The first reaction of an ordinary Burst Linker, when faced with a Duel at the wrong place & time, is to turn their Neuro Linker offline. However, Kris had trained himself in another reflexive action - he snapped his fingers. Along with his backdoor & recorder programs, he had one last trick in his repertoire: a voice changer. These three programs, the third of which he'd set a shortcut beforehand, made up his Brain Burst strategy: seek, scout, and secure the kill. Whether it had any use on the defense, or was even preferable over attempting to shut off his connection became moot, when he found himself surrounded by ice and driving snow the next second. He shivered and sneezed; as a child he'd never liked the cold as it meant catching one.

Kris turned his attention to the two Duel Avatars facing him, a yellow Avatar & a strange crystalline one. He glanced to his left & right, and to his surprise, he found Green Deer facing off against 2 of its own opponents. Well, [i]her[/i], opponents, he corrected himself...[i]oh crap[/i]. It wasn't that Kris knew he was fighting with Lily, or even vice-versa, he had the voice changer to thank for that. It was whatever [b]happened[/b] after the Duel he was worried about; whether win or lose, they would emerge out of Augemented Reality feeling like shit (especially after a Duel this scale), and being dazed or even collapsing on the floor could give away each other's identities (not to mention unnecessary for onlookers). Besides, Kris couldn't afford to lose, calculating the number of opponents vs. Kris/Lily meant more than 25 BP was at stake!

[color=ed1c24]FIGHT![/color] [i]I need more time![/i], Kris thought furiously, "Like Wind." Kris grimaced at his modified voice; he'd forgotten to lower the pitch last time he was messing with it, resulting in something you'd hear from a Chipmunk/Nightcore version of online videos. His right half-body melted away into the snow, and he attempted to ride the swirling wind with difficulty; it was going to be painful if he was stopped or got stuck.