Civilization Guardian Front

"Sword Art Online starts again!The second generation of NerveGear Evolution is hotly pre-ordered》

Witnessing the familiar mountains, fields, towns in the background behind the text, and the blurred outlines in the distance, the column towers that go straight to the sky...

Kiritani Kazuto instinctively hugged the cardboard box in his hand tightly.

The cardboard box contained the first-generation NerveGear that was originally provided to beta test players to experience "SAO" for two months, and it was also the model that players would use during the game's public beta.

In November last year, the device's safety was questioned because the maximum output power of electromagnetic waves was enough to destroy the human brain, and its sale was urgently called off.

Originally, the official wanted to recover the [-] NerveGears in the hands of beta testers, but they were ridiculed by virtual reality game enthusiasts on the Internet, "What's the danger of having an extra microwave at home?" souvenir.

Until the end of last month, a series of butterfly effects triggered by a joint petition by many professors from well-known American universities swept the world...

The repercussions caused by this incident even forced the heads of state of advanced countries including Japan to come forward to respond, and eventually revoked the administrative orders prohibiting the development of related technologies in full stealth.

And then, even more amazing news...

After disappearing for more than a month, Akihiko Kayaba, the designer of NerveGear and the game "SAO", unexpectedly reappeared.

He not only apologized for his previous development mistakes, but also said that with the support of investors, he has started to develop a safer second-generation model, which is the NerveGear Evolution that players just opened pre-orders yesterday.

The origin of the company "Ouroboros", which provides unlimited financial support to Kayaba Akihiko, has been spending money like crazy recently, and placed game advertisements overwhelmingly is also extremely mysterious.

High-level governments of various countries neither admit nor deny its existence, but they cannot find any information about this company through any channels.

For this reason, some conspiracy theorists also speculate that the real body of "Ouroboros" is actually an elite organization that manipulates the world behind the scenes...

However, compared to the hotly discussed topics on those forums, Kazuto Kiritani cared more about another matter that had nothing to do with most people.

Taking the escalator to the west exit of Shinjuku Station, looking at the skyscrapers gathered in front of him, the boy took out his mobile phone from his pocket and opened the email he received earlier:

"Dear SAO beta testers, if you still have your NerveGear and are willing to give SAO another chance, we sincerely invite you to bring your NerveGear to our company's Tokyo branch in Shinjuku. We will recycle the old model and send Give you the second-generation NerveGear Evolution for free to repay your love for betting on this game during the closed beta --------Ouroboros Customer Service Department」

"Finally, we can go back..."

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Carrying a drop-resistant box with a simple but sturdy appearance and the second-generation full-dive device NerveGear Evolution inside, he walked out of the Shinjuku Center Building.

Kiritani Kazuto turned his head and saw the Ouroboros customer service manager named Seijiro Kikuoka, who had escorted him up and down the stairs and accompanied him to complete the body replacement, was smiling and waving at him.

really...

When browsing online forums before, he felt that the ideas of those conspiracy theorists were too exaggerated.

How can there be a company that can secretly control most of the advanced countries in the world, but there is no clue left in the information explosion of the 21st century. It was not until recently that it first came into the eyes of the world by providing financial support to Akihiko Kayaba.

More likely, Ouroboros is a consortium interested in getting into full-stealth technology that has recently quietly funded the creation of a new company.

Since it was established not long ago, it has not been targeted by the media or good people, so there is no information available for inspection in a short period of time.

Creating a sense of mystery is one of the common means of hype to increase topicality, and the heated discussion on the Internet just proves the success of Ouroboros' public relations operation.

After actually entering and exiting the Tokyo branch of this topical company today, Kazuto Kiritani was even more certain of his guess.

On the office floor of the building, he neither saw technological products that were far ahead of the times, nor did he see staff wearing strange uniforms and speaking suspicious lines.What I saw was nothing more than normal, with partitions between the seats, an office environment with computers and materials stacked on the desk, and a group of busy white-collar workers in suits and suits.

If I have to say that there is something different from ordinary Japanese companies, it is probably that the employees are relatively young.

Manager Kikuoka, who is waving kindly in this direction, is already considered an older employee, and there are almost no middle-aged people over the age of 40.

Still, it's far-fetched to tie the fact that the workforce is generally young to a conspiracy theory, and rather it adds further credence to the idea that Ouroboros is a start-up.

No need to make a fuss about it.

Without thinking about it any more, Kiritani Kazuhito Kikuoka Seijiro nodded instead of saying goodbye.

On the way back to the station, he passed by Nishi-Shinjuku [-]-chome. He felt a little thirsty. He went into the Lawson convenience store and took a bottle of tea. After paying at the counter, he went out to the automatic door. He just put the suitcase at his feet and opened it with his hands After closing the bottle cap, I heard a rough roar from the alley on the left:

"Get out! Get out of the way!"

"Ah ah!"

The woman who happened to pass by the alley was pushed away violently, screaming in horror.

The next moment, more than a dozen men rushed onto the street in embarrassment. These people's messy clothes were stained with blood, but their expressions were not very fierce. They looked even more scared than the terrified pedestrians nearby.

"Go to the right!"

The large group of people occupying the wide and limited sidewalk turned around and rushed in the direction of the convenience store.

bump!

The emaciated Kiritani Kazuto was knocked to the ground.

The tea spilled from the plastic bottle drenched the leader all over.

The suit and shirt, which were very expensive at first glance, were stained green like splashed ink. The other party frowned heavily, but he didn't get angry, and kept his head buried and continued to run wildly.

tata tao...

Figures fleeing hastily ran past Kazuto one after another.

Falling at the end of the line, the man in the shape of an airplane head turned his head to look in the alley, his complexion suddenly turned pale.

"Team leader, that, that girl is gone!"

"Varied..."

"Look for me? But I'm right here~"

The shoulder of the man known as the team leader was suddenly clasped by a slender hand with tattoos.

"Shit, when!?"

"This is impossible!"

The party members beside the man looked at the red-haired girl who appeared behind the leader in disbelief.

Even Kiritani Kazuto, who witnessed the whole process up close, couldn't help suspecting something wrong with his eyes or cognition...

His eyes only caught a fleeting red shadow, and there were at least four or five people around him protecting him. Logically speaking, there was an extra person in the space behind the middle-aged man who was impossible to break into.

Like a red bullet that hits the crowd with precision...

Is it possible for such a surreal thing to happen in reality?

snap, snap...

The five fingers on the man's shoulders were clenched tightly like hydraulic pliers, and there were dissonant sounds of broken bones under the crumpled suit.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

"Didn't you say you were going to break my limbs just now to entertain the people in your team? Why are your shoulder blades broken first? Team Leader Ishizaka~ Shandongkai's face has been lost by you..."

The bright smile on the girl's face and the brisk tone with a rising end, combined with her behavior of crushing human bones with bare hands at this time, is creepy.

"Then switch to the left hand~ From now on, you can practice yoga and learn to masturbate with your feet, Team Leader Ishizaka~"

"No! Stop, stop...uhhhhhh!!!"

Click, click...

There was another sound of bones cracking like firecrackers.

The scream of the man who couldn't bear the severe pain suddenly stopped halfway.

"Hey~ hey~ isn't it, can't this work?"

The red-haired girl picked up the back collar of the man's clothes and took a closer look. Seeing that the man's arms were stretched like two rotten pieces of meat hanging on his torso, his head was weakly hanging to the ground, as if he was in shock, and he couldn't help complaining in disappointment.

After sighing, she casually threw the man towards the Shandong congregation like throwing trash.

Those who stretched out their hands to catch the team leader were smashed to pieces in an instant.

"Tsk, the people here are really crispy, just like biscuits."

Kiritani Kazuto, who fell to the ground and hasn't gotten up until now, stared blankly at this scene.

A bone that can only be broken by several tons of force is actually something that can be equated with a biscuit to her...

Isn't this really the world in the game...

"Next..."

The girl who easily destroyed a person rubbed her blood-red hair, opened a listless eye, and glanced at the congregation in Shandong around her.

"Although it's meaningless to fight with you, but the team leader is so miserable, you guys won't get hurt, so you can't explain it when you go back?"

The Shandong congregation shook their heads violently.

At most, when I go back, I will be accused of not being able to do things well, and my little finger will be chopped off. A woman like this crazy ghost may not even be able to save her life...

However, the other party was not asking for their opinion at all.

"Haha~ Let me generously help you create a few injuries~ Be careful yourself, if you accidentally pull out someone's intestines, I won't stuff them back!"

Listening to her cheerful laughter, which is no different from that of an innocent child who has torn off the wings of an insect, the faces of the violent gang members who are usually fierce and fierce are all pale, and their legs and feet can't help shaking.

Some people even rolled their eyes and fainted on the spot.

Click, click, click...

Clasping five fingers into the palm of her hand one by one, the girl was about to move after exercising her muscles and bones.

"" Big sister head!Miss Charlie head! ""

In the alley where the violent gang sprang out not long ago, the shouts and footsteps of multiple people approached quickly.

Hearing the movement, Xia Li suddenly lost interest.

"You guys are so slow, I almost had to do it myself..."

Looking back, one after another young people ran out of the alleys, holding baseball bats or iron chains.

"I'll leave it to you guys from the Shandonghui. I'm going to buy drinks. If I don't see these guys lying down after drinking, I'll hang you all on the lightning rods of the buildings in Shinjuku."

"Huh?" The girl was walking towards the convenience store while talking, and only then did she notice Kiritani Kazuto who was sitting at the door.

She smiled innocently.

"Don't get out, are you waiting to be killed?"

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Back in front of the house in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, I hurriedly took out the key from my pocket.

Kiritani Kazuto tried several times before successfully reaching into the keyhole to unlock it.

Knock clang!

After opening the door and entering the hallway, he immediately turned back and locked the door.

"Ha...ha..."

Leaning against the door panel, feeling that everything strange and absurd is blocked out, greedily breathing the familiar atmosphere at home, Kiritani Kazuto's tense body gradually relaxes.

The sense of urgency that a hand would catch up from behind and pinch his neck at any moment finally began to subside.

The body slowly slid down along the gravity, sitting on the floor of the porch...

Letting go of the suitcase, the boy held his head in trembling hands.

The sound of the girl crushing the human bone with her bare hands kept echoing in her mind. From the moment when the whole bone broke crisply, to a few seconds later, only small and medium-sized fragments were left grinding each other in the bloody tissue, like the sound of molars chewing fleshy cartilage.

Just listening to it makes your scalp tingle and your stomach sick.

The girl named Xia Li didn't react to this, instead she laughed like a child going to an amusement park.

When the other party's bright blue eyes, which were completely opposite to the bright red hair color, looked over and asked him why he didn't leave while moving his knuckles, Kiritani Kazuto felt a great fear that he had never experienced before.

In front of the existence that is clearly "abnormal", people are so small and fragile.

If you don't leave the opponent's sight as soon as possible, once the opponent changes his mind in the next second, he may not even have a chance to resist and struggle.

Even if the police come, they can't stop her...

Instinct told himself so.

So, Kiritani Kazuto fled.

Concentrate every bit of strength stimulated by adrenaline into the limbs, and run like crazy.

His mind was blank at the moment, so that now he couldn't remember how he escaped back at all.