Artoria wants to read people's hearts

It seems that from the language alone, it is no longer possible to communicate.

Then, suddenly, the blond king asked the question, "How long will it be before this world disappears?"

Kayaba Akihiko raised his eyes and looked at the other party, and after calculating the time in his heart, he replied.

"Right now, the "SAO" mainframe set up on the fifth basement floor of the Argus head office is completely deleting files from all its internal memory. In another 5 minutes, this world will completely disappear."

I see...........

Artoria nodded, and she murmured thoughtfully, "Five minutes, then it's enough time."

enough?

What time is enough?

"what are you saying?"

Kayaba Akihiko looked over suspiciously, as if he couldn't understand what Artoria said just now.

But in the blink of an eye, the blond girl was completely lost in his field of vision.

The sound of air blasting suddenly came from his ears, and before he could react, Arturia's fist had already hit his face.

"boom!!"

It felt like being hit hard by a high-speed train. Kayaba Akihiko felt his eyes go dark, and his whole body was like a broken bag of garbage fluttering in the wind, rolling in the air, and then violently hit the ground.

"Let me tell you again—" Arturia walked in front of him, then bent down and pulled him up by the collar, "—it's enough time to beat you."

As soon as the words fell, she punched him again, without the slightest strength to keep her hand, she pressed his head and slammed into the ground firmly.

"—Boom!!"

With a loud noise, the strong collision even shook the crystal floor under his feet.

You know, it was Akihiko Kayaba who deliberately made a permanent item with the attribute of [Unbreakable] in order to pretend to be aggressive.

To be able to do this with strength alone, I have to say that Arturia who has the blood of the red dragon is indeed worthy.

In a word, it is strong! !

but...........

The blond king slowly frowned. She felt the trembling crystal floor under her feet, and looked thoughtfully at Akihiko Kayaba, who was facing the sky.

Logically speaking, as an ordinary person, if he was hit by such an attack, he should have died long ago and couldn't die anymore.

However, there was not the slightest injury on his body, and even the clothes on his body were not damaged at all.

"........."

Ah, how annoying.

This damn, the familiar routine really made Arturia's blood pressure rise a little.

"......You can't kill me."

Kayaba Akihiko slowly got up under her death sight, he patted the folds of his clothes lightly, his tone was so flat that it made people feel arrogant.

"Although I don't know how you broke [Immortal Object] before, but now the game is over, and any attack can no longer cause damage at this moment."

He paused at this point, and finally added, "I advise you to not waste your efforts in vain."

Vain?

Artoria closed her gorgeous eyes slightly upon hearing the words, showing an undeniable attitude towards the other party's words.

"I've always been a bit stubborn—" She took a step back, and then raised her fist again, "—after all, some things don't come to an end, and you never know whether it will succeed or not."

Evening - white clouds.

The breeze in mid-air, the cold and noble blond girl.

The scattered steel castles behind him, unknowingly, wonderfully merged into a beautiful painting.

The magic power slowly covered his hands, and a layer of golden gleam suddenly appeared on the white and delicate hands.

The golden light was so weak that it was impossible to see clearly under the twilight.

"Kayaba Akihiko." She nodded slightly, "I'm going to fuck."

As soon as the words were spoken, a sharp wind of fist came in an instant.

When the fist hit the bridge of his nose again, this time, like a thunderstorm roaring, Kayaba Akihiko scored twice and was slammed into the ground again.

The crystal floor that originally had the attribute of [Unbreakable] shattered in an instant, and Kayaba Akihiko, who was still calm just now, his whole body seemed to be like an old TV that could not receive the signal, and suddenly some bad connections flickered.

Seeing this scene, Arturia's eyes couldn't help but narrowed.

With a thought, in an instant, a golden flame composed of magic power covered Kayaba Akihiko's whole body in an instant.

It was even said that, in order to prevent the other party from fleeing here, Arturia directly cast a small enchantment nearly two meters in the center of herself.

And all of this was done by her within a second.

So with Kayaba Akihiko's mournful wail, in just five breaths, this man who caused countless tragedies finally turned into dust and dissipated in the entire world.

Arturia kept kneeling on one knee, and then slowly retracted her right hand.

She silently looked at Kayaba Akihiko's position before his death, and then a flash of understanding suddenly flashed across her expression.

"...So that's how it is." She stood up slowly, and subconsciously said to herself, "...this guy transferred his soul into the game what."

Transferring the soul to the Internet can be regarded as an alternative realization of immortality.

only.........

How should I say it?

Ordinary physical attacks do not do anything to the soul, but the unreasonable energy of magic power can just cause damage to the soul.

But now, this man was burned to pieces by Artoria.

With such an ending, she could only say that she deserved it.

But it's really a pity, such a unparalleled genius in the world did not expect to go on such a wicked path.

Sighing softly, Arturia turned her gaze to the collapsed castle in the sky with only a little bit left.

The wind blew her forehead hair, and the blond king quietly stared at the dreamlike scene in front of her.

When a cloud comes and goes, the last wreckage finally falls.

So at this moment, the game world finally drew its final curtain.

Feeling the bondage of the contract, after hearing a thank you from beside her ears, Artoria raised a bright smile, then slowly closed her eyes, and her body was submerged in endless white light middle.

Chapter 44 Asuna in the real world ([-] in [-])

"Asuna, we will meet again eventually."

The blonde girl solemnly made a promise to herself.

After saying this sentence, the golden light shattered in an instant, and Pendragon's figure completely disappeared from Asuna's sight.

And within a minute after that, her eyes also suddenly went dark, and her consciousness suddenly fell into endless nothingness.

I don't know how long it has passed, and when her mind can perceive the outside world again, she only feels that her body seems to be extremely tired.

Asuna felt that her eyelids were very heavy at the moment, and she struggled to open them a little and then closed them like springs. After going back and forth many times, a gap slowly opened.

In the next second, white light poured in from the gap, and the dazzling light made her eyes ache, and at the same time, her head also hurt as if thousands of silver needles had been pierced into it.

Tiredness, weakness, and severe pain made her originally calm breathing stagnant involuntarily.

Countless phantoms alternated in her mind, figures, swords, battlefields, desperate roars, the sound of hand-to-hand combat, and the almost dazzling beam of light, the golden color burned her eyes, and finally, the picture was frozen on a blonde girl's body.

"Pendragon......"

She murmured the girl's name weakly, as if she was in a daze, and kept repeating these four words in her mouth.

Drowsy, eyes glazed over.

At this moment, a very familiar and friendly male voice came from Asuna's ear.

It sounds.... He seems a little excited and happy.

..........Who is it?

With this question in mind, Asuna opened a slit eye and closed it firmly, and suddenly fell into a deep sleep amidst the anxious male voice.

But this time, she had a long, long dream......

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"SAO" is a cross-age virtual reality that fully sneaks into NERvGear. It can be said that its release has attracted much attention and is highly anticipated by the general public.

but...........

For some reason, the main developer of the game, Kayaba Akihiko, is willing to commit suicide and imprison more than 1 players in this game.

Thus, a vigorous cybercrime incident that shocked the whole world swept the public opinion of the whole world overnight.

Everyone is paying close attention to the follow-up of this incident, and most people hope that these victims can wake up safely.

However.........

The Japanese government has tried everything, but there is no exact and feasible plan that can safely rescue their minds from the game under the premise of protecting their lives.

So the rescue time was pushed again and again until this moment.

On June 2023, 6, the victims who had been in a coma for half a year suddenly woke up one after another.

And this incident was like oil dripping into the water, and it instantly ignited a wave of discussion in the entire Japanese society.

And after that, time passed quietly, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.

The turmoil caused by the "SAO" incident finally gradually stabilized with the safe departure of about 900 people.

The cause of death of the mastermind Kayaba Akihiko was determined by the police to be a suicide in fear of crime and announced to the world. Regarding the denunciation of him, one after another media reports can be said to have scolded him out of the sky.

After half a year, the players who finally got out of the hospital bed also started the first step to recover their bodies after their respective physical examinations.

"Pa-ta--, pa-ta--, pa-ta-"

In the recovery room, the girl with long flaxen hair was wearing a large hospital gown, trembling, struggling to move forward bit by bit slowly.

Beads of sweat dripped down from the corner of her forehead, and her face fell straight to the ground. The girl held on to the railings of the two auxiliary equipment with both hands, her face was struggling, and she clenched her teeth and walked forward hard.

Yuki Akizo stood not far away and looked at his daughter's slightly thinned cheeks, with deep pity in his eyes.

"How is it?" He asked worriedly, "Half an hour has passed, do you want to take a rest?"

However, in response to her father's gentle question, Asuna... no, the girl whose real name is Yuuki Asuna in the real world turned her head and smiled gently. She shook her head and replied softly, "Father, I'm not tired, please let me go for a while."

It has been four days since she left the game world. Today is Asuna's first recovery. As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning, so she doesn't want to give up so easily at this moment.

"But you just woke up, didn't you, so you should take good care of yourself for a few days, and your body will recover gradually." He lowered his voice and persuaded softly, his whole temperament was unbelievably soft.

As the CEO of "Rect", a comprehensive electronic instrument manufacturer, Akizo Yuki has been a leader in the business circle for so many years. When did he have such a gentle side?

If his competitors saw this, they would surely jump out of their eyes in surprise.

The atmosphere was warm for a while, and when the father and daughter were talking, a neatly dressed man in a suit suddenly stepped forward, then turned his head and whispered a few words in Yuuki Akizo's ear.

Under Asuna's puzzled gaze, a smile appeared on his face.

"Then let him come over." He turned to his secretary and ordered.

After the other party took the order to leave, he smiled and explained to Asuna what happened just now, "The name of the person who came over in a while is Nobuyuki Sugo, he is a subordinate I have always trusted, and he is also a member of our company's complete sneak research. department head."

When he said this, there was a little appreciation in his expression. Seeing that look, Yuki Akizo seemed to have a special appreciation for the person who was coming next.

"You can get in touch with him more." The old father asked his daughter to make a suggestion, "Whether it is for your future or other aspects, it will not hurt to know such an outstanding young man."

"........."

Asuna nodded silently, her expression seemed a little indifferent.

Because in terms of excellence, there must be no more excellent existence in this world than Pendragon.

But since it's the father's wish, it's okay to just say a few words at the sight.

Three minutes later, the door of the rehabilitation room was knocked lightly twice from the outside.

After Akizo Yuki said "Please come in", the sliding door was pushed open from left to right, and in the next second, a gentle-looking young man wearing glasses walked in.