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When Shin logged back in the ga, he was imdiately greeted by a bombardnt of ssages. He raised his eyebrow a little, thinking who could it be. And the mont they took a look at it, he saw that those ssages were actually ca from Lawless.
"What is it this ti?" muttered Shin before taking a look at those ssages.
Lawless: Hey! Still busy?
Lawless: I just want to inform you that and Faker are going offline for a while since there are quite so things that we need to take care of in the Real World. So, don't panic when you discover that you can't reach us.
The corner of Shin's mouth suddenly twitched the mont he read that. "What is this guy talking about?"
Then he started reading more.
Lawless: It may take quite so ti, so we are most probably going to be back after the major update of the ga, which is in next month.
Lawless: Oh! Another thing! We are chosen as one of the exchange students for the upcoming school year, so we might be going to the Soaring Continent when the school year starts.
Lawless: And we are most likely going to attend the 'Magical Ace Academy' for this exchange students' program. So, we ask you to take care of us when we get in there.
The corner of Shin's mouth further twitched when he reached this part of the massage. "What am I? Your personal butler or sothing?"
Regardless, Shin still continued to read the rest of the ssages before saving the real-world personal contact information that Lawless had given him, along with those ssages. And while he was at it, he also sent his contract information to that number – using his real-world contact number.
After that, he imdiately recollected his thoughts before looking at the in-ga digital clock. There was still 30-minutes before the semifinal, so he still had enough ti to prepare himself for the upcoming battle.
Shin thought for a mont before deciding to review so of the previous matches of the 'Silent Blade: Sairen'.
Yes, not his next opponent, but the matches of his next opponent's previous opponent from the very last round.
"Now, let's see whether my suspicion is right or wrong," muttered Shin while opening a virtual screen in front of him.
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Shin studied Sairen's previous fights for the rest of the preparation ti designated for the semifinals. And when he felt that he already studied enough, the preparation ti also happened to be up as well.
But before Shin pressed the accept button, he seed to grin for a mont while mumbling. "So, I was right after all."
And that was when he hit the accept button to be teleported to the battle arena for his next match.
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A mont later, Shin appeared at the center of an open grass field in the middle of a forest. After sweeping his gaze at the whole battle arena, he imdiately got the whole picture where this fight was heading.
After checking his surroundings, Shin then turned his opponent who was standing a few ters away from him.
Shin observed Roger for a mont before saying to the latter. "That last fight of yours is pretty interesting. And~♪ … sowhat entertaining."
Roger raised his eyebrows for a mont before nodding his head, seemingly acknowledging what Shin had said. Though, his face suddenly turned weird the mont he heard Shin's next words.
"You really put quite a lot of effort to stage that fight."
Hearing that, Roger seed to be frozen in place for completely being caught off-guard. Fortunately, he managed to recover himself almost imdiately. "I don't know what you are talking about."
Though, that reply further proved Shin's suspicion. His lips suddenly curved into a grin as he looked at Roger. And even if the expression on Shin's face was being hidden by his mask, his opponent could still feel the sneering look that he was making.
Roger secretly clenched his hand before replying. "If you are going to provoke with such words, then you are just wasting your ti."
"Though, what you are doing clearly contradicts what you are saying," refuted Shin almost instantly. And after a brief pause, he imdiately added. "I don't care what you did in the previous match – what I really want from you is to show your real strength so that both of us can grow even stronger~…"
He trailed his words for a mont before continuing with a sneering tone. "Right, Unrivalled Sniper: Roger? Or~♪ should I also call you, the Silent Blade: Sairen?"
At this point, Roger's face suddenly beca solemn the mont he heard that. He did not expect to hear those words from Shin. In fact, he really was not expecting that there was soone who was going to say those words to him.
The grin that Shin currently had curved even higher the mont he saw the expression that Roger was making. And due to that, he quickly added. "Even though that guy who fought you previously, did a good job at mimicking Sairen's moves – he still made a few mistakes here and there."
"Like for example, Sairen's habit before doing a counter attack, or the manner he was actually doing an upward swing, or even the movents of his feet when doing a certain footwork while maintaining that distance away from his opponent."
Roger's face turned even more solemn the more he listened to Shin's words. Each of the things that he pointed out were the things that he neglected before since he thought that there was no one going to notice such a very small detail.
But Shin was not done yet. And this ti, he pointed out what he saw from Roger's battle style. "On the other hand, you also made so mistakes on your part. No matter how hard you try to cover it, so things are bound to be noticed."
"That Gun-Fu in particular-… No, it is more likely the footwork that you are using when executing that battle style. That 'footwork' and the one you are using when executing the 'Sleeping Ghost' combat technique are very similar."
"I understand your train of thought since only people who are too familiar with Military Arts are the only ones who are going to notice such small details. Unfortunately, I am one of them. So, I can imdiately guess that your 'Gun-Fu' and 'Sleeping Ghost' are pretty much from the sa root, which was the Military Stealth Movents."
Shin then supported his chin with his right hand while continuing. "Though, I also wondered who was that guy that you hired to act as yourself. He really did a pretty decent job at doing those tasks. If I didn't study your battle style before that fight, I am most likely going to be tricked by him as well."
"Is he soone that you specially train? A colleague from the Military? A very close friend with a similar style? Or your twin brother perhaps?"
Roger couldn't help but smile bitterly the more he listened at Shin. Each of the things that he pointed out were right on mark and he seed not to have a plan of missing. Then he suddenly started laughing before responding at Shin. "You are such a scary individual. To think that you can even notice such a tiny detail. I wonder what your background is in real life."
Hearing the complent, Shin couldn't help but scratch his right cheek a little while muttering to himself. 'Actually, it is not that hard to notice those details as long as soone observes your battle style carefully. In fact, I just t soone who is most probably able to notice the sa things before I even do.'
'Hmm… Now that I think about it. That guy really has a pair of sharp eyes which made him perfectly fit to be a great strategist. His ideas are quite on point too since he can imdiately respond to my tactics during our strategic eting on that fallen outpost.'
Shin's train of thoughts was suddenly cut off the mont he heard Roger's next words. "But so what if you know about it? What is the use of that knowledge if you can't even beat in this battle?"
Shin just shrugged his shoulders the mont he heard that. "We will never know about that until we give it a try."
He then paused for a mont before asking with a serious tone. "Are you sure that you are not going to use your real battle style? You might regret not using it later."
Roger smirked at Shin before pointing his magic sniper rifle forward. "Then how about you force to use it instead?"
Hearing that, Shin beca even more excited. And after a slight pause, he took his sword-drawing stance before giving his reply. "Well, that is what I originally plan."
At the sa ti, Shin was also adding another thought inside his mind. 'And I am actually quite curious to see what will happen when two different battle styles are rged together.'
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