The Golden Experience Point [Part 1]

Chapter 46: "A Machine that Only Kills Perverts"

There were 32 monitors. There were also 32 players in the championship. Which meant it was possible for each monitor to focus on a different player. If that were turned out to be the case, then it would be way too embarrassing for every spectator to see her change, hide herself, and possess her armor. She had been far too naïve during the prelims. If she happened to get caught on camera, then she would have been in a whole lot of trouble.

Rare had no choice other than to compete in the championship as-is with Yoroizaka and the Kenzaki brothers. She would have to give up on the "final boss's second transformation" act. There probably wouldn't be any players who could push Rare that far anyway.

This was the perfect chance to let Yoroizaka take control and see if she could still use her own skills. If she could, then there would be almost no reason for Rare to learn any weapon skills, which would be super convenient. But even if Yoroizaka could use her skills, if the person inside, Rare, had to be careful of the drastic movements or risk injury, then it wasn't very practical anyway. This was something that needed to be tested.

Of course, she had her cloak covering her. Since there weren't any other players who had completely hidden their faces with a cloak, the spectators already knew that Yoroizaka was underneath, but Rare had the fastest clear time in the prelims, so none of the other contestants knew who was under the cloak.

Her transfer destination was next to a stream. A forest was behind her, and across the stream there was a meadow, a sea of grass undulating from the strong wind. Rare used [Summon Vision], [Summon Hearing], and [Summon Smell]. Since she was now jacked into Yoroizaka, she could survey the meadow without problem.

Rare looked around. She thought she saw something moving in the forest. She crouched down and focused on her ears. There was a noise. It was probably a player. Still crouched, she slowly and quietly approached them. They still hadn't noticed her. Rare decided to try giving Yoroizaka the reins here. After conveying instructions to her, Rare stopped moving. If she didn't let her body go completely slack, she could be hurt, so this was a moderately nerve-wracking situation. Everything would be fine once she got used to going along with Yoroizaka's movements, though; this would work.

They closed the gap to get Yoroizaka into range including [Flash Step]. As soon as they did, she activated [Flash Step]. It was important not to reveal their skills as much as possible, but it was even more important to perform the necessary tests. [Flash Step] brought along Rare who was inside. Above all, she didn't feel as though her limbs were moved in any strange ways. This [Flash Step] felt exactly the same now as when she had done it while possessing Yoroizaka. Which meant that she only needed to be careful of Yoroizaka's own considerable athletic prowess. Surprisingly, other players probably always felt this way when using these physical-type skills. Furthermore, from a system perspective, her stats were all higher than Yoroizaka's. So theoretically, there was no logic behind the idea that she wouldn't be able to keep up with Yoroizaka's movements.

"Gotcha! [Flar—"

The player they were stalking had apparently realized that Rare was aiming for them. They were completely ready to shoot off a spell. However, she wasn't sure if they didn't know about the [Flash Step] skill, or maybe they didn't think she could use it. Either way, she probably came much more quickly than they were expecting, so before they could finish calling out the spell's keyword, their body's left half had already been parted from its right.

The overwhelming difference in power turned this into a straight-up murder, but it also reminded Rare of something that had slipped her mind. Yoroizaka's endurance had never been tested. This was also true for the Kenzaki brothers, and for Rare herself. Given their current stats and equipment, she wasn't sure how many attacks or how much damage they each could take.