[Sword Art Online] Qing Tong

December 2022, 12 First Floor Torbana Strand

"Are there 2000 people..."

In front of the black stele that recorded the death information, Kirito murmured a little bit incomprehensibly.

"Kirito?" Standing in front of the message panel early in the morning, looking at all kinds of information on it, and paying attention to the absent-minded young man beside him from time to time.

"Yeah." Tongren withdrew his gaze, his brows were full of loneliness and worry, "Although it shouldn't increase dramatically, the death rate is really high enough."

"It's been 2 months... I still haven't been able to find the boss's room..." In the early morning, I was also a little emotional. The scratches on the dark stone tablet seemed to be engraved in my heart, warning the living people of the deep hope buried behind shadow.

"Yes."

Slowly walk out of the hall, leaving that silent and heavy space.

Perhaps out of respect and mourning for the deceased, there was no excessive noise in the square around the hall, and people subconsciously kept a certain distance, and occasionally some people who paid homage to the deceased came and went.

Leaving the square, Kirito watched the crowds of people on the street.

Two months have passed, and people have more or less recovered from the panic at the beginning, and have to start a new life of their own.But the harsh reality of not being able to capture the first floor in two months seems to have cast a new shadow on the peaceful life just now.

"Hey, is Kirito going to attend the boss strategy meeting that will be held later?" Qingchen was silent for a while and continued.

"Yes." Kirito felt a little helpless when this matter was mentioned, "I have decided to go, early in the morning, I will not change this decision."

"I know... I haven't said anything yet..." Early in the morning, he muttered a few words with some dissatisfaction, his tone seemed lively and coquettish, "However, you must pay attention, don't be too impulsive, you must be careful before acting." Just think about it."

"Hey hey hey, I see, how many times have you said it." Kirito stroked his forehead helplessly, but his heart was filled with the touch of being cared for.

"Who makes you always have so many troubles? I'm not worried about you..." The early morning girl looked at the slightly taller boy in front of her with increasing dissatisfaction. The innocent Kirito boy complained silently in her heart. It's all about yourself...

but……

Looking at the arrogant girl in the early morning, Kirito smiled helplessly and tolerantly.

"But oh, Kirito." He suddenly approached him early in the morning, startling Kirito in a trance.

"What, what are you doing!"

"I heard that the convener this time is Tiai Belle, the captain of the magic warrior." He lowered his voice early in the morning, lying next to Kirito's ear, and a warm fragrance wafted over immediately, which made Kirito feel a little nervous unconsciously. chaos.

"Everyone knows this." Kirito tried hard to escape from the claws of the early morning, but was held tightly.

"Listen to me, as far as I know, the magic team went to the maze three days ago, and it probably came down at night. It seems that someone died."

"Dead? No way? Who said that?" Kirito was a little surprised. In the past two months, because everyone's level was not very high, they all played in groups when they acted. They tried to adapt a little bit, so the progress was slow but death rate has been clearly controlled.

And now the maze has basically been developed, and the attack information of various monsters has been collected long ago. Only the boss room has not been found. There should be no more deaths in the front line where the elites gather, unless...

"Inside information, but it is very reliable. It is said that the reason why it has not spread is because the magic team deliberately blocked the information."

"Is it blocked..."

Then, it is true that the boss room was found, but the meeting did not start until today...

Is it because Xiao Xi is about to be unable to block it that she hastily wanted to seize the opportunity?

"Also, Kiba-o seems to be going this time too. That guy is not a law-abiding master. Recently, he has been preaching that beta testers should be responsible for dead players. Now beta testers have a bad reputation. Already." Early in the morning, he was chanting the information he knew, seeing the stern expression on Kirito's face, and unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

"Really." Kirito sighed helplessly, "Then you should be more careful in your actions recently."

"It's Kirito who needs to be more careful, I won't be like Kirito every time I have a lot of trouble [Early morning girl, are you sure you didn't provoke those!!!]." Then she turned her head arrogantly and walked away, "I'm going to continue the task, you can do it yourself, huh."

"Hey hey hey, don't run around, do you really not want me to pick you up today? Actually, the strategy meeting won't last too long..." Kirito waved his hands shamefully, and couldn't help asking.

"Go to your meeting, I'm not a child, it doesn't matter if I'm alone, you have to fight for all the players in the game!" Yin Yang said strangely, and got into the crowd and ran away early in the morning up.

Kirito held his forehead helplessly and sighed, then walked firmly towards the venue.

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The meeting went very well.

Tiaibeiru said the known information to calm people's hearts, and at the same time used morale to subdue everyone. After Tiaibeilu concluded, everyone obviously had confidence in breaking through the obstacles.Kirito, who was almost alone, finally formed a team with another solo player.At this time, someone jumped out to accuse the beta tester, and it really was that Kibaou.

So far, Kirito has to admire the completeness and accuracy of early morning's intelligence collection. In other words, where did so many sources come from early in the morning... Could it be that he was an intelligence officer during the closed test [Young man, you are the truth TT]?However, it’s not that easy to change careers. It’s better not to think about it here. If you have time, you can ask early in the morning [Young man, are you sure you can ask ORZ]…

When he looked at the stage again, a tall and strong man named Agil had already stepped up to speak, and he rejected Kibaou's remarks with the guide in his hand, Kirito also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"...Then, let's leave at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning! Let's disband!"

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Early in the morning, as soon as the sword skills were withdrawn, the last monster was dealt with, and he let out a sigh of relief.

"What a troublesome task..."

Speaking of which, early in the morning can be regarded as an extremely personable person in terms of missions. He can always find some hidden hidden missions. This special mission is no exception. The task I got from the knife sharpening table was called "The Sad Knife Grinder", so for the past week or so, I spent a lot of time every morning on completing this chain task.

"But the task time this time is too long... It's really a headache..." Walking slowly into the city, jumping on the wall of the next house in order to go back early in the morning, jumping across the entire town, far away Seeing the figures toasting each other in the fountain square, I can't help but feel a little emotional:

"It's so lively, is it the last drink without any scruples before death!" Suddenly the corner of the mouth twitched early in the morning, "If Kirito dares to come back with a smell of alcohol..."

Suddenly, the sight was attracted by the flower bed in the alley next to it. On the fence of the flower bed was a figure wearing a woman's cloak and a figure of a man with a black knife on his back. The two people put their hands together very naturally, and said a few words intimately from time to time. And if you look closely, that familiar man seems to be——

Kirito? !

"What, if you go to participate in the strategy, you can hook up a beautiful girl and come back, see if I..." Early in the morning, who wanted to scare them, suddenly stopped leaning forward, and stopped far away.

pretty girl... huh...

The hands holding each other played back in my mind early in the morning... It's really a bit... uncomfortable picture...

Shaking his head vigorously, he subconsciously straightened his scarf.

Isn't it a blessing to meet someone you like in the game, why did you suddenly—

The feeling of contradiction became more and more intense.

Early in the morning he snorted heavily.

Who cares, it's just hooking up with a girl.If I accidentally hooked up with a girl who looks like the Virgin Mary Sue, I'll see what he will do, and I won't help him if I kill myself! !snort! ! !

Well, go back.

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The next morning, Kirito, who had slept a little longer to accumulate energy, had just walked down the stairs of the hotel when he saw a scarf sitting in the lobby—early morning.

"Morning, early morning, I got up really early today." Kirito stretched and yawned, ordered a casual breakfast and sat aside.

"Early, you got up too late. You must have played too much yesterday."

"Eh?" Kirito raised his head sensitively, looking at Qingchen who was flipping through the latest guide to the prop shop in his hand, "... early morning?"

"Speaking of which, Kirito-kun is going to go to the Raiders this morning, right?" He closed the guide early in the morning.

"Uh... yeah..." Something is wrong, something is really wrong early this morning, and you actually started to use honorifics to yourself? !Is there something wrong... Kirito tensed up, ready to deal with all kinds of accidents, "However, the first strategy will be dangerous. You were just a craftsman before early in the morning. It's better not to participate."

The [before] here implicitly represents the closed beta.

That's right, if a beta tester who has more or less participated in battles has to relearn basic sword skills, that would be too fake.The biggest possibility is that Qingchen was just a professional during the beta test, not a combat player at all, that's why she has so many information channels, but she is unfamiliar with combat.

Mu Ran raised his head early in the morning, and Kirito felt that although he couldn't see the expression on the early morning under the scarf, he must not be in a good mood...

"Okay, I don't care. But I heard that this strategy is to form a team, right? According to Kirito-kun, you should have found a teammate, right?" Qingchen said in a flat tone.

"Er... um... yes..." Kirito felt more and more cold sweat, "what's the matter... early in the morning? How do you...".

"From Kirito-kun's perspective, you must have found a strong and suitable teammate, right?" The tone became more peaceful, and of course, the words [very strong and suitable] were slightly accented.

"Ah...not bad...uh...yes..." Listening to Shimizu's words, Kirito, who was frightened, quickly answered in the affirmative, jokingly, although Asuna's level does not seem to be too high, but if you tell the truth Said that it is estimated that this girl will definitely follow.

Well, Qingzao is a powerhouse who is only one level lower than himself, but he obviously lacks experience. Even Kirito himself can't guarantee that the first strategy will definitely protect Qingzao, so it's still...

"Crack!" Early in the morning, he threw the book aside and stood up, "Very well, I wish you all the best."

After finishing speaking, he got up and walked out amidst the startled crowd watching.

"Hey, early morning..." Kirito felt as if he was angry at early morning, but he was also doing it for her own good, so he couldn't put her in such a dangerous place, otherwise, if something happened, Kirito himself wouldn't know what to do .

Early in the morning, he stopped at the door with his back to the light, and called out softly.

"Hey, Kirito."

"Huh?" Kirito, who was conflicting whether to explain clearly to Qingchen, subconsciously responded.

"Yesterday you had a meeting so you didn't come to pick me up, remember to make up for it today!"

"Hmm!"