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

After an unknown amount of time, the shivering Marisa opened the door of the shrine and came in, shaking off the snowflakes on her body.

"Are you asleep already?"

Although it had been quite some time, she still remembered the agreement they had made to lie.

Marisa held the Bagua stove and shone a faint light. She tried to make her steps as light as possible and slowly walked to Yimi's bed, but she did not see that she had prepared socks.

Marisa scratched her cheek helplessly.

Children always forget things, but even if they forget, adults still have to keep their promises.

She took out the book she had snatched from Patchouli during the day, which was actually a fable with illustrations. Of course, she would compensate Patchouli afterwards, as she had already decided not to steal anything again.

Marisa searched for a while and found her socks among the cotton boots placed beside Yimi's bed.

Just press it on top, even though it’s a little small.

"Ok?"

With the help of the faint light from the Bagua stove, she saw something scribbled on the sock.

"Marisa (crossed out) Santa Claus, you can give it to the old man."

It breaks off here. Children's socks are so small that even if you try to make the text smaller, you can't write much with a colored pen.

Didn’t you forget?

After thinking for a moment, Marisa picked up the other sock.

Then the previous one: "Can you give Deng a gift? Today is his birthday."

There are a lot of typos, but they don't hinder understanding.

Marisa thought about it, then took out another gem she got from Patch and placed it on the other sock.

She tiptoed to retreat, but out of the corner of her eye she saw more than a hundred socks on Reimu's bed.

Marisa walked over puzzled and saw a note.

The note reads: "Put one coin in the first one, two in the second one, and double each subsequent one until it's full."

"I'll go to you!"

Marisa couldn't help but kick Reimu.

34

Chapter 34: Duel again.

It is said that every five floors is a watershed, but according to the rules, the truly powerful floor bosses are actually 25, 50, 75, and 100.

The BOSS on this floor shouldn't be so strong, but everyone's attention is not on why the BOSS on the 65th floor is so strong.

Immortal Object.

Due to the immortality of the system, most players have never seen this kind of thing. Probably only a few of the closed beta testers have had the honor of seeing it from the GM... that is, the developer account?

"What's going on, Captain Heathcliff? Is this the reason you've never eaten stewed rat? Actually, that little girl has a special recipe that you've hidden away. How selfish!"

Some people's brains work differently.

You can't blame him. Ever since Yimi started cooking, all kinds of weird buffs have been experimented with by the Blood Alliance Knights. Even a resurrection armor like the Stewed Rat that can save half of its health doesn't seem to be a rare thing.

But there is someone here who is always keeping an eye on Heathcliff.

Before the strategy team fights the BOSS, there will be about a minute of eating time. One minute may be a bit too short, but the Buff time is limited and we certainly cannot let those who finish eating first wait that long, so in recent days the strategy team members have basically practiced a set of fast-eating skills.

During this time, Kirito had been paying attention to Heathcliff, and what he consumed was just the most basic attribute-enhancing buff.

"The answer is obvious, right? I've been wondering where he is. It's definitely less boring to be a part of a massive gaming livestream where the main characters aren't even there."

Kirito looked directly at the man who was his leader. "Kayaba Akihiko."

Heathcliff... or should I say, it was Kayaba Akihiko who opened the menu and operated twice, and the health bar of the BOSS, who was originally showing off his might, instantly dropped to the bottom. In the huge venue, only the strategy team members who had not yet reacted were left.

"Did you notice anything during the last duel? I'm a little surprised by how exposed this location is. There shouldn't have been so many code loopholes when designing this level's boss. Was it really last year's game crash that caused so many problems?"

"Does this count as an admission? Kayaba Akihiko!"

The members of the Blood Alliance Knights looked at this once admired man in shock and anger.

One person simply forgot about the sign and rushed over with a knife in hand: "What a joke! What do you take our loyalty and trust for?!"

Kayaba Akihiko didn't respond, and clicked the menu again to apply mass paralysis to everyone.

"I see. Even if this incident hadn't happened, you would have discovered my identity in no time. The dual-wielding style is granted to the player with the fastest reflexes after the 50th floor. My design suggests that this should be the hero who defeats the Demon King."

He single-handedly removed Kirito's paralysis:

"I'll give you a reward, Kirito. If you defeat me here, I'll remove my immortality, and you'll only have one life to use. If you can do that, I'll give you all the information on all the future floors for free."

Originally, Heathcliff wanted to say something like "Defeat me and you can go back", but when he thought of the buff on the other party that he couldn't delete even with administrator privileges, he changed his words and said intelligence.

He was talking about all floors, not just the BOSS and the maze area. In other words, all the information including the field BOSS, hidden items and maps can be obtained for free as long as you defeat him. This is equivalent to complete cheating, and it sounds no different from sending people out directly.

What's the point of this?

Kirito didn't quite understand why Kayaba Akihiko was so afraid of loneliness? Or was it...

Asuna advised: "Kirito, there's no need to be here..."

"Okay, a one-on-one duel. I just thought the last time was unfair. The original result should have been me winning, right?"

Kirito looked down at the two swords, one black and one white.

The Elucidator was a reward from the fiftieth-floor boss, the other was the Dark Repulser forged with the help of Asuna's friend, and...

"Klein, I'm so sorry about what happened last year. I've always regretted it."

"What are you suddenly saying, kid? Who blames you?"

"Agil, I know everything. You've used all the dirty money you earned to train mid-level and higher-level players, right?"

"Then don't say it's dirty money..."

He obviously thought that the 'one life' that Kayaba Akihiko mentioned meant removing all the buffs from him. In that case, the battle between them would no longer be a pure duel, but a fight to the death.

"Asuna, I'll leave these two children to you."

"Idiot, don't say that..."

Before that, he had to die once from another perspective.

Kirito took a deep breath, opened the menu in full view of everyone, selected the trump card costume that was only prepared for monster hunting and leveling up, and clicked on equipment.

The black hem that had hardly changed was replaced, and paired with the flowing long hair, it looked more like an outfit for aesthetics and efficiency, rather than one suitable for combat.

"Hello, you?"

Klein opened his mouth and tried to point his finger at him, but he was paralyzed and couldn't move.

"is that a lie!"

"My first love!!"

Who is your first love?

Kayaba Akihiko was also a little surprised: "What a bold outfit! It seems that the added value of that outfit must be quite good."

There was chatter all around, and it seemed like there were also heartbreaking voices. After all, he found out that he had been deceived twice in one day.

Kirito had no business being in this kind of situation. It took him a lot of courage to wear this outfit on such an occasion.

He has to win this one no matter what, so he's going to give it his all here.

"let's start."

Using the system authority to replenish the health of both parties, Kayaba Akihiko lifted the system restrictions, and Kirito launched a powerful attack at the beginning of the duel.

Because the bonus of stewed rat was so strong, and coupled with the costume whose effect had not yet been checked, Kayaba Akihiko actually temporarily raised his level by 10 levels just now, so that it would be more fair.

He used the unique characteristics of the Holy Sword, and the shield also gave the nature of attack to push Kirito away, and at the same time, he stiffened and controlled Kirito for a moment. This was just a small skill of the Holy Sword.

The sharp blade pierced Kirito's body, and his originally healthy blood level dropped sharply in an instant. Everyone was worried about Kirito, and at this time they had no time to feel sad or appreciate the shattered first love.

If you don’t give it your all, you will really die!

Kirito knocked away Kayaba Akihiko's blade and seamlessly transitioned into a stance for an attack.

Solar eclipse!

This is the highest level of dual-wielding swordsmanship, and even Kirito has only just been able to use it.

Like a black butterfly dancing after being broken, the powerful attack hit the shield, and a full 27 hits were made in a row under the stunned expressions of everyone.

If you can't attack the person directly, you can only rely on the durability of your weapon.

Even though the bottom line was over ten levels, Kayaba Akihiko still couldn't suppress Kirito numerically. He calmly analyzed the response in his mind, and saw that Kirito's health bar was instantly restored to full under this final sword skill.

"?"

Even though Heathcliff himself was not attacked, the consumption of the shield's durability still triggered Kirito's blood-sucking attribute.

35

Chapter 35: A feeling of oppression.

Before GM temporarily logs into the system.

"You keep saying no, come on your own."

The kitten said dissatisfiedly, "You can do it yourself."

"I don't have the authority to touch this. You will destroy me."

Yui's voice softened a lot, and she almost forgot that the other party was a system that detected loopholes, and she was now the loophole.

"I won't destroy you."

Yimi looked down at the keyboard and felt that there was something wrong with its design. After she became a human, she only had ten fingers in total. How could she possibly control so many buttons?

Unable to bear the hassle, she simply called out [World] and punched the keyboard.

Then, all the GM accounts of this game appeared in front of them in the form of shadows.

Yui: “…”

So you actually know how to operate it, and you were just playing around just now, right?

Yimi didn't worry about what Yui thought. With her sharp eyes, she immediately found the key point: "I've seen this person before."

She was pointing to Heathcliff's information.

Compared to others, this guy has the least interactions with Yimi. Asuna also told him not to disturb the leader, so Yimi basically never called him when she went to find someone to play with. It turns out that he is a bad guy.

"Go back and kill him now!"

Yimi took out the transfer crystal and teleported Yui back.

Yui glanced at the console that was already able to modify SAO data to a certain extent, then glanced at Yimi who was honestly using the transfer crystal, but didn't think much about it.

After all, Cardinal itself has a system that can change SAO, but it is still somewhat powerless in the face of the administrator's authority.

Back to the usually deserted Blood Alliance Knights, Yimi pulled Yui and kicked open the door of the leader's office, startling Mr. Dashan who was flipping through some documents inside.

"Xiao Yimi, and Yui, this is not the place..."

Yimi opened her mouth, not thinking of Heathcliff's name, and raised her paw to ask: "Where is the shit behind the scenes?"

"Behind the scenes..."

Mr. Dashan was speechless for a moment and corrected her: "The word is pronounced 'backstage mastermind', and the word 'group leader' means leader, so you can't use 'backstage mastermind' to describe her. Do you understand?"

"Where did he go?"

"Right now, the leader is leading everyone to attack the 65th floor BOSS. Once you pass this floor, there will be delicious snacks for you."

"Well."

Yimi turned into a kitten, sniffed the office, and walked out.

"If you're going out, bring two members of the group to protect you!"

Mr. Dashan reminded.