There was a silence that made everything freeze completely.

After Xia Qianshi said this, the players were like stupid, their expressions were dull, and their eyes were full of disbelief.

After a long time, the members of the Blood Alliance Knights laughed dryly:

"It's... How is this possible? ”

"If he's Akihiko Kayaba, why would he lead us to the strategy game?"

"Just... That's right, how could the head of the regiment be Akihiko Kayaba? ”

"Commander... Captain Heathcliff, do you have something to say? ”

“……”

Under the expectant gaze of the members of the Blood Alliance Knights, Heathcliff tilted his head slightly, and said to Xia Qianshi in a very subtle tone:

“…… Just let me be a reference, can you tell me why you confirm that I am Akihiko Kayaba? ”

"Not a confirmation, just a suspicion."

Unexpectedly, Xia Qianshi shook his head and said, "Thinking in a normal way, if you really have such a powerful skill, you will be able to kill me at the beginning of the duel, and you will never be defeated by me." ”

"When challenging the boss, there is no reason for you to keep the skills at the most critical moment, the only explanation is that what you use in the duel is not a skill recognized by the system, but your own and shady privilege!"

“…… Of course, these are all normal perspectives, and there may be some special limitations to this skill, or you are a cold-blooded and ruthless person who doesn't care about the lives of others, so I said, I just suspected at first, that the previous sentence was just a kind of rhetoric. ”

Speaking of this, Xia Qianshi paused, stared at Heathcliff's gradually ugly face, and said with a smile:

"However, it seems that even a genius like Akihiko Kayaba will be carried away by anger."

......" was silent for a moment, and Heathcliff said, "In other words, you never have any evidence, just speculation. ”

"If I was only five points of doubt before, now I am nine points......"

Xia Qianshi smiled and continued: "Of course, as you said, I don't have any evidence, if you want to deny it, I have no way to prove it, and it is estimated that ordinary players will find it difficult to believe that Kayaba Jinghiko will lurk around us as a player, so you deny it now, and you can still survive as the head of the Blood Alliance Knights......"

"As long as you reveal your identity one day, you are not afraid of being ridiculed by the players, and you will have a reputation as a coward who dares to do things!"

Checkmate (General)!

Ever since he realized that Akihiko Kayaba was likely to be the evil of this world, Xia Qianshi had collected a lot of information about him and modeled his personality simply.

He is a genius scientist who is well-known all over the world and is very young and has unlimited potential.

Money, power, and beauties are within reach of him if he wants to, but he has come up with such a death game.

From now on, the society will not be able to tolerate him, and the glory and wealth that were originally at his fingertips have become a thing of the past, in short, this is a man who does not have too many desires.

And desire is often inversely proportional to self-esteem.

If Heathcliff was Akihiko Kayaba, then he would never allow himself to bear such a disgraceful reputation.

Looking at Heathcliff, who suddenly fell silent, the players' faces changed.

Kirito pondered, "Indeed, there is nothing more boring than standing by and watching people play role-playing games. ”

"Commander, is what he said true?" A member of the Knights of the Blood Pact shouted loudly.

“…… Wonderful words, people can't refute. ”

Slowly spit the phrase out of your mouth.

Heathcliff's brass-colored eyes first stayed on Xia Qianshi, and then swept over all the players, with a detached smile on his face, and announced majestically:

"—That's right, I'm Akihiko Kayaba. Further, it is necessary to wait for your final boss at the top. ”

Xia Qianshi smacked his lips: "Tsk...... From the star player who leads everyone, to the most vicious final boss? It's really a bad taste, Akihiko Kayaba. ”

"Don't you think it's a good script? I thought it was going to be a big hiatus, but I didn't expect to be seen through by three-quarters of the way through. Originally, I thought that you were the biggest uncertain factor in this world, but I didn't expect that there would be such a destructive force......"

As the developer of this game, Akihiko Kayaba, the man who imprisoned the spirits of 10,000 players here, shrugged his shoulders as if telling things that had nothing to do with him.

Then, he looked at Xia Qianshi and said, "You just punched me just to make me lose my mind because of anger?" ”

"Nope."

Xia Qianshi shook his head, and he said sincerely: "I just think that you owe a beating." ”

“……”

Quiescence!

Deathly silence!

No one dared to speak, and the entire space fell into an infinitely oppressive and terrifying atmosphere because of Akihiko Kayaba's silence.

Wiping the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead, Kirito swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty.

Dare to say such a thing in front of the game's manager, Akihiko Kayaba, should I say that it really deserves to be Brother Qianshi?

After a few moments, Akihiko Kayaba finally had a move.

With a wave of his left hand, he quickly maneuvered through the window that appeared, and the next moment, all players fell to the ground in an unnatural position and groaned, revealing a paralyzing debuff above their HP bar.

In the entire space, except for Akihiko Kayaba herself, only Xia Qianshi can still move freely.

Xia Qian unhurriedly hugged Asuna, who was slumped on the ground, into his arms, and didn't seem to be surprised by this.

Akihiko Kayaba raised an eyebrow: "You're not afraid?" ”

"Since I dare to provoke you with words, I am sure that you are not the kind of person who will break the rules because of anger."

As if he was telling something completely irrelevant to himself, Xia Qianshi said calmly: "But you are definitely not a temperamentless person, so you will punish me within the scope of the rules." ”

"Oh?" Akihiko Aoba showed an interested look: "Then guess what this punishment will be?" ”

"It's not hard to guess."

Xia Qianshi said: "I can see from the duel that day, you are very satisfied with the world you have created, and you are eager to stimulate your own battle, so ......"

Xia Qianshi's eyes were calm: "Let's fight again next, right?" ”

"Clever, it really deserves to be the first player to create the Ayn Grant Liberation Army and has always been at the forefront, I feel very lucky to have a player like you in SAO."

With a look of appreciation on his face for the first time, Kayaba Jinghiko gently thrust the sword in his right hand into the obsidian floor, the sharp and clear metallic sound tearing through the air around him.

"Then let's fight again, in the name of the final boss fight."

He said: "-Of course, in order not to bully people, I will lower my attributes to the level of the 75th floor guarding boss. ”

"Bastard! What kind of person is this that doesn't bully people! Achill couldn't help but shout: "Qianshi, don't promise him, he clearly wants to get rid of you now!" ”

The others shouted the same way.

However.

The next second.

Akihiko Kayaba's words shut them up.

Because he said, "If you lose, you're just losing a life, but if you win, even if the game is completely hacked, all players can log out of this world...... Isn't it exactly what you want to do to lead players through the game? ”

Is it my wish to beat the game?

No.

That's not true.

Xia Qianshi thought in his heart: For him, getting rid of the 'evil' in this world is his real task, and clearing the game is just incidental.

He remembered that Asuna had told him about her past. Remembering the tears she shed as she leaned against herself. The man in front of him has hurt Asuna's heart countless times and shed a lot of blood for the sake of creating the world for himself......

"Kayaba Akihiko, I accept your challenge."

Because I've wanted to beat you up for a long time!

Xia Qianshi stood up, but the sleeve of his shirt was pulled by his hand, and when he turned around, he saw Asuna looking at him with pleading eyes, shaking her head constantly.

"Trust me."

Xia Qianshi gently held her little hand, and her voice was gentle: "When this battle is over, I will take you home." ”