Why did Hikigaya save the anime girls in Sword Story?

"Aha"

"Hey Yumi, is this how I look to Hime?"

"Don't worry, you're still in your growth phase. Well, it's too early to give up."

"My genes, it's time to put them into play."

Yumi sighed and shrugged.

Yui asked Yumi anxiously.

Lisbeth muttered softly.

Yukino complained about her genes.

"That was a bit...right?"

"Yeah, the remaining two pictures are probably of that kind too. Just treat them as funny pictures."

Hearing what Yukino said, the other four nodded.

Then Asuna opened the file with Yumi's name on it.

"Eh... twintails?"

“It’s quite ordinary.”

"Come to think of it, Hime once asked me to do a weird cosplay with twintails."

The design is actually very similar to the appearance of a blue-haired virtual singer, but no one here knows of its existence.

"Hey, there seems to be some description written on it... Movable Twintail Armor?"

Just as Yukino said, it did say "Agile Twintail Armor" there.

And below it was written, "When sensing an enemy's long-range attack, the hair will automatically rotate to defend."

Yumi pressed her temples as if to suppress a headache.

"I don't understand Hime's thinking."

"Okay, okay Yumi, but isn't the design itself pretty ordinary? I quite like this kind of thing."

"Half sleeves, a tie, and a mini skirt make it look kind of cute."

"Maybe there's a concept."

"Well, it might be cute!"

Regardless of the feasibility of the movable twintail armor, the design itself received positive reviews from the five people and was shortlisted. However, it was later rejected on the spot by Hachiman, presumably due to copyright issues, who decided it was best not to use it.

"Okay, finally, Yukino's file."

“I’m a little afraid to look at it.”

“Then I opened it.”

The moment Asuna opened the file, Yukino's custom design was displayed, and Yukino immediately said:

“This must be adopted.”

"Hey, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh!"

"Wait wait wait Yukino! I understand how you feel but stop, stop!"

"So Yukino likes this kind of thing?"

"Hey, that's a bit unexpected."

That dress looked exactly like the maid outfit that Yukino (Yukino) had been forced to wear in the maid cafe before.

The only difference is that there is a pair of sparkling cat ears on the head.

By the way, Yukino is not so resistant to the maid outfit because she still has the memory of Hachiman's good reaction when she appeared in front of him wearing this outfit in the past.

As for cat ears, there is no need to say more.

"What are you talking about? Isn't this the best design ever?"

"Someone stop Yukino!"

"Yukino, it's not like I'm not interested, but, well, it still doesn't work."

"No, this one has to be kept as a candidate."

"Once Yukino becomes like this, even eight horses won't be able to pull her!"

"Ahahaha, I never thought Yukino had this side to her."

"Liz! Stop laughing and help stop Yukino!"

After this debate, this design was temporarily listed as a final candidate.

Later, when Hachiman saw this, his hand stopped for a moment, revealing a conflicted expression, but he still made up his mind to reject it.

But he still seemed a little reluctant, and tried to ask Asuna, who was next to him at the time, if she wanted to try on this outfit.

As a result, Asuna, with a red face, asked her to sit up straight and received a good lecture. However, Asuna later put on a maid outfit in a completely unexpected way, but that is another story.

Afterwards, several designs that Himena had carefully conceived were made public. Based on these, the five discussed them, and taking into account Yawata's opinion of "keeping it simple," they finally decided on a leather-style uniform with armor decorations as the main option.

The color was black as specified by Hachiman, probably considering Kirito's image color.

In addition, the shoulders are intentionally left undecorated to allow for individual adjustment.

"But isn't it a bit too plain? Is that okay?"

Yukino expressed this feeling frankly.

"Ah, well, um... I heard they'll put the guild emblem on the left chest, and then underneath it, add a personal logo of their own design. Um... something like this."

Asuna operated the console, and the guild emblem appeared on the left chest of the three-dimensional design. This was the design that Hachiman had unveiled to the members a few days ago. It was a crest shaped like two swords pointing downwards, crossed in red and white.

Above the badge, there is a cross-shaped symbol made up of rapiers, which is probably Asuna's personal symbol.

"oops."

"He's kind of handsome!"

"not bad."

"It feels good, very Asuna style."

"Ah, now Liz, please help me get that symbol on my shield too!"

"OK Yui, leave it to me!"

The four of them spoke as if they were very impressed.

The clothes that looked so plain just now now look completely different.

"I see, a single logo can change a piece of clothing so drastically."

Everyone nodded in agreement with Yukino's words and responded with "hmm".

"So, I hope everyone can come up with their own logos in about a week."

"Got it. As for me, I've already decided on a cat silhouette."

"What kind of thing should I get..."

"I'm the same. I get really hung up on this kind of decision."

"I'll find a way to cleverly design the blacksmith's hammer."

"By the way, has the guild's name been decided?"

In response to Yukino's question, Asuna said with a somewhat embarrassed expression:

"I already know, but I think Hachiman-kun probably wants to tell everyone in person. He should probably wait until the uniforms are ready and everyone is gathered before announcing it."

"I see. By the way, the name isn't weird, is it? Is it okay?"

"Yeah, no problem!"

"Since Asuna said so, there's no problem. I'm relieved."

In this way, the purpose of the day was achieved and the five people began to chat.

After a pleasant chat, Lisbeth suddenly said, as if remembering something:

"Oh, right! Hey everyone, do you know the game GGO?"

"I remember it was an FPS (first-person shooter) game with The Seed specifications? I think I saw an ad for it before."

"As far as I remember, FPS is a game where you shoot each other with guns from the first perspective, right?"

"I've seen the ad for that game!"

"So Liz, what's going on?"

"I remember that the first official tournament for that GGO game should be taking place right now. Can we watch it here? Want to give it a try?"

GGO: Chapter 177: A Shocking Change

Hearing Lisbeth's words, the four of them seemed to be interested and nodded immediately.

Asuna used the function of ALO Hotel to connect to the external network and began to look for GGO-related websites that looked like live broadcasts, and she soon found them.

"Um... the first Bullet of Bullets official live stream? Liz, is that it?"

"Yes, that's it!"

“Then I’ll play it now.”

Asuna operated the console again, and the monitor in front of the five people showed the competition stage - a desolate city street scene.

In the picture, two players are confronting each other.

"Hey, this is a game where you shoot each other with guns, right? But why are both of them holding knives?"

Looking at the two people's equipment, Yui tilted her head and asked.

One of them was armed with a dagger and a pistol, while the other was armed with daggers in both hands.

A spear fell behind the player.

“Perhaps the sniper’s position was approached by another person, and it entered a close combat phase.

It seems that this game doesn't just use guns, it also uses knives and swords."

Yukino said with her chin in her hand, looking thoughtful.

Hearing Yukino say this, Yui asked a basic question.

"Hey Yukino, a sniper...isn't it a job that attacks from a distance?"

The one who answered Yui was Asuna.

　〡尔〣林亻尔尔1 厁澪岜侕? "I remember it. It appeared in a movie I watched with Hachiman-kun before. It was a person who was responsible for sniping targets with a gun from a very long distance."

"So now that she has no gun, is that person named Shana really at a disadvantage?"

"Coming to common sense, that should be the case, right? It doesn't look like she has time to pick up the spear behind her."

"But that guy named Sato Issei isn't moving either. He seems to have a huge advantage. Why?"

Look carefully at the picture, the player holding the dagger and the pistol is named Sato Ichizan.

The sniper player holding a dagger in both hands seems to be named Shana.

At this time, a player named Zexide was shown approaching the two people in the corner of the screen.

It seems that Zekeshid took advantage of the confrontation between Sato Izan and Sana to reap the benefits and wait for an opportunity to kill the two of them.

As for whether the two men noticed Zekeshid, they did not take their eyes off each other.

Zekeshid was holding the gun, trying to put himself and the other two people within the reliable hitting range of the gun, and was moving forward bit by bit. At this moment, something happened.

First came Sato Ichizan, his eyes still locked on Shana, but he suddenly shot at Zekeshid.

However, the bullet missed slightly, and Zexid hurriedly tried to raise his gun and aim.

But even more astonishing is what happened next.

At the moment when Zexide was about to shoot Sato in panic,