Bluntgre 2 (Continues at Ch 154)

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"Fufu, you two look like you're having fun."

While babysitting Suupaa(who had already woken up but fell asleep again after her stomach was full), Touka watched Nana and Rinne's stream.

Both Nana, who seemed to be enjoying herself, and Rinne, who rarely showed her defenselessness, smiled at Touka.

Ever since that unfortunate day, ...Touka had always dreamed of two people she cherished smiling happily like this.

(The first day will soon be over. Have I done my part?)

For the past day, Touka has watched over the three of them from a step back. She did her best within her ability without stepping out of line or overstepping their boundaries.

Nana, Rinne, and Suupaa are all geniuses with weapons that no one else can imitate.

Touka was acting as a lubricant for all three of them, and she was never expected to be good at games. She understood this after she did a one-on-one spar with Suupaa.

Until she learned of Suupaa's strength, Touka had always wondered why she had been invited to join HEROES.

Rinne asked her to join the VR division of HEROES because they lack personnel. Rinne needed one more person besides Suupaa and Nana to clear the four-person team limit.

But it didn't have to be Touka.

She knows that better than anyone else.

Since Rinne was a well-known figure in the world of FPS, it would be best to get free players from the top-ranked Zero Wars VR.

At least it was better than placing someone unfamiliar with the game just for the sake of filling the vacant spot in the team, and even then not considering the time and effort they needed to train her just to get a mediocre level skill.

Or they could have brought in members from other HEROES teams. In short, there are still so many numbers of other alternatives.

And yet, Rinne chose Touka.

She had been wondering about this for quite some time, but now it became clear. She finally understood.

The reason is very simple.

In terms of strength to win the WGCS, Suupaa alone was sufficient.

One could say, even Nana and Rinne were not needed.

There is such a huge difference in ability between Suupaa and the other players. That it could be compared as if an armed military man were pinned against a group of children to fight.

The gap was as wide as the difference in physical ability between ordinary people and Nana. The girl called Suupaa already stands in a realm that can never be reached by normal means.

There are not many players in this country who can properly face her. The number was so small that they could be counted in one hand. And those few players are not in BATTLER because they have already secured their ticket to WGCS.

Considering this factor, Rinne's decision to add Touka to fill the gap was fine.

But that is only true if HEROES only want to win the BATTLER.

(Should the team [Tenchi Shinmei] be participating in BATTLER, things might be different, but as it is now, the other teams have no way to stop Suupaa. Rin-nee-chan does terrible things, doesn't she? She pulls out Suupaa-san of all people.)

No one expected Suupaa's participation.

Faced with such adversity, it made it easy for Touka to imagine that the other team was scratching their heads right now.