Chapter 7: Presentations 5

If Leone had been told that today would be a particular day then she would have made sure to be twice as careful in the mission she had been assigned, after all, when one was in her line of work, mistakes usually ended with the person dying in a horrible way and sometimes even involving their partners or innocent people.

So even when the description she received was fairly standard, in the form of observing a target and confirming whether his actions were worthy of Night Raid visiting him, she took routine precautions.

Observing from afar the target's "secret" property on the eastern slope of a mountain north of the capital, a mid-ranking official with connections in the army who apparently lured young boys and girls with the promise of uniting them if they passed a "special test" so that those young people would never again be seen.

And after 2 days of observation, when she had finally obtained what she considered to be clear enough proof, something she had not expected happened.

Welcome to the Alternate Multiversal Chat "Rude Big Sis"

Leone's eyes widened, and a blink later, her legs propelled her away from the tree branch where she had been hiding.

At the moment her feet touched the ground, her appearance had already changed, looking more beastly, and with her 5 senses heightened to superhuman levels Leone noticed how the screen reappeared in front of her, so she launched an attack with her claws on her now beastly hands.

However, this had little effect on the screen, passing through it as if it were not there.

"An illusion? So the mission was a trap? If you want to mess with my mind you'll have to do better than this". She said as she looked around her, not showing the hint of disbelief she had when none of her senses detected anything within a considerable radius.

When her eyes focused on the screen she could see that, in some way she didn't understand, some people were communicating and that even her own words had been recorded for others.

And just before she made another threat, one of these people presented himself as the cause of her situation and offered both an apology and an explanation for what was happening, and although from the way he had apologized, Leone assumed this person did not seem to be looking for a conflict, she decided to begin her withdrawal from enemy territory to be safer.

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A few minutes passed, and the speed at which Leone was moving did not decrease at all, and although she paid attention to what was around her, she did not stop reading what they were telling her through the screen that was moving next to her.

After 10 more minutes, she reached a river and decided to rest for a moment, she had put a considerable distance between her and the official's lair, so she decided to stop for a couple of minutes to drink some water from her canteen while she continued reading what appeared in the chat.

And when she finished, her thoughts about this screen and those speaking through it were clear, lies, while she didn't know about all of them, at least she was sure that this Ryuichi and "Cool Bad Student" were trying to trick her.

Although she didn't understand why they would try to do it with such a stupid lie, throughout her life she had seen crazy things produced both by the teigus and by people crazy enough to put their lives on the line for banal reasons, but an army of murderous dolls capable of sweeping away all the armies of the world?

Even the statement of a person emerging from a glowing circle on the floor sounded light in comparison, and that wasn't even taking into account the fact that she didn't know any nation called Japan.

Because while she would be the first to admit that she wasn't the most studious or intelligent of any group she could be in, the fact that 2 people said they were from the same country and told opposite scenarios of it was enough proof that either one of them was lying, or both were, and Leone leaned more towards the latter option.

The situation did not improve when the name of another nation that she did not know was mentioned, and the alarms in her head rang even louder when she understood that one of these people was a member of a noble's staff, after all, Leone instinctively distrusted anyone who bore any title of nobility.

So it wasn't a surprise when she responded. "I don't buy anything any of you have said either, and I've never heard of any place called Japan or Lugunica, recently I felt like someone was watching me, it was you, right?" She lied, hoping that if they were really close to where she was, this statement would cause some slip-up, but when this didn't help she pressed a little more.

"Are you murderers from the capital? Come for me if you have balls! I'll rip out your throats and take one of you with me so my friends and I can get all the information about who sent you". She threatened as she began to move once again, and although she had previously planned to return to her base, she decided to take a much longer path as she ran again, this time at her maximum speed to try to leave this box behind.

But no matter how much she ran, or how fast she moved, that blue box always kept pace, and everything came to a head when a new box appeared on top of the existing one.

Tag-along has invited you to a video call

Accept?

YES/NO

Its progress slowed little by little until it stopped. 'A video call?' His eyebrow raised at the strange word without understanding its meaning, and at that moment a new box appeared next to the current one.

A video call is a more direct way of communicating, as if two people separated by a wall made a hole in it to be able to see each other and talk.

That explanation sounded a little vague, but she managed to understand the gist of it.

'So if I accept I will see the faces of all these people?' She thought, and although that sounded good since she could identify those trying to mess with her, in the end, it seemed that she couldn't decide in time, because the box that asked her to accept the video call disappeared, and a new one took its place.

By neither accepting nor rejecting the video call, you will go into spectator mode, so the call participants will not be able to see or hear you, and although you will not be able to see them, you will be able to hear them, if you want to join at any time, select "join the call"

JOIN THE CALL

After that, a black screen took the place of the text chat, and the voices emerged, from the tone of the 2 present Leone could deduce that they would be two young men, probably no older than 20 years old, but this did not diminish her caution, after all, she knew very well that even children could be lethal.

For a while she just stayed silent, listening to everything they said, and from their tone, it seemed like "Cool Bad Student" was showing "evidence" to support his crazy claim about the attacks of the dolls.

And although her curiosity was piqued by this "Ryuichi's" shocked tone, she still remained reluctant, refusing to join the call.

Unfortunate Princess and Greedy Heir have joined the call!

But it seemed like that hadn't been the case with 2 other members, leaving only her and the "Maid" out of the call.

The words of disbelief and the supposed evidence that contradicted one version of the other between both participants only made her curiosity and interest grow, but the last straw was when "Ryuichi" said the craziest thing she had ever heard in her entire life.

"Possibly none of us live in the same world"

With that statement she felt that she should find out more about the situation she was now in, even if it put her at risk, so without hesitation, her hand went to the "join the call" option, and surprisingly, this time she was able to touch the screen before it disappeared.

Maid with Survivor Syndrome and Rude Big Sis have joined the call!

And it seemed that that last statement had caught not only her attention but also that of the "maid"

The symbol of a spinning hourglass appeared in the middle of the screen, and a couple of seconds later, the box was divided into 6 parts, each showing a different image, finally bringing together the 6 members of the chat in the video call.

X-X-X-X

With this, all the members of the chat have been revealed, and although I like Leone, she was not my favorite choice to fill the last missing place in the chat, but rules are rules, and I promised that I would work with the characters chosen by the roulette, so that here we are.

Here are the members and their nicknames:

-Kaname Ryuichi (OC) - Tag-along

-Leone (Akame ga Kill) - Rude Big Sis

-Namekata Kyujin (Dolly Kill Kill) - Cool Bad Student

-Henrietta de Tristain (Zero no Tsukaima) - Unfortunate Princess

-Ling Yao (Full Metal Alchemists Brotherhood) - Greedy Heir

-Rem (Re:Zero) - Maid with Survivor Syndrome

If anyone wants to know what the initial list I made was, I will put it in the author's notes of the next chapter.

That's all for today's chapter, I'll be posting a chapter on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays this week and maybe next week too.

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