As I left the apartment and entered the city center and onto the highway, the number of cars increased dramatically, probably because it was a holiday and the weather conditions were arguably the best for an outing.
When Shino said they were just like people in line, Alice replied that they were - they were talking like sisters while walking in traffic. After a while I passed through the city center and saw the sea.
So Alice's car got off the highway onto a lower road and passed several traffic lights. In doing so, they came to a park by the sea and came to a parking lot full of cars, but Alice ignored it and kept running, and I entered a second parking lot and parked away from the other cars.
Because it was on a slightly higher mountain, it felt a bit far away, but the dark blue sky and calm ocean were reflected outside the windshield.
"The sea is beautiful."
"Yeah. I don't think anyone will hear me here. I don't mind the curiosity of trying to hear the car at the end of the parking lot."
So, Sinon unbuckled her seat belt and turned her body towards Alice. The first reason I'm here is to hear something important from Airi, not just for fun. Alice's expression became slightly more serious, as if she understood this.
"So Teacher Alice, what's the important story?"
\"Calm down and listen to me, Shino.\"
Alice unbuckled her seatbelt, turned her whole body towards Shino, and then opened her lips gently.
"As of this week, I will be retiring as a psychiatrist. And, of course, I will be retiring from the hospital where I am now."
As soon as Shino heard the words from Alice's cherry-colored lips, for a moment, the waves and plants blown by the wind stopped swaying, as if they were blown into a sleeping world. I had a hallucination, but I immediately came out of that world. I moved my mouth and spit out the words.
"Uh, uh? What do you mean?"
"This means that I must resign as your personal physician and, at the same time, your treatment will end."
When Shino first met Alice and signed a contract with an exclusive doctor to become a patient, Shino recalled the time she was told. If I remember correctly, the contract at that time was three years, the same as in high school, and it was said that it would be longer if treatment was postponed after checking the progress.
In September, before she was captured by SAo, she began receiving treatment from Alice. I was stuck in SAo last December, and it has been a year since I started my medical examination there. It’s been less than three years, let alone two.
\"Wait a minute, teacher, what happened suddenly?\"
\"Yeah, something happened suddenly, and I was a little panicked. But Kazuto-kun is doing it for you——\"
"No, why did it suddenly become like this? It's been less than three years!?"
After Sinon said this in a hurry, Alice sighed softly, then leaned on the backrest of the driver's seat and faced forward.
"I was sniffed out. No, it would be more accurate to say discovered, right?"
"What did you do when you sniffed me?"
\"Sinon. As you know, I am a former Argus staff member, one of the developers of SAo, and the creator of Lilan, Jupiter, Yui, and Strea.\"
Airi was a programmer before starting this job and is a former Argus staff member who created SAo, known as Demon Games, and brought it to the world. When he was trapped in SAo, only a few people including himself, Kazuto, Asuna, and Rika knew about it, and he himself didn't talk to anyone except himself.
\"I understand. I heard it directly from Teacher Airi.\"
"It seems that someone discovered that I am an SAo developer and an AI engineer. The person who tracked me found me and wanted to join the ranks of developers of a certain game."
Martell, Jupiter, Yui, and Strya are indeed artificial intelligences, but their wisdom and spiritual richness are unprecedented in my experience. It is no exaggeration to say that they are beings born in the online world. body.
And Airi who created it is undoubtedly a genius artificial intelligence scientist as famous as Kayaba Akihiko. If it is a game company or a software company, you can get as much as you want.
The beautiful psychiatrist, who was hiding the truth and working in a completely different job, sighed deeply.
"Also, the games produced there, such as "ALo", seem to be far superior to such commercial games.
The developers said they wanted to incorporate your AI into the game, and begged for it. If you cooperate, I will give you a monthly salary that is much higher than the work you do.
"By the way, the name of the company is useless, and the information itself was determined to be useless in the first place."
"So are you going to give up being a doctor?"
\"Yes. I have told my other patient Meiji Shinkawa Kyouji about this. He said it doesn't matter. The rest is up to you, Shino.\"
\"Teacher, do you prefer that job to this one?\"
The sound of exhalation coming from the nose of the dedicated doctor could be heard and spread throughout the car. Soon after, the resident turned to the resident and folded his hands in front of his lower abdomen. There was a bit of loneliness and calmness in his eyes.
\"I'm Shino. Of course, I don't hate meeting you, and I really enjoy it, but most of all, I enjoy making AI.
I had a lot of fun when I made "SAo", when I made "martel" and "Jupiter", when I made "Yui" and "Strea" , and found that my life was worth living. I just feel like I'm doing what I'm supposed to do. "
""
"This is my mission, my destiny. The work I do is the R&D and development of AI. After all, what I want to do is the R&D and research of AI."
The gentle atmosphere and very feminine way of speaking, which is very different from when I was a psychiatrist. Seeing Alice feeling the warmth of a loving mother, Shino unconsciously guessed that this was the real Alice Serizawa, and that she was her true self when she was working as an artificial intelligence researcher.
"Of course I will do bad things to you. But the job I want to do is in artificial intelligence research."
The attending physician turned back to the bewildered exclusive patient.
\"So, Shino. I'm excited to get back to work in artificial intelligence development and research. It's a job that allows me to do what I really want to do. So, Shino. Please give me this. \""I want you to let me do it
Shino was happy to have spent three years with her since she started examining her, and it wasn't difficult to get to the hospital just because Alice could see her, so she went out with Alice. It was a really fun time.
My chest tightened and pain and sadness came over me as I thought to myself that that moment would end so suddenly right here. Before the tears flowed from her chest to her neck, throat, face, and eyes, Shino jumped into Alice's arms and buried her face in Alice's soft and warm chest. At that moment, tears finally overflowed and soaked into Alice's heart.
"I don't want to say goodbye to my teacher, I want to be with you forever."
\"Honestly, I think so too. I don't know what to say, but I really like Shino. Because of Shino, I feel that I should try my best as a psychiatrist., I'm very happy that I I was able to get to know Kazuto-kun, and I also made many friends like Asuna.\"
\"Me too. I like Kazuto and Asuna, but I also like Teacher Alice equally.\"
Alice put her hands on Shino's back and started stroking her hair. Immediately afterwards, Sinon clenched her fist on Alice's chest.
\"Shino, can you say you love me?\"
\"Of course. I have no siblings, and my mother lives far away. When I am with Teacher Alice, I feel like she is like my sister, and sometimes even my mother.\"
Alice's words stopped abruptly, but immediately, Alice's hands grasped Shino's body and hugged her like Kazuto. There were tears in his voice.
"I didn't expect you to be so important to me. If you say that, if you do this, I can't leave you."
"Teacher, don't go"
"I can't do this, I've signed a contract so I have to leave you. You have to break up with me too but the feeling is real. And I can keep going."
""
Sinon asked in Alice's mind without raising her head. Immediately, Alice asked in a voice full of tears.
"You do love me and you always have."
After hearing Alice's words, Shino asked herself a question again.
I love how well Alice takes care of me, and although I don't trust her as much as Kazuto, I trust her a lot.
"It's impossible not to love such a person, and it's impossible for me to forget that feeling so easily."
"Of course. I love Teacher Airi. I will always love you."
"I understand, I understand you love me so much"
Alice's voice sounded like she had encountered an accident, but Sinon still buried her face in her chest. It took almost no time for me to realize that Alice's hand was back behind her hair and she was stroking it with a familiar tenderness.
\"Shino. I'm glad that you take care of me so much and tell me that you love me. That's why I take the time to play ALo with you. It's nothing, goodbye forever. It's nothing.\"
"It was a surprise." Indeed, I was using ALo to make the avatar, so if I activated ALo using Amusphere, I could see Airi again. However, Shino is looking for Alice Serizawa, not the virtual character "Alice" in ALo.
\"That's why, Shino. When the matter is resolved, I will go to the real world to find you again. Not with Shino in ALo, but with Shino in the real world. That's why, before that, you will love me."
Shino was a little surprised by this statement and raised his head. Alice's face was as gentle as ever, with a motherly aura and warmth.
"real"
"I won't lie to you, so if you have wanted to see me for a long time, I hope that one day you can realize this wish. I don't know if you can wait until that time."
"Indeed, I may be able to see Alice again in ALo, but then I won't be able to touch Alice's warmth like I do now." From now on, a happy and warm time feels like a miracle. Yui It is Serizawa Alice, not ALo's Alice, who can bring me a warm and gentle happiness that is different from Kazuto's.
As long as she endures for a while, this moment that can bring her happiness again will come again - strangely, just thinking of this, Sinon no longer feels that it is difficult to break up with Alice. No, leaving was lonely and painful, but the thought of one day seeing Alice again was surprisingly less powerful than the pain and loneliness.
"Can we really meet again?"
\"I can see you. If Shino waits for me, I will come to see you again. So, until then\"
\"I can wait. No matter one year, three years, or ten years, I will wait with you. So, teacher, please come see me again.\"
After responding immediately, Alice showed a surprised expression for a moment, then smiled softly and buried her face in Sinon's hair. At the same time, Sinon's face was buried in Alice's warm chest. Breathing became a little difficult, but Sinon knew that she would not be able to feel this warmth for the time being, so she pressed her face tightly against Alice.
\"Thank you, Shino.
"It's a pity that I couldn't see you until the end." But when we meet again, I will check on you again until then. "
"Yes"
Until this happened, I could feel my mother's warmth. Now, it was Alice who gave it to Shino. Until recently, when she discovered that she would never see Alice again, Shino's heart had been filled with pain and loneliness, but now it was almost gone.
I already have good friends like Asuna and Rika, my school has changed, if I go to ALo I can play with everyone, and my child Yui is there too.
And in school, reality, and ALo, there are people she loves.
Best of all, even if we had to go through ALo, Alice would come see me and play with us as Alice. The day will come when we meet Alice in the real world. Now that I can think like this, there is no loneliness, no sadness, and no pain.
Soon, Sinon moved away from Alice's chest and sat back in the passenger seat facing Alice. Then, a question came up to Shino, and Shino was curious about it and asked Airi.
\"By the way, Teacher Airi\"
"What?"
"Is there something wrong with the way you speak? Why is it different from usual?"
"Ah, this? This, I don't know if I should say professionals, they say different things.
"I used to say this before I became a psychiatrist."
Having said this, Airi showed a bright smile.
"So, when I was a psychiatrist, which I'm working now, this is how I talked. It's a completely different job, so I thought I'd change the way I talked. You know, I usually just Interacting and speaking to you in this way.”
Although the tone was the same, Shino was surprised because she changed her way of speaking midway, but she felt a strange sense of acceptance in her heart.
So far, the way Alice talks is the same as that of Kayaba Akihiko. It belongs to Alice Serizawa as a psychiatrist and to Alice as a developer. And Airi's real way of speaking is the latter.
"I've always treated you like this. I don't know if this way of speaking suddenly made me feel uncomfortable."
"No, not at all. She was kind and warm, like a real mother."
"Mom, card. Mom, mom, card."
Only then did Shino realize. At the moment of answering Alice's words, Alice suddenly began to stare at the gentle waves of the sea outside the windshield. His eyes were gentle, calm, and a little hollow, and his hands frequently touched his belly.
Although Alice saw the sea and the sky in her eyes, what she saw was like another world. Seeing the figure she had never seen before, Shino was stunned for a moment, but then she tilted her head and asked.
"teacher?"
"Oh, oh, oh, I'm sorry. What?"
"Teacher, what's wrong? Suddenly -"
\"Ah, Shino, take a look.\"
"Well"
When Alice suddenly approached, Shino turned her gaze to Alice's. In the sky and sea, a world dyed blue, there is something floating in the sea. It's quite far away and the shape is vague, but you can tell it's a triangle like a pyramid.
"Pyramid in the sea?"
"It's Gamera."
"But what about Gamera?"
Alice smiled softly and looked out the window at the sea. Her eyes returned to the usual eyes of Alice Serizawa.
"The Turtle, to be precise. It's a recently developed mobile ocean research facility called the Mega Float. It looks like it was developed before we were stuck on SAo, but now it's completed It has been put into use. It is indeed a recent thing, maybe he is doing research related to the ocean."
"But why Gamera?"
"Because it's a turtle. In an old monster movie, there is a monster that can be called the Guardian of the Earth, who rules over land, sky and sea. The model of that monster is a turtle, and its name is Gamera. That's what I gave Reason for the turtle’s name. The thing that holds it is called Gamera. Even though the shape doesn’t look anything like Gamera.”
Sinon felt that there was indeed such a monster movie a long time ago. Also, I feel like applying the monster's name to that facility is a bit Alice in style.
Soon, Alice sat back on her chair and turned to face Shino. After all, that face had returned to Alice's normal appearance.
\"Then, the important conversation ends here. There is still plenty of time, but Shino, what do you want to do? Where do you want to go?\"
\"I want to be with Teacher Airi.\"
"Really, you are more spoiled than I thought. Then, after driving around here, let's go to the mall to buy something?"
"Yes"
When Shino smiled, Alice also smiled quietly, inserted the car key, turned on the engine, stepped on the accelerator while the music played, and left the parking lot.
For Shino, that day was the end of a magical, wonderful time, but it was more fulfilling, fun, and kind than any time she and Alice had spent together.
"Sorry, I called you suddenly."
"No, it doesn't matter. I don't care about anything."
On Sunday afternoon, Kazuto went to visit Shino's house. Last night, Kazuto uncharacteristically did not dive in the Amusphere, but was doing research on his computer, and received a call from Shino on his smartphone.
Since it was Shino's call, Kazuto suspected whether something serious had happened and went out. However, the content of the call was whether Kazuto could come to the apartment tomorrow. This was betrayal and very simple. Kazuto was relieved after hearing this. .
Kazuto had no plans to go diving with his friends on Sunday and had no problem meeting Shino, which he agreed with. After a brief lunch, he headed to Shino's room, which was an apartment for SAo survivors who had been here several times.
Shino's room was equipped with the latest soundproofing equipment and was so quiet that it felt like being in a forest. Shino was sitting on a bed that reminded me of the wooden house we spent time together in the SAo world, even though the furniture wasn't like that, and Kazuto was sitting next to her.
\"So, Shino, what are you talking about?\"
\"Ah, yes. Didn't you receive a call from Teacher Airi yesterday?\"
\"A call from Teacher Airi? No, I just received your call yesterday. Teacher Airi, what happened?\"
Upon hearing Kazuto's question, Shino made a weak sound from her throat, and at the same time looked away from Kazuto and lowered her head. Seeing the actions that Shino almost always made when something happened, Kazuto looked a little dumbfounded and called her again.
\"Shino, what happened?\"
\"Teacher Airi, you have given up your identity as a psychiatrist. My treatment is over.\"
\"Uh, Teacher Airi? Why are you here again?\"
"Because I want to do what I really want to do."
If I remember correctly, according to Shino, Airi's treatment period for Shino was three years. Alice started checking Shino last year, and this is the second year. ——It has only been two years, and although she has gotten much better, Sinon's treatment does not seem to be thorough. This is a complete abandonment of treatment.
\"Teacher Alice said she would see you for three years, right? But it's only been two years.\"
"Yes.
"You admitted it?"
"Yes.
Kazuto subconsciously felt that he understood what Alice wanted to do, and even stopped Shino's treatment midway. Alice was originally one of the staff of Argus, who created SAo and released it to the world. I think she may be Kayaba Akihiko's right-hand assistant, or she may be able to successfully create super high-performance AI such as Yui and Lilan. people. Strea, he is such a genius.
Alice was able to do this because it was something Alice wanted to do from the bottom of her heart. Such a feat should be something you can do because you enjoy it. This shouldn't be something that can be done reluctantly.
"Teacher Airi, have you returned to AI research?"
\"That's right. Teacher Alice said that it is her mission to create AIs like Lilan and Yui.
"Of course, the artificial intelligence created by Airi-sensei is amazing. Even Lilan and Yui were created by Airi-sensei. It's natural to need them. But where did Airi-sensei go? Artificial intelligence. Research is not." This is not Something that can be done anywhere. "
"You don't need to say much, it's just a game company, so I can't tell you the details."
"is that so"
Immediately afterwards, Shino seemed to notice something and raised her head. The focus of his sight was the wall, but Shino's black eyes seemed to reflect the world outside the wall.
\"However, Airi-sensei finally said. Although the frequency will drop significantly, she will play ALo with us, and one day she will see us again in real life. Please wait until then. Wow. I will .\"I'm here to see someone, please wait a moment. "
"I came to see you too"
"Yes.
Shino turned to Kazuto, who stared into his dark eyes.
Until now, Alice has said "protect Sinon" or "leave Sinon's affairs to me" many times. Because of this, Alice has entrusted Sinon into her hands.
"I don't know when Alice will come back, or how many years it will take." However, I have decided that I will continue to be with Shino and protect her for many years to come. Since sharing memories with Shino, This power has never been greater. There's nothing wrong with waiting for Alice for years with Shino.
——Kazuto summarized what he had already thought in his mind, and as if to prove this point, he put his hand on Shino's hand.
"For Shino, Teacher Airi is the most important person to her, and she has helped me many times.
"Really?"
\"Ah. I already know that Shino and Airi-sensei are like sisters. Because I am peeking into your head, so let's wait together, Shino.\"
Shino was stunned for a moment, then smiled with a satisfied expression. I don’t know how many times I have seen it, but Kazuto smiled when he saw that face that gave people a very reassuring feeling.
"Yes, it does. We share it in our minds."
\"Yes. I think this may be the first feat in the world. And the person who did it is Teacher Alice's Lilian.\"
"Lilan, Yui and Airi-sensei have been helping us."
"But even if Lilan and Yui leave, I will protect you until the end. Let us be together forever."
Shino smiled without saying a word and nodded, as if entrusting her weight to Kazuto, she gently fell on Kazuto's chest. Kazuto caught it, put his hand on his back and began to stroke his hair gently. Shino's hair was silky soft, and every time I stroked it, the nice smell of the shampoo and Shino's natural soft, warm scent hit my nose.
Then, when Kazuto was about to talk to Shino, there was a loud noise in his arms, and the two of them were startled. Kazuto who made the sound reached into his pocket and took it out, only to find that it was a smartphone, and the sound and picture were displayed, indicating that the call was coming. —The name of my beloved child appears in the address.
If there is a rumor, Kazuto will click the call start button, switch to hands-free mode, and speak softly.
"Hello, Yui."
\"Hello Dad. Why don't you log in today? Mr. Keim went to the maze alone.\"
"Yeah, I'm going to my mother's house today. I have something to do."
After her father Kazuto, her mother Shino used her smartphone to call her daughter in the fairy world.
"Yui, how are you?"
"Okay, Mom. I'm doing fine as usual. How are you, Mom?
"Yeah, I'm in good spirits. I'm still a little shocked, though."
The fairy girl made a surprised sound through the tablet. Just hearing such a tone, Kazuto and Shino could imagine his daughter's surprised expression.
\"What shock? What shocked you?\"
\"Ah, your biological parents left Shino. It seems that he planned to make you a sister or brother.\"
\"Indeed, Miss Alice's technology is enough to create me, Strea and Sister Lilan. Maybe what Alice-san really wants to do is to create an artificial intelligence like us.\"
\"Yes. That's why she left Shino and us. But she seems to be visiting ALo. Let's pick her up then. You are our daughter. At the same time, she is also Alice-san's daughter.\""
"Yes. Alice healed my mother and helped me a lot. I want to pick her up next time I see Alice-san."
Although she is the daughter of Kazuto and Shino, her biological parents are AI researcher Serizawa Alice. When Kazuto heard this, he almost forgot who Yui actually was. If I don't do this, somehow I feel that Alice will take the initiative, and a strange feeling of uneasiness arises from the bottom of my heart.
\"By the way, Dad, aren't you going to go diving today?\"
"It's not that I won't log in, but at least it's a little unlikely during the day, and I might log in at night."
"Is that so? In that case, I think I will play with my sisters until dad comes.\"
\"Ah, Yui. I will log in tonight too.\"
"I got it. Mom and Dad, please come over as soon as possible."
After the two expressed their understanding, Yui responded with satisfaction and ended the call. After taking a deep breath, Kazuto put the smartphone back in his pocket and glanced at Shino.
\"By the way, Shino.\"
"What?"
"What are your plans next?"
"No, but what happened?"
"It's just the two of us, so I want to get out. I'll pay for everything."
At this time, Shino realized something. Speaking of which, although Kazuto and I returned to the real world and went to SAo Survivor School, we never dated together. Although we did a lot of things when we were in SAo, we didn't go shopping together after returning to the real world.
\"Then again, we haven't been on a date or anything since we got back to the real world.\"
"Yes.
"Well, let's go out now. Ah, but where?"
"Actually, I haven't really thought about the destination." When Shino asked again, Kazuto tilted his head involuntarily, raised his head, supported his chin with his hand, and began to think.
\"Yes, just wander around this city for the time being. Just like when I was in SAo and when it first started.\"
"That's probably the best thing. Or rather, I might want to go to a coffee shop."
"Got it. Just as my princess said."
\"SAo is over, so stop talking like that.\"
"I understand"
The next moment Kazuto was surprised, Shinoga sighed softly and started to laugh. When Kazuto laughed, Shino's laughter became louder. Kazuto seemed surprised by Shino's laughter, which he had never seen before, but before that, Kazuto's laughter also got bigger.
After the two of them laughed together for a while, Shino got up from the bed and turned to Kazuto. The expression on her face was brighter and warmer than when we first met.
\"Come on, let's go, Kazuto.\"
"Yes"
Kazuto nodded at Shino's bright voice and stood up.
At the same time, in "Yarfheim Online", in a hotel room in Yggdrasil City.
\"This is Asuna.\" One day later, Asuna logged into Amusphere and lay on the bed in a hotel room in a luxurious city at the foot of the Yggdrasil Tree in the Fairy World.
Since ALo is a VRmmo, the avatar data stays where you were when you logged out, and time in the game and the world itself will continue to advance even if you log out, so the player avatar when you log out will be the same as when you logged in. Sometimes you will be targeted by monsters.
Also, if you die in this game, you're punished by what's called a death sentence, and you may lose non-equipped items. In order to prevent this from happening, Asuna arrived at the hotel in World Tree City and exited.
\"Good morning, Asuna. I think you're a little late today.\"
"Yeah, I delayed the login a little bit, sorry."
\"I don't care. Before Asuna came, I was playing with Cam.\"
The purple-haired girl Yuuki sat on a chair and smiled in front of me. Unlike Asuna, this girl did not come to this world with an Amusphere, but lived in this world with a medical device called medicuboid, which was once used by her best friend Shino and her Teacher Alice used it. ——So, no matter when you log in, you can only see Yuuki.
\"By the way, Yuuki, did something happen when I exited? Someone other than Yuuki opened the room and entered.\"
\"That's not true. Only Asuna and I have the key to Asuna's room, and I didn't even tell Cam about the key. So all of Asuna's belongings are safe.\"
"Yes.
At this time, an expression suddenly appeared on Yuuki's face, as if she had thought of something or was surprised by something, which surprised Asuna slightly.
\"Ah, I see, Asuna.\"
"Hey, what's wrong?"
\"Asuna, you transferred SAo's data from NerveGear to Amusphere, right?\"
\"Uh, yes. Even I can do this kind of surgery\"
Immediately afterwards, Asuna felt a light flash from above her head, and she was startled. Thinking that the adventure in Aincrad was over, just when I was about to quit, Aerith gave me an item, and I quit. The data for this project was in NerveGear and the data was transferred to Amusphere which I am now using.
Maybe we can confirm it——Thinking like this, Asuna called up the window without saying anything to Yuki, and operated the project window with her right hand. Where is that item? ——When Asuna was sorting out the items she got, she found something unfamiliar, so she stopped her fingers to avoid miscounting or misreading.
(this)
The name is "Unknown_package". Unidentified items simply read "unknown packaging".
Since coming to ALo, I've made a habit of checking the items I get when defeating enemies or opening treasure chests, so so far I haven't found anything suspicious among the items I've gotten, and Asuna knows that.
However, in my adventures and captures to date, I do not recall obtaining an item with such a name, and I have never been given information that an item with such a name exists in ALo. This is probably the item Alice gave me at that time. The conversion was successful, Asuna was a little surprised. At the same time, I noticed that Yuuki was looking out of the window without even realizing it.
\"Ah, Asuna. What is this?\"
\"Actually, after Yuuki quit SAo, Alice-sensei gave it to me.
\"Teacher Alice gave it to me, so why don't you try it? Teacher Alice is not the kind of person who would do terrible things.\"
\"But I'm a little worried. Yuuki, just in case.\"
Yuuki nodded, held the hilt of the sword at his waist, and assumed an Iai pressure posture. Just after Asuna took a deep breath and used an unknown packaging material, an object was summoned from the window and landed on Asuna's palm.
It was a blue crystal that looked like it was reflecting the sea or the sky, and it was a beautiful little crystal that absorbed the light in the room and shone brightly. I put it in and I was shocked.
\"Oh, that. Crystal?\"
Asuna noticed it while listening to Yuuki's monologue. I've seen this crystal color somewhere before. No, this isn't something I've seen before. That world, up until a certain point in Aincrad, was almost the same color as the one I saw every day.
While imagining the familiar figure in her mind, Asuna put her finger on the crystal as if she was invited. The small crystal separated from Asuna's palm and flew into the air, attracting Yuuki's attention at the same time.
what is going on? ——Perceiving their questions, or just about to answer, the sea-colored crystal suddenly emitted a strong light. Asuna and Yuuki screamed in surprise, and I instinctively covered my eyes.
When the flash of light faded, Asuna immediately turned her face back to the crystal, but was speechless. Crystal was not there, but was wearing a pure white hoodie and trousers, with long silver hair reaching half of the back of his head, a face so thin that people could mistake it for a girl, and a little boy floating in the air. The fetus is in the womb.
"To Peter?"
It was once created by teacher Alice and sent to Aincrad to treat players trapped in SAo, but was sealed. The existence of "Destroyer" broke the seal and came out. Jupiter, who protects her and calls her mother into being”.
Asuna and Yuuki were both stunned by the sight of the existence that should have been exhausted and extinguished in the final battle with the "Broken Runaways", but not long after, the silver boy's face slowly lifted up, and he closed his eyes tightly eyelids open. ——His eyes are blue just like they were in Aincrad.
"Ubihui?"
"...Mother"
When Asuna heard the words and sounds coming from her lips, a message window appeared in front of Asuna's eyes. Although it was sudden, Asuna was not surprised. She looked away from the silver boy, opened the information window, and read the displayed content. When I realized this, Yuuki was equally attracted to this piece of information.
\"To Asuna
"If you read this article, it means that you have successfully met again." Sorry, Asuna has been silent.
Just before the Mnemosyne crusade, you entrusted me to Eupipo, but at that time I used a command that only Eupipo could call, turned Eupipo into an item object, and sent it to you. . The reason why Yupibo is entrusted to me every time I cross a level is because I share the memories collected by the copies with the original Yupibo.
Yupibo is an ultra-high-performance artificial intelligence called mhhp. "Breakdown Man" may be one worth paying attention to. Well, to protect you and Yupibo, I silently let you take this step. When this message is opened, definitely
This should be the world after the "Fugitives" fall.
In the peaceful VR world, let us return the real Yupi-bo to you. Please, my son.
From Alice\/Alice Serizawa\"
After reading this information, Assina couldn't understand the meaning of it at a time, but when she looked at the silver teenager on the floor, she understood the meaning of this information.
When I was in SAO, every time I boarded the piano, Alice asked me to leave Jupiter with her, and Asuna asked Jupiter to go to Alice according to her requirements. At that time, I sometimes couldn't help but want to know what Jupiter was doing with Alice, but no matter how I asked Alice or Jaqualt, I couldn't find the answer.
However, now the answer has spanned the world, and everything has become clear. Since then, Jupiter has copied the main body of Jupiter, and the main body belongs to Alice. And this means that Jupiter, who was used by \ "Runners \", is also a copy, and the body has always been around Alice, which is safe.
At that time, Alice turned the ontology of Jupiter who had transformed into items. When I pulled the zipper here, a boy who looked like Jupiter walked out. , Jupiter himself.
\ "Yasna, if this is true, this child is!! \"
Listening to Ji Ji was so surprised that he didn't know what happened, Asuna closed the information window, looked at the silver teenager's sea -colored eyes, whispered.
\ "Jupiter, do you understand what I mean? \"
"Yeah, mom."
"Mother." After the battle with the "escape man" ended, he heard what he thought he couldn't hear again. However, no matter how his sight is distorted, Jie Yi has the figure of the teenager in front of him.
"Jupiter Jupiter !!!"
When he realized, Asuna had jumped on Jupiter and hugged him tightly. I thought the warmth that I couldn't feel anymore was shrouded in my body, and only Jupiter had a comfortable smell flowing into my nostrils.
"Oh, it hurts a bit, mother."
"Jupiter, Jupiter, Jupiter!!"
There is no doubt that Jupiter exists here and lives so -just thought of this, Asuna's heart was full of strong joy, tears came out. Despite a little pain in Judolt, Assna hugged him tightly and scattered around the hotel.
I cried loudly. ——As when I notice, You Ji also cried holding Jupiter.
The moment I thought my wish would never be realized, my wish was realized.
It has been three months since we started ALO. Although our SAO survivor, although it is a game that can be a fairy flying in the sky, we can use sword skills, move the body, and use the magic that are not in SAO. I am fully paid to the game on the rest day, and I almost forget time and everything.
In fact, when I listened to the SAO survivors during school, most people were talking about ALO. They were all places where monsters appeared, tasks, and things that let us want to join.
However, when we are looking for the same things as those players, we are always looking for different things. Yes, it is Hannibal, a person with unknown identities, who has giving birth to the crashed, disrupting the society, and still acting behind the scenes.
I have been looking for the "Hannibal" since I heard the word from the "escape" and learned its existence. Hannibal constantly exchanged opinions, if there are any clues to approach. . However, their efforts are futile, and no one can get any clues that allow them to approach Hannibal.
(However)
Of course, I am also one of them. In addition to "Hannibal" is the birth of "broken people", I know nothing and even can't master the ultimate goal of "Hannibal". First place. It is not of course, we just encountered the "broken man" created by "Hannibal", and we only heard the word "Hannibal" from there.
Kikuoka, who is observing our SAO survivor, also tells me the story, and he seems to be looking for and investigating "Hannibal", but it does not seem to get any information worthy of attention. Yes, because I can only tell you that the "escape" is Xuwu, and this sentence is from Xuwu's mouth.
However, when I talked to Jugang, I got some prompt. If SUGO is a "runner" and Hannibal is a person who turns SUGO into "escape", then Hannibal may be a person who can get in touch with SUGO.
Indeed, SUGO is RECTO, and RECTO is one of the leading companies in Japan. It seems that he studied in this regard, so Su Ge affirmed that he had contact and trading with countless people. Among them, it is not surprising to contact a person called "Hannibal".
Therefore, as a survivor SAO, I used the power of human beings to convey a lot of inside information to Jugang, and asked his father's Asuna, the owner of Rexto, asking what kind of person Xuwu had. so far. I asked him to investigate Taka.
Kika and Yasna -Although Kika is not so enthusiastic -immediately investigated and sent me the results, but the people who touched it had more people than I expected. It turns out that there is no way to investigate, and our search is over. Because \ "Hannibal \" returned to the starting point immediately.
However, although I asked Jugang and Asuna all kinds of things, I still think I know where Hannibal is. \ "Hannibal \" "Fugue" is a SAO SAO in SAO as Alberch.
And from the words and plans of Xu Dog at the time, he was likely to receive the instructions of "Hannibal" when he was in SAO. Otherwise, I cannot create and lead Modomosins, or create simulated parasites.
(he is sick)
In other words, "Hannibal" is inside SAO. \ "Hannibal \" uses Su Ge to completely confuse the media and police in the real world, and then use Sugugen to let Alberchi and others work behind the scenes, behind the scenes. When Alberth lost, "Hannibal" withdrew and disappeared into the real world like us.
However, I can't help but feel like "Hannibal". No, "Hannibal" must be observed in some way to observe Albertihi and us around him. Even at the moment Alberry's life end, "Hannibal" must have been watching Albertihi and us around him.
Now that "Hannibal" recognizes that we have defeated Albertih, and put our sights on us. Moreover, since SAO uses the same faces and body as the real world, Hannibal is likely to remember the faces of everyone present.
As a person who defeats Alberchi, "Hannibal" may come up with some ways. Either the real world, or the VR world, or both of them to prepare for this day, I told everyone this idea and told everyone to be careful in daily life. At the same time, I told him to rest assured because he might not do anything.
"Okay, there will be a big update tomorrow. Let's clear this task to welcome it."
\ "By the way, Kirito, do you think? You have not participated in our conversation for a long time. \"
After telling everyone to be alert to Hannibal, I logged in to Yaheheim online and went to Snow Mountain with my companions. The reason why we do this is because we play the \ "Arph Him Online \" large -scale increase in new areas and tasks, as well as a large number of weapons, armor and items, and will have a large -scale update tomorrow.
When I announced it, I was very happy and I couldn't wait for that day, but calmly thought that after it was done, our base would definitely move to that large -scale new district. I found that it will be less likely to come to my current area.
I am confident that we will come to this area less and less-no matter what, my best friend Kam concludes that we should wait, and at the same time do the interesting tasks limited to this area, and then we keep up with the trend . I decided to create a format that invited my ordinary companions to participate in the task I think I thought, and then wait for the corresponding update.
Then, I and I proposed the format of Feng Fairy Kim, recently joined our shadow monster Piggel, and the Shui Fairy Diabel I met from the SAO era formed a team, and found a thing I wanted to do before the update. Task, I go to the Snow Mountain area. By the way, Lerland, who has been with me, has been performing the task with Yasna this time.
Along the way, I fell into the world of thought. Diabel, who was noticed, laughed bitterly.
\ "As I thought, Kirito still has the habit of SAO itself. When the Kirito people are in contemplation, he will not see the surrounding environment. \"
\ "Ah, Diabel, this habit already existed before Kirito went to SAO. When Kirito's virtual character was quiet in MMO? I thought something was wrong, so I tried to call with voice call He, he is still thinking. Treasure "
\ "Kam injected information to Diabell, who I only knew in SAO." Indeed, before going to that world, I was trapped, and sometimes I even stood still. Then he was always awakened by Kim. ——In Shinoi and Yui are mostly.
When Diabel smiled bitterly, Spirgel called me excitedly this time.
\ "Is Kirito considering the update tomorrow? \"
"Oh, yes. Tomorrow is the biggest update in history. Just thinking of it will excite me."
\ "That's right! The mainland that will be added tomorrow is Swatelff Ham? The floating continent that meets the light and darkness is so looking forward to it! \"
Seeing the information and truth about increasing the new area, Spegel's eyes were as shining as children. When I saw him for the first time, he had a dark face like our race, so I thought he might have something, but if you say so, that is a pure gamer no difference.
However, just then, Kam interrupted our conversation with displeasedly.
\ "No right. Kirito's expression does not seem to be thinking about this problem, but is thinking about more important things. \"
"Too powerful" I shouted in my heart involuntarily. In fact, Kam and I have more time together than Lilan or Shi Nai, and I have more time with him than myself. And he himself observes people, and he can guess what he is thinking when just looking at his face. Shi Nai said, saying: \ "Tell me the secret to guessing Kirito's thoughts. \"
\ "Ah, yes. After overcoming SAO, I found the person I love. I am curious about what he is doing now.
"Is it really?"
\ "That's it. She is more important than anything. Kamjun, do you know why I sometimes get serious in thought? \"
\ "To be honest, Kirito has changed since becoming his wife and children. However, please do not do such a thing during fighting. There are not many resurrection props, and even resurrected magic will take time to perform. Besides , I am the only one. \ "There is also Diabulu who can use it. \"
"Yeah, okay, let's clean up this boss first, so as not to be injured."
Speaking, I turned to Xueyuan in front of me. The reason why I took this task was to complete it before the implementation of Svart Alfheim. The content is very simple, that is, to defeat the huge worm dragon that appears in the width of the snowy mountains in the snow mountain.
This worm dragon is a word that refers to a dragon that looks like a snake, without arms and legs. I already knew this, so I immediately understood that this snow -capped mountain worm dragon is a snake dragon who controls the ice attribute. In the snowy mountains, it is impossible to control wind or fire attributes in theory.
However, most of the information about the giant dragon is just my guess, and I don't know what kind of monster it is. This is why fighting is interesting.
\ "So I want to start fighting immediately, but are you ready? \"
\ "If it is prepared, it is okay. Just don't get caught in thought."
\ "It's okay. I won't do this during the battle. \"
Under the gaze of the half -open friends, a calm newcomer, and a bitter SAO friend, I walked towards the center of Xueyuan with everyone. In the snowy snowstorm when I first saw Liz Bett when I saw Liz Bate, I put my hand on the weapon on my back and stepped on the snow.
Walking from there, nothing happened, and it came to the center of the vast snowfield.
Kam must think something was going to rush out. He looked around suspiciously and said it was not washed away by the storm.
"Nothing happened"
\ "Yeah, but be careful. After coming to this place for a while, the normal state in SAO is \"
In fact, similar things have happened during the task of SAO. Therefore, even if nothing happens, I can't relax. Then, as if the alarm was really sounded, the storm snow suddenly stopped, and the surrounding situation was clear, and the earth immediately began to shock.
"It's here!"
Diabel, the boss of the Shenglong League, shouted as if telling members, and was ready to have a weapon.
It was wrapped in Xueyan, scattered with small ice cubes, and looked like a giant tower that could go straight to the sky, but when it was in the sky, it twisted and began to move towards the sky. After a while, when the tower was completely exposed to the ground, we were surprised to find that this tower was actually a monster.
Looking at the jumping, it wrapped a layer of ice shell that looked like countless thorns, and the jaw grew sharp teeth, but it had no hands, no legs, and was as half as us. Snake dragon has huge transparent wings behind it. I heard that it is a worm dragon, so I can predict that it will be a snake dragon, but I can't predict that it will fly, and Spiegel raises its voice.
"Wow, fly up!?"
\ "Is it a bit unexpected? \"
\ "If it is SAO, the development will be dangerous, but now it is okay. \"
I nodded to Diabell's words. Of course, when SAO, the player was tied to the ground. When he encountered a flying enemy, he could only wait for the other party to come down or launch a remote attack in some way. Only my Lilan or Shi Nai could do this.
However, now we have wings on our back, and we can even catch up with the enemy flying at a very fast speed. Before I finished speaking, behind Diabell, a semi -transparent wings with light blue light appeared, tearing the snow cigarettes made by the snake dragon, and suddenly flew into the sky.
"Okay, let's start!"
I pulled out the two dark swords in the scabbard on my back, growing wings on their backs like Diabel, and flew towards the sky with Kam and Spiegel. When the cold of the snow mountain, when he reached the same height as the ice snake dragon, he saw the ice snake dragon. The enemy dedicated to the enemy is 150, and the \ "HP strip \" is 3. Its name is \ "Friezmold_the_icewormdragon \". It seems to be read as Frismold.
The body named Frismod is wrapped in a shell, but its thickness is like a wood for thousands of years, but it is as long as the river. Its appearance reminds me of the monster You Menggard appearing in Norwegian mythology. This is the basis of this game, but as expected, it is shorter and smaller than You Menggard.
And considering the characteristics of the monster I have so far, this guy's body should be so large that he should be able to use his body shape to attack, breathe, and magic attacks. I can understand their actions, but I still don't know what they will be, so I must act carefully. Because Lilan does not have Boss Buster experts this time.
