The next day was a fairly relaxing one. Yuzuru took the day off, his reason being 'my friend is back from overseas so I want to make him feel welcome'. Yuzuru and Shou were playing multiplayer online (they had two Pl*y St*tions, due to the pay from their jobs), while recording at the same time. Hiro was leaning on the couch from behind, playing with Shou's hair, and messing up Yuzuru's as well.

'Hiro, your turn,' said Yuzuru, as he handed the console over. 'And stop messing with my hair.'

'All right,' Hiro flopped onto the couch. 'Then it's your turn to mess with Shou-chan's hair.'

'I won't, since your playing with your ahoge seems to be a better option.' With that said, he bounced it a few times. Hiro yelled, 'Stop it! Shou-Chan, help me!'

As her in-game character died for the umpteenth time, Shou sighed and undid all the knots I her hair made by Hiro. 'How about no? Since you messed up my hair and Yuzuru's as well, why don't you suffer the same fate as us?' Yuzuru high fived her as agreement.

'You two are just bullying me,' Hiro pouted.

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'Today's snipers' joint training will be set in City Landscape B, the weather condition being rain. Each sniper has been paired up with an individual operator. Your goal is to hit as may people as possible. Repeats are not allowed. Being hit doesn't matter. Is all of this clear? I assume yes, so transfer will begin in ten minutes. You have time to think up your own strategy.'

'So, you have any strategy?'

'Nope. I'll just go with whatever I feel like doing.'

'Fine. Do you want me to change the other sub triggers?' Hiro asked, his head resting on his arms.

'Nah, it'll be fine.' 'Good luck, then.'

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Transferring in 3, 2, 1.

Opening her eyes, Shou found herself in a wrecked room. Looking out of the window, the sight of a ruined city. Lucky me, the top floor of a fairly high building. She positioned her Lightning on the windowsill, and Hiro's playful voice came in in her headphones. 'Shou-chan! Shou-chan! I have the map of the landscape! Do you need it?'

'Yeah, send it over.' She replied into her mic.

The map of the city ruins came into sight. Apparently, there were some taller buildings as well, and some were quite near. She focused back on sniping, and spotted an agent in white lying down on a rooftop a few hundred meters away. Probably a C-rank.

After hitting her target, Shou looked around if any other agents were around. Confirming that there weren't, she went down the stairs two by two, and sprinted towards her next sniping location: a hotel with only half of it remaining. The building looked peculiar; it looked as if it were cut in half.

'Ten floors should be enough,' Hiro suggested. 'All right.'

Footsteps echoed above her. Another sniper? Slipping through a door, Shou waited in the shadows. I'll hit them when they're downstairs. She laid down and positioned her Lightning once again. The sniper appeared downstairs. As Shou pulled the trigger, the sniper looked backwards and readied his own rifle. Yuzu-kun? Letting her bullet hit himself, he shot her back.

Hiro whistled. 'I feel the love~'

'No, you idiot. I'm not interested in your corny love jokes.'

'Aww~ Fine~ You're just too embarrassed to admit it.'

'... Do you want to die?'

Hiro gulped over the intercom. 'No, thanks.'