After capturing Cratir, the interrogation was left to Argo and the team behind her.

Natsu and Asuna continue to walk in the forest.

This time it was just the two of them.

Asuna walked in front with her hands behind her back, her feet taking cheerful small steps, stepping on the wooden plank path and making a "creaking" sound, her long maroon hair fluttering in the wind, as pure and moving as a forest elf.

The girl's beauty was too dazzling, which made Xia Qianshi a little ashamed of herself, and said apologetically:

"Asuna, I'm so sorry that I used you as bait today and didn't tell you Kratir's true identity beforehand."

After seeing Asuna's unconditional trust in him, he felt a little guilty of trusting Asuna, though he didn't hide it from her because he didn't trust her.

"Woo......"

Asuna, who made a angry voice, stopped, turned around, thrust her hands into her thin waist, raised her chin, and glared at Xia Qianshi and said:

"Qianshi, your words make me angry!"

"Huh?"

"I, ah, I really want to help you in a thousand things, oh, if I can fight alongside you just by being used, I would rather be used - there is nothing more painful than standing aside and not being able to do anything."

Asuna whispered, "I've had a lot of wishes in my life...... When I was a child, I wanted to be an astronaut, and when I was in junior high school, I wanted to be a scientist...... But now, I just want to be someone you can rely on...... Promise me, don't be reckless, if you encounter something that can't be solved, please ask me for help as soon as possible, okay? ”

Xia Qianshi nodded seriously, "Okay." ”

"That's right!"

Asuna was happy again, pouting her lips and not knowing what she was thinking, her eyes suddenly lit up, "But it is indeed a very hateful act for you to hide from me this time, as a punishment, you want me to ride on your shoulders and carry me around to play!" ”

"This is the punishment?"

Xia Qianshi subconsciously glanced at Asuna's slender and straight legs like bamboo shoots, "The reward is about the same, right?" ”

"Don't look around!" Asuna waved her little fist and threatened: "If you dare to do something strange, I will beat you all over the head~~"

"Meow, the minion obeys!"

Xia Qianshi squatted down with his back to Asuna, Asuna lifted her skirt, stepped up to his shoulder, and said, "What kind of way you are talking, it sounds so strange." ”

"Hmm...... It is a way for our subordinates to speak to their superiors in the Qing Dynasty of China. ”

"It's not good at all, a slave or something, it's ugly!"

"Well, that dynasty is indeed a stain on the history of China, so how about I say, 'Obey, my eldest lady'?"

"It's weird, I'm not a big lady...... Wow————! ”

Xia Qianshi stood up with a relaxed movement, as her gaze suddenly rose Asuna's mouth made a somewhat flustered sound, but the next moment, she was attracted by the scenery in front of her.

"What a beautiful ......"

What appeared before Asuna's eyes was a boardwalk that stretched infinitely ahead between the forests, and at the end of the boardwalk, you could see a sparkling lake, shimmering in the sunlight.

"Sure enough, the scenery that the two people see is different." Asuna muttered softly.

"What did you say?" Xia Qianshi asked.

"I said." Asuna put her hands to her mouth and said loudly, "The forests and lakes here are so beautiful!" ”

"Whatever you say, I can't see it anyway."

"That'...... Wait, let you sit on my shoulders too? ”

"Okay."

"Oh~~ You're so thick-skinned."

……

The two played from morning to afternoon, until the sky began to darken, and they realized that their stomachs were already rumbling with hunger.

Although they all carry food with them, Asuna stopped Xia Qianshi from taking out convenient food.

She asked Xia Qianshi to catch a few fish in the lake, and then she used the kitchen utensils she carried with her to make fish burgers, grilled fish, and sashimi.

The smoke rose from the cooking, and Xia Qianshi lit a fire in the lake, and the two sat down by the bonfire.

"It's incredible...... It feels like I was born in this world and has lived until now. ”

Asuna broke the silence and whispered:

“…… Lately, I sometimes can't remember what happened in another world. Actually, it's not just me...... Now there are fewer and fewer guys who are desperately shouting for a strategy and leaving. ”

"Overall, the speed of the strategy has slowed down, and I think there are less than a thousand players who are still fighting on the front line, and the reason is not just that there are risks...... And you're used to life in this world......"

Xia Qianshi quietly looked at Asuna's beautiful face that was deep in thought under the light of the red bonfire.

Such a face may not really belong to a living human, and the smooth skin and shiny hair are too beautiful for a living being.

Although in essence, the girl in front of her should be a polygon composed of a mass of data, in Xia Qianshi's eyes, she is such a vivid life.

Not only Asuna, but even Xia Qianshi is now used to living here, and even feels that it is more real to live here.

Because here he has his colleagues, friends...... And people who like it.

"But Asuna, you still have to go back, because in reality there are still your parents and friends waiting for you."

Xia Qianshi stroked the girl's long soft hair and said softly.

"What about you?"

"Me?" Xia Qianshi smiled: "I don't care, my parents have passed away, and I don't have many good friends." ”

Asuna subconsciously clenched Xia Qianshi's hands.

"Rest assured, I'm not that fragile yet." Xia Qianshi patted Asuna's head, "I will definitely let you return to the real world alive, and only this is the only one I will definitely do!" ”

……

When Xia Qianshi and Asuna were about to go home to sleep, Argo sent a message that the information was finally tortured.

The two sides met in a cave.

As Xia Qianshi guessed, Kratir, as a spy lurking in the Blood Alliance Knights, really knew a lot of secret information about the smiling coffin.

This includes the base of the Smile Coffin.

You must know that the base of the smile coffin is very secret, when Xia Qianshi was still the chairman of the People's Liberation Army, I don't know how much effort it took to exterminate the smile coffin, but it was to find the base of the smile coffin.

Later, he joined the Smile Coffin, just to take this opportunity to find the base of the Smile Coffin, and then hunt it down.

As a result, Vashak's guy was cunning and cunning, and he never believed that he really joined, so naturally he didn't let him get in touch with the core information of these guilds.

But now I've finally caught his fox tail!

Xia Qianshi said excitedly: "If Kladil doesn't show up for too long, it will alert the other party, I will go to their base tonight and wipe them out!" ”

"A thousand things! You only promised me today that you can't be reckless alone! ”

Asuna crossed her hands on her hips, and the momentum of never giving in her hazel eyes made Xia Qianshi swallow back the words she wanted to refute with a wry smile.

"Besides, if they go home and sleep at night, who will stay in the guild? I don't think it's as good as this - Kladir is the scum of our Blood Alliance Knights, so we naturally have the responsibility to clean up the portal, and when I get back, I will tell the head of the regiment about this, I believe he can still distinguish between right and wrong in this kind of major matter. ”

"Well, speaking of Captain Heathcliff, I have news here that I don't know if it's good or bad......"

Argo glanced at Xia Qianshi and said, "Just this afternoon, the Blood Alliance Knights released the news that Xia Qianshi, who was once the first person in the game, was facing the challenge of their leader...... Flee without a fight! ”