"That's true, I can't message."

Shino said with a slightly confused expression.

"But Yui, how do you know you don't even have MHCP or cardinal eyes?"

"How to put it, in this world, you can always feel the presence of something that you are not aware of, there is a thing, such as eyes, that you cannot understand unless your consciousness is more acute. That's the eyes of the MHCP and the cardinal, but even such a thing does not exist here. No matter how sharp you are. \"

"I've never felt like this before." I'm sure Yui, Strea, Jupiter, and Lilan can feel this too. However, is it possible to have a completely separate space that can escape the eyes of an absolute ruler called Cardinal?

"A space where you can escape the cardinal's eyes, can you do it?"

"Supposedly, it shouldn't be possible. Originally, the facility itself was like a place that didn't exist at the beginning of the service. \"

"You can add the map to Netoge through an update, but you're saying this place was added through an update?"

"Yes. It seems like there's an update that we haven't even noticed. To be honest, I can't even believe it"

A completely separate space was added without the MHCP or the cardinal noticing. I can't believe that something like this is being used for harmless purposes.

Or rather, since the "mnemosyne" uses it, what purpose can it have other than an evil purpose?

"Anyway, let's search this place first.

As I called out to him and started walking, Shino, Yui, and Lilan looked around and started chasing after me. It looks like a labyrinth of catches, but the current situation makes me feel more than usual?? Nervous.

Strange white walls and doors everywhere?? See. Even the floor is dyed white, with a marble and tile-like texture.

"Even though I've lived here for two years, I've never seen anything like it before." I felt like I was entering a different world, completely restless.

"I don't know what this place is, although it's not as big as the labyrinth, but it looks pretty big. It's as if the dungeon itself has become a research facility or something\"

Its appearance reminds me of a big hospital in the real world. I wondered if the same was true of the hospital where I was sleeping, and looking back, I was a little surprised. Because Shino's expression became quite uneasy, she looked around and supported me.

"Shino, what's going on? \"

Shino turned her face to me as if she understood my words.

"Ahh

"What's the matter, Shino, you're pale. \"

"It's okay, it's nothing"

So far, when Shino says it's okay, in fact, there are many times when it's okay. Even now, it was as if he hadn't done anything, and his face was pale. Clearly, something is going on inside Shino.

Yui must have the same idea as me.

"Mom, are you alright? It doesn't look like anything. ”

"Actually, it's nothing. What's more, watch out for Yui and Kirito, there may be enemies. \"

"I'm curious about Shino's situation, too, but he's infiltrating the enemy's base right now. "I beat up the people who had just gathered after hearing the alarm, but it wouldn't be surprising if they were still there.

"Got it. Shiina, and Lilan, please let me know immediately if anything happens. \"

When we finished speaking and turned our faces forward, we suddenly found that a large door was blocked, and we stopped. The texture is the same as the surrounding walls, but it is clearly the decoration of a door. - That figure reminds me of the virus lockdown door of a medical institution.

"Door?"

"This door seems to be hiding something very important."

\"I immediately set up my sword, and Shino set up my bow. "I'm sure there's something in the depths of this place – this thought keeps surging up inside me, and it's a wake-up call.

Yui, wait at the entrance to confirm that it is safe inside. Run again and look for enemies as carefully as possible. \"

"Got it. Whatever happens, I will crush you with my flames and sword.

Hearing Leland's powerful "voice" and the sound of his strong breathing, Shino and I pushed our strength towards the door. The door moves silently and quickly, then opens completely. There was no sound at all, and it seemed a little unnatural.

\"！？ \"

The interior is hidden by an unnatural door. We were shocked to witness this scene spreading there.

Several beds were arranged along the walls of the room, the room was as spacious as the boss's, and several men and women lay on their backs. Nearby, there is a futuristic white installation that does not match the worldview of this game, and a quiet moving sound fills the room.

"But that's not what surprised us." Wires similar to LAN cables extend from this device that shocked the world to the heads of people in bed.

"What kind of place is this?"

"What is this..."

The two looked around in surprise. The strange sight of a man and a woman lying on the bed, surrounded by suspicious machines, creates a strange atmosphere that fills the room. It's like a laboratory in a science fiction movie.

As we walked around the room, we were drawn to a world that didn't look like SAo at all.

"Kirito, these guys are all players! \"

"What did you say!?"

I thought it must be a sleeping NPC in bed, but when I followed Lilan's words and looked closely, there was a reaction, and an icon showing the player appeared. After looking around the room to confirm, I saw that there were actually more than thirty players who had been caught.

When we realized that this was not a room to capture NPCs, but a room to capture players, we felt chills down our backs.

"Why would the player do this? \"

Just when we were surprised, Lilan turned her face to the player lying on the bed.

And not just a player. We are all infected with parasites. ”

Lilan's "voice" echoed in his head, making him even more frightened. They were gathered in such a large room, connected to suspicious devices, and even infected with "pseudo-experience parasites". What is the facility in this room where experiments unrelated to SAo's worldview are conducted?

Just as I was thinking, Shino's voice came to my ears.

"After all, this is the factory of the simulation experience parasite, and it is a place where players gather to own and release the simulation experience parasite."

What started as a vague idea turned into a firm belief. As Shino said, this is the heart of what happened to Ayn Grant, and this is where the "pseudo-empirical parasite" was born, parasitic on the player, released into Ayn Grant.

The players who sleep here are all kidnapped players who have been possessed by a "pseudo-experience parasite" and are scheduled to return to Ayngrunte.

The abominable being that causes this is the simulated experience of a parasite's egg.

I see, this is the "nest" of the "simulated experience parasite", and this device is the "egg" of the "simulated experience parasite"! \"

If even this is destroyed, the "pseudo-experience parasite" will cease to exist. With that in mind, I raised my sword and was about to smash the egg.

"Waiting"

A voice came to my ears, and I stopped.

I was a little surprised that there were other people besides us, and I turned my face in that direction and noticed that there were people standing there like us.

They wore white armor and white robes, like the "Monemosine" who lived here, but their masks were white and decorated with gold, so they differed from the people who fought at the entrance.

Based on this fact, I immediately predicted that this "Mane Mosinne" would be the one who united the others.

"Who are you!"

Holding a black silver sword and a white blue sword, he poses that he can use his sword skills at any time. Seeing this, everyone trembled before, but the all-white human in front of them did not react.

"We are [mnemosyne]. People who control this world, but also control the real world. ”

The sound that leaks out of the slit in the mask is rough, similar to a synthesized sound. Obviously, that mask acts as a filter for editing the sound. Moreover, in addition to the mask, armor and robes were attached, so it was difficult to tell whether the person was male or female.

"I know your name is that. What the hell is this place? ”

The white man questioned turned his face to Shino, who was holding a bow. Because it is covered by a mask, it is not visible.

"This is a sanctuary to advance our noble goals."

The words that popped out of the mask stirred up anger in my heart. What kind of shelter is it that aims to capture so many players, set them up for human experimentation, and get them lost in the simulation?

(No)

"This place is truly a sanctuary." Ayn Grant has nowhere else but here for these guys to conduct such a heinous experiment as "pseudo-experiential parasites". That's why they call this place a sanctuary.

"I see, it's a shelter, so what experiments are you doing in that shelter? Where do the players come from? ”

"The white mask is facing me."

"I don't need to teach you. You know that it doesn't make sense. So I'm going to make you the same as the people here. ”

"You mean you don't want to answer. Well, we can also beat you up as much as we like. And, my friends are in this facility right now—"

After saying that, the moment I picked up the sword again, I felt a discomfort similar to pain and burning in my right shoulder. Just as I was wondering what was going on, my body suddenly lost strength and I couldn't move on the spot.

When I turned my face to the man who must have done something, they assumed a pose of throwing something—in front of me, a black figure covered in red light with a throwing knife stuck in my right shoulder, which was full of displeasure. Moreover, from less than a few seconds after being hit, the body became numb, and it was known that this throwing knife had been paralyzed by poison.

"No..."

The numbness spread throughout my body, and I couldn't move at all - because monsters would take advantage of my inability to move, and this paralysis was sometimes considered the most troublesome state in SAo.

\"Kiri, Kirito! \"

I put some strength to my motionless body, turned my face back, and saw Shino, who was paralyzed by the knife hit like me, and Lilan, who fell to the ground in pain. Before they knew it, the white coat threw a paralyzing throwing knife at Shino and Lilan.

"Shino, run again!!" \"

Immediately after, footsteps approached. When I turned my head again, a white masked figure was walking towards me, and when I saw the figure, I imagined what would happen in the next moment. This guy is going to attack our immobilized people and kill us.

"That's right, in this guy's opinion, we're the abominable fools who invaded the Sanctuary, and we don't know what to do next." I decided to delete it immediately.

Just as I was thinking this, a white man walked up to me with steady steps, staring at my face—passing me. I thought I was going to be attacked by a white man, but I was dumbfounded and turned my face back to a white man. The human was bathing in the air of the laboratory as he walked towards Shino.

\"Poetry, poetry!! \"

From the beginning, his goal was Shino, not me.

\"Shinai, Shinai!! \"

\"Shina!! \"

He frantically yells at Shino, but Shino is paralyzed and unable to move, and the white man gradually approaches Shiina. And when Shino was less than 5m away from humans, something suddenly stood between the two.

A black-eyed girl with long black hair and a dress that resembles a white dress - that's our daughter Yui who has always been by our side. We didn't expect Yui to jump out, so we unconsciously raised our voices.

\"By, by!? \"

\"Yui!? \"

"Yui!? \"

Yui stretched out her hands to block Shino's path, glaring at the white human with a sharp gaze. At the same time, the white-clothed human stopped in place.

"Don't get too close to Mom!

"Yui stands in front of humanity. Its body and eyes trembled, and it was clear at a glance that it was trying to protect Shino after swallowing fear. I really want to curse my body for not being able to move in front of Yui like this.

"I don't want to raise my hand at a kid like you"

As soon as the human voice came out, the human suddenly closed the distance between Yui and grabbed Yui's neck with one hand. The human lifted Yui's childlike body with one hand, and Yui closed her eyes tightly and grabbed the human's arm around her neck. However, no matter how much effort Yui tries, the human hand does not move.

"If you get in the way, there's no way around it."

As he spoke, the human threw Yui at the wall like a spear. Breaking away from the human hand, Yui's body roared, slammed into the wall, briefly stuck to the wall in an upside-down position, and then fell to the floor with a "plop" and just like that, it stopped moving.

"A white man raised his hand to a kid as young as us." Witnessing this scene from beginning to end, my heart swelled with great anger and hatred, and my vision was dyed bright red.

"Yui ——————————!!!"

"You, you, you, ah, ah, ah!!"

In the room filled with the sound of machinery, the voices of me and Shino echoed.

"I want to jump off his head right now." With the sword in my hand, I couldn't help but knock the head off.

However, despite the fact that my wife was in danger because of the treatment my daughter had received, my body did not even have the strength to move, let alone hold a sword. No matter how much anger and hatred builds up in my body and heart, I can't fight the paralysis.

"Kill you, I'll kill you absolutely!! \"

Lilan's angry voice rang in his head, but sure enough, Lilan couldn't move, only moaning. Then, the human beings, who paralyzed us and stopped moving, slowly approached Shino and finally stopped at a place where we could overlook Shino.

"You, you, you!!"

Humanity completely ignores our voices and turns to Shino. Looking closely, Shino was as trembling as she was as frowning as she was glaring at humans. It's really scary, and there's no way around it, but I try not to make the other person understand.

\"Shino!! \"

As he shouted, the white man reached into his robe, made a gesture as if he was grasping something, and then pulled it out again. The moment I saw what I was holding at that time, my body froze.

Since this world is a game where moving bodies is premised, there are no projectiles other than bows and arrows, and they should not exist. As a result, there is no such thing as a perfect projectile weapon such as a bow and pistol. That's how it is.

“！！”

What the white man held in his hand was a "pistol", the black fuselage glittered in the light.

A white masked figure suddenly appeared. Creatures that use synthetic voices and wear white armor and robes cannot identify male or female, and can only be referred to as human.

The humans threw knives at Kiritto and the others, paralyzing them, and only began to approach them when they were completely unable to move. At that time, Yui jumped out to protect Shino, but even so, she was removed by humans and came to Shino.

Obviously he should have done something to himself, but he put his hand on Yui-chan - Shino, who saw this scene, wanted to immediately take action and stab her neck with a dagger. However, even Shino's thoughts and anger overwhelm SAo's paralyzed state.

Then, the human, who had pushed Yui to the side, reached into his arms and finally pulled it out again. Shino wondered what kind of knife would be used to slaughter the fools who broke into the shelter, even more cruel than the "smiling coffin".

"The weapon that humans possess is a pistol, which should not exist in this world." In a world where only swords, knives, and bows and arrows exist as weapons for players, the person in front of you has a pistol that shouldn't exist.

And that's not all. When the white man pulled the gun out of his arms, the grip of the pistol flashed into Shino's eyes. All-metal grip with non-slip texture and engraved badge.

An asterisk in a circle. Black Star - "Type 54 Black Star". Yes, the same gun that was the same as that day, that time.

"Hahahaha..."

The numbness in my whole body became stronger and stronger, my ears were filled with heart, and a thin voice leaked out of my throat.

The memories that were sealed by the warm days spent with loved ones and those close to them, as well as the "disease" that was about to be cured, awaken in the poem and begin to move. Every time the Diaphragm moved, his mind was dominated by that memory, and his body was completely deprived of movement.

\"Shina, Shina! \"

Kirito yells at Shiina, who is pointing a gun at him, but nothing reaches Shiina's ears. All you hear is your inner voice.

And his eyes were fixed on the hateful muzzle, and he did not dare to move. I wanted to take my eyes off it, I didn't want to see it, but my body didn't listen to me. - I can only stare behind the muzzle.

Behind the muzzle was a man's face. - At that time, the madman who robbed a bank with a Type 54 and tried to shoot the customer's Shino's mother. The young Shino pounced on him and snatched the pistol, only to see the face of the madman who had shot him behind the muzzle.

"You say you're here?" Chasing after myself who was lost in this world, I have come all the way here, and the time has come. Are you saying you're trying to shoot him with a pistol, like you did then?

"No, that's not right." He's alive.

In order to avenge himself, he turned into a demon and lurked in this world, constantly waiting for a chance to take revenge. As you get caught up in the good things and forget your memories, observe yourself from the shadows and spy on yourself.

"Goo, goo"

No matter how much I tried to move my body, the numbness was too strong to move. Sure enough, this man was fully prepared for this moment. Pushing myself so far and dragging me to where I am now. Yes, this paralysis is the chain in which the man is ready to commit suicide.

Looking at the man's white human, the white demon kept pointing the muzzle of the gun at Shino Shino, pulling the barrel, putting the bullet into the body of the crossing, and putting his finger on the trigger. Then, in order to avenge that time, he pulled the trigger.

“——————！！！”

A bullet fires out, making a disgusting explosion.

Shiina, believing that the bullet had hit her, crouched down, but she did not feel the pain of being hit by the bullet. This made Shino feel extremely uncomfortable, and he stopped squatting and turned to the right almost unconsciously. There was a small hole in the floor that looked like it had been punched by a bullet.

The White Demon fired. I was the first time in the world to shoot. However, instead of shooting into Shiina's body, the bullet went into the floor to the right of Shiina's head and then disappeared.

- I was not shot. She didn't get shot - her heart was filled with such confidence and a hint of relief, but at the same time, great fear overflowed, filling her heart in the blink of an eye, erasing her sense of security and self-confidence, nourishing the awakened "slug".

Poetry speaks for the cry of the "sickness" who happily receives nourishment.

"I don't like !!"

Shino screamed as if she had returned to a child, struggling to move her body chained.

If she did, she would realize that she had an extraordinary fear of guns, but Shino couldn't stop screaming. I couldn't help but cry out the fear in my heart. Even if it's with someone you like to watch.

"I was shot."

"I was shot."

"I was shot."

"The next one is going to be shot."

"The next one is going to be shot."

"The next one is going to be shot."

Help.

Help.

Help.

Help.

Shino shouted out all the words that kept pouring out of his head. Shino had no desire to stop screaming.

“！”

The white demon stared relentlessly at the target, who clumsily screamed and scattered, but eventually shifted the focus from the girl to the gun in her hand. After staring at the barrel of the gun that flashed black and silver in the light for a while, the white demon inside the mask laughed and pointed the gun at the girl again.

"I see, isn't that great?"

Yes, just after a sound came from the gap in the mask, the white demon pulled the trigger again. In the room where many of the eggs of the 'pseudo-empirical parasite' were planted, a rumbling sound sounded again.

The gunpowder explodes, and the bullet is fired - in front of it is Shino's left wrist.

When the bullet hit her left hand, Shino let out a low scream as if she felt a sharp pain. In the next instant, Shiina's left wrist was torn off from her arm.

Of course, this does not mean that his arms are torn off, or that his limbs are missing. In this world, there is a state abnormality called part defection, and if the same part is attacked or cut multiple times, it is possible to fall into it.

However, just like in reality, body parts do not disappear throughout their lives, and after a certain period of time, they return to their original state. As for the pain, it's just the same discomfort as when you were hurt, and it doesn't actually hurt.

If she were the usual Shina, she should be able to calmly analyze that she was just missing a part and waiting for recovery. However, Shino can't do that now, and she can only think of her left hand being cut off. Discomfort is also an illusion of real pain.

"Ahhhh

Shino felt the loss of her body and let out a scream that seemed audible and indescribable.

This must have been when the bullet went into the demon's belly. In revenge for that time, the demon tore off his left hand.

"Ahhh

Shino couldn't even scream, making a faint sound. However, the White Devil's anger still did not subside, and he aimed at Shino's right leg as his next target, firing a bullet full of anger and revenge. First sound?? The popping sound weakened Shino's right leg, and the second crack shattered Shino's right leg and disappeared.

“——”

Shino could only whistle from her throat because of the pain and loss of consciousness she didn't know how many times, but she knew why. The right leg was my revenge when I shot that demon in the shoulder. In revenge for that time, the demon took his right leg.

Then, I ended the demon's life with a third shot. Just like that time - the white demon in front of me was pointing a gun at me for a third revenge. Further on is the forehead.

The next time this white demon pulls the trigger, it pierces him in the forehead and kills him. The ogre's revenge will soon be complete - the ogre behind the muzzle is smiling, dreaming of that moment.

[Hey, come over here]

Then the murky sound came to my ears again. Soon you will be taken to the place where the demon is, the same place as the demon. You escape from this world and the real world, and are taken to a world where demons exist, and that is hell.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, ahhhh

The body is bound by paralyzing chains. Shino shook Yui's neck vigorously and moved. My vision was blurred by the overflowing tears, but I could clearly see the smoking muzzle and barrel, and the face of the demon sitting in the back.

Shino subconsciously thought of a way to escape from the demon. Despite the fear in her heart, Shiina's subconscious mind thought at a speed several times faster than usual, and soon she spelled out a word that made Shiina's mouth and vocal cords move.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry,

Until now I didn't expect that person to turn into a demon and cut off his arms and legs, so I never said that. Continue to say these words with all your heart. Shina's own will no longer exists, and it was Shina's memory, her heart, and the "wounds" that haunted her heart that made her do it.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry"

The man who was resurrected as a white demon continues to point a gun at Shino. I didn't hear Shiina's words of apology. Because he is about to take the last step and drag Shino into the same hell as himself.

His whole body was bound by paralyzing chains, his left hand and right leg were torn off, and the means of resistance were completely gone. Then shoot Shino in the forehead, and she will go to hell. To make this moment a reality, the white demon aimed at Shino's forehead and pulled the trigger.

The next moment, a loud roar rang out, interrupting Shino's continuous screams. Shino was forced to unconsciously accept this moment when it had finally arrived, closing her eyes tightly and waiting for the moment when her consciousness would disappear.

However, no matter how much time passed, Shino's consciousness did not disappear, and she opened her eyes without thinking too much. The white demon was not there, but a giant wolf dragon wrapped in a white-gold carapace, with four angelic wings on its back and white hair growing everywhere.

"That's right, Kirito's beloved partner, Lilan. \"

"Ahh

When Shino calls out to the werewolf who suddenly appears, the werewolf turns to face Shino, lowers his face, and then flips Shino's body over with the tip of his nose so that he is in a prone position. Then he curled his lips slightly, bared his teeth, and silently bit down on a small part of Shino, biting deep into it with his fangs.

Shiina's body shook violently, as if electrocuted, and then stopped moving.

At that time, Shino's consciousness had disappeared from here.

My beloved daughter was injured, and Kirito could only watch his wife be destroyed. She thought to herself that if that person had just shot Shino, the person she loved, she would be dead.

Helping Shino is her partner Lilan. Lilann collapsed with Kirito, but he recovered several times faster from his paralysis than Kirito and attacked the wolf dragon in a dashing manner, knocking it into the wall.

However, Lilane should not have a skill that can quickly restore status ailments. If you become paralyzed at the same time as other players, you will be tied up for about the same amount of time and eventually stand up at the same time.

By this time, although strange phenomena had happened, Kirito had stopped caring about them.

Just after Lilan regained her activities and repelled the humans, Kirito moved her body that had been barely freed from her paralyzed state at great speed, hugging the body of her fallen relative, Shino.

\"Poetry is poetry──────!!! \"

Shino had lost consciousness, and no matter how hard she shook it, she couldn't open her eyes. Tears may have been shed from the horror of terror, but there were obvious crying marks on the corners of his eyes and cheeks - and just like that, the image of Shino's lost soul and madness kept coming to Kirito's mind, and his voice kept ringing.

\"Poetry is poetry!! \"

After learning about Shino's past, Kirito asks a simple question. I wonder how Shino would react if she saw a pistol?

Now, in the case where I can't move, the answer is copied. As a result, I tried to run away from the gun pointed at me, but I couldn't take my eyes off it, causing panic and immense fear of the people who were chasing me.

“... Damn it...!! ”

At that time, Shino must have seen that the person in front of him was the man who was shot by himself. No, maybe the pistol itself looks like a person.

\"Since that person is dead, he does not exist anywhere in this world, and he cannot come to this world, let alone avenge Shina. However, Shino, who was pointed at gunpoint, had the delusional illusion that the man had been resurrected as a demon for revenge and had attacked her. That's probably why Shino was scared at the time.

"Why couldn't you go against the rules of the game at that time?" Can't he break through the paralysis state, rush to Shino, and use that pistol to kill the vengeful demon born in Shino's body? - For the first time, Kirito regretted that he had not been able to violate the game's system and had to obey, and he hated the system that bound him at the time.

“！！！”

No, originally, if it weren't for the white man who took out a pistol and threatened Shino, Shino wouldn't have become like this, and Shino wouldn't have felt the illusion of being attacked by a vengeful demon. It's all because of that white man. Not only that, but the white man also shot the frightened Shiina's body, tearing off her left hand and right leg.

The man who attacked Shino, who was deeply traumatized, with a pistol, made unnecessary threats and frightens her. I was hit hard enough to sink into the wall, but it wasn't enough.

I wanted to throw the overflowing anger into my body and smash it like that. If I don't ruin that life, I'm no longer satisfied. - This thought instantly spread in Kirito's heart, and soon after, Kirito, who was satisfied with it, let go of Shino and held the sword in both hands.

With that, Kirito turned around, glared at the wall behind him and the white humans buried in it, and assumed a running pose.

"You, you!!, ah

In the room where countless players lay on the bed, Kirito roared and kicked the floor with a thunderous sound, smashing the floor in one fell swoop and running towards the humans at full speed. In my mind, the scene of my relatives being tortured flashed many times, and my vision was full of red sparks of anger, but Yui clearly reflected the target, the white demon.

He couldn't move before, but maybe he fainted with fright, and now he can't move. If you don't kill me now, when will you kill me?

"Ahh!!h

A disgusting demon in white who tortures his beloved wife to the limit and also hurts his beloved daughter. Kirito's body soon approached the white demon, and his sword was wrapped in light, just like when hunting monsters.

Then, the face hidden by the mask, the heart inside the armor, the neck at the junction of the mask and the armor - in short, he aimed at the place where he could kill with one blow, and at this moment, he tried to make the moment he depicted in his mind to slay the demon become a reality -

"Kirito, stop!! \"

The familiar "voice" sounded in the blazing sparks, and Kirito stopped moving. The sword in both hands stopped when it slashed into the White Devil's neck.

The "voice" continues.

"Don't kill him"

Kirito gritted his teeth and looked back at the owner of the voice. It was a red-eyed wolf dragon with a carapace like platinum armor, four wings, a sword-like horn on its forehead, and a golden mane.

"Why"

Wolf Dragon—Lilan replied.

"That guy is the one who brought the parasites to the players here. The information it contains may be just what you want. You want that guy's information, you want to know the information here, you want to know the truth, so you're finally here.

"That's exactly what I thought at first." However, the current Kiritto doesn't want such a thing. Instead, I think I want this devil's head right now.

\"I don't want to do that kind of thing anymore! This guy is poetry no, why! If you can move, why not kill him! \"

The wolf dragon's face suddenly became solemn.

\"It's not like I don't see anything! It's the same as watching him torture Shino and hurt Yui. Even I want to bite that thing off now! \"

"Then shred it! I'll order you as a Beast Trainer or a Demon Messenger! Kill this guy!! Send this guy to hell and make him ask the demon for forgiveness!! \"

"Refuse!! \"

"Why!!"

A quarrel between the "Beast Tamer" and his "Demon Maker". A faint voice came from Kirito's ears, and the scene that unfolded in Ayn Grant was an impossible scenario before Kirito and Lirune were coupled.

"Dad, as Mr. Liran said"

Kirito and Reru were taken aback by the familiar tone, and they all turned their heads to look in the direction of the voice. Bound by a strong blow, Yui staggered to her feet with her left hand on her right shoulder. Seeing her weak breathing and stumbling legs, Kirito shook off the sword in both hands and rushed to Yui's side to support her body.

"Yu You"

Leaning on his father's body, he whispered.

\"This is the root of the events that have plagued Ayn Grant to this day, and the people there, probably the people who know this place best, so don't kill him, you should put him in jail, and then\"

Yui gently pointed her finger at the back of the room. When I turned my face to my daughter's fingertips, I saw something familiar, as if a marble table had been installed.

"That's the console on the first floor?"

"Maybe that's the console that I've been operating just now I'm sure all the information about this place is concentrated there, let's visit it together, Daddy said again, I can walk, so please be more protective than me Mom I feel more secure on Daddy's back"

Hearing Yui's faint voice, Kirito nodded, took Yui's hand and walked slowly, walked to Shino, who was lying down, and picked up her body. With that, I turned my face to the wolf dragon and gave the command.

"Re-run, keep that guy in your mouth.

"Got it"

Kirito, who heard the sound of the wolf dragon's return, picked up Shino's body and took Yui to the marble console at the far end of the room.

The day after infiltrating and conquering the Monemosine stronghold, Asuna and I, as leaders of the Knights of the Blood Oath, went to find this ?? Alice, the game's developer, told them everything we knew about that place.

The information there uses a lot of ciphers and special numbers, so it seems incomprehensible at first glance, but thanks to Yui, I was able to decipher it and learn about the many events that happened to Aingrunte and the purpose of the "Goddess of Memory".

The most important of these was that I sat on the couch in front of Alice's room.

"Research on human memory and emotion, the Mnemosyne project?

"Yes. This is a clear disregard for SAo's worldview, isn't it? \"

Because this world is based on a purely fantastical worldview, there shouldn't be any sci-fi names or experiments. However, there are data and weapons placed there that completely ignore the worldview, with which the Mane Mosine is actually fighting.

\"Ah, yes. After all, this world is made up of a worldview shared by sword and magic. If there were no pistols, there would be no machinery - although this is a bit difficult to generalize. \"

"Uh, is there anything like a mechanical civilization in this world?"

Alice nodded at Asuna's question.

\"yes. At the top, you may understand, but this Ayn Grant was built by a combination of multiple countries. It would not be surprising if it contained the legacy of ancient civilizations that developed mechanical science. Maybe the people of "Manemosine" used these materials to build that place. \"

Alice's eyes widened a little, and she turned to me.

"And they've kidnapped a lot of players and continued to experiment with emotional humans. And they took the name of the research project and called themselves 'mnemosyne'. Didn't you find any data on the experiment? For example, what kind of experiments were conducted? ”

We pulled out all sorts of data from the console at the back of the room, but all of it was tightly guarded, and there was a password that the link couldn't crack, so I couldn't understand the whole of the experiment. Even so, I can be sure I'm doing an experiment that I don't want to make public.

"I didn't know it at the time. But what seems certain is that I did something unknown because I used a lot of strict passwords and ciphertext. ”

Alice lowered her head slightly and placed her hand on her chin.

"There seems to be no doubt that this is where Sasha and Mina were taken. And when we got there, a lot of players were experimenting, and all of them were parasitized by the "pseudo-empirical parasite" - could it really be that the "pseudo-empirical parasite" was spread from there? ”

As Lilan said, it was a nest of "pseudo-empirical parasites" and a place to place a large number of eggs. However, even if there are a lot of eggs, as long as they are attached to the player's head, I can't destroy the "pseudo-experience parasite" eggs, because Lilan said that if I force myself to do something, it will cause the player's brain to go abnormal.

However, Yui expertly manipulated the console, eliminating the "pseudo-experience parasites" of all players within Ayn Grant, and erasing all records. I have completely eliminated the "pseudo-empirical parasite" from this world.

Then, when I asked the players who woke up, they didn't have any particular problems, although they had forgotten the memories of the simulation experience and how they were brought here.

"[The parasite of the simulated experience] is managed by the power of Yui to some extent, and she also understands what [the parasite of the simulated experience] is like."

\"Well, it's my daughter. What is Yui? \"

According to Yui, the "pseudo-experience parasite" is a "pseudo-signal". We wear NerveGear and dive into the world by receiving special signals it sends to our brains.

Not only that, but the "pseudo-experience parasite" also acts like a beacon, converting the parasitic player's memories, emotions, emotions and other actions into data and transmitting it here.

"Send a false "pseudo-signal" that allows players to experience something more unlikely and carefully record their emotions as data?

"Does that mean the deworming you did when you replayed it cut off the spurious signal?"

As Alice explains, although the principle of Lilan's insect repellent is not yet known, Yui's research shows that it is the act of cutting off the "pseudo-signal" of the "simulated experience parasite" and restoring it to its normal signal.

What's more, with Lilan's deworming, the "pseudo-experience parasite" is gone, and even the role of the beacon is gone. In other words, players who were dewormed by Lilan have completely returned to their original state.

"It seems like this. By fiddling with that console, "The pseudo-experience parasite and the beacon are gone. \"

"Kirito-kun, your decision is the right one. The experimental data of people who do this kind of thing is not good. The best thing to do is to wipe them all out. \"

Alice chuckled, then returned to a slightly serious expression and said to me.

\"Well, Kirito-kun. I saw that the Mane Mosines were taken away, but were there any bosses among them? \"

While looking through the research materials of Mnemosyne, I found a name that seemed to be the boss of Mnemosyne. Or rather, this name is the name of the executor of almost all the experimental data, so Yui and I decided that this guy was definitely the boss of "mnemosyne".

Its name is - "Fugitive".

The biggest suspect in history, who often appears in conversations with Alice, has been active since we were trapped in SAo, making the real world of Japan as chaotic as the SAo incident.

We speculated that the "Broken Man" somehow logged into the world and was doing bad things, but we never expected this to come true, so we were really surprised when we found his name in the research data of "Mone Mosinne".

And I thought that the man in the white mask who attacked us was the boss of "Monemosine" and "Broken Man".

"The name of the [mnemosyne] boss is—[Broken Man]."

Hearing this, Alice "exhaled", and Asuna showed a surprised expression.

"[Runaway] You mean?"

"yes, it's definitely the 'fugitives'. The names of the scribes of the experimental data are almost always 'fugitives'. ”

After a brief explanation to the surprised Asuna, Alice turned to face me.

"I have a feeling, but I guess it's that guy. I wondered what bad things he had done since he came into the world, but all the bad premonitions hit me. ”

Alice struck a pensive pose again.

"And adding all kinds of features to the world without us or the program noticing, is not something that ordinary people can do. No, even a super account is not possible. ”

Alice's words left me dumbfounded. According to Alice, a super account is an administrator account, with which you can do whatever you want in this world.

"Huh? What do you mean, even a super account can't do it? If I have a super account, can't I exercise administrator privileges? ”

Alice turned to me and Asuna and sighed softly.

"Actually, Kirito-kun. One thing I haven't told you yet is the existence of a master account. \"

"Master account?"

Master account seems to be a term that refers to the highest level of accounts, even beyond super accounts, let alone ordinary accounts. According to Alice, the main account is used by the heavyweights of the Argus developers, that is, the chief programmer, the director and other people with the highest authority, with which they can even rewrite the world.

However, if there is some kind of trouble in the world, it will be forcibly transferred by the program and have to deal with the problem, so it is also a troublesome account.

\"That could be Akihiko Kayaba's account\"

Alice nodded at Asuna, who looked uneasy.

"That's right, Kayaba-san's main account is used. If he has a master account, he can even update the world. The "Breakthrough Man" is the master account holder, who can update the world through the master account and advance his own research."

Alice covered her face with one hand.

"I'm sorry I thought [Shattered Man] was just a hacker, but I didn't expect him to be a researcher, well, he's a mad scientist."

"Teacher Alice, it's not that easy to get the main account.

Alice looked up at Asuna's question.

\"The 'Broken Men' are most likely a group of people from Rector. They are the big business that sustains the world in place of the vanished Argus. In order to sustain this world, a master account is sometimes required, so it is likely that Rector took over the master account before Argus was dismantled. The 'Broken Man' used one of them to log into this world and conduct research on Kirito-kun's discovery. That's all. ”

Of course, in order to maintain this world, sometimes it is necessary to have the highest level accounts such as Akihiko Kayaba. Perhaps one of the Lector employees who was able to receive it was the "Broken Man", arguably the source of all sorts of events in Ian Grant.

I didn't know that many people could do such a thing, though I was thinking about it, and I noticed that Asuna had a confused look on her face.

"What's wrong, Asuna? \"

Perhaps I didn't expect to be accosted, Asuna turned to me in surprise. \"

\"Ah, no, nothing. By the way, Kirito-san, have you found anyone who resembles a 'runaway'? ”

Alice answered before me.

\"I think I'm the white masked man that Kirito threw into prison.

"I'm surprised you spoke my mind first."

"At the time, I thought that the man who was wearing a white mask and causing us so much pain was the boss of Monemosinne."

He was identified as a "hit-and-run man". He said he was the one who ruled the world, he was strong enough and he was fumbling with consoles before we came in. This is something that only the boss of "Mane Mosine" can do.

"Me too. I'm pretty sure he's the boss of mnemosyne, and I think he's a prison breaker. In fact, there are a lot of players in the room he's in, and there's also a gaming console. ”

"Indeed, I watched the figure of that thing being carried by you, but how to say, there was an unusual atmosphere. \"

When we escaped from there and went back to the first floor to put the "Monemosinne" in prison, Alice rushed under us and went to the Black Iron Palace together. There, Alice witnesses the White Mask Human, and also learns about the damage the White Mask Human has done to Shina.

"And he's done outrageous things for my exclusive patients. Well, if he's really the 'runaway', then it's okay now, and even if you have a master account, you can't get out of prison. ”

"Is prison something that can't even be broken through by the main account?"

"Yes, prison is actually a place to catch criminals, criminals have nothing to do with ordinary people, supermen, masters, even if they are caught there, unless they get help from the outside world, or when the sentence expires, they can't get out."

"However, his companions were all imprisoned and unable to move." By now, even the "fugitive" is probably in tears, because he is unable to carry out destructive activities. I don't know what the people who were arrested were doing, but thanks to your efforts, I was able to get back to my old life. How's that, isn't it a big deal? ”

The "Broken Man" was captured, the "Mane Mosine" was destroyed, all the data on the base was deleted and became useless. Despite all the evils of "mnemosyne" and "broken man" that should have become impossible, my anxiety still swirled within me. It was as if he sensed that something wasn't over and that something was about to happen.

Just as I was thinking this, Asuna shouted to Alice, and hearing her voice, I turned my attention back to the world.

\"That, Miss Alice. What happened to Shino? \"

Asuna's words startled me, and I turned my face to Alice. Alice's face became a little gloomy.

"Shino's condition, although peaceful, can be said to be the worst. \"

After that, I carried Shino to the Black Iron Palace, put the 'fugitive' in prison with Alice, and then went straight to the church and told Shino everything that happened to Shino.

Surprised to hear this, Alice decided to let Shino enter the church, which was in the next room to Alice's own room. Also, if it were just me, Shino might feel uneasy, so I, Yui, and Riran also said that it was necessary to be close to Shino, so we decided to stay near Shino's room.

Although he was skeptical, since he was Shino's personal doctor, he explained the seriousness of the situation very well, and we also wanted to stand by Shino's side, so it was okay.

However, from the time she was hospitalized to this day, Shino has not woken up. I checked before I came to Alice's room, but he showed no signs of waking up, and now that I've placed Yui and Lilan in the room, I haven't heard from Shino waking up.

"Sure enough, even I couldn't see that the 'Fugitives' were updating their pistols to the world.

"Yesterday was probably the worst day I left in the world." At that time, the image and voice of Shino's pain still remained in my mind, and even if I tried to recall a little, they would come to mind.

At that time, Shiina's left hand and right leg were in a state of missing pieces, could it be \"fugitive"? ”

\"yes. At that time, "the fugitive took out his pistol and shot Shino, who was frightened and unable to move, and slit her left hand and right leg to pieces. \"

"Why, why did you do this!?"

Alice turned her face to Asuna. Now that he's come to this point, he must be thinking that it's necessary to tell Asuna about Shino's past.

"The reason why this happened was because of her past.

"Ugh"

Alice looked at Asuna.

\"What I'm asking is, can you swear that after hearing this, you won't be disappointed with Shino. This may change the poetry in your heart. \"

Asuna bowed her head slightly, turning her head to face Alice.

"I swear. Regardless of Shino's past, I decided to become Shino's friend. So please, Ms. Alice. \"

After staring into Asuna's eyes, Alice sighed softly and nodded.

"It doesn't matter. Actually"

For the first time, Alice talks about Shiina's past to anyone other than me and Lilan.

During that time, Asuna's gaze never took off Alice, but as Alice's story drew to a close, her face gradually changed to a sad expression, and she was about to cry at any moment.

"That's that kind of thing"

"You see, for Shiina, there is nothing more terrible than a pistol. Recently, at the sight of the pistol, he became calm, so I thought he was finally on the verge of complete treatment, but that's what happened.

The "runaway" with the pistol probably looked like a bandit who had turned into a demon and had come back to life. Kirito-kun's panic symptoms probably came from this. Even as a doctor, I don't know what's going on inside her right now. ”

Listening to her words, I couldn't help but worry about Shino, who was sleeping in the next room. I wonder how Shina's mental state has changed after so many panics? It's hard to imagine, at least until the day before yesterday, that it was the same as poetry.

"Alice, meanwhile, stopped me."

\"But, Kirito-kun. From what I've heard from you, Shino said that after she panicked, after being bitten by Lilan, she regained her composure and reached her current state. Is it true? \"

"Uh, ah, yes.

\"I thought Lilan would only bite the player's item when the player was deworming, did Lilan bite Shino because Shino looked like she was possessed by a parasite?" No, even so\"