The Bad Works of Comics

But it can be said that half of the peace in the game is precisely because of their existence.

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Although she sincerely hopes to find Yui-chan's guardian, Asuna feels unbelievably shaken when she thinks about being separated from Yui-chan.

At the moment when Yui-chan called her mother, a certain string deep in her heart was touched.

It's only been a day since we met, but Yui-chan seems to have completely occupied the most tender part of Asuna's heart.

Chapter 169 Chapter 130 Asuna Wrapped in Gentleness Will Not Turn Away With Lost Children

After being teleported through the transfer gate, the last work and Asuna arrived in a short while, the city of the first floor of Aincrad.

It has been a few months since the last time I came to the town of the first floor.

Feeling complicated emotions, Asuna stood at the place where she had just stepped out of the transfer gate, looking around at the huge square and the opposite horizontal street.

This is the largest city in Aincrad, and the functions necessary for adventure are naturally more abundant than other streets.

Prices are cheap, and there are many hotels and other businesses. If you only consider efficiency, it is definitely the most suitable place to use as a base.

However, as far as Asuna knew people, none of the high-level players remained in the starting town, and one of the reasons was the tyrannical tyranny of the army.

Asuna looked at the face of Yui who was being held in the arms of the last game.

"Yui, do you think the buildings you've seen are familiar?"

"Woo..."

Yui looked at the stone buildings connected around the square with a troubled expression, but shook his head after a while.

"I have no idea……"

"That's it!" Asuna sighed, a little disappointed.

"Well, after all, the town of the beginning is too big, Misaka said looking around." The Last Work glanced at Asuna.

"Wandering around should remind her of something, anyway, let's go to the central market first."

"That's right." The two looked at each other, nodded to each other, and then walked towards the street that could be seen in the south.

Having said that, I thought it was a bit strange to re-examine the square while walking in the last work.

Surprisingly few people.The transfer gate square in the starting town is quite spacious, enough to accommodate [-] players when it started operating a few months ago.

In the center of the circular space with the stone floor, stood a huge clock tower, and below it was a transfer door that swayed with blue light.The concentric circles and slender flower beds surrounding the tower extend outwards, with several elegant white benches lined up in the compartments.It's not surprising that there are some noisy players everywhere in the afternoon when the weather is good like this.

But all the figures I saw were moving towards the transfer gate or the exit of the square, and almost no one stopped or sat on the bench.

If it is a large-scale street on the upper level, the transfer gate plaza is always crowded with countless players coming and going.

Some people gossiped all over the place, some recruited team members, and some set up simple stalls for sale, and it was almost impossible to move forward in a straight line because of the crowds gathered...

"Asuna, Misaka called."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

The Last Work asked Asuna who turned around,

"Do you know how many players are staying here now? Misaka is not very clear about this statistic."

"Well, well... Let me think about it... There are about 6000 players who are still alive, and about 2000% of them are still in the starting town, including the army, so it's probably almost [-] people?"

"In this case, don't you think there are too few people? Misaka thought about it suspiciously."

"...Hearing you say this...will they all gather at the market?"

However, even if you walk from the square to the street and arrive at the market area lined with shops and vendors, the street is still very deserted, only the cries of chaotic NPC merchants resounding hollowly throughout the street.

Even so, The Last Work found a man sitting under a big tree in the middle of the street, so Asuna walked over

, and asked, "Well, I'm sorry."

The man who looked up at the tree with a particularly serious expression replied in a troublesome tone without looking back,

"What's up?"

"Um... is there a place like a missing person window near here?" Hearing these words, the man finally turned his gaze to Asuna, and stared at her face unceremoniously.

"Are you from somewhere else?"

"Yes, yes...we are looking for the child's guardian..."

Saying that, Asuna pointed at Yui who was dozing off in the arms of Last Work standing behind her.

The man, who was dressed in simple and light attire and couldn't tell which group he belonged to, was somewhat surprised when he glanced at Yui, but immediately turned his gaze back to the tree above.

"...A lost child? It's really strange...

There are a lot of kid players who live in the church by the river in the East Seventh District, go there and ask. "

"Thank you, thank you." Asuna quickly bowed her head to express her thanks for the powerful information she received by accident, and also took this opportunity to ask other questions.

"Well... May I ask what are you doing here? Also, why is there no one here?"

Although the man showed a displeased expression, he still replied in a tactful tone, "Actually, I really want to tell you that it is a business secret, but since you are a foreigner, it's okay...you should be able to see it too? That's very high." branches."

Asuna looked in the direction the man pointed.The branches of the tall street trees are covered with bright red leaves. As long as you observe carefully, you can find a few yellow fruits growing under the shadow of the leaves.

"Of course, because the street tree is an object that cannot be destroyed, even if you climb it, not to mention the fruit, you can't even pick a leaf."

The man continued talking like this.

"However, that fruit will drop several times a day... Although it will rot and disappear after only a few minutes, if you seize the opportunity to pick it up, you can sell it to NPCs at a good price, and it tastes good. "

"Huh--" When it comes to ingredients and props, Asuna, who has fully acquired cooking skills, is very interested.

"How much can that sell for?"

"... Please keep this one secret. One can be sold for five kol."

"..." Seeing the man's smug expression, Asuna was speechless for a moment.In addition to being surprised that the price is too cheap, I feel that it is completely incompatible with the labor of keeping under the tree all day.

"That, that... Should I say that this is completely unprofitable... If you go to the practice area and knock down any bug, you can earn thirty cols."

As soon as he finished speaking, it was the man's turn to open his eyes wide.He looked at Asuna with eyes that barely said 'Is there something wrong with your head?'.

"Are you serious? Go to the training area and fight monsters...it's going to kill people!"

The last work on the side couldn't help curling his lips, secretly thinking, it turns out that he is a player who is greedy for life and afraid of death!

Asuna was speechless.As the man said, fighting monsters is indeed close to death.But as far as Asuna's feelings are concerned, it's the same as worrying about getting into a traffic accident when walking on the streets in the real world. It can only be said that worrying is useless.

Asuna couldn't tell for a moment whether her sense of SAO's death had become dull, or the man was too nervous, and fell into a daze.

Neither should be the correct answer.However, in the starting town, what the man said must be the perception of ordinary people.

Not noticing Asuna's complicated mood at all, the man continued, "Well... what else did you ask? Why is there no one? Actually, it's not that there is no one, but everyone is hiding in the hotel room. Because there may be people in the hotel room during the day. Run into the taxing troops of the army."

"Levy, tax...what the hell is that?"

"It's the hooligans with cards. Be careful, those guys won't be polite to outsiders. Oh, a fruit is about to fall... let's stop here."

The man closed his mouth and began to stare at the sky with serious eyes.

After Asuna nodded her thanks again, she turned around after realizing that The Last Work had remained silent during the conversation so far.

I saw the last work staring at the yellow fruit with serious eyes that Lian had never seen in the middle of the battle.Her eyes were shining, and her hair was at its peak.It seems that they are planning to grab the next fallen fruit with all their strength.

"Stop it, Misaka! Really!"

"Because Misaka cares a lot!"

Asuna grabbed the collar of The Last Work, dragged her and began to walk.

"Ah, ah...it looks delicious..."

Asuna then grabbed Last Work, who was still feeling sorry, by the ear, and forced her to turn her head.

"Don't worry about that, now we need to find out where the East Seventh District is? The younger players seem to live in the church, so let's go there first."

"...Yes, Misaka understands."

"By the way, Yui-chan give me a hug, you can take a rest!"

"Um……"

After taking Yui who was completely asleep and hugging her firmly, in Asuna's eyes, on that immature face, it seemed that the last work saw a light similar to motherhood.

I really didn't expect Asuna to have such a gentle side, but for Asuna, Misaka will definitely help Yui regain her memory and escape from the GM's control.

The Last Work clenched his fists and thought to himself.

Asuna walked up to Last Work who was staring at the map, and moved forward at her speed.

After walking southeast for more than ten minutes along this wide road with few people, I finally arrived at an area that looked like a vast garden.The grove of broad-leaved trees swaying desolately in the early winter wind.

"Hmm——From the map, this is the East Seventh District...Where is that church? Misaka is looking around..."

"Ah, it should be over there?"

Asuna looked towards the particularly tall steeple opposite the wide forest on the right hand side of the road, indicating the direction with her gaze.On the top of the tower with a blue-gray roof, a metal ancient Egyptian cross made of a cross and a circle is shining brightly.That must be the symbol of the Church.

This is a facility that every town has at least one. The altar inside can remove the monster's special attack curse, and pray for the weapons against undead monsters.

This can be said to be the most mysterious place in SAO, which has almost no magical elements.In addition, as long as you continue to pay Cole, you can rent a small room in the church instead of a hotel.

"Hey, wait, wait a minute, Misaka."

Asuna suddenly stopped the final work that was about to go to the church.

"Huh? What's the matter? Misaka turned her head in doubt."

"Ah, it's nothing... that... just how to say... if we find Yui's guardian here, we have to leave... Yui here, right...?"

The black eyes looking at Asuna in the last work seem to be softened with love.

These days Asuna is doing her best for Yui's affairs, Misaka understands that Asuna already treats Yui as her own child, although this analogy is inappropriate, but the fact is that she really regards Yui as her family.

The Last Work leaned over, and gently hugged Asuna and Yui who was asleep in his arms with his own hands.

"Misaka also doesn't want to be separated from her. How should I put it...With Yui's existence, we have become like a real family. Well, although it is a bit strange to say this...but Misaka thinks so...But, this It's definitely not that we won't see each other again. When Yui recovers his memory, he will definitely come to see us again, Misaka said slowly."

That's right, rest assured that with Misaka around, everything will be fine.

There was a firm gaze in the eyes of the last work.

"Well... that's true."

With a slight nod, Asuna put her cheek against Yui in her arms, and made up her mind to take a step forward.

The building of the church is small in terms of the scale of the street area.It is two stories high, and there is only one minaret as a symbol.There are multiple churches in the original starting town

Now, the one near Transfer Gate Plaza is the size of a mansion.

Asuna walked to the two huge doors of the main entrance, and pushed open one of the doors with her right hand.Because it is a public facility, it is naturally impossible to lock it.The interior is somewhat gloomy, and only the flames of candles adorning the front altar slightly illuminate the flagstone floor.At first glance, there was absolutely no one there.

Leaning only her upper body into the entrance, Asuna called out,

"Excuse me, is anyone there?"

The sound faded away with an echo effect, but still no one appeared.

"Is everyone not here...?"

Asuna tilted her head wonderingly, and heard the last work lower her voice in denial,

"No, there are people. Three people are in the room on the right, and there are four people on the left...and a few people on the second floor, Misaka explained."

"...is it possible to know the number of people on the other side of the wall with the enemy search skill?"

"Um!"

Asuna stepped lightly into the church.

Although the surroundings were surrounded by silence, one could sense the aura of someone lurking inside.

"Uh, sorry, we're here to find someone!"

Slightly raised the volume and called out again, and then—the door on the right opened slightly, and a faint female voice came from inside,

"...Aren't you from the army?"

"No, that, the three of us came from the upper floors."