The Untold Truth: SAO Fatal Bullet Prequel

Guns are my Forte

The environment was made out of old equipment. Pallets, plywood, oil drums, sheet metal arranged to resemble cover and houses.

"Clear," I mentioned.

I glanced back to see them two file behind me. We waited at the corner of a large area resembling an intersection.

"Watch the streets, I'll cover you," I mentioned.

I raised the SMG and aimed it across the street. Scanning the street, I watched the environment for any signs of movement. At the entrance of a house, someone was peering out of the door frame. Bracing my SMG against the corner of the wall, I pulled the trigger and shot at the figure. The pellets landed on his arm.

"Hit!" he shouted as they raised their arm.

Glancing back, I mentioned, "We're clear."

Daichi sprinted across the street and braced himself along the wall. He looked at the street again observed. He gave a hand signal saying it's clear.

"Ok, you're..." I said while looking back.

Daisuke was missing and the plywood wall was just there. I sighed and signaled at Daichi that I was coming over. Sprinting to the other side, he heaved a disappointing sigh.

"He El-Jayed again did he?" he sighed.

"Probably," I chuckled.

We stacked up at the door of the next area. We nodded at each other and gave a thumbs up. Daichi blitzed into the house first and I followed suit. An old couch was in the corner of the room along with a golden weapon.

"What is it?" he asked.

I picked it up and looked at it.

"It's a golden Ruger 57," I marveled.

"That's sick. Take it with us."

I placed the gun inside of my vest and moved on. A small BB impacted on the arm of the couch. I fell back and crawled to the corner.

"Contact, outside the window," I mentioned.

Scrambling back to my feet, I braced myself against the wall. Daichi peeked out of the window to try and find the enemy.

"He's gone by this point," I mentioned.

"Yeah he's right," someone interjected.

We both swung our guns to the entrance of the building. Standing in the frame, I see him standing there with a smile.

"Ease up guys," he joked.

"Honestly, you got to stop sneaking up on us Daisuke," I mentioned.

I lowered my SMG took a knee.

I asked, "Did you get anyone?"

"I got one on red and one on green," he responded.

"That leaves nine people left at least," Daichi stated.

"Best bet is for us to stick together and stick to the shadows."