Operation: AINCRAD, Level 14: Miracle Miko

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Boss fight: Infinite

Infinite flew off the edge of the tower and fired a red beam that swept the surface, but Miko dropped flat and ducked it. His body glitched around the tower before attempting to strangle Miko from behind, but she jumped and kicked backward, landing a hit! Infinite warped above and materialized a group of rockets, dropping them and piercing the tower. Miko panicked at their beeping, sensing they would explode. Boly sensed a Pixl inside one, so Miko pulled open its hatch and retrieved a Barry. With the barrier activated, she was able to survive the explosions. Infinite recollected their scattered data and cast the rockets at Miko individually, but by spinning, her spiked shield could deflect them back at Infinite. "GRAH!" he grunted from three blasts before ceasing the attack.

Needing to repair his data, Infinite withdrew the sky-blue heart from his gem and harnessed its power, but the presence of the Pure Heart caused blue and purple rhythm platforms to appear, moving to-and-fro quickly. Miko jumped on the blue one, jumped to the purple once it flew over, jumped to cling to a vertical blue platform, Wall Jumped to a purple, then kicked off onto a blue rail that grinded around to Infinite's front. Miko PUNCHED the Pure Heart, resulting in a powerful surge. Miko was blown back to the tower, but Infinite's HP bar had reduced again. "Let's see if you're any good at bullet hell!" Infinite began to unleash a storm of bullets from directly ahead of Miko, the gamer swiftly jumping between the safe gaps, but a few of the heads managed to graze her arms and legs.

Infinite recollected their matter and began to fly circles around and up-and-down. Miko evaded as necessary, having to both jump and run in circles near the center. Infinite flew above the tower for closer range, but also willed bullets to spawn partway away from him, giving Miko two sources to dodge. However, one of the rounds caused a Crosser to emerge from the ground. Miko seized the crosshair Pixl and conjured a digital gun. Infinite immediately warped, and Boly sensed his presence behind one of the stone rings that surrounded the palace. Using Crosser, Miko could focus in on his position, seeing Infinite with his own rifle. Aiming at the glow of his eye, Miko pulled the trigger and sniped him, chopping another chunk of HP.

Infinite retreated behind the Elevator Tower in order to heal himself. The rhythm platforms were now in the shapes of targets, and she would have to snipe them when the centers blinked on. She destroyed three targets as other platforms were revealed, changing at a rapid rate. Miko would have to shoot the first blue one, allowing the bullet to ricochet to the others as they alternated, eventually going around the tower and piercing Infinite! The enraged jackal returned to the palace and conjured Glitch Balls. They pursued Miko, but as soon as one touched her, the others disappeared. "AAAAHH!" Her head began twisting in circles. "What the hell?! Are you unscrewing my head?!"

"Glitch Balls interfere with your 'controls'! It seems your 'camera' is continuously rotating. Good luck dodging these!" Infinite enlarged his fist and began thrusting punches at the tower. They were hard to dodge as Miko's direction kept shifting, one of the shockwaves knocking her off her feet. Even standing up was dizzying, but it became worse as Infinite began throwing rounds of three buzzsaws. She could almost feel the tip of her right shoe being sawed, but fortunately, her twisting head returned to normal. Infinite flew to one side and conjured a whole line of buzzsaws, bound to shred Miko to strips. However, it seemed one of the earlier saws released a Slim from a crack in the ground: it was an upside-down triangular Pixl that thinned in and out.

Miko grabbed the Slim and thinned her body like a paper, easily slipping between the saws. Furthermore, by standing completely still, Miko grew one-dimensional and invisible. Infinite glared and mustered a saw over his hand, thoroughly skimming the area for the gamer. He rotated and turned, studying all corners of the tower, but once his back was facing Miko, she puffed back to normal, jumped, grabbed, and pulled him to the ground to deal a pummeling. Infinite pushed her off and cast another Glitch Ball: this triggered a glitch where Miko would be pushed southward as if wind were blowing, making it hard to run in the opposite direction. Infinite began to erect spikes from the ground, starting from the south. Miko struggled to run north, having to shift northeast when spikes appeared to the left.

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