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ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 485 Part 2

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 485: X Day: Countdown! Part 2

「Whoa! Can you really do that in video games? I didn’t know.」

「What is this nonsense that you are talking about? This is completely different from the contemporary Full Dive games. I mean, you could technically do that in Full Dive as well, but you would need lots and lots of practice to be able to pull something like that off. The result would not be worth the effort put into mastering that.」

「But that being said, it is not something that is completely impossible, right?」

Even if we were talking about myself here, I am not sure if I would be able to master maneuvers like that. I am a type who plays many different games and tries to incorporate some elements from one production into another, but even I understand that there are some technical aspects in between games that simply cannot be overcome with skill alone.

「Alright then, so let’s get back to the main subject here. I’ll cut right to the chase: is it true that Saiga-san and you are actually……」

「The sky is at dawn, the darkness becomes brighter. My heart is like that sky, while the sun of your words is ugly and unsightly.」

「What the……!? Haah……!? You little shit……!! Huh!? What the fuck was that supposed to mean……!? So cringy……!! What the actual hell……!?」

「You never wrote poetry while sitting in the café and enjoying some nice cup of coffee Mocha yourself? And who knows? Maybe the seat that you were sitting in at that time is the same seat that some famous poet was using in the past? You never know.」

「I’ll show you some famous poets, you asshole! Eat shit and go to hell, you absolute bastard!!」

「Oh shit! At this rate I am going to experience the horror of Akatsuki Heart that I myself have created! Everyone! Please help me!!! I don’t wanna die!!」

「Hey, Akatsuki Heart! Calm the fuck down!! It’s no big deal!」

「I think that it sounds great! Akatsuki Heart, that is!」

「When I posted that on SNS earlier, it was apparently a great hit and…… Ah!」

「OGOOOOOOAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!???」

Ten thousand followers and a whole mass of likes and reactions has got to mean something, right? And besides, it’s the number that is actually quite amazing. And besides, those words are simply heart-wrenching! And you can feel it all the way through it!!

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「Good morning, my dear Amelia. Did you happen to read the email from Kei? Because Halloween is over, Pumpkin is going to show up as well! Because he apparently has nothing better to do at the moment!」

「That’s good to hear. But Silvia? Aren’t you perhaps the one who is looking forward to this even the most?」

「But of course! However, even though I am delighted to meet him again, I guess that it is kind of a shame for you, huh, Amelia? Because his Cursed Prison game was the best out there! Even better than yours, as sad as it might make you feel! But what are you going to do if he is not going to fight you? Or if he’ll only want to fight against me?」

「No matter what happens, I am going to get what I want here, mark my words. I do not exactly care about the title of the Real Cursed Prison all that much, but still…… I am not going to let it go. Not the fact that someone was able to steal a round from you before I did! And not in my beloved Cursed Prison, to boot! But if there is a new contender in town, then of course I want to see them for myself and measure his worth!」

「I heard that you are also going to play a match on the exact same show that we are going to be on?」

「Is that supposed to be some sort of joke? Besides, I believe that every single Japanese game is inferior to Galaxia Heroes. Besides ShangriLa Frontier, of course.」

「A friendly reminder, but you should refrain from saying things like that during the broadcast.」

「Don’t worry, I have at least that much common sense in me. Oh, and Silvia? You are currently living with Uomi Kei, right? Let’s make this matches as fast as possible so that you can go back to playing whatever it is that you are playing there.」

「You know what? I’m really going to ask Santa Claus for the key to Kei’s room this Christmas! So I have to be a good girl to make it happen!」

「You know, I still cannot possibly imagine what good you see about a person like him. He seems like a total fool to me…… Besides, Japanese people always have those listless expressions on their faces, so it’s hard to get to know what they are really thinking.」

「You know, of all the people out there, I really don’t want to be told things like that by someone like you.」

「Or maybe it’s like that one Buddha statue? The one with many faces? I get a feeling that Japanese people are just like that.」

「Ahh, is that so……?」

「Oh, yeah. That reminds me. There was another question that I wanted to ask you.」

「And that question is?」

「The subway system of this country is way too complicated! I had trouble with navigating around town!」

「If you can use the subway, then use the taxi. There is no shame in that, although it will certainly be more expensive.」

「I hate using taxis, because the drivers are always way too talkative and I can’t handle that. Like, at all.」

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The time left until the X day: three days. There was a huge probability that the game that we were going to play would be Galaxia Heroes: Chaos, so I decided to play for some time to refresh my knowledge about it, as well as to try out some new things.

I chose Cursed Prison for the time being because there is a connection between me and that character. However, is there a reason why there is clearly a pumpkin color scheme, the so-called 2P color variation? I decided to give it a go for a moment or two, but aside from the grinning expression of the pumpkin head it was nothing special, so for the time being I reverted back to the original skin.

My current opponent is…… The fuck is this? S…… A…… I…… SAIKYOCURSEDPRISON? You asshole, at least use some god damned underscores for this name! It’s way too hard to read that way! Or rather, talk about matchmaking, picking me an opponent like that. But oh well…… That doesn’t really change my goals for the future, so we might just roll with it for the time being.

However, since I was going to fight that…… What was her name again? Amelia, or something? I am going to have to fight a mirror match with her, so maybe actually experiencing a mirror match before that is going to be a good idea.

「Alright, let’s do this.」

All of a sudden, I feel a strong sense of nostalgia towards Chaos City. Maybe going with Cursed Prison once more would be a nice idea to do here?

For the time being, I aim for the motorcycle of some police officer that happened to be in the vicinity and then go in the direction of the middle of the tier.