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Chapter 12: Cheating

We see Kamiya's snitch email. Let's pray for his account to be hacked.

So back to Shugo being at pole-ax point. Shugo tries to defend himself but Kamiya accuses him of being responsible for THIS:

(Two Face goes Kawaii.)

Yeah, he looks more stupid than scary. The point is he accuses Shugo's bracelet of doing that to him back at the Tanabata event. Like a chad, Shugo has already forgotten about how he destroyed this man's (boy's) (virtual) life.

Either way, Kamui has the right to delete Shugo's character because he was accused of fraudulent acts. Shugo's in trouble...as well as Rena! And the rest of the group who are being taken in for questioning. As for Zafie, she is to be collected as a "bug". Zafie responds by outright daring Kamui to execute her on the spot. While Kamui is amused by that, Kamiya tries to protest, saying that he only reported Shugo and the rest have nothing to do with this. Kamui simply says she appreciates his report and she'll take it from here. He won't even be notified with the results...

Kamiya weakly tries to speak up for them again but Kamui shuts them up by shouting, threatening to delete them all right there. Kamui takes the group and leaves Kamiya to stew in what he just done.

Meanwhile, somehow Balmung is still in the game. Reki then contacts him to bitch him out for not being in contact. Balmung complains that CC Corporation for being ironically conservative about how they run their VRMMORPG. Apparently, four years ago, CC tried to delete Kite too. But that just made the situation worse, resulting in one of Balmung's friends being among those who fell unconscious. Balmung, in the past, was in Kamui's shoes, overzealously confronting those he considered dirty cheaters. But Kite showed Balmung the Core and with it, shifted his paradigm completely. He even worked on getting to administrator status to fully express his love for the game.

Sadly, CC Corp doesn't care. They want to wipe out anything that doesn't fit their direct vision of what they want the world to be. Reki asks him what he's gonna do. Balmung smiles and says it's in the players' hands now. Called before his bosses again, he says he hasn't changed his mind. They scoff and say grow up before getting hit by a car after leaving the bar and tell him to behave himself as he awaits his final verdict. Balmung smirks, mentally asking Aura what she thinks of all this...

Our group's in jail! Namely, the holding cells of the Cobalt Knights. Mireille hilariously and not inaccurately comments on the bullshit of the situation, asking aren't games supposed to be fun? Shugo asks what the deal is with the knights and Rena answers they're probably CC's admins, troubleshooters, you know...MODS. Kamui interrupts the round table to read them their verdict. Shugo and Rena's accounts are to be suspended.

Shugo and Rena protest, saying their models were won as prizes. Kamui says yeah, that's true but that bracelet Shugo's wearing? Yeah, it apparently breaks the user agreement. Shugo counters he got the item in a game sub event. Kamui counters his counter by saying it's unauthorized. Mireille counters the counter that countered that by demanding to know why they weren't told earlier. Kamui, being a villain, doesn't bother to fight with words anymore, saying that the group is apparently just as culpable as Shugo and Rena just for indirectly reaping benefits. They're all liable to be deleted too. All their points, their items, their virtual pets...gone.

Infuriated, Shugo shouts his group has nothing to do with this. Kamui pulls the whole "just joking" card by saying CC wouldn't go that far...CC Corp believes in user satisfaction first and foremost after all. So instead, Mireille's, Ouka's and Hotaru's accounts will not be suspended...on the condition that they disband their party and not mess with the World again.

Tearfully, Mireille surrenders, not wanting to be deleted. Ouka caves next, not wanting all the effort she put into her character to go to waste. Hotaru doesn't want to lose Grunty so she falls too. Shugo's reaction? Happily letting his friends go with no hard feelings, not wanting them to suffer on his account.

Kamui huffs, saying she's not doing this just to be mean. CC Corps Cares! They just hate bugs and cheaters. The chapter ends with Shugo and Rena being told to wait for their punishment...

THOUGHTS

Fuck, a great chapter. I'm mad at nobody except the people I'm supposed to be mad at: CC Corp and Kamui. I didn't think it was possible to sympathize with Hotaru but this chapter pulled it off. Shugo goes from tolerable to likeable and I am now excited to read this manga. Chapter 12 gets the Badass seal of approval.

#.hack #.hack//legend of the twilight #review #shugo is too nice #the assholes are sympathetic #yes #even kamiya #and cc and kamui grow in threat level #the only thing left is to make rena not a waste of space #let's get on it .hack

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