[Sword Art Online] Qing Tong

Although at the beginning, he had some estimates for this magic-based world that encourages PK, but when he really saw the countless choices of various races floating in the air, Zaoqing still involuntarily opened his eyes wide.

There are mainly nine categories of races divided according to their unique magical specialties. Of course, players of each race can actually transform into rarer special races through some hidden tasks...

"Anyway, after getting used to the world of pure sword skills for two years...Magic is still a bit unpredictable..." Zao Qing sighed, but after thinking about it, he finally chose to look A cat demon with high flexibility.

"It would be great if the agility can be satisfied~~ Also, the large-scale dark magic...Although the appearance is a bit too...cute..."

Muttering in his mouth, he hesitated several times before pressing the OK button.

"Player early morning, race cat demon, gender female, please confirm."

His fingers froze in front of the blue confirmation key.

name……

When I saw this option, I subconsciously entered the name Qingzao, but if this name belongs to the SAO era, if I continue to use it here...

Is it a nostalgia for the only game life I have, or a self-deception that still keeps me bound in the past two years...

Should it be sealed with that memory, or should it be rewritten with a new meaning?

In the last two months since I came back, I have never tried to pay attention to anything about the game.Because I know that my parents are still worried about me who was once imprisoned in the game, so I try to be well-behaved, try to make myself sensible, talk about the past frankly, and express my thoughts and feelings frankly.

Compared with Zao Qing who was full of anxiety before entering the game and closed her true self away, the current self is like any normal child, without any psychological obstacles or difficulties, to prove that he is actually in the SAO world for the past two years Instead of receiving any harm, it has benefited a lot.

Then, seeing the gratifying smiles of her parents, relatives and friends, Zaoqing will also feel relieved.

However, this is just an almost helpless approach. In fact, all these pretended calmness cannot cover up the thoughts buried deep in my heart:

How are the partners who once fought side by side doing now?

What about the vast number of ordinary people liberated from the SAO world?

And, Kirito...

Holding hands slightly together, but unconsciously recalling the scene of that day in my mind——

After the game was conquered, the system began to log out the players on its own. People who experienced exhausted physical and psychological blows began to rejoice, but were teleported away in a burst of light early in the morning.

When she opened her eyes again, Que saw the endless sunset sky and the sea of ​​floating clouds.

【This is……】

There was a translucent platform under his feet, and he moved his steps carefully, and slowly walked forward a few steps, and a huge steel castle hidden deep in the sea of ​​clouds gradually emerged in front of him.

[Could it be, here? ! 】

【Steel floating castle, SAO. 】

The sudden voice behind him made Qingchen turn her head vigilantly, but only saw a young man with a flat face, wearing a researcher's attire, and extremely confident and arrogant in his eyebrows and eyes.

No... That probably can't be called arrogance, that kind of aura is more like the confidence brought to him by absolute strength.

【Are you... Heathcliff? !In other words, the failed Demon King, Akihiko Kayaba!What, the anger of being defeated by Kirito is already so strong that you want me to vent it! 】

The silent young man took a few steps forward, walked to the side of Qingchen, ignored Qingchen's stiff body, and just stood on the edge of the platform and cast his gaze downward.

In the early morning, she was taken aback for a moment, and then turned her gaze involuntarily, but only saw a scene that made her heart twitch suddenly.

【Kirito! ... Asuna? ! 】

He exclaimed involuntarily, and then stopped abruptly when he realized the person standing next to him.

Heathcliff still ignored the rare gaffe early in the morning and opened his mouth.

[In fact, although it has long been expected that there will be someone who can surpass the so-called system limit, and I probably look forward to such a scene in my heart, but in fact, the people who can break through this limit are actually Kirito-kun and Asuna, It was beyond my expectation. 】

I calmed down early in the morning and raised my eyebrows.

[What do you want to say? 】

【nothing. 】The young man raised his head and looked at the floating castle not far away that gradually began to collapse, 【It's just that although they seem to be together, they probably didn't trust Kirito-kun that much in the morning, but Asuna, who has not been accepted all this time, is... It's really an interesting thing. 】

In the early morning, he tightly pressed his lips and looked at the guy not far away.

【What exactly do you want to do? ! 】

The young man, to be exact, Akihiko Kayaba turned sideways slowly, then raised his finger,

[Grant: The super administrator power of the player early morning seed system. 】

A burst of yellow light shone from the whole body in the early morning.

【Eh? !Seed... admin... what do you mean? ! 】

[It means what you see.The virtual environment of the game makes the transmission of personal information not very transparent, because many people will position and develop themselves into different selves from reality, showing a side that does not exist in reality.I don't know what you look like in the early morning, but what I value is you who exist in this world in the name of early morning,]

[You who exist with such a personality in the early morning have never been the same type of person as Kirito-kun, just like you have already understood my identity, but you have always held back; and even in Kirito-kun’s station The moment you got up to expose me, the first thing you wanted to do was to stop him, didn't you?If Kirito-kun is a warrior who is destined to defeat the Demon King, early in the morning, such you are probably only suitable as a priest standing in front of the altar, no matter how sad or sad, you will never have a position, and you will never have a position. 】

[So, the position of administrator of the seed system is only used as a means to ensure its reasonable use in the future, and early in the morning, you with this name are the most suitable for this position I have ever seen. 】

[Seed system... that is...]

[You don't need to know, what you have to do, when that moment comes, you will understand everything.All you have to do is wait quietly for that day to come, and then make the choice you think is right. 】

A bunch of inexplicable words...

Zaoqing frowned, pursed her lips slightly again, looked at her name again hesitantly, and pressed the confirmation button firmly.

Hey, Heathcliff, I don't understand whether what you said is right or wrong, I don't even understand what you said... What do you mean by the name of Qingqian? What is it, I don't know... I don't know what kind of conspiracy you have, maybe the best behavior I can do is to stay away from games and these networks completely.

but I do not have.

Not wanting to participate never means that I must passively face unexpected unknown risks. I have no reason to shrink back from such behaviors that have invaded my real world.

Entering here, what I have to do is to confirm the things lurking around us, and then protect my friends, my relatives, and our bonds.

————&—————

The green light was on, and the machine, which hadn't been touched in two years, still made a low hum that indicated good operation.

Inexplicably, Kirito seemed to be burdened with some heavy burden, suffocating to the point of being unbearable.

Re-enter the world of a game?

The fingers that touched the NERvGear paused, and a trace of hesitation flashed across Kirito's face.

but……

Gently pick up the somewhat worn-out helmet, and brush your fingers over the tactile pad on the inside that fits the shape of the brain. When NERvGear starts running, the electric waves will cut off the five sense signals of the body and brain here, and replace them with the five senses simulated in the game Data current, to create an extremely real stealth environment.

Put on the helmet and lie quietly on the bed.

At this time, the electronic clock on the wall showed that it was 2:30 in the afternoon. Xiao Zhi was practicing kendo and had to go to school in the afternoon, but his mother... was not at home at this time.I won't be back until evening.

Staring fixedly at the gray ceiling, the sight of Asuna's treatment ward, which was found by the people sent by the "SAO Incident Countermeasure Headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications", was still kept under the machine. Functional emaciated body.

[The wedding ceremony will be held in this ward a week later——January 26, and I will invite you. 】

The fingers on the side curled up slightly.

"Lend me your strength again... Connect, start!"

My purpose is to...

Take back the freedom that belongs to Asuna, and some SAO players who may be trapped in another game——

All liberated.

A journey without any superfluous purpose, betting all of oneself again for the end, trying to break through all obstacles within the limit time, and looking for opportunities in the boundless and endless world begins again...

Perhaps it is unrealistic and even a little too arrogant to want to complete the goal of ascending to the World Tree that those people have worked hard for a year in a new world that has been running for nearly a year and already has quite a few high-ability players.

but……

He chose the initial image flatly, wrote down the name [Kirito] without any extra hesitation, and quietly waited for the entrance of the new world to open to him.

The female voice of the system asked himself to wait a moment, ready to send, stiffly and rigidly, but at this moment, only deep firmness remained in Kirito's eyes.

All of this is just something I have to do and bear——

The blue teleportation light shone around, gradually covering up Kirito's figure.

In the name of a friend, and the black swordsman of the clearing team, Kirito!