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

Yimi ignored it and used the transfer crystal to reach the 65th floor, the horror-themed floor.

"Wait a minute, are you going to confront the administrator?"

Yui tried to stop Yimi.

"administrator?"

Just as she expressed her doubts, Yimi smelled another scent in the air.

Generally speaking, when tracking a scent, she would focus on the most important scent and basically ignore the others, but she could not ignore this scent.

The last time I went to help Kirito fight, a bunch of men in black had a similar smell on them. At that time, I just thought it was the smell of the cave dungeon itself.

Yimi took a step and ran out of the safety circle.

Kill them all!

"Wait a minute!"

Yui quickly chased after him.

Poh, whose real name is Vasak Casals, is the founder of Smiling Coffin.

He also had a tragic background, his mother was Hispanic and his father was Japanese. He was born out of an accident after his parents had sex, which could only be regarded as a one-night stand.

He should have been aborted but was kept at his father's request because the child born to his father's legitimate wife had a congenital kidney defect, and his existence could provide a complete kidney for his half-brother.

Born for this purpose, and with his mother looking down on him, he knew that after completing his donation, he would no longer be of any use to his father, so he used this as leverage to ask his father to immigrate to Japan in exchange for a chance to start over.

Unfortunately, due to legal reasons, he was unable to obtain permanent residency in Neon, leaving him with no choice but to join the underground gang. As for his participation in this game, he was not accidentally deceived like other players, but was actively involved in it.

His mission is to kill someone in SAO who is difficult to approach in reality. This will of course carry the risk of not being able to come back, but the reward is also sky-high.

He completed the mission successfully, but after that, he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart. Every interaction with the Japanese people in the game reminded him of his damned scumbag father. So he didn't stop killing people, and he also encouraged the criminals to establish Laughing Coffin for Kayaba Akihiko's ideals.

Normally, murderous players like them would not appear on the current highest floor. However, in order to become stronger, orange-named players also need to continuously strengthen their equipment, and there are very few craftsmen in the "outside village" who have a good craft.

"Ok?"

POH narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw Yimi approaching.

He knew this cat. Even if he had seen a human form at first, he could buy the entire geographical track from the intelligence dealer as long as he asked the nominal members of the Green Label to spend some money.

Many people witnessed the cat's attack at that time, and Heathcliff did not hide the fact that the cat and Immie were the same person.

POH knows that this NPC is very powerful, so he doesn't really want to provoke it now. However, if this thing dares to take the initiative to look for him, he will definitely fight back, and the fun of killing this thing will definitely be huge for him.

Holding the knife-like weapon in his hand, Yimi's health bar gradually appeared in POH's sight.

-

"Won?"

Klein and the other players looked at the scene in disbelief.

The girl, with full health, pierced Kayaba Akihiko's chest with a pitch-black blade, depriving him of the last bit of his health. The whole process seemed to be incredibly smooth.

Ignoring his sword skills that looked gorgeous with his outfit, Kirito's fighting style was just like a mad dog that had given up all defense. He relied on his dual swords to cut through the durability of Kayaba Akihiko's shield, but all the attacks he took recovered within two seconds.

No, she cannot be called a mad dog, but a graceful Valkyrie.

It was quite ironic that Kayaba Akihiko, who was famous for his health bar never reaching the yellow zone, failed to reduce Kirito's health bar to the yellow zone throughout the duel.

Kirito looked up and met Heathcliff's gaze.

In the eyes of others, it's like——

Kayaba Akihiko: Is it open?

Kirito: You opened it first.

Kayaba Akihiko was very puzzled. Kirito's life-stealing attribute was completely beyond their original design intention.

Kirito retracted his two swords: "You've already lost, are you planning to cheat?"

Even when his health bar was completely depleted, he didn't collapse like an ordinary player. In everyone's eyes, Kayaba Akihiko seemed to be mocking all the victims in this way, which made people very angry.

"Do not."

Kayaba Akihiko opened the menu again, pulled out a scroll and threw it to Kirito.

Kirito didn't let his guard down. "With this, it won't be hard for us to get through without taking any damage. What else are you planning?"

"Is that what you're asking?"

Kayaba Akihiko asked calmly.

Yes, his attitude was not that of a superior that Kirito had felt before, but a completely outsider feeling, because he was not in this death game, he was the mastermind behind everything.

"Why do you do such an excessive thing!"

Klein, who was standing in the back, shouted a unified question on behalf of everyone.

Kayaba Akihiko looked off into the distance. "Why? Perhaps I've forgotten myself. Before I created this system... no, even before that, when I was a child, I longed to create that castle."

"To create a world that transcends all the laws of the real world is what keeps me alive, and I have indeed seen things that transcend the world I created."

Kayaba Akihiko turned his attention back to Kirito: "Aren't you going to check that strategy guide?"

Kirito didn't respond, but he opened the scroll, and the information inside automatically flowed into his message column.

"According to my original plan, I should have greeted you as the final boss on the last few floors."

It’s a very funny setting, the strongest player is the devil.

"This world has a system that automatically balances data, called Cardinal. But the rat stew you're using hasn't been deleted or weakened at all, which has completely destroyed the balance. Do you know why?"

After hearing what Kayaba Akihiko said, Kirito had a bad feeling.

He didn't hesitate for long as Kayaba Akihiko continued, "If an item can't be deleted, Cardinal will adjust the data in other areas, just like a price increase. However, due to a previous crash, the data on the previous floor can no longer be changed."

"That's right. Every dish and piece of equipment you develop using that Bugnpc will increase the strength of the final boss."

"Are you kidding me?"

Some people were so frightened by the news that their legs went weak.

"What on earth do you want to say?"

Kirito told him to skip the nonsense.

"A year ago, this game crashed. I guess the official team gathered other relevant programmers to try to hack into the system. It seems that I underestimated them. Even I can't completely fix this virus attack."

Kayaba Akihiko paused:

"In order to fix this problem, I threw all the vulnerabilities that appeared at the time to the 100th floor, which is the farthest away from the players. At that time, there was an NPC that was completely outside my plan, and that is the one you picked up."

"Perhaps it was a backup plan left by other developers early on, or perhaps it was a virus directly planted by outsiders. In any case, she can be considered a byproduct of that debacle."

Naturally, he planned to throw it into the 100th layer of snow for disposal, and it was precisely because of this action that a problem occurred in the procedure.

As for why he turned a blind eye to Yimi's existence and disruption, his inability to deal with her was also one of the reasons.

Kayaba Akihiko saw Kirito realize something and started to frantically flip through the guide to the bottom.

"Kirito, I've set up this world so that defeating the final boss will free all players, no matter when they defeat him."

……

In the village outside the sixty-fifth circle, POH's pupils contracted and he subconsciously stepped back slightly away from the creature in front of him.

On the left side of the fully exposed health bar, a small text about clipping through the human form was printed. In fact, such a warning sign should not appear in this game -

100th floor guarding BOSS.

36

Chapter 36: Choice.

As Kayaba Akihiko said, all the problems that could not be handled were thrown into the Ruby Palace. This is a very common optimization method in game production, and rough processing is performed in places that players cannot see.

He had originally planned to change his strategy and simply seal the flaw in Ruby Palace, then jump out after defeating the BOSS on the 99th floor. This way, he could also achieve the effect of the final BOSS. However, he did not expect Cardinal to directly determine that he had designated the NPC derived from the virus as the BOSS guarding the Ruby Palace floor.

His greatest wish is to create a world that transcends the rules of reality. As the leader of all players, becoming the final boss in a dramatic way is just a passing thought.

Now it seems that this idea of ​​incidental transfer has not been shattered, but has been realized in another form.

"Kayaba Akihiko!"

At this time, POH had already used dirty words in both languages ​​to greet Kayaba Akihiko's entire family. The guarding BOSS in the maze area was originally set not to leave the BOSS room, and now he actually allowed the most powerful BOSS in the entire game to run around the entire map!

"Yimi..."

Yui, who also saw the words, wanted to say something, but POH would not wait for the little girl to finish her words before thinking of running away.

The moment the transfer crystal was taken out, his hand was cut off, and he successfully experienced what it felt like for those who were still suffering in the game.

Yimi licked his paw again.

The adaptability of this world is such that the benefits gained by the cat form are much greater than those gained by the human form.

The Cardinal system really gives her good skills and special effects.

POH must have the courage to incite so many people to activate the dark side of their hearts and become murderous players. When he endured the real pain of a broken arm, he did not toss and turn like those people in prison.

He can't run away anymore, so he won't run!

POH's face darkened as he drew out his carefully crafted 'Friend Killer Cleaver' and rushed forward. He knew that facing the strongest opponent in the game, he didn't even have the margin to withstand a single blow. However, judging by the intelligence displayed by the cat before, her AI was comparable to that of a truly intelligent creature.

Any intelligent life form that faces an attack it can react to will subconsciously resist, no matter how strong the attack is. His only chance here is...

POH turned his gaze towards Yui, who had become panicked since Yimi's blood bar appeared.

But it's too slow.

He didn't even need to realize that attacking Yui would only pop up the [Immortal Object] logo. Yimi, who was on the left side because of his offset, suddenly jumped and came right in front of him. At this moment, POH directly understood the feeling of Kirito and Kayaba Akihiko when they lost their first duel.

No human being could react at such a speed. Kayaba Akihiko was such a bad guy. He never thought of letting the players leave this world from the beginning!

His kitchen knife successfully hit the kitten, but the seemingly fragile health bar did not waver at all.

At this moment, he already knew the outcome, but he seemed extremely calm. Therefore, he noticed the white light that was infinitely shrinking for optimization. The location at the end of the light was not any location in SAO.

In the white light, something strange happened to the person he hated. With a terrified expression on his face, a cut line that matched the one made by the POH kitchen knife appeared on his kidney.

"Ha ha!"

Seeing this, POH couldn't help laughing out loud. He laughed so comfortably and happily. This might be the only time in his life.

What kind of game's final boss is this? Kayaba Akihiko probably wouldn't have guessed it, but this is clearly real...

Boom——

The cat's claws fell, and a large cloud of dust was raised in great detail in the game, covering the entire area of ​​the village outside the circle, but it did not destroy a single brick or stone.

The evildoer was destroyed, and the story of the Smiling Coffin finally came to an end.

"Yimi."

Yui extended her hand towards her.

"The smell is gone."

Yimi finally scratched his neck with his hind legs and turned back into human form.

The Heathcliff account was logged out, and the only one left was Kayaba Akihiko, who was observing everything from a God's perspective.

Yui looked at the blood bar that was gradually disappearing and opened her mouth, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

Yui selectively ignored what she had just seen, but could only force a smile: "Then let's go back, or go find mom and dad?"

"..."

No.

The guide Kayaba Akihiko provided was incredibly detailed, practically handing over some of Kirito's administrative privileges. It clearly marked the designated objects on each floor, including the location and relevant information for the boss rooms.

Yimi couldn't be found programmatically, but the location of the Ruby Palace Guardian Boss was clearly marked. Even though she was constantly moving, Cardinal kept the location updated as it should be.

"dad?"

Yui greeted the newcomer, but her voice lacked the usual energy.

Because she also noticed that Kirito was in a bad mood. Even though the boy tried to cover it with the shadow of his bangs, how could he not see it with the little girl's height?

"You're back, we found it, that leader is the one behind all this!"