i became a shadow

Chapter 34 Prelude
The stars at night in SAO are very beautiful. The stars are shining brightly, as if covering the entire sky, making the supposedly silent darkness full of poetry, like a picture scroll.

After Rand began to take off his clothes, Kirito automatically avoided. Although he didn't know what he was going to do, it must be a big deal.

Later, he heard some miserable and distressed cries from the other party, and Kirito shuddered, so he raised his head and looked at the beautiful scenery of the stars, calming down his heart slowly.

After more than ten minutes passed, Rand straightened his collar, wiped his sweaty forehead, and shouted at Kirito who was sitting not far away.

"That's it!"

Hearing this, Kirito turned around to look, and found that Rand had already changed into a suit of clothes, which was much more ordinary than the handsome and beautiful outfit before.

"Rand finished?"

Glancing at the man leaning against the tree with a loveless face, Kirito said uncertainly.

"Of course, as soon as I go out, I immediately let him do all the tricks."

Rand patted his chest and said proudly.

Then I looked at the man again, his eyes were full of irritability, I spent a teleportation crystal, and came to see a man non-stop?
"Then take off your clothes..."

Kirito pointed to his clothes and asked curiously.

"I suddenly felt that this kind of occasion is not suitable for such a dress, so I changed it."

Rand smoothed it lightly, and said casually where there were some wrinkles in the clothes.

"By the way, I have drawn the information about the stronghold he provided into a map, you can take a look."

As he spoke, Rand took out a palm-sized map from his pocket.

"Great Rand, what they said is indeed correct, you are really good at interrogating people."

Kirito's tone seemed very happy, and he kept praising the other party.

"No, no, it's not that I'm very good at it, but the president is very good at it..."

Hearing this, Rand shook his head vigorously, and began to explain under Kirito's puzzled eyes.

"I just imposed the president on me, and revisited the so-called 'training' method on him. I didn't expect that I thought he was a tough guy, but it didn't take long..."

There was some regret in Lante's tone, but he still had a lot of things that he didn't implement on the other party.

"Uh……"

Kirito smiled far-fetchedly, and couldn't help but feel a little pity for Lante, what a miserable guy.

"Well, Rand, I think it's better not to be too persistent about some things, otherwise there will be big trouble..."

Tongren really couldn't bear to watch, the lamb in front of him went farther and farther in the lost way, and he spoke out to persuade him.

"Oh... oh, I see..."

Lante was a little puzzled by Kirito's words, but he nodded and replied seriously.

As for whether he really listened to it, it is unknown.

"Okay, now hurry up and send a message to Duo."

Kirito looked at the map for a while, then said with a serious face.

"It's a big night, and it's estimated that [-]% of the people are asleep. Is there any problem if we disturb it like this?"

Rand asked hesitantly.

"Although what you said makes sense, the sooner the better for this operation, otherwise, when the other party finds out that there are fewer people, they will definitely be vigilant, and the difficulty will be greatly increased by then."

Kirito said to Rand with a serious expression on his face.

Nodding seriously, he quickly entered the text and sent it to Duo.

the other side……

"No...it can't be done, I really can't eat anymore."

Duo was very embarrassed, touched his bulging stomach, shook his head and refused.

Asuna and Lisbeth looked at it with some embarrassment, and then said embarrassingly.

"It's not Duo, you are so cute, it's really unbearable..." Asuna kept muttering.

"That's right..." Lisbeth also agreed and said.

Hearing the answer from the second daughter of the other party, there was a dumbfounding expression on his face.

"But they don't treat me like an animal. I really can't walk this time."

With that said, he stood up and tried to move a few times.

Seeing the other party's actions, Asuna laughed out loud, then picked up a piece of pastry on the table, and slowly tasted it.

"What is this, Asuna?"

When Lisbeth on the side saw it, her eyes shone brightly.

Layers of golden surface covered with honey sauce, the pastry looks elastic, soft but not loose, exuding a unique charm.

"Here, I just saw a few jars of honey in the ingredients that Duo took out. I just had a whim and tried to make some pastries. Don't mention it, the taste is pretty good..."

Biting the pastry in her hand, Asuna's face was full of satisfaction.

Duo looked at the familiar cakes in front of him, and couldn't help but have a complicated expression on his face.

At this moment, his thoughts were a little messy, and he couldn't help thinking of the innocent and pure appearance when he saw her eating honey cake for the first time.

He opened his mouth and asked in a very soft voice.

"Can I have a taste?"

Hearing Duo's voice suddenly sounded, Asuna was obviously taken aback, and then the corners of her mouth curled up.

"Unexpectedly, Duo, you are still a big foodie, and you can't even walk."

The tone was full of ridicule, which made Duo touch the tip of his nose in embarrassment.

Lisbeth also snorted and laughed happily.

"I think it's Asuna's cooking. It's so delicious that Duo can't bear it."

"As far as you can say..."

Asuna rolled her eyes and said.

Seeing this, Duo smiled, and then picked up the pastry on the plate and slowly tasted it.

A sweet and fresh taste came to the tip of his tongue, which directly made him exhale heavily.

"It's really delicious..."

"Of course!"

Asuna heard this and said happily.

"Well, can I ask you to learn how to make this pastry, maybe I want to eat it in the future..."

Duo didn't know what was going on, so he said such a sentence, but he didn't feel disgusted in his heart.

"Of course it's okay... Lisbeth, it seems that I won this competition!"

Asuna heard that, she didn't even think about it, and then she glanced at Lisbeth triumphantly.

This once made the opponent's teeth itch.

But at this moment, a piece of news suddenly sounded, instantly breaking the harmonious atmosphere.

Duo frowned, opened the prompt message on the system interface, looked at the content of the transmission, and soon showed a sneer.

"Would you like Asuna to come with me, the stronghold of [Titan's Hand] has been found..."

Asuna heard that, her complexion changed immediately, and she nodded.

(End of this chapter)