"----"
This was a silence that had been absent for a long time.
In the gunpowder-filled canyon, every sound completely vanished at that moment, returning everything to its most primitive silence.
And within this silent world, the players who had originally been lying in ambush here had all disappeared without a trace.
Only one player remained, clutching her gun as she knelt on the ground.
"Ugh..."
Sinon strained to hold up Hecate and aim it forward. Her finger rested on the trigger as she bit down hard on her lip.
In the direction of her gaze, a young man holding a rifle in one hand and a revolver in the other slowly walked over.
"Are you the only one left?"
The young man smiled with interest.
That smile, and the look in his eyes, were just like when Sinon had first sniped at him—full of amusement.
Sinon of course knew why his smile was so amused.
Because...
"...You deliberately left me until the end, didn't you?"
A hint of humiliation surfaced in Sinon's eyes.
That was right.
Luo Zhen had deliberately left her until the end.
It wasn't because she had spoken up for Luo Zhen when they had first entered GGO.
Luo Zhen's reason for leaving Sinon until last was very simple.
"You were the only player who had managed anything resembling a decent shot against me. Unlike those who fled at the first sign that they had no chance of winning, you kept your gun raised at me even though you couldn't inflict any effective damage. You kept thinking of ways to break through your current predicament, carrying out twelve different tactics in the process. It even made me curious about what kind of attack you would use next."
Luo Zhen came before Sinon, calmly placing himself in