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( Tokyo, Japan )

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[ Host, do you want to upgrade the system now? ]

[ Yes / Later ]

"... Hmm, I think... No not for now I guess since I'm still in the middle of the street, and I'm far away from my building. I don't know what might happen if I Upgrade it now but I got a lot of things this time and I'm pretty sure that this upgrade will be VERY massive, so I don't know what would happen if I upgrade it now, maybe I'll get knocked out again like what happened back in the hospital, I don't know. So I'll choose the later for now...and do it once I get back in the building, Just to be safe."

[ Host has chosen to Upgrade the system Later. ]

[ Are you sure? ]

"..Mmm, Does Upgrading now and Upgrading later had any difference? "

[ Yes, If you choose to Upgrade it now, it will be finished much faster than Upgrading Later. ]

"...Pfft, What the f*ck System? You're Trolling me...."

[ Searching for the word "Trolling" ]

[ The System can't find the word "Trolling"..]

[ Host can tell the system the meaning of "Trolling" ]

"..... Now you're Trolling me... You are supposed to be the System that has the knowledge of all the Existing Realms, And you can't find the meaning of "Trolling" You- ... *Sigh*... Anyway, anymore other than that?"

[ No ]

" Good, Yeah I'll choose the later.]

[ Host's answer has been Confirmed ]

[ Host will Upgrade the System Later. ]

[ Host can Only access the System's Inventory Until the System's Upgrade has been completed. The host will not be able to access the other Features until the Upgrade was done.]

[ The Rewards that have been received by the Host will not be applied to the system and will only after the Upgrade has been done. ]

"...heeh, Fair enough. Well, since I can still access the inventory, it means I can still store these items. Alright then, I'll be taking those and in return, I'll bury your corpses."

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"..There! Okay, I think that's enough. Don't worry, I placed your body deep enough so you won't be smelled and get dug by the roaming Monsters. Now we're even right?... Mmm, I wonder what happened to the other groups that took the other directions. What are you saying? Of course, I'm not worried about them or anything, B-baka! ... Anyway, let's check the place where they come from, some of them might have returned already. But I'm still wondering, what's their purpose? from the way they move earlier, it looks like they are trying to get somewhere but that doesn't make any sense, why would they walk on foot if they have a bunch of helicopters earlier. The military might have a really good reason for sending their soldiers here and leaving them instead of sending their whole unit, or they are all nothing but a bunch of idiots.... Anyway, let's go."

Ray Flew off the area and go towards the center of the park where the bunch of Military Helicopters landed earlier and dropped off their Suicide Squad. When Ray arrives at the area, he saw no one in there.

"Hmm, The other teams are not here yet. Maybe I should go to th-"

*ᵇᵒᵒᵐᵎ*

He was suddenly interrupted by a sudden sound of explosion in a faraway distance.

"..that direction..."

Ray didn't think anymore and just flew towards the direction of the explosion. It only took a couple of seconds until he arrives at the area. When Ray arrives, he saw a lot of Monsters flooding the whole street, they are all running in one direction.

"...Hmm, they're chasing someone."

*BOOM!*

Ray heard an explosion again, it's only a few blocks away from him. He immediately flew towards the explosion.

"...Oh, As I thought, It's those guys. Looks like they are overwhelmed by the numbers too. "

When Ray made a turn towards the block, he saw the guys that are also wearing a piece of equipment from the system, they are all from the same group that goes towards this direction.

"..1, 2, 5, 8, 13, 16, oh where are the others? did they die or just separated? Hmm, Wait...some of them are not wearing any equipment, and... girls? Last time I checked they are all guys... Civilians?.... Wait, if that's the case then, there are only six of them there. Two Fighters, One  Marksman, and three mages. Ooh, that's a pretty tight situation, they are being chased by a bunch of Monsters while protecting the civilians, they are kiting them good especially the Fighters and Mages, they are all doing a great job of keeping their distance between the Monsters, and the marksman leading the civilians in front, I'll say not bad but the numbers are too great, the ones at the back won't last long if that continue. Also... there's an incoming wave of Monsters going in their front, they will be ambushed if they go straight. The buildings on the side were also no good but if they manage to climb on the highest floor of the buildings then maybe they have a chance but doing that is not easy since the bottom part of the buildings is wrecked. Oh well, I guess they are all done for-... Hmm? Wait isn't that..."

...

*ROAAR-*

*SSWWING!*

*PHISK!*(sounds effect after you cut someone)

A monster that was about to pounce towards a man was suddenly sliced in half.

*Huff*"I'm already near my limit, we are running non-stop while fighting this number of monsters, if this continues for any longer, then we are all going to lose our stamina, and if that happens *Huff* we are all going to die including the civilians." Said by the man wielding a sword.

"I know, *Huff* we need a plan! I'm almost at my limit too. maybe we can go in one of those buildings and try to-" the man that is holding a spear was suddenly interrupted by the sword-wielding guy.

" No, That is a bad pla- *Roaar!*, *Swish!*, Haa, That is a bad plan, the monsters are already close, with this many people, if we make a sudden turn the monster will immediately catch up to us, we will be trapped inside the building and if that happens, we will all die since we are too tired and their numbers are too great." Said by the sword guy

"Then what are we going to do?" Ask by the Spear guy

"Just keep running for now maybe we wil-"

"Hamada-san! There is also a group of Monsters in front of us!... Oh no! We are now Surrounded on both sides!" Shouted by the marksman in front, towards the sword guy at the back.

"Oh, sh*t!" Said by the Spear-guy

" What should we do Hamada-san!?" said by one of the mages while trying to calm the civilians that had fallen to the ground.

The sword guy called Hamada saw that the monster was getting close already. He was really thinking as fast as he could to think a way out. He was the one that is entrusted by their leader as the one who will manage their group, he was the one that is supposed to make sure their safety, he was the responsible for their lives but he failed to manage them carefully and lead them to the situation they are in now.

" I will try to buy time, you guys go ahead and enter that building as fast you can. I will slow them down, so you guys need to bring those civilians on the highest floor of the building and secure it so no monsters could enter it, then from there try to make a call to the base and request a backup! they are getting close now! Go!" Said by Hamada towards his men.

They all stare at him for a second, then they all nodded and perform a salute before picking up the civilians and lead them towards the building. Even if they all wanted to argue and reason it to him, they can't because they don't have many choices. At the end, they are all forced to swallow their guilt and just do what they are told.

"Hmm, why are you still here? didn't I say that-"

"That what? That I should just sit there and watch you die? Haha no. You see, we know each other since we are kids, protecting you from the bullies was always my job, I am doing this already for many more years than you, so I'm not letting you take on that kind of job alone. Anyway, it's been a while since we have a drink, so let's have this final toast together..What do you say, Cheers?" Said by the Spear-Guy to Hamada while bringing up his fist towards him.

"You....*Sigh*, Do whatever you want you, idiot, don't blame me if you won't be able to watch your favorite porns back in the camp hahaha!" Said by Hamada towards the Spear-Guy while they both did a fist bump. "Cheers to you my friend!"

When the Monster is already getting close to them, they both take their stance and was about to launch towards the monsters while shouting at the top of their lungs but suddenly...

"Huh, what is happening? I can't move!"

"Ugk! yeah Me too, no matter how hard I try to move, my muscles won't budge at all!"

When they see that the monsters are already close and were about to pounce towards them, they just closed their eyes and wait for their deaths.

"Goodbye my friend, see you on the other side."

"Yeah! You better be there."

When they hear the monsters that were about to jump towards them, they gritted their teeth and brace themselves, but suddenly.

"Huh!? Oh my god! Hamada-san! and Jin-san, you two are alive! thank God!"

They suddenly hear a familiar voice in front of them, they slowly opened their eyes and see what is happening. When they open their eyes, they saw the civilians they rescued and their teammates in front of them, their teammates are all looking at the both of them with teary eyes and the civilians look really grateful towards them.

"Huh!? the wait is this, heaven? Wait you guys are here too, that means... I still failed to protect you huh!? I'm really sorry guys, I failed as your team leader, I hope you could forgive me!" said Hamada while doing a full Bow towards them. Suddenly something hit him hard in the head.

"Ouch! what the- Jin? why did ya hit me!?" Said by Hamada while holding his aching head.

"Look, Idiot were not in heaven! where at the rooftop of a building!" Said by the Spear-Guy called Jin

"Rooftop!? wait how did we get here?" Said by Hamada in disbelief

"We are also the same! When we enter the building earlier, we found out that all the stairs that are leading towards the upper floor are blocked by a bunch of fallen debris so we didn't manage to get into the higher floors, but suddenly someone appeared in front of us and then in just a blink of an eye, we are all here at the rooftop, and a couple of seconds after that, you two also appears. Maybe that man was the one who saved all of us. He has a teleporting skill then maybe he was also a blessed." said by the marksman

"Yeah, that's possible but, where is that man? the one that you're talking about."

"I don't know, we didn't see his face since he was wearing a hoodie and a mask. After he teleported all of us here he just said to us that all of us should just stay here and wait for help then after that he just vanished, then you two appears, but I didn't see him when you two appear here. He must have left already." Said by one of the Mages

" Hmm.....he must be a great man if that's the case, he leaves without asking for anything. He helped us all unconditionally, whoever he was, I am thankful for him with all my life. I hope I meet him someday so I can repay him.." Said by Hamada while looking up in the sky

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All of them were happy and thankful for the mysterious man that saved them. But one of the civilians is having a really worried expression, the other civilian that is on her side noticed it.

"Hey, you okay? it's already fine, we are safe in here, the monsters won't be able to get up here." Said by the other girl towards her friend

"Uh, Y-yeah I'm fine, I'm just... I'm just shocked, that's all. I'll be fine." Said by the girl towards her worried friend

"Yeah, you should relax, oh here eat this. Maybe you are just hungry." Said by the other girl while offering a sandwich to her

"Oh, No I'm fine Airi, thanks. I'm not hungry, you should eat it instead I know that you are hungry." said by the girl towards the girl named Airi

"You sure?... Well If you say so then, Thanks for the meal." Said the girl named Airi and proceed on eating the sandwich.

The girl on the other side was still having a really worried expression on her beautiful face.

"That voice earlier..... I'm sure it was him...Ray" Said by the girl in a whispering voice

"Huh, You shed shomthing?" Said buy the girl named Airi while eating her sandwich

"Uh no, It's nothing, and don't talk when you're mouth is full"

"Oh,*Gulp* okay then."

.....

On just the other side of the building they were in, a man can be seen at the rooftop of the building while crouching and holding his chest, you can see that he was having a struggle on breathing.

"F*ck...I *Huff* Know this...was....a really.....bad idea...That number was too.....Much...Agk! .....*Thud*

Suddenly he falls off to the floor and started to lose his consciousness.

"...Aahh, F*ck-...."

Then suddenly, everything went black.

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