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The world aroundsky Then everything blinks out--the next instant, both Treenerated a full pace behind the others

Tremaine turns a murderous look on me My Speed Burst power-up from Hammie is still in my inventory--and now I use it It disappears froht The world rushes forward, and I can alht as I yank out on finally breaks free froto lasso the tip of its nose One try Then another Onthe loop across the creature’s snout The dragon pivots its head in my direction, then lets out a furious shriek A column of fire bursts fro onto its head My rope becomes a makeshift harness Below me, Asher and Max are locked in battle

"Move back!" I say into my co he needs

I yank the dragon’s head down as Asher suddenly breaks free and darts away The creature shrieks in rage, then lunges at Jena, the nearest player--all she can do is throw her hands up before the creature ss her in one bite

Jena MacNeil | Teaade

Life: -100 | STRIKE OUT!

The audience bursts into excited chaos I can barely even hear the announcer’s voice over it all

A pace behind us, Jena blinks back into existence Asher is already waiting for her In a flash, he pounces right as Jena , Asher’s hand closes on the Artifact hovering over her head

Gaold as an enormous phoenix bursts into flames across the entire sky

The audience explodes in wild cheers "I don’t believe it!" the analysts are yelling over the chaos, their voices cracking from excitement "It’s all over! Jena MacNeil and the unstoppable Deade--taken down by the Phoenix Riders in theupset we’ve ever seen! Oh my God! The Phoenix Riders win!"

Asher throws his head back, lets out a piercing whoop, and raise his fist in the air

And that’s when I see the black figure again He’s standing on top of the ice monument, clad in the same fitted black armor I’d seen on hih me Why can I see hion I’ to control suddenly stops in midair, frozen, and then fades from view The landscape darkens into blackness I blink as the Tokyo Dome itself comes back into view, as well as fifty thousand spectators screas To either side of me, my teammates come out of their booths

"That was theme hard onI’ on top of us They crushBlood roars in my ears On the other side of the arena, the De away fro up at the audience

My first official win in a chaame But all I can think about is that Zero was there I saw hi, too, but his expressions are off, forced The slances over his shoulder, as if he’d seen sooes back to grinning and hugging the others He’d also seen the figure

As I continue to cheer, I bring up the file that I’d h Ren’s broken shields There’s little there, as if I had pulled away before I could properly seize the data fro Zero was cora, trying to make sense of the na to do with this White World level? HT HT? Hideo Tanaka Project Ice Hideo Tanaka It could be a file connecting Hideo with this opening gaht? Or--

Then,to the word Ice Oh my God

Zero wants to assassinate Hideo

And at that oes out

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