I didn't mean to bother you... but...

Still, I wanted to wipe out this chest of Moya Moya before the final.

That's why I stopped Rinne on my way to the final.

"Linne"

Oh, what's wrong?

“I want to ask you something. Can you take a moment?"

“Yes, that's fine. Nana, the lights, let's go ahead."

Hoi

Got it.

Finally, Nana and Toka went first, and Rinne turned to me.

Linne silently waited for my words as her eyes did not shake as she stared at me.

I think it may be the first time I've ever spoken to Linne like this.

"Two and a half years ago, do you remember? Linne picked me up from that facility, didn't she? Suddenly, in just a few days, I was pushed into a new environment.”

"Of course I remember." I've had a hard time finding you. "

Is that so?

"That's right. Even though it's a crime of ancient times, it's a cunning thing to do, so only security is firm." I had a hard time finding it first, and it was supposed to be even harder to reach out. Well, before that, it was easy to put a horizontal spear in thanks to the fact that the director of the station, [Bullshit], put out a bullet. "

That's what happened back then.

Looking back at Rinne with a grim smile, I thought about it.

So, what do you want to hear?

“There are two things I want to ask you. One is, what does Rinne want from me? The other is what Rinne herself wants. I've already stepped on the starting line. You have the right to know.”

"...... Phew, it was Nana who put the wisdom into listening directly." So, what brings you here? "

I was only a little surprised that what I was talking to Nana behind the scenes was found out in an instant, but at the time of the interview, when Nana and I were alone, Linne might have somehow anticipated that she would come to ask questions like this.

There was no reason to lie, and I decided to look honestly at what I heard.

“The big deal is that Rinne is so much weaker than she was at full bloom, and it seems that she had already happened before she met me.”

"Well, that's the way it is." I didn't hide it from her, so it's nice to be noticed....... I can talk to you about those two right now. "

No, it's okay.

"What do you think I am?"

Rinne lightly flies the deco pin to me, who unexpectedly asks me, without expecting me to tell me so lightly.

Linne sighed lightly at me, spoiled by the plain pain, and gave an answer to her question.

"The first question has already been answered." I wanted you to be stronger than Nana. "

"Are you stronger than Nana...?"

That's right. If it wasn't for the monster [Level] who stared like Nana, there was nothing she could have gained.

Linne continued to laugh as she was poking at the meaning of what she was saying without understanding it well.

"Nana is undoubtedly the strongest and best creature in the world, but that doesn't mean she's completely innocent." I've only seen it for a few days, but you know that, don't you? "

"Well... yes"

The more I know, the more I think so. Especially when I was focused and when I wasn't, the difference was great, and I was sure that there was always something that seemed to be losing my temper somewhere without defense.

"At all times, that girl is looking for things that she can't (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) I want a feeling that I can do what I can't do. Speaking of gamers, I like to try" high difficulty ". When you can clear the content with a clearance rate of 0.1%, you can get a real sense of growth, right?"

“I see. You're getting adrenaline out of Dobadova.”

"Because the basic ability of tampering is too high, most things can be reproduced at a glance. No matter how difficult it is, it is easy to do without hardship.... life without growth is boring. You know how it feels now, don't you? That's why I admired the [Witch of Magic Bullets] fantasy. That's because you're still at the top of the challenge, and you're still pointing to a much higher level."

Linne's words were picturesque.

# 1 worldwide ranking in solo ratings for 12 consecutive months. Even though I continued to challenge with fresh feelings as a divider, I was attacked by a terrible sense of emptiness immediately after I achieved it.

I became stronger than anyone else. We have accomplished a great feat of unprecedented success.

So I suddenly felt a sense of emptiness. Do your best, and what will you do?

When I grew up, I didn't have anyone to fight anymore. The stage of shredding with the mighty passed a long time ago, and my battle was turning into a mere task.

In that way.

Before I felt bored, I remembered the existence of [Magic Bullet Witch].

An extreme sniper that far exceeds my ideals and cannot even be reproduced by cheats. The first time I touched that name, I didn't stop thinking, "It's just a legend." When I reached my level at that time, I finally showed my back to Susu.

"At my level at that time, it was far higher than I could see for the first time." Now that we've met in person, my back feels like it's getting further away again... that's why it's so rewarding. ”

Except for sniper technology, you've already surpassed it, right?

"But I admired the sole." to a legendary sniper standing far away. "

Yes, I admired it because it didn't reach me.

I started the challenge because I couldn't.

That's why I started aiming for the legend of a magic bullet witch... and that's why Linne scouted me.

"... that's why. Like my [Magic Bullet Witch], I want it to become a wall that Nana can't reach right now. Is that what Linne wants from me?"

"Yeah, that's pretty much it." In fact, Nana is now looking at you with glittering eyes. As a superior being with things I can't reproduce. After that, well... I simply want you to stretch your whispering talent. Because I know a child who has lived like a goose since he was a little girl, that's even better. "

Is that Nana, too?

"Of course, so is Nana..."

Having said that, Rinne shut her mouth in a bit of a hurry.

It didn't seem like she was only talking about Nana in that way, but there must be a reason why she didn't.

Maybe someone else had the talent to roast without being able to blossom like me. But I'm sure that's not something that Linne can easily say.

I guess that's what I wanted.

Yes, it is.

"This isn't that complicated." I mean, it's a goal. I want to make Heroes the most powerful professional gaming team in the world. ”

Indeed, it was as simple and clear as Linne said.

"As you know, I don't have the same ability as in full bloom anymore." I've always been strong. I couldn't stand the gift of being too big, so I literally broke it. "

"Nh, that's..."

"Was Miharu listening to you for a while?" Anyway, as a result of grabbing the WGCS ticket by misleading and deceiving, and finally rotating the engine in full readiness to break, it was true that I suffered an irreparable injury in exchange for honor. Of course, I'm much better now than I was three years ago. But from now on, I'm still a top player. ”

Didn't you have any regrets?

That's what I've always wanted to hear since Nana told me that story.

The title is the best in the world. It's too big a talent I've lost in exchange.

I wonder if those two things really matched each other.

Listening to my question, Linne answered with a laugh.

"In the first place, it's the opposite way of thinking." I didn't want to be the best in the world after losing my talent, I just burned up the talent I had originally decided to lose no matter how much I scratched it. It must be [Hijio], which is why I wanted to leave something behind. That's why you didn't have any reason to regret it, right? "

Looking at Linne's sunny expression, I knew that there was no regrets there.

What kind of fear is it that we know we're losing talent? Doesn't that mean we're losing all the foundations to support ourselves?

Just imagining it made me feel chilly, but at least Linne pushed straight to her goal without getting frightened or bowing after learning about it.

I thought it was amazing. I'm sure I won't be able to crack that easily.

“I did everything I wanted to do. It's hard to raise yourself any higher.... and now you want to grow something other than yourself, right? That's why I made heroes. I'll raise my own professional gaming team.”

Looking at the leap forward heroes now, it seems that the plan is quite realistic, too.

"As for me, you're the one who's not doing well." I thought I could get ten or twenty World Games, but it's hard to predict how others will grow. "

"I think it's enough to just scout the less visible athletes and make them blossom with the policy of leaving the results there."

With the exception of the initial members and some players with special backgrounds, most of the players participating in heroes have been pulled from the middle tier of the game's ranking and have only seen the growth of the threat.

Pick up athletes who have an eye for the craft, but are unable to engage or use it well, and let their talents blossom.

That's why many Heroes members have a very strong faith in Linne, who guided them and strengthened them.

This is a very famous story in the neighborhood, and common sense such as "Heroes is a gathering of Linnesky" naturally spreads.

As far as faith goes, there is no doubt that there are few people to the right of Rinne to see through the talent and let it blossom properly.

To my mind, Heroes' leap was incredible.

"You can't do it there." In every game, "Heroes is the most powerful!" I have to be strong enough to be recognized. "

"Fufu, you're going to develop the world's most powerful professional gaming team, right?"

Hmph! I'm relieved that Rinne, who is confidently articulating her arms, has this kind of childish place.

Rinne, who speaks of her dreams, looked somehow very (...) (...) (...)

Then, I suddenly noticed something.

"... well, in that sense, what will happen to Nana's existence?" I don't know how to put it this way, but she's the strongest person you could ever raise. "

Even if the middle class of the ranking is set aside one by one, it is certain that Linne is advising the members of Heroes and encouraging them to grow without exception.

I am more or less dependent on that favor. The advice given was hard to understand, but at least it was Linne's support in setting up the environment and arranging for Miharu-san.

But Nana has a slightly different reason.

Because he's the strongest from the start.

I was picked up because Nana herself was too strong to be able to feed and grow.

That doesn't seem to be Nana's goal, but rather the reason she wants to add colour to her life.

When I told her that, Linne nodded lightly.

"That's right, because the VR department is originally a place for me and Nana to have fun. That's why I didn't invite you to the [VR Department], where you could become a colleague in her specialty, even though it didn't exist at the time."

"Eh... no, yes, I understand. I see, I myself have a slightly different standing position in heroes."

“That's right, I'm a special team in the VR department, including myself as the main player. After years of VR thriving, it was only here that the establishment was delayed, because Nana, who should be the center, did not have a path to join. Because of that, one of the members I had planned to have was missing."

Linne officially announced the establishment of the VR division nearly six months ago.

Nana joined us about two months ago. Is there a difference of several months because it took so long to prepare?

Linne kept explaining to me that she had been spotted thinking that way.

First of all, it seems that Nana held three part-time jobs until just before her debut two months ago.

However, all of them are fired on a regular basis. All of the reasons for being fired were due to the convenience of the store, let alone the fact that the store was crushed due to the convenience of the parent company.

If you look at the public news, there have been disturbing signs that food poisoning is a worsening of management for a long time, but since Nana is basically like a weak information person who is not interested in the Internet at all, there is no way to know that.

It was easy to imagine from Rinne's point of view that I knew I was going to be fired.

Now, Linne, who was grasping the disturbing air, gathers information and calculates when the impact will spread to Nana's store. At that time, it was found that all three bytes were about to disappear at the same time.

It seems that this happened just when he announced the establishment of the VR department of Heroes.

After that, when Nana's body (netto) was safe and clean, she made a phone call in the guise of coincidence.

That was about two months ago, and it seemed that within a few months of the declaration of the establishment of the department, Nana, the main character, could be successfully attracted to heroes.

You're struggling, aren't you?

"I've been asking her out for a while, but there's something strange about her in-laws." When you're doing some part-time work, you're invited to refuse. Of course, if you force me to ask, you'll hear me, but it's not that much of a push, is it? Even though the Falconers could crush the bite, Nana wasn't happy. That's why it was Tenkai [Tenkai] who crushed all three parts in a good way. "

It's probably not a good thing from a broken store or a company with a lean management, but from a rinne, they all seem to be a lucky gift.

Well, if Rinne hadn't actually been involved in the sole, I was definitely lucky enough to call it a gift.

Everything, including in time for the tournament with Zero Wars VR, which I would have been the most successful.

"Everything is for Nana... no, it's a stage for Nana and Rinne."

“Don't like it?”

"I'm rather relieved." I am more afraid of you if you have given me something in return. Above all, on this stage, I also have a proper acting. "

Tell me, I'm just a horse.

For Linne, it must be just a tool to make Nana enjoy the world.

But, but still.

Bo (...) K (...), who is here now, was worth more than anything.

Thank you very much.

"Fufu, what is that for?"

"It's all. From the first time we met, to this time, everything Rinne has done for us." Thanks to you, I feel like I'm finally moving forward for myself. ”

The reason I participated in this tournament was because I wanted to return something to Rinne, even though [Witch of Magic Bullets] existed.

I've been here since I was born, just being given.

When I was in the facility and when I was in that house.

It's time for me to repay my debt.

"Yeah, I feel like I can do anything right now."

"Great, I'm not motivated."

Linne was just laughing happily when she heard the words that had unexpectedly faded out of such exhilaration that she had finally reached the ground.

The final match was about to begin.