The Worlds Seeker

About 4 hours before the shooting, Horizon Institute.

"Are you guys going home now? I was thinking of playing some games. We can even create a team!" Aki was walking with the girls, heading home. It was already late and none of them felt like training today. It seemed like a day without Kai was like taking away all the excitement and fun, leaving only the worst part.

"I've never played these games, but it must be interesting. And usually they form teams of five, and Kaori can relax, if she wants to come with us." Madoka thought it was a good idea. They always came back home at a certain time, so why not go play?

"And what game would it be? RPG or FPS?" Kyou asked after thinking for a while. She was a little excited today, since her plan to talk to Aoi yesterday seemed to have worked out, and now Kai was with her at the hospital. She was a genius!

"FPS is much faster, games where you can concentrate easily and climb the ranks with skill. RPGs require spending time and effort to become stronger..." Although she was the only one who wouldn't play, Kaori seemed to have the most information about it.

"So why not both?" Haruka suggested in a low voice, still a little embarrassed to be walking with the girls. After all, compared to them who had a [Charm] of 4.0, she only had 2.2. She was pretty, but did she really need to compare herself with these goddessess in front of her?

"Great idea! And Kai also gave us those credit cards, so let's all go to a cybercafe and rent a private room!" Kaede had the final say, and everyone was already agreeing with that.

When they were leaving school to enjoy their new wealthy life, a boy came running towards them, sweating from the effort. He looked directly at Madoka before speaking.

"Hyoga-senpai, sorry to bother you. But the tennis instructor asked me to call you over, as he wanted to discuss some game opportunities with you..." The boy seemed like a mere messenger and appeared to be fully confident in what he said.

"What?..." Madoka stopped for a moment, listening to that string of words that made her angry and disgusted. Her fists automatically clenched and cracked, a wave of irritation much smaller than Kai's spreading.

It was then that she felt a hand take hers, and she looked to see all the girls giving her calming smiles. Aki, in particular, seemed to be the most supportive, but you could see the killer intent deep in her eyes as well.

"She's already leaving, thank you for the message," Aki said with a polite smile to the boy who soon bowed and left as well. As soon as he was out of sight, that smile disappeared and was replaced by an indifferent expression, but it was like Kai's, "Do you want someone to help you? You know, keep watch at the door..."

Madoka also decreased her irritation, her eyes becoming cold like on the fatidic night and a calm murderous intent emanating from her.

"Kaede, stay here with Kaori and Haruka. I'm going with Kyou and Aki, we'll be back in a moment." Despite the way she spoke to Kaede, she simply nodded. They always fought a lot, but in the end, they were friends and girlfriends of the same man. When moments like this arrived, they showed that they were always on the same side.

°°°

In a school administration building, along with the instructors', in a computer room.

A tanned and rather ugly man, with his middle-aged expressions being the worst thing about him. His haircut seemed young, but only gave an air of incongruity with his sloppy appearance. He was about 1.84m tall, his body well toned with muscles.

He was waiting in front of a computer when the back door opened and a student entered. It was Hyoga Madoka, who changed her expression from killer to simply more apathetic.

"Hello, good afternoon, Miss Hyoga. It's an honor to be talking to an Elite Committee student like you!" The man seemed a little sarcastic in the way he spoke, and he continued sitting while talking to her, "I know I told the boy that I had to take care of some Tennis matters, but it wasn't quite that."

"And what was it?" Madoka was holding herself back from killing this man right now. According to what the girls saw, they were more than capable of breaking TVs, walls, tables. A head wasn't so hard to break…

"Well, I wanted to talk about this!" The man suddenly pulled out his phone, showing a picture of Kai and Madoka hugging. Actually, it was a video that showed them kissing. She also seemed a bit daring in the video, kissing his neck and saying some naughty things.

Madoka remembered that day perfectly well, and they tried to do something more dangerous, but also not too sexual. They just decided to kiss in different corners of the school, even though the school was a little restrictive when it came to dating. It could happen, but not within the school grounds, and it could result in suspension or disqualification from clubs.

"Yes, it's me and my boyfriend. And I only don't call him my husband because we can't get married before graduating. What does that have to do with me?" Madoka didn't seem to be affected by this video at all, just feeling disgusted that it was in this man's hands. She didn't even want to imagine what he had already done with it. And, anyway, how would she feel scared of this video if she already knew that Kai ran the whole school?

The tennis instructor seemed caught off guard by her firm response, but it only increased his intense desire to conquer her. He had been preparing to get this girl for a long time, before she left the club, but everything became much more difficult. Today, coinciding with the day Kai was not there, he managed to come up with an excuse to blackmail her.

"You have a lot to do with this, Miss Hyoga. If this video spreads on the internet and reaches the director's ears, it's possible, no, it's certain that your boyfriend will no longer be the president of the Elite Committee, and you will also lose your position there. How bad would that be, right?" This instructor didn't seem to have the slightest idea that the school existed thanks to the Nakashima Family, and he actually tried to threaten the prince of the school.

"Oh no, that would really be bad!" Madoka showed a scared face at first, but soon a mocking expression replaced it, "That still isn't a problem. Even if this video reaches the Prime Minister of this country, they won't remove Kai from the presidency because he is the best student this school has or could have since its foundation. And I, besides being a model student, am also the best rising tennis player in all of Tokyo. Are you sure posting this video will make any difference?"

"What?" Now shocked by the response, the instructor really wasn't expecting something so fierce. It was almost as if she was saying that all of this was for absolutely nothing, and he had free rein to post.

"And another thing, this video could actually help us. After all, we haven't publicly announced our relationship yet because the school has some annoying rules. You would be doing us a favor if you did it!" Madoka was almost about to spit on the ground in front of this man, revealing his insignificance, "Anything else, instructor?"

Already irritated with the look of neglect and pity he was receiving, the instructor stood up from his chair and quickly walked towards her.

Seeing him approaching, Madoka stood still as her hand reached for one of the computers. Her nails dug into the metal, sinking her fingers and holding onto the screen with one hand only. The instructor didn't seem to have noticed this when he shouted. He even reached out his arm to grab her!

"You DARE not talk to me like that, YOU WHORE! Know who to obey! Don't think just because you're from the elite that you can-"

BANG!

With a quick movement, pulling out all the wires connected to the monitor, it was time to pull out all the teeth from the instructor's mouth when she hit him right in the face with it. It was so strong that he even fell to the ground.

"Son of a bitch! I hate you so much, you bastard!" Madoka didn't seem satisfied with just seeing blood pouring from his head, a hatred that seemed to transcend universes emerged within her. She picked up the table where the computer was and lifted it up.

BANG!

The table shattered when it hit the unconscious man on the ground, now not knowing whether he died or not. But if he didn't die, he was definitely at death's door. Madoka seemed uncontrollable when she grabbed the table, intending to lift it up again and hit as many times as necessary until death took the son of a bitch lying on the floor.

But before she could get blood on herself, Kyou and Aki grabbed her by the arms and dragged her away from there.

"No! Let me go! I want to kill that bastard for everything he did to me! I want to show Kai what happens when someone who isn't him touches me!" Madoka tried to free herself from the girls' arms, but they all had the same [Strength] statistic. And two against one was easier to control.

"Madoka, MADOKA! Enough already! You've already gotten your revenge and it's all okay now! He didn't touch you, and you didn't experience that, remember!?" Aki held her face, making Madoka focus on her. Kyou was beside them while holding her sister in a hug.

"Aah! Ugh! This headache!" Madoka relaxed her body and Kyou let go, but she put her hands to her head and started complaining. "What is this pain??"

Aki suddenly got scared while looking into Madoka's eyes, and even Kyou approached out of curiosity. But what she saw also scared her. In fact, it would scare anyone who saw it.

°°°

In the midst of the infinite space of stars, Sora was in a meditation position while her hands seemed to be holding a black hole. She appeared to be in deep meditation, feeling everything that was happening in the universe in minute detail and learning about everything.

Suddenly her eyes opened, revealing pupils as black as pitch, but carrying stars within them. When she felt something on her husband's planet, a smile appeared on her face.

"It was about time…"

Her hands moved in a random direction for a moment. It didn't seem like anything had happened, but an endless power filled the universe she was in. Imperceptible changes were happening everywhere, and a nearly equal amount of divine energy entered Sora's body, further increasing her understanding of this unique thing. But a thread, an almost atomic line of this divine energy traveled at inconceivable speeds through the universe, entering the body of a girl.

What Sora had just done was something that would happen at every moment in this infinite sea of foam. Some bubbles burst, and some universes ceased to exist to empower others…

°°°

At this moment, the girls had already arrived at a cybercafe and were all sitting around Madoka. Kaori inevitably found out about the huge mess she had gotten herself into and she almost fainted in shock.

"So, what are you feeling?" Aki asked Madoka, sensing that she was acting strangely, yet also very well. It was hard to explain, but it was a feeling of... Uniqueness.

"I don't know. It's like something inside me is..." Madoka paused for a moment to think, feeling like nothing had changed, but at the same time, "It's like I feel unblocked? Does that make sense?"

"Free?" Kaori "looked" at Madoka. She didn't even understand why she said that, but she felt it was the right word. And that's considering she couldn't even process all of this yet.

"YES! That's the right word! It's like I feel free. I think since that night I've been carrying something on my shoulders, and now that weight is gone. It even feels easier to breathe!" Madoka felt enlightened by this word.

"Is it because you sought revenge?" Kaede asked in doubt. There was only one thing that had happened now, and it was quite obvious to think about it that way.

The silence filled the table. Everyone seemed to be thinking about this possibility, and even Kaede and Aki, who had milder stories, wondered why they didn't have the same feeling. After all, they didn't need to get revenge on anyone.

While everyone else was thinking, the four quickest thinkers were already several steps ahead. Madoka, Aki, and Kaede suddenly stopped Kyou, who was about to stand up.

"Don't stop me, I'm going to kill that slutty sister of mine!!!"

°°°

It took a while for Kyou to calm down and they chose an RPG game to start with. They also created a character for Kaori, and she described how she wanted it to be.

There was a game called War Battle: Demons & Angels MMORPG, by Kairyu Games. It was the latest release and had great performance and graphics. The lore was about two factions, Angels and Demons, battling against each other and sometimes together against alien invasions. The power scale was huge and there was a variety of HUGE missions, from actions and negotiations with NPCs and many other things. It would catch the attention of anyone who entered.

Madoka, Kyou, and Haruka chose the Demonic Shieldbearer, Arcane Mage, and Hydromage classes from the Demon Field, respectively. As for Aki, Kaede and Kaori, they chose the Paladin, Alchemist and Soothsayer classes, from the Angelic Field.

"Look, there's a way to buy a bunch of things..." Kaede said when she saw the numerous promotions on the shopping tab. There were some premium beginner packages and some prize leagues to subscribe to. But it wasn't anything impossible to obtain, just that you would have it now instead of grinding for it.

"It spoils the fun a bit, but nothing beats a Pay-to-win when you have a lot of money!" Kyou still seemed stressed, so she didn't hesitate when she made several purchases on her unlimited credit card! She bought all the packages and signed up for everything she could!

The other girls did the same, but suddenly all the accounts stopped when some fireworks appeared on the screen and a message that left them shocked appeared. They wanted to grab Kai now and kiss him until he suffocated!

[Enjoy the game, my babes! I've prepared unique character models for you, so make the most of them!]