Rankings!
From first place to last, the leaderboard was neatly arranged, complete with avatars, names, and scores.
Right at the top was Sparkle, with a score of 100. Sparkle's avatar was still swaying slightly, but to Vita, it looked more like it was mocking her.
And at the very bottom was, naturally, Vita. At this moment, Vita's avatar had even been squashed into a flat little icon, its expression barely visible.
Only after seeing the rankings did Vita suddenly understand why Sparkle had insisted on dragging people into the game.
So it was all so she could crush everyone else on the leaderboard.
Vita wasn't the only one who saw through Sparkle's little scheme, but neither Great Herta, Elysia, nor Cyrene cared much about it.
Great Herta was because her score was the highest aside from Sparkle's.
As for Elysia and Cyrene, they simply enjoyed the process of saving worlds.
Every Crystal Ball salvaged from the game represented a world about to carve out a new future within [The Story of Being Because of You].
"One more round." Vita reached for the controls, her voice full of unwillingness.
At the very least... at the very least, she couldn't come in last.
"Sadly~ the next stage hasn't generated yet." Sparkle shrugged, her tone brimming with regret.
"Then we'll just wait..."
"Everyone's time is precious. I still have a Holy Grail War to play later. Come on, come on, let's go check out the other areas." As she spoke, Sparkle turned and headed toward the exit of the salvage zone.
"You bastard!" Vita said through gritted teeth.
Next, Sparkle led everyone on a rough tour of the entire Hyperion.
The dormitory section, residential section, power room, trading district, botanical room, medical room, combined power engine, data institute, catalytic refining chamber... They