「…… Xiaoyu, are you going to play that game today?"

In Yuki's hospital room, Lanko, who ties her long hair up in front of her, and is often jokingly called 'Sister, your hairstyle is dangerous' by her sister, can't help but ask the black-haired girl who keeps recording certain information in her notebook.

"Ahh Hmmm......"

Hearing his sister's question, Yuki, who was seriously handling his own affairs, nodded subconsciously.

「……」

Seeing Yuki like this, Lanzi didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

Because since Yuki received that strange machine half a month ago, he has rarely left the hospital.

Even Dr. Kurahashi was amazed, and even thanked for the first time the game that could help the child with this problem to calm down and not catch a cold normally.

It's just that for Lanzi, it would be better if she could play with her sister.

"That's nice...... I also want to see what kind of game can make Yuu so engaged......

The expression is a little lonely, who has let Yuki have been busy with 'raiders' recently, so it takes up a lot of time for the two to get along, and even the opportunity to chat has decreased a lot.

"I can't help it, because I'm limited by the quota, and I'm just lucky."

Knowing that he might have 'snubbed' Lanzi during this time, Yuki put down the 'work' in his hand and smiled apologetically.

And in her heart, there is actually a little bit of happiness.

The machine, which was released in May, is not very cheap because it is still in the test operation stage.

While the market for the future is positioned in the name of home consoles, at least for now, it's not a price that can be easily ignored for families with three patients.

The one in Yuki's hand is just provided by the developer in the name of testing the game.

So after understanding this, Lanzi decisively gave up.

Although she usually plays games, she is not an avid fan.

As long as my sister is happy, it's fine.

……

"So, I'll go back first, although the game is fun, but the body is more important."

After looking at the electronic clock in the room and packing up the nutritious meal specially made for Yuki, Lanzi took out her sister's pie and advised.

"Mmmm, I understand, Sister Lan, be careful on the way home."

Waving her hand towards the door, Yuki agreed, but only she knew whether she would be 'obedient' or not.

Before closing the door, Lanzi peeked through the crack in the door and found that the black-haired girl had indeed laid down and put on her helmet, and sighed with a headache.

(Let's talk to Dr. Kurahashi...... ）

Always feeling that her sister was a little too obsessed with it, Lanzi dragged her 'heavy steps' towards the doctor's office.

Well, that's what she's supposed to do as an older sister, and it's never because she's not happy that her sister doesn't talk to her.

……

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- The third floor of "Ayn Grant", the main block "Zmford".

Designed with the theme of 'forest', it is characterized by three huge purple shirt trees, which cover almost all of the land on the third floor.

On the edge of the portal in the main block of the town, a young man wearing what looks like cheap equipment and a one-handed sword pinned to his waist leaned against a tree stump with his eyes closed, as if he was waiting for someone.

"Yo! It's still so punctual, little brother~"

The voice came from behind, and it had a strange tailnote.

「…… It would be better if you didn't get stuck every time."

Finally waited for someone's Yuki to turn around, and looked helplessly at the female hook claw envoy with three beards painted on her face.

The female hook claw, dressed like some kind of rodent, gives the character the name "Argo", claiming to be not a player but a "intelligence merchant".

Haunting the floors where Ain Grant has cleared, he is now well-known among players.

The young man who was prevaricated by the other party on the grounds that "I'm not late anyway, the intelligence agent is very busy", and the young man who was too lazy to dwell on this issue stretched out his hand to the female hook claw.

"You brought everything I wanted, right?"

"Of course."

Pulling a brown scroll from his bosom, Argo handed it over in the affirmative.

After a few glances, Yuki, who confirmed that there was no problem, also happily traded the intelligence fee to the other party.

As far as game tipsters are concerned, the other party is indeed considered 'professional'.

"Thank you for your patronage~"

Looking at Cole, who had already entered the account, Argo grinned and continued with some curiosity.

"But your recent request is really getting more and more strange, even if the information related to monsters in the past, how can you even have the dialogue methods of those NPCs, as well as the rules of action, can you still study these things?"

Although the basic principle of an informant is not to ask about the client's secret, Argo, who has already traded with the teenager many times, still asks in this half-joking friend's tone.

The first place where the two met was around the "Holenka Village" on the first floor, when Argo saw Yuki who was carefully studying the terrain and thought he was his colleague, but it was only later that the teenager, who felt that he was a little inefficient, offered to buy information, which made the mouse girl overturn his speculation.

"Want to know?"

"Huh?"

Looking at the curious informant girl, the boy proudly made a 'ten' gesture.

"One hundred thousand koll."

「…… Why don't you grab it!!"

With a 'you don't want to say it' expression, Argo shouted.

She has always 'pitted' others, and today someone actually wants to pit her.

"Hey."

Of course, she wasn't doing pointless intelligence gathering, just to compare it to the world that later became a game of death. And she also wants to know what level of AI in this world has reached now, and whether there is a possibility of further progress.

Having studied a lot of related theoretical courses in this world, she is no longer a novice in the construction of the virtual world.

As a quantum physicist, Akihiko Kayaba's understanding of the world has come is what she wants to confirm.

And these materials may allow her to appear in front of everyone in front of everyone as a 'sealed beta tester' instead of a 'cheating blocker'.

As long as that 'opportunity' arises.

……

"Algo Algo, I have another task to do, if you still have the information I want, just contact me when the time comes."

Placing the scroll in his prop storage, the young man waved his hand and walked towards the campsite at the southern end of the forest.

"Ahh

Put back on her hood, and after a brief response, the mouse girl hurriedly disappeared in another direction.

Now that you've got everything you want, it's almost time for today's adventure.

Holding down the hilt of the sword, Yuki's avatar once again enjoys the world that is still a game.