Is it kidding? It must be kidding!

How could such an incomprehensible and unreasonable thing be possible? It must be that the lunatic Kayaba Akihiko is exaggerating and trying to torture them in a different way!

——Yes, it must be like this!

Perhaps because what Kayaba Akihiko said was indeed a little too sensational. Someone yelled irritably, desperately denying such a ridiculous magical reality, and accusing it of being Kayaba Akihiko's conspiracy again.

And then someone responded, and in just a few seconds, a huge wave of condemnation formed.

"Don't say so many useless things, who would believe your nonsense..."

"There are all faces to say this? Do you really think we are idiots?"

"Hurry up and let me out! Do you know who I am..."

People are all group creatures and have herd mentality.

Moreover, most people have the nature of subconsciously denying the facts when facing situations and developments that are incomprehensible, unable to cope with, and fearful.

So it is not surprising that such development will occur.

“…”

“…”

The red cape giant transformed by Akihiko Kayaba just looked at it coldly, and he naturally knew how to deal with it in such a situation was the best choice.

Slowly, under the cold sight of the unknown existence or not, the wave of denunciation of Kayaba Akihiko gradually subsided, and the square once again returned to the dead silence like a barren cemetery.

"I know you don't trust me, but those ashes are occupying the second layer and will soon start to hit the third layer... I don't know what they are, whether they are viruses or monsters actively generated by this virtual world..."

The voice of the red cape giant was low, but it clearly spread throughout the square.

"When I discovered the problem, that kind of virus-like thing had almost occupied the entire world of "sword art online". You may not understand what that concept is, but even the most cutting-edge computers in the world are difficult to do..."

"Avoid the firewall and keep improving themselves, and even make themselves part of the system source code... Well, at least it is only a part at present, but it is not far from them becoming the entire system... I tried to check and kill them, but I couldn't completely clear them up."

"They have spread completely and infected each of us's data files. If we want to thoroughly investigate and delete them, I have to delete all of our files together. In this virtual world... this means death."

"If there is enough time, I may be able to find a way to curb them, but we don't have time... My administrator rights have been disabled a lot without realizing it. In a few days, I'm afraid that I will even lose the permission to transfer you over and re-open the logout option for you."

"So, make your choice, and there will be no time soon - this is not a joke, as I said to you before, this is a game, but it will also be dead..."

“…”

“…”

There was a dead silence.

After a while, a sound finally broke the silence.

"Then what evidence do you have...why do you think there is something...what is hidden among us?"

A player stood up and gritted his teeth to refute the other party's statement that it was full of loopholes. Even if the final explanation is in the other party's hands, they should not be treated like fools like this!

"Don't this statement feel too magical? According to your statement, it is obviously just a virus composed of information codes. Is it possible to achieve this level..."

Everyone immediately held their breath and turned their eyes to the red cape giant above, waiting for a reasonable explanation.

However, after a moment of silence, Kayaba Akihiko said in a deep voice:

"I have no evidence, I don't even understand whether it is a virus or where it comes from... But I think this is definitely not the level that human technology can achieve. There is definitely a problem behind this current situation!"

"What do you mean? You just want to make such a ridiculous explanation because you don't understand?"

The player seemed shocked and angry. This is a proof of freedom. It turns out that as long as it is something you don’t understand, it must be a technology that all human beings do not have? What do you think is it?

"That's right." Kayaba Akihiko replied without any guilt.

"Who do you think you are, why are you so arrogant?" Some others couldn't stand it anymore and asked angrily.

"I am Akihiko Kayaba, just because I am Akihiko Kayaba..." The giant red cloak replied indifferently, with confidence, but suddenly all the players were silent.

Just because he was Akihiko Kayaba, he designed and developed the "nervgear" genius, and created a virtual world like Ain Grant alone, and set up a plan to trick them all into it.

More than a month has passed, and the players cannot resist him, and the outside world seems to be unable to solve this dilemma.

This is a veritable genius, and may not be able to surpass the entire era, but in the "nervgear" technology that he has promoted and developed, he has unimaginable dominance and leading advantages.

So, if something suddenly appears in "sword art online", even Akihiko Kaedaba cannot master and cannot predict what is expected.

Then the biggest possibility is definitely not the official outside world. What actions did the rescue organization take-

Looking at the performance of those ashes invading and directly killing players, it is impossible to be a form of rescue.

——And the most likely thing is that some forces that humans cannot imagine, uncontrollable accidents, etc., which lead to the emergence of this phenomenon?

Although I don’t want to admit this cruel fact, which player who can survive until now is a pure fool?

Therefore, under the other party's answer, everyone was silent and could not speak.

However, compared to the incomprehensible words that Kayaba Akihiko said, they were more inclined to believe that it was the kidnapper who was deceiving everyone.

"And the most important point is that when I was fighting that virus, I couldn't tell what it felt, but I just felt that its intelligence was too high, and it was like living..."

The giant red cape continued, explaining his thoughts.

"If Ai is not able to truly think about himself, there must be something behind the scenes, but no matter what the situation is, it is good, and the meaning of the representation is the same..."

Speaking of this, the giant red cape seemed to lower his head slightly and looked at the people in the square below.

Because everyone is looking up from below, they should be able to see the face in the hat that is very low-pulled - but there is no face in that part, the whole is empty, and you can even clearly see the stitching part inside the hat and the edges.

And inside the long sagging hem, there is also a slight darkness.

The crimson cape was empty under it, making people feel unspeakable.

"So I have sufficient reason to doubt that the intelligence of that thing is so high, no matter whether it is a human or not, it is very likely to do more incredible operations, such as infiltrating the player group and entering the real world..."

The giant red cape projected by Akihiko Kayaba continued.

"I can't filter all of you information, and most of my administrator rights have been hacked. If it directly forged the player's profile, I can't tell it now..."

So at this time, we need to adopt the most clumsy but most practical method to let people point each other out.

After all, no one lives in a vacuum environment, even if it is a game world. Even the Mavericks are good, it is impossible that they have never had contact with anyone from beginning to end.

Improve equipment, resell items, buy and sell information... These things are always inevitable, and you have to contact other players, right?

The virus is extremely intelligent. Perhaps when most of the administrator rights of Kayaba Akihiko's administrators were destroyed, he could forge a file for himself that no one could find the problem, but it was absolutely impossible to fake it in exact interpersonal relationships, right?

This is what Kayaba Akihiko thought. It has to be said that this genius does have extraordinary insight and can make the most correct response at critical moments.

Regardless of whether the players believe it or not, or have any objections, or even suspect that he is trying to persecute the players in different ways, it is all destined and they have no choice.

After all, no matter what the truth is, it is good. No matter how vigilant they are or how much they warn themselves, they will be completely unable to fight the conditions put out by Kayaba Akihiko - to get out of this death game and return to the real world.

What else can you do? You can only pinch your nose and say "It's so fragrant".

"...Since that's the case, there should be no objection, right?"

The giant red cape raised his hand, and then accompanied by the violent vibration of the ground, everyone retreated one after another and saw a platform rising from the square.

“…so—who will come first?”

“…”

“…”

Everyone looked at each other, no one spoke, and no one wanted to be the first to go up.

They all wanted to say that it was so funny, but they didn't want to be the first to take the risk. What if this was really a trap for Akihiko Kayaba? It would be better to take a look at the situation first!

"Sorry, please let me go..." At this time, a hearty laugh suddenly broke the silence and rang among the crowd.

Everyone made a way out, then watched a strange guy squeeze out from the crowd, and then jumped onto the stage quickly.

Compared to the player, it seemed to be more like an NPC - a strange man wearing a black coat and a long, handsome black hair...

Although this is a game world, because of some previous reasons, everyone has restored their true appearance and cannot continue to maintain the set game image.

So...this is indeed very strange.

"Are you going to be the first to prove yourself?" said the giant red cape above the sky in a deep voice.

The man stood on the stage, looked at the sky, and then said quite readily—
Chapter completed!