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STAGE TWENTY-NINE >> The Campaign Part One

This is a work of fiction. All of the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this story are all products of the author's imagination used in fictitious manner. Any resemblance to an actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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During the announcement of Gryphon partnering with the Dark Cloud Alliance, one of the additional details that were addressed was the addition of the PVP guild content, and within "Incarnate" this was simply dubbed as the Guild Wars Campaign. The company aims to provide a service that will allow players from various countries to participate in the battleground without lag

During the day of the launch of the said campaign, the Gryphon team was tasked to look after the servers outside of the game world, while Akihiro together with Ryoto, Hiroyuki, and Kenta will take part in order to identify bugs and how players react to this new adventure mode they set.

"Is there something you wish to tell me?" Akihiro happened to ask as they were preparing. Today, his brother Takehiko suggested using a different kind of reverie in order to connect with them to the real world.

However, his question doesn't relate to the mechanics of the game, nor does it relate to the campaign that they were all excited to begin.

Akihiro was still left in the dark about the situation between his brother and Yuki. He felt unfair that these two would leave him especially when he could feel that there was tension between them and he was in the middle of it.

The thing was, Akihiro did ask Yuki if he wanted to stay away. It would hurt him but if this was the only way for Yuki to move on, then he would be more than willing to do it. He would prefer to love the other this way...

But Yuki refused to let him leave and this answer gave him a tiny hope that maybe, after all that was said and done, he could still have his chance with him. But first, he would like to know if his brother has anything to do with what was bothering Yuki.

Akihiro's relationship with his brother was complicated, this has been long established from the very beginning. It was a curse to both hate and admire the older person who, whether he likes it or not, has been there for him despite his denial. People would say that Akihiro was difficult to understand, but in truth, Takehiko was even harder to comprehend. About his brother, Takehiko could be smiling today and grimacing the next. There was no way of telling what he truly feels about a certain situation, he would rather move in secret on his own. Just like that time when he decided that he'd rather go with their mother to South Korea leaving him alone to be with their father who doesn't even want him.

"Aki," Takehiko said after a long sigh. "I swear to you, I have no idea what's making Yuki angry. I don't want to force him if he really doesn't want to talk to me."

Akihiro watched his brother for a moment before changing the subject, "When can I meet your fiancée?"

As soon as he mentioned this, he saw how Takehiko stiffened as though he asked about a person that he doesn't want to talk about. Strange for someone who just got engaged. Who doesn't want to talk about the person they wished to marry? But that was what he could see in his brother's face as if Takehiko was guilty. Why?

Even though he was curious, he choose to let the subject go. He doesn't like obliging people in disclosing their secrets as he doesn't want the same thing to be done to him. For now, their priority was to make the gameplay of "Incarnate" as smooth as possible so they could accept other players.

The new "reverie" that they created was a lot more interactive than before, and instead of looking like a helmet, it was now designed as a wireless ear cuff with both wireless and Bluetooth functions. The four of them tested this beforehand, and both Ryoto and Hiroyuki commented on its convenience.