No matter how many times he tried to stop it, he couldn't overcome the nausea that pushed him up, and Shino vomited violently, as if he wanted to vomit everything out of his body.
When the shrinkage in the stomach subsided, Sinon discovered that the corpse that was supposed to be Shino was right in front of her, and she let out a slight scream. To the screaming Shino, her eleven-year-old self whispered.
"Yes, the pain you are suffering now is all my pain. But you force all this on me and want to be happy alone. It's terrible, I can't forgive you, I can't forgive you, I can't forgive You, I can't forgive you.
Shino spat out the same words nonchalantly, with sticky blood dripping from his head, and slowly approached Shino. This was supposed to be a scene that completely lacked realism, but Shino couldn't recognize that it wasn't real. All I could do was stare into the bottomless, swamp-like eyes of my 11-year-old self.
"No, no, no, no, no, don't come, don't come, don't come"
No matter how hard she tried to retreat, she couldn't keep distance from Shino, her body didn't obey her words, and she couldn't even stand up. Sinon, on the other hand, seemed to be dripping blood and approaching Sinon with steps like drizzle in order to wash away her resentment. Even though his vision was blurred by tears, only Shino's face was clearly reflected.
"I have been lonely for a long time because you left suddenly. But that's not all. After you left, I tried not to think about you and tried to go to a warm world alone. Why?"
"No, yes"
"You can't go out. You're a monster. You're a monster, so you have to live in a cold world. You can't be happy. It's not allowed."
Even if I cover my ears, Shino's voice echoes directly in my mind. There is no way to say no. ——If you want to escape from this voice, how can you escape? ——Shino was forced to have such thoughts in her mind, and when she finally came up with the answer, she forced her mouth to move.
"I'm sorry, forgive me, please, forgive me. No, I don't want to go back."
The next moment, the explosion sounded again, and Shino froze on the spot. On the right side of Sinon who was speechless, Sinon, a living corpse, fired a bullet. Exactly the same as the one shot in his own forehead.
"Shut up you dung beetle"
Shino put down the gun and said to Shino calmly.
"Whose fault do you think this is? Why do I have to endure such pain, pain, sadness, fear and coldness? Why do I have to be treated like a monster? Whose fault do you think this is? It's all your fault. But you But he forced all this on me and tried to escape."
The next moment, Shino's face split from the corners of her mouth to her cheeks, revealing a smile.
"You were looking at me. Just now the black arm was knocking, and now Kazuto is knocking. Maybe he didn't want to be taken away by the black arm, so he replaced the black arm with Kazuto. I want to die In Kazuto's chest, so I created the illusion of Kazuto in this place.
Just when I was about to lower my head with this thought, I caught a glimpse of Kazuto's face, but he seemed to realize something. In less than a second, Kazuto shouted.
\"Shino, don't even think about dying!!\"
Shino raised her head in surprise. Outside the thick glass wall, Kazuto clenched his fists.
"I saw it all, I saw all your memories. In that incident, you went through a terrible experience beyond my imagination. After that, you were bullied. You couldn't trust anyone around you. You couldn't tell anyone. Your pain or sadness, you've been alone, you've been alone, and finally, you were able to see us, but I'm afraid it's just my illusion to all of you."
At that time, every time the scrofula squirmed, Shino understood the true identity of the man in front of her. The man Sukumu was showing off was not the man he shot, but the man who shot him.
I had become a murderous monster at that point, but by turning that person into a vengeful monster, I believed I was not a monster. In fact, I was a vengeful demon and monster at that time. When I realized this, the image of the man that had been flashing in my mind suddenly collapsed and disappeared.
And now, Sinon, who slipped out of her body, or was driven out, finally found a place to go back to. Until now I forgot that I was a murderous monster and tried to live a happy life.
"No, no, no, please forgive me, I don't want to go back, I don't want to remember, forgive me, forgive me."
As she shook her head, Shino was struck by the feeling of being pinned to the floor, unable to move at all. When I opened my eyes and looked around, the number of Shinos with their mouths torn apart and stained with blood increased, and Sinon's body fell to the ground.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Uncontrollable fear struck, and Sinon struggled, but at this time, Sinon showed strength that was unbelievable for an 11-year-old child, and did not move Sinon's body at all.
When Sinon approached Sinon who could not move, Sinon, who was holding a gun at the time, stepped on her body, completely fixing Shino's body to the floor, and pressed Sinon's cheeks with her bloody hands, with a look full of madness. The expression of joy slowly approached Shino's face.
"Welcome home"
Shino screamed as she cut her throat.
Suddenly, the scenery changes.
Before Shino's eyes, until now, she was still her eleven-year-old self. No, there was a terrifying existence that looked very similar to herself, but it disappeared without realizing it.
What happened? The next moment, Shino felt something hit her and turned around, but was surprised by what was there.
Before I knew it, a huge wolf appeared behind me. No, he is not a wolf, but has a wolf face, but except for his face and abdomen, almost his whole body is covered by a golden armor-like carapace, and behind him, there is a dragon standing on his back. It has four wings, a huge sword shape on its forehead, and intricate golden horns on its ears.
Just when I was about to say the name, a "voice" suddenly sounded in my mind.
"Shino, how do you feel?"
The "voice" was that of an old woman I knew well. Shino responded to this "voice" while making a weak sound.
"I, I went, went?"
Wolf Dragon - Lilan stared at Shino with red eyes.
"This is a false experience. You and Kirito almost fell into the maze of simulated experiences.\"
Kirito——As soon as Sinon heard this name, she found that the weight on her shoulders became lighter and she found the root cause. The person he loved most in the world, Kirito, was on his right side, with his hands on Shino's shoulders.
\"Shino, are you okay?\"
\"Kirito you used to be.\"
His face was extremely pale, and he must have experienced the same thing as me.
After taking a look at the owner who looked unhappy, the <familiar> Wolf Dragon turned his head to the center of the room.
When I turned my face away, I saw Alberich, one of the members of the Blood Oath Knights I met by chance here.
\"Most of the players who came here were trapped in the maze of simulation experience, lost consciousness, and were transported to a test site that was not here. This must be what Alberich calculated.
Immediately afterwards, Lilan began to moan and roar in circles.
\"No, it's the culprit of all "escapees"!\"
Hearing these words, Kirito and Shino were shocked and turned to look at Alberich. Speaking of "The Fugitive," he's the alleged culprit behind everything that happens in Aincrad, kidnapping players and subjecting them to human experiments.
"Alberich is the "fugitive"!?"
"You're to blame for everything." If you were told that, a normal person would react with either impatience or anger. However, despite Lilan's suspicion, Alberich seemed very calm and even opened his mouth, as if waiting for these words to be said.
"Well, I was the hit-and-runer, the one to blame for everything, huh? Why do you think that, Mr. Leland?"
\"The first thing that struck me as strange was that when you joined the Bloodsworn Knights, Martell showed up and went on a rampage. When you were eliminated from the match with Martell, Martell suddenly started to reveal his weaknesses. At that time I thought it might just be a passing thought, but during the battle with "Mnemosyne" it changed my belief.
"At that time, you were the only one who did not join the Crusade." And you appeared in front of us almost at the same time that the Broken Man escaped. The reason why you were not in front of us during that battle was because you were a "fleeer". different"
What does Alberidge have in common with the hit-and-run incidents to date. When Lilan said this, both Kirito and Sinon were surprised. As Lelan notes, Alberich never appears during battles involving the Broken Man, but often appears after events, events, or battles.
And come to think of it, even when all the players were gathered together for the speech, Alberich was not among the players.
"Is it you Alberich?
Kirito, the leader of Alberich's guild, the Blood Oath Knights, asked timidly. Alberich laughed in a strange voice: "Guhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha"
Seeing Alberich's weird laughter, Kirito hugged his wife Shino's body to protect himself. After Alberich smiled for a while, he turned to Kirito again.
\"You are too stupid, Commander, no, Kirito-kun. Until now, you have not realized that I am a "runaway.\"
Kirito gritted his teeth. Alberich has solid skills and is a good player who can strategize like Diaveru, so he really wants to play through the game together and then meet again in the real world.
However, this wish was never realized from the beginning, and there was a long distance between himself and Alberich. Because Alberich is the "ravager" and the player's natural enemy. Alberich was the culprit who fired a bullet into Shino's body and caused a large wound on his heart.
"Sure enough, you are the "fugitive"!!"
Hearing Kirito's angry voice, Alberich showed an annoyed expression.
\"I'm the one who wants to be angry the most, Kirito-kun. The test site you messed with has a huge amount of experimental data. How long do you think it will take to collect it? Well, the data itself has been backed up, so it doesn't matter. I It took a while to transfer.\"
Alberich went from being a member of the Bloodsworn Knights to a mysterious being known as the Broken Man. Seeing the culprit of all the incidents so far, Sinon felt disgust in her heart and moved her mouth.
"Why did you do that? Why did you do that?"
\"I see, it turns out that these stupid people are hindering my great research. As long as it is really annoying, nothing about the commander, the commander's wife, the commander
