<h4>Chapter 1937 Loose Ends</h4>


    Following his meeting with Jahad, Vahn only had two small matters to attend to before departing the Hidden Floor. This included transnting Data Eduan’s Ego, and, most importantly, fulfilling his promise to delete the data of Ureko’s Sworn Enemy.


    Under normal circumstances, a person’s Sworn Enemy would vanish the moment the person they were linked to departed the Hidden Floor. In Ureko’s case, however, she had been so upset by the fact that the Mirror at the End couldn’t record her character data that she ended up destroying it with a punch. This resulted in the near destruction of the Hidden Floor, and, as a result, her Sworn Enemy persisted even after her departure.


    Since Ureko couldn’t be bothered to wait around a year just to enter the Hidden Floor a second time, she decided to leave behind her Sworn Enemy as a test of sorts for people she had taken an interest in. Vahn was well aware of this fact, so, once everything else was taken care of, he used the mirror provided to him by Jahad to enter the space between the Hidden and Hidden Hidden Floors. This was a region known as the Bug Room, and, had he discovered it sooner, Vahn would have been able to use it to freely trespass both floors at his leisure.


    Due to its unique structure, the Bug Room was almost impossible to ess for anyone who didn’t possess a ’real’ body. This meant it was inessible to Data Humans such as Data Jahad, but, more importantly, it could be used as a thoroughfare for outsiders seeking to interfere with the Hidden Floors.


    In the past, King Jahad had used the space that eventually became the foundation of the Bug Room to make contact with his data self and create the Hidden Hidden Floor. The failsafes installed by the Workshop made it nigh-impossible for even someone at his level to interfere with the Hidden Floor from the outside, so, with no other options avable to him, he could only bait his data self into an environment where he had greater control. This was the true reason for the creation of the Hidden Hidden Floor, and, had things gone ording to n, Jahad would have been able to destroy both once the prophesied time hade.


    Now, the intervening space between the two Hidden Floors had be little more than a trash bin for data that could not be deleted through conventional means. It was also the ce where Hwang had been spending most of his time while conspiring to betray Jahad and escape the Hidden Floor. Part of this n included using the Ureko’s Sworn Enemy to destroy the Mirror of the Past, but, with the original mirror being located in the real world, the only thing this would have aplished was triggering the trap left behind by the real Jahad.


    Fortunately, things had never developed to that point, so, after roaming thebyrinth-like halls with the Law of Identity acting as his guide, Vahn eventually chanced upon the room containing Ureko’s Sworn Enemy.


    Sensing the presence of a foreign smell, Ureko’s nose twitched a few times before she paused her game console and half-turned to nce over her shoulder. This allowed Vahn to see the massive scar-like birthmark covering her right eye, but, more surprising than this was the fact that Ureko’s Sworn Enemy looked like a much younger version of herself...


    Resembling a boyish young girl between the ages of 12-14, Ureko’s Sworn Enemy gave off the impression of a bratty middle-schooler who liked to get into fights. She was even wearing a leather jacket with her name stitched on the back, and, rather than the shorts preferred by her real-world counterpart, she was tattered, form-fitting, jeans with numerous holes cut in them.


    At the same time that Vahn was inspecting her, S.E. Ureko was returning the favor with her rather scary-looking red eyes. She gave off the impression of a far more unhinged version of the actual Ureko, and, though her aura was remarkably docile, her expression was reminiscent of a deranged killer that had just found a new victim. Were it not for the persistent error messages blinking in and out of existence around her, she would have cut quite the intimidating figure despite her diminutive frame.


    Setting down her controller, S.E. Urekozily rose to her feet before dusting off her backside and asking, "Did the real me send you? I can smell her scent all over you. She must think pretty highly of you to mark you in such a thorough manner..."


    Fully aware of what S.E. Ureko was talking about, Vahn’s smile became wry as he remarked, "Yeah...it certainly seems that way..."


    Smiling in a manner that resembled baring her fangs, S.E. Ureko began to roll her right arm as if she was warming up the throw a punch. This left Vahn feeling helpless, as, despite yearning for her own deletion, it seemed that Ureko’s Sworn Enemy didn’t mind evaluating him on behalf of her true self. In her mind, it must have been infinitely better than going down without a fight, so, after finishing a few light stretches, a tremendous aura spontaneously erupted from her body as she vanished from view.


    Though he could have ended the battle one-sidedly, much as he had done with Jahad, Vahn felt he owed it to Ureko to put her Sworn Enemy down with dignity. Thus, rather than relying on the many exploits he had recently developed, he decided to receive her telephone punch while matching her strength as best he could. This caused a massive shockwave to tear through the Bug Room, and, as a result, streams of data and quite a number of errors appeared as even the space around them was destroyed.


    Grinning like a madwoman in response to Vahn catching her fist with his bare hand, S.E. Ureko took advantage of her small size and ridiculous flexibility to send a kick towards his head reminiscent of a reaper’s scythe. This attack was exponentially faster than her telegraphed punch, and, as a result of exceeding the speed of light without manipting space-time, her foot released a phenomenal amount of golden light as it smashed into his guard with enough force to instantaneously vaporize a small ind.


    Emerging from within the golden plume, S.E. Ureko licked away the trail of blood trickling from her lips as her right leg, momentarily missing from the knee down, rapidly regenerated using the same golden light produced during her attack. She was effectively infusing her cells with Light Elemental Energy, and, though the effect was iparable to the Magia Erebea, Vahn suspected this was due to the Hidden Floor’s inability to faithfully replicate abilities beyond the limitations of the system...


    Waving his hand to the side, Vahn dispersed the remnants of the golden plume to reveal that he waspletely unharmed. This caused S.E. Ureko’s smile to be even more prominent, her teeth appearing slightly sharper than before as she excitedly eximed, "Hell! You ain’t bad at all!"


    Immediately following this outburst, S.E. Ureko’s body began to emit a radiant golden aura as she ascended higher into the sky. Then, after crossing her feet and spreading out her arms in a manner reminiscent of someone bound to a crucifix, she descended towards him like a spinning ax loosed at the speed of light. This made it appear as though she were going to perform an ax kick, but, just as she was about to impact his guard, she spontaneously arrested her momentum tond feet first against his forearm.


    Just as Vahn was thinking about what she was going to do, the aura around Ureko’s body vanished as the bottoms of her exposed feet began releasing a far more intense golden light. Then, showing aplete disregard for her own body, strange cracks formed along her legs as a massive pir of light enveloped his body. The intensity of this light was so great that, for a brief moment, Vahn felt as though it has pervaded every cell in his body as his defenses utterly copsed under its might. It was like being hit by the energy discharge of a quasar, and, were it not for the fact they were in a virtual space of functionally infinite size, it wasn’t difficult to imagine such an attack annihting all life within a Floor.


    In the wake of her own attack, everything beneath S.E. Ureko’s navel had beenpletely erased along with her left arm. The number of errors around her body had also increased exponentially, but, without paying them any mind, she allowed her body to regenerate while looking around the area for any traces of her would-be suitor.


    Seeing nothing but destabilized space for as far as the eye could see, S.E. Ureko was beginning to feel greatly disappointed until Vahn, having manifested out of thin air behind her, made a show of clearing his throat before saying, "You should probably fix your clothes..."


    With everything but the upper half of her jacket destroyed, S.E. Ureko waspletely exposed from below her ribs to the soles of her feet. Despite this, she showed no indications of embarrassment or bashfulness. Instead, she waggled her butt towards him, saying, "Get used to it, lover boy. If you are the man my true self has chosen, you’ll need to get over that cherry boy mentality of yours sooner rather thanter. If seeing a woman’s naked body bothers you so, you’re going to have a hard time in the future."


    Deadpanning in response to S.E. Ureko’s remarkably ignorant remark, Vahn fought hard to resist the urge to give her a spanking before exining to her just how many women he was involved with. His instincts told him that if he were to spank her, the real Ureko would somehow find out about it, and, as a result, he would bound to receive a rather severe spanking of his own. She was tens of thousands of years his senior in regards to being a Tier 5 entity, so, while he wouldn’t go down without a fight, it was difficult to imagine defeating her at his current level.


    Fortunately, S.E. Ureko couldn’t even qualify as a shadow of her true self, so, after recovering from his momentary stupor, Vahn promptly decided it was his turn to attack. This caught the half-naked blonde by surprise, as, unlike her own movements, there were no signs forecasting he was about to attack. It was apletely seamless transition without any wasted movements, and, as a result, she found herself being sent flying before her brain had even processed the change in his expression.


    Generating wings of light that helped to stabilize her tumbling form, S.E. Ureko released a massive explosion reminiscent of a supernova as she clutched her head in an attempt to stop her brain from bouncing around in her skull. She felt like her head had been rung like a bell, and, though she was able to remain upright, it felt like she was spinning around uncontrobly due to the cochlea in her ears vibrating.


    Though he had been hit by S.E. Ureko’s sudden release of energy, Vahn had little trouble breaking through it to stand right in front of the disoriented half-dragoness. Then, before she could react to his presence, he extended his hand to caress the top of her head. This helped to alleviate her head trauma, but, more importantly, it allowed him to clothe her in a nigh-indestructible [Aegis Mk XIV].


    Demonstrating considerable confusion, S.E. Ureko opened her eyes to briefly inspect the state of her body before looking up at Vahn and asking, "Do you have any idea how many people would die for a chance to see me naked?"


    Without retracting his hand from the disgruntled girl’s head, Vahn casually replied, "I’ve seen the real you naked quite a number of times. At this point, it’s actually harder to get her to wear clothes than take them off. Don’t get me wrong, you’re certainly very cute, but I’d rather we treat this fight seriously. This is yourst battle. Do you really want to spend your final moments messing around?"


    Detecting no falsehoods in Vahn’s words, S.E. Ureko blinked several times, her expression showing considerable confusion as she questioned, "You’ve seen the real me naked and are still alive? Who, no, what the hell are you...?"


    Though he didn’t expect her to want to sit down and talk, Vahn decided to humor S.E. Ureko by revealing the Tower’s function and exining the realms thaty beyond. He also revealed a few things about Phantaminum, and, once everything else was touched upon, they briefly discussed his rtionship with her true self. Thisst part caused her to burst outughing, but, considering the smile didn’t fully reach her eyes, it was pretty obvious she was shaken by the prior revtions.


    With their conversationsting the better part of two hours, Vahn nearly allowed himself to believe that S.E. Ureko would no longer want to battle. Instead, his words seemed to rile her up even more. As a result, they ended up fighting until mere moments before his forceful ejection from the Hidden Floor. This was her attempt to pull out as much of his power as possible, not because she wanted to enjoy the fight, but because she wanted him to progress even a little more before his reunion with her true self. After all, based on the things he had told her, it wouldn’t be long before the real Ureko came seeking him out with the intention of iming her prize...one way or another...


    (A/N: Alternate Titles: ’Ureko got that gamer rage on lock...’,’*waggling intensifies*’,’Ureko is the real final boss...’)


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