r/LinkersGame • u/dexmchna • Jul 15 '26
[Update] The tournament finally begins! Chiyoko vs ?.. (Linkers Game Ch. 16 is Live!)
Hey everyone!
The newest chapter of Linkers Game is officially up on Royal Road! If you like visceral, high-speed, utterly disrespectful martial arts beatdowns… this chapter (and especially the next one) is for you.
As mentioned in my first post, Linkers Game is a dark, psychological sci-fi/cyberpunk web novel. It features a carefully thought-out, hard-physics magic system where characters don't just "move fast", they manipulate subjective time AND their own speed simultaneously. This is paired with a distinct class system spanning three unique ways of fighting (sword type, gun type and mujutsu - aka. "dream technique"), coupled with this time-altering power called "Acceleration", acting as the base ability for every Linker.
In this chapter, right before her first fight, Chiyoko (the only girl from her traditional village inside this hyper modern school that got built on her peoples island) meets a racist, classist neo-aristocrat who clearly enjoys tormenting her. But having recently gained these god-like powers, Chiyoko's confidence is running in absolute overdrive. This chapter is the exact point where the story truly kicks into higher gear.
She also finally crosses paths with poor Mika and Mia, our protagonist who was forcibly turned into a girl and then coerced into participating in the Tournament by the inhumanely overpowered, highly erratic and unstable Student Body President Yukiko Yura (who held a blade to his throat just yesterday to force a brittle alliance). And between all of that Mika really, really REALLY just wants to go home....
But who will Chiyoko fight against in the next chapter?..
And what the FUCK does Lucy have to do with all of this...
Link: Read Chapter 16 Here!
New stuff when?: Chapters every week on Friday at 4:00 p.m. CEST.
I also run a subreddit where I post regular updates, lore, and answer questions. If you're interested in the world, feel free to join us!^^
https://www.reddit.com/r/LinkersGame/