[Sword Art Online] Qing Tong

The glory of April finally shines on the land that has been ravaged by the cold winter, although at this time, the participating chill still persists in making a final counterattack.

But the warmth has come, hasn't it?

Kiritani Kazuto yawned a little lazily, and cast his eyes from the window with a light blue light to the quiet world outside, next to his ears was the teacher's usual monosyllabic lecture.

In the math class, the teacher is Guan Jigeng, my head teacher.An old man who voluntarily came here to teach the children who were once locked in sao.

He looked up at the gray-haired old man who was writing something on the blackboard, and met the other person's eyes.

There was a guilty and helpless smile on the face half buried in the book, and he was naturally cast with contemptuous white eyes.

Yes, despised.

The old urchin!Kirito slumped on the table in frustration. He had clearly promised himself that as long as he could maintain the first place in mathematics, he would be lazy, but in the end he always put mental pressure on himself all the time...

Flipping through a few pages of the textbook in a bored manner, the formulas he had already known by heart did not attract Kirito's interest at all.

After class, no, it should be said that the school bell finally rang, and Kirito, who looked extremely lazy, instantly became energetic, and quickly pulled out his schoolbag, swept things in casually, and said something to the podium Old man Guan Ji cast a knowing look, then lowered his body and rushed out through the back door.

Stepping on his bicycle, pedaling with the wind, the eager feeling in his heart became more prominent, and he kept forcing himself to become faster, until the sign of rect appeared in his eyes again.

Rector, alo's running commune, just underwent a reorganization some time ago.

He leaned his bicycle to the parking area of ​​a shopping mall opposite. After all, parking a bicycle in an empty space in front of a high-rise building is too conspicuous, and if you have to go all the way to park a bicycle in the parking lot on the third floor of the basement... …

Shaking his head, he still locked the car neatly, hurried across the road, and under the usual eyes of the security guard and the front desk, he rushed straight to the stairs and ran towards the experimental area on the 23rd floor.

"The complex area on the 23rd floor is here, I wish you a pleasant journey."

Kirito ran out of the elevator anxiously, then took out his special card, passed through layers of defenses, and finally entered a vaulted hall inside, surrounded by data screens of various sizes.And there are three figures already standing in the central observation area.

"President Hinohara, Samuel, Watson."

Kirito walked over slowly, and his slight steps also attracted the attention of the people in front of him, and he greeted him. Among them, Kirito always used direct calls to his companions who had fought in SAO, Samuel and Watson. id approach.

After all, this is also a kind of nostalgia for the past.

"Ah, Tong Gu is here too." Responding indifferently as usual, Kirito smiled wryly and looked at the back of Qingchen's father not far in front of him.

"Kirito." Samuel and Watson didn't say much, just nodded slightly.

The eyes of the three people are also on the screen in front of them. There are a lot of data on it that only professionals can understand, but they are still eager to watch.

Yes, eager.

Kirito also stood still beside Samuel, looking at the people who were busy analyzing in front of him, thinking of the girl who was still lying on the hospital bed at this time, a feeling of unrest began to boil in his heart, and some stiff fingers pressed tightly Clenched into a fist.

With a comforting meaning, one hand was gently placed on Kirito's shoulder, and when he looked up, he saw Samuel's smile that always made people feel like a spring breeze.

It has been 3 months since alo's last battle ended.

During these three months, many things happened. Firstly, Xuxiang was arrested outside Yasuna's nursing hospital, and then the clarion call for the disintegration of RectProgress was raised, but all of this did not attract too much attention from Kirito. Just because of a phone call that followed—

The morning consciousness fell asleep in the game again.

Kirito, who had just experienced the incident where Yasuna and hundreds of players were imprisoned in alo, not only suspected that this was another conspiracy, but was told when he rushed to the hospital that it was due to continuous mental weakness caused by unknown reasons early in the morning, and although he was trapped in the game However, the external body data is normally two completely different situations.

And if this continues to weaken, the final result will inevitably be brain death.

In an instant, a strong chill spread out from Kirito's body.

Psychasthenia? !When did it start?

It can be said that Kirito, who has never been in contact with Qingchen since Sao, is silently thinking about the strange behavior of Qingchen in Sao, and can't help recalling the scene of encountering Qingchen yesterday in his brain - the one who was thin and pale surrounded by endless flying bosses body shape...

On the side, Qingchen's mother covered her mouth uncontrollably, trembling so much that she shed unbearable tears, while Qingchen's father had an ugly face.

Early in the morning, what happened...

Suddenly, some thoughts broke into the early morning brain.

Kirito looked around, but turned to the side, who was thinking about something but could be regarded as the calmest father in the early morning.

"Although I'm sorry, but I can ask, Qing... when was Zaoqing found unconscious?"

To be honest, Kirito doesn't know the situation of Qingzao's family, but Qingzao's father is not like an ordinary businessman or politician with a gentle appearance. When facing his family, he is extremely gentle; but when he is outside, He exuded an unscrupulous aura.

Such an arrogant and reckless person, if not a fool who doesn't know how to hide, is a chess player with absolute weight.

And early in the morning's father, obviously...

Facing the contemptuous and dissatisfied eyes of the other party, Kirito continued with the pressure.

"I have an idea, maybe you can confirm it for me."

After another glance, Kirito's mind went blank, and he just stared firmly at the man in front of him.

"The intelligent nerve monitoring system shows that it is 2 in the morning, and Zaoqing has fallen into an abnormal stage, and the system starts to alarm."

Intelligent nerve monitoring... Kirito, who had known something before, became more determined in his heart, looking at the other party's still indifferent gaze, Kirito gritted his teeth.

"I believe you can also find out later, but because of some reasons involved, I think it's better to make a decision as soon as possible. Rect's Suxiang imprisoned hundreds of players in the game for inhuman experiments... and at 2 a.m. Around [-]:[-] p.m., I personally... wiped out his traces, and shut down the experiment at the same time..."

"What does this have to do with my Zaoqing?" There was a half-smile expression on the man's face.

"Before that, I saw Zao Qing."

The man didn't speak any more, and his face showed deep thought.

Kirito secretly encouraged himself.

"Early in the morning, I was wearing a game helmet called Amusphere, which is the most advanced vrmmo game helmet today. It can only be used for two games under the developer Rect, and the other one is almost half-used. , and I just met early in the alo last night, when Merritt, Alan, and Cassian were also on the scene, you can find them to confirm."

Early in the morning, Dad didn't speak, as if he was weighing the credibility of Kirito's words.After a while, there was a sudden roar:

"Bart! Go check Zao Qing's recent actions! Go find me all the guys!"

A familiar figure who had been standing by the door left in response, but Kirito, who had just passed a round of trial, had no energy to pay attention to him, and the information in his brain was spinning at an unprecedented speed.

"In addition, while you confirm the news, I must tell you another more important thing." Kirito continued, "You know, any vrmmo is running on an intelligent server, that is to say, all The player's consciousness will be stored there."

"You mean, Zaoqing's consciousness is also in the server of that game called Alo?" After his attitude calmed down, Qingqian's father obviously quickly understood Kirito's meaning.

"Yes, if she is really lost in Alo early in the morning, her consciousness will definitely not leave the Alo server. Although it is difficult to find her consciousness problem, it is not impossible. But..."

"but?"

"Mr. Hinohara, rect (Rex) company received a series of attacks this morning, rectprogress company announced today that it has entered liquidation and bankruptcy proceedings, rect head office will be reorganized, and the games run by them will be followed anyway shutting down the server..."

The meaning between the words is obvious.

The man and Kirito looked at each other for a while, and finally withdrew their sharp eyes.

Kirito suddenly felt his high hanging heart relieved.

The man walked up to his wife, patted her on the back quietly, and then glanced at his daughter on the bed.

"In addition, the rect company's technology comes from their acquisition of argus (argus) company. Although the president of argus is no longer involved in game operations and denies that he is involved in those relationships, there are rumors that he still controls the game. There is quite a large part of Argus's equity whose whereabouts are unknown, and this part of Argus' equity is directly included in the current total equity of Rect Company according to the original merger agreement..."

"Hmph." The man strode towards the door, "You bastard, you are not as stupid as you look on the outside."

The door made a crisp sound. In order to create a quiet environment in the early morning, the entire floor has been covered, and the sound of distant steps disappeared in the eardrums little by little.

Kirito looked at the white hospital bed in front of him, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.

Rescued Asuna, but lost Qingchen...

After all, what is redemption?

Sure enough, I am still a muddled fool...

At noon on January 2025, 1, several small and medium shareholders of rect announced the equity transfer.One hour later, the former president of Argus, Suehiro Hirakawa, suddenly appeared at the Rect high-level shareholder meeting as the largest shareholder, and announced that Rect would temporarily postpone the reorganization.

On January 2025, 1, Ken Ito, the eldest son of Sokei Ito, the current cabinet minister of justice, announced that he would take over the post of president of rect company, and a person named Zuoqi Ishio would take over the post of CEO.There have been a series of changes, large and small, including the ministers of various departments, among which there are some familiar figures of Kirito.

The reorganization of rect came to an end before the outside world understood it, and the newly born alo merged with the former sao. The majestic floating city will always float in the sky of the fairy world.

After discussing with Samuel and others, Kirito finally decided to hand over the release rights of theseseed to the new Rect company, and Rect has the right to monitor theseeed and its future derivative programs, but Rect company must guarantee that it cannot be used as a means of profit.

And all of this, really, for just one person.

The author has something to say: I'm sorry, there are some things that have happened recently that are too troublesome to go into detail one by one... I won't talk nonsense, I will try my best to finish the article, and I will never give up.

Sorry again.