Chapter 116
Anonymous Player 101
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On the evening of May 28th, a large-scale battle erupted at Expo Commemoration Park in Osaka Prefecture. The damage from the battle, which lasted over an hour, is immense – the expressway is damaged, and the park and surrounding buildings bear horrific marks of destruction. At this point, there are 6 dead and 30 injured, and local residents are voicing their terror. The attack was carried out by a radical group called the “Crusaders”, and a New Technology Exhibition was being held at the site that day. The area is expected to be cordoned off for some time in order to investigate the incident.
6 dead in the end, what a terrible incident this turned out to be.
Anonymous Player 102
＞＞101 But they say there are too few deaths for the number of gunshots. There’s audio data uploaded by a nearby resident, and it’s loud enough to burst your eardrums. Experts on social media say it would take at least 50 people, maybe close to 100, engaging in military action to cause this.
Anonymous Player 103
But only about 20 “Crusaders” have been caught, so if there were that many, who quelled the terrorists?
Anonymous Player 104
＞＞103 Orange (just guessing)
Anonymous Player 105
＞＞104 Don’t joke about that kind of thing, it’s disrespectful. He could be one of the dead.
Anonymous Player 106
＞＞105 Sorry about that.
Anonymous Player 107
The battle royale started out so exciting, but then a raid boss suddenly appeared and ruined the premise, which was really disappointing. And then a terrorist attack happened and everything went to hell…
Anonymous Player 108
At least the video was pretty, I wish they’d implement an deep sea stage.
Anonymous Player 109
＞＞108 Don’t ask the devs for that.
Anonymous Player 110
The “Crusaders” manifesto matches the weird text posted on the “HAO” thread when translated. And the trolling on the overseas threads has completely stopped since the attack… Could this attack have been caused by “HAO”, even unintentionally?
Anonymous Player 111
＞＞110 I get being pissed off at a shitty game, but if “HAO” is the cause, it proves the Orange thread is crap. Their constant insistence that “HAO” is real led to misinformation reaching a cult.
Anonymous Player 112
＞＞110 I agree the Orange thread conspiracy theories are nuts, but the timeline is reversed. The manifesto was posted on the “Crusaders” site before the Orange thread turned into a religion. It was anti-“HAO”.
Anonymous Player 113
Honestly, it’s scary how the credibility of the Orange thread is increasing at this point. Before the battle royale started, there was speculation that the son of god = Strain and that Orange would mess with it, and now there’s news like this.
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Strangeness! Numerous small earthquakes observed around the world from May 28 to 29! Trouble with radio waves reaching as well!
Anonymous Player 114
There was talk that this was a sign of the son of god getting angry. Well, a lot of them happened on the seafloor, so there wasn’t much real damage.
Anonymous Player 115
There are quite a few actual Orange thread followers, huh.
Anonymous Player 116
＞＞115 It matches the current situation too well. Even if people aren’t posting, a lot are lurking.
Anonymous Player 117
The companies there were Kōmitsu Solutions, Hereafter Corporation, and RE Corp, right? Still, there isn’t much reporting mentioning Kōmitsu Solutions, even though they had that big Apollyon exhibit.
Anonymous Player 118
Theory that pressure was applied.
Anonymous Player 119
The mysteries of the terrorist incident:
・Motive
・How it was quelled
・The number of terrorists doesn’t add up
・Relationship to “HAO”
That about covers it.
Anonymous Player 120
How it was quelled is the real mystery. It’s not like they had a bunch of supermen stationed there who could defeat terrorists.
Anonymous Player 121
Dozens of guys with firearms is the kind of thing that requires deploying the military. How’d they do it?
Anonymous Player 122
According to the citrus thread, it was the work of cyborgs. Apparently there were security guards with metallic skin peeking out from their sleeves, which is the basis for the theory that Kōmitsu Solutions people were on guard duty. Kōmitsu Solutions may be overshadowed by Apollyon, but they are prosthetics technology professionals.
Anonymous Player 123
And we can’t forget about the expressway being severed. I’ve never heard of that happening except in an earthquake. How’d they do it?
Anonymous Player 124
＞＞123 Indeed. Destroying an expressway on that scale would be tough even with a rocket launcher. And drone footage shows debris scattered inside the park. How’d they transport it?
Anonymous Player 125
You’re right, the debris is piled up like a mountain, creating a bizarre scene. What the heck caused this? There’s not a shred of logic to it.
Anonymous Player 126
Other volunteer drone photos found this.
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Anonymous Player 127
Is this a metal tentacle? The reflection is too much for a toy.
Anonymous Player 128
Looks familiar from Orange’s stream, the tall blonde woman.
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Anonymous Player 129
＞＞128 Why do you have so much data, that’s creepy… And you can identify it right away…
Anonymous Player 130
It does match. I’ll go report it on the Orange thread.
Anonymous Player 131
＞＞129 Well, I was thinking of using it as reference for my next cosplay.
Anonymous Player 132
＞＞131 Good, not a pervert then.
Anonymous Player 133
＞＞132 I sleep hugging the photos every day though. By putting them on the wall too, the world will belong to Onee-sama.
Anonymous Player 134
Eek!
Anonymous Player 135
Oh, an update is here!
Anonymous Player 136
For real!
Anonymous Player 137
I was wondering what the next version would be like, but when I checked the announcement it had gone negative, lol. It should be Ver 3.01.
Anonymous Player 138
The win rate has dropped and it says miserable things. Is this following the total defeat route?
Anonymous Player 139
Stop the “HAO” relaunch, my favorite Kanata-chan has been scary lately… She’s shifting from cute to cute cultist… Stop trying to match everything from Apollyon’s color to looks…
Anonymous Player 140
It says login unavailable, but is everyone able to?
Anonymous Player 141
＞＞140 I just tried and it said no. It said “There aren’t enough usable organic materials to compose a body.”
Anonymous Player 142
There was a setting that an NPC mentioned before, that players logging in reconstructs a similar body. And the materials for that are similar components, like proteins. Without that, it can’t be constructed in the first place.
Anonymous Player 143
Then just log into Apollyon, right?
Anonymous Player 144
＞＞143 True, then you might not need organic matter lol. Genius?
Anonymous Player 145
Oh, Orange started streaming. He’s able to log in for some reason.
Anonymous Player 146
More favoritism for citrus, huh. Well, at least he didn’t die in the attack, that’s good.
Anonymous Player 147
The surrounding environment is messed up. It’s already over.
Anonymous Player 148
Kanata-chan!?
Anonymous Player 149
Stop muting Orange. Let us hear your voice.
Anonymous Player 150
Huh, Orange’s appearance has some slightly mechanical-looking parts, was he a cyborg?
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