1Chapter 7
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"Umm... Excuse me?"
Mia turned around.
"Kite?" she examined the PC closely. "No, you're not him."
The character smiled.
"Hi, I'm k1t3," he beamed at her. "I'm new to The World, but I modeled by character to look like the famous hero."
"Oh, I see..." Mia wasn't interested in newbie fanboys.
"Could you please help me? I'm trying to find someone."
Mia sighed.
"Sure, I've got time. Who're you trying to find?"
"A Multi-Weapon named BlueRose," k1t3 grinned.
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"BlueRose," Azure Kite began, "is a mistake."
Haseo and Kite sat on the front pews of the cathedral while Azure Kite stood on the front pedestal, where Aura's statue was once chained.
"When we all defeated Morganna and Cubia, an anomaly happened. A file that had not existed before appeared in Net Slum."
"Morganna had a back-up file?" Kite mused.
"Helba and I would have detected a back-up file a long time ago. This "ghost" file simply created itself when Morganna was destroyed. Wanna guess what was inside?"
Haseo and Kite were silent.
"An AI named BlueRose. It appeared in the form of a young child. Helba found it and became interested in its potential. She taught it many things as it matured, treating it like her own child. It appeared mostly harmless. She even presented it to me and the Knights for scrutiny, but we couldn't find anything wrong with it. We decided to let her have her fun."
"What went wrong?" Haseo asked.
"A few weeks ago it finished maturing. When it died, a program in the file activated. He attacked and absorbed Helba's character data."
"Helbas... gone?" Kite stared at his stitched-up counterpart.
"Yes," Azure Kite sighed. "Aura noticed the disturbance and immediately began an investigation. We had trouble tracking his movements, and eventually lost him. But Aura discovered where the "ghost" file and come from."
"Where?"
Azure Kite pointed at the broken Door.
"Fragment."
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Stupid humans. I wish they would all just die.
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"Tsukasa, you're being unreasonable," Mimiru chided the depressed-looking Wavemaster in front of her.
"If she doesn't want to see me, I'll just stay here," Tsukasa mumbled.
The two stood in a small clearing surrounded by trees. In the middle of the clearing was a plain white bed upon which the Wavemaster sat. Various strange objects floated through the air around them.
"Tsukasa..." Mimiru sighed. "I guess first fights are tough..."
Tsukasa looked up.
"First fights?"
"W-well, when you're in this sort of relationship... umm..." Mimiru stammered, blushing.
"What would you know about it?" Tsukasa hung her head and stared at the torn stuffed bear on the ground.
"There you go again..." Mimiru was close to giving up.
"So this is where she was raised," a voice echoed behind Mimiru.
She spun around quickly, drawing her sword. A blood-red Multi-Weapon stood before her, his long black hair flowing around his face. His bright eyes darted around, scanning the area.
"Who are you?! How did you get here?!" Mimiru tensed. Something wasn't right about this person.
His eyes came to a stop, staring at Mimiru.
"You look like that other girl..." his voice, though quiet, rang out about the clearing.
A golden light shot past Mimiru's head from behind. The Multi-Weapon jumped quickly to the side, avoiding the attack as the light materialized into a long golden pole. The pole extended out from the body of a large golden monster that floated in the air above Tsukasa, who now stood in a defensive position.
"Mimiru, RUN! Get out of here!" she shouted.
"Oh, hello Father," BlueRose laughed.