Shino didn't react for a while.
Dead guns are relatively recent, so it's definitely the first time to participate in the BOB as well, so at least it can be narrowed down.
"Please, this is important to me!" Kiriko said immediately.
"That'...... All right. Shino nodded, slid the list of BOB's contestants this time, and said, "In addition to Kiriko-chan, there are three people who participated in BOB for the first time...... Gunslinger X, Pale Rider, and this Sterben. β
"Really......" Kiriko also stared at the names of the three players, and the dead gun was among the three......
"What the hell is going on?" Shino said, "Could it be that this matter has something to do with your coming to BOB yesterday?" β
"Well, almost." Kiriko tried to smile at Shino, but immediately became serious again, "But, I'm sorry, it's our business, we can't tell Shino too much." β
You can't drag Shino into the water...... Kiriko said in her heart.
"Well, I really don't know much about your affairs...... Shino said, "but today, let's do it together!" β
"Hmm!"
There are still 5 minutes left before the start of the BOB final.
Half of the many screens in the Doge's Palace were switched to sexyly dressed hostesses.
"Are you ready, the battle maniacs who like gun oil and the smell of gunsmoke the most? It's almost time to gamble! The beautiful host waved her hand and said, "So, who is the strongest player in the most difficult GGO in VR games?" Coming soon today! β
As long as the BOB finalists registered on the terminal are in the central area of the Doge's Palace, they will be teleported directly to the final map. However, at this time, most of the players will stay in the player information room for the final check.
There are 10 seconds left until the start of the BOB final.
The host began the countdown with the GGO audience. By the end of the last second, all the BOB players were teleported to the large map.
This large map is dedicated to the BOB finals. The map is a 10-kilometer-diameter circle with a variety of terrains, and 30 contestants are randomly teleported onto the map.
After each player enters the map, they will receive a satellite terminal as a gift from the system, which can be used to view the location of the players on the map. However, this position is not real-time, but the results of satellite surveys every fifteen minutes.
In other words, even if the player moves to a new location immediately after the satellite exploration is over, they cannot stay dormant for more than 15 minutes.
After the initial cheers, GGO players began to watch the game in earnest.
On the map, there are small surveillance cameras in various places, and there are many screens inside GGO so that viewers can see the actions of all players throughout the map.
As soon as Kiriko was teleported into the map, she turned on the satellite terminal given by the system and looked at the list of players.
If Chu Yue had already stopped the dead gun, then there would definitely be one less person at this time.
Thirty players...... All 30 players selected for the qualifiers made it to the map.
"Chu Yue......" Kiriko muttered to herself, "Please......"
With that, Kiriko began to run towards the nearest river nearby.
In another place, up and down a cliff, two players engage in a fierce battle after spotting each other.
In the end, the person below won.
Killing a person is not a time to rest, and the one who wins immediately moves to another place.
It's just that he had just taken a few steps when the grenade pinned to his waist suddenly exploded. And he himself lost the game with the explosion of a grenade.
The man's grenade, of course, could not have exploded on its own. It was in the jungle in the distance that Shino hid under a tree and shot the person's grenade with a sniper rifle to make the grenade explode.
Shina's shot is purely a show-off. A headshot can kill an opponent in an instant, but instead of hitting him in the head, Shino aimed at a smaller, more difficult to concentrate grenade.
However, Shina's strength is indeed one of the best, and this shot successfully killed the opponent.
After this shot, Shino was also careless, picking up the sniper rifle and moving to another place.
Leaning against a new tree, Shino took out the satellite terminal and checked the location of the other players.
Twenty-one people survived.
Two people nearby were approaching a nearby bridge. One of them is Dyne and the other is Pale Rider.
These two people are supposed to be in conflict...... Do you want to go over yourself?
At this time, a ten-second countdown appeared on the map, and this was the countdown of the satellite detection.
After the countdown was over, Shino turned off the map and began to move towards the bridge.
In fact, Dyne was fighting Pale Rider at this time, and the two were moving as they fought.
Among them, Pale Rider is obviously a little stronger than Dyne, who fights while listening to escape.
Dyne, who had fled in front, ran to the bridge first. After discovering that the bridge was extremely flat and had an unobstructed view, Dyne came up with a solution.
He ran to the other side of the bridge, then got down and got his heavy machine gun ready and waited.
"Come on, come out for me." Dyne said, "See if I don't beat you into a honeycomb!" β
Unbeknownst to Dyne, however, he himself had already appeared in Shino's scope on the high ground in the distance.
The next time you're lurking, make sure there's no one behind you...... Dyneβ¦β¦
After Shi Nai finished speaking in her heart, she was about to shoot, when she suddenly heard someone coming over next to her, and immediately pulled out the pistol on her waist: "Who?!" β
"It's my ......," Kiriko said, holding up her hand to Shino.
"Kiriko?" Shino was also stunned for a moment, but immediately said: "It's a game now, and I won't show mercy!" β
"If Shino shoots you, you'll be discovered by the person on the other side!" Kiriko said, "Shino, how about we work together for the time being?" β
"......" Shino thought for a moment, and then said, "You are so close to me now, it is an absolute disadvantage for me, but it is an absolute advantage for you, are you sure you want to cooperate with me?" β
Kiriko fights with a lightsaber after close quarters, but Shino is a sniper who attacks from a distance, and at this time, Shino and Kiriko both know.
It's just that Kiriko didn't want to win the championship when she participated in BOB this time, but to stop the dead gun. Of the remaining twenty-nine people, Kiriko can only trust Shino.
"Hmm." Kiriko nodded, "Until only the two of us are left in the end, I promise I won't make a move on you!" β
"Do you want to solve the others first......" Shino smiled, it was indeed a good offer, "Okay, I agreed." β
"Great......" Kiriko finally breathed a sigh of relief, lay down next to Shino's sniper rifle, and took out a tactical binoculars to observe.
"I'm about to take out Dyne." Shino also fell back on the ground, holding the sniper rifle.
"Don't make a move yet......," Kiriko said, "I'll see the battle on the bridge to the end." β
Kiriko also knows that it was Pale Rider who was chasing Dyne, and Pale Rider was one of the three suspects in the death shot.
At this time, Pale Rider, who chased Dyne and came to the bridgehead, also appeared in Shiina's sniper scope and Kiriko's telescope.
"Could this person be the true face under that gray cloak...... Kiriko said.
"Well, I shot this guy." Shino said.
"Okay." Kiriko replied, "If, if this person is his......"
Regardless of whether it is or not, if Shino can get Pale Rider out of the game here, it will be more or less one thing to worry about.
However, at this moment, something that no one expected happened.
Pale Rider was shot from the side and fell to the ground. However, it was a tranquilizer bomb, and Pale Rider lay on the ground and did not quit the game.
"What, what's going on?" Kiriko said, "Someone shot?" Why don't I hear anything? β
"I didn't hear ...... either," Shino said.
"So, what's going on?"
"All I can think of is a laser rifle with a very low sound, or a silencer ......"
It's not just Kiriko and Shiina, it's not just Kiriko and Shiina, but also Dyne, who is in ambush on the other side of the bridge.
"What's going on? Did you find me and lure me in? β
Dyne was wondering when she saw a red prediction line go straight to her head.
Without even thinking about it, Dyne prepared to dodge to the side. However, it was still too late, and the prediction line was launched at a very close range, and there was no time to dodge.
As Dyne's eyes widened in disbelief, a red window of "DEAD" popped up on his head, and his body vanished.
Upon death, the player will be teleported out of the large map.
"What's going on? Is there anyone else here?! Kiriko said in surprise.
"Probably not...... I checked the map before I came, and there are no other players within a radius of ten kilometers......" Shino said, immediately thinking of Kiriko and not knowing where it came from, so she asked, "Anyway, how did you appear?" β
"I swam from the river." Kiriko explained, still looking at the situation over there with a telescope.
"Swimming? What about the equipment? β
"Put it in the equipment slot."
"Forehead ......"
How dangerous is it to be in this kind of map where you can encounter enemies at any time...... It can only be said that Tongzi is a master of art and bold.
However, it is also possible to avoid being detected by satellites.
At this moment, a man came out from the other side of the bridge.
A man who makes Kiriko gnash her teeth.
Man in black cloak, carrying a sniper rifle and wearing a mask.
"What? When was he there? Shino was also a little surprised, but when she thought of Kiriko, Shino understood. The man in the cloak probably used a similar method to escape satellite detection.
The man in the cape walks up to Pale Rider, then raises his sniper rifle and aims it at Pale Rider's head.
"Shino! Shoot! β
"Huh? Hit whom? β
"The man in the cloak! Please! Shoot! β
"Hmm!"
"Hurry up! Before that guy shoots! β
Bang!
Shino is a great sniper, and this shot is impossible to miss.
But...... After noticing the prediction line, the man in the cloak actually dodged sideways and dodged the shot!
"What?!" Shino froze.
The cloaked man glanced at Kiriko and Shiina, then raised his sniper rifle again and fired a shot at Pale Rider.
He ...... Know we're here? Kiriko was also stunned.
Pale Rider, like Dyne, is teleported out of the map by the system after a red "DEAD" window pops up in his head.
"Dead, dead...... Kiriko couldn't help but say.
"Of course I'm dead......," Shino said, "for such a long distance, let alone a sniper rifle, a pistol headshot will die." β
"No, I didn't mean that......" Kiriko stopped when she wanted to speak.
In reality, Is Pale Rider dead? Kiriko doesn't know...... Chu Yue, was you able to save Pale Rider?
No matter! Now is not the time to think about these things, just believe in Chu Yue!
After killing two people, the man in the cloak didn't stay on the bridge and walked to the other side, but after walking behind the bridge gate, he disappeared like this!
"Gone?" Shino said in surprise.
"What's going on?" Kiriko asked the same.
"......" Shino didn't speak, but looked at his watch, and the time for the next satellite detection had just passed, so he said: "You continue to monitor, I'll use this to see the guy's name." β
"Understood." Kiriko nodded.
Continuing to look at the bridge with a telescope, Kiriko suddenly felt a little strange.
This man in a cloak, is it the dead gun that he and Chu Yue saw yesterday? I always feel a little different......
Recalling the situation when the dead gun looked at her side just now, Kiriko knew that the strange place was there - today's man in the cloak, his eyes did not glow red.
Originally, the red light of the eyes was the function of the mask, and it should have been deliberately made by the dead gun in order to strengthen his murderous aura. But today, why did he turn off the light bulb?
Kiriko said in her heart: Why did he do this? Is there something else......
On the other side, after turning on the satellite terminal, Shino found that there were only two names here, himself and Kiriko!
Could it be that the man in the cloak had moved far away in such a short period of time? Shino thought in her heart.
No, it can't be, there are no motor vehicles around here, and even if there were, they should be able to see it. Other words......
"It's a good opportunity." Shino turned around and said.
"What?" Kiriko asked.
"His name doesn't appear on the map." Shino said, "That is, he should have taken off his equipment and dived into the river like you at this time." β
"If you only have a pistol, you can swim in the river, right?" Kiriko said.
That pistol...... The pistol of the dead gun was said by the dead gun to be "the same as himself, and the name is 'dead gun'". ZXED and the thin salt cod roe were killed by that pistol.
"If that's the case, it's not hard to suppress a pistol." Shino said, "I'll go to the river too......"
"No way!" Kiriko interrupted Shino, "That person, that person is dangerous!" β
"Huh?" Shino looked at Kiriko strangely at this time.
"No, that ......" Kiriko hesitated again.
"What the hell is going on?" Shino couldn't help but say, "You are like this, how can I continue to cooperate with you?" β
"Still, that matter ......," Kiriko said, "Shino, after this is over, Chu Yue and I will tell you everything!" But for now, don't go to him yet, okay? β
"......" Shi Nai hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Okay, when the time comes, you and Chu Yue will personally come to make amends to me!" β
"No problem!" Kiriko replied immediately.
BOB CONTINUES.
Of the 30 people who participated in the race, by the time the sun went down, only four remained.
Kirito, Shino, Sterben, Dark Wind.
Kirito and Shino hid inside a building in a ruined city, so satellite probes didn't find the two.
Darkwind is a strong and well-known GGO player. Last time on BOB, the first place was ZXED, and the second place was him. Many people think that Darkwind lost to ZXED because its equipment was weaker than ZXED.
As for Sterben, it's the man in the cape.
Kiriko felt that some of the cloaked men were a little different from the dead guns they saw last time, but since he didn't leave the field now, he should be dead guns.
However, at this time, although the map showed four people who were still alive, the location of these four people was not marked.
Obviously, all four of them discovered the vulnerability of the satellite detection, and none of them showed up first.
When it got dark, no one showed up, leaving BOB in a temporary stalemate.
I don't know if it was because I couldn't wait, but Sterben started to appear first on the map.
"There is ......" Kiriko, who was observing with a telescope, immediately noticed Sterben. And Shino immediately aimed her sniper rifle at the man.
But...... Shino didn't dare to shoot rashly. Because Sterben had just dodged Shino's sniping, if he dodged it this time, the location of the two would be revealed.
"What should I do?" Shino asked Kiriko.
"Wait a minute......," Kiriko said, "isn't there another person?" β
Shino told Kiriko about Darkwind, so Kiriko felt that after Sterben appeared at this time, Darkwind should be more anxious to find Sterben to duel.
Sure enough, Darkwind wasn't far away, and after spotting Sterben on the map, Darkwind moved towards it.
"I don't know which of the two of them will be stronger." Kiriko said.
"Darkwind has been called the 'go-and-run tactics,' and I think Sterben will be out of the game after this fight." Shino said.
"Hit ...... Hit and run? "Kiriko Khan.
"Run&Gun is the type of running while fighting, and running when you're done." Shiinah explained, "The main weapon is a light submachine gun, the Calico M900A, and the secondary weapon is generally a pistol Colt M1911. β
"That'...... Who is stronger than him and Shinabi? Kiriko asked.
"I'm a sniper," Shino said...... "Who do you say is stronger?" β
Kiriko smiled and didn't say anything more, suddenly spotting Darkwind running towards Sterben on the map.
"It's coming!" Kiriko said.
Shino immediately turned her sniper rifle to the other side.
There were cars in the ruined city, and Darkwind was lucky enough to find an off-road vehicle and immediately drove towards Sterben.
Sterben heard the sound of the car from a distance, but he unhurriedly removed his sniper rifle called "Silent Assassin" from his shoulder and aimed it at the SUV that Darkwind was riding.
However, before Sterben could shoot, Darkwind had already stretched out his gun from the car and fired at Sterben.
Sterben didn't dodge either, and fired a shot at the bullets.
The shot did not hit the dark wind on the car, but the tires on the car. The buggy immediately spun around the ground a few times and slid to the other side.
And Sterben was shot a few times by Darkwind, but none of them were critical, he lost a little HP, and he was not dead.
The buggy ended up crashing into a wall and exploded. Before that, though, Darkwind had jumped out of the car.
"You don't hide either...... Are you going to have a face-to-face battle with me? After jumping out of the car, Darkwind squatted on the ground and said.
However, at this time, Sterben actually put away his sniper rifle and took out a laser sword instead.
"Laser sword?!" Shino, who was watching the battle from a distance, said in surprise.
"What is he going to do?" Kiriko was also surprised, "Even if the sniper rifle is not suitable for attacking from a distance, but you don't need to change your sword, right?" β
"This ......" Shino thought for a moment, then said, "Doesn't he have a weapon suitable for medium and close range?" β
On Sterben's side and Darkwind, Darkwind was equally surprised.
"Oh? Are you ready to use this sword to fight me? Darkwind said.
Without saying a word, Sterben rushed straight towards the Dark Wind.
Seeing that this person didn't speak, but if he was slashed by that laser sword, he would really be killed, so he didn't say anything more and started his own style of battle.
Running and shooting at the same time requires a lot of skill. This is enough to say about the strength of the dark wind, but ......
Obviously, Sterben looks a little stronger. Because, while using the red laser sword to slash the bullet, he ran towards the dark wind.
The movement when swinging the sword, the style when running, all remind people of another person: Kiriko.
"What?!"
Seeing this, Kiriko cried out again in surprise.
However, only Kiriko knows that this style is not unique to herself. As long as it is a survivor of SAO, no matter who it is, it will have such a style!
Looking at the sound of the dead gun, Kiriko thought:
This dead gun...... He actually has such strength...... I thought that there was no one else except Chu Yue who could slash bullets with a lightsaber like me, but now it seems that I still underestimate the dead gun?
Wait a minute...... Wrong......
If Dead Gun had such strength, then how could he be defeated when he was in SAO?!
I remember that in the battle to exterminate the smiling coffin, there was no such strong person!
Suddenly, Kiriko thought of a possibility.
"Won't it?"
Kiriko couldn't help but say it.
"What?" Shino looked at Kiriko strangely.