Three years ago, August 8th.

For Linne, it's her nineteenth birthday. It was also an important day just before the WGCS main tournament, which starts a week later.

The most impressive day of awakening in such a life came with a tremendous shock.

"It's been a long time since I heard a sound."

"... Brother Lan?"

The visit of my brother Zilan.

It was an unexpected event for Tsubaki Nagasaki.



A man named Azalea the Hawkmaker is a man who is so skilled in all fields that he has to say he is "perfect".

The pinnacle of humanity. A masterpiece that inherited the position of General Commander of the Falconers Group from his father at the age of 20, and has continued to expand since then.

Like Linne and Nana, she doesn't have a talent beyond human wisdom.

However, it is only said that everything except the "appearance" within the scope of humans is the highest spec.

A monster that surpasses all humans in overall strength. For Linne, it was her proud brother, the hawkmaker Zilan.

Can you get up?

"... impossible"

"Hmm, the thought response is very slow." Is the deterioration of physical condition so much? How are you doing in your normal life? "

"... I'll leave it all to Natsumi [Karin]"

"That's a reasonable point." Natsumi is a girl that can be used even from my point of view. If it's true, I'd like it to be attached to Nanaka incense... but A (...) Les (...) is holding a bomb right now. "

Zilan said that as she woke up the immobile linen from the bed.

Purple orchids are basically only worth judging whether they can or cannot be used by others. If it's useful, I'll use it heavily. If you're incompetent, cut it off. Makes extremely dry judgments about people other than my relatives.

Among such purple orchids, Rinne, who is a flesh and blood relative, and her youngest sister, is such a cute sister that she doesn't feel pain in her eyes.

For Purple Orchid, a jumping piece lacking uniformity like Nana is not particularly useful, but the high level of its ability is recognized. And most of all, there's no one as useful to my beloved sister as Nana.

Therefore, Purple Orchid indirectly appreciates Nana. It is an irreplaceable part, but if it is about the entanglement of the rinse, it is not enough to call Nana first.

But now Nana is like a bomb that doesn't know what triggered the explosion. There is no guarantee that Linnen will not be harmed when the memories sealed after spending a long time with Linnen are revived.

It was all Linne's intention, but her decision not to rely on Nana as much as possible was consistent with Zilan's judgment.

By the way, summer bells are the name of Linne's direct bodyguard and maid.

"... what are you doing here?" I can't believe you came all the way here on your own. "

"It's my beloved sister's birthday, isn't it? Is it strange for me to go out?"

"... it's strange, I'm telling you. Since you succeeded me, you've never returned for your birthday."

"That's true, too." I haven't talked to you in person in years. "

Linne sighed at Zilan, who laughed wickedly.

My brother and cousin were both busy, so I always spent my birthdays with Nana and Toka. I've never been lonely, and I've never resented it, but there was no doubt that I was weak as a "reason to come to see you."

Well then, let's get down to business. For the last three years, you've spent a lot of money and labor gathering information. "

"... yes, it took me a long time."

Purple orchid is right.

After defeating WGCS at the age of sixteen and deciding to focus on the players and putting up the meta, Linne spent all her available talent investigating the top rankers of all the games that could be the target of WGCS competitions in the future.

The number of game titles that Linne has narrowed down is 13. Collecting that many titles, the total number of players exceeded 10,000, even those on the leaderboard alone.

Given the time and effort required to investigate, everything is missing. I didn't care about the assets that flew in billions of yen every day, and I spent money and labor anyway.

From personal information to backgrounds and friendships, such as your real name, date of birth, and address to your family structure, any information that anyone can see, such as your play trends and actual play videos.

Especially for the top players, we focused on investigating and naked each one.

The influence of the group of hawksmen in all corners of the world and the violence of Rinne's own funds.

Linne's back had an intelligence gathering power that far exceeded public authority.

I didn't struggle so much with the huge amount of player data I collected.

If the information even enters your sight, your brain will record it on its own. Linne's brain allows her to do that without raising the clock of her thoughts as forcefully as Nana.

A custom-made monitor is provided so that a large amount of information can be displayed in a single portion, and the collected information is stored in parallel while listening to other information as sound at the same time.

As long as you remember, you can throw each of these content checks into parallel thoughts that are too divided to count. Only the power can no longer be turned off, and the space for analysis is always empty.

A vast amount of information is stored.

A prediction diagram generated by the analysis of the stored information.

The more we piled it up, the stronger weapon it became, and it led Linne to victory.

Two and a half years after gathering the information, in addition to the top gamers around the world, there was all kinds of information on her palm, from official information about the e-sports industry to backstage information and gossip content.

Or even information that could be so dangerous that it could be exploited to devastate an industry called eSports.

But Linne is not on the side of justice.

I didn't have the initial sense of justice to purify the industry by exposing the evil I found.

However, if you can kick it off easily, you can't beat it.

If you're injured by the snake, you're not hesitating to cut it.

Linne then dropped a small number of vicious players, less than a few percent of the total, without a fight.

That said, most players don't have to go clean to commit a crime.

Especially when it comes to the top tier, which is the wall for Linne to win the WGCS, there were mostly players who had no darkness to put on.

It's not what we originally gathered to kick down, it's what we gathered to research the opposing players.

It was true that even without direct damage, Linne had acquired a weapon that could not be replaced by more detailed information.

"I'm not going to blame you for using it, just because you're paying the right price." The information you've gathered has been of great benefit to the entire group. "

"... then what are you doing here?"

"I heard from Long Li that maybe this year is the limit." I thought I was probably hitting a wall, so I came to see you with both encouragement and encouragement. "

”... hah, you know very well”

It never took me long to gather all the data and input.

The incompletely gathered information was not in vain, but it did not lead to the result sought, and in the two WGCS sessions in between, I tasted repeated defeats.

There were some of the world's finest at official competitions outside of WGCS, but the honor was not the only one.

My body was getting weaker and weaker day by day, and I was sure that my cranial nerves, which were constantly being used against me, were being burned and scorched.

Recently, instead of concentrating, if I noticed too much pain, my consciousness was often flying.

It was around this time that I saw Nana the most. My brain rested only slowly while I was seeing her. If I didn't rest my brain regularly, it wouldn't be strange if it broke at any time.

At this pace, I'm sure it won't last until next year.

I was sure that the next WGCS would be the last.

And as Zilan pointed out, the biggest obstacle for the final tournament stood in front of Linne.

"... the data is nothing but stolen data." Some people grow up during matches, and others don't make it to the limit in the first place. The power invisible from the data will easily break my predictions. "

Linne said with a bitter smile, making a mockery of herself.

No matter how much information you source and research over time, in an online matchmaking game where the situation changes in real time, forecasting is only a matter of forecasting.

In a game where dozens of players act simultaneously and with completely different thoughts, each player's individual predictions are easily overturned.

There is such a temple development that a character who uses data in sports cartoons loses the unexpected growth of the protagonist, but Rinne's defeat was just as good as the sole itself.

Even if Linne's predictions were perfectly hooked, there are still many events where the opponent has demonstrated his ability that he has not been able to extract in production.

I can't draw predictions that incorporate the growth potential of others.

That was the trouble Linne had before the last WGCS.

"I see, the neck is [Emperor of Esports] after all." He is also a man of the highest calibre. e The strongest player who proves that sports players are not worth strength, they are not good, they just keep winning. I wonder if you're going to let out a soft sound, too. "

"... no matter how much you make predictions, you're bound to exceed them." After recalculating to account for it, it will be crushed from the top. I can't do that. "

eSports Emperor Dokuro (Skull).

It is the name of a monster that achieved a total of three WGCS victories in different game titles in the genre of shooting games such as TPS and FPS.

A symbol of the eSports Dream, with a total prize-winning value of over 5 billion.

And in this year's WGCS battle, Linne was a sure-fire opponent in the TPS genre game called "Zero Wars 3."

Even though the genres are the same, it is undoubtedly one of the world's most talented when it comes to dexterity and fast switching, which allows you to demonstrate world-class prowess in multiple games.

However, his own player skill has never been praised as the best in the world.

No matter where you go, Dokuro's technology stops at the top. I couldn't step into a super-class realm.

But Dokuro keeps winning. Survive any pinch and take a small chance to win.

Yes, like the protagonist of a story.

"... a man who keeps winning. Even though he's not particularly good at it, when it comes to the big stage, he somehow seizes victory." The data clearly shows only inferior prowess. Is it okay to allow such irrational existence? "

"Well, I think you're irrational in that sense, too."

"...... uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh

"Don't be stubborn just because someone thrusts a star at you."

Zilan said in amazement to Linne, who turned her head.

Only "Zero Wars 3" won Linne's right to compete in the last WGCS. And Dokuro will be there.

From Linne's point of view, Dokuro, a mass of indeterminate elements that mysteriously seize victory, is the biggest enemy and certainly the wall that blocks the goal.

However, it was also true that the threat level of Linne and Dokuro did not differ significantly from the rest of the participants.

At this time, Rinne, already known as [Wesen] [The Witch of Strategy] [The Minefield], was notorious as a player specializing in thorough meta warfare and counter strategy.

Just being here makes the game rough. Not because it's too strong, but because the way it's fought is too vicious.

Linnaeus was the player's greatest strength when it came to scratching everything he wanted to do, and it was something that all players hated.

A man loved by the goddess of victory and a demon scratching the board.

Both of them were subject to the utmost vigilance because they both had strengths in a different vector from the simple "good".

"There are certainly beings in this world who have been loved by miracles. That is the typical bloodline of our hawksmen, and it also includes aggregated blood crystals like rapeseed and incense. And the [Emperor] you must defeat is undoubtedly one of them. I don't know the details either, but that man was right to say [hero] in the game."

"... it's unusual to use such a metaphor."

"I have an understanding of the game. And this is a general theory, but a dramatic victory is always something that comes to the (...) (...) () (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) I can say that it is because it is desired that it becomes a drama."

"... does he mean that Dokuro wants to win?"

"There's no doubt about it. The weak will overthrow the strong, but the reign of the absolutely powerful will be met with anticipation and envy." You know that, too. "

Linne nodded reluctantly at Zilan's suggestion.

That's right. You don't have to tell me that.

I'm worried because I know.

"Gather the information and put up a meta against the player himself." Without instantaneous force, simply move the character as predetermined to win, or defeat the prediction. I guess that's just the way you've come up with it right now, with little health left. "

"... yes, that's right."

With not enough health left to deal with the situation on the spot, Linne created a tactic to reduce health drain as much as possible.

It completely predicted the behavior of all players and predetermined all operations.

All you have to do is enter the keys at the right time and at the right time in every match. There is no need for ingenuity, reflexes, technology, or even judgment.

A huge collection of data and a trace of thought based on it. The ultimate autopilot capable of predicting behavior close to future predictions through unexpected computational abilities.

Although there is enough flexibility to prepare several patterns for the drifting rocks and switch them accordingly, Rinne only controlled the WGCS domestic competitions.

And although it is an autopilot with a determined pattern, if the behavior is completely out of the pattern, it will collapse greatly and cannot be rearranged.

That's what bothered Linne's head, and it was "growing during the game" far beyond her expectations.

"That passive battle technique, which relies on all the actions of the opponent, certainly matches your ability." The arithmetic ability to predict the behavior of nearly 50 humans in survival-type TPS games is no longer the power of the known and inferred domain.... but even so, it wasn't suitable for the [Emperor] to fight in such a way as to entrust victory or defeat to others. If you keep going like this, you'll be the one to lose. "

"... that's what I know best!"

There is no room for Linne's will to intervene, which is entirely dependent on the enemy's actions.

If there's even an accurate caracon, there's no need for Linne to control it.

Linne remembers more pain than anyone else in such a passive way of fighting, not to mention being pointed out by Zilan.

However, the pain does not go away when she exhales a weak voice.

It doesn't mean that a body without strength will be energized.

The headache does not improve the situation of being unable to sleep properly.

Linne was just clinging to the only light she'd ever found in hell.

And that's why Purple Orchid came here today.

"Look, Linne, the biggest reason I'm here today is to get rid of the headache you've been having." For two days of the tournament, you'll be able to blow it all up in as short a time as it can be less than 40 hours. "

"... that's impossible. It hasn't changed for a long time."

If I could keep this headache under control, it would be like every day.

How happy it would be to be able to challenge the tournament with the peace of mind of spending time with Nana. I dreamed about it so many times that I kept cutting it off and coming this far.

Zilan spoke vigorously as she stroked the head of Rinne, who was hanging on to her vision.

"I can. You think we've been doing nothing while you've been suffering from headaches since you were 13?... if it's true, I wish I could have created a cure that would completely remove the lesion. With the limitations of awkward medical technology and Ryu-ri's single voice, it became a medicine that only boosted your final glow."

Linne was silently staring at the purple orchid, whose regret could only support the ruin of her beloved sister, and her eyes mixed with joy to give her a meaningful time.

The purple orchid took out three ampules. It doesn't look like it has a special liquid in it, but it was easy to understand that it was the medicine we were talking about.

"It's not an illegal drug, but it's a very" strong "drug. If you're ready to see hell afterwards, I'll give you this medicine."

Strong medicine. Just as illegal drugs are highly dependent and anticancer drugs have painful side effects, a potent medicine comes at a fair price.

If I was forced to suppress my headache, how much would it cost? I'm sure it's not like you can be sane.

Never mind, Linne clenched her hand tightly holding the ampoule. I've been feeling the pain of wanting to die for years.

"...... Don't make a fool out of me. I've been watching Hell."

"Yeah, I thought you would say that."

"... I don't care what happens after I'm done." Please, Brother Lan, help me. "

I don't care if the medicine works or not.

I don't care if you sell your soul to the devil, if you can breathe a little wind into this situation, which was all clogged up by yourself, whether you want to take it easy or not.

I ran this far on the premise that I could break it.

I was prepared to step into hell from the beginning.