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Chapter 10 by MidbossMan MidbossMan

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Spend time with Despedida and learn about her hobbies (Time -1)

You found Despedida where you always found her: inside her Despedida-cave, meaning the curtain behind which she live-streamed her computer games. To get her attention, you had to lift the head-set off of one of her ears; the Mexican agent raised her eyebrows and turned her head, finally noticing your presence. "Hm? What, you want to know about my hobbies? Uuuuh... You really can't guess? Is this a thing where you have to ask all the girls the same question for some reason? Like, you've already collected 9 stars more than the other players but they have to finish the game anyway?"

You didn't quite understand the reference, but you told her to think of it like team bonding. Stuff like this was an important part of being a handler.

"Well, it may surprise you to know that my hobbies are watching Japanese anime, video games, and tinkering with machines. Livestreaming too. Yo, for real, is any of that news to you?"

She sounded a little impatient, probably because you were still pulling her away from her game to ask very obvious questions. You decided to take your understanding of her hobbies to the next level... {if Weakness for Video Games = 1}despite Goodbye's warning,{endif} you asked if she'd like to play a game with you. {if Weakness for Video Games = 1}After all, you were a pretty good hand at them.{endif}

The girl turned back to you with shining eyes... it was cute for just a moment, until she tilted her cap down and smirked beneath the resulting shadow. "Heh heh... Sure thing, boss! Don't worry... If you die in the game, you don't die for real."

You gulped nervously as she handed you a wireless controller, seemingly connected to her PC... The thing was so heavily modified, you couldn't tell if it had been for some console originally or was a custom design she'd made from scratch. {if Weakness for Video Games = 1}The ergonomics were out of this world... Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo would all kill just to hold a controller this shape for long enough to memorize it and copy the design! It was difficult to put the comfort of this grip into words... Despite holding it for the first time, you knew it would up your game if you could master it.{endif}

"You like it, right? It's not the kind of thing you're going to find on the market~" Bringing up an online game interface, she browsed through her collection of those with local, same-screen multiplayer... you realized with growing nervousness that most of them were fighting games. "Ah, right... I'll scoot over." The curtained off corner definitely wasn't designed for two people... you found yourself in very close proximity with the Goodbye Girls' resident gamer girl, shoulder to shoulder. Not the ideal way to play video games... but not bad for "team bonding." "Let's play the new Streets of Rage."

To your **** pleasure, you realized quickly that this was a cooperative game. The two of you took a break from the spy life to rough up the strangely named thugs on-screen with your colorful characters. As expected, you found her dancing circles around you, performing combos that seemed endless... you were feeling bad for the bad guys!

"Not bad, not bad. Okay, so next, we're going to play Samurai Shodown V Special. This one gets a little bloody, okay? What's your blood tolerance?"

You knew that was a joke, so you laughed.

You weren't laughing a few moments later. After five games, in which you were treated more like a motionless training dummy set to input easily countered moves than a real human being, you were ready to throw Despedida's special controller through her computer monitor!

"Ah ha ha ha ha! Don't worry, don't worry! I'll switch off Ukyo and use Earthquake! Ciao, come ooon, come back!"

Like a child throwing a tantrum, you stormed out of the room. You'd definitely learned enough about Despedida's hobbies for one day. It only occurred to you later that you'd probably been recorded on livestream... two agents, streaming from a secure CEDIT base... You hoped that the men on top weren't Samurai Shodown fans, or they'd know that you two jeopardized your cover playing some video games.

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