I am Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes.

"In fact, considering that the young master might ask about this, I also investigated the matter. There are three hundred people who have not yet woken up."

There are approximately six thousand players who survived the death game SAO.

Three hundred of them are still unconscious, which is suspicious.

Jill bit off the snack in her mouth. "It's too sweet. I really can't get used to it."

It seems that every world has a few clueless clowns who are just annoying.

The "crunch" sound rang out again as Jill ate the last chocolate bar. "Let's go and find out what's going on."

Chapter 40 overlaps with my impression of a certain clown.

Soon, Dean drove Jill to the hospital where Asuna was.

"Young Master, we've arrived," Dean said.

"I'll go take a look. You can wait for me here," Jill said, and then walked into the hospital.

……

"What? Still no sign of waking up?"

Beside a hospital bed in a hospital room, two men in suits were standing.

Looking at the girl lying on the hospital bed, one of the older men looked very unwell and turned to look at the doctor in the white coat.

Although his voice was calm and steady, it was still easy to hear the anxiety in it.

The girl on the bed was Asuna, but she was still unconscious.

The doctor in the white coat sighed. He lowered his head. "Three hours have passed since the nationwide wave of awakening of the victims. For these three hours, we've been observing the patient. But the patient shows no signs of waking up..."

Hearing the other person's words, the middle-aged man's face turned ugly again. "Why? All the victims have already woken up, but Asuna is still like this?"

“It’s not just Ms. Asuna who has these symptoms…” the doctor in the white coat explained, “Right now, besides Ms. Asuna, there are probably three hundred other victims across the country who are still in this state, no different from before!”

The middle-aged man's expression shifted several times before he finally looked at the doctor and asked, "Can't the examination reveal what the problem is?"

The doctor was silent for a moment, then said helplessly, "The only thing we can confirm is that Miss Asuna should be fine for now..."

"Well, I'm fine for now," a childish voice came from the direction of the hospital bed. "But who knows what will happen later."

"What..." A childish voice rang out, and the three of them looked at the hospital bed with a drastic change in their expressions.

A boy with long golden hair is looking at a girl on the bed.

The boy's eyes were an almost inhuman crimson red, and his vertical pupils made them look like snakes.

"Well, don't be nervous." The boy shrugged. "You can just call me Gil. Asuna hasn't woken up yet, and I can probably guess why."

Jill fixed her cold gaze on the young man who had remained silent throughout, a cruel smile playing on her lips.

“Gil…the young master of that big company…?” The middle-aged man—Asuna, or rather, Yuuki Asuna’s father, Yuuki Shozo, looked at Gil and revealed Gil’s current identity.

"Well, Mr. Yuki knows me, which makes it easier for me to explain. This time, I'm just visiting Asuna as a friend." Gil shrugged.

However, he had already instructed the template to begin hacking into Asuna's terminal.

Asuna couldn't possibly be still unconscious, so the most likely explanation is that the helmet's signal was intercepted.

In just two minutes, the program inside the helmet can be completely broken, freeing all three hundred people, including Asuna Yuuki.

A two-minute conversation is all it takes.

"Friends?" Yuki Shozo looked at the boy in front of him with some surprise.

“A game friend. I received some help from Asuna in the game (cooking lessons), so I came to check it out.” Gil answered Yuuki Shozo’s question slowly.

The young man on the side looked at Jill, a complex expression flashing in his eyes.

There was a hint of jealousy, and a hint of fear.

This complex emotion came from nowhere, but as Jill looked at the young man, she inexplicably felt a strange sense of familiarity with him.

I feel like I've seen this kind of person somewhere before.

Gil glanced at his watch. "It's alright, Mr. Yuuki. Asuna will wake up in a little while. Then, we'll know exactly where Asuna's consciousness went during those three hours."

In the game, the template can easily steal Kayaba Akihiko's GM privileges in one go. Now that we're outside the game, it will take two minutes to steal the GM privileges.

Jill gave the young man a deep look. There was a clear hint of panic in his eyes, but you could also see that he was trying to remain calm on his face.

"By the way, who is this outstanding young talent? Mr. Yuki, could you introduce him to me?" Gil narrowed his eyes, revealing a sly smile, and said.

Panic? Panic at this moment is definitely suspicious.

“This is my adopted son, Nobuyuki Sugo,” Shozo Yuki introduced to Gil.

Nobuyuki Sugo gave Gil a polite smile. "Young Master Gil, it's a pleasure to meet you. I look forward to working with you in the future."

The look in the eyes behind those glasses gave him a feeling of disgust.

Jill showed a clear hint of displeasure.

This feeling is really strange.

It must be someone similar to the person in front of me, someone who brought me unpleasant memories.

"No, it's about time."

Jill saw that three minutes had passed on her watch, and then walked towards Asuna.

"Asuna... Asuna... Wake up..." Gil called out Asuna's name.

For some reason, Nobuyuki Sugo suddenly turned and ran.

Yuki Shozo was also taken aback by this reaction.

"Oh dear, how unreliable..." Jill pouted.

Then, a golden light flashed behind the door of the ward, and immediately the door was blocked.

“Well, Mr. Yuki, I don’t want to meddle in your family affairs, but seeing your poor judgment of people, I’m suddenly a little worried about your investment.” Gil sighed.

Shozo Yuki was originally very satisfied with Nobuyuki Sugo.

Although Nobuyuki Sugo appears to be very amiable and kind on the surface, in reality, he is an ambitious egoist!

Yuki Shozo had no idea that this so-called excellent adopted son in his eyes was not only completely different in personality from his appearance, but also evil and perverted. He was also the culprit who was preventing Yuki Asuna from waking up!

Moreover, Jill finally remembered why this person resembled someone she remembered.

It was probably... well, I really can't remember that name (too lazy to remember), but it was probably the inexperienced, useless captain of the Holy Emperor's guard in the dark world of bullets, right?

Both men wore glasses, and the glint in their eyes beneath them shone with an ambitious light.

If I had to describe my feelings, Jill still thinks both of them are annoying.

“Well, it overlaps with my impression of that clown, which proves that this guy is really not that great,” Jill said, glancing at Nobuyuki Sugo.

Chapter 41 A clown should look like a clown.

It was Sugo Nobuyuki who imprisoned the consciousness of 300 players, including Yuuki Asuna, who had been freed after completely clearing SAO, in a virtual world he operated, and subjected them to illegal and inhumane brain experiments!

This is already enough to classify it as a heinous crime such as "human experimentation"!

Compared to Takuto Howaki, Nobuyuki Sugo was, in some ways, more detestable to Gil.

Forget it, they're all ugly, why bother comparing who's uglier?

Jill turned around and looked at Nobuyuki Sugo. "Stop running away, okay? The clown should just stay there and wait to be punished."

At that moment, the ward door was pushed open.

The doctor walked in. "Don't be too noisy, although..."

When Sugo Nobuyuki saw the doctor enter, a glint of joy flashed in his eyes. He rushed forward, pulled out a small knife from somewhere, and pointed it at the doctor's throat. "Don't move! Or I'll kill him!"

Asuna Yuuki, lying in her hospital bed, opened her eyes and saw Shozo Yuuki standing before her.

"dad……"

"Asuna, you're awake?" Yuuki Shozo's expression turned to surprise and delight when he saw that Yuuki Asuna had woken up.

"Asuna! It really is Asuna!" Yuuki Shozo, his body trembling, walked step by step to Asuna's side and exclaimed excitedly, "You've finally woken up!"

Unlike the excited Shozo Yuki, Nobuyuki Sugo, though also filled with disbelief, had trembling hands and hysterical eyes.

"Impossible...this is impossible..."

Sugo Nobuyuki's words instantly reached the ears of everyone present.

Asuna turned her gaze to Nobuyuki Sugo, her expression turning to clear anger. Pointing at him, she shouted at Shozo Yuuki, "Dad! It's this guy! He's the one who imprisoned me in another imaginary world, preventing me from waking up!"

"You... what did you say?" As if a bucket of cold water had been poured directly over his head, Yuki Shozo's excitement vanished without a trace, and he stiffly turned to Sugo Nobuyuki, his eyes filled with disbelief.

However, his adopted son's current state perfectly illustrates Asuna's statement.

Asuna gave Sugo Shinichi a cold look, then turned to Yuuki Shozo. "Father, this person used underhanded methods to imprison me, who had just been freed from SAO, in a virtual world called ALO, and he is the administrator of that virtual world!"

Gil pursed his lips. He couldn't even handle a tiny illusion that allowed him to see Asuna's appearance when she woke up?

If you have a strong will, you won't see anything with this kind of illusion.

If your will is not strong enough, you will see the scene you fear most.

"He's not only lacking in resolve, but also very insecure," Jill commented. "What a clown."

He picked up an apple from the side, then slowly took out a fruit knife and began to peel it.

"Hey, you brat, are you looking down on me?!" Nobuyuki Sugo roared at Gil through gritted teeth, veins bulging on his forehead.

Clearly, Gil's leisurely movements had angered Sugo Nobuyuki, but the clown seemed completely oblivious to it.

“Yes, that’s right, I really look down on you.” Jill nodded and said.

As he spoke, he cut a piece of the apple, and then a faint golden light shimmered from his fingertips.

Then, he flicked the apple away.

"boom!"

It was just an apple, but when it hit Sugo Nobuyuki's arm, it made a sound like a heavy object hitting something.