Simultaneous travel: invincible from the beginning of the anime!

Chapter 786 Stealth Alicization: Interdimensional War!

As someone in charge of cybersecurity, his original responsibility should have been to ensure the safety of game players.

But now, because of the two teenagers in front of him who possess remarkable gaming talent and skills, he is repeatedly putting himself in danger, which is really a bit unreasonable.

Thinking of this, Kikuoka Seijiro felt ashamed and prepared to turn around and leave.

He had made up his mind. Although his gaming skills were a bit lacking, he was going to complete the mission by stealth this time, since it was his job after all.

However, Kikuoka Seijiro was unaware that his sudden turn to leave had caught Seiya completely off guard.

No, he deliberately warned Kikuoka Seijiro about the danger of his commission, not because he didn't want to do it, but because he wanted to take the opportunity to inflate prices!
In the past, Seiya probably wouldn't have been too happy to talk to the four-eyed guy in front of him.

After all, in Seiya's own mind, he has always been the owner of a sword dojo, and teaching swordsmanship is his main job. Playing games is just a hobby.

If it weren't for the fact that Seijiro Kikuoka was an official and had the ability to help him get the gym's operating license back, Seiya might not have taken on the GGO Death Gun job.

But isn't the situation different now? He and Kirito were originally racking their brains about who to turn to for help this week while Suguha was away, and then the other party appeared like a timely rain.

"Mr. Kikuoka, I think you may have misunderstood me."

We understand your job. As players who frequently engage with completely virtual games, we are duty-bound to contribute to creating a green and safe online gaming environment.

But as you probably know, Mr. Kikuoka, Kirito and I are now self-reliant members of society.

Huge risks are often accompanied by high returns, so...

As Seiya's childhood friend and frenemy, Kirito immediately understood his friend's meaning as soon as Seiya opened his mouth.

So he nodded repeatedly, understanding perfectly, and said, "Yes, Mr. Kikuoka, I am now working with the goal of becoming a professional gamer."

Although I really want to help you, as professional gamers, we also have guild tasks and jobs to do.

As friends, we really want to help, but not working will affect our income...

Watching Seiya and Kirito working together, Kikuoka Seijiro, though seemingly serious and old-fashioned, was a seasoned veteran of the workplace and understood what the two kids in front of him meant.

To put it simply, Seiya and Kirito aren't unwilling to help; they just want more money!

However, this was not a problem for Seijiro Kikuoka at all, since this research was crucial to the future development of mankind, so he had a very sufficient budget.

Wenren Shengzai is an orphan whose family owns a swordsmanship dojo, but it is poorly managed and seems to be losing money every day.

Kazuto Kiritani originally lived with his cousin Suguha Kiritani, but since he started dating his girlfriend, he seems to be able to support himself now.

So while Kikuoka Seijiro was somewhat surprised that the two wanted to pay more, he understood.

Anyway, as I said before, artificial solar power is crucial to the future development of mankind, so the funding allocated by the authorities this time is quite substantial.

Seijiro Kikuoka wasn't afraid of Seiya and the other two making exorbitant demands; he was just afraid they wouldn't agree to it.

"Earning a living through labor is the most basic requirement. If you're willing to help, the compensation will definitely satisfy you. We can even offer you jobs at our company without any problem. Don't let my appearance fool you; the company I work for is an official organization with excellent benefits and a lot of power."

Even social elites who graduated from the University of Tokyo might not get a job at our company. You two have special talents in the gaming field, so…”

Before Kikuoka Seijiro could finish boasting about his workplace, Seiya waved him off.

"My life goal was set long ago: to become an excellent kendo dojo master. As for anything else, I don't even consider it."

Besides, your company is full of social elites, and you've been asking us for help all along.

If I really become a permanent employee of your company, I'm afraid I'll be working for free from now on, right? And working for the government, the kind of work where I can't refuse.

Kirito, who was initially somewhat tempted by Seijiro Kikuoka's promises, instantly realized what Seiya was saying.

Kirito was just thinking that Sachi's parents used to look down on him for being unemployed. If he could work at Kikuoka Seijiro's company, at least he would be a civil servant.

In today's world, fully virtual stealth games are the mainstream, and cybersecurity courses are responsible for this area, so their benefits and power are naturally good.

But Seiya's words directly reminded him that if he became a full-time employee, he, as a so-called "high-level player specially recruited," would definitely be the one doing all the dirty and hard work.

"Um... although I didn't get into the University of Tokyo like Seiya, I still want to continue striving to become a professional gamer!"

After discussing the payment for this job, Seiya and his companion got into Kikuoka Seijiro's car and headed to the location where they would be playing their stealth game.

When playing SAO and ALO, they would sneak around at home. When playing GGO, because of the danger, Seijiro Kikuoka arranged for a nurse to monitor and protect them the whole time. But this time, just for playing a game, Seiya and Kirito were taken directly to a place that looked like a military base.

After going through layers of checks, Seiya and Kirito were finally led into the core area by Kikuoka Seijiro.

Along the way, Seijiro Kikuoka explained their stealth game and mission to the two of them.

To put it simply, what they're going to be doing this time is an unreleased, but officially supported, completely virtual game called Under World, or UW for short.

Unlike previous completely virtual games, this virtual game, while also an MMO, features an experimental machine called Human Yao Guang STL.

The so-called "Yao Guang" refers to the soul. Although completely virtual games can give players an immersive feeling, in the end, everything in the game is just fake.

Especially NPCs in virtual games, although they look no different from ordinary people, are actually just a bunch of programs and programming.

The emergence of "artificial light" will completely change the future. NPCs endowed with light will no longer be simple programs and programming, but will have their own souls like humans.

They will have the ability to think independently, and because of their own choices, they will lead different futures.

This is a landmark advancement in the history of human development.

Seiya and Kirito's mission this time is to enter the Underworld and interact with the artificial Fluctlight there in order to promote the formation of a fully artificial intelligence!

This plan is officially called the Alicization plan!

(End of this chapter)