i became a shadow

Chapter 54 I'm going to turn on the accelerator!
After solving the gatekeeper boss on the 75th floor, Duo's life has completely returned to peace.

Originally, in the original book, when the clearing team attacked the boss on the 75th floor, Kirito discovered that Heathcliff was Akihiko Kayaba, which brought the final decisive battle ahead of schedule.

It's just that with Duo's involvement this time, Kirito had never dueled Heathcliff, so Kirito didn't doubt him beforehand.

There is no doubt, and Duo is more powerful than Heathcliff, and he is also the president of his own family, so Kirito didn't think about the direction of "Heathcliff is Akihiko Kayaba".

In fact, the current Kirito has almost fallen into Lisbeth's tender land.

And not long ago, they even married Lisbeth in the game, now it's finally Duo's turn to start envious.

Time flies, time flies, and several months have passed in a blink of an eye. At this time, Sao has been captured to the 99th floor, which is surprisingly fast.

……

A night on the 22nd floor of 'Aincrad'.

The moonlight covered the forest with a layer of silver gauze, the lake in the distance reflected a little bit of arc light during the turmoil, and the mountains and flowing water followed the mission that existed when they were born.

A quietly guarded there, without the slightest fluctuation.

One follows the inherent road and flows slowly, without the slightest bit of depression...

At the same time, the peaceful night appears to be more and more profound during this movement and stillness. Even though two ordinary scenes that cannot be more ordinary are there to confirm their existence with each other, even the way of survival is different, but they are the same. Bring unimaginable peace.

I believe that no matter how impatient people are, seeing such a scene will involuntarily get lost in it, enjoying the sudden silence...

For example, Duo standing on the balcony couldn't help losing his mind until a sound came from behind, which brought him back to reality.

"Why, are you still asleep?"

The soft and familiar female voice echoed around, Duo turned around, and saw Asuna holding Yui and smiling at him.

"I'm just feeling that time flies so fast, it seems that in the blink of an eye, it's time to say goodbye to this world."

Looking at the night scene in the distance, Duo replied.

I thought back in the year that I came here only to complete the system tasks, and it turned out that more than two years passed like this in a flash, and now I feel a little bit reluctant to see these things.

"Hey, I'm really looking forward to the day when I meet Ou in real life..."

Asuna was also looking up at the stars in the sky, her tone was full of complexity, both joy and exclamation.

"Don't worry, we will definitely meet in reality. After all, a family should be neat and tidy..." Duo said seriously, but why did he feel a little weird when he said this?

"Well, I believe you can do it..."

Asuna heard that and nodded vigorously.

Tomorrow?It's all over tomorrow.

"Dad... Mom..."

Yui stared blankly at the two people in front of him, thought of something, then suddenly lowered his head, all these actions could not escape the eyes of Duo and Asuna.

"Yuyi!"

Hearing Duo's call, Yui quickly came back to her senses, and saw her forced a smile, pretending to be very happy, and said.

"What's the matter? Dad..."

This appearance instantly made the two feel distressed, so Duo asked softly.

"Is there anything bothering you recently?"

Yui's body froze, but she still shook her head vigorously, indicating that she didn't.

In an instant, Asuna understood that there must be something wrong with Yui. After all, after being Yui's mother for so long, how could she not notice the abnormality of her precious daughter?

I saw her leaning over, gently touching Yui's head and saying softly: "If there is anything, can you tell Mom and Dad?"

After saying this, Asuna could even feel Yui's arms hugging her a little harder.

Looking up, Yui looked at Duo and Asuna with tears in her eyes.

Asuna panicked in her heart, comforting Yui frantically.

"Don't cry, Yui, if you have anything to tell mom and dad, mom and dad will definitely help you!"

Crystal tears reflecting the moonlight dripped from the corners of Yui's eyes, splashing a beautiful teardrop on Asuna's arm.

"Dad... Mom..."

"Yui... Yui wants to be with you forever..."

Hearing Yui's words, Asuna breathed a sigh of relief, touched Yui's head and smiled softly.

"Don't worry Yui, even if the game is cleared, mom is still Yui's mother, and father is also Yui's father. After returning to reality, Mom and Dad will definitely look for you."

"No, it's not like that..."

"After the game is cleared... Yui will be gone... I can't be with my parents anymore..."

Yui couldn't bear it anymore and buried her head in Asuna's arms, the latter's hands visibly stopped.

"Yuyi, do you remember what happened to you before?" Duo asked.

Feeling the stiffness from Asuna's palm above her head, Yui couldn't help crying anymore.

"Wow... woo woo..."

After a while, Duo comforted Yui.

The little guy sniffled, and Lihua looked at Duo with rain, eyes full of nostalgia and reluctance.

"Father, mother... Yui, Yui was originally Sao's 'Mental State Management Support Program, Trial Work No. [-]', that is, ai (artificial intelligence), a program responsible for managing and caring for the mental state of Sao players."

Opening her glasses wide, Asuna looked at Yui in disbelief.

Although all the different directions in Yui's body showed that her identity was not simple, but after learning the truth, her heart was still touched a lot.

"So... so, the day this game ends is... the day Yui disappears..."

With tears in Yui's eyes, she spoke out the cruel truth.

"how so……"

Asuna, who was greatly stimulated, kept muttering, and her eyes were even more dim.

Unexpectedly, before he even started to attack the boss on the last floor, he had already lost one of his closest friends.

Duo slowly came to Asuna, looking at Yui whose face was full of tears, he showed a gentle smile.

Gently squatting on the ground, stretched out his hand to wipe the teardrops on the little guy's face, and said.

"Yui, would you be happy if Dad could let you live with us in reality?"

Touching Yui's little head, Duo said something that shocked the mother and daughter.

"Duo..."

Asuna really wanted to tell him that it was impossible, but after seeing the other party's confident eyes and Yui's hopeful eyes, she couldn't calm down for a long time.

"Duo...I believe you can..."

(End of this chapter)