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

Therefore, after the two found a remote place to land, Leafa first asked Asuna to log out of the game and stayed behind to look after it. Then, after Asuna's character disappeared, Leafa logged out from the bushes where she was hiding, and let the two leave the game together.

This was also what they had agreed upon before, taking turns to look after the place. Last time, Leafa logged out first, and this time, Asuna logged out first, so it can be said that there is a beginning and an end to it.

After logging out, Asuna and Suguha fell asleep immediately.

Although when in full stealth, all players will be sleeping in bed, just like SAO, even if the real body is lying outside, if you stay active in the game world for too long, you will still be mentally exhausted. People also need a good sleep and rest. Full stealth cannot be used to replace sleep. Otherwise, there would be no need to rent a hotel to rest in SAO.

This is also true in ALO. You will never use full dive to replace sleep. You will still get tired when you need to be tired. As long as you are human, you need sleep and rest.

Even if you are no longer a human being, you still need to rest.

Therefore, Asuna and Suguha slept soundly that night.

It was not until the next morning that they both woke up.

082 Party and Phone

"Morning, Suguha."

"Morning, brother."

In the morning, Kirito and Suguha walked out of the room at the same time. They greeted each other as usual, and both looked a little listless.

Suguha was playing games with Asuna last night, but why... did Kirito stay up so late?

Suguha, who was still a little tired at the moment, did not realize that Kirito was inexplicably depressed.

Maybe, in her opinion, boys are creatures who like to stay up late.

Last night, Suguha stayed up until almost two in the morning. The current time was seven in the morning. If you counted it, Suguha had only slept for five hours. It was impossible for him not to be sleepy.

As for Kirito, he also had dark circles under his eyes, and it seemed that he had been staying up late even longer than Suguha.

Wait, maybe he stayed up all night!

However, the reason why Suguha was able to get up during the late nights was only because of the morning exercise habit she had developed over the years.

This long-established habit made Suguha want to keep exercising even when he was very sleepy, so after greeting his brother, Suguha immediately headed towards the courtyard.

Kirito, on the other hand, went to wash up with dark circles under his eyes.

On the other side, Asuna had just gotten up.

After all, in a sense, she is no longer a human being (an ordinary person). Although she stayed up late last night, it didn't have much impact on her.

Even his spirits were still full, which was completely different from Suguha and Kirito.

After going downstairs and having a simple breakfast, Asuna returned to her room.

"Leafa came to see you last night, right?"

As soon as Asuna opened her phone, she saw a message from Kirito.

"Well, thanks to her, I got to see a lot of interesting things."

Asuna sat at her desk, replying to messages while finding the book she was going to read today, preparing to take this opportunity to learn the knowledge she would need to learn later.

"Thank you, Asuna. I'll leave Suguha in your care for the time being."

After a while, Kirito sent a new message.

Asuna: "Well, leave Suguha to me in care."

Kirito: “…”

I feel like there's something else behind her words... I'd better try to log into the game as soon as possible.

On the other side of the phone, Kirito was sitting in front of the computer desk, looking at the computer and chatting with Asuna.

"By the way, remember to use your SAO account when you log into the game. There will be a surprise then."

Suddenly, Asuna sent him a message.

"I see."

Although I don't know what the surprise Asuna mentioned is, it shouldn't be something bad.

He then continued to send the message:

"If you need anything, just let me know. I'll be there in a few days."

With Kirito's skills, once he enters ALO, he will definitely make a big splash in a very short time, just like Asuna, and may even become a player comparable to Eugene or even surpass Eugene.

Although Kirito's strength is not as good as the "enhanced" Asuna, for ordinary game players, Kirito's strength is still very powerful.

It is indeed worth being happy to have such a helper.

"I understand. I'll find you if I need anything."

On the other end of the phone, Asuna smiled and replied quickly.

"Oh right." Kirito seemed to have remembered something and asked Asuna, "During this period, we have also been in touch with everyone in SAO. Klein, Silica and the others seem to have almost dealt with their affairs in the real world. Should we find some time to get together?"

Asuna was stunned at first.

Indeed, since I came back, I haven't met my friends very often. At most, I chat with them on the phone or have video calls with them. I have never met them in person in real life.

It's not like in SAO, where basically everyone can get together whenever they have time.

"Okay." Asuna replied immediately: "Then... let's get together next month."

"Next month?" Kirito asked.

"Yeah." Asuna replied, "By then, no one should have anything else to do. After all, everything will be dealt with in advance this month."

"That's true." Kirito nodded and replied, "Okay."

Not long after, Suguha also left home and went to school.

In her words, she needed to go to the school's kendo club to show her face in the crowdfunding group ④五六①②⑦九④零.

As for classes, you don't need to attend them.

Since Suguha was already in the third year of junior high school and had been admitted by recommendation, it didn't matter if she didn't go to school, and she shouldn't be able to come back for long.

After saying goodbye to Suguha, Kirito went to contact his friends in SAO. As for school, it was naturally impossible for him to go.

Like Asuna, Kirito has not been to school for two years. The country is still trying to find a solution for this period of time. Before that, Kirito only needs to do his own rehabilitation.

After finishing her conversation with Kirito, Asuna received an unexpected call.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has decided to use the vacant school buildings in the metropolitan high school merger process to establish a special temporary school for the junior and senior high school students who survived SAO."

The caller was none other than Seijiro Kikuoka.

And what he wanted to tell Asuna was related to their studies.

"Because of SAO, all junior high and high school students have a two-year gap in their studies. Some of them were junior high school students before, but now they are able to go to high school two years later. However, they still haven't accumulated enough knowledge, let alone taken the high school entrance examination. This temporary school was established to solve this problem. Students can enter without taking the exam, and after graduation, they can also obtain the qualification to take the university entrance examination. It is a good solution."

Kikuoka Seijirou said this to Asuna with some enthusiasm.

“This is indeed a good solution for them.”

Asuna said softly, and then.

"And then?" Asuna asked, "What's the matter with you specifically telling me this?"

For this kind of thing, you can find out about it through the news or relevant personnel.

And given Kikuoka Seijiro's current status, it seems that there is no need for him to tell Asuna about this in person, right?

"Isn't it meaningless?" Kikuoka Seijiro asked curiously, "In this way, your academic qualification problem can also be solved, right?"

"But that's not the point, is it?"

Education? With Asuna's current state, if she was willing, she could review all her previous knowledge overnight. Even if she wanted to study, it wouldn't be too difficult.

Therefore, if it was just about academic qualifications, there would be absolutely no need for Kikuoka Seijiro to call Asuna in person.

083 Central City

"Including me, middle school and high school students have lived in a death game full of killing for two years in SAO. The government should be worried about whether it will affect us psychologically."

Asuna's fingers pinched the pages of the book, but her eyes were not paying attention to the contents on the pages. "Plus the control of intelligence, so they want to gather us in one place for unified management. Only in this way can they feel a little relieved."

Asuna said calmly.

"And I am a representative figure among these players, and I am the one who personally ended Kayaba Jingyan. Among so many people, I am probably the one who needs your supervision and management the most."

After all, who would allow a known killer to live freely?

If one day I am unhappy and the murderous intent in my heart recurs, it will be a big trouble for those people.

"So, if I don't go to that school, you won't be able to rest easy. The result is that the higher-ups should have issued you an order to do some ideological work on me and make me accept your control, right?"

To be honest, Asuna has been waiting for this day and this news for a long time.

If Kikuoka Seijiro hadn't suddenly called her today, Asuna would have forgotten about it.

However, it seems that those people still don't trust us.

I just don’t know what happened to those red-named players. I hope they won’t cause trouble in real life.

Asuna was a little worried in her heart because the people from "Laughing Coffin" were too dangerous.

They have already killed people wantonly in the game, so it is hard to guarantee that they will mend their ways and stop doing evil after escaping SAO.

However, so far, I haven't heard any news or other channels about any accidental deaths or homicides. That should be okay, right?

Just as Asuna was worrying about the people from Laughing Coffin, Kikuoka Seijiro's wry smile came from the other end of the line:

"Are you really only sixteen?"

"Or has your experience in SAO trained you to this level?"

Kikuoka Seijiro was also puzzled.

Because, what Asuna said was indeed correct.

Although this news has not been released to the public, he still hopes that there will be fewer smart people like Asuna, otherwise it will be difficult for him to explain to his superiors.

However, according to the current information, other people who are worth calling personally probably won't care about this matter.

After all, they were just some student players with excellent gaming skills. There were almost no ones like Asuna who served as the vice-leader of the strongest guild and the commander of the strategy team in the game.

"Well, probably so."

Asuna leaned back, swinging her long legs comfortably.

"After all, if you haven't grown up after going through so much, isn't that a bit too 'naive'?"

Asuna's words made Kikuoka Seijiro laugh awkwardly.

"That school..."

"Well, probably... I will go?"

"perhaps?"

"Well, if there is anything, please help me."

After saying that, Asuna hung up the phone. After all, the following words were mostly nonsense and meaningless.

"..."

Kikuoka Seijiro looked at the busy tone on his phone, unable to speak for a long time.

After a long time...

"As expected, he is the one who defeated Kayaba Akihiko, stood at the top of SAO, and led all the players. He is indeed extraordinary."

Seijiro Kikuoka pushed his glasses up, looking somewhat helpless.

A person like him could actually be suppressed by a young girl. If he told others about it, I'm afraid no one would believe it.

But this is the fact.

"But it would be better if she could be more honest."

Kikuoka Seijiro sighed and glanced at his computer screen.

The picture above was the scene when Asuna forced the annealing spirit to retreat alone last night.

"It's really... very worrying."