Main Tournament Starts: 65 Minutes
But whether you're a fake using his name or the real one...
Someday, I'll kill you.
After the second Bullet of Bullets, Death Gun showed up.
Both times, the murders occurred where others could see them.
Until then, he probably worked on
leveling up his character, so he wouldn't stand out.
I guess he isn't listed under "Death Gun."
But BoB would be the best stage for him.
I know he'll be there.
I'll find the name of Death Gun's avatar, and I'll face him again.
Bullet of Bullets
Main Tournament Starts: 36 Minutes
Third Bullet of Bullets
Hey, Sinon.
Sinon-san?
Sinon-neesan?
Sinon—
Stop it!
I already said hello.
Do you want something else?
W-Well, I thought that, before the tournament starts,
we could maybe share information.
I-I'd really appreciate it...
Fine.
I'm sure it'll just be me lecturing you, though.
Th-That wasn't my intention! Entirely...
Main Tournament Starts: 32 Minutes
In the run up to the tournament, how do you feel?
I'll get behind him and use it to finish him.
Wow.
The main tournament is always like a big party.
Without Zexceed, this tournament could go to anyone!
If you want to win, you need this,
top-secret player information for just 1,000 credits!
Dark Wind, I'll bet it all on you.
What are the odds on huuka?
Dyne, huh?
His skills and equipment are okay, but he never really stands out.
He'll be lucky to place fifteenth.
If you want the dark horse, you'll want Richie.
Who never really stands out?
I'm s-sorry!
This won't be like last time.
H-Hey, isn't that Kirito-chan?
I heard she rips through her enemies with a photon sword.
A cool, beautiful berserker, huh?
Nice.
No, Sinon's much better.
I'd love to be shot by Sinocchi.
Yeah.
I'd rather get sliced up.
Go play ALO, then.
Sorry.
W-We're sorry, Kirito-san!
You guys...
Cheer for me!
K-Kirito-chan, good luck!
I'll bet all my money on you!
What the hell are you doing?
Main Tournament Starts: 20 Minutes
So, in the main tournament, thirty players are randomly placed on the same map?
You start shooting
when you encounter someone, and the last man standing is the winner?
I knew it...
You're trying to make me explain everything to you.
Anyway, all of that was in the e-mail the admins sent you!
I d-did read it, but...
I wanted to make sure I understood it.
I guess it's all in how you say it.
Basically, you're right.
It's a battle royal on a single map with thirty players.
Starting locations are random,
but you'll be at least a thousand meters from every other player.
O-One thousand meters?
That means the map must be pretty big.
Did you really read the e-mail?
The main tournament map
is ten kilometers in diameter.
Forest Bridge Mountainous Area
Prairie Lost City Rural Area
It has mountains, forests, and deserts.
The stage also starts in the afternoon,
so no one has an advantage or disadvantage due to equipment or stat type.
Desert
Can you even find anyone?
You're shooting at each other with guns, so it has to be that big.
And participants automatically receive an item called a "satellite scan terminal."
Satellite...
Like a spy satellite or something?
Yeah.
The idea is that a spy satellite passes over the stage once every fifteen minutes.
Then it transmits the location information of each player on the map to the terminal.
In other words, you can only hide in one place for fifteen minutes?
That's right.
But wouldn't a rule like that put a sniper at a disadvantage?
Fifteen minutes is more than enough to fire one shot,
kill one person, and move.
O-Oh...
Okay, you're done for now?
The next time I find you...
W-Wait, wait—
Is there still something else?
It's what I really wanted to talk about.
Um... This may seem strange,
but how many of the players participating
in BoB for the first time have names you don't recognize?
What are you talking about?
Please... Tell me.
It's important.
Well, as long as it's only names, I don't mind telling you.
Other than a certain
obnoxious energy sword user, only three are new players.
Three?
What are they called?
Jack Reacher Pale Rider Philnei No-No Setsugekka Gunner X Keith Rikoko XYZ Masayo
"Gunner X" and "Pale Rider"?
And...
Ten-Q E.J. Cacamepos the Second Colonel Liberty Pancho Sterben Raiden
I guess it's pronounced "Sterben"?
One of these is Death Gun.
What's with you?
You haven't explained any of this.
I'm about to really get mad.
No, well...
What?
Is your plan to piss me off so I screw up in the main tournament?
No... No, that's not it.
That isn't it...
Does it have anything
to do with how you started acting weird in the qualifiers yesterday?
Yeah, it does.
Yesterday,
a player from another VRMMO spoke to me.
One of those names is probably his.
A friend?
No, an enemy.
I tried to seriously kill him, and he tried to seriously kill me.
But I can't even remember what he used to call himself.
Kill you?
An enemy?
Were you in a party, and got into a fight or something?
No...
We honestly tried to take each other's life.
They... Their group...
did something absolutely unforgivable.
No way could we be friends.
I had to settle things with a sword.
I don't regret that at all.
But...
For a long time, I've been avoiding taking responsibility for it.
Up until now, I'd forced myself to forget.
But I'm not allowed to run anymore.
This time, I have to face it head-on.
I'm sorry for saying such a weird thing.
Forget it.
You can still pull the trigger anyway?
If that bullet could also kill a player in the real world...
And if you didn't shoot them,
you or someone you loved would be killed...
Could you still pull the trigger?
Kirito, were you one of the players in that game?
Sorry.
I'm not supposed to ask that, am I?
No, it's okay.
Kirito...
Sinon?
We need to head to the standby dome,
or we won't have time to focus our minds or inspect our equipment.
You're right.
I understand that you have your reasons for what you're doing.
But your promise with me is something different.
I'm going to pay you back for yesterday's final round.
So... If you let someone else shoot you, I won't forgive you.
I understand.
I'll survive until I see you.
Thanks.
You battle junkies who love the smell of gun oil and gun smoke, are you ready?
The deadline for your bets is almost over.
Now, it's time to see who the toughest player in the hardest VRMMO, GGO, is!
MMO Stream will be showing live footage of the battle!
Now, time for the countdown!
Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Bullet of Bullets, start!
Lion Richie
Bingo.
All right!
Nice!
You got him, Sinocchi!
Twenty-one players are still alive...
Looks like Dyne is being chased.
Lion Richie
Richie's looking to hit anyone who goes after him with a heavy machine gun.
So he won't move.
Dyne and Pale Rider would be the better choice.
Is he still alive?
I don't care what happens to that jerk!
Damn it.
What is that guy?
Now, come on out.
I'll pump you full of holes.
You should always check your six, Dyne.
Who's there?!
Shhh!
Wait.
I have a plan.
In this situation, there aren't any plans or compromises!
One of us dies... That's all!
Please...
I don't want them to notice us.
What do you mean?
I want to watch the battle on the bridge till the end.
Until it ends, don't attack.
Watch and do what?
That depends on what I see, but I'll leave this area.
I won't attack you.
I might shoot you from behind.
If that's your choice, that's fine.
Please understand.
It's about to begin.
If we get a chance to start over, will you fight me for real?
Yeah.
You should be a bit more cautious.
If he tries to move, I'll shoot him first.
Fine.
No, wait.
What?
Damn it!
He's strong...
He limited the weight he carries in order to boost his 3D-movement ability.
And his acrobatic skill is really high!
Damn you!
Crap!
If he had the time to swap magazines, he should have shot from the hip.
The pale guy's strong.
Was he the one who wore the cape?
An enemy.
I tried to seriously kill him, and he tried to seriously kill me.
I'm going to shoot him.
Okay.
But if he really is that man...
You think he can dodge at this range?
You're kidding me.
I missed the gunshot?
No, I definitely didn't hear it.
What's going on?
The only possibilities are a quiet laser rifle
or, if it's a physical gun, a silencer...
But he shouldn't be dead, so why isn't he moving?
It looked like he was shot from the forest.
No.
I think it was from farther than that.
I just looked all the way to the end of the map, and no one's within a kilometer.
Wait, Kirito... Where did you come from?
I was following that Pale Rider.
Oh, that's it.
What?
Come to think of it, I was swimming in that river during the scan.
I was underwater the whole time, so I guess the satellite couldn't find me.
With that equipment? How?
I unequipped all my items and moved them to item storage, of course.
Then if you're at the bottom of the river, the satellite scan can't pick you up, huh?
I'll remember that.
Sinon, his avatar has a strange light effect.
A stun bullet?
How long has he been there?
Silent Assassin?!
Is that the name of that rifle?
Yeah...
A high-level sniper rifle that comes equipped with a silencer.
I'd heard rumors that it existed within GGO,
but it's the first time I've seen one.
If he can use a gun like that, who is he?
He's going to finish him with the handgun?
Sinon, fire...
At which one?
The one in the cape!
Please shoot him!
Quickly!
Before he shoots!
Next Time Death Gun