I'm late from work, and I'm worried.

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Argo calmed down as if he were whispering, Kirito sighed slightly, and Asuna had sadness in her eyes.

"I need an explanation." Argo stared straight into the sky.

Xiangkong nodded slowly, starting from the successful meeting of Akihiko Kayaba in the SAO strategy to the successful entry into ALO, explaining why he was here at the moment in short and easy-to-understand words.

After listening to the explanation, Argo bowed his head and fell silent.

Who would have thought that a dead person would reappear in front of them, maybe the people of the Kammu family would have such an expectation, but Argo, Asuna, and Kiritto had never thought of such a scene.

The person named Xiangkong has left traces in their lives, deep or shallow, forming a memory store, with the end of the funeral, this memory can only remain in the heart, will be recalled in the dead of night, laughing and crying are the voice of that person, and then do not want to suffer such suffering, so crazy buried in the work.

Yes, I ever thought so...

Re-entering the imaginary world because of the reunion of a name, I never thought that the person was still alive, but the way of living was beyond imagination, and this qiē was carried out in a concealed way.

Will this surprise reunion be a delight? Will it make people experience a feeling beyond the phenomenon of being lost and regained?

No... She prefers that when Xiangkong comes to her, she will not just watch quietly, she hopes that when Xiangkong comes to her, he will tell her all the qiē, instead of facing the unknown future alone, if he fails to enter ALO, then will there be this moment?

She was sad, and she thought that at the last moment of her life, Xiangkong chose to watch her quietly where she could not see.

Argo raised his face and stared quietly at the sky, his handsome face was irrepressibly excited, and the eyes under his sword eyebrows were full of extremely complex emotions, and this face was unfamiliar, a product of an imaginary world.

She continued to be silent, just standing quietly in place, and quietly looking at Xiangkong, her eyes full of feelings that Xiangkong couldn't understand.

I don't know why, looking at Argo's eyes like this, Xiangkong suddenly became scared.

This kind of look, which he had seen for the first time so far, gave him the illusion that he was about to lose something important.

"Summer..."

He couldn't help but shout out this name that was both familiar and unfamiliar to him, took a few steps forward, hugged Xia Ri into his arms with all his might, hugged it tightly, and used all his strength.

He's dead, indeed dead, so he loses the right to open two doors.

He can only be in this world, only have the freedom to be confined to this world, unable to open the closed door, unable to connect to the real world.

It's a luxury to be alive, and you can't ask for too much, even if it's cruel...

But even more brutal is the loss of Argo...

So he was scared, and hugged Argo with all his strength, quite like he wouldn't let go.

Argo's cheek pressed against Xiangkong's chest, feeling the power coming from Xiangkong's arm, and vaguely feeling Xiangkong's fear.

He's in fear of losing himself...

Argo slowly closed his eyes, and that was enough.

"Forgive me for being so selfish," Argo rubbed his chest lightly, as if shaking his head.

Kirito on the side looked at the two of them, sighed softly, after coming into contact with the imaginary world, he naively thought that there would be NPCs in the game that were the same as humans, and he also thought about the love between people and NPCs.

Even if you regard Xiangkong as a human being, you can't veto the fundamental problem, that is, Xiangkong can only exist in the world of ALO, the only thing to be thankful for is that the company that operates ALO is a god warrior, at least to ensure that the game can continue to operate, but despite this, Xiangkong can't give Argo a future.

"Is this really good?" Kirito thought silently.

If he knew what the hypothetical world would look like in the future, he might not think so.

Seeing the two hugging each other speechlessly, Asuna had a complicated expression, she felt happy, but her heart was inexplicably sour.

"Are you worried about their future?"

Thinking like this, she subconsciously avoided the real reason

At the same time, the monthly martial arts tournament is still going on, and although Xiangkong's inexplicable abstention caused a certain amount of turmoil, it was not enough to make the tournament stagnant in the slightest, and without the two powerful players of Xiangkong and Kirito, Lifa finally defeated Sigroot and won the championship of this martial arts competition.

"What a great girl." Most of them looked at Lifa, their eyes lit up.

Lifa, who won the championship of this competition, did not have the slightest joy, and looked preoccupied.

After the event, Lifa and Lucky met at the venue.

Reagan said excitedly: "Lifa, you are too powerful!" ”

Lifa smiled reluctantly, but thinking about the battle between her brother and Xiangkong, she looked around and said strangely, "What about my brother and Asuna?" ”

Klein scratched his head and said, "Kirito didn't see a shadow at all after the game, Asuna suddenly left without saying a word, and I don't know where the two of them are now, and I haven't replied to my emails." ”

Yuki frowned a little worriedly and didn't speak.

"Did something happen?" Lifa said.

"I don't know." Achill shook his head, and the others looked confused.

"Lifa."

Suddenly, a tall wind elf walked over, but it was Sigroot, and two people were behind him.

When Regan saw Sigroot, he walked up to Lifa very sensitively, like a hen guarding her cubs, and looked at Sigroot vigilantly, after all, Sigroot lost to Lifa in the previous final, and he took it for granted that the other party was here to find a field, and Sigroot was the administrator of the wind elves.

Sigroot glanced at Regan, his gaze only stayed for a moment and then looked away, it can be said that he ignored Regan, and said directly to Lifa with a slight commanding tone: "Lifa, right?" How about joining my squad? ”

Regan was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Sigroot to come to invite Lifa to join his team, but soon, he reacted, thinking of the reason why Sigroot asked Lifa to join his team, he was slightly silent, he didn't say anything, looked at Lifa, after all, this is Lifa's business, he can't decide.

"I'm sorry, I already have a squad."

Lifa politely refused, and Reagan smiled at this.

Different from the original book, now that the Black Cat Group on a Moonlit Night and Klein and others have entered ALO, Lifa will naturally join the team organized by Kirito, because of Kirito's relationship.

Seeing Lifa's refusal, Sigroot frowned unhappily, and his eyes grew cold.