The Hunt Starts!

They entered the field and waited for the organizer to announce the match to start.

"Will their member suddenly run toward us?" Yuuki suddenly said.

"No way, the only one who has done it before is someone from ToyGunGun," Umiko said.

"What are you talking about?" Tsugumi asked.

Yuuki told her about the player who was running toward their location within just seconds.

Most of the people didn't know about it since the speed of that girl was quite fast and she had come back directly.

They haven't talked about it since they were watching the show and there was an attack from the kidnappers last night, compared to both of them this matter was quite small.

"Interesting, I might as well copy them," Tsugumi said.

"....."

"You're going to run to the enemy's headquarters?" Yuuki asked while twitching his lips.

"Just stop, the enemy is a bit different from the one that we have faced before," Umiko said and sighed, "I've been hesitant earlier to tell but...."

"Hmmm?"

"But our enemy is quite famous for their cruel acts," Umiko said and told her the thing that the team Hoshishiro had done before. She told them that the team usually tortured the people before they could get out of the game.

"How?" Tsugumi was confused since people would shout 'hit' after being shot.

"They closed their mouths with their hands, stopping them from shouting and then keeping them in one place while shooting their bodies several times," Tsugumi said.

"....."

"How did you know about that?" Yuuki asked.

"I've faced them before, they were my opponents last year with my other team," Umiko said.

Yuuki would have never expected such an episode to appear in the woman in front of her. He sighed and said, "Then, we've got to beat them shall we?"

"Yeah, let's have a nice little revenge," Tsugumi said.

Umiko smiled, "Thank you."

"How are your teammates?" Yuuki asked.

"They're still playing but they don't want anything to do or get involved in a Top Combat Gun," Umiko said, and added, "You can't touch or fight using your hands or knife in a normal survival game after all. The only match that is allowed to touch or use a knife is in Top Combat Gun."

They nodded in response.

"I just can't forgive that team who are trying to use this competition to beat them, I'm sorry to get you involved in this matter," Umiko said with a sad expression.

"You don't need to worry about that," Yuuki said and held her hand.

"Yuuki...." Umiko said while looking at him.

"Ahem!" Tsugumi pulled his ears with an annoyed expression.

"It hurts! It hurts!" Yuuki said.

Umiko only smiled looking at their interaction.

They talked for a while about their strategy but decided to not use anything since they had never had any practice before. They had decided to use a similar strategy that they had been using yesterday. They decided which person that they had decided to fight with and had a duel with them one by one.

"I'm going to take the other male," Yuuki said. He was a bit curious about the leader of this team, Hoshishiro.

"Be careful," Umiko said with a serious expression.

"I will," Yuuki nodded.

"Then, I will take care of the person who is using the minigun," Tsugumi said. She was quite curious and wanted to fight someone who could wield such a large weapon during a battle. She had been using a dual pistol since she was mostly fighting, using her mobility to move around.

"Then, I'm the last one, the sniper girl," Umiko nodded and asked, "You're not using your shotgun again, Yuuki?"

"No, I'm tired of using it," Yuuki said and had changed his weapon with an uzi. He didn't have a special reason to use it but he thought that it was better to have something that could shoot a lot of bullets with only one trigger. He knew that his opponent would love to torture their opponents. He wanted to see their expression when they were the one who was tortured by them.

They didn't wait for a long time until they had heard the announcement from the organizer that the game had started.

"Game Final!"

"Field A. Time limit: 20 minutes. Deathmatch."

"The team with the most living players at the end wins."

"Now, begin combat!"

They started to move together and walked toward their opponents.

---

"The game has started," Yukimura said.

The team ToyGunGun didn't go back after they had been beaten out by the team Predator. They had watched their entire match and knew that they were very strong. This time the opponent of the team Predator would be the strongest team in the entire country, Hoshishiro.

"Yeah," Matsuoka nodded.

"Why are you crying during the match with them, Mattsusan?" Yukimura asked.

Matsuoka blushed, "I - I'm not crying!"

Yukimura teased him until he realized his teammates, "What's wrong, Tachibana?"

"Nothing, I've just learned that there are a lot of things that I need to learn in this survival game, I've learned a lot," Tachibana said.

"Yes, the survival game isn't simple, there are a lot of things that you need to think about," Matsuoka nodded and suddenly his expression became serious, "There are a lot of things but all you need to know is that you will win when you kill your opponents."

"Yes," Tachibana nodded.

Yukimura and Matsuoka watched the match and clenched their hands. They had wanted to beat the team Hoshishiro but they had been mercilessly in the early match. They felt frustrated but there was nothing that they could do. They need to get stronger so that they won't lose against anyone in the future.

"Tachibana will work hard," Tachibana said.

---

In the headquarters of team Hoshishiro, no one said anything and waited for the match to start.

"Now, begin combat!"

The team Hoshishiro looked at them and said with a smile, "Good, let's start the hunt!"

"Yes!"