Selfish Not Selfless

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3'rd Person P.O.V

"Sooooo............. what's your opinion on the match," Usami asked somewhat awkwardly, as everyone was already back in the common area/living room. "I thought it was interesting," Kuga said casually. Usami sweat dropped at this and sighed. "Osamu, you were completely obliterated," Konami said, sighing. Karasuma looked at her, them at Osamu, and finally opened his mouth. "I'd say the same Mikumo. It isn't just the number of wins that made me say this." Mikumo looked confused as well as Chika but the others just nodded, discluding Miketsu. "Kyousuke, you're referring to the trion aren't you," Reiji asked, and Karasuma nodded in reply. Usami gazed back and forth as the atmosphere was kind of tense. Osamu looked a little ashamed but kept his head up, Miketsu staying silent as she sat stiffly on a couch. Usami sighed at this. "Yosh, as an operator, I will show you my awesome commentary and analyzing skills. Let's get the tape of the match and then ask questions every now and then. It will be a good learning experience for everyone." Although everyone seemed surprised, the atmosphere got lighter and everyone was more relaxed, tension no longer. Raijinmaru and his capable rider walked into the room, walked out, then duck faced his way back in. Oh well, Raijinmaru probably new what he was doing. Miketsu turned to Raijinmaru then stood up, surprising the others. She nodded to the human on the capybara then put her hand out, in front of his face. The capybara sniffed it, then rolled over, knocking Yotaro of in the process. Miketsu tilted her head once, stuck one hand out to Raijinmaru's furry stomach as the other helped Yotaro up. Raijinmaru looked to be in bliss and Miketsu's eyes, although barely noticeable, light up. Reiji smiled at the scene while the others raised brows, Yotaro begrudgingly walking into the kitchen for food. Usami came in, u.s.b in hand as she raised a brow. She pushed up her glasses, connecting it to a computer as it loaded onto the screen. Everyone turned to the t.v as it connected, the match's video soon to begin. No one said anything much, until the clip of the 2'nd round began. "Ne Osamu-kun, why did you use the super slow asteroid tactic," Chika inquired. Osamu turned to look at Chika, then the others, them raising brows as well. "Well," Usami pushed. Osamu pushed up his glasses and looked at Miketsu. The video was long paused and Osamu started talking. "I wanted to see what type of style Miketsu-san has. It was to observe her reaction and gain data, though it didn't seem to work." Osamu turned to look at Miketsu and the girl retracted her hands from petting Miketsu. "It was easy to read your thought process, especially after the large scale invasion. We both have similar thought processes and as far as I'm aware with the small amount of information you and your branch have provided, along with the bit of contact we had, I was able to analyze your style. By measuring your abilities by having a battle with the female humanoid with the black trigger, I was able to gauge your abilities to a minimal extent, provided we were acquaintances regardless, it was simple. You needed to think, then form a strategy, the details were only logical guesses." Osamu made a sheepish smile and the others nodded, some secretly in awe. Regardless, they continues the video. There weren't any more questions unti; the end of the 3'rd match. "Ne Miketsu, did you notice the asteroid behind Osamu," Kuga asked. Miketsu nodded. "Sadly, it was only last minute when I noticed, right as I fired at Mikumo-senpai, which is why I am so weak, I'm not observant enough. I believe it was a mistake on my end that I noticed so late," Miketsu said calmly. Some of the others sweatdropped. 'It's a feat to notice before you can even see it in the 1'st place,' many thought. Regardless, they continued the video once again. "Oh there," Konami said as the Usami paused the video. The others looked closer at the screen and then looked expectantly at Miketsu and Osamu. However, it was Usami who spoke this time. "I think I understand this scenario. Now as Osamu-kun put up the screen, and including the fact Miketsu-chan was able to notice the asteroid in the former round even with him as a screen, Miketsu-chan must have noticed the asteroids that were surrounding Osamu, even though some people wouldn't notice in the heat of the moment. Now osamu-kun probably had the strategy of having the shield to slow down Miketsu-chan's movements and distract her, therefore shooting her afterwards. However, what he didn't account for was his own shield being utilised against him. Miketsu-chan wouldn't need to use as much shields and protect herself from the blast, and sh made Osamu-kun proceed with his plan by making him think that she shot the shield. It was honestly a speed and instinct battle so Miketsu-chan had the upper-hand, probably because she makes faster decisions and the fact that she was able to survive rabbits for 20 minutes proves it." Everyone applauded Usami as she grinned, pushing up her glasses. "Usami-san, to be honest, I think you are overestimating me. I can't make split second decisions and I usually plan ahead, so that wasn't instantaneous, it took a while to form a plan. Instinct wise, I only have the upper-hand due to my environment. I am sure that if anyone where to be exposed to the same events that happened around me, we would probably have the same type of instinct, if not mine worse than the other." The people who heard this tried to say otherwise but noticed her wording. She was putting herself down, but not extremely. She was simply thinking of the what-ifs, of others that could possibly do better if they had similar living circumstances. They knew that they couldn't say anything and decided to turn the video back on, time passing as the 5'th rounds end drew near. It was at the end many sighed in frustration though. "The camera can't see through the collisions dust. We can't tell what happened," Karasuma stated. It was then that Miketsu felt a slight rumble in her pocket. She slightly nodded and excused herself as she took a look at her phone. She widened her eyes and bid her farewell, telling Chika that they could talk on a later date as she was busy. "Ahahaha," Usami laughed hesitantly. Reiji looked at the others then sighed. "I have an idea of what happened, partially because I helped her with picking her trigger, that and I know her well enough to the point she will talk to me about her thoughts. She countered asteroid with asteroid and escaped from above, is my theory. She doesn't have grasshopper but she told me that she has a tactic, in which you use a shield as a platform. She probably just pushed out, in a simple manner, then stealthily landed." The others nodded in satisfaction. They were awed at Miketsu's idea and quick thinking. Kizaki then decided to add something. "Regarding her strategy and sudden change Mikumo, she probably wanted to mislead your mind, so you would unconsciously slow down your thought process. She is smart so she's good at mind games." The others widened their eyes.

"Do you mean she planned most of this ahead of time," Konami asked.

"Probably not everything but a majority." Reiji answered the question in a calm manner. Kuga then decided to speak.

"In other words, Osamu was played."