Day 5. Vigilante Justice.
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ProstoPleerNeira Drake was running through the city. Her intuition told her that tonight someone would try to take justice into their own hands and deal with the remaining bandits. Of course, there was nothing wrong with the act of retribution itself – but everything should be done according to the law, through a general vote of the city's residents!
Neira turned into an alley and peered into a basement window. Her intuition urged her to take a closer look. And sure enough, in the far corner of the room, standing at a table, was
Larisa! She was mixing some liquids, pouring them into bottles, and sticking labels on them...
Neira's premonition told her that a crime was about to be committed right here and now. She gripped the hammer more firmly and began to wait.
Suddenly, a loud crash echoed.
Neira managed to roll aside before the wall of the building collapsed. The girl looked into the opening – a huge projectile had literally flattened
Larisa.
Neira seemed to freeze, staring at one point. Footsteps were heard behind her, but she didn't even turn around.
A cold hand rested on her shoulder.
- Eh, Glinko, Glinko... -
Rudyy said quietly. - He always was prone to impulsive decisions... And I told him that I would need a living criminal to create a Byte of Life...
VesperLindt, who had read these words on his lips through the scope of the Cannon, blushed embarrassedly.
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Rudyy, what about those two robots that were on Windows' side? - Neira asked. - Wouldn't they work?
Rudyy slapped himself on the forehead and, with a measured, mechanical gait, ran towards Windows' hangars.
Neira hurried after him.
Not far from the hangar,
Rudyy spat and handed
Neira a pair of binoculars.
- Here, look.
Neira put the binoculars to her eyes. There, on the edge of the world,
0xFF and
Gur were floating, holding hands. Each of them had boxes on their backs, filled with fireworks.
As if they heard,
Gur took another rocket from his cabin and pulled the pin, aiming it backward. High in the sky, it exploded in a four-color Windows logo...
Far, far away, in a dark, dark room in front of a glowing green laptop screen,
Arandor was sitting. Smiling, he closed all connections, typed "init 0," and dissolved into thin air.
Far, far away, on a green clearing under a plasticine sky,
Drakkosha was grazing. Her thoughts flowed smoothly and evenly. Reflecting on the unity of opposites, she bit off a blade of grass and ate it with relish. Everything was fine...
Game Results.Alive:2.
Rudyy3.
Neira Drake5.
Arandor7.
Drakkosha9.
VesperLindtDead:1.
MyHighness4.
0xFF6.
Al-Parazon8.
Ment10.
Shamrock Rover11.
Gur12.
Ursula13.
Larisa14.
RiMpel2The city won!