Anime Crossover: Master is Not Here Today

"My name is Ritsuka, and this is Asuna. Nice to meet you."

"Please give me more advice."

Asuna stood beside Fujimaru Ritsuka and nodded slightly in agreement.

Ritsuka and Asuna seem to be unfamiliar to closed beta testers with these two names.

However, it's possible that they didn't use the closed beta name and changed it instead.

Of course, it's also possible that they're using fake names, since players can't see other players' names before forming a team or adding each other as friends.

For some reason, he actually wanted to use a false name.

However, he really doesn't know how to name his characters, and in all the online games he has played so far, he has used the same name that was modified from his real name.

So, he could only speak hesitantly:

"My name is Kirito, nice to meet you."

Grandpa Tong is here!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 142. Kirito's Encounters, the MPK Incident

142.

2023-11-22

Kirito?

Fujimaru Ritsuka was somewhat surprised, never expecting to encounter the famous Winner, Black Swordsman, Kirito, Dual Blade Master, Star King, Kiriko, and Kirito here.

Of course, right now he's just an ordinary closed beta player, Kirito.

What she didn't expect was that Kirito, a veteran and cool guy in the world of anime, would have such a miserable day.

The idea of ​​Kirito being beaten to death by a mob seems absurd and laughable.

So she asked curiously:

"What happened just now? How did you manage to attract so many monsters at once? Did you run into a trap?"

Upon hearing this question, Kirito's expression froze.

In fact, if he could, he wouldn't really want to spread negative news at a time like this, which would dampen everyone's fighting spirit.

But since it had already happened, he felt it was better to warn the two of them.

After a rapid thought, he finally managed a wry smile:

"I've been MPK'd."

However, after he finished speaking, the two girls in front of him did not show the shock or fear he had expected, but instead showed a simple look of confusion.

Asuna instinctively looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka and asked, puzzled:

"Ritsuka, do you know what MPK means?"

"MPK, let me think about it."

Although she enjoys playing games, she mostly plays single-player games due to her busy missions within Chaldea, and she doesn't know much about the technical terms used in these games.

However, there is a Servant in Chaldea who is extremely addicted to games, Ms. Ganesh.

She is a pseudo-Servant of Ganesha, possessing a human body, and also a member of the Otaku Alliance, to which she belongs.

Occasionally during their breaks, they would play games together, and Ms. Ganesh, being a hardcore gamer, would take the opportunity to teach her some game-related knowledge.

MPK

Soon, she retrieved Miss Ganesh's popular science from her memory, and her expression instantly turned serious.

"MPK, Monster Player Kill, refers to the act of luring monsters into harming another player character in a game."

Asuna's pupils contracted upon hearing this, revealing a hint of fear. She hesitated before speaking:

"Isn't that murder?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded solemnly.

She didn't expect that, on the second day after the game started, there would already be instances of players maliciously targeting each other.

Especially given that SAO has become a death game, this behavior can no longer be described as heinous; it is outright criminal.

On the other hand, Kirito found the two's reactions very strange.

Logically speaking, players who frequently play MMO games shouldn't be so slow to react to MPK, let alone that girl named Asuna, who doesn't even know what it means.

Suddenly, he had a startling guess.

"Kirito-kun, do you know what that player looks like and what their name is?"

Just then, Fujimaru Ritsuka's serious question interrupted his thoughts.

Hearing the question, he roughly understood what the other person was thinking, so he sighed and replied:

"Don't worry, that guy has already reaped what he sowed."

"Eh?"

At this point, he recounted his entire ordeal to the two of them.

He accepted a quest in a town in this area that required him to obtain a rare material dropped by a monster.

While he was grinding monsters, he encountered another player who had accepted the same quest and suggested that he grind monsters together.

After they finally obtained a rare material, the other party deliberately triggered a monster mechanic, attracting a large number of monsters to attack them, attempting to monopolize the material.

However, due to a mistake on his part, the opponent was overwhelmed by the monsters and eventually had his health bar depleted, leading to his defeat.

However, he was able to hold out for longer because the other party diverted the monster's attention, and he was able to wait for Fujimaru Ritsuka and Asuna to come to his rescue.

That's the whole story.

After recounting his ordeal, Kirito gave another bitter smile.

After hearing about his ordeal, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Asuna were filled with mixed emotions and didn't know what to think.

This is probably what they mean by "evil begets evil."

"correct."

Looking at the rapier at Asuna's waist, Kirito suddenly remembered something.

So, he opened the game menu, tapped a few times, took out a fist-sized sphere emitting a dim glow from his backpack, handed it to Asuna, and smiled:

"I have no way to repay your life-saving grace. If you would like, please accept this."

Asuna didn't accept it immediately, but asked with some doubt:

"what is this?"

Hearing the question, Kirito's doubts deepened, but he still explained first:

"This item is called [Small Carnivorous Plant Embryo], which is the rare drop item I need for the quest I received."

"This quest can be accepted in a house deep within the safe zone of Horuka Village in this area."

"The reward for the quest is a rare weapon of the [One-Handed Sword] type with excellent stats. Once fully upgraded, it can be used up to the third level."

Asuna's rapier is also a one-handed sword.

In other words, after obtaining this item, she can directly complete the mission and receive the rare weapon as a reward.

After the other party explained it to this point, Asuna finally understood what he meant, and then decisively shook her head and refused:

"I'm sorry, this prop is too precious, I can't accept it."

"It's already good enough to get this information. Ritsuka and I can get it by fighting monsters ourselves, right?"

After saying that, she glanced at Fujimaru Ritsuka, and after receiving a nod of approval from the other party, she smiled.

Despite hearing Kirito's story, she remained completely unguarded and unprepared when facing Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Although they hadn't known each other for long, her intuition told her that Fujimaru Ritsuka was definitely not that kind of person.

Furthermore, what she just described as precious is not precious in the true sense.

Although the drop rate of [Small Carnivorous Plant Embryo] is very low, it can still be obtained by killing a lot of monsters.

She and Fujimaru Ritsuka also happened to need to grind monsters and level up here, so their goals overlapped.

The real problem is that, as Kirito just recounted, the dropped item in his hand actually involved a life.

She had a vague resistance to it.

However, upon hearing Asuna's answer, Kirito scratched his head in confusion and said:

"But it's no use for me to keep it, because each person can only accept that mission once."

"This is the second item I've obtained from a drop."

"Eh?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Asuna were taken aback by his words, and Kirito couldn't help but give a wry smile, saying with a touch of melancholy:

"This was just revealed. Among the monsters that were attracted, there was a second rare monster carrying an item."

The monster mechanics triggered by that player could only attract monsters that were already present nearby.

In other words, if the other party waits patiently for a while longer, they will soon find the second rare man-eating plant and then get their share of the dropped items.

What should have been a happy ending turned into its own destruction due to the other party's greed and malice.

For a moment, all three of them couldn't help but sigh.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony. Thank you."

After learning the full story, Asuna no longer refused and accepted the item.

At the same time, Kirito finally couldn't contain his curiosity and asked the two of them:

"Um, does that mean neither of you are closed beta testers?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka shook her head upon hearing this, and smiled with some trouble in her eyes: