“It seems that in Gun Gale Online... Abbreviated GGO, he was ranked as the top player. That was decided in an event during October to find the strongest. His character’s name was «Zekushiido».” “...Then, did he die while logged into GGO?” “Actually, no, he didn’t. His avatar, «Zekushiido», was being featured on «MMO Stream», a channel hosted by one of the net stations.” “Aah... You mean M-ST’s «This Week’s Winning Group»? That reminds me, I remember hearing that one of their guests lost connection during a show and it stopped in the middle...” “Yeah, probably that one. He suffered heart failure while on the show. Their log recorded everything to the exact second. Then, this is unconfirmed information... Around the time of the heart failure, something weird happened in GGO, according to a user’s blog.” “Weird?” “MMO Stream also broadcast in GGO right?” “Aah. They usually air in pubs.” “It happened in a pub that was airing the show, off a street in the capital city «SBC Gurokken» of the GGO world. So, the problem is that around that time, one of the players happened to do something really strange.” “...” “Anyway, toward a televised image of Zekushiido-shi, «He» discharged a gun while screaming about judgment and death. Having seen that, one of the players who had coincidentally been recording the event uploaded it onto a video site. The uploaded clip also included a