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It'll be all right, Mommy.
Yui
No matter how strong the enemy is, Daddy won't ever lose. Yui
Yui
Because Daddy is Daddy! Yui
Yes, that's right.
Turn left, and then it's eight meters away.
Kirigaya?
Kirito!
You're Ms. Yuki, right? I heard that you'd be coming.
Ki... Is something wrong with Kazuto?
Don't worry. It's not as if he's physically in danger.
But his heart rate suddenly spiked...
Heart rate...
What in the world is going on?
Mommy, please look at the panel PC on the wall.
I'm going to connect it to the live footage from the MMO stream.
Is that... Kirito?
You mean that's Kirigaya's avatar up there?
That's right. He's in combat now. I think that's why his heart rate shot up.
An Estoc?
There was one! A Laughing Coffin leader who was an estoc master.
His name... His name was...
St... Steven?
Is that "Steven" misspelled?
- No, it's not, Mommy. - It's not.
That's a German word. It's also a medical term.
It's pronounced "Sterben."
Ster... ben?
It means death.
At the hospital... we use this word when a patient has passed away.
Kirito...
That's an unusual weapon. Or should I say...
Nobody told me that metal swords existed in GGO.
That's surprisingly remiss of you, Black Swordsman.
You can create one with your Gun/Sword Creation Skill.
Although in terms of length and weight, this is as good as it gets.
Then unfortunately, I don't think I could make one to my liking.
So as usual, you're into swords with high STR requirements?
In that case, you must be dissatisfied with that toy you're wielding.
It's not really that bad.
I did want to try out something like this once.
Besides... A sword is a sword.
If I can slash you, and blow your HP gauge away, that'll be enough for me.
Nice bravado.
But can you do it?
You've inhaled too much of the corrupted air of the real world.
That sluggish Vorpal Strike just now... If the old you saw it, he'd be very disappointed.
Maybe. But it's the same for you.
Or do you think you're the only one who's still a member of Laughing Coffin?
Ah... so you were able to remember that much?
Then you must already understand. The difference between you and me.
I'm a genuine Red Player, but you're not.
You only killed because you were overwhelmed by fear, and only because you wanted to survive.
Without even thinking about what that meant, you tried to forget everything... You're a coward.
That might be true. But you're not a murderer anymore!
I've already figured out how you killed XeXeed and the others.
It wasn't the power of that black handgun... Let alone your own abilities.
Then what was it? Tell me.
You used that Metamaterial Optical Camouflage cloak
to look up the addresses of the BoB contestants on the terminals in the Governor's Office.
You had a co-conspirator break into their rooms beforehand,
where they injected some drug the moment you fired,
and made it look like they'd died of heart failure. That's what's happening.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has the data to match every SAO player's character name with his real name.
Once they find out your old name,
your current name, address, and the methods you used to commit your crimes will all become known.
Put an end to this now.
Log out, and turn yourself in!
I see, you have quite an imagination.
But too bad.
You can't stop me.
Why? Because you'll never be able to remember my former name.
What did you say? How can you be so sure?
You can't even remember the reason why you forgot it in the first place.
Listen up. After that battle ended, I tried to tell you my name.
But you...
I don't even want to know your name, and there'd be no point anyway.
Because I'm never going to see you again.
You don't know my name. That's why you'll never remember it.
Aside from being defeated by me here, writhing pathetically,
and only being able to watch as I *** that woman...
You can't do a thing!
This thing is made of the highest quality steel that you can obtain in this game.
I hear it's the armor plate from a space battleship.
Next time: Phantom Bullet