I, Asuna, don't want to travel around the world

"Hmm? What's wrong, Nao?"

Kirito, who was sitting on a chair, took off his headphones in confusion and turned around to ask.

"No, it's nothing!"

055 People are addicted to cooking

"Oh, is it so?"

Kirito glanced at his sister in confusion.

Xiaozhi...why does she always seem a little disappointed?

"Well, I just came to see what you were doing... I'm going back."

Suguha made up an excuse very stiffly.

"Oh, yes, lunch..."

Suddenly, halfway through her walk, Suguha remembered that she had forgotten to make lunch because she was so absorbed in the game.

"It's okay, it's okay. I've already solved it." Kirito waved his hand, signaling Suguha not to blame herself.

"That's it... okay then."

Suguha nodded, feeling somewhat disappointed.

It was a rare opportunity for the two of us to be alone together, but I actually missed it... I should have paid more attention to the time.

When Suguha came online again, the elf girl was no longer around.

"I'm late."

I originally wanted to ask Asuna not to tell my brother Kirito about what happened today in the game while she was still offline, but I didn't expect Asuna to leave so quickly.

"It seems that I can only send her a message in real life."

Not having the energy to kill monsters or level up, Suguha found a safe place to log off, then took out his cell phone and lay on the bed, feeling conflicted, not knowing how to start the conversation.

At this time, Suguha has completely lost the decisiveness she had when playing games. Instead, she has become a little girl who is constantly troubled by emotional problems.

"Emmmmmm, forget it, let's talk about it in the game at night..."

After struggling for a long time, Zhiye finally threw down his phone, took out some clean clothes from the closet, and prepared to take a shower.

Although he had only been exercising in the game for a long time, even so, Suguha still felt uncomfortable if he didn't wash himself.

On the other side, Asuna, who had already quit the game, was concentrating on reviewing her previous knowledge.

During the previous rehabilitation training, Asuna had witnessed the various unreliable aspects of her "teacher Kato Megumi", especially when Kato Megumi tried to teach her with all kinds of twisted theories. Asuna immediately stopped Kato Megumi's extracurricular tutoring, fearing that she would be led astray by her while learning.

Shortly after Asuna was discharged from the hospital, Kato Megumi also ended her nursing work and retired.

Well, he left with a large bonus, a thank-you fee, and the friendship between his mother and Kyoko.

In this regard, Kato Megumi expressed her satisfaction because she was one step closer to saving money to buy a house.

Unfortunately, not long after that, Kato Megumi's money was spent by her two best friends and a bad friend. The money was spent so quickly that even Asuna was extremely surprised.

However, Kato Megumi is no longer surprised by this. Although her money is gone, it has turned into other things that stay with her.

For example, calligraphy and paintings, ornaments, antique phonographs and the like.

Although Kato Megumi doesn't know the specific prices of these things, compared to money, Kato Megumi still likes these old items a little more.

As for where she lives?

Of course, she is being kept by her two rich girlfriends!

From the past to now, it has hardly changed.

Although Kato Megumi took care of Asuna for nearly two years, the emotional exchange between the two only lasted for a few months.

So, when Kato Megumi invited Asuna to go shopping with them, Asuna only agreed a few times, and used "reviewing homework" as an excuse to refuse at other times.

There was no way around it. Every time she joined in, Asuna always felt like she was a light bulb, shining brightly among the three of them.

Although Kato Megumi and the others didn't care much, Asuna always felt a little strange because there was no such tacit understanding.

This kind of tacit understanding between friends sometimes requires an opportunity to be quickly cultivated, but it is obvious that Asuna does not have this element now.

However, if it was in ALO, Asuna believed that this kind of tacit understanding could be developed quickly.

The reason is simple, because Kato Megumi's two friends are too inexperienced, and usually Kato Megumi takes them to explore outside the circle.

Unfortunately, they are very weak and have a strong addiction to fighting, so Kato Megumi has to keep an eye on them all the time, otherwise they will be killed by monsters if they are not careful, and then leave a ball of residual fire on the ground, waiting miserably for Kato Megumi to help them clean up the monsters around them and then revive them.

But after being resurrected, they will not be honest. Instead, they will blame each other and refuse to admit that their death was caused by their own incompetence.

Kasumigaoka Utaha: Huh? Why am I dead? It must be Eriri's fault!

Sawamura Eriri: Huh?! What does it have to do with me?! I'm dead! It's all your fault!!

So, every time Kato Megumi resurrected them, these two troublesome guys would start fighting with each other.

However, when a monster reappears, they will look at each other in sync.

Kasumigaoka Utaha: If you are good, you go ahead!

Eriri Sawamura: No, no, no, you are better. Go ahead, go ahead.

After an eye contact, the two of them no longer cared about their own face and ran behind Kato Megumi and "trembled".

Then, after Kato Megumi dealt with the monster that suddenly appeared, the two of them would accuse each other of being so cowardly for not even daring to fight a monster!

This really made Kato Megumi miserable.

You guys just have fun playing games, it's really tiring for me.

Fortunately, although the two of them are not very busy, they don’t have much time for gaming either.

After all, he is busy preparing a new work, and hasn't even finished writing his old book. He wastes time every day by going out to collect materials. How can he have so much time to waste on games?

The other one is similar. The orders she receives are large in quantity and high in price, which makes the girl with blonde twintails both happy and miserable. Sometimes she has to draw a few illustrations for Kasumigaoka Utaha for free, which makes the time even tighter.

This caused Eriri's myopia to become even worse. She has to wear glasses to draw at home every day. She is more tired than Kasumigaoka Utaha who is urged to submit her manuscripts every day.

In comparison, among them, Kato Megumi and Asuna were the most relaxed.

After Kato Megumi finished her business of forming a family, she has not received any new orders until now. Now every day she either takes care of Eriri or Kasumigaoka Utaha at home, and has become a housewife, but she is also happy about it.

Asuna, on the other hand, reviews her knowledge every day and keeps in touch with her friends from the SAO days. After all, she can't give up their friendship just because the game is over.

However, Kikuoka Seijiro was still a little nervous about Asuna contacting her friends.

056 Salary Thief, Kikuoka-san

Kikuoka Seijiro: "This young lady contacted her subordinates in SAO again?"

A member of the imaginary class: "They are in contact every day, but judging from their chat records, there is nothing wrong, right, boss?"

Kikuoka Seijiro: "You don't understand."

Kikuoka Seijiro shook his head, with an expression as if everyone else was drunk but he was sober.

Kikuoka Seijiro: "Has this young lady done anything new recently?"

A member of the imaginary class: "Well, according to the latest news, the young lady logged into the game ALO at noon today."

Kikuoka Seijiro: "And then?"

A member of the imaginary class: "She first crossed paths with the SAO survivor, Kazuto Kiritani's sister, and then, seemingly out of jealousy, she killed the assistant of the local wind elf lord."

Kikuoka Seijiro: "..."

Killing people right after entering the game, isn't this too murderous? !

Although Kikuoka Seijiro already knew that ALO was a technical game that encouraged PK between players, with countless players dying and resurrecting every minute, but ever since the day he went to the ward to visit the patient and saw Asuna talking to herself in front of an empty space (Kato Megumi), Kikuoka Seijiro had been particularly concerned about Asuna's mental state.

They finally called some experts over to take a look, but it was of no use in the end. Miss Yuki was still contacting her old subordinates every day.

Now, it seems that it has found a new target and is preparing to take action on its own games.

"I'm sure of that!" Kikuoka Seijiro clapped his hands fiercely. "This young lady will definitely do something big in this game to improve her reputation in the game!"

"If a large number of SAO survivors enter the ALO game, please report to me immediately and check the relationship between them. I don't want those people to enter the game collectively just to respond to the call of that young lady."

Kikuoka Seijirou said with a serious expression.

In his opinion, Asuna's problems were something he had to take seriously.

Someone in the imaginary class: "I understand."

Kikuoka Seijirou: "Oh, by the way, remember to bring me a copy of the game ALO, and the full-dive machine, I need it."

Set up an account in advance. If that young lady really wants to do something, you can hide your identity and join in as a senior spy!

A member of a hypothetical class: Is this the legendary paid gaming experience? I’m so jealous!

Although he thought so in his heart, but facing his boss, the person in the imaginary class agreed verbally.

There's nothing I can do. He's the boss and I'm still developing. I can't afford to offend him!

"Yes, I understand. I'll send it to you later."

"Okay, okay, you continue with your work. If that young lady does anything in the game again, remember to inform me in time." Tangan Chengjiro waved his hand and said.

"Yes!" The member of the imaginary class nodded.

"Oh, by the way, have the identities of those red-named players who were imprisoned in SAO been confirmed?"

Suddenly, Kikuoka Seijiro called the member of the imaginary class again and asked.

"The identities have been confirmed, but according to the orders from above, we can't do anything to those people, boss." The member of the imaginary class stopped and said.

"According to information from other survivors, there is a murder guild called 'Laughing Coffin'. Let's try to identify the members of this guild." Kikuoka Seijiro tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and said, "When the time comes, closely monitor their every move."

A member of the imaginary class: "Is the standard higher than that young lady?"

Kikuoka Seijiro hesitated.

One is a game-addicted patient who seems to be saveable, while the other is a criminal who kills people in the death game. There is absolutely no comparison between the two.

Kikuoka Seijiro: "Well, monitor them at the highest level."

"Yes, I understand."

The member of the imaginary class felt sad and thought, well, he has to work overtime again.

Kikuoka Seijiro: "Okay, go and get busy. Don't forget to bring me the game and stealth device."

A member of a hypothetical class: …

hateful!

Why should I work overtime while you play games!!!

"Good boss!"

Forget it, I’ll just curse in my heart to satisfy my urge. Well, I’ll just look up the information honestly and work overtime.

Seeing his younger brother leave, Kikuoka Seijiro touched his increasingly thinning hair.

Although they are still lush and not thinning, as the SAO investigation progresses, the chance of hair loss is becoming higher and higher.

Sometimes I can still see a few strands of hair after washing my hair. If I continue like this, I'm afraid I'll become bald before I reach middle age.

However, even if we have checked the information, can we really take action against those players who have committed crimes in the game?

No matter how you think about it, it's impossible.

Alas, the big guys only want results, but we have to sacrifice our hair for it.

"Hey, let's try to finish it quickly."

Kikuoka Seijirou sighed in his heart and said.

knock knock.

There was a knock on the door.

Kikuoka Seijiro: "Come in."

The miserable imaginary class member: "Boss, this is ALO and the virtual stealth device."