Sequel 1 "Reunion with Comrades"
It will be a short briefing session with Ren-kun, and
then Kikuoka-san's first appearance and a reunion with Kazuto aka Kirito
.
then a week
A touching reunion with my parents, a detailed examination, the police interrogation, what was happening in the world while I was sleeping...etc.
Most of them are my first time, and my head is on the verge of panic.
First, parents.
Certainly my parents...... let me correct that. My feelings were mixed when I was reunited with my parents who looked exactly like the world I was in.
You should know, but it's nice to meet you, so I'm in trouble because I can't grasp the sense of distance.
By the way, why was I hospitalized?
I jumped out to save a cat that ran out onto the road, and I was hit by a car.
It seems that he had hit his head hard on the side road and was in a state where he could not regain consciousness.
There, he connected to a medical VR device, I believe it was a <<Medicuboid>>, and when he was about to perform an examination, he got caught up in SAO's line and accidentally logged into SAO... apparently.
I couldn't help but laugh at myself when it was such a clichéd development.
A detailed examination showed some muscle weakness, but there were no particular abnormalities.
Next, the police interrogation...then I was told that Kayaba had died.
It seems that when SAO was cleared, a high-output brain scan was performed and died...
Because it's about him, I feel like I can live like this, but...
Also, the main culprit who locked me in a game called ALO... if I remember correctly, Sugo... he seems to have been caught as well.
Apparently, besides me and Asuna, nearly 100 SAO players were trapped in the VR world and conducted an inhumane experiment.
At the end, he went mad and tried to attack the boy in the hospital, and apparently got revenge... what a pitiful ending.
The last is the common sense of this world.
In this world, science is more important than the world I was in... mainly
IT technology seems to be evolving. Well, the VRMMO genre has already been established. In a way, it makes sense...
Well, I got a culture shock when I found out that the 3D display was a real thing...
And... after a week of upheaval, my life finally calmed down.
It was when I was relaxing in the bed in the hospital room while remembering such things.
con con con
"……?Yes"
A knock was heard and I told the people outside that they could enter.
"Excuse me"
"... I'm sorry, where are you?"
"Oh, this is rude... I'm this kind of person."
A mysterious visitor who came to the room handed me a business card and looked at it. It read <Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications SAO Incident Response Headquarters: Seijiro Kikuoka>.
"Nice to meet you, Otomiyan-kun... No, should I call you Phantom War Demon, Fon-kun?"
"...I'm sorry, I'm not feeling well, can you go home?"
“S-I’m sorry!
"... you're going to have a hard time being trusted by people."
"... ahaha"
It's a figure star... I was staring at Kikuoka-san, who was smiling wryly at my point.
"Oh, oh... Nice to meet you again, I'm going to say Kikuoka."
"……Thanks"
"Fu...Is the first impression a failure? I'm sorry, but I'd like you to tell me a lot about what happened in the world of SAO...for the time being, I've got the doctor's permission, but... ”
"...it doesn't matter...just because I was free."
"I see... that's 'instead'"
I interrupted Mr. Kikuoka's words. Mr. Kikuoka was taken aback.
"I have one condition...if you listen to it, I'll tell you."
"If it's within my capabilities... what is it?"
"I want someone to tell me that I'm in the hospital here."
"... who the hell is that?"
"The black swordsman... Kirito."
So, three days later.
knock Knock……
"……please"
"I-Excuse me..."
After the voice that tended to be restrained, the one who appeared was...of course...
“…Yo, Kirito.”
“…………So nice to meet you again……Fon……”
It was my comrade-in-arms Kirito, whom I thought I would never see again. Kirito also looked at me and had an expression of disbelief.
“Yes.
"That's right... your player name is bad manners. I'm Kazuto Kirigaya. Please call me Kazuto too."
"Kirigaya, Kazuto... Ah, did you play around with my real name..."
"Well, it's easy, isn't it?"
"... Not really. Compared to Asuna, it's better, isn't it?"
"Ahaha... that's right."
Being able to have such trivial conversations... I never thought I would be able to do this when I cleared SAO and when I parted with Kirito in ALO. Kirito seems to be the same.
"... so... can I ask you something?"
"Yeah...? What?"
For the time being, Kirito sat down on a nearby chair...or rather, Kazuto timidly asked.
(... Oh, is that so...)
"... Is that what Kayaba said?"
"……Oh"
"...I understand...it's going to be a little longer, okay?"
"……of course"
That's when I started talking... Kayaba meant that I wasn't a resident of this world. The world of Wajin is our world, and the story is in the world of novels. He knew about the relationship between Kazuto and Asuna. There were things I knew about SAO, and there were things I didn't know. Illusion sword and being the 10001st player who shouldn't have existed. When I survived ALO, for some reason my real body also came to SAO... I told him everything.
“…………”
“……Is that all?”
I'm done talking. Kazuto, who was listening to the story, was surprised at first, but now he seems to be accepting the facts calmly and has remained silent since a while ago.
……Did I despise you after all?
“…………Huh~~……I see.”
"... or Kazuto-san...?"
Kazuto sighed and looked up at the sky.
"Lotus... Thank you."
"……eh……?"
Unexpected words came out from Kazuto.
……Thank you……? why……?
"Why...?"
"Eh... No, because normally you come to another world and you don't know if you'll be able to return or not, but me and Asu said, 'No, that's not it!!!' Lotus? ”
"...I was deceiving you guys! Not only that, I knew that the army on the 74th floor was going berserk! You were going to be attacked by Kuradeel! I missed it...! You don't deserve to be thanked...!!!"
I don't have the qualifications to thank you...! ! ! ”
“………………”
I screamed as much as I could.
……Even if we met today……I thought without a doubt that Kazuto would hate me……I was prepared for that and confessed everything……But……this guy!
"... Haa... Haa...!"
"... I don't think so"
Kazuto said clearly to me who screamed out of breath even though I was just recovering from illness.
“You helped me and Sachi in the Black Cats Incident.
Not only that, but Diabel and Silica are like that too... if you weren't there, the guys who would have died weren't they really there? ”
“………………!”
"... Rather, I'm the one who has to apologize."
"Kazuto...?"
"... I didn't know you came from another world, so I depended on you. Until I met Asuna, I was just thinking about clearing SAO and surviving. Once I clear the game, I'll be in the real world. I can go back to...
But you were different...
Even in the decisive battle with Kayaba... was I really the one who fought and lost?
……In order to avoid that, you……”
“…………”
"...Even in the battle that followed, if it wasn't for you, I would have lost, as you know. That's why.
As you know, I lost. That's why. I am grateful to you... I don't hold a grudge..."
"Tsu... or, all the time..."
“…Well, if there is something that you hold a grudge against, is it that you disappeared before you could say thank you even though you never met again?
"…………Oh really?"
"... that's why... don't worry about it."
"………………………………OK"
Those words made me feel like I was saved somewhere.
At worst, I was prepared to be beaten, but
(... Really... I'm no match for Kirito)
I thought so.
"That's right! Come to think of it, what was it like in the world where Lotus was?"
"You... do you hear that?"
Even though I was impressed until just a moment ago... I couldn't help but smile wryly at Kazuto's words without delicacy. From there, we talked about various things until the time came.
The story of Kazuto's younger sister, the story of ALO, the VRMMO, what happened before she rescued Asuna and me, the returnee school...
When the time came, I asked Egil-san and Klein's contact information, and we parted for the day.
At a later date, I informed my friends who knew the contact information that I was safe. She got angry and worried, but...
Everyone was happy that I was safe.
Ori Lord is by no means a strong person.
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