Some time before the Workshop Battle was oficially finished, and some time before the battle between Kira and the FUG Ranker. Mai received a special assignment from Kira.
"You want me to hack Emily's system? I know it will be a scary weapon but it doesn't affect you, right?"
{Not directly, but such information media that have rooted to the Regular are weapons that must be recognized make me tempted, I know it's impossible to steal them because it's connected directly to Archimedes, but if at least we can access information that Emily can access then that is enough for me. }
" It means... "
{That means, even though at the moment the Workshop has Emily, there are two parties who can access the information, they and us. }
Mai agrees with what Kira said.
"Um, I understand, and with Emily, maybe you will get the information you are looking for."
{Yup, even though the possibility is very small, but it does not exclude the possibility that there will be information about the way to get out from the tower. I'm sure you can do that with your Roundrobin right? "}
"I can't guarantee it, but I'll try."
{Yes, I'm sorry for always bothering you to fulfill my selfish desires. }
Hearing that, the expressionless face plastered on Mai's face twitched slightly, and his heart beat fast.
"N-no, I promised to continue following you, that is my own wish, you don't need to apologize."
{ Thank you. }
***
Currently, in one of the rooms in Wolhaiksong's resort on the 30th floor. Mai is checking her work.
She is seen wearing a black Turtleneck Tanktop with jeans that accentuates her beauty. Her mint green hair was tied in a ponytail, and she used her usual rimless glasses.
"This is not good, it seems I failed to access Emily completely Mr. Kira, the structure is too complex, maybe this is influenced by her other identity as a human, Even Lighthouse like Opera will not be able to access this object fully, this is truly a frightening weapon and dangerous. "
Kira who is standing behind Mai understands.
"I see, it's quite unfortunate ... but thank you for your hard work, although a little, but at least we can access the information center from Emily."
Kira patted Mai's head while she just nodded silently.
"Well then, I'll go first to talk to the Rankers." Before Kira actually came out of the room, he was stopped by Mai's voice.
"Mr. Kira, I want to ask, but where are you going next, I mean what are you going to do after we leave this floor?"
Hearing that, Kira stopped.
"Actually, the matter also I want to discuss with others later tonight, there are some things I must discuss."
Hearing that Mai only nodded before Kira left her room. After Kira left, Mai looked down slightly and held her head which Kira had patted and remained that way for several minutes.
***
In one room, currently 6 people were present. Four people were sitting at a square table while two others were seen standing.
Two of them are former examiners from the 2nd floor who are currently a reserve member of Wolhaiksong, Lero Ro and Quant Blitz. There is also a member of Wolhaiksong, the light-blue haired man who is from the Khun family, Khun Hatzling.
A big man wearing a red helmet, resort manager and member of Wolhaiksong, Majex. And a reserve member, regular D-Rank, Toulalan.
And of course the last person was none other than Kira who was seen sipping black coffee.
"Mr. Kira, I'm sure you know something about this internal conflict that happened with FUG, right?" Said Lero Ro.
"Yes, for that I came here. I heard from Khun that all of you, I mean Wolhaiksong was interested in Bam, so I helped you in the Workshop Battle yesterday."
Hatzling only nodded, because as Kira said, the task given by Urek was to watching over Bam and save him if he was in danger.
"But to be honest, I still have a grudge against your vice-chairman. Well, even though I don't think too much about it."
"Grudge? Is our vice chairman trying to seduce your woman or something?" Hatzling asked, smiling. He is a chill guy.
"No, it's not like that, it's just that the two of us had a little confrontation."
Hearing that, of course, everyone was shocked, before Hatzling who looked relaxed suddemly tapped the table and said.
"Ah, I just remembered now, so you're the one being talked about by the vice chairman, but shouldn't you be dead?"
"Is that what that man told you about me? Well, I have to admit my condition at that time was at stake, just a little late maybe I would die. "said Kira, looking calm.
"So that's how it is, it seems like our vice chairman has made you battered ..."
Then, Hatzling glanced at Kira sharply.
"But you must also realize that you have injured our vice chairman's hand so badly that it left a scar that cannot be lost, right?"
Kira who heard that nodded, of course he knew that even someone as strong as Urek would not return fine after being hit by Chaos Energy.
"That's why I'm helping you, well even though someone else told me to do it."
Lero Ro who heard that glanced slightly at Kira, because he knew very well who Kira meant. While Quant who is a former Kira instructor said.
"But oi oi, isn't this strange, why did you become so strong in such a short amount of time? Did you use cheats or mod?"
" What do you mean? I am your beloved disciple right, Professor Quant?" Kira said jokingly.
"Hahaha, I really am very suitable if called Professor huh, hahaha. As expected from my best student, Gahahaha. "
Hearing that Lero Ro only smiled bitterly before he glanced towards Toulalan who was standing from the beginning.
"But speaking of the regular rank D, doesn't it remind us of the train?"
"Oh, that hell train, huh... you can go straight up to the 6th floor, usually no one will survive until the destination, but the final destination is ..."
"Hidden floor," interrupted Hatzling, arms crossed.
"That's right! There are rumors that say that the prettiest woman is sleeping there, and the prettiest man for women. I heard you have been there, is that rumor true?" Quant asked Hatzling.
"No comment, but you're also after him, right, Toulalan?"
Toulalan nodded, while Hatzling turned his gaze to Kira.
"In the meantime, the monster here ... are you also going to take the hell train event?"
Hearing that, Kira only sipped his coffee while smiling mysteriously.
" I don't know, we will see later. "
Seeing that, Lero Ro felt the hair on his back goose bumps.
"Eh ... can you stop your smile, you look more like that coffee addict now, Mr. Kira."
"Ah? Uh... alright."
Then, the Ranker and Kira continue their conversation, about important topics such as the movement of FUG, or even discussing matters relating to men's fantasies.
***
"What !? We're going to make a separate group? No, I don't want to ..."
Currently, all Rea team members plus Mai are having discussions in Franz's room.
Moments before, Kira had told everyone that their team would be divided into two groups. Ran, Franz, and Rea will make their own group and climb the tower via hell train on the 35th floor. While Kira and Mai will go up the tower through the usual way, but in a hurry.
Of course Rea rejected the proposal outright.
"It's only temporary, after I finish my business on the 38th floor, Mai and I will immediately go see you guys."
"No, let us come with you, Kira-bro," Rea said.
"Didn't you ask me to go to the hell train before? You said you have important business there, then me too, I have affairs on the 38th floor."
"Well, that's true, but I don't want our team to be divided like this."
"It was only for a short time, maybe we will only be apart for 2 to 3 years, it won't be too long right?" Said Kira, and Rea nodded.
Then, Ran, who had been silent from the start, opened his mouth.
"Then, you said you would meet us after finishing your business on the 38th floor? How you will do it?"
Kira glanced at Mai, and Mai nodded before she explained the route of the hell train to Rea and the others using her laptop.
"Well, as you all know, the Hell Train is an event that can be participated in by D-Rank Regular, many advantages that a regular will achieve if they get on this train."
"One of them is, with this train we can climb several floors of the tower at once in one go, starting from the 35th floor and ending on the 43rd floor, of course the threats and risks are also very large."
The three of them nodded.
"The place that Mr. Kira wants to go to on the 38th floor is not in the inner tower where the hell train station is, so we cannot go with you to ride the hell train."
"Eh? What do you mean?"
"Yes, it is in the middle area, a place where regulars and rankers live, middle area in 38th Floor, the Floor of Everlasting Rain."
Mai then points to a point on the screen and explains.
"But after Mr. Kira finished his business there, we will immediately follow you and take the hell train on the 39th floor without the ticket, Its an easy affair. Of course, we have to get there before the Hell Train transits at the 39th floor station, therefore we will immediately go up to the 31st floor tomorrow and take a D-rank regular license as soon as possible. "
"So that's how it is, you will leave tomorrow ..." Rea was a little disappointed, she wanted to continue climbing the tower with Kira, but she understood that Kira had his own goal in climbing the tower, and so did she.
She also did not want to miss the hell train because there was an important thing she had to do there. Seeing Rea who was disappointed, Kira said.
"It was only for a short time, this does not mean we are separated forever, even though we are separated now, I am still a Wave controller from your team."
"Kira-bro..."
Ran and Franz also cannot blame Kira, because they understand the reason. Well, even though this team is headed by Rea, but they all know that Kira is the core of their team, so the absence of him will have a big impact for them.
"Besides, for your team members, don't you have a lot of people that you can take to climbing the tower?"
"Hm? Who do you mean?"
"Well, the living Ignition weapon boy you brought with you from the water stadium, and Novick, too. I think they're quite decent."
Hearing that, Rea scratched her hair.
" You are right. "
After that, the atmosphere became quiet before Kira opened his mouth.
"Don't be so depressed, let's spend the night partying, Lero Ro and the others have also prepared a barbecue and are waiting below, let's go too."
After that, the regulars starting from the sweet and sour team, the Shibisu team, the Rea team, and the rankers who came to rescue them on the 30th floor enjoyed their party, because some of them would leave right away.
***
The next day, Rea, Franz, Ran, Aguero, Bam, and several other people close to Kira present to give a goodbye to Kira.
"Why are you in such a hurry, Kira ... even though we've only met for 7 years, we haven't even had a chance to toast last night," Shibisu said.
"You know that I don't drink alcohol," said Kira and Shibisu only laughed.
"Well, Shibisu is right, we are truly grateful for your help on the 30th floor before, because of your plan we managed to save Bam and leave the water stadium safely," said Aguero and Bam who were beside him also smiled towards Kira and thanked him .
"Um, I thank you once more, Mr. Kira."
After that, Kira also greets Anaak, Endorsi, Hatz, and Rak. Ehwa also came to see Kira and she seemed to be still upset about the incident on the 12th floor, even though ahe had taken it out last night during the party and spent quite a lot of time with Kira.
And finally, Kira gives farewell to Ran, Franz, and Rea, even though they did it before last night.
"The next time you meet me, I will become even stronger, Kira-bro."
Kira then patted Rea's head.
"Yea, yea, I can not wait."
Then Kira turned and walked towards Mai who was waiting in front of her private bunker, who was ready to go to the next floor.
"All right, then, see you later guys."
After that, Kira and Mai immediately boarded their private bunker and headed for the portal to the 31st floor.
***
Near the portal leading to the 31st floor, currently seen Mai's private bunker are landing near a tropical forest with shady trees.
And there were seen two people chatting, the two were none other than Kira and La Nave.
* beep *
The bell rang from Kira's pocket, and confirmed the number of points that entered his account.
"It looks like it's already in, all of them are 2 billion points as promised." Said La Nave, trying to be professional.
"Yeah, thank you," Kira answered, turn his pocket to invicible mode again.
"Then, I'll leave right away."
La Nave looked down and turned around a little, but before she stepped she was stopped by Kira.
"No, wait a minute," Kira said.
"Hmm? What's up?"
"You once said that you were the guide sent by Hansung Yu to supervise and help me, right?" Asked Kira and La Nave nodded.
" That's Right. "
"Then can you help me this time?"
"Hm? Helping you?" Asked La Nave, both confused and surprised, well, because
"Yes, because you are a Guide, you should know the hidden spots and secrets in the tower right?"
" Yeah, that's what our job is like.. "
"Then do you know anything about Po Bidau Gustang's private library located at 38th Floor? "
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Tower Structure Part 1 :
1) Inner Tower : is where the selected Regulars climb the Tower. The Ruler of each Floor decides on a series of tests, the specifics of which are decided by the Test Director and then held by Test Admins and other staff.
Regulars must pass all of the tests on a Floor and then they go up to the next Floor. The only exception is the 43rd Floor where there is no Guardian because Enryu killed it. So, everyone has to take the road in the Middle Area to reach the next Floor.
2) The Middle Area : is an area between the Inner and Outer sections. It can be used to travel between the Inner and Outer Tower. It is smaller than the Outer Tower and varies by the Floor.There is some interchange with the Outer Tower, although the standard of living is much better.The culture of the Middle Area of each Floor are all similar because the Rankers and the Regulars come and go a lot.However, there are noticeable characteristics in each one.
Both Regulars and Rankers can live in the Middle Area, however, Regulars only earn the right of living there by themselves or with their family members once they reach 20th Floor. Those who have permission to operate businesses in the Middle Area are also allowed to stay in or enter the Middle Area.
3) The Outer Tower : is the residential district of the Tower inhabitants and each Floor of the Outer Tower is as large as the Americas on Earth; Lero-Ro apparently called it the Residential Tower. The cultures of each Floor are all different and the environments, ecosystems and climates all vary. These conditions have been decided by the tendencies of the Guardians and the Rulers of each Floor. Apparently, most people are born in the Outer Tower and live on the same Floor for their entire lives.
Despite Jahad conquering most of the known Floors of the Tower, there exist cultures on many Floors of the Outer Tower unaware of the existence of the Inner Tower, or even Jahad and his empire. As such, these cultures have subsequently formed their own nations with monarchs.