Nextgen Kids: Legend of the Nine Newborn

Operation: AINCRAD, Level 7: A Fish Out of Water

This chapter brings back a certain character who appeared in Newbie's Quest!

Gun Gale

The whole city was in a frenzy over what just transpired in the Turf War. Normally, the children's games for Gun Gale were never broadcasted on the in-game news, only the Gun About battles, but since those had been postponed, the Turf Wars were their only source of trigger-happy entertainment. But all the TVs were forcibly tuned in to that channel to broadcast the event.

Sector SA's group were loitering by the wall on the H.Q.'s pavilion. Millium was patting Goombella's head in comfort. Fie and Sinon could see the pain in their eyes as their heads hung. "That girl was... a friend of yours?" Fie asked.

"She was an operative from Sector LN." Morgiana answered. "Her and I worked together for a short time. It isn't like we were particularly close, but..."

"It doesn't make it any less painful." Nagisa sighed. "Just knowing that she's dead... and we watched..."

Sinon bit her lip, her heart swelling with guilt. "I'm sorry... even when I shot him, it did nothing... I didn't get stronger at all..."

"What do you mean you didn't get stronger?" Goombella asked. "It isn't your fault this happened. If anything, it's ours."

"I..."

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha."

The air turned red as the group whipped around. The surrounding crowds turned as Infinite himself spawned on the pavilion. "It's Infinite!" a Fongoid man screamed. "Is he going to erase the avatars on this floor?!"

"I ain't turning back into my puny Terachnoid self!" an Agorian yelled. "Let's get outta here!"

While the crowds fled from the scene, Sector SA readied their selves as Infinite approached them with a glaring eye. "It seems you made the news again. What perfect timing..."

"You had that monster attack us on purpose?!" Goombella yelled.

"All I did was hack the game to make him spawn in the Turf Wars. The players here seemed a little too safe for my tastes, so I gave them some incentive to hunt down the boss for this floor. I certainly didn't expect him to appear for Scheherazade's friends~"

"Of course." Goombella rolled her eyes.

"What's he mean by that?" Sinon asked, holding her rifle in a quivering manner.

"They were all over the news a while back." Fie replied.

"But I don't see Scheherazade among you." Infinite mustered a red, digital orb in his hand. "Unless it's one of you!" The orb became a huge ray that enveloped the group. Millium's avatar shattered as she grew to Fie's height, and Sinon's shattered as well.

Sinon's cyan hair and eyes had changed to black. She wore a long-sleeved, comfy pajama shirt with white sleeves and a light-brown torso, along with short black shorts. Her legs were otherwise bare, feeling a chill on them as she felt unbalanced. The group was surprised by how different and ordinary she looked compared to the cool and composed military avatar that was her guise.

"Not here, eh? Then perhaps she isn't logged into the game at all."

"You're about to be logged out yourself!" Killua dashed at Infinite, his sharp fingers imbued with lightning as he tried to slash him. Killua's body glitched and froze just centimeters from him, so Fie leapt to slash Infinite with daggers. He dodged the blades while making little motion, and a force of power blew the assassins away.