Beyond M-Eclipse: Easy Mode LIVE

———Karra———

“Mhmhmm…” I can’t help but groan as I wake up, feeling… kinda weird and a bit uncomfortable. I did eat a ton of food yesterday. I think my body shut down quickly after eating all those sweets and other stuff by the end. Thankfully Wiina carried me home and got me up on a nice warm bed… What time is it right now? Let me check my phone here… Not even six in the morning? I must’ve fallen asleep the moment I hit the bed.

…I saw a block of complete darkness in the room. What in the world is that? Is this just my eyes paying tricks on me? It feels like some sort of void, but I’m not really sure what’s going on inside it… Isn’t it covering Wiina’s computer?

…I’m just gonna go back to sleep. This is all too much for me to wake up to.

———Wiina———

*Click* *Click* *Tap* *Tap* *Click*

Another easy game won… Let’s see here. I am now near the top one hundred of this leaderboard. If I keep going for an hour or two I should be able to get to the top fifty… Hmm…

Then again, considering my choice of characters some might start really scrutinizing my gameplay and cause unnecessary drama. This isn’t my main game of choice anyway.

Let’s put the controller down and play another game. I haven’t touched the main game in a while. I should at least try to get to the top at least once now that I have the ability. I have been slacking way too much on my rank grinds.

*Ring* *Ring*

Huh. My Harmonia app is ringing up, who is calling me so early in the morning? With my other account as well?

“What’s up?” I asked as I logged into the game.

“” Rico said through the call.

“So what’s the reason you’re calling me today? It’s rare for you to call me in the first place.” Ignoring the call she made two days ago about the Fantasy Land thing.

“” She said while I waited in the queue.

“So what? Do I need to go do something about it?” I asked, wondering if I have to go immediately or what. I’m in the middle of something here.

“” She clarified. That’ll explain why I didn’t see anything related to it yesterday. Why did she only bring it up now though? It’s not like I can’t deal with the conflict in only a few minutes if I needed to. “”

“I know it won’t be too hard to cover it up, but aren’t you a bit concerned about your killing spree damaging the school’s reputation?” I asked, now in the game and start fighting already. It has only been a minute and a fight is already starting.

“” She smugly said while I’m playing and making sure my team doesn’t mess anything up. “”

“That’s definitely not how I’m seeing it…” In the first place, she doesn’t want to blow her own cover, so she is already restricting herself on how much she could kill in the first place. No matter what, she is already following a guideline. “By the way, what would happen if no one stepped in? If it has only happened yesterday, it shouldn’t escalate even if a few days have passed, right? Can’t imagine either side getting much set up.”

“” She said while not sounding like she was conceding. “”

“Yeah. Everyone is completely demoralized and in complete disarray, not to mention the discrimination and other stuff. No one wants to work for a country that can’t even get its shit together, not that any country has done that successfully so far, some fare better, but that’s about it.” And that’s another squad wipe, my gameplay aside my randoms are very strong in this match, if maybe way too kill-happy. “Not to mention the rise of gangs and other criminal groups. I know the current government is trying something shady at this point, but I shut down most of it already, same with you.”

“” She said smugly. “”

“...So, what are the forces trying to stir things up at the border near the Fantarban Realm? You wouldn’t bring it up if they aren’t gonna be at least a little bit of a problem, right?” I asked, realizing that she wouldn’t make a long winded discussion.

“” She finally clarified. “”

“Well even people at that level wouldn’t really be any issue. You’d need at least an atomic bomb to damage that ship.” I said while still in the middle of this match. “You mean city-buster as in something akin to those people called warlords, right?”

“” She answered. “”

“So you already know about that…” I muttered. While Kenni did talk about it in the group chat, she most likely didn’t disclose this fact to anyone else. I doubt any of us would snitch either, considering how much of a commotion it would cause if something from that group chat leaked. “I guess I could go do something about it. I don’t really have any real plans today.”

“” Why do you have to say it like that? Do you want to go or not? “”

“I’d rather not kill anyone. In the first place, don’t you have a private prison you keep around to harvest fear and agony like it’s hell on Earth? Why are you even killing people?” I asked, since it seems rather counterintuitive. That place is like a factory for demon fuel.

“” She mockingly said. “”

“I don’t need a moral lesson from you of all people.” I said as the final zone is closing in on us and very few teams are left standing. “You know what, I’ll just incapacitate them and leave them at your mercy. I don’t think most prisons are even that well-maintained. At least your place is clean.”

“” Her tone quickly changed only after that proposal. “”

“Come on now, she’s not that needy. It’s not like she’s like your kitty cat who… Well, I guess what she went through was rather traumatizing, I won’t comment further than that.” I was close to saying something rather insensitive. Let’s not start acting like one of these old heads who has gotten apathetic to many things in life. “...What had Cevin been saying? By the way?”

“ She said, probably with a smug smile on her face. “”

“I… do not know that. In case you forgot, I’m not Walsuna, the one who keeps prodding about your worst moments in your lives.” I don’t really need someone with multiple lifetimes of experience to start complaining and trauma-dumping on me in the middle of my gaming session. Better for her to just keep it to herself for now.

“” She said in a somewhat playful manner. Considering they can work together, it’s clear that all of these back-and-forths are more of a comedy routine between them… Though I wouldn’t be surprised if it used to be unironic at some point.

“Everyone has their own standards, you know?” I said to her right as the match finally finished. That was a quick round, people are still dying way too early.

“” She dismissively said. “”

*Beep*

…Freaking hell. Did she really have to say that right at the very end? I don’t even get paid for this crap. Admittedly it’s because money isn’t any issue for me anymore, but they’re not giving me much to work with.

Anyway, time to keep playing the game, just staring at the big bright screen for an hour or two unless Karra is waking up and needs some assistance. Yesterday everyone just kept eating and eating. I know there are now more activities that burn your calories by a ridiculous amount, but a stomach still has limited capacity, and most of them are still regular humans without an extra large stomach or modified metabolism. What Malk did was pretty damn reckless.

As for me. I could keep eating as long as I want, but within my guise, I can’t really eat that much without raising some suspicion. Not that I even really need to eat that much with how efficient my body is, so it’s not an issue to keep the charade going.

Very few actually walk out of that room with a non-nauseous face, thankfully no one actually needs to go to the hospital or worse, partially because there is a healer or two around.

But enough about that, let’s focus on gaming.