The whole world knows that I crossed

"I really—"

"Land of dreams."

Heathcliff, or Kayaba Akihiko, this man who was trapped in his own game login space because of an unexpected network interruption, looked at the continuous collapse in front of him, created by himself. , knowing that its existence is nothingness, but he, the creator himself, is more eager than anyone else to find and confirm the existence of the world named "Aincrad" in reality, because of some kind of Unknown, unspeakable feelings, and trembling all over.

He was fascinated to watch this scene that could be called annihilation. The continent was clearly shattering and perishing in front of him. However, at this moment, he felt a certain kind of being in SAO, based on the continent of Aincrad. A certain feeling that has been lacking since then.

- Realism.

It's not just the destruction of the world that can bring this sense of realism.

But...

"Even if it's a dream, it's far more real than reality... Is this what I subconsciously believe to be the truth?"

Kayaba Akihiko muttered to himself.

"Yeah... I know better than anyone else, even if I 'feel' that Aincrad must exist somewhere, in a world that I can't reach, there must be such a castle in the sky..."

However, the reality is that even if he believes so deeply, even if he even came into contact with the other side of the world by accident, knowing the existence of the other world and the "king", the picture in his dream, the building in his dream The castle still cannot truly exist in his world.

No matter how inconceivable the ability, no matter how miraculous the power of another race, it cannot be realized.

unless--

Unless the power of "God" is used as that person promised him.

Kayaba Akihiko couldn't be sure whether the other party just wanted to use him to make such a promise easily, or the matter of sending himself to a different world itself was really not a difficult thing for the other party, so he used it to do it Trading chips is not a headache for the other party, but it doesn't matter.

He doesn't care about the situation on the other side at all, as long as he can realize his dream, he is not interested in wasting energy to pay attention to extraneous things.

But now.

In this "conscious world" that was as rigid and featureless as a system login space just now, in front of Akihiko Kayaba, the scenery slowly distorted into what it is now.

He was surprised and unbelievable at the beginning, and now he has returned to his senses, realizing that this is probably a manifestation of his subconscious rising up, reflecting the deepest desire in his heart, and at the same time the most secret fear——

He longed for Aincrad to exist somewhere, but feared that it might not exist.

So the world in front of me is constantly collapsing.

So it's both real and dying.

That was what was in his deepest heart.

Even he himself did not believe that even with the power of the gods, he could reach the "true Aincrad".

"What a cowardly guy..."

This man who was praised as a genius by countless people taunted himself mercilessly.

"But... Fortunately, I am so cowardly..."

Some kind of strange brilliance slowly burst out from his eyes, and he stared closely at the "Aincrad" who was constantly being destroyed in front of him, even though he noticed that there were a few more uninvited "guests" around him at some point. ", and there is no plan to turn around and talk to the other party.

People who entered Akihiko Kayaba's "dream": ...

The barrage in Qiao Wen's live broadcast room:? ? ?

"No... What's the matter with this person? He clearly noticed Qiao Xiaoer's arrival, so why didn't he respond? Is it passive resistance or is there a back hand, so you don't bother to 'peace talks' with them?"

"Or simply an occupational disease of scientists? 'Stupid mortals!' sort of thing?"

"Occupational diseases of scientists are okay? I remember that the original Akihiko Kayaba doesn't seem to be such a character..."

"Compared to who Kayaba Akihiko is, don't you think this picture is a bit scary?"

"It's really scary. In the pitch-black void and vast space, is it okay if the only light source is a collapsing continent? And before Qiao Xiaoer and the others came, I guess Kayaba Akihiko had been standing there watching for a while, You guys say what's wrong with him, once or twice, is he so addicted to watching Aincrad's destruction..."

……

Qiao Wen accidentally caught a glimpse of a barrage, and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth——some sand sculpture netizens, their venomous tongue is not much worse than that of Ba Wei, shrimp and pig's heart!

While the netizens were discussing on the barrage, the subtle silence lasted for a while, and was finally broken by Munakata Reiji who took the initiative to step forward——

"Professor Kayaba?"

Qing Wang tentatively called Kayaba Akihiko's name.

The man with his back to them didn't respond, as if Munakata Reji's voice couldn't reach his ears.

The blue-haired Majesty was not offended by this too blatant disregard.

He even raised his eyebrows, looking completely like an old god.

"Maybe you don't want to have a dialogue with us right now," Munakata Reiji said gently, "but sorry, because time is limited, if Professor Kayaba is really unwilling to cooperate, then we may take some less gentle measures Means, come to ask you to cooperate with our work, I hope you can understand."

Probably Munakata Reiji's tone was very gentle, but underneath the gentle appearance, his sharp and dangerous speech finally caught the attention of Akihiko Kayaba, who bears the title of "Strongest Person" in the SAO game , who single-handedly created and cultivated the strongest guild in the game "Knights of the Blood Alliance", but behind the scenes is the guy who caused the misfortune of all players to start. The continent of Aincrad was transferred to Munakata Reiji.

"Since I can enter this space that only I should have permission to log in...you should have enough means to unlock all the data I left on the computer in the studio."

he said dryly.

"You didn't do that, but you made a special trip here to find me... That is to say," Kayaba Akihiko glanced at the few people present one by one, "you can get here not by technical means, but by Some sort of anomalous power beyond what science can explain, like Bishui or 'that guy'?"

Not showing off, but just stating his inferences straightforwardly, Kayaba Akihiko looked back at Munakata Reji calmly, as if he didn't care what his so-called "not-so-gentle means" would be.

"If you want to forcibly terminate this 'game', you only need to crack the security system in my computer, get my administrator privileges, and use the privileges to forcibly cancel the 'prohibit all players from going offline' rule."

"If you want to inquire about Bishui... Ah, he seems to be called the 'King of Green' in your place? After all, they are all the same person? If you want to know information related to him, you have also cracked my security After the system, you can find everything you want in a folder labeled 'Mad Martyr'."

"As for the other guy... Sorry, I really don't have enough research on monsters and gods, and I'm not interested in understanding how they exist, so I don't know much. I only know that guy can move at high speed with the help of the Internet, and can Monitor the data flow in the network, and at the same time use itself as a medium to connect human "ideas" to the network under the premise of obtaining consent in any place where the network exists-I think this is probably what you want to know the most One of the information? About how those people under Bi Sailor managed to enter the game world like my players without having a brain connection through NERvGear..."

crackling.

Before everyone could react, Kayaba Akihiko had no expression on his face, no ups and downs in his tone, neither fast nor slow, but without any concealment or procrastination at all, he answered all the questions that Munakata Reiji and others were most concerned about.

Munakata Reishi: ………

Qiao Wen: ...

Barrage in the live broadcast room: ………

"So what's the matter with this person! Is it so straightforward? The director and Qiao Xiaoer can say whatever they want to know, and he doesn't hold back the kind? Even the unspoken information is because of his computer security. After the system is cracked, it can be easily obtained by the other party, so I'm too lazy to talk? What the hell?!"

"I'm stupefied too! You're really commendable for pleading guilty, but it's too miserable for Bishui Liu and that monster who doesn't deserve a name to be Kayaba's allies, right? It's so easy to be sold out. Is it okay?"

"I don't think Kayaba is the type who will easily accept other people's coercion? If he confessed so simply because of the insignificant threats from the director just now, I don't believe it!"

——Not only netizens, Munakata Reiji himself doesn't believe it either!

It is completely unreasonable for a ruthless person who can treat thousands of human lives as human lives, and who says he will be cheated, to confess so much because of a few tentative threats.

"What made you change your mind and cooperate with our investigation? Professor?"

He still had a gentle smile and a gentle voice.

"Although I am very surprised by this, and I appreciate and thank you for your initiative and cooperation, but Professor, I hope you can understand the surprise and vigilance in my heart at the same time."

Kayaba Akihiko nodded.

He still looked very indifferent, with the look of rejecting people thousands of miles away.

However, this did not affect his response to Munakata Reiji's question.

"Because it doesn't matter anymore."

He said.

"All my confusions and obsessions have been perfectly answered here."

As he spoke, the man turned back again, staring frantically and obsessively at the devastating scene of the world collapsing in front of him——

"I made all these with my own hands, and I can only feel them—or it—my Aincrad, as real, when I see them falling so helplessly to their destruction."

"It's even beyond the limits of what I can create, out of the 'laws' I've set..."

"Enough is enough."

Kayaba Akihiko whispered.

"You don't have to witness its existence with your own eyes."

"Because at this moment, it exists here, in front of me."

He created SAO, imprisoned ten thousand players here, and wanted to prove the real existence of this world through "observation", and there is no need to continue to exist.

The agreement with that person "Let me take a look at it with my own eyes and see what my Aincrad really looks like" also lost its meaning because of this.

Ultimate destruction will bring despair, but also give birth to new hope...

Unfortunately, he only realized it at this moment.

Probably because he had already predicted his own ending, so he had such a feeling.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

"Whether it's evidence or intelligence, you can take it if you want."

Finally, he said so.

"I have only one request, please keep me in this state as much as possible until I am judged and judged - are you doing this?"

Everyone looked at each other.

What kind of weird request is this?

As normal people, they really can't understand the demands of mad scientists...

The author has something to say: Qiao Xiaowen: I often feel out of place because I am too normal→_→

Than water flow: NMD!Why! !

Kayaba Akihiko: My dream has come true, sorry, you are useless. 【indifferent

Everyone: ……………