This was an accident.
This should have been a very simple matter: the robber died because of his sins, and everyone was saved. But things were far from that simple.
Shino Asada was completely stunned.
They were gripped by utter panic.
Her initial courage was only to save her mother, but when she faced the man she had killed, she completely broke down.
I thought Asada Shino had saved my mother.
They will receive a loving embrace from their mother.
appease.
But to her surprise, what Shino saw in the eyes of her mother, the only person in the world who loved her, was not comfort, but fear.
The mother stared at Asada Shino in fear.
She screamed and tried to escape.
Asada Shino dropped the gun from her hand. She looked at the man, blood gushing from his head, the crimson blood almost drowning her. She nearly fainted.
Imagine a girl who did everything in her power to protect her mother, only to see the fear in her mother's eyes.
So what?
Her meeting was interrupted; she threw down her toy gun and ran into the bathroom to vomit loudly.
The body is shaking constantly.
My stomach kept cramping.
My stomach was churning and I kept vomiting... until there was nothing left in my body, I was still dry heaving.
In the end, Shino Asada was completely exhausted.
I sat on the cold bathroom floor for a long time before I finally calmed down.
Then he wrapped the toy gun in a towel and put it in the drawer.
at this time.
Her back was soaked with sweat, and her whole body was trembling and shaking. Asada Shino, who had collapsed, also felt as if she had fallen into the abyss of hell. She kept murmuring.
"Please, save me... save me..."
At this moment, Asada Shino seemed to have returned to the lonely and helpless eleven-year-old girl she once was. In fact, what truly killed Asada Shino was not the gun, nor the fear of killing an adult man, but her mother's eyes.
How much courage did it take for a little girl to pick up a gun?
It is often said that women are inherently weak, but become strong when they become mothers.
In fact, for several days after that incident, Asada Shino's memory was hazy.
After she was admitted to the hospital, she was only in contact with police officers, while her mother never came to visit her.
When she returned to her grandparents' house, she learned that her mother had been hospitalized.
Those days seem to be gone forever.
The incident wasn't widely reported; it was only said that the suspect died unexpectedly. However, the news still leaked out in that small town.
The saying goes, "Three men can make a tiger," meaning that rumors and gossip can indeed become a deadly weapon that can take a life.
It was even exaggerated and circulated everywhere.
Those who spread rumors and gossip never imagined that their so-called "after-dinner conversation" could be a deadly weapon.
To kill without shedding blood—how cruel!
After that, Asada Shino, still a primary school student, instantly became a murderer in people's eyes. She was clearly a victim, yet she was transformed into a perpetrator. Sometimes, society is so ignorant and cruel, with all sorts of rumors hurting Asada Shino.
Later, like other things, this incident was gradually forgotten.
0290 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder [Please Subscribe]
This incident disappeared like mud flowing into the sea.
Those who used it as gossip fodder and wantonly hurt others should have forgotten everything by now and continued living peacefully.
But for Shino Asada, this nightmare was like a scar.
It was etched deep into her heart.
The key to triggering this painful memory is something like a gun, or a toy, after which Shino Asada experiences trembling and convulsions.
Symptoms include hyperventilation, loss of awareness, and vomiting.
Even fainting.
It's not just about firearms and toy guns.
Even pictures, and even scenes from TV dramas and movies, terrified Shino Asada.
Shino Asada has always wanted to leave her hometown and start a new life in a completely unfamiliar place, but her grandparents have rejected her idea.
After that, Shino Asada also went to the hospital for a diagnosis. She was diagnosed with typical post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Over the years, she has been receiving continuous psychotherapy.
I took a lot of medicine.
Even traditional Chinese medicine.
But those seemingly glamorous psychologists, even those with numerous certificates and accolades, were utterly unable to heal Asada Shino's inner wounds. They only knew her from her so-called professional perspective, but they couldn't reach the depths of Asada Shino's heart at all.
Asada Shino's heart has closed itself off.
No one can get close.
They all thought they understood Asada Shino, understood her anxiety and pain. But those were all presumptuous assumptions. No one truly understood Asada Shino. So-called empathy simply doesn't exist, or so Asada Shino believed.
Hope, then disappointment.
Hope turned into disappointment.
For a long time, Shino Asada was depressed. She often pondered problems alone, and suffered from insomnia and lethargy. Sometimes, a thought would flash through Shino Asada's mind: what if she died?
Will this end this nightmare?
So she moved to this small apartment, and her life as a single person was relatively stable. In fact, Asada Shino's scars never disappeared.
Her pain was hidden deep within her heart.
At this moment, she finally calmed down. She lay there staring at the ceiling, her mind blank. Having suffered greatly over the years, Asada Shino was actually very thin, a sight that tugged at the heartstrings, and her eyes still appeared unusually large.
Asada Shino did have some doubts deep down.
There were some doubts.
Is this really okay?
Can it really be done?
Every day... even every minute and every second, such a voice echoed in Asada Shino's mind: Fighting in the virtual world, one day she would be able to overcome fear and anxiety.
In fact, Shino Asada is already a top player in GGO. Once she targets you, you will never escape. She is a ruthless sniper.
This is the kind of person that Asada Shino used to be a target for.
What now?
Has the goal been achieved?
Asada Shino's eyes were filled with confusion, a confusion that seemed to shroud her world in mist.
0291 Asuna Lin Yan [Please Subscribe]
When someone has overly high expectations for a goal, even believing that achieving it will bring them a fulfilling life, does they truly experience a profound sense of satisfaction after giving their all to reach that goal?
No, perhaps all that's left is a sense of emptiness.
Sometimes what humans need is not to achieve a goal, but simply to have a goal.
Having a goal provides direction, preventing you from losing your way and yourself in the vast ocean of life.
Perhaps, Asada Shino is the same.
The glasses slipped off her nose; they were a decorative prop. No, a protective one. And quite expensive, yet Asada Shino bought them without hesitation.
After that, I developed the habit of wearing glasses.
"Someone save me... save me... save me..."
Asada Shino's heart cried out.
Weakened, he put the AmuSphere on his head.
Perhaps only by escaping to that world can one find a moment of peace in their heart; Asada Shino's voice suddenly became firm.
“LINKSTART”
……
"What??"
Asuna looked at Lin Yan with some confusion, her clear eyes welling up with tears—a conditioned reflex, really. She had just unexpectedly met Lin Yan, but now they couldn't be together anymore.
This sense of loss is unprecedented.
Asuna cannot accept this.
However, they were powerless to refute it.
"It's just playing another game for a few days, why are you making it sound like we're going to be separated by life and death, you idiot."
A smile appeared on Lin Yan's face.
Asuna's emotions finally calmed down.
She didn't know why she was suddenly so agitated; it was probably because of the long, agonizing period she had endured after leaving SAO. During that time, Asuna asked herself every day—would we really see each other again? Or would we never see that person again?
This feeling of loss was like poison, corroding Asuna's heart.
Make her sensitive.
That's why there's such a strong reaction now.
When she learned the truth, she looked puzzled.
"Why? Is there something about that game that's appealing to you? Or did a friend invite you to play it for a few days?"
"Do you remember Seijiro Kikuoka? That bespectacled man..."
"Yeah, I remember."
After Lin Yan finished recounting the whole story, Asuna finally calmed down. They walked out of the Imperial Palace gates. "Mr. Kikuoka Seijiro has been helpful to me before, and... if it's your decision, I will support it."
Asuna was still a little worried.
"You must pay attention to safety."
"it is good."
Lin Yan nodded.
"Once everything is settled, I will go to ALO, the place you mentioned, to meet you."
Of course, Lin Yan was also very clear about the ins and outs of this matter, and knew when it would end. For Lin Yan, it was just another game.
After Ghost Bullet, it's Alice's world, right?
Alice...
Lin Yan had met Alice once in another world. She was a strong yet gentle girl who deserved to be treated kindly by this world.
Those who cruelly treated Asuna in her so-called 'real world' probably never wanted to love you...
0292 The Material World [Please Subscribe]
To Lin Yan, a person from another world, this real world is nothing more than a created world.
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