Normally, friends would gather in the coffee shop, but maybe because it was still early, around nine o'clock, there were empty seats everywhere and no one was there. However, upon closer inspection, Kirito spotted several figures and walked towards them.
There, there was a chair on a slightly larger table. On the chair sat a woman with long black hair and big breasts, and four girls stood tightly around her. The black-haired girl Yui, the white-purple haired and big-breasted Straya, the young Quinella with long silver hair, and the eldest daughter Lilan with blond hair and wolf ears. All of these are projects developed by women and are actually the children of women.
The woman who was the developer and mother of these children faced a slender woman wearing a simple robe, long ocean blue hair that was simply styled with silver threads, and a man wearing round glasses. ——Kirito thought that someone very unexpected had appeared, so he temporarily shouted to the woman.
Before the woman could react to Kirito's voice, she turned around and saw Kirito's image reflected in his reddish-brown eyes.
"Mr. Alice"
\"Good morning, Kirito-kun. It seems you logged in quickly.\"
\"Well, something happened and I need to tell everyone. I mean, Alice-san also knows.\"
"Well, I was just talking to this guy about it. And my girls."
After saying that, Alice turned around and saw a male wizard from the Undine clan. It was none other than the dragon tamer Zekseid who was killed by Asuna, Diabell and Kirito yesterday. At first glance, it appears to be a player he has never met before, but Kirito - or, more accurately, all of Kirito's friends - are already familiar with this man.
"Chris Hight, you rarely show up."
\"Hey, Kirito-kun. Sometimes I want to have a good talk with you. Please don't be so cruel.\"
The man named Chris Hayter looked at Kirito with a troubled expression. In the real world, this man named Chris Hayter is Kikuoka Seijiro. He is an employee of the "Virtual Department" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and a former agent of the "SAo Incident Response Team."
This man named Kikuoka was the first person Kirito came into contact with after he successfully returned to the real world. As a reward for talking about what happened in SAo and other things, he received Shino and Kirito. He also taught me. About everyone.
Most importantly, he was the one who allowed Shino to transfer to the SAo Survivor School, and he was the one who proposed the deal to Alice. Therefore, Shino's ability to enter SAo Survivor School is actually thanks to Kikuoka.
However, Kirito, who had met various people in SAo, could easily see that he was obviously planning something, and he considered him to be someone who could not be completely trusted. Kikuoka created characters in ALo because he wanted to become friends with Kirito and others by playing VRmmo, but this was not the main reason. Kirito understands, but since he's done no particular harm, he thinks Kikuoka's incarnation, Chris Height, is willing to be friends, despite being wary of him.
\"So, Chris Hayter, what did you and Alice-san just talk about?\"
"Of course, it's about the news this morning. I'm sure you're well aware that there's a lot going on online and on TV right now that you want to tell us about."
\"ah\"
After giving a brief answer, Kirito turned to Alice. As for Alice, Yui opened a window connected to the browser and stared at it with curious eyes.
"It was really interesting, or rather, something weird happened."
"I can make predictions, but what's happening on the Internet right now?"
"Didn't you come to see me?"
"I skipped all that and logged in here."
\"I see. Then Kirito-san, come over here.\"
After receiving the instruction, Kirito secretly followed Alice, and together with the girls around him, he paid attention to the contents of the browser window opened by Yui. The browser window displays information from news sites, search engines, and social media activity, all focused on one topic and showing great excitement.
“The man who broke down the door and fled was finally arrested” “The man who broke down the door and fled, the suspect Tai Shigemura, was arrested.” No matter where you look, it’s all hype, some news sites are broadcasting clips on live TV, articles The number of comments is soaring. That's what I said.
\"Look, Kirito-kun, the Internet is full of topics about the arrest of 'man who ran away out of control'. Now this topic is more popular than any other topic. The search keyword ranking is also 'man out of control'."\"Who Escape. Full of arrests and Shigemura.\"
Indeed, as Alice said, in the browser displayed by Yui, the name Shigemura Yasuo was displayed as large as "Fugitive Man". It looked like a serial killer who shocked the world had been caught, but to the public and the media, the "fugitive" was indistinguishable from the murderer.
However, no matter how much media coverage there is, we still don’t know who Shigemura is as a person or why he was arrested in the first place.
"It's like this on TV. But who is this Shigemura?"
\"I think so too, but the power of netizens is really amazing. The true identity of Shigemura Tsuyasu was immediately revealed. Yui, search for "Shigemura tsuyasu\". \"
The developer is named Alice, but when Kirito and Sinon's daughter Yui answers "yes," it invokes the search engine and executes Alice's instructions. The search engine that is said to be the most used in the world immediately returned the search results, but Kirito was surprised by the text displayed on the home page.
"Z-Zexed!?"
The search engine page for the name Shigemura Yasuo showed many news websites and personal blogs, but one of them said: "The person who escaped is Shigemura Yasuo! I am very curious about Shigemura Yasuo" Shigemura's profile and age! Is Zexed serious? What is Shigemura Yasuo's crime and true identity? Who is his girlfriend? where is he from? Where did he go to school? ” and “ Tsugemura is Zexed! I researched the profile and birthplace of the man who broke down the door! ".
Shigemura is like a search engine saying that the captured "fugitive" is Zexceed. Lilan, who was watching from the sidelines, said with a slightly surprised expression on her face.
"Isn't this Shigemura a complete human punishment? And"
\"Beyond the guy I fought with yesterday!?\"
Kirito couldn't believe the content in the browser. Yesterday, Kirito appeared in "mmo Stream" where he was challenged to a duel by top player Zexceed's "tamer". Kirito accepted the duel and actually fought Zexceed, but just before Kirito was able to deal him the final blow, Zexceed disappeared due to connection issues, handing the victory to Kirito easily.
Kirito couldn't help but worry about this for a long time because he failed to hit the final blow and won the duel, but it seemed that the answer had been given at this moment.
Alice said as if she understood.
"Mr. Shigemura was identified as Zexceed by a post on an anonymous bulletin board on the Internet. It seems that the blogger took advantage of that information, but Zexceed was subdued and defeated by you yesterday. That is true."
"But at that time"
"Probably, when the police arrested Mr. Shigemura, that's when you gave Zexceed the final blow. The police forcibly cut off Mr. Shigemura's phone line, and then passed away overnight. So, Mr. Shigemura, Zexceed, was arrested and Taken to the police station ... I guess that's what he's doing."
If Alice is right, that makes sense. At that time, Zexed\/Shigemura suddenly disconnected and tried to escape from the duel, but Shigemura's line was cut off by the police at that time, and he was forced to withdraw.
\"However, you object to this drama of arrest. Yes, Alice-san.\"
"Oh, yeah, I don't believe that story at all."
In response to Chris Hayter's sudden words, Alice once again answered abruptly. Just when Alice was about to forget what happened, she called Kirito again.
\"Kirito-kun, what do you think of this story? Do you really think the "Smuggler and the Fugitive" was caught? \"
To be honest, I always thought it was impossible. \"Saboteur\" was created by a mysterious man named Hannibal, who due to his extraordinary abilities was able to avoid arrest no matter how much cyber terrorism he created, while his predecessor \" Vandal and Fugitive\""As a fugitive, Sugo was never known to the police or the media until the end.
It was unbelievable to be captured so easily, and more importantly, Shigemura, the captured "out-of-control fugitive," also felt a lot of discomfort.
"I don't think so. I think this Shigemura is a fake person created by a real 'fugitive'."
\"Well, I feel the same way, and Mr. Chris seems to feel the same way. Shigemura said Zexceed is not really an "intruder." As proof, where is this person's face? Is there something wrong with the news video? It's not what you imagined, but the look on your face shows that you're confused and don't know why this is happening. "
After all, you can tell what a person is thinking just by looking at their face. Although she has now returned to her original role as an artificial intelligence researcher, Kirito is convinced that Alice is a former psychiatrist at a major hospital. As if taking advantage of Alice's silence, Straya's voice intervened at this moment.
"Maybe, but the real 'Landover Man' did this to further confuse the media and the police. To reassure them that he was finally here to arrest the 'Landover Man'—"
"It's like lifting it up with all your strength and pushing it all the way to the bottom. But why did the police arrest Shigemura? How did they decide that Shigemura was a 'broken fugitive' and arrest him?"
"Well, I can make a guess, albeit a rough one."
Yui said this and began to explain. After Yui saw this report, she, Lilan, Strea, and Quinella guessed how Shigemura was arrested. When Alice logged in, they were discussing the matter further, and she asked what seemed to be the answer The matter was successfully brought out. I started talking to Kirito about it.
The real "fugitive" revealed Shigemura's identity, sneaking remote control viruses and malware into his computer, allowing him to download data used in the crime and save it in a location beyond the comprehension of Shigemura himself.
Then, when Shigemura was away from the computer, he manipulated the data, used the IP address Shigemura was using, and hijacked the radio waves used by mass media, deliberately making his footprints visible, and then submitting them using the same information as usual. crime.
"Later, the police and the media found the footprints of the man who broke the door and escaped. As a result, they discovered the IP address used by Shigemura. They determined that Shigemura was the man who broke the door and escaped and arrested him. We concluded that he may have done this."
While listening to the explanation of his beloved daughter Yui, Kirito looked at Yui and Alice alternately. Perhaps because it was developed by Alice, Yui gives off an Alice-like vibe when she calmly explains things, holds discussions, and processes information. Even when talking about the circumstances leading up to Shigemura's arrest, Yui and Iris sometimes overlap.
Yui is their daughter, but she is also Alice's creation. She inherits the traits of her parents, Alice. After Kirito understood this in his heart, he said to Yui: "Thank you." I patted his head gently and said.
"It's probably like this. Mr. Shigemura is a fake person prepared by a real 'out-of-control fugitive' in order to confuse the public. In other words, he is a trap prepared to frame the media and the police. And the police and the media fell into it perfectly. They fell into this trap and thought Mr. Shigemura was the real "out-of-control fugitive" and arrested him."
Kirito turned to face Chris Hayter's voice. Since I don't know the real thing, I can only make it into a black silhouette of a human figure, but the real "Fugitive" and its creator Hannibal watched the TV clip and said: "They have given us Set a trap." I can easily imagine them laughing, thinking, "The media and police are putting on a puppet show using this."
That's not all. Now, the real "Fugitives" and Hannibal are supposed to be thinking about their next move, a plan that will shock public opinion. No matter how close they get to "The Fugitives," the heinous acts of his people will never end unless the original Hannibal is cut off.
There was nothing left to do but stop Hannibal. With this in mind, Kirito told Chris Hayter.
"Chris Hight, if you work for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, I'm sure you can do it."
"What do you mean you can do it?"
"This is about bringing Hannibal to the public. You've told me, so you know that Hannibal is the birther and manipulator of 'Rogue Man.' You can bring that to the public."
He told Kikuoka that Hannibal was the one who gave birth to the "Fugitive Man" after he successfully escaped from SAo. At first, Kikuoka frowned at Kirito's statement and showed no signs of believing it, but the people who were with Kirito in the final battle of SAo, such as Shino, Asuna, Leafa, and Clay, Because, Egil, Tiabel, since he said it was true, the same thing, he now believed the story.
However, despite this, Kikuoka\/Chris Hight sighed deeply and fell into silence. Kirito said to Chris Hayter, who had no reaction, as if it was a matter of course.
"Kikuoka-san!"
\"Kirito-san, I know exactly what you want to say and think, but it makes no sense.\"
"W-Why?"
"Indeed, you all learned that Hannibal was the source of the 'Fugitives' through fighting against the 'Fugitives' in SAo. You are only a very small minority. Even among the survivors of SAo, there are people like you." Most players don't know this story. Even if you said it out loud about Hannibal, who would believe you? What do you mean?
Following Chris Hayter, who was wearing shiny glasses to hide his expression, Alice whispered to Kirito.
\"Kirito-kun, let's give you an example. Suppose you know about "The Fugitive" through the media, but you don't know about Hannibal. Someone on the Internet may say "The Fugitive". Suppose you say a man named Hannibal. Nibal's people were the origin of "The Fugitives," but only that person and a small group of people are talking about it, everyone else is talking about it. I haven't dealt with those people. Do you want to believe what those people say?"
"Oh, that's..."
Kirito couldn't agree with this statement, which sounded like a teacher admonishing an overly excited student. When I often go online, stories like this appear every day, but they are all baseless stories told by some people in order to confuse the people around them or make them feel interesting. Most of them are lies.
If I didn't know Hannibal and someone else did and told me, I wouldn't believe it.
Alice sighed, seeming to realize that she had hit the nail on the head.
\"That's it. No one believes what you say, even the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications where Chris Kikuoka is located don't believe what you say. That's why you said so loudly, 'That man broke free and ran away.'" said It makes no sense that Hannibal is the one who caused this. "
"However, I think I will trust the TV media and weekly magazines"
Quinella said this as if she was talking to herself. The mother didn't hear what her daughter, who seemed to lack confidence, said, and immediately gave the answer.
\"Well, indeed, those media weeklies, newspapers, and television that call the "Fugitive" a devil and vow to conquer him will believe Kirito-kun's statement and report it extensively. But, you \"I know very well that there is no point in telling these things, Kirito-kun."
""
When Kirito didn't answer, Alice put her chin on her chin and continued.
"The trust in television and newspapers has been declining year by year, but with the emergence of 'The Fugitive', it has completely fallen to the ground." At present, the ratings of digital terrestrial broadcasting are one-eighth that of ordinary television. Two years ago, the newspaper purchase rate was one in ten. Now it is said to be the least trustworthy media. It is a fact that it can continue to be broadcast and published. That in itself is a miracle, I don't know how they are able to maintain this situation. Yes.
It will soon become a relic of the past.
Even if these people say that Hannibal is the creator of the Thieves, and that the real devil is Hannibal, they will only end up being laughed at and berated, saying that the media is crazy.
"Or it's going to be dismissed as some crazy conspiracy theory, like, 'Oh, this is a cult that rules the world from behind the scenes,' 'Oh, this is a secret society that manipulates world affairs at will,'" or, "Oh, These are the gods of the Cthulhu Mythos." As someone who knows him, this is very frustrating. "
Kirito was completely speechless by Alice and Lilan's words.
Originally, the reason why they knew about Hannibal's existence was because they accidentally heard something said by "Fugitive" Su Ge. All we know about Hannibal so far is that he is the creator of Smugglers, is still working behind the scenes somewhere, and is the leader of Smiling Coffin. He knows nothing. Other than that, except that he was looking at Vassago Casals.
Even if we brought all this information and talked about it, no one would believe that Hannibal existed.
"Hannibal. This was the reversal of Carthage and Rome that he himself could not achieve at the time."
Everyone reacted to Chris Hayter's nagging and turned to face him, while Kirito unfolded the knowledge he had learned in the past few days in his mind.
Hannibal. The name is said to mean "Baal the Merciful," a real-life Carthaginian general. If you follow this man, you will be plunged into a very deep story, so you only know certain information, but Hannibal led the army of the small country of Carthage against Rome, the strongest military power at the time, and used various Tactically, he is said to have won consecutive battles, overwhelming the Roman army and shocking Rome.
It is said that Hannibal left such an unprecedented war record in history. In his native Carthage, people said that he was both a revolutionary and a hero, while in Rome, where he was attacked, people said that he became a cruel devil. .
"Nowadays, 'The Runaways' have more support than the surrounding politicians and mass media, and there are many voices supporting 'The Runaways' online. That's almost it." It's like having the Internet completely by your side Same.
Hannibal is the one who moved 'The Fugitive' I get it, it's actually true, Chris. "
Lilan and others tilted their heads and looked at Chris Hayter and Alice alternately, and Kirito couldn't help but understand. The Chrisheit likened Hannibal's small homeland of Carthage to Rome, as well as the media and police who were attacked by Hannibal and were bent on revenge.
In real life, Hannibal used his terrifying tactics to challenge the Roman army and won many victories, but was ultimately defeated by the power of Rome and Carthage was destroyed. No matter how great Hannibal was, he could not defeat the size of Rome.
But now it's just the opposite. Hannibal exposed the stains, scandals, and dark secrets of Rome and protected the Roman people by allowing them to defect and taking them into Carthage before Hannibal went to war against the vast Rome where the press, police, politicians, etc. gathered. base, which is the so-called network.
Rome, famous for its mass media, police, and politicians, once enjoyed great size, support, and trust, but it lost that trust due to Hannibal's machinations, and it continued to weaken and shrink due to lack of population. Tracked it down. On the other hand, Carthage, known as the Network, has grown into a powerful force and they are celebrating Hannibal as a hero because he taught them Rome's many shortcomings.
The siege and annihilation tactics used by Hannibal's Carthaginians (known as "the Network") against Rome's press, police, and politicians.
This is currently happening in the country of Japan.
"Rome, which once destroyed Hannibal, is about to be destroyed by Hannibal and Carthage, right? Kirito-kun and his friends are chasing Hannibal. They originally hoped to create such a situation, so Just call him Hannibal. Maybe he took advantage of his ability." Name. "
"Zexceed Shigemura Yukichi was noticed by Hannibal's 'Runaway' and made into a dummy. If you looked into it you might find out he's not real, but the police and media have lost their cool. They don't Will listen to him, I don’t know when he will be released as he is being used as a scapegoat.”
Kirito thought seriously while listening to the conversation between Chris Hayter and Alice.
We don’t know how great Hannibal is, or if he’s someone we can challenge and defeat. However, if we just leave Hannibal alone, something terrible will definitely happen. We cannot rule out the possibility that he will attack us directly. We have discovered his true identity.
No matter what, Hannibal must be stopped. Even now it's like ancient Rome.
"Carthage was a big country and Rome was conquered by the strength of many people, right?"
At this point, Kirito was frightened.
waiting. I recently saw a large group of people gathered together by someone to do something. It's also so recent that I can't help but feel like I'm watching it very close to home. But I don’t remember what it was or where I saw it.
Where on earth have you seen such a thing? Just when Kirito was about to think, the door to the cafe opened and a voice rushed in.
"Private! Master, are you there!?"
While Kirito and his friends were talking about what happened this morning, a voice interrupted. Kirito and his friends immediately turned their heads to listen to that voice, which they often heard not only while watching the news, but also while playing ALo and in Svartalfheim.
A petite girl with long silver hair and pink eyes, wearing a blue costume and a small hat. Nanero Arshapin\/Seven, who runs the large ALo-based guild Clover and is also active as an idol and has gained huge popularity among both men and women, is at the door of the cafe.
"Isn't it seven o'clock?"
\"Oh, I thought it was Master, but it wasn't Kirito-kun! In other words, some people don't know Alice-san at all!\"
Number Seven walked into the store at an almost audible speed and came to Kirito's side. Number Seven is currently the most popular group in ALo, and although you hear their name everywhere, it's rare to get the chance to meet them and talk to them. It's been a long time since we met and talked like this.
Number Seven himself seemed to think so, and shouted to Kirito like a friend he hadn't seen for a long time. However, Kirito did not respond. Instead, he introduced his friends to Number Seven, who basically only talked to himself and Alice. Just when Xiao Qi was convinced of the existence of his friend, he finally returned to the topic.
"Seven, we haven't seen each other like this for a long time."
"Well, it's been a while since we've seen each other like this. I don't know how many days are left."
"I think it's pretty empty in there. Anyway, I guess you logged in pretty early today."
"Yes, today I want to be welcomed by everyone, so I just want to say hello to everyone. This is what an idol should do."
Compared with other players, Xiaoqi logs in later. It is not uncommon to log in at noon, sometimes even at one or two in the afternoon. The time now is before ten o'clock in the morning, so it's still early for Seventh to log in.
When No. 7 saw that Kirito understood the purpose of logging in, his expression seemed like he had remembered something.
\"Yes, Kirito-kun. I saw yesterday's "m Strike\" clearly. \"
"Are you watching too? Does that mean you can see me talking about all kinds of things?"
\"Of course. Kirito-kun, I thought the speech was wonderful! I didn't expect you to give such a speech. You are no less than a scientist who developed something.\"
At that time, I was desperately trying to express everything I was thinking, so I don't remember much about the situation, I don't remember the way I spoke or gave speeches as a scientist or as someone representing my country. Think this is nothing compared to this. To be honest, I am very happy that No. 7, a real scientist, praised my speech. Originally, my speech was nothing more than that.
\"Thanks to Kirito-kun, the "tamers" within Clover must have changed. They all seem to believe that focusing on the "familiar" is the way to become the strongest.
"But I don't think it's a good idea to do it all."
\"Yes. However, everyone is still willing to believe what Kirito-kun said. Besides, Kirito-kun used his cherished "familiar" to crush Zexceed. This is choice and supremacy, and it is also reliable.\ "
Did he ever watch the broadcast of that battle? Kirito thought so, but on the other hand, he remembered it.
Yes, I wonder if Xiaoqi knows the news that Zexceed was arrested as a "fugitive" this morning? As a professional scientist, he should make good use of the Internet and the news, so No. 7 should be very aware of the existence of "fugitives". There is even a "fugitive" in the United States where No. 7 is active. I heard its existence is well known.
What were you thinking about on the 7th this morning? Kirito was a little curious and asked No. 7.
"Yes, Xiaoqi. Do you know what happened to Zexceed?"
"Yeah, I know. I never expected Zexide to be the 'Destructive Escaper' 'Enforcer'."
"\"Executor\"?"
Executor. Regarding the two words "executor" and "executor" in English that No. 7 suddenly mentioned, everyone tilted their heads, and Yui and Alice immediately began to explain.
The existence of the cyberterrorist "Fugitive" who is now shocking Japan is well known in overseas countries such as the United States and Russia, but he has a different name. In Japan, an "intruder" is called an "intruder" because he is a person who carries out sabotage and successfully escapes, but overseas, he is a person close to the state. Politicians, police, media and other powerful people are called "executors", which means executioners, because their attack style is like condemnation.
It is true that the targets of "fugitives" are the police, politicians, media and other people close to state power. The content of terrorist attacks is to amplify those who do evil and commit fraud. Meaning to expose it, as if to say. Many people were forced out of their jobs or arrested because of this, so if you look at it from another perspective, this could be seen as a kind of execution or condemnation.
Lilan seemed satisfied with this, resting her chin on one hand and whispering.
"I guess it's called 'The Condemned Enforcer.' It sounds better than 'The Fugitive.'"
\"But to be honest, I don't think this story is true. Kirito-kun, I don't know what you think.\"
Since Number Seven is an idol and has interacted with countless ordinary people, Kirito thought that his way of thinking was that of ordinary people, but his thoughts were subverted by Number Seven's words. Kirito realizes that although they are idols, they are scientists by profession and they are very different from ordinary people because they claim to have the same ideas as them.
"I feel the same way. Zexceed was captured as a puppet for 'The Fugitive'. The real person is still somewhere else, watching the news."
\"Ah, Kirito-kun seems to agree with you. So do Alice-san and the others also have the same view?\"
The friends around him also nodded in response to the idol girl's call. Those who use TV and the Internet without thinking may think that the arrested Shigemura is the real "disgraced fugitive," but at least no one in this room thinks so.
Seven hummed to understand this and sat down in the empty chair next to Alice.
"After all, the 'executor' who was arrested this time might as well be a fake. In any case, the 'executor' has become a quite remarkable existence, and he is now a cyber terrorist who is paying the price all over the world. ” Notice when you do something like that, what kind of thoughts do you have? "
Sure enough, Kirito thought so. Even Number Seven, who uses the Internet to purchase and process various information, may know the "fugitive" named "The Executor", but he knows nothing about the protagonist of the story, Hannibal.
Hannibal is the one who created and produced the "Fugitives", and the "Fugitives" are existences that Hannibal can create at will, so no matter how he destroys them, it is meaningless, so he does not criticize Hannibal Nibal, the mastermind, terrorism will continue forever. ——Like other ordinary people, Xiao Qi does not know this fact.
Alice, a senior scientist, probably fully understood this and asked after hearing Xiao Qi's words that were equivalent to whispers.
"By the way, No. 7. It seems that this 'executor' and 'bankruptcy fugitive' are creating terrorism against corrupt politicians, police, media, celebrities, etc. Are you confident? He won't be a target of the fugitive, right?"
\"Of course. I'm still working on it. Well, I'd be lying if I said I've never been photographed by the paparazzi, but I haven't caused any scandal. I hope you feel safe .”
The purpose of "The Man Who Escaped" is to expose information about those who have caused great inconvenience and injustice to the people but concealed it, and to expose those who concealed information, good ordinary citizens and people with reasonable ideas. My target is not politicians or anything like that. Moreover, from my interactions with Xiao Qi, I know that she is not the kind of girl who would do such a thing.
From now on, Xiao Qi will no longer be the target of the "escape man". Kirito murmured in his heart, and No. 7 made a gesture as if he remembered something, and turned to Kirito.
\"Ah, by the way, Kirito-kun. Actually, I have a request for Kirito-kun.\"
"Huh? What do you want from me?"
\"Kirito-kun, your player skills are really great, your way of thinking is far better than other players, and the way you use "familiar" is also very good. \"
Then let me ask you one more time, Kirito-kun. Please join Clover in the fight. "
Hearing Qi Qi's request, Kirito and his friends were surprised almost at the same time. Instead of forming a guild, they engaged in a capture war with Clover, the large guild led by Seven. Number Seven is well aware of this and considers Kirito and others to be powerful opponents, and encourages the members of his guild "Clover" to take action.
The current situation is that the leader of the army who was originally supposed to be hostile to Kirito and others is requesting cooperation from the leader of a nearly hostile force. In other words, headhunting.
"Am I Clover?"
\"Oh, by the way, Kirito-kun is the kind of person who can be called an invincible player. I think if Kirito-kun is like that, Clover will become more powerful, and we will definitely be able to eliminate this Dark One.\" district..
Of course, I'm not asking you to date me for free. When joining Clover, we skipped all interviews and made it almost unconditional. We put Kirito and Palace in the same position, and when you defeat the final boss of the Swart area, you will get the final attack bonus. You can keep all other rewards for yourself. Also, Kirito-kun——\"
Kirito was thinking seriously next to No. 7, while No. 7 was talking about the time when Kirito joined Clover like a machine gun conversation.
Indeed, if you can join a guild as big as Clover, you can advance smoothly and clean up the Swart area in a blink of an eye, just like you did when you joined the Blood Pact Knights.
However, since coming to ALo, Kirito and his friends have decided that they will no longer belong to a guild like they did in the Blood Pact Knights, but will instead enjoy the game freely with friends who have overcome difficulties together. And no intention. Change it fundamentally.
Being directly invited by Chief Seven to join the Clover was very appealing, but since it was a mutual decision, I just couldn't accept it. Kirito made up his mind and interrupted No. 7, who was still concentrating on talking.
"Sorry Qi, I can't accept this request."
"Eh!? Why? Even if we have such good conditions? I still want something."
"That's not the case. Since I started playing this game, I decided that I wanted to play freely with everyone, and that's what I'm going to continue to do. I can't join Rock. Of course, my friends feel the same way."
I didn't expect that someone would refuse the request on such terms. Xiao Qi seemed to be unable to believe what was happening in front of her and looked at Kirito, but she still asked Alice without hesitation.
"I believe you are brave enough to try to get Kirito-kun into Clover's mind, but all I can say is that it is a waste of time, Seven. Kirito-kun is still very determined and will stick to it no matter what he does."\"He decided Do this. He is a principled child. So you should give up on adding Kirito to Clover.\"
\"I really, really don't want to join, Kirito-san.\"
Kirito didn't answer, but nodded. Xiao Qi made a sound in his throat and fell silent, but he immediately broke it and opened his mouth.
\"If things develop to this point, there is nothing I can do. But Kirito-kun, we Clover have become serious. If Kirito-kun and the others do not join us and continue to be our opponents, one day we will become our Opponent. Huh? There will be a serious conflict with Kirito-kun and the others. Wow. I wonder if I can win then.\"
"At that time, we can only gather our strength and attack you. Moreover, we have no intention of losing to you. Although we have lost a little now, we will catch up with you soon."
\"This is really an amazing feat. That's how Kirito-kun is. But I don't want to lose either. In the end, let's have an all-out war.\"
Sanye grass can now be said to be the largest guild in ALO. If compared with SAO, it is a strategy consisting of various associations such as the Blood Cavaliers, Shenglong Alliance, and Fenglin Kazan, which can be called a group. itself. We used to be a member of the strategy group and will launch a comprehensive war to the current strategy group clover. Normally, it seems that the chance of winning is not great, but even so, Kirito thinks that he can play well.
In the past, the power of the strategic team surpassed the current strategic team -as a gamer, it may not be more exciting than this. With such determination in his heart, Xiao Qiyi's dignified expression returned to his soft expression, and made him breathe deeply.
\ "However, this is just the story in the game. If I meet Kirito in real life, we will not have any interaction like now. I am waiting for Kirito -Kun is here."
"Well, this is true. Our competition only exists in the game. I have no intention of bringing this topic to the real world. But is that story continued?"
"Of course. I will always talk about this until you say that you give up, so I don't want you to forget it."
Although I haven't told everyone yet, Kirito \/Kirito wants to be a scientist in the future, just like Heath Cleff \/Mao Square Mingyan, Seven \/Seven Color, Alice \/Love -and VR -related field of. He is currently studying himself. This is why it is so interesting to study with Nanairo in the laboratory. I definitely want to achieve this goal.
However, because someone raised this topic a long time ago, I thought Qilang had completed the story, so to be honest, I am glad that Qiro \/7 has not completed the story.
"I have no intention of forgetting, and I will not give up. I will grow up to visit your laboratory."
"I have to do this, I don't know how long it takes, but I am waiting for you!"
After speaking, Xiao Qiyi stretched his waist happily, "Hmm!" He sighed for a long time.
"In this case, I have nothing to drink without Master, so let me go quickly, I have to say hello to everyone."
"I don't think it is necessary to go so fast, you can slow down."
When the people here, the most distinctive blonde wolf girl Ri Lan said, the silver -haired girl Xiaoqi shook her head and quickly stood up.
"After returning to the headquarters of the clover, I will rest for a while. Moreover, the experience that can meet me will greatly inspire the morale of everyone of the clover, so it is better to do it." ... '' '
Just after Xiaoqi stood up and spit out like a scientist, Xiao Qi's body happened strangely. His words suddenly became unparalleled, his body began to shake, and his footsteps became stunned, just like the newly born pony horses, walking back and forth, and his behavior became suspicious. Everyone exclaimed Xiaoqi's move, as if he was dizzy when he was standing, or was severely attacked by severe dizziness.
"seven!?"
"Ah ah ah ah ah"
Xiao Qi's footsteps were completely unstable, and he kept stomping and stunned in place. Just when he stretched his right hand to his head, he suddenly fell back and fell to the floor. Kirito and others finally stood up in surprise, but before they stood up, the 7th fell on the hard stone floor.
"seven!!!"
Just when No. 7 was about to fall to the ground, the people around him rushed over, and his body stopped in front of his head to the floor. Kirito was surprised by the sudden movement of the 7th. He turned his head to look at No. 7, but No. 7 once again whispered.
Suddenly, a girl appeared beside the Seventh Crane and supported No. 7. There are dark red hair, blue -purple eyes, orange eyes, and girls wearing black and red -based clothing.
It is said that Lilan used to belong to the clover and was called a scammer by the emperor, but now she is one of Kirito's friends.
"rain!?"
How did she appear and when did she sneak into this coffee shop? When everyone ignored these questions and looked at her in surprise, Li Lan gently recovered Xiaoqi. It seemed to be shocked, and Xiao Qi groaned, opened the tight eyelids slightly.
"That"
"Xiaoqi, are you okay?"
""
The uneasy expression on the Seventh face opened his mouth slowly. He saw the face of the girl walking around him, and his orange eyes reflected his face.
"I'm sure you are Lilan or said more accurately, I am"
"I almost fell. I'm glad I arrived in time"
After hearing Li Lan's relief, Xiao Qi sighed deeply, and seemed to understand what happened. Almost at the same time, Kirito and others rushed to the 7th, snuggling beside him, and Kirito opened his mouth.
"No. 7, are you okay?"
\ "Kirito classmate uh, yes. \"
In this ALO, the emotional expression function can reflect the player's emotions on the character's face, but Xiao Qi's face was pale and nodded painfully. This is evidence of problems in the real world.
"Xiaoqi, how is it now?"
\ "It's okay, Alice Sang. I just feel a little dizzy \"
"I won't say that this is a bit dizzy enough to let me fall."
Although Alice is now an artificial intelligence researcher, she is still applying for a medical license. When she watched the body of SEVEN holding and supported by Lan, her eyes shone. When it reached the toes, Alice quickly moved his eyes back to No. 7's face, sighed and said.
"It may be a dizziness caused by excessive exhaustion. This is the early stage of plant nerve disorders. For a 12 -year -old child, such a thing is not a good thing."
"No, it's okay, it's okay,"
"If nothing else happens, this will not happen. You whip you with too many young bones, and the opposite of the old bone."
In the real world, Xiaoqi locked herself in the laboratory every day for research. Sometimes she also traveled to the world by plane and appeared in the media for interviews. In addition to management and interaction with fans, she also sang and performed mini shows. Life.
No wonder the twelve -year -old child, who lives, lives a busy life of adults in his twenties and 20s. No, this is not what Xiaoqi can do. First place. Kirito immediately understood what Alice wanted to express.
"Seven, you are so reluctant to be, you should exit today to rest."
"That's right, you are like the star of everyone's hope. If such a thing happens, your fans will be sad."
In addition to Kirito, Lan also said to No. 7 that the 7th took turns to look at them with confused eyes. After a while, Xiao Qi slowly stood up with Lan's help and took a deep breath.
`` ... I may have been forcing myself recently. But this is how idols and scientists look like. If it is to study and their fans, they will sacrifice themselves ... This is why scientists ... you can call me as an idol Dr. Ozer. "
When Alice was rejected, she put her hand on her chin, and the expression on her face was a little embarrassed. When Alice did AI research, he must continue to invest in research, reducing rest and sleep. This is probably why it is difficult to resolutely refute Xiaoqi.
"Indeed, but this does not mean that we will continue to study until we collapse, hospitalized, and no children. Moreover, we are a person who can't do it." This is a good thing, but it is too early for you Please take care of your body and things. "
After getting the advice of senior scientists, No. 7 slightly raised his cheeks, made a expression of dissatisfaction, and then sighed deeply.
\ "Yes. There is a live performance tonight. The plan has changed. From now on, I have to rest. \"
Soon after, No. 7 turned to public relations. In front of him, Lilan, the girl who appeared in a coffee shop unknowingly and supported Xiaoqi.
"Well, it's Lilan. Thanks to your support, I didn't feel any pain. Thank you."
"Huh? Ah sorry. I'm so focused when I give you"
"Why do you apologize there? Actually, I should apologize the most. Suddenly such a thing, I'm sorry."
""
Although Lilan thanked him correctly, he seemed to regret his behavior, perhaps because he thought he had done something wrong with idol Seven.
Although just looking at the seventh, Kirito couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.
When Li Lan supported the seven o'clock that she was about to fall, she looked easy. This is exactly the faces that all AI girls are here to help Yui and Strea.
The expression on my face helped the 7th, but now I don't do it. To put it plainly, Lan's behavior is contradictory.
\ "In short, I temporarily exited and prepared to perform tonight. Please come to listen to my song at night."
\ "Uh. Ah. Let you do this. Seven, don’t force yourself. \"
On the seventh, he said, "I know!" After he said goodbye to everyone as usual, and then left the coffee shop. After returning to the space that can be called an ordinary person, Kirito looked at Lan again.
Li Lan just looked at the door of the coffee shop, seemed to worry about something.
"What's wrong, Lilan? You have been expressionless for a long time."
Lan shouted to Lilan when she crawled in the labyrinth dungeon in the corner of the rock plains.
About ten minutes after the 7th left, friends who usually gathered together, and the strategic conference began. The unknown captives headed by Kirito, under the disappearance of Kirito, Shi Nai, and Lilan, were also making progress in the arrest operation, successfully narrowing the gap with Shamlock.
With the success of evolution, the joining of Lilan, who is enough to defeat any monster or "magic pet", there is no doubt that he can conquer it faster. When reading this article, Kirito realized that there were many places to conquer, so he divided his team into several groups and decided to conquer the strategy of conquering "Underworld \/Rocky Field Nibelheim". Together with Lilan, Lan, Alice and others, I went to the last region of Swaldiahhhham, "Nebelheim, Rocky Plain".
Now, the capture team composed of Kirito, Lilan, Lilan, Alice, is the same as other teams, and sneak into the dungeon that exists in the "Rocky Field Nibelheim" to find monsters lurking inside. He continued to move forward while continuing. beat.
\ "Nothing, riran sauce. I am always the same. \"
"I said that because it is not normal now. If you worry about anything, I will come to you to seek advice. Although tell me."
"Well"
Lan, Lilan had trouble, let alone saying -Kirito usually said that, but now I don't want to say that. As Lilan said, Lilan has always looked frustrated since the No. 7 incident.
The Kirito partner Lilan, who talks to Lilan, is an AI. It has the ability and functions of people who have the ability to treat mental instability or worry, so there will be no mental or emotional abnormalities. I noticed this sensitively. Lan had such a reaction to Lilan, indicating that some strange things were happening in Lilan's heart.
Kirito was curious and approached Lilan and talked to her.
"Lilan, what's wrong? Are you worried about?"
"That's not the case, but I think it's like this."
"If this is the case, you should talk to us or me."
"Huh?" Lilan turned to Alice. It may be difficult to notice that playing with ALO together, but until recently, Alice is still a psychiatrist and is famous all over the country as a skilled doctor. Kirito believes that for Lilan, who is very close to those who are troubled, this time is perfect, because she is like an expert to help people solve problems and talk about problems to cure people's hearts.
"Lilan may not know this, but Alice Sang is a psychiatrist in real life. So if you worry about what you are, you should talk to her."
"real"
"Ah, yes. I am very proud that I am at least listening to people's problems and propose a solution. But there is no need to force myself to speak."
Alice came to her, and Lilan lowered her head. Indeed, this is not a clinic or hospital, but a dungeon that you never know when there will be a monster. This is not a place where you can talk so calmly.
I realized this and felt sad for Lilan.
\ "I was thinking, did I do something bad about Xiaoqi just now? \"
"bad thing?"
"Yeah, I just hid Xiaoqi, and I touched her about falling. Xiaoqi was not the kind of person who could easily touch, but I wouldn't do that thing." Maybe Xiaoqi didn't like me. "
Earlier, Li Lan rushed to Xiao Qi, who was dizzy, and supported his body. As a result, No. 7 did not fall to the ground, but the No. 7 seemed to be grateful to Lilan at the time, and I listened carefully. Xiaoqi didn't seem to like Lilan at all, nor did she hate her. Kirito was curious and said to Lilan.
"I don't think this is true. If you don't support her, she will fall to the ground."
"Moreover, Lao Qi didn't care about you at all, he just appreciated you."
Even after hearing Li Lan, Lilan still lowered her head. Not only that, his face became lower and lower.
\ "But I am a hated person, Xiaoqi, may hate me. \"
"Are you hated? It seems that someone says you are a liar, Lilan, but this is just a small part of the clover, not everyone."
Lilan shook her head at Kirito, and finally looked up. His face showed a long -standing expression in his face -although not as strong as Shi Nai.
"I am the same in real life. My family is a single -parent family. My mother does not work normally, so I rely on working to maintain my livelihood. I am very busy." My job is no friend, and I am hated. It is exactly what I have done. "
Indeed, students who are busy working often have no friends, but this does not mean that people around you don't like them. Kirito couldn't help but feel that every word of Lan sounded too pessimistic, so he naturally said to her and made her cheer up.
\ "I don't know what he did part -time, but I think it's not only that. Even Xiao Qi is grateful to Lilan. No need to be so pessimistic."
Lilan turned to Alice gently. Alice picked up her arms, nodded, and said to Lilan.
\ "Well, I generally agree with the views of Kirito Jun and Lilan. I will not ask about your private life in detail, but I don't think you need to be so pessimistic. And, there are many friends like Kirito -Kun. That's why you don't need to think you are hated. "
His words were very convincing and warm, maybe because he was a psychiatrist, he had been in contact with many patients, listened to their concerns and anxiety, and provided solutions and treatment methods. The rain seemed to be able to receive it well, and her gloomy face also returned to bright. It didn't take long for her to speak again.
