This is not the date I wanted.

Mengyue's head tilted, and the next moment, a pitch-black magic bullet popped out from nowhere, passing by Mengyue's cheek with a hissing sound of breaking wind.

"Alala~ Is it okay to be so careless in front of the enemy? Hacker."

Laughter echoed in the space, and countless "Junais" surrounded Mengyue from all directions.

These are all replicas that Junai created using his own data as a blueprint and the authority of the administrator. It is different from the method used by Kurumi to summon her past self as a clone, but it has the same purpose.

Well, let's give it a try. Meng Yue aimed the game token between her fingers at Junai's clone.

"Railgun!"

The game tokens were wrapped in blue and white electric light and turned into orange rays, shooting towards the "Junas" in front of them at a speed of more than three times the speed of sound.

"Hehe~ It's no use."

In response to Meng Yue's killing move, Jun Nai smiled with great satisfaction and stood where he was, neither resisting nor dodging.

Then, it was as if an invisible mirror appeared, refracting the approaching railgun like a ray of light. After repeatedly refracting between Maruna many times, the railgun reached the limit of its range and disappeared because the game coin melted.

Meng Yue couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. You know, the super-electromagnetic gun is not a laser cannon, and it is impossible for the refraction phenomenon like optical weapons to occur.

"Space distortion... I see. This is what's really causing everyone to be separated."

"Great! Correct! Answer!"

The girls smiled and nodded.

Although as a replica, the cloned Junai should appear weaker than the original Junai, however, within the "mother core" of the computer space, Junai as the manager can interfere with the space here.

"Go, the attack must continue."

Several powerful magic bullets appeared around Junai. It was okay for one person, but after multiplying the number of people, the number of magic bullets became so many that it made people feel scalp tingling.

It really is, an unexpected killer.

Looking at the Junai clones piled up into a sea of ​​people, Meng Yue couldn't help but think in her heart.

At the same time, Tohka and Origami, Kotori and Yoshino, Yui and Yakuya, Kurumi and Miku, each group was attacked by the Marunas in different areas of this space.

It feels like assigning a CP... Well, I'm just thinking too much.

However, compared with the countless human sea here, the number of Maruna's clones that Tohka and the others encountered was only in the hundreds, so the pressure they received was still within the tolerable range.

It was obvious that Junai was planning to isolate Mengyue, concentrate most of his forces on her, and defeat her with the advantage in numbers.

Under the almost impenetrable fierce attack from Junai and the others, Meng Yue had to use all her strength to dodge and had no room for counterattack at all.

The Junnai all had confident smiles on their faces.

"Even hackers would find such a large number difficult to deal with."

"If I defeat you, the virus network surrounding this world will disappear."

"Then, everyone here can disappear."

“So, go to hell, Hacker!”

Suddenly, Mengyue felt that the air around her was as heavy as if it was filled with mercury. The huge gravity enveloped Mengyue, making her unable to move.

The next moment, countless magic bullets poured down like raindrops. If this one hits, Meng Yue will definitely turn into a pool of blood and flesh.

However, there was no trace of panic on Mengyue's face.

"Analysis completed..."

“Hahaha——What a shame, it’s our victory…!?”

The laughter suddenly stopped, leaving Junai and the others stunned. Countless magic bullets seemed to hit the air and directly passed through Mengyue's body, causing no harm to Mengyue at all.

It seems that Liangyi Mengyue and Junai's clones are not in the same dimension.

“Is this… a Hacker’s optical shift?”

The Junais began to look around, trying to find Meng Yue who had moved without noticing.

"That's not right."

The "virtual image" of Meng Yue, who was being targeted by the Junais at this moment, shook his head slightly.

"This place is different from the real world because it is the direct perception of the brain. I cannot create virtual images through physical light manipulation. I just learned from you and rewrote the spatial intelligence near me."

"The rewriting of space intelligence... took only such a short time."

Seeing the unbelievable expression on the face of Junai's clone, Meng Yue herself didn't think she had done anything extraordinary.

"In the final analysis, you are just using the Territery (random field) deployed by Fraxinus (Fraxinus) (basic realize) to attack me. The gravity enhancement and magic bullet just now are actually applications of the magician's random field. It's a coincidence that I just reviewed this kind of knowledge before coming to this world."

Meng Yue shrugged and said nonchalantly.

You know, before being sealed by Shidao, Ryougi Yumezuki spent most of her time in the world "dealing" with magicians.

"impossible……"

In just a moment, the almost hopeless situation was reversed. Although the original body had judged that Liang Yi Meng Yue would not be eliminated in this way, it was really unacceptable to the Junai present.

Jun Nai's clone gritted his teeth unwillingly and shouted.

"Don't be too proud! Hacker——"

Junai's clone met Mengyue's eyes and couldn't help but shiver.

The girl's eyes, as clear and charming as amber, were now filled with a bone-chilling coldness.

"Sorry, I'm not in the mood to waste time with you guys... I'm looking for Juna, not you guys."

Calling himself a hacker, there is no sense of closeness or rejection. He is filled with ruthless and cold murderous intent, executing orders to kill like a machine. There is no doubt that this is not the Junai that Meng Yue is familiar with.

Although these clones of Junna perfectly inherited Junna's appearance, knowledge, and memory, they did not inherit Junna's emotions.

The real Junai is not here.

A blue and white electric snake as thick as a child's arm began to dance around Mengyue, and her brown bangs fluttered gently.

In this boundless computer space, a dark cloud appeared above Mengyue, and the dancing lightning echoed with Mengyue's flashing electric light.

"——Real thunder!"

Hundreds of millions of volts of lightning struck from the sky, like a tumbling angry dragon, swallowing up everything around Meng Yue.

With just this one strike, at least five hundred clones of Junai around Liangyi Mengyue were eliminated.

In the distance, Junai's clones, who had not entered the range of the lightning attack, gasped at the same time.

Meng Yue exhaled slowly, and her face returned to calm.

"I'm a little worried about the situation with Shidou and Maria, and I also have to go see Maria. So - get out of my way!"

18 Junai's trick

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"Sure enough, I can't solve you just by doing this... Meng Yue."

Junai was not surprised to receive the news that she was at a disadvantage from her clone.

Although it would be great for Junai if he could get rid of Meng Yue there, to be honest, Junai himself didn't think Meng Yue was an opponent that could be defeated by the human wave tactic.

After all, according to DEM's records, Hacker is the only Pokémon whose strength cannot be evaluated by quantified reports.

"So...how long can the remaining clones last?"

Jun Nai sighed slowly. Judging from the current speed at which Meng Yue was destroying her clones, in about ten minutes, Jun Nai's army of tens of thousands would be completely wiped out.

"Is that all the time you have? Well, it's enough."

Although the situation was unexpectedly bad, a strange smile appeared on Junai's face.

……

"Everyone...is everything alright?"

After being dispersed, Orumi Maria asked somewhat uneasily.

"Don't worry, they will definitely find a way to solve the problem. And they will catch up with us soon."

Having said that, Shidao is actually very worried about the safety of Mengyue and the others.

There was no doubt about the strength of the elves who had fully deployed their spiritual equipment, but the number of Juna's clones at that time was so large that it made people's scalps tingle - Shidou actually had no definite basis to guarantee whether everyone was in danger or not.

However, Shidou couldn't show this worry in front of Maria.

Shidou touched Maria's head and comforted her.

"Trust them. Now we have to do our best to do what we can do."

Ju Ya smiled and nodded to show that he understood.

"That's right, let's go, Shidou. The 'mother core' is in that direction."

As an artificial elf who once possessed administrative authority, Ju Ya can still vaguely detect the location of the "mother core" where the main computer is located.

Under Maria's guidance, Shidao advanced carefully and cautiously in this data space where east, west, south and north could not be distinguished at all.

However, Shidao felt something was strange. During this journey, he and Maria were not attacked by Maruna at all. The "Maruna army" that could form a human sea that they met in the castle before disappeared as if it was an illusion.

The smooth journey did not make Shidao feel at ease. On the contrary, the mentality of "there must be something wrong with the abnormality" made Shidao more vigilant.

Suddenly, Ju Ya stopped. In front of Ju Ya, there was a light curtain about the same size as the "door".

"Once we get to Shidao, we can connect to the location of the 'mother core' from this place."

"Are we here already? It seems like things are going so smoothly that I'm a little uneasy..."

It was as if Junai had deliberately let down her guard to welcome Shidou and Maria, but as she looked at the destination that was right in front of her, Shidou seemed a little hesitant.

"Shidou?"

Maria looked at Shidou in confusion.

"Huh-it's okay."

Taking a deep breath slowly to calm down, Shidou gently shook his head.

Now Tohka and the others couldn't confirm when they would arrive, and if they stayed where they were, they would be in danger of being attacked by Juna's clones. So even if he felt something was wrong, Gokawa Shido had no choice but to go into battle.

"Let's go, Juya."

"Yes."

After getting Shidou's consent, Maria nodded and held Shidou's hand with her soft little hand.

After looking at each other, the two took a step forward together and stepped into the light curtain.

Just like the space teleportation he had experienced in Fraxinus before, the scenery in front of Shidao suddenly changed, just like a TV with a different channel.

The walls and ceilings were made of huge stained glass with strange patterns carved on them, isolating the vast ocean-like data flow outside, just like a dragon's palace under the sea.

In the center of this empty room, a huge red crystal is floating quietly.

"Is this the inside of the mother nucleus..."

Shidou looked around for a moment, and saw a figure next to the huge red crystal.

"Meng Yue?"

What surprised Shidou and Maria was that the person they saw here was not the expected Maruna Oramori, but Mengyue who had been dispersed by Maruna's clone before.

"Shidou and Maria? Are you two okay?"

Seeing Shidou and Maria, Mengyue rushed towards them, waving and shouting to them in surprise.

"Mengyue, are you okay?"

"Well, although we encountered a lot of trouble along the way, in the end, everything turned out fine."

Patting his chest, Meng Yue indicated that he was fine.

Although Meng Yue's body was covered with a lot of dust, there were no visible wounds. Shidao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Mengyue, have you seen everyone?"

"I don't know either. After being dispersed by Junai's clones, I was attacked by Junai. I think everyone should be in a similar situation."

Meng Yue shook her head and said.

"But then again... Mengyue, you were able to find the location of the 'mother core' by yourself."