In Kitsune and his girlfriend's rented home
in Yggdrasil City in AlFheim Online, Asuna,
Sachi, Klein, Lisbeth, Yui, Silica, Yuna and
Leafa were watching the live broadcast of the
Bullet of Bullets tournament via MMO Stream.

Leafa: Onii-chan and Kitsune not being shown at all, huh?

She commented as the two mentioned person
was not shown by any camera.

Silica: They're streaming all the action taking
place, right? Knowing Kitsune, I thought we'd be seeing him non stop.

Klein: But it's the opposite. Kitsune is more
to the strategist type, he might have taken the
enemies without they noticed, and Kirito
more of a schemer type. He could be camping
out somewhere until more people get picked
off, you know?

Asuna: I guess Kirito does have that side of
him, but I'd doubt he go that far.

Sachi: What do you think Yui-chan about
Papa?

Yui: Papa must be ambushing people from
behind with such speed that the camera isn't
even able to capture him!

She said while punching the air with her tiny
hands as Sachi looks at her daughter amused
by her actions while Lisbeth laughing hearing
the comment about Kitsune and Kirito.

Liz: That actually sounds likely both of them.
Not to mention, they running around with a
sword in a shooter game.

Asuna: You said it!

All of them then laughed at the comment
about the possible things that the two sword
maniacs will be doing,

As everyone is watching, they were drawn by
an interesting battle between Dyne and Pale
Rider.

Yuna: That guy sure is good.

Sachi: You mean the person in blue?

She pointed at Pale Rider as she put the
screen in full-screen mode to watch the battle
more carefully. The match is shown as Pale
Rider manages to evade all the bullets and got
close to Dyne. As Pale Rider got in front of
Dyne, he aims his shotgun at Dyne's head and
kills him, winning the match between them
Sachi: Pretty amazing, huh?

Liz: No kidding. He's gotta be one of the
favorites to win.

They continued to watch and they saw that
Pale Rider get shot from the side.

Klein: Whoa, you sure? Doesn't look that way
to me.

Liz: Hey, he's not dead yet!

Everyone then zooms in and saw that Pale
Rider got shot by a dart at his shoulder.

Silica: What is that?

Yuna: Look like that thing temporarily
immobilizes the victim.

Leafa: Hey, Yuna. It's sort of like the Thunder
Web wind spell, don't you think so?

Yuna: Yeah. I think so too.

As they continued to watch, then out of
nowhere, they saw Death Gun and Fallen enter the screen frame and they all jumped back surprised.

Asuna, Sachi, and Yuna looked at Death Gun on the screen is narrowing her eyes as if she has seen that red glowing eyes before.

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Back at GGO, Death Gun and Fallen walked up to Pale Rider and then stood over him. He then
pulled out a handgun and aimed it at Pale Rider. After that, Fallen suddenly make a weird hand sign before Death Gun shot Pale Rider.

Kitsune: Sinon, shoot..

Sinon: Huh? Which one?

Then he turns to her as his eyes turned pink with honkai energy.

Kitsune: The one in the mantle! Please shoot them! Hurry! Before they fire!!!

Sinon just follows the Observer's words as she
aims her sniper at Death Gun and Fallen and fires a bullet at Death Gun. As the bullet about to hit Death Gun, they dodged the shot by moving their heads to the back.

Sinon's eyes widened in shock as someone
manages to dodge that bullet but then she
saw that Death Gun and Fallen looked at them with their glowing red eyes.

Sinon: those guys... they know where am I!!

Kitsune: this wasn't in the canon timeline!! What's going on!?

Sinon: one of then must've seen me somewhere earlier so I was still tag by the system.

Kitsune just looks back at Death Gun and Fallen with his binocular and saw that Death Gun aimed his handgun at Pale Rider. Without wasting any time, Death Gun pulls the trigger of the pistol and shot at Pale Rider, slightly injuring him.

A few seconds later, Pale Rider recovered from the paralysis as he got up from the ground and aimed his shotgun at Death Gun's and Fallen's head.

But Pale Rider just dropped the shotgun and
started to hold his chest in pain and fell to the
ground.

Fallen:*demonic voice* no way!! No way!! Oh no!! You met with a fatal ERROR!!

Suddenly, Pale Rider disappears as he got disconnected from the game and they looked completely shocked.

Sinon: What.. just happened?

—-
Meanwhile, in the ALO, Asuna and the others
who watched Pale Rider got disconnected as
well and they were shocked at this as no words come out from their mouth. Then they saw Death Gun and Fallen step into the camera as they spoke up.

Death Gun: The true name that this gun and I share...is Death Gun.

Fallen: I have be reborn fallen from grace and we really need to fix your name dumbass.

As Asuna hearing the name, she suddenly got
shocked by listening to this. With Death Gun,
he then points his gun at the camera.

Death Gun: I will appear before you all
someday as well. And I will bring you true
death with this gun. I have the power. Do not
forget. It isn't over. Nothing is over.

Fallen: pray to your creator...if he's willing to change the timeline....

Death Gun: It's showtime.

Fallen: Foolish scum.

They said as smoke coming out from his mask and Fallen's mask as everyone just stays silent in confusion and a bit of fear but Asuna, Yuna and Sachi on the other hand, is thought about something.

Asuna: We've met that guy before. But where? No, it had to have been there within Aincrad.

Sachi: something isn't right. Maybe during the time in Aincrad.

Yuna: during the time in Aincrad did we even met him?

Suddenly, Klein dropped the glass he is holding to the ground and breaking it, and that got everyone's attention as they turn behind.

Liz: Hey, what're you doing?

Klein then got up from his seat and walk
closely to the screen as his face is looking
completely shocked after hearing that lines.

Klein: Y-You got to be k-k-kidding me, right? He's....Don't tell me..

Asuna: Do you know who he is, exactly?

Klein: Uh, well, I don't remember his name,
but there's no mistake. He's...member of Laughing Coffin.

Everyone then looked at Klein completely
shocked.

Sachi: Laughing Coffin!?

Asuna: Could he have been their leader, the
knife-wielder?!

Klein: No, he's not PoH. The way he talks and
acts is completely different. But "It's showtime" was something that PoH often said. If he picked that up, he was probably high up in the chain of command.

Both Asuna and Sachi then looked back at the screen.

Asuna and Sachi: Yami...please be safe.

——
Back with Kitsune and Sinon, they were still
looking at Death Gun and Fallen's location over their scope.

Kitsune: There's no mistake. He's Death Gun and he's with Fallen.

Hearing that, Sinon turns to Kitsune and
spoke up.

Sinon: Death Gun? Fallen? Do you mean the guys from those rumors about players that they shot and never logging in again?

Kitsune: That's right. He' knows some way
to actually kill players for real.

Sinon: No way.

Kitsune: There have already been two
victims in real life. Fuck....this wasn't in the canon timeline.

They then look back at Death Gun and Fallen with their scope, but then they saw that Death Gun and Fallen just walked away from the sights and vanished from the bridge.

Kitsune: He's not coming back?

Suddenly, they then heard Sinon watch on
her wrist ringing and she remembers it was
the time for the Satellite scan.

Sinon: Kitsune, you keep watching the
bridge. I'll use this to figure out their names.

Kitsune: Got it.

Sinon then went to check the scan at the map,
when she went on checking the nearby player
around her and Kitsune but she couldn't
find Death Gun or Fallen anywhere near the map.

Sinon: Huh? They're gone? They couldn't move that fast. No..

Sinon then looked back at Kitsune.

Sinon: this is our chance.

Kitsune: yeah our chance..

Sinon: Those guys in the mantle isn't showing up on the terminal. They've must've dove underwater into the river like you did. This means all of their gears should be unequipped right now.

Kitsune: Wouldn't they be able to keep at least a handgun on while moving under the water?

Sinon: Even if that's the case, one handgun's
not enough to-

Kitsune then suddenly grabbed Sinon's left
wrist.

Kitsune: Don't even finish that!! You saw what happened. right? He killed Pale Rider with that black handgun. Getting shot even once could mean actually dying, you know?!

Sinon: I.. I don't want to believe it. That
someone's actually killing people, not simply
KPing them.

Kitsune: There out there though. That guy
in the mantle....Death Gun killed countless
people in the VRMMO I used to be in. He
swung his blade, fully aware that his target
would really die. Fallen I can sense he's more stronger than Death Gun, I have to use my abilities to stop him the most than Death Gun!!

Kitsune then let go of Sinon's hand.

Sinon: So there's really a guy like that in
GGO. I want to ask you something.

Kitsune: what is it?

Sinon: what did he mean; "pray to your creator...if he's willing to change the timeline..." and also what do you mean abilities?

Kitsune: fuck I spoke too much!!

Sinon: well?

Kitsune: okay you might not believe me but...he references Reki Kawahara your god of this universe and the timeline is well some of the stuff that I did never happened at all. You were with Kirito and not me in the actual timeline.

This shocked Sinon hearing that a god created her life, her family, her home, the universe she's in.

Sinon: god!? Timeline!? Universe!? Then what are you?

Kitsune: I'm one of the Observers. People who watches the events played out not just your universe but any other universe even creating our own multiverse. But we'll be bound to see the deaths of our favorite characters because well the Authors has it all out. Sachi, Yuna, Yuuki, Eugeo all of them died so quickly or later.

Yami: we were nothing...

Sinon: oh my god....but where did you came from?

Kitsune: I'm from Reality or the Fourth Wall. We Observers are just normal people no special powers. Until we get isakai which any of us are transported to well any fictional universe and get powers like this.

He summons out a demon, summons out a ice ball, summons weapon, transformed into Super Saiyan quickly before reverting back. Sinon was getting more shocked than before.

Kitsune: We Observers are mortals from Reality but once we are isakai we gain immortality. For me, it's Nigh-Absolute Immortality.

Sinon: oh my, that's just crazy. It's really getting into my head so much. but I have to believe your words.

Kitsune:*blush* y-yeah I also have a crush on you since were debuted from your GGO avatar.

Sinon:*blush* really?

Kitsune:*blush* also I have a harem that includes my...mom.

Sinon:*blush* eh!? A harem and your mom is in!?

Kitsune:*blush* my mom want to be my girlfriend since she came back in a different body!! It's one of those moms in anime, Sinon!!

Sinon: okay but you actual have a crush on me?

Kitsune: yeah and I want you to be one of my girlfriends but I know it's quick but I'll let you take your time-MMMMMM!?

They kissed for a while until they stopped so Sinon can get some air.

Sinon: yes I want to be your girlfriend!!

Kitsune: o-oh*blush* I hope they understand...

*Meanwhile*

Asuna: I can sense Yami gotten another girl to join us.

Yuna: please if you gonna harm him you gonna get through us!!

Asuna: oh no it's not that I want. I want Yami to be happy that's all. I gotta find a way to lose my virginity to him!!

(Back with them)

As Kitsune is running, he heard someone
behind him, he stops running and looked
behind him and saw Sinon is following him.

Sinon: Hold on. I'll come along.

Kitsune: Uh, what?

Sinon: That Death Gun and Fallen are pretty strong. If you lose to him, you can't keep your promise to me.

Kitsune: No. they're dangerous. I'm not letting you get involved in this!! Fallen would be just taunting you knowing your fear!!

Sinon: We don't know where they went, so isn't it dangerous whether I stay with you or not?

Kitsune looked at Sinon and just sighed.

Kitsune: You're going to come with whether. I agree to it or not, aren't you?

Sinon: Yep.

Suddenly, Kitsune quickly drew Florid Sakura out as it glows red, surprising Sinon with his sudden actions. Kitsune turned around behind, to the player that snuck upon them as many bullet lines aiming at them.

The player then started to fire at them with
his rifle, but Kitsune just deflected every single shot with his katana, protecting Sinon from the bullets.

After all the bullets got deflected by Kitsune,
Sinon and the player looked at him completely shocked.

Player: You're kidding me!

Kitsune: Guess he comes first, huh? I'll charge at him, so I'll be counting on you to back me up.

Sinon then nodded and went prone with her
sniper.

Sinon: Roger.

After the player reloaded the magazines of his
gun, he started to fire at them again but Kitsune started to deflect all the shots again
with his katana

Sinon looked at him completely amazed and
after he blocked the last shot, he ducked
down and spoke up.

Kitsune: Sinon, do it now!

As the player distracted, Sinon nodded at
Kitsune and use this chance to kill the player as pulled the trigger of her sniper, shot the player through the stomach with her sniper rifle, and instantly killed him.

Kitsune stood up as he puts away his katana and put it on the side. After killing that player, the two of them then proceeded to walks around, trying to find Death Gun, Fallen and Kirito at the same time.

Kitsune: those two must've headed north along the river towards more players and luckily Kirito near that area so let's head that way. I want to stop them before there are any more victims. Do you have any idea, Sinon?

Sinon: Even if he has some strange power,
Death Gun's still fundamentally a sniper while Fallen is more of a mixture of weapons. They'll try to avoid open spaces that offer little cover. Most likely, I'd say they headed toward the city ruins over there.

She points her finger at the Lost City who just
in front of them.

Kitsune: got it let's go Sinon.

Sinon: Alright.

The two of them then began to walk and
making their way to the Lost City. As they're
walking, Kitsune then suddenly spoke up to Sinon.

Kitsune: Sinon...

Sinon then looks at him.

Sinon: Yeah?

Kitsune: Thanks.

She looks at him confused. Why he grateful to
her? She doesn't do anything to him to earn
gratitude.

Sinon: Huh? Why?

Kitsune: I'm glad that I have someone like
you understand who am I and have my back.

Kitsune gave Sinon a warm smile making
the sniper cover her face with her scarf to
conceal her face heating a little from him.

Sinon:*blush* T-thanks...

—-
Back in ALheim Online, everyone was still
shocked that a Laughing Coffin member was
inside GGO and what's more is he's participated in Bullet of Bullets.

Klein: In SAO...there was an unspoken rule
to never completely deplete someone's HP.
After all, losing your HP would mean dying
for real. Even so...Laughing Coffin killed tens-no, hundred of players! In the end, the clearing group made its move. We gathered a punitive force, intending to capture them, but..

Leafa: So Onii-chan and Yami also..

Sachi: Yeah, they were probably fighting on
the front lines then. But Yami was the one that killed all of the players because he doesn't want to burden anyone else and mostly Kirito. His eyes were pink filled with aggressiveness and bloodlust. It scared us all that our boyfriend told us to give him sometime alone.

Klein: That was a terrible battle.

Leafa: Yami has been acting strangely since
this morning when we meet.

Yuna: Maybe he's planning to wrap up loose
ends.

Liz: W-Wait a second! Wasn't it just a part-
time job?

Sachi: I'm going to log off for a bit. I'll try to
get in contact with Yami and Kazuto's employer. Asuna will help me.

Silica: Employer?

Sachi: Yeah. Since he was the one who had
Yami and Kazuto go on GGO, he must know
something. Also, Yui my daughter could you look up information on GGO while myself and Asuna are offline?

Yui: Sure thing, Mama!

Sachi: Okay, everyone. We'll be back a bit.

Sachi and Asuna then opens their menu and logged out from ALO to find Kikuoka.

——
Back in GGO, Kitsune and Sinon arrived in
the Lost City but could not find Death Gun.

Sinon: We didn't catch up to Death Gun. Did
we pass him somewhere?

Kitsune: No. The whole time we ran, I kept
an eye on the water.

Sinon: I see...Then he must be somewhere in
the city already. The river ends there.

Kitsune: Okay. So we'll wait for the next
sean to identify his location, and take him out
before he shoots someone else.

Sinon: That's fine, there's a problem. You
haven't forgotten that "Death Gun" and Fallen aren't their actual character name, have you?

Kitsune: Damn it, I did forget about that.
But there were three new players you didn't
know, right? Pale Rider obviously wasn't him.
Which leaves Gunner X or Sterben.

Sinon: If they're both in the city, we don't
have time to wait. But listen, I just had an
idea. "Gunner" is like the "Gun" of "Death
Gun". And the "X" is like the cross gesture he
made. Or is that too oblivious?

Kitsune: No, that is a possibility. Some
character names are simply like that. Fallen that name I remember seeing it back when I was alive.

Sinon: difficult to remember?

Kitsune: dam my memories are cloudy. Even if I get hit paralyzed as Pale Rider did, it won't effect me and don't let it affect your sniping.

Sinon: Huh?

Kitsune: Death Gun will definitely come out
and try to finish me with his black handgun. Key word "try" and Shoot him then.

Sinon: I might aim at you...

Kitsune: I know you won't.

Sinon: Huh?

Kitsune then smiled at Sinon.

Kitsune: I know you won't, because I trust
you. So I'm counting on you, partner. Also I'm like immortal right?

Sinon: y-yeah I almost forgot about that.

Kitsune taped Sinon's shoulder and walked
up the stairs as she held her sniper, blushing.

Sinon: This is the only time I'm helping you.

Kitsune: Yeah, yeah.

Kitsune and Sinon then walk into the city
and hid behind a car and checked the terminal.

Sinon: Kitsune, you check from the north.

Kitsune: Right.

Kitsune and Sinon then started to check the
terminal for Gunner X and Sterben and they then found Gunner X in the stadium along with Kirito nearby the area.

Sinon: He's here! The only one in the city
right now is only Gunner X and Kirito.

Kitsune: Yeah, there's no sign of Sterben. But Gunner isn't Fallen or Death Gun just another victim.

Sinon: We have to stop Death Gun before he
gets to Ricoco.

Kitsune: Yeah. Back me up.

Sinon: Roger.

She then closes the terminal and the two of
them started to run through the city after
checking the area. Then they stopped at a
corner near the stadium and Sinon activates
her skill <<Hawk Eve>> as her eyes glow
green-blue colored.

<<Hawk Eyes>> reduces the distance effect
or allows zooming the player's vision and
increases the visual identification rate. After
zooming on the stadium, Sinon saw a rifle
barrel sticking out from cover.

Sinon: There he is. Over there.

Kitsune: Seems like he's still waiting for
Ricoco to show up, huh? All right, while there's still time, I'll hit him from behind. You get into position in the building in front of the stadium.

Sinon: Eh? I'll come with you...

Kitsune: I'll have nothing to fear if I know
you're backing me up in a fight. That's how
partners should be, right?

Sinon: Fine.

Kitsune: It's gonna take about thirty
seconds to get up there and try to take him
down. Is that enough time for you to get
ready?

Sinon: Yeah, that's plenty.

Kitsune: Good, I'm counting on you.

Kitsune then heads directly into the stadium
to ambush Death Gun while Sinon went to a
sniping position. As she running through the
building, her mind is in thought of the
current situation with Kitsune.

Sinon: Once we defeat Death Gun, we'll be
enemies again. But he's immortal so it's a losing game already but maybe I can talk with him someday later.

She then continues to walk inside the
building but suddenly she got shot at the side
and fall to the ground, paralyzed by a stun
bullet as she looked completely confused and
shocked.

Sinon: What?!

Sinon looked over and saw a stun bullet in
her right arm.

Sinon: Who was that?! Death Gun should be
in the stadium...

Sinon then looked over and saw Death Gun and Fallen who were standing near her after they deactivated thekr invisible cloak and she looked at them completely shocked. Death Gun then walked over to Sinon and stand in front of her.

Death Gun: Kitsune, I'll confirm whether
you're an impostor or not, right here and
now. Even now, the image of your furious
rampage is burned into my eyes. If I can
witness that again after I kill this woman.
your comrade..then you must be real.

Sinon: Kill? Me?

Death Gun: Now, Kitsune, show it to me.
Let loose your bloodthirsty rage. The madness of your blade. Show it to me once more.

Death Gun then starts to make a cross sign
while Sinon desperately trying to reach her
pistol at her back. After Death Gun finished
his ritual, he pulled out his handgun and
when Sinon saw it, she looked completely
horrified.

Sinon: A Black Star... Type 54...... That gun.
Why...? Why is it showing up here now?

Fallen's right arm began to morph into a robot arm with a arm cannon as he charges up the cannon.

Death Gun then cocked the barrel back and
then pointed the handgun at Sinon as she
looked at it completely and utterly terrified to
the point that she can't even move a finger.

Fallen: poor Sinon a shame that a family member of mine has a crush on you and we're going to kill you. Oh well more fun for me!!

Sinon then having a flashback about her
childhood and the screen flashed that her
heart rate was spiking. Sinon then started to
see Death Gun as the robber. But Fallen she sees a dark being surrounding him as his eyes stares to her soul and started convulsing involuntarily.

Fallen: A new toy to play with, game over.

The screen went black as the sound of a gun firing could be heard in the background.

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