The First Event: The Pink Phantom's Massacre

Meanwhile, while Pochi is busy destroying any player she comes across in the grassy plains, Tama is having a field day inside the forest.

Forests are like a playground to ninjas as they could blend with the surrounding easily. That's if they are not wearing a set of pink kunoichi armor — in this case, they should be better off playing ninja in a city or something where a whole lot of vibrant colors are present — but that's besides the point.

Whether or not the target could spot the pink kunoichi armor set that stands out like a sore thumb in a forested area like this filled with green and brown colors, it doesn't matter. There's really no difference between the two as they'd all die either way, whether they see her or not.

Currently, Tama is staring at a group of six people roaming around the forest.

"Tama~, is a ninja~, with a plan~! Nin~ nin~ degozaru!"

After singing her so-called 'Ninja Time' song in her usual stretched out pronunciations, Tama held onto the two star shaped hairclips that is holding her forelocks before throwing them onto the ground.

*poof*

Like some kind of magic, the place where she was in was covered in a thick layer of pink smoke. When the smoke disappeared, Tama was nowhere to be found.

Being the normal humans that they are, the group immediately noticed the glaring pink smoke that suddenly poofed into existence near them.

"Gather up and form a circle. Look out for any unusual movements inside this forest!"

*rustle*

When a slight sound of rustling was heard from behind them, everyone immediately turned around to attack, only to find that there was no one there.

"Tch. Weird… There should be someone here…"

"Wait, Captain! We're missing our mage! H-He's already dead!"

"What did you say!? How!?"

"W-We don't know. When I looked at his position earlier, he was already starting to turn into digital particles…" the party member pointed at the very center of their formation.

The mage is already gone. In his position where he was seen standing earlier was a bunch of pink petals that looks like the petals of a Sakura Tree.

"How, exactly did that mofo…"

Before the captain could finish his words, he suddenly heard a laid-back voice from behind him.

"Body Flicker no nyantsu~?"

Faster than the time he could even react, he saw two silver colored ninjatōs with Sakura Petals trailing behind its blade slash at him at a speed that his eyes couldn't even begin to process. The only silver lining in this is that he is the party's great shielder so he's really tanky.

"Haha! You picked the wrong target you little—!" Atleast that's what he thought.

However, unknown to him, Tama's favorite targets are tanks since she could stack her sakura petals as much as she wants to.

Accompanied by the "Ei~!s" are terrifyingly fast slashes that the captain couldn't even see. Due this fact, he was unable to black a single one of them from hitting him.

"[Sakura Blade Storm]~!"

The last thing the captain saw was a bunch of Sakura Petals going for his head, eyes, mouth, heart, and etc, and the words, "One more hamburg steak reward~!"

*swish* *swish* *swish* *swish*

When the Sakura Petals stabbed the captain, it passed through his body and hit the other party members. Then, the sakura petals scattered in the air, creating a scene reminiscent of springtime.

A moment later though, this beautiful scenery turned into a horrifying sight as it once again gathered to attack the place where the captain is, who's now turning into digital particles. As a result of this last salvo of attack, another member of the party went down.

At the same time, the pink ninja once again vanished into thin air.

"W-Where!? Where is that pink bastard!?" One of the remaining members of the group yelled in a bout of panic.

However, his panic didn't help him in any way as he was next on the list of the pink ninja Tama. Before he could even let out a pitiful squeal, a kunai suddenly landed on his throat.

"Gah!"

Thereafter, a series of stabs and slashes was unleashed on the helpless man.

"Ei~! Ei~!"

*slash*

*stab* *stab*

Tama didn't spare the guy as she attacked him until he turned into virtual particles. Her last blow was a backstab that landed right on the player's heart.

Right after she landed her finishing blow, Tama sheathed her ninjatōs before once again vanishing.

While the two remaining members of the group are shaking on their boots, Tama just nonchalantly appeared in front of one of them and once again casted the skill that she used on the captain earlier.

"[Sakura Blade Storm]~!"

"AHHHH!" The guy whom she specified as her skill's target couldn't hold it in anymore and ran while screaming in fear.

The last member, on the other hand, gathered up all of his courage and charged at Tama with a resolute look on his face. Unfortunately for him though, he wasn't even close to hitting Tama.

"Substitution no nyantsu~?"

Maybe as a form of her sparing the guy from any more suffering, Tama ended their battle with a few quick slashes that solely targeted the man's vital points.

*stab*

*stab* *stab* *stab* *stab*

A series of stabbing and "Eis~!" filled the quiet forest once again as Tama cleaned up the last remaining member of the six-man group.

"Tama~ Victory~!"

Feeling extremely jubilant, Tama struck a pose, with her hands outstretched, forming a peace sign.

Her smile grew even wider when she looked at the equipment section of her status. These were the equips that made her perform all of those stunts without breaking a sweat.

✽✽[Equipment]✽✽

Head: [Hidden Stars]

Body: [Sakura Blossom's Kunoichi Armor]

R. Hand: [Twin Blossoms • Serrakura]

L. Hand: [Twin Blossoms • Serrakura]

Legs: [Sakura Blossom's Knee High Socks]

Feet: [Sakura Blossom's Boots]

Accessories: [None], [None], [None]

[Twin Blossoms • Serrakura]

Every time the user hits at enemy, the sword will leave serrated sakura petal blades on the ground.

[+60 AGI] [+40 DEX] [Destructive Growth]

Grants the skill [Sakura Blade Storm].

Skill Slot: [Sakura Blade Storm]

[Sakura Blossom's Kunoichi Armor]

[+75 AGI] [+45 DEX] [Destructive Growth]

Grants the skill [Sakura Ninja's Hidden Technique].

Skill Slot: [Sakura Ninja's Hidden Technique]

[Hidden Stars]

An ever changing hidden weapon that could change into any ninja tool that the user may need. From kunais, shurikens, smoke bombs, traps, and etc, it could change it's form according to the user's whims.

[+40 AGI] [+20 DEX] [Destructive Growth]

Grants the user the skill [Darting Stars].

Skill Slot: [Darting Stars]

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✽✽[Sakura Ninja's Hidden Technique]✽✽

- For each 0.2 second that the user spend in a state of concealment, the user will regain 5% of her max HP. She will also gain a 70% movement speed buff and her next attack will be an enhanced attack(Total Damage= 20% of the user's AGI). Each time the user manages to hit an enemy's vital point, the user will gain a 3 second concealment. Each time the concealed state is triggered, the cooldown on the user's skills are reduced by 1 second. During the concealed state, the user cannot be targeted.

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✽✽[Sakura Blade Storm]✽✽

- Nothing's more beautiful than a pink storm of dancing petals. The user will throw one serrated sakura petal on an enemy(a sure hit) that immediately gathers all the sakura petals on the ground, dealing damage to the specified target and his/her surrounding. After one simultaneous hit from from all the petals, the sakura petals will scatter in the air, creating a wonderful scenery of spring. After 1 second, the sakura petals will once again attack the specified target before disappearing. Deals damage to a target depending on how many sakura petals are on the ground. These sakura petals have piercing damage that ignores armor and defense. One petal deals damage equivalent to 1% of the user's max AGI. Once used, the user will gain a passive conceal for 10 seconds.

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✽✽[Darting Stars]✽✽

- When the [Hidden Stars] transforms into a projectile tool — like shurikens and kunais — and is thrown, these weapons will return to the user after dealing damage, granting the user a 5 seconds concealment while slowing the target down by 90%. If the user is unable to hit a target, the weapon will return to the user after 1.5 seconds, granting the user the concealment buff.

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Unknown to Tama, she was currently being shown on a large group of players who have nothing better to do with their lives than to spectate. Their mouths were hanging wide open as they stared at the large screen, dumbfounded.

✽✽[First Event Spectators]✽✽

Anonymous Spectator: What the actual f***? Am I seeing things or am I seeing things!? Somebody, pinch me!

Anonymous Spectator: Lololol! That girl sure is brutal. Also, her laid-back and cute attitude didn't help… I almost sh** my pants watching her slice up people like she's harvesting wheat.

Anonymous Spectator: The person above, don't lie. Tama-chan is cute and we all know it. Still, I also have to agree with your latter words. What she did there is just scary.

Anonymous Spectator: What's with her AGI though? Why couldn't I even follow her movements with my eyes?

Anonymous Spectator: She dumped a f*** ton of stat points in her AGI, that's why.

Anonymous Spectator: What's with the participants that the monitor is showing? First is that dog-girl with ridiculous levels of STR. Now this.

Anonymous Spectator: No one's gonna talk about how cute she is in that pink kunoichi armor?

Anonymous Spectator: I mean… It IS cute but… Why pink though?

Anonymous Spectator: Who cares about that, boomer!? She's cute in it and that's all that matters!

Anonymous Spectator: Like that earlier participant, Pochi-chan, Tama-chan also have some unique arrangement of equips.

Anonymous Spectator: Yep. I'm starting to wonder if the devs are lolicons or something.

Anonymous Spectator: The answer to that will be decided later… I do have a feeling that they are lolicons, though. Disgusting pedos.

Anonymous Spectator: Like you're one to talk! You think you can fool me? Even though our users are hidden, I just know that you're that guy simping on Pochi-chan earlier!

Anonymous Spectator: Yep. I'll ring the FBI if you do anything suspicious.

Anonymous Spectator: What are you guys on about!? We're talking about the equips of those girls!

Anonymous Spectator: Please. Say no more. Now I'm feeling like I'm trash since these girls who clearly looks younger than me is better than me at gaming.

I want to die.

Anonymous Spectator: Same brother. Same.

Anonymous Spectator: Same brother. Same. +1

Anonymous Spectator: Same brother. Same. +2

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Anonymous Spectator: Same brother. Same. +79

Anonymous Spectator: In conclusion, Tama-chan is cute and we old fogies shouldn't compare ourselves with her genius.

Anonymous Spectator: Comparing yourself to others will just hurt us. Let's stop.

Anonymous Spectator: Cute ninja-girl… Very ninja-like play style…

Her kit and survivability just screams 'hax' to me…

Anonymous Spectator: Definitely hax.

Anonymous Spectator: Unlike Pochi-chan, she's fast. However, if I'm not wrong, she couldn't just one shot people nonchalantly like Pochi-chan without some preparations.

Anonymous Spectator: This ninja-girl is really terrifying man.

Anonymous Spectator: She disappears and reappears like a phantom, like a real-life ninja.

Anonymous Spectator: Tama, The Pink Phantom. Heh, we're coming up with great nicknames one after another. What's with that?

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※~To be continued~※

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Author's Remarks:

※ DONE! Next up is the other members!

※ Tama is really cute! I can't wait to write some side stories or something about all of the girls later down the line.