I, the little cat, am a substitute for others who are starving and thin

This made Asuna disappointed but also somewhat relieved, because at least she was like an ordinary girl.

"Hey, long time no see."

"Kirito."

The person Asuna was talking about was naturally him. After meeting, he wanted to open his arms and give Yimi a hug, but Yimi just looked at him in confusion.

Asuna chuckled.

Kirito awkwardly flipped through his inventory and pulled out a box of donuts: "By the way, I bought the delicious treat I promised you last time."

"delicious."

Yimi then came over and hugged him, which made Lao Tong, who had been walking alone, feel relieved.

Kirito squatted down. "The news about the infinite durability bonus food has spread throughout the Clearers group. I heard that many people want to switch to the Blood Alliance Knights because of this. Is someone forcing you to work?"

"I didn't force myself."

"Don't think so badly of others, okay? She has become the darling of the Blood Alliance Knights now."

Asuna reached out and adjusted Yimi's collar.

Well, the way she eats donuts has made her look like a lady very skilled at it, and she doesn't look as wild as she did a few days ago.

"The group's favorite... Speaking of which, I haven't asked how Yimi and Asuna met yet."

"know?"

Yimi looked up and thought about the situation: "The one who can make clothes didn't give me food, and then asked me to eat. If I didn't eat, she followed me. If I ran, she chased me. She insisted that I eat her food, then hugged me, and took me away."

"..."

Kirito pulled Yimi behind him, away from Asuna.

Asuna blushed. "That's so easy to misunderstand! Although it's true..."

"Did Asuna discover from the beginning that Yimi could make special food?"

Asuna shook her head. "I don't know. In fact, I had no idea of ​​this child's specialness until the captain told me."

Kirito pinched his chin in thought. "It was the same on the 35th floor. In fact, I've been wondering what kind of role positioning Yimi had that caused Kayaba Akihiko to abandon her after the public beta."

"Role positioning?"

Yimi raised her little face.

"Sorry, this may be a topic you don't understand."

Kirito patted her.

He looked at Asuna again, not intending to carry Yimi on his back: "Although you told me before that she can make clothes, that was a skill you taught her temporarily."

"Cooking is certainly her primary skill from the start, isn't it? But the 'cat food' Yimi can offer is quite good, but Kayaba Akihiko could just set a fixed, high price to balance it out. Or does this kid actually have a supermodel-level exclusive dish that's so difficult to balance even with the price?"

"Exclusive...dish?"

Asuna's expression froze as she thought of something.

Although he noticed something was wrong with her, Kirito still chose to ask Yimi first: "Yimi always cooks according to everyone's ideas. Do you have any special dishes?"

"Have!"

20

Chapter 20: Kayaba Akihiko, this beast!

The regional boss was undoubtedly taken down, but the one who dealt the final blow was Klein, the president of Fenglinzan.

Although he felt unwilling and even jealous of the others who had contributed, he was indeed a member of the strategy team, and his improvement also meant that the possibility of everyone leaving the game increased by 10%.

Over the past period of time, we have more or less put aside the reality. Whether it is voluntary or forced adaptation, everyone has to take the experiences of this world as life to a certain extent.

This is the case with Mr. Dashan's careful budgeting, and it is also the case with Asuna helping Yimi set the price without many people objecting. Money is a necessity in any society.

"We've almost completed the exploration of the 58th floor maze area. Preliminary observations of the boss guarding the floor have been recorded in this booklet. Please take a look."

Mr. Dashan placed a small notebook in front of Heathcliff.

"is it?"

Heathcliff pretended to look through the book carefully, but he actually knew more information.

The BOSS on this floor is not difficult for them now. Even if they don't have cat fans, with their strength, they should be able to reach the 60th floor without any casualties.

There is only one life, so players try their best to level up to a level that surpasses those who are not good at floor planning and consider strategies.

"Where's the deputy captain?"

Normally, Asuna would be there at this time.

Heathcliff walked to the window and saw the answer at a glance.

Asuna, who usually maintains her dignity, was standing on the bench. Besides her, there were several older players hiding in various places in a funny way.

The person they were avoiding, the NPC little girl who had been in the spotlight in the player circle in the past few days, was blindfolded, with her hands stretched out in front of her, grabbing randomly.

The ears on her head twitched twice, and then she trotted towards the uncle who accidentally made the sound, and the uncle deliberately caught her at the right time.

"Oh my, you're amazing!"

“They all seem to be in a good mood.”

Heathcliff sighed.

Many of them are serious guys on weekdays, especially Asuna. As the vice-captain, she has always deliberately maintained a distance and dignity from her teammates. Perhaps it is related to the fact that many people have proposed to her.

"There are still quite a few older men participating in this game. I don't know what their bodies have become like in the outside world. Everyone is under increasing pressure as time goes by."

There were many players of the same age as Agil, who had lost Yimi earlier. After all, the initial equipment for full-immersion technology was not cheap. Aside from the beta testers, most of them came from wealthy families or were already employed, and many of them had children.

When a mascot suddenly appears, many people will of course be happy to play with her and relax themselves at the same time.

In order to prevent others from expressing their dissatisfaction with the cat-eating NPC, the Knights of the Blood Alliance gave many reasons, such as that the NPC was harmable and must be well protected, and that the NPC had a bad temper and they had to coax him into giving them food every day.

In fact, many people enjoy the latter.

An NPC like Kayaba Akihiko was indeed designed, who would appear immediately when the player's emotions fluctuated greatly and provide timely psychological counseling to prevent collapse, but he disabled it and put it in a corner of the database on the day the server was launched.

Heathcliff closed the book and stood up: "Prepare the cat food, gather the people and prepare the strategy."

"I've prepared the cat food. There's a new style that's very popular lately, but the conditions are a bit harsh."

Mr. Dashan's expression stiffened slightly.

……

Arriving in front of the boss's room, Heathcliff lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

In his hand was a bowl of soup, which gave off a strange smell of cooked red wine, but lying in the soup was a mouse that had only been plucked. Judging from its appearance, it should still be a large gray rat from outside.

He shouldn't have designed something like this.

Rat stewed in red wine: sewer-level dish.

Effect: After eating all of them, you cannot get other food bonuses within 30 minutes, and your endurance is +30%, your physical strength recovery is -30% (not including potion and crystal recovery), your movement speed is +20%, and your attack power is +30%.

Reward for the Brave: If you die during the effect, you will gain 1 second of invincibility and be resurrected once with 50% health, and then the above gains/losses will be cleared.

Note: Can only be consumed once within 24 hours.

The production method is certainly demanding. Grade A red wine may take three consecutive days to make, but compared with the above bonuses, the hard work is worth it.

The biggest challenge facing them was how to swallow even a little bit, as the instructions required them to finish the whole thing.

Mr. Dashan, who smelled a business opportunity, took out all the stock of materials in the guild to make some Grade A red wine. Even so, he only made a few bottles. After all, Grade A is extremely difficult to obtain.

But it doesn't matter. When he sells things, in addition to the fees he charges, he can also ask for raw materials. The players in the strategy group are definitely not short of money and materials.

As for the people in his own guild, they can see Yimi every day after all, so they can just do it themselves if they want.

It looks a bit disgusting, but I believe no one would think having a second life is too much.

Kayaba Akihiko would never design this thing himself. Even if he did, he would only design it as the only item dropped by the BOSS, and at least add a durability limit.

Heathcliff frowned, but then he thought of something and his brows relaxed slightly.

"Drink, drink, drink—"

Surrounded by his friends, the first warrior Agil was sweating profusely as he looked at the soup in his hand.

He swallowed the tax and looked at Kirito with a pleading look: "I can give you this soup for free."

Kirito patted his shoulder and shook his head gently: "Just think of it as your apology for not taking good care of the child, right?"

Agil gritted his teeth and gulped down the drink.

"what about the taste?"

Friends asked curiously.

No need to answer; from the warrior's gradually distorted expression, it can be seen that he must have felt a deep disgust for the mechanism that allowed him to taste the flavor of this game for the first time.

The most painful thing was that he couldn't vomit what he had just drunk during the game.

After a long moment, the usually cheerful and friendly Agil uttered a single comment, "Kayaba Akihiko is a bastard!"

Such a good prop is set up as such a disgusting thing!

Heathcliff's brow, which had just relaxed, furrowed again.

-

"Meow meow meow~ meow, meow meow~ meow..."

Yimi was in a good mood and sang. After traveling through so many worlds, this was the first time that her homemade dishes were so popular and sold for a lot of money.

This means that Reimu scolded her not because of her fault, but because of Reimu's bad taste. She even felt guilty for leaving rat soup for Gouyan and the others.

About half of the Blood Alliance Knights went to fight the floor boss, which made the Blood Alliance Knights, which was not a large guild, instantly deserted, and no one asked her to cook anymore.

Yimi concentrated on trimming the cloth in front of her for practice, but without any guidance, she had no direction at all.

Throwing away the things in her hand, she took out the corridor crystal that the geo-track dropped from the storage space. Kirito had explained the use of this thing when he came to visit her before.

You can position yourself to teleport, and can teleport dozens of people at a time. Of course, there are limitations. Like the transfer crystal, you cannot teleport to unexplored places, and positioning is required.

The terrain of this world is very strange, and no one has ever explained to her what the rules of this world are.

She switched her power, felt the crystal, and could vaguely sense where she could reach.

Yimi tiptoed out and found Kladil, who was gritting his teeth and thinking about something. This was the guy who had wanted to ask Yimi to cook when Yimi was getting ready for a nap, and made a fuss after Yimi refused.

He secretly opened his inventory, took out the transfer crystal while he wasn't paying attention, and left himself a way back.

Then he used the corridor crystal to reach the 100th floor, the Ruby Palace.

21

Chapter 21 The Real Bug.

After completing the game to level 100, everyone can return to the real world. This was announced by Akihiko Kayaba on the first day of the server opening.

However, this palace at the end, which should belong to [An Incarnation Of The Radius], the room where the final BOSS is located, does not have anything that meets the characteristics of a BOSS.

But even if there is, Yimi probably wouldn't understand what it is.

He walked doubtfully into the center of the venue. As the perspective shifted, the clues of this layer gradually became apparent. Gaps appeared between the walls of the hall, as if a texture had not been fully fitted. In some places on the ceiling above his head, he could even see the disorder where the program had failed to load successfully.

Yimi had never seen such a strange situation in other worlds.

In fact, it is also abnormal. In order to optimize SAO, although it has the effect of blurring the scenery in places where you are not paying attention, the scene loading is still continuing.

There are traps set up in many places that require players to react and avoid them. Situations like being ambushed and killed due to failure to load textures will never happen.

There wasn't just one, as long as you kept moving, you'd find more of these flaws. When you got closer, closed your eyes, and put your eyes right next to it, what you saw wasn't the scene on the other side of the wall, but instead a vast expanse of green that felt out of place.

"Well?"

She had a vague sense of déjà vu. When she first arrived in this world, she was in a large meadow. However, she was so sad and crying that she had no mood to appreciate the surrounding scenery.

She only had a simple understanding of this world. The fat uncle who often bought cat food told her that there would definitely be better food on the new floor, but there was nothing here at all.

Yimi turned around and walked to the next gap. She glimpsed that the gap, which was only about two meters away, was completely dark and different from the previous one. In fact, it was just a regular maze area on every floor.