Bullet

.hack//bullet is an online novel. Released on the CyberConnect2 website, the novel is set over 42 chapters and revolves around a plot involving Ryuuji Sogabe (Flügel).

In 2021 it was re-released as an e-book, adding a new epilogue chapter "Versus Magician".

Story
The story takes place in 2023, three years after the Immortal Dusk Incident. With the hacker-group Schicksal dissolved, having resigned from CyberConnect Corp., and the position of Network Trouble Consultant now vacant, Ryuuji Sogabe is forced to scrape together a living. However, when an unexpected request from a former colleague is put forward, the evil plot surrounding “The World” drags Ryuuji back into the fold.

Ryuuji goes to visit Jyotaro Amagi, who, after surviving being in a coma and losing all memories past the year 2015, is in a psychiatric care facility.

Ryuuji balances trying to uncover the mystery behind Geist and Amagi's involvement in Immortal Dusk with trying to take care of Lilie, the orphaned relative of his deceased wife.

Characters

 * Ryuuji Sogabe (Flügel)
 * Jyotaro Amagi
 * Lilie Weiss (Cello)
 * Kiyoteru Yodogawa
 * Veronica Bain
 * Yuri Kaczynski Seto (Drain)
 * Urania
 * 9|Tokio Kuryuu
 * David Steinberg (Kusame)
 * Kaya Frebe
 * Gus Fox (Fox)
 * Travis Bond
 * Durga Fida Sharma (Genius)
 * Geist
 * Grid

Chapters

 * 00 Prologue ([プロローグ] )
 * 01 The Call ([呼び出し] )
 * 02 Lilie ([リーリエ] )
 * 03 Seadragon ([シードラゴン] )
 * 04 Questioned ([事情聴取] )
 * 05 Babel ( [バベル] )
 * 06 Resurrection ([再誕の年] )
 * 07 Net-Slum ([ネットスラム] )
 * 08 Curse Gun ([呪銃] )
 * 09 Monster ([怪物] )
 * 10 Shadow ([影] )
 * 11 Tokio Kuryuu ([九竜トキオ] )
 * 12 Cathedral ([大聖堂] )
 * 13 NAB Men ([NABの男] )
 * 14 Grunty Ranch ([プチグソ牧場] )
 * 15 Lunch ([昼食] )
 * 16 Lost One ([未帰還者] )
 * 17 Rat Hunt ([鼠狩り] )
 * 18 Interview ([面談] )
 * 19 Steam Jet Trap ([蒸気噴出機])
 * 20 Martyrs ([殉教者たち])
 * 21 A Season of Blue ([青の季節])
 * 22 Message ([メッセージ])
 * 23 A Voice From the Past ([過去からの声])
 * 24 Legacy ([下水道])
 * 25 Nostalgia ([沈黙])
 * 26 Pluto Again
 * 27 Forgoten City
 * 28 War Council
 * 29 Empress
 * 30 Reset
 * 31 Black Forest (黒い森)
 * 32 The Sophia Squad (ソフィア隊)
 * 33 ALGOS
 * 34 Post Mortem (ポスト・モーテム)
 * 35 Doll Syndrome (ドール症候群)
 * 36 Cheers (乾杯)
 * 37 A Malicious Horde (悪意の群れ)
 * 38 Cracking (クラッキング)
 * 39 Surprise (奇襲)
 * 40 The World of Gray (灰色の世界)
 * 41 Endure (耐える者)
 * 42 Epilogue (エピローグ)
 * 43 Versus Magician

Trivia

 * Lilie mentions several familiar to Ryuuji, and several of these names are characters in other .hack media.
 * Nomu - Cello's nickname for Metronom
 * Nene - Klarinette's real-world first name
 * Tokio - The same name as the hero of .hack//LINK.