[Sword Art Online] Qing Tong

The home after parents go to work is extraordinarily quiet, sitting leisurely on the bedside early in the morning, flipping through the newspapers and periodicals that my father has accumulated over the past two years.

Page after page, some dim pages, little by little pulled the distance between Zaoqing and this ever-growing world.

"Drip, drip—"

There was an email reminder sound on the computer, Zao Qing got out of bed, approached the monitor, and lightly touched the sensor panel.

In the lower right corner that pops up quickly, there is an obvious small mailbox icon, shining with a blue dragon-shaped prompt circle.

blue? !The little pterosaur of the Holy Dragon Alliance? !

Some couldn't wait to open it. The email that was expected to report safety, but there was only a simple coordinate data in black and white.

"Ah... a game?!..."

But the coordinates with only two digits are obviously not the three-digit coordinates unique to SAO, so what does the sender mean...

I still use the icon used by the top management of Shenglong United to display the sending function...

I clicked on the computer's built-in anti-search and tracking IP system, and as expected, the tracking invalidation mark of [No such tracking item] flashed.

Don't want to be discovered...

Suddenly, the movement downstairs distracted her attention.

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"Hi, may I ask you... ah... Miss Qingchen?" Outside the door, a postman in yellow overalls read a strange name, and then raised his head to ask.

"Well, it's me."

"Ah, your package, please sign here, thank you~"

Looking at the signature slip delivered to him, he asked doubtfully early in the morning.

"Eh? But I obviously didn't buy anything..."

"Probably a friend sent it to you~ The address is correct, please sign~"

So, he returned to his room early in the morning with an unknown package.

The two-dimensional address that was sent out of nowhere... the mail package that was sent out of nowhere... um...

Taking out the paper cutter in the drawer, she gently cut open the yellow wrapping paper, and a game disc with the cover of a flying elf appeared in front of her eyes.

AlfheimOnline... the kingdom of fairies...

After flipping through it casually, the line of [VRMMORPG] came to a complete standstill.

Is VRMMORPG...

In fact, since SAO, VRMMORPG games have been resisted to varying degrees in society, and the potential dangers of shocking games that completely control people's senses are gradually being understood by everyone, even in themselves. The VRMMORPG game fans are in the audience, and it has also sparked a new round of heated discussions.

But, this game about goblins...

Click to open the webpage, enter the name AlfheimOnline, and countless entries will appear with just one click...

The light-colored light cast deep and shallow traces in the blue eyes in the early morning.

【Flying game...】

【Give wings to the weak body of human beings...】

【Are we flying only data, or a vast mind...】

……

"Ah...it seems...very popular..."

A faint smile rose from the mouth in the early morning, and he picked up the game CD beside him, staring fixedly at the line of flying words.

Untraceable mail with the logo of the top management of the Holy Dragon United... two-dimensional game coordinates... a game disc sent by an unknown person...

Interesting... Do you want me to play games?

Suddenly, there was another burst of pain in the back of the head, and the thing in front of him seemed to shake for a while, and some illusory shapes were clearly emerging.

"Damn...it seems to be getting more serious..."

He grabbed the sedative pills on the table, swallowed the remaining tea in the cup before the symptoms worsened, and then leaned firmly on the chair.

In fact, after breaking away from the game early in the morning, this hallucination phenomenon seems to become more obvious. The frequency of confusion and illusions in dreams and reality has greatly increased. In severe cases, it will cause the illusion to overlap with reality. , to see things that are not actually there.

The doctor said that this is a symptom of the reduction of brain clots produced during childhood amnesia. It is probably because VRMMORPG games have a greater degree of brain development and stimulation, which actually promotes the recovery of memory. The phantom I saw early in the morning It is also a memory of the past.

[This is a good sign, after the silt is completely removed, the memory will come back. 】

The expression of surprise and joy of the parents once again appeared in front of my eyes. Although I don't feel much about this memory that doesn't seem to have much meaning, but if this can make my parents feel at ease...

The disc spun a circle at the fingertips.

memory?

Inexplicably, a sweetly smiling face of a girl with black hair and black eyes appeared in my mind, and then a woman with a similar appearance but older was standing in the raging fire with blank eyes, letting the ferocious flames invade my whole body...

"Snapped--"

He snapped open the seal of the disc, and then peeled off the somewhat thin disc.

Gently filling the drive slot with slender fingers, watching the green indicator light slowly light up, quietly listening to the unique hiss from the machine reading data, squinting slightly for a while, then turning around and lying down on the On the bed not far behind.

Pulling the data connector on the head of the bed with both hands, the long-lost metal touch covered his head.

Long time no see...

In the past two months, the world that once left me countless tears and joys has quietly faded away from the past. Whether it is suffering or enjoyment, in the peaceful life that has been restored, it has long since disappeared. There will be no despair and longing for dancing on the tip of the knife all the time.

I will never regret it, put all my faith in it, and bet on the only remaining meaning of life...

The blue bird sang a cheerful song of sound and flew towards the blue sky.

Plain, the same will paralyze the mind.

Silently closing his eyes, he paused for two seconds so solemnly.

"Connect - start!"

Experience is frightening, and it breeds timidity in peace, and what we have to do is to constantly repel the weakness caused by the loopholes in our hearts.

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At this time, in a coffee shop called "diceycafe" with a simple metal signboard as a signboard, a tall black man was carefully and cautiously taking out a box of game CDs and handing it to the boy in front of him.

"Alfhei... what?"

"Alfheim Online, when translated, the country of fairies, is a very popular game on the Internet recently."

"Hot? Appeared after SAO?"

"Not exactly. In fact, in the second year after players were trapped in SAO, this game began to be released online, and it was highly praised for allowing people to experience the thrill of flying in the game."

"fly?!"

Quietly looking at the transparent wings on the elf's back on the cover and packaging, the boy also pondered.

"It's really a good idea... So, about the photo you sent me..."

The big man bent down and took out several enlarged pictures. In one of the pictures, which was probably blurred due to excessive magnification, a girl with long brown hair could still be clearly seen.

"This is...!!! Ya... Asuna?!!!"

"Did you admit your mistake?" The dark-skinned man cautiously confirmed.

"You can't be wrong... this person... is definitely Asuna... where did you get it?!"

The big man pointed to the game CD in the boy's hand.

"In the game?! How come?!"

"The Kingdom of the Fairy is an extreme SKILL system that emphasizes players' skills and encourages PK games. Players do not have their own skills, only their own proficiency, and their main fighting channel comes from fighting between races, and players The goal is to reach the city of the World Tree before other races, it is said that there is a king of fairies that can make flying unlimited."

"Hey...unlimited flight..."

"Yeah, flying itself is something against the common sense of people. Naturally, you can't fly infinitely. And people are extremely looking forward to reaching the World Tree as soon as possible, even if they have a glimpse, so many people came up with stupid ways , For example, five burly people are stacking Arhats, trying to reach the branches of the tree with multi-stage rockets."

"Hahaha, that's it. They said it was a stupid way, but they still used their brains."

"Well, it seems to be successful, but because the branches are very fragile, it can only be regarded as barely reaching. In order to prove that the five of them arrived here, many pictures were taken as evidence. One of them was enlarged countless times and showed Look, the huge birdcage hanging under that branch, and the people in it are what you see..."

"birdcage......"

The boy's words carried some ominous feeling, and at the same time his eyebrows frowned.Imprisoned... the thought suddenly came to mind.

"This photo was taken by them barely reaching forward."

"But shouldn't this game be legitimate? Why would Asuna..."

The boy took back the game and meditated again.

Move your gaze to the lower part of the box.Found the message "Recter - Produced and Released".

"Hey, what's the matter Kirito? His face is ugly."

"Nothing.... Are there no other photos? Like 'SAO non-returnees' other than Asuna, like being imprisoned in ALfheimOnline, or something?"

Regarding my question, the store manager tightened his thick eyebrows and shook his head.

"No, but I've heard those words...and this photo can't explain anything. Don't call the police just because of this."

"Ah, I know that."

The boy lowered his head, remembering what that man—Nobuyuki Sugo said.

[Now the management of the SAO server is him and me. 】

Asuna is the only daughter of the married family. Asuna, whose elder brother has always been not very concerned about the company, has been given great expectations.And as Asuna's fiancé, Nobuyuki Sugo, who is young and promising in the company... Asuna who continues to sleep and Asuna who wakes up, it is obviously more beneficial to him...

Furthermore, a girl similar to Asuna was seen in VRMMO, and the operator of this game is a branch of Recter—are these all accidental? !

The personal guess that was too vague to be credible gave Kirito a great sense of crisis at this time.

"Agil, this game—can you give it to me?"

"Ah? Ah... There is no problem here, but Kirito, what are you going to do..."

"Ah... I just..." swallowed his Adam's apple slowly, seeing the worried look on the face of the big man opposite, Kirito smiled, "I just want to prove it myself, after all... This is what I owe her..."

"Really..." Agil faded away the doubts on his face, and patted the boy on the shoulder, "Well, you must be prepared to be imprisoned by that thing again~~~"

"It doesn't matter how much you keep going. The most urgent thing now is to buy a new type of game console."

"NERvGear can also run it. AmuSphere is simply a performance-enhanced version of it."

"That's even better, I'll trouble you for information~" The young man stood up, habitually took out a coin from his trouser pocket and put it on the table.

"Let's replace the intelligence fee with something else. ——Asuna must be rescued. Only then can our incident be regarded as the end in this sense."

"Ah, yes."

The young man reached out to push the old-fashioned bar door in front of him, and suddenly heard a hesitant inquiry from behind him.

"By the way...about early morning...although I don't know if it's appropriate to ask...but Kirito, haven't you contacted..."

The boy's hand that pushed the door paused.

The strange silence made the big man sigh helplessly, "Well, if you still don't want to say it... After all, it was Asuna who saved you in the paralyzed state, but..."

"No."

The sun shines in so abruptly, the dust anxiously reveals its delicate body and dances, and the reflection just disappears from Agil's sight.

"...That's not the reason..."