Kaiju Busters Online

Level 3: PvP

Tyler, Tomiko, and I stepped off of the transport and walked into the diner within the Kaiju Busters HQ. We sat down at a booth and tapped icons for our food.

"So you've been beating Takara since junior high?" Tomiko asked Tyler as she slurped a mouth full of noodles. "Do you even know what he's been through?"

Tyler's cheeks were bright red as he ate his curry rice. "N-no."

"He's had to see the nurse daily, deal with the verbal abuse in class, and has even cut himself up and down his arms. And yet you still beat him?"

Tyler turned a brighter shade of red and ran his hand through his spiky hair. "I-I'm sorry, Takara. I had no idea."

"It's fine," I said as I swallowed my yakisoba. "You didn't know."

"It's not okay," Tomiko insisted. "Beating someone isn't okay. Neither is verbally abusing them."

Tyler hung his head. "I'm such a bad person."

"No no no. You were just trying to be cool with your friends. You couldn't have known I was in bad shape." I turned to Tomiko. "Ease up a little bit. You're going to make him regret birth if you keep this up."

Tomiko's eyes lit up in surprise. "Fine. But Tyler, you've gotta try to convince your friends to lay off of him."

"I'll try."

As we continued eating, a window appeared in front of me.

Duel!

You have been challenged to a PvP match by Strife.

Tyler and Tomiko read the text and frowned. They seemed angry and began searching the diner, their eyes filled with hate.

"Whats wrong guys," I asked.

"Strife," Tyler said. "He's a player who challenges players to matches and fights with explosives only."

"He's a noob-tuber," Tomiko said. "He fights unfair."

"Yes I do." Before I could react to the voice, a gloved finger hit the accept icon on the challenge and I was instantly teleported to a large arena filled with roaring players and NPCs. The arena was made entirely of metal with bright lights directed toward the center. Across from me, was a young boy holding a rocket launcher with a belt of grenades going around his waist. He had pitch black hair with deep brown eyes.

"Match start!"

Strife tossed a frag grenade at me and fired his launcher to my right. I leapt to the left and drew my Scorpion. I released a spray of gunfire upon him but he threw a reflector shield down and the bullets bounced off. I switched to my sniper rifle as another grenade went off behind me. I dived behind the shield and fired a shot toward Strife's leg. It hit and he stumbled. He fired a shot from his launcher and an explosion went off beside me, causing my left arm to be blown off. My health dropped to 3/4 as I slid to a halt away from my opponent. I pushed myself up and pulled out my Scorpion again. I ran toward Strife as fast as I could as he kept tossing grenades. I finally stood right in front of his shield and I took a faithful leap over the glowing wall. The world seemed to slow down as I looked down on him. He pointed his launcher at me and I pointed my Scorpion at him. We both fired and were enveloped in a blazing explosion. I felt my heart stop and watched my health drop drastically. The smoke cleared and I found myself face down on the metal floor. I looked up to see a giant text glowing in the center of the arena.

Takashi vs Strife

Victory Takashi

Reward 5,000 XP

500 Credits

A small window popped up in my view.

Level Up!

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