Zongman, Rebirth of the Heaven-Defying Kirito

After bidding farewell to Shirou, Kirito searches for a solution alone.

And I already have an idea.

This is the first time that SAO has added a mana bar instead of stamina, but that doesn't mean there aren't ways to quickly restore mana.

On the contrary, every time a new element is added to a game, there will be production around the new element.

For example, the previous endurance value has corresponding equipment to increase endurance.

Similarly, the emergence of mana must be accompanied by equipment that restores mana.

"...Anyway, that's it, Yui A-mon, tell me where the item that restores mana is~"

Yui, who was summoned, said helplessly: "No, I really can't do it this time. This is against the fairness of SAO. I won't tell you."

Logically speaking, this kind of item would drop from rare monsters, but Kirito had no idea which monster would drop it.

Even if we knew what kind of monster it was, it would be impossible to find it in a short time.

Kirito could only think of one solution: "Please~ Please~"

"No!" Yui said as she crossed her arms and made a big 'x'.

Kirito sighed and said, "Well, if that's the case, tell me why it won't work, so I can give up."

"Ultimately, this is papa's fault."

"My fault? Did I do something?" Kirito asked in surprise.

Yui added: "It's because Papa placed a lot of dimensional walls in SAO before. The original SAO skill system, which was originally a series of its own, has now been completely broken by people from the 'outside', so they had to launch a new system to be compatible."

It turned out to be the case.

Kirito understood what was said.

It must be that damn red P that disrupted the peace in the game!

If only there were no red P!

Seeing that Kirito had no good intentions, Yui continued: "Now Papa must be blaming the 'outsider' on the first floor. To be honest, the same problem has occurred on other floors..."

"Could it be that outsiders have appeared in other layers as well?" Kirito immediately asked back.

Yui nodded: "It's on a higher level that players haven't conquered yet, but I've already solved it using the SAO system, so Papa, please think about what to do."

Kirito spread his hands, not caring at all: "What should I do?"

"Of course, it's the 'outsiders'. Players can't see their names or their levels. The accumulation of unknowns will cause a lot of dissatisfaction."

"Is it that serious?"

Yui explained: "Take Emiya on the first floor for example, he defeated dozens of people including Papa by himself, and there are many more powerful people on the upper floors. Isn't this scary?"

Kirito thought about it and realized it was true, so he began to think of a solution.

He remembered that someone had recorded a video of Emiya's battle at that time, but he wondered if it had been uploaded now.

Well, it can't be hidden anyway. Instead of trying to cover it up, I should think of reasonable means to make the "outsider" feel safe.

Then an idea flashed in Kirito's mind: "We can make an announcement to tell players that the characters with question marks above their heads are special NPCs, and they will get special rewards by completing their tasks."

"This is indeed a solution, but do you think all players will buy into it?" Yui asked.

"The more precious something is, the more players will want it. As long as the reward is rich enough and sincere, I believe players will definitely accept it."

Without giving Yui a chance to retort, Kirito continued, “But speaking of which, Miss Yui seems to be having a hard time dealing with ‘outsiders’ lately.”

As he said this, he looked at Yui with a smile on his face.

"Although it's very hard, why does Papa look at me like this? It feels weird..." Yui felt a little uneasy when being stared at.

Kirito smiled and said, "I just want to ask about Yui's work situation. If you are free, I can help Yui increase her workload~"

After saying that, he stretched out a hand, and in the palm of his hand was a palm-sized dimensional wall that had not yet been fully unfolded.

Yui knew that every time she opened a dimensional wall, she would have to monitor that place, and her workload would increase.

So he quickly begged for mercy: "Please don't~ I already have a lot of work to do. I have to monitor the player's data every day and deal with possible bugs. After doing all this, I have to make the 'outsider' compatible with the SAO system. Papa, please let me go~"

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Kirito dispelled the dimensional wall and said with a sly smile: "How could I let the lovely Yui suffer? You know this is not my intention."

Then he looked at Yui expectantly, with an expression that said 'you know'.

Yui scolded: "Papa is really a devil..."

But reprimanding was useless, Kirito was still waiting for the result.

Finally, Yui gave in: "...I understand, but I can only give Papa the information he already knows."

As she spoke, she waved her hands, and various data formed words in front of Kirito's eyes.

There are many types of intelligence.

But with the mentality of 'only the best', Kirito chose the highest quality equipment - the Gungnir.

……

This piece of equipment was originally dropped by the third-level BOSS.

After being obtained by a player, it was sold to other players because of its poor value.

Through Yui's clues, Kirito found the current owner - 'Black Toast'.

Kirito found him in the tavern based on the clues provided by Yui.

As soon as we met, I felt that the other person looked familiar.

Isn't this the unfortunate kid who was forced to reveal his XP after being drunk by a few big guys?

Thinking of this, Kirito came forward and said hello: "Long time no see~"

! !

Black Toast was surprised when he saw Kirito, and asked timidly, "What are you doing here?"

Seeing the other party's vigilance, Kirito said directly: "I want the equipment 'Spear of Gungnir', name your price."

Black Toast heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Kirito's intention.

Then he asked, "Why do you want that weapon? Its attack power is horribly low, and its unique attributes are unknown. Even I bought it and never used it."

Although he complained, he still took the equipment out of his backpack.

Kirito looked at the attributes of the equipment.

[Gungnir's Spear: +350 mana; +18 attack damage; +7 mana regeneration/5 seconds

Unique Passive: Increases attack damage by 100% for every 1 maximum mana, up to a maximum of 30%.

Unique Passive: Increases mana by 165 points per minute, up to a maximum of 1000 mana. 】

In the current stage of SAO, mana is not yet popularized, and players all have stamina bars, which makes this equipment seem useless.

But if it were Shirou, who was extremely short of blue, it would be a different story.

Kirito urged, "If I want to buy it, then of course it will be useful, so don't worry about it. Since you don't want it anyway, just name a price."

Black Toast paused and said, "5000 Col."

That's a high price.

On the first floor, an ordinary monster only drops about 10 kol, and elite monsters only drop dozens of kol.

But it was still affordable for Kirito: "Deal!"

Black Toast was surprised and said, "You really want to buy it? You won't bargain at all?"

Kirito nodded: "I think it's worth the price."

Having said this, Black Toast could only accept the huge sum of money with tears in his eyes.

You know, he only spent 2000 kol when he bought this "junk" equipment.

This really made him a lot of money.

Then Kirito spoke up: "By the way, why were you so surprised when you first saw me?"

He blurted out, "It's because you guys got me drunk last time and made me say those words in public. I had no choice but to..."

"What can I do?" Kirito asked. He loved listening to gossip the most.

Black Toast pointed to the top of his head.

Kirito looked over and found that the other party had joined the guild - the Knights of the Round Table.

Kirito paused for a long time and said, "Could this be the guild where perverts gather in the legend?"

Black Toast nodded and said nothing more, his expression full of the sad story.

By this point, Kirito already had a general idea.

Those perverts used XP as a threat to force him to join the guild.

Kirito shouted: "You are not a human being!"

"That's right, you are still good brother. You haven't forced me to do anything so far."

Kirito was stunned: "...Can I force you too?"

?

Black Toast's face was full of question marks.

Then Kirito showed a sinister smile: "I think the money I just gave you is a bit too much, could you please return some of it?"

Black Toast: Be a human being too!