Genius Gamer M

Black Hat Kurome • Suddenly, one becomes two. Can you adapt to this change? • 

You are me, and I am you.

They had finally made their move. The game had started.

The girl was the first to move, though she made no advances upon Emu, which concerned him. She watched when she fought, that could be dangerous. He turned ever so slightly to keep her in sight, but as a result, barely saw the laser coming from the other challenger. With a cry, he stumbled back, taking the hit to his shoulder. His hand went to it, and he looked to the smiling figure. The life bar on his chest flashed as it ticked down one bar.

“Not bad, you got me with my guard down. Looks like I’ll have to even the odds up, then.”

Gachong!

Closing the lever on his Driver triggered a standby sound, and M flourished with his arm, swinging it in a wide circle.

"D~a~i henshin!"

"Gachan!
Double Up!"

Another game screen appeared before him, flashing between teal and orange, before moving towards him, dissipating on contact.





Suddenly, before the others, the bulky armor was gone, and before them stood two entities, similar to what M had donned before. One of them stepped out of their pose, chuckling, and turned towards Black Hat, pointing at him.

"I'll be your opponent. Emu, can you take the one over there?"

With a start, the other half straightened, looking around, confused.

"What's going on? Are we... Under attack? I don't understand."

"We're in a game, and these our opponents. I'm counting on you... Partner."

The other half nodded, and straightened, fists clenched. The mask's eyes met Kurome's, before he charged forward, leaning down into a high jump. One of the medals was in his jump path, a yellow one, and when he hit it, it absorbed into him. The digital distortion that had appeared originally became prominent in their duel arena as a voice spoke out.

"Kōsoku-ka!"

He landed, but suddenly he was gone from where he had landed, swinging at the girl, before he was gone striking from the other side. They weren't hard punches, but more tests of the child's awareness, and he fell back after the strikes, with a chuckle.

"Think you can keep up? Or will you just keep watching?"

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On the other side of the arena, M faced down Black Hat, weapon select before him as he called his weapon to him.  It was rested on M's shoulder, almost casually, as he spoke to Black Hat, his voice confident.

"You look like someone who knows their stuff. How do you like my game arena? Not bad for a home turf, and it comes with me and my partner wherever we go. Your choice whether you play by our rules or ours. Now, here I come!"

One of the yellow buttons on his sword's pad was pushed, and suddenly, M was firing a laser at Black Hat. He kept it raised, ready to move just in case the villain did.