4★ Rui - F/P/S: Gamer's Creed (Part 2)
Noah: (Hm? There’s a huge crowd gathering in the arcade over there… Come to think of it, wasn’t that gaming tournament today?)
(Since Rui-san is will be participating, maybe I’ll take a look)
Host: K.O —! He’s strong… like really strong!!
He dominated though with a 10-hit combo, not even a chance for counterattacks! Moving through the preliminary round at top speed, and securing his slot for the seeded slot is —- RUI!!! [1]
Rui: These guys ain’t that good…Is this all they got.
Noah: Congratulations for winning!
Rui: …Huh? What are you doing here?
Noah: I just happened to pass by.
You managed to secure a seed in the tournament so easily… that’s really amazing!
Rui: ……
Noah: You don’t look happy about it…
Rui: I thought it’d be more challenging, but just like you said, it’s a walk in the park.
Going against weak people isn’t fun at all. I wanna go against stronger opponents.
Host: — K.O ! ! That was truly a magnificent battle!! The rising high school gamer — Randa; showing no signs quitting anytime soon!!
Rui: Hm? That guy’s actually pretty good…
Noah: Looks like he's drawing a lot of attention from the crowd. Oh? He’s coming this way.
Randa: RUI-san! You watched my match!
Rui: You're that guy just now… Randa, was it? I’ve heard about you before.
Randa: I’ve been getting into the top rankings recently! So you might have recognized me!
Rui: Ah— …. That’s right.
Randa: I’ve seen your name in different game rankings, and I wanted to go up against you, so I entered today’s tournament hoping I could get the chance to do so!
But I never expected I could actually meet you in person… It must be my lucky day!
You were killing it during the preliminaries, I wanna see your game in the quarterfinals!
Rui: …. You’re rushing too much.
Randa: Huh, what do you mean?
Rui: … It’s nothing.
Hey, you.
You didn’t come here to watch me right, you came here to compete against me.
Randa: You’re right……
Rui: Well then, do your best and make it to the finals. We’ll definitely meet there.
Randa: !! I’ll be there for sure!
Rui: I’m going to crush you in the finals, so be prepared.
Translation Note:
[1] I know the word “seed” sounds weird but the word they used is シード権 (shiido ken) and in Sports they call it as “seed sports” where they “plant” players in the game and whoever wins the preliminary rounds gets to secure a slot for the next match or “gets a seed right”. Players who won with higher rankings or “higher seeds” will not be competing in the early stages of the tournament; it's to help create a balance between players.
Rui and Randa’s names are in English when the Host is announcing their names because it’s their usernames. Noah still calls Rui as “Rui” whilst Randa calls him as “RUI”