Day Twelve…


    Nathan recalls the moment when he first encountered Shining_Star in an online game. This was when their friendship started.


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    [ shback: Thirteen years ago… ]


    Nathan was feeling bored in the mansion. He went to his study room and switched on hisputer.


    It was his pastime to y online games, create a program or hack some systems. Nathan decided to y Mission XXX, an online game which involved different characters such as soldiers, policemen, terrorists, hitmen, and assassins. The game setting was a warzone and abat field.


    Nathan logged into his ount and proceeded to the game server. His character was a hitman. He entered the game zone as a solo yer.


    Nathan''s character as SizzlingAugust08 was famous in that server because he belonged to top yers. He chose to do a hunting mission, killing the big bosses of different terrorist groups.


    Nathan''s character had been roaming around the battlefield of Zone 1 when suddenly someone shot him in the back. He immediately lost thirty percent of his HP.


    Nathan was caught off guard by that sneaky attack. No one tried to attack him like that. It seemed that someone wanted to challenge him.


    Nathan tried to locate the culprit. He suspected that it was also a hitman, perhaps a sniper. From the angle he was hit, Nathan turned around, searching for the enemy.


    Bang!


    Another bullet was fired at him, hitting his right shoulder. But instead of getting annoyed, Nathan found it amusing that someone dared to challenge him. He was known as the King Hitman of this server so he usually yed solo.


    Nathan wanted to be challenged so he didn''t want to team up with other yers. It looked like someone put a great prize on his head.


    "Who is this brave man?" Nathan mumbled, still searching for the person who was targeting him. Nathan''s character already took cover. His HP was already down to fifty percent. One and two critical hits and he would be out of the game.


    Nathan tried his best as he scanned the areas with his hawk eyes. He used his pistol and fired a bullet from a distance. He thought that spot was the hiding spot of his unknown enemy.


    But to his surprise, that person was good at hiding. He or she ispletely camouged in his surrounding.


    "Interesting fellow," Nathan mumbled, smiling broadly. He continued clicking his mouse as his avatar roamed around the field.


    Another shot!


    Nathan was hit in his right leg. His HP went down to twenty percent. The bullet his enemy used was high-powered. He wondered where she wasing from.


    Nathan didn''t use his special ability to hide his current spot. He wanted to test how skillful his enemy was. It did not take long when another bullet was fired at him, aiming at his head.


    Nathan''s powerful vision was able to see the bulleting at him. He clicked his mouse to make his character duck to avoid the bullet.


    "I gotcha!" Nathan mumbled, smirking widely. He finally noticed the location of his enemy. A man in ck was hiding in the building across from him.


    This time Nathan moved his character, pointing his gun at the rooftop where he saw his hidden enemy.


    Bang!


    Nathan fired one bullet, hitting the enemy right into his or her head! But in that crucial time, the enemy already approached him as the person in ck jumped from the rooftop,nding on his character.


    He was surprised when the enemy raised her dagger aimed at his neck. He thought it was game over as it would only take one sh from his enemy to kill his character and he would go to the resurrection zone for fifteen minutes before he could y again.


    The person who seemed to be an assassin didn''t make a move. Instead, an icon shed on Nathan''sputer screen, inviting him to ept a voice call from another yer.


    <o>,m Curious about the identity of his attacker, Nathan epted it and decided to hear the enemy''s message.</o>


    "Are you the King of Hitman? I want to challenge you to a duel! They said you were the top yer here." A feminine voice was heard from his earpiece.


    Nathan was taken aback for a moment. He didn''t expect that the person who bravely challenged him in this game was a woman… or rather… a girl. She sounded so young.


    "Who are you? Are you a new yer here?" Nathan asked her with intrigue after he recovered from shock.


    "I''m Shining Star. Yes. I am new here and I want to dominate this server by defeating the top yers here." She sounded confident for a new yer.


    Nathan typed on his keyboard, trying to find out Shining_Star Stats. Nathan was surprised once again since her ount was just made two days ago. Her level was already Level 5.


    ''Ahuh. So this is the dark horse who started to create her name on this server two days ago. She is good for a newbie.'' Nathanplimented someone for the first time.


    He had encountered different yers on this server. No one was brave enough to challenge him as soon as they found out about his aplishments and level.


    "Why should I ept your challenge? I am a veteran here. You are just a newbie. Other yers would think that I am bullying you. You should reach my level first before youpete with me. I don''t want you to me the difference in our level for your defeat. I will not go easy on you either."


    Nathan was already a Level 80 yer. And his ount was just one month old on this server.


    "Are you afraid of me? I defeated a level 60 yer just a while ago. Why don''t you try me," Shining Star challenged him confidently.


    Nathan could only smile while shaking his head helplessly. This girl never failed to amaze him. He loved her guts and bravery. But he had to teach her a lesson that their gaps were veryrge. He was not an ordinary yer. It seemed that this girl was underestimating him.


    "Your arrogance will be the cause of your downfall. Don''t cry. I already warned you." Nathan couldn''t help but chuckle as he talked to her.


    "Try me! Game on! Meet me at the duel arena in fifteen minutes. Heal yourself first!" Shining Star suggested.


    "There''s no need. I can fight you with my current condition. So that it would be fair. You are level 5 while I''m already level 80 yer."


    "It doesn''t matter to me. I will still defeat you. Go and heal yourself first." Shining Star argued with him.


    "You shouldn''t have shot me if you nned to challenge me for a duel. Now, I have to wait for my regeneration." Nathan med her.


    But Shining Star justified her action. "If I didn''t do this, you wouldn''t notice me. Provoking you is the only way to get your attention. You will not take me seriously, will you?"


    Nathan was amused as Shining Star''s words made sense to him. He would probably ignore her if she just approached him and asked him for a duel.


    "Okay! I ept your challenge. Meet me in the Battle Arena in fifteen minutes!" Nathan finally epted her challenge.


    His character, SizzlingAugust08, went to hibernate first to heal himself. A brave challenger was very excited to fight him. Nathan already decided that he would not go easy on her to give her a lesson.


    Fifteen minutester, their character met at the Battle Arena. Here they could use any type of weapons. They would attack each other until one of them would lose HP or drain their HP.


    (Note: HP means Hit points, a numerical attribute representing the health of a character or object.)


    There were lots of spectators watching them. The other yers decided to watch their duel because for the first time someone challenged SizzlingAugust08 and he epted it. And what was more exciting was that the yer who challenged him was just a newbie.


    When the duel started, Nathan didn''t hold back. He attacked her with all his might. In just ten seconds, Shining Star was knocked down and defeated.


    That was the start Shining Star continued to bother SizzlingAugust08, requesting him for a duel over and over again. She couldn''t ept her defeat so she worked hard to win next time. She didn''t stop challenging him until she won. Since then, the two had startedmunicating with each other through that game and outside the game and they became chatmates. They started getting to know each other more.


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