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

Therefore, having seen too much of the filth in the imperial bureaucracy, Asuna would not start from the lowest level as a soldier, because if she did, no matter how strong she was or how many contributions she had made, in the end she would only become someone else's wedding dress.

After understanding them, Asuna directly took out a large amount of money and easily bribed the official in charge of conscription, and became an officer of moderate importance.

However, she did not join the army alone.

Yvis, the "hybrid" who was under his control, joined in with Asuna.

Yvis is absolutely obedient to Asuna's orders, but because she has become a "puppet", she can only follow Asuna's orders and cannot make independent judgments.

Because of this, Asuna was afraid that she would accidentally hurt others because of her orders, so she did not release her from the warehouse to look after Akame and Kurome.

And now, it's too late to regret.

However, if it’s just fighting, then Xavier is definitely the most terrifying killing machine in the world!

With the "feeding" of a large amount of magic stones, Xavius's level has broken through the original half-step lv.6 and has completely become a lv.6 adventurer.

In terms of strength, even those legendary imperial weapon users would not be her match, let alone those alien races.

After resolving her own and Yves' identities, Asuna unceremoniously sneaked into the home of the officer who accepted her bribe.

After a little interrogation, Asuna discovered that although this guy's greatest hobby was money, he was very stingy in his life. Whether it was for himself or others, he would save as much as possible and never spend money recklessly.

Because of his stingy personality, when Asuna arrived at his house, she almost thought she had come to the wrong place.

“This residence, which is only slightly better than a slum, is it really that guy’s home?”

The furniture was worn out, and the chairs were missing parts, looking as if they had been picked up from a garbage dump.

The room was dimly lit. There were electric lights and candles, but this guy was reluctant to turn them on.

There were holes everywhere on the curtains, and the broken windows were nailed shut with wooden boards without even replacing the glass.

The money Asuna gave him was enough for him to buy a big house in the city center, but this guy, despite having a lot of wealth, lives a poor life every day. I really don't know how this guy's character was cultivated.

After silently memorizing this person in her heart, Asuna flew out with the wealth he had accumulated over the years amidst his screams.

If this guy is made a financial officer in the future, he will definitely be able to keep the money safe.

The days that followed seemed much more boring.

There are endless enemies to kill, and he has to go to the battlefield day after day. The only fun is probably to put the soul crystal of Kayaba Akihiko into the body of Yvis, so that he can be "resurrected" as a woman and chat with Asuna to relieve her boredom.

Thinking of the shocked expression on "Yvis'" face, Asuna couldn't help but want to laugh.

The paralyzed leader actually showed such a funny expression. I really regret not recording the scene with my mobile phone.

During the day, he took Yvis to the battlefield to fight against foreign races. At night, he released Kayaba Akihiko and let him chat with him using Yvis's body to relieve his tense mood.

And Kayaba Akihiko knew he couldn't escape, so he honestly did the job of "operator", providing chat companionship for ten minutes every night.

Although he had to wear women's clothes every day, he still learned a lot about the world from the ten minutes of chatting every day.

If Asuna hadn't been wary of him, he might have already been using Xavius's body to "investigate" around the world.

However, although there were only ten minutes of "fresh air" time every day, Kayaba Akihabara still gave Asuna a lot of useful advice.

For example, when you encounter those beastly guys, how to get rid of them quietly.

How to deal with malicious obstruction from others when getting promoted.

Thanks to Kayaba Akihabara's advice, Asuna's promotion speed instantly increased several times.

After all, no one can take over the credit, so promotion will come naturally quickly.

And those guys who deliberately cause trouble for her always end up in trouble due to various accidents.

Because both herself and Yves were women, Asuna put masks on herself and her to hide their faces, so as to prevent those daring guys from causing trouble for them.

Asuna even gave herself and Yvis other SAO items that could conceal their figures. This way, even after the battle was over and they took off their masks to rest, those who saw their faces would only have a faint impression and would not be too amazed by their looks to cause trouble.

However, if you kill more enemies, naturally no one will come to trouble you.

Moreover, Asuna's team also had the highest casualty rate among all the teams.

Those guys who had bad intentions in their hearts joined Asuna's team under the temptation of military merit, but what they didn't know was that once they entered the battlefield, people like them would be the first to die.

Those who still have justice in their hearts and try to change everything through their own efforts, under the care of Asuna and Yvis, always return from the battlefield safely.

Over time, Asuna was also labeled as a doomed star.

Hundreds of people left, but only a few returned.

The casualty rate remains high.

19th Knights? There is something wrong with you!

Although the casualty rate was the highest in the entire army, under Asuna's leadership, those who survived gained considerable military merit, and many even gave up opportunities for promotion and continued to follow Asuna.

During the day, Xavius ​​followed Asuna to kill enemies on the battlefield, rescue soldiers with a strong sense of justice, and build her future team.

At night, Kayaba Akihabara "comes online" to help Asuna analyze various situations. On the one hand, she helps Asuna to come up with strategies and win people's hearts, and on the other hand, she helps her analyze which bad senior executives can be used as stepping stones to help Asuna get promoted.

By performing two tasks at the same time, Xavius ​​really helped Asuna a lot!

After all, if it weren't for her, it would have been difficult for Kayaba Akihabara to talk to Asuna.

And with the presence of Kayaba Akihabara, a veteran in society, he really helped Asuna reduce a lot of trouble and avoid a lot of detours.

After all, no matter how outstanding Asuna is, she has not experienced all kinds of things in society, and there will often be omissions in some areas that need to be taken care of.

But Kayaba Jingyan was different. Before he "died", he had lived in society for a long time, so he naturally knew what to do and how to manage things at the right time.

With such an old fox around, those senior executives who took the money would accept Asuna's gifts with a smile, and then soon after Asuna was promoted, they would die inexplicably due to various accidents.

And because there were so many people who gave gifts to those guys, no one suspected Asuna and her team during the subsequent investigation. Instead, they characterized the deaths of those high-level officials as assassinations by aliens, which also gave Asuna a lot of credit for her promotion.

In the battlefield, Asuna is a leader that everyone can trust and entrust with their safety.

After the war, Asuna became a close comrade who was kind to others but had a facial injury and wore a mask all day.

Even, no one knew who started it, but the soldiers who had always followed Asuna all put on masks.

If everyone wears it together, you won’t feel like a unique person.

Then there is no more then.

They are like those fanatical fans who call themselves the Kamen Riders and say they are here to protect their Kamen General???

When Asuna heard the news, she was stunned by their actions.

I only wear a mask because I'm so pretty. What are you doing?

How did I suddenly become your “Masked General”?

After having a unified symbol (mask) and number (self-proclaimed) (Masked Riders).

These stubborn guys, who have an inexplicable sense of justice deep in their hearts, seem to have found their life goals, or the existence that they can entrust their beliefs to, and they have burst out with extraordinary fighting power.

When fighting with them, the warriors of those alien races would often fall in the blink of an eye under the joint efforts of several people. This was the only way they figured out that did not require Asuna to go around to rescue them.

As long as we have enough people, the boss won’t have to run around trying to save us!

There were even many soldiers who broke through their own limits in battle and successfully transformed into perverts who could defeat dangerous species with just cold weapons.

However, when these guys excitedly went to challenge Asuna or Yvis, all they endured was one-sided abuse.

But I don’t know why, even though they were the ones being beaten, those stubborn people looked so proud???

It seems that being beaten up by Asuna and Yves is an honor that no one else can enjoy?!

You have a problem!

It seems I saved the wrong person!

Under the setting sun, several young men with bruised faces and black bodies were arm in arm, with a smile of "made a profit" on their faces that everyone understood, which really made Asuna feel a chill!

You were screaming so miserably when you were being beaten, why are your smiles so disgusting after the beating?

Asuna once asked Kayaba Akihabara with a sullen face, but that guy just shook his head in confusion.

As a ruthless man who devoted himself to game development and even refused to fall in love with girls, how could Kayaba Jingyan understand the thoughts of those young people?

In the end, he just gave Asuna an answer: "Those people have probably become masochists because of years of war. Be nicer to them in the future."

The infectious power of the fanatics was somewhat beyond expectations, because under their influence, more and more people joined their "Masked Rider Group", and among them were even many of the people Asuna originally wanted to deal with.

However, when Asuna investigated later, she found that those people's demeanor had changed since they joined the so-called Knight Order.

To put it simply, "I didn't have a choice before, but now I want to be a good person!"

As time passed, more and more people joined Asuna's team, and as her military rank increased, her influence gradually grew, attracting more people to join.

Relying on that "twisted" will, many people who had made mistakes have reformed themselves, turned over a new leaf, and become fanatical believers with upright values.

Those who still have evil intentions after joining are immediately targeted by others because their "beliefs" are different from others.

"Hmm? We are all people who follow the Masked Master till death! How could you be different from us? You must be a spy sent by the alien race! Brothers, beat him!"

Then there is no more.

And if the spies were sent in by other factions, they would have only two possible outcomes.

Outcome 1: Plant a spy, then turn him against you, the spy becomes a double agent and stabs the former boss in the back.

Ending 2: The spy was determined and not brainwashed, but because his behavior was too different from others, he was beaten to death by others as a foreign spy, and was killed.

As the alien race was defeated one after another, Asuna's mission progress, which had been reset to zero due to the passage of time, began to slowly advance again.

Only then did Asuna vaguely know what she should do.

Moreover, at this point, there is no room for regret.

Every time she watched the progress of the mission increase, Asuna knew that she had committed one more sin.

Although the battle between the empire and the alien races had already broken out, if it weren't for me, if it weren't for following me, those people who could have survived would not have died.

Moreover, as her position has risen, Asuna has rarely gone to the battlefield in person.

Asuna once said to Kayaba Akihabara:

"Now, if I just sit here like this and smile a little bit, a lot of people will be satisfied... and this is just because I am their leader."

20 What about trust between God and man?

Along the way, in order to climb to the current position, how many people had been sacrificed on the battlefield, and how many people had been killed after the battlefield, Asuna no longer wanted to calculate, because that was already an uncountable number.

In the following three years, although there were not wars every day, the foreign invasions from the north and the west were all quelled. Only the south remained in a stalemate due to climate and geographical reasons. However, with the end of the wars in the north and the west, the pressure on the empire was relieved. At least, it was no longer under attack from three sides.

During these three years, Asuna relied on her knights, the great achievements she had made in the war, and her extremely high popularity to become the new generation leader of the Imperial Military!

He is even as famous as General Bud who defended the royal family in the imperial capital!

Because she and her soldiers all wore masks, the name "Masked Riders" which was originally just a joke was officially recognized by the Empire.

As for why she can easily take on this position?

Of course, it was because her previous leaders had all died in "assassinations by foreigners", so that all the chubby generals in the imperial capital died one after another, and no one dared to come anymore, so the supreme leader of the North naturally fell to Asuna, the new popular general in the military.

After Asuna completely took control of military power, she began a series of reforms.

Apart from anything else, given the current situation of the empire, even Asuna can only conduct reform experiments in one location first. Once a large-scale reform is carried out, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction in the imperial capital.

By then, if a civil war breaks out, this already devastated empire might collapse directly.

By then, it might be a good opportunity for those alien races and some people with ulterior motives within the empire.

However, the implementation of a completely new political system within the empire could not be concealed from the Empire's Minister Ernest and General Budd.

Soon after the new policy pilot program began, Asuna received a joint invitation from Minister Ernest and General Budd.

However, because Asuna had completely controlled the military power of the North and the Ministry with the influence of the "Masked Riders" at that time, Minister Ernest and General Budd were not in a position to take the initiative to provoke disputes.

If the new policy is to be implemented, then these two ministers who stand at the top of the empire must meet.

So, under the escort of Kayaba Akihiko and a small number of elite members of the Kamen Rider Corps, Asuna secretly came to the imperial capital and reached an agreement with the two people who were in a hostile state in the court.

After ensuring that the new policy would not affect the rule of the empire and that no troops would be sent to control other areas, Asuna successfully gained the support of the two powerful ministers. Just like the "Masked Riders" that was originally a joke, she officially turned her new policy pilot into an experimental project allowed by the empire.

Moreover, because Asuna's power is now no less than that of the two of them, with the tacit approval of Minister Ernest and General Bud, Minister Ernest tricked the young emperor into abolishing the system of having only one general, and also promised that whoever quelled the war among the southern tribes would become the next general of the empire.

But this is definitely not possible with Asuna.

Because the treaty she signed with Minister Ernest and General Budd included an agreement not to send troops to other areas.