"You think he died in a malicious duel?"

In Akyl's small grocery store, Akichen, Asuna, Kirito, and Akyll sat around a small table, on which were the evidence collected from the scene, the long sword covered with barbs

"That's right, it's a suspicion of mine" Asuna held her chin in one hand and stared at the sword on the table with a frown, as if she wanted to get some clues on this sword "In the circle, there is no way for two players to damage each other except for dueling"

"And the possibility of a game bug has been ruled out - to be exact, even if it is a game bug, we can't do anything, who can repair the game itself" Kirito sighed, when it comes to the game itself, no matter how strong the player is, there is nothing to do, after all, no matter how strong a player is, there is no way to go beyond the game itself

"What do you think, Akyll?" Qiuchen cast his gaze to Achill, who was sitting on the side, "Do you have any ideas?" ”

"Well, I can't say, at least I don't see anything wrong with this sword" Achill shook his head, "This sword should have fallen below the twenty-fifth floor, looking at the attributes, but I can't say more now"

For a moment, there was silence in the hut. Thinking has reached a dead end, and everyone is stuck at one point, which is how the player was killed

There can be no progress in the case until this dead end is reached

After waiting for a while, turning his head left and right to look at Kirito and Asuna who were deep in thought, Qiuchen spoke--we can't afford to delay too much strategy time on this one event--"Maybe our thinking direction is wrong"

"Huh? Zhongren, what did you think of? Asuna asked, looking up in surprise, and Kirito and Achill also turned their gaze to Autumn Dust

"Uh, I'm just an idea, it's not that there is any evidence" Qiuchen looked at them and waved his hand, "You defined the whole incident from the beginning as a player who took advantage of a game bug or bug to kill another player in the circle, but maybe the game itself doesn't have any loopholes?" ”

"What do you mean?"

"Is that player really dead? Are the witnesses you are questioning reliable? Or is someone deliberately leading us to a dead end, making us rack our brains to figure out what kind of loophole the game has, but in fact it's all just an illusion----Asuna, Kirito" Qiuchen pointed to the two of them, "You are witnesses at the scene, and you saw the death of that player with your own eyes?" ”

"This, I'm afraid it's true" Asuna hesitated, but nodded anyway, "We both saw that player turn into a particle of light"

"But is turning into particles of light death?" Qiuchen interrupted Asuna's narration that "there are many things that can turn into light particles, such as ---," and as he spoke, Qiuchen picked up his scythe, aimed it at the barbed sword on the table, and slashed it down

Touch!!!

After the sound of the collision sounded, the sound of metal cracking followed, and the durability of the barbed sword instantly dropped to zero under the eyes of everyone, and then disappeared into light particles

"Got it?" Qiuchen raised his eyebrows, "It's not necessarily that the player will turn into light particles when he dies"

"Wait, I'm going to think of it," Asuna pondered, holding her head and closing her eyes

"Say what you want to do," Kirito clasped his hands on his chest with an indifferent expression, "I was reminded just now, to determine whether a person is dead, just go and see the person who is friends with him, has the person's avatar in their friend column darkened, if it hasn't darkened, that person hasn't died, so everything will be solved~"

"Good idea"*3

Asuna slapped the table and stood up, "Then it's decided, tomorrow I'll go with Nakato and the remaining players in their guild to confirm, Kirito, you are free to move, just keep in touch with us"

"No problem" Qiuchen nodded, and Kirito had no objections

"Alright, then let's disperse" Asuna high-fived "Thank you, Achill"

"Ah, you're welcome"

Facing the night wind, the three of them walked out of Achill's grocery store, and Ayn Grant was still beautiful at night, moonlit and starry - if we could get rid of those newly brushed monsters that were eyeing out of town

"I really don't know when it will end~" Asuna raised and looked at the starry sky, although she knew that the sky was just a simulation, and there was a new layer waiting for them to challenge, but the player still wanted to believe that the real sky above the hundred-story tower was also the moment when they were about to be liberated

"Don't worry" Qiuchen patted Asuna on the shoulder, "We can all go out, I bet you, at most another year, this can be over"

"Yes, thank you, I'll wait for that day to come" Asuna shook her head and left. Kirito looked at the two of them, said goodbye to Qiuchen and left

"It's all gone, this world," Qiu Chen took out the communicator that Isis gave him, "The main god space, the Cthulhu evil gods, the ancient races, and the heroic spirits"

Smiling self-deprecatingly, Qiuchen walked towards the inn, "Kayaba Jinghiko, what if you knew that the world you created could lead so many people?"

The main god space has already extended its hand to Ayn Grant, and those dependents of the evil gods and those ancient races with unknown attitudes have appeared, and this time the mission does not seem to be as simple as it was originally said

Click--

The sudden sound of footsteps on the silent path interrupted Qiu Chen's thoughts, and when he looked up, a middle-aged man in red knight armor appeared in Qiu Chen's eyes

Qiuchen stopped, his hands clasped behind his back, ready to take out his weapon to fight at any moment. The other man stood in the middle of the road with his sword in both hands, obviously waiting for him

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, unknown intruder," the middle-aged man in red armor said, "The contemptible man has been observing you for a long time, now maybe we have to have a good talk."

"The leader of the dignified strategy team came to me in person, such a little person, I'm really flattered~" Qiuchen tilted his head and smiled, "Heathcliff should still call you Kayaba Akihiko"

"Maybe I should finish you here," said Akihiko Kayaba, his knight's sword appeared in his hand, "You know a lot, and among all of them, you are the smartest I have ever met."

No, it's just a matter of mentioning a lot of things

Since the other party wants to fight, Qiu Chen naturally wants to face the battle, "It looks like you are very confident~" The white light flashed, and the giant scythe appeared in Qiu Chen's hand out of thin air

A cold wind blows through the alleys