The Villain is Too Good at Sniping - Chapter 102
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The match against Team 3 ended successfully.
After eliminating Kazuha, the supporter, we switched to an offensive stance, and I also became more active in eliminating Gardner and Kai Alma.
There were many injuries sustained in the process, but for now, it was a victory for Team 1.
“Oh my god, what is all this?”
“He got beaten up a lot.”
First of all, Kyle was beaten so badly that there was no place on his body that wasn’t bruised from head to toe.
The wounds sustained during training disappeared the moment he left the arena, but the mental damage and stress remained.
Exhaustion is common, and fainting is also common. I carried Kyle who was unconscious.
“I’m sick too, Zion.”
“You can walk.”
“too bad.”
The same was true for Chloe, who was brought to the infirmary along with Kyle. No, if we were to judge her condition, she was in worse condition than Kyle.
While Kyle was only heavily attacked in the center of the arena, Chloe was on the verge of elimination several times.
She got hit by Kai, and Gardner tried to push Chloe out of the arena several times. Fortunately, I reached out, but if I had been even a little late, Chloe would have been eliminated at that moment.
After that, Gardner’s merciless magical baptism came down on me and Kyle, and Kyle blocked most of the attacks.
“Surprisingly, this time, you came in good shape.”
“You are making remarks that could be misunderstood by anyone who sees them.”
“That’s not wrong. First, lie down over here. I’ll go get you some medicine.”
Kyle and Chloe each went to bed, following the nurse’s instructions. They weren’t really injured, so they should be able to get up after a good rest.
“Huh? Are you going to leave?”
“I have to go, I have things to do.”
It was the moment when I covered Chloe with the blanket and got up from my seat.
“No.”
Chloe grabbed my hand.
“Right now, the only one who can fight is Zion. If Zion leaves, there will be no one to protect us.”
“no…….”
“You agreed, right? There may be cadets who try to sabotage you in advance, preventing you from even participating in the training.”
“I did say something like that… … .”
It’s just a possibility, but it doesn’t apply now.
Most of the teams have dropped out. Now, even if you try to make useless excuses, it will be quickly revealed which team is instigating it.
In particular, sparring has been taking place in other classes as well, and the outlines of the teams that will advance to the next level have been roughly established.
At least among the teams that are up now, there probably isn’t anyone who would do hacking. Probably.
“You’ve been taking your time.”
“… … .”
But the reason why we can’t give a definitive answer right away is because of the existence of a sudden event.
The student union building and the guest house are quite far apart. This means that even if you rush from the guest house in case of an emergency, you may already be late.
This time in particular, Kyle was knocked unconscious after being hit with an uppercut.
Although Kai Alma was also shocked that it was the last blow, there was no denying that there was a loss of power.
Now that Chloe was lying in her hospital bed, completely wounded, it was only natural that if something really happened, it wouldn’t be that big of a deal.
“You will protect me from my side, right…?”
I thought about it for a moment, then sat down for now.
There was no need to overthink it. Whether it was a hack or something else, there had to be at least one person to act as a guardian now that the school nurse was out.
Chloe is now unable to stand on her own two feet due to being hit hard by Gardner’s lightning magic. She has been bullied so relentlessly.
“thank you.”
“It’s just because we’re on the same team. What else is there to say but thank you?”
Conversely, if I were lying in a hospital bed, it probably would have been the same.
Since we were in a position where we helped each other as teammates, I didn’t really have anything to lose. Since I was also exhausted from magical power anyway, I was planning to rest for a day or so.
But, as soon as I sat down on the chair, Chloe grabbed my hand.
“You can’t go anywhere.”
“Where am I going after coming all this way?”
“If I open my eyes and Zion isn’t there, will I cry?”
“You’re not even a kid, why are you throwing a tantrum right now?”
By the time he said that, Chloe was already fast asleep.
I checked the favorability window that I had left untouched until then.
‘Chloe Garnet’s’ current affection level towards you is ‘someone I want to give everything to and share my daily life with.’
… This is the first time in my life I’ve seen a window like this.
I’ve seen a lot of notifications related to affection, but Chloe is the first to directly state the level. And it’s rising quite rapidly.
‘Someone I want to give everything to and share my daily life with…?’
Although I wrote it abstractly, I understood that Chloe’s affection for me was almost at its maximum.
My [instinct] was reacting slowly. In a bad way.
Her eyes were closed, but Chloe wasn’t asleep.
He pretends to be asleep and watches my reaction. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be holding my wrist so tightly.
Affinity existed in the original as well. There were various events that occurred depending on the affinity, and there was also content that was unlocked.
However, the favorability rating was difficult to raise, to the point that the community created a separate term called ‘favorability level’, and it required separate hard work.
‘Chloe… Was there a girl like this in the original?’
Not only the main characters, but also the supporting characters had a favorable rating that could be raised.
If the main characters each cause specific events, supporting characters can be traded for items that help with gameplay when you increase your favorability rating.
However, it is equally difficult to increase favorability for supporting characters, or even for characters who are mere extras.
Unless you are a character that you love or are a really old person with nothing to do, you don’t touch the favorability rating. Most players consider favorability to be a tedious homework assignment.
And above all, the favorability rating was updated and then abandoned at some point. This means that it is content that was created but stopped and never completed.
‘wait for a sec…….’
As I thought about it, I got the creeps.
Perhaps it was an ominous intuition that I had become entangled with someone I should never have been entangled with, which was transmitted to me through my [Ki-gam].
-Zion, you can’t go anywhere.
-Zion, you have to protect me until I finish casting.
-… No, it’s not. It’s all thanks to Sion.
-Where are you going? We’re a team. We’re one body now.
The eerie, ominous feeling I got every time I saw Chloe.
Whenever I looked back reflexively, Chloe was always standing there. Chloe was always watching me from where my eyes met.
Always with a consistent smile and a warm and kind attitude.
Now I understand that strange sense of discomfort I’ve always felt.
I heard briefly through the community why the favorability system that the developer had been eagerly preparing was abandoned and overturned.
[User Forum Review.jpg]
At the time, I was just a newbie, so I couldn’t go to the site where the meeting was being held. I wasn’t qualified to do so, and I didn’t have the time.
[To conclude, they said that they will only maintain the favorability rating up to the level they have created so far and will not make any additional updates.
[They said they were going to change it because of the controversy over the updated heroine this time, but it seems like the plan itself was ultimately ruined. They also said the heroine would be deleted.]
+But is that really that big of a problem?
+If you fail to manage your affection, you will go straight to the bad ending regardless of whether you progress the story or not. The difficulty is also high and the content is a bit… … .
“…Lord Zion?”
I got a chill for a moment at the sudden voice. Chloe opened her eyes and was looking at me.
“Why is that?”
“No, I was just thinking about something.”
“Zion, would you like to sleep here with me? You must be tired.”
Chloe moved sideways. Then she made room for a person to lie down and gently lifted the blanket.
I didn’t react. I shouldn’t have fallen into that trap.
“You never know who might try to hack into us. One of you has to stay here with your eyes open.”
“You must be tired.”
“I’m fine because I slept a lot last night.”
“…yes.”
Chloe covered herself with the road blanket and turned her body to the wall, leaving an empty space there, whether she was twisted or something.
This time I really must have fallen asleep. My [Ki-Gam] reaction was gradually fading away.
I could hear Kyle snoring from the next bed. I checked the time on my watch and explained the situation to the nurse who had just arrived.
The school nurse gave a short answer.
“I don’t think there would be a student who would do something like that in the student union.”
“I see, right?”
Even though there is a risk of being hacked, no one is foolish enough to actually do something. Above all, if such a thing is done, there will be evidence left behind.
I heard that there are always guards and other personnel stationed in the hospital room, so unless you’re strong enough to beat them all up, there’s nothing to worry about.
“And there’s no reason for someone with the skills to beat up instructors to do something like that. Why bother picking on a cadet?”
“That’s true.”
“Then, I will take care of the patient, so I will go back now for today.”
“Yes, yes.”
It would be different if the opponent was an outsider, but still, there would be some kind of evidence and time to respond.
And that wasn’t something to think about now. It was still a long way off before an outsider would invade Arsene.
The important thing is that, for now, it’s important to get away from Chloe.
Chloe asked me to stay with her, but I think the picture would look better if the nurse was there rather than me.
And above all, if my favorability rating goes up any further here, I’ll be in danger.
“Well then, thank you, teacher.”
I left the infirmary. And as I felt a sudden sense of weakness, I walked along the wall, still feeling the aftereffects of the magic drain.
‘Surely not… … .’
A heroine whose favorability updates were discontinued and who was ultimately scrapped during development.
The level of bad endings was high, and after numerous arguments between players and developers, it was eventually moved to a backstage setting, leaving only traces of its existence.
Since the settings book only mentioned that something like this happened during development, I just assumed it was like that and let it go.
But when I think about it, neglecting the favorability system was one of the many mistakes made by the developers, and it was also the first instance of trolling at the time.
[This time, with the favorability update, step-by-step rewards were added.
Anyway, don’t raise the heroine’s affinity that was added this time. It’s a problem because it goes up on its own even if you leave it alone, but it’s okay as long as you don’t raise it to ‘Red Thread of Fate’.]
+Don’t you have to raise all of them to receive the favorability reward?
+That’s true, but… … .
Since it wasn’t actually updated in the game, it was only briefly mentioned among users and was quickly buried by other issues.
Only a very small number of users selected by the developer were exposed to the update content and shared the information with the community.
However, in the end, the new heroine that the developers ambitiously released was scrapped without ever showing her face in the game.
‘… That was Chloe Garnet.’
At the time, only the silhouette and simple settings were revealed, so I thought a new heroine was just coming out.
I had so much homework piled up that I didn’t have the energy to dig into the new content that was being added.
… but now I understand.
There was a reason why my [Ki-gam] warned me every time he saw Chloe.
+If you fill up your affinity to 100% and raise it to the red thread of fate, you will go straight to the bad ending, and that is why there was a problem.
+What’s the bad ending?
+Player dies.
+???
+This is not a joke, the player actually dies. If you raise the affinity to the max, the kidnapping and confinement event will occur and you will go straight to the bad ending. That is why you need to lower the affinity periodically.
+What on earth were they thinking when they made that?
By the time I left the student union, it was already midnight. I walked towards the guest house, rubbing the back of my neck, which was tingling for no reason.
Chloe Garnet.
She was a yandere concept heroine who wished to become one with the player in a different sense.