Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online

"If you die in the game, you'll die in real life."

This tragic situation occurred in the VR game Sword Art Online.

As a result, it seemed like VR games would die out,

but with the appearance of the admin package "the Seed,"

VR games regained their popularity, and many safe games were created.

One such VR game has a particularly grim worldview, and won its core popularity

with player versus player duels that use guns instead of swords.

The roar of gunshots in a barren wasteland becomes a dry gale that sweeps over the land.

The name of that game is...

All players logged into Gun Gale Online, your attention, please.

Beginning today at 14:00, we're hosting the team battle royale tournament, Squad Jam!

Each team has a maximum of six players, and 23 teams are participating.

Which team will survive in a devastated world?

You're really fired up, huh?

I wasn't going to participate if I got a ticket for Elsa Kanzaki's concert, but...

You couldn't score a ticket, huh?

So... let's do this!

Let's do our best, P-chan!

Squad Jam... game, start!

Squad Jam... game, start!

Squad Jam

So our start point is in a forest, huh?

That's a disadvantage.

Because we can't make use of your sharpshooting, and my outfit stands out?

Right.

Cover up before we leave the forest.

I don't mind if you shoot through the poncho with your P90.

I'll check the map.

So, we're right here?

No enemies within a 1 km range. We can ignore the north and east.

So, which way?

M?

We'll head due south.

I prefer an urban area.

Follow ten meters behind me.

Roger. I'll follow you.

Stop. Get down.

That's a 5.56 mm-class assault rifle.

Someone else is using a submachine gun.

You can tell?

Yeah.

They probably tried for a tactical position, but were unlucky and clashed with each other.

The forest to the west. It's not far.

I see.

We'll take it slowly. LLENN, take the lead.

This direction.

I'll tell you if you go off course.

R-Roger.

P-Please let me not run into any enemies.

M, the gunfire's stopped. Could they be heading this way?

Don't ask pointless questions. Keep going.

If there's an enemy behind that tree...

If a sniper sets their sights on me...

Enough! Come and get me!

We might shoot each other, but my P-chan will rip you apart!

Stop!

Get down.

Stay alert.

Don't turn around.

I'm 300 meters behind you.

It's almost been nine minutes.

Once the satellite scan starts, your position will be revealed to the enemy.

That's why I kept my distance.

I see. Because only the leader's position is revealed.

If we're unlucky and the enemy's close, they'll definitely attack you after the scan.

A-And if they do?

Let out a generous spray of gunfire, follow the forest's edge, and fall back.

I'll circle around to the left and shoot whoever's pursuing you.

So I'm a decoy? That's a cruel strategy!

You don't have to look at the scan. Just stay alert.

Rog—

M-M, I spotted the enemy.

Thirty seconds until the scan. Describe them as best you can.

U-Um, on the far side of the highway!

In the city! I think it's over 200 meters away!

Calm down. How many do you see? What guns?

At least five people.

I can't identify their guns. But they're not small!

They're behind rubble.

They just stopped.

Wh-What should I do? O-Open fire?

Your P90 won't hit them from that distance. The scan is starting. Wait there.

Even though I found them first!

What do I do? What should I do?

Confirmed.

There's one team on the border between the urban area and the highway.

The distance is over 200 meters.

A-Anything else?

It's okay.

At that distance, they shouldn't be able to engage you in combat right away.

M! I'm being targeted!

M! They're firing randomly at me!

I'm scared! Help!

They're using machine guns. 7.62 mm-class generic machine guns.

Going by the sound of the rapid-fire, they're probably MAGs. Multiple weapons.

Because of the speed of the rapid-fire, I can hear the reverberation too,

so a 56 mm is mixed in there as well.

A Minimi.

Stop analyzing and help me!

If you're safe now, stay hidden and you'll be fine.

Seriously?

Dammit!

Any time now.

Any time for what?

It's nothing. Stay there.

Rapid-fire, rapid-fire! Strafe! Ack-ack! Random fire!

As long as we've got bullets, keep firing!

That's the way of life for the All-Japan Machine Gun Lovers!

Hey! Cease fir—

Sniper!

From behind—

Take cover!

What happened?

Another team picked them off from behind.

That helped.

I'm on my way. Don't accidentally shoot me.

S-Saved.

I was about to die without firing a single shot.

M...

Use it. I didn't tell you earlier,

but the scan showed one more team that was close enough to engage.

So, they're the ones who attacked?

Yeah. Maybe the machine gunners checked the scan and thought they were far enough away,

or they were surprised by how close you were and overlooked the other team.

Either way, they were careless.

Th-Then you knew and used me as a decoy?

That's right.

"That's right"?

Let's observe from here for a bit.

There were five machine gun guys.

Three are dead already.

Those two aren't looking over here at all.

You should shoot them!

No.

I'm not going to attack right now.

Here they come. The wider street on the left.

Behind the bus on its side.

Nice moves. They're in sync.

Four of them?

No, there's more.

How?

Can you see them? Where?

I don't see them yet,

but those four are taking the shortest route to the last machine gunners while staying under cover.

There's probably two more high up in a building giving those four instructions.

I bet they have sniper rifles, too.

They're the ones who picked off the machine gunners.

I don't see them!

They won't be somewhere easy to spot.

If you ever have to reveal your rifle or yourself, you've failed as a sniper.

But splitting up with only six players on your team is a bold strategy.

A team that does so without hesitating is tough.

Those two are goners.

Dammit!

They're wide open. Now's your chance, M.

No.

I could take out one of them, but then the others would hide.

I'll let them go past.

They probably think we retreated deeper into the forest.

The four are on the move!

There.

Look at the building with the arching exterior design.

What is that? Amazing!

Rappelling. Using a rope to descend a vertical surface.

Oh? I didn't know about that skill. I kind of want it.

Those guys are a little different.

With the GGO rappelling skill, you can't descend that fast.

I've done it, so I know.