Having traversed countless realms, can you possibly be as clever as me?

However—this is not the end, nor is it the main point.

What he wants is trending topics, big news, and the attention and support focused on him!

Now, after three days of preparation and waiting, it is time for him to make his appearance.

......

"Perhaps... I have a way to leave this game?"

Tsurugi suddenly said with amusement.

Mitt instinctively wanted to retort, but when he thought of the other person's identity, he couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope.

"Can you really quit this game?"

Asuna asked anxiously, but Tsugumi stopped answering and instead waved her hand.

The next moment, the dozen or so 'players' who were fighting monsters in the basin all stopped what they were doing and rushed towards him without hesitation.

Using the word "rush" is not quite appropriate.

In any case, what Kirito and his friends saw was a dozen or so almost identical guys wearing sunglasses jogging over in a line, their movements perfectly synchronized, as if they were all made from the same mold!

"Wow, how come so many people look exactly the same!"

Mitt pointed incredulously at these players who all had the same face.

"Alright, enough with the nonsense." Tsugumi tilted her head slightly.

"Isn't the first strategy meeting going to be held in Tolbana? I think that would be the perfect place for promotion."

After saying that, he headed towards Tolbana, a valley city near the labyrinth area, surrounded by a group of players who looked like 'clones'.

When they arrived, a considerable number of players had already gathered in Torbana.

Unlike the original terrifying one-life mode, the unique resurrection mechanism of 'Hidetaka Miyazaki' has given players multiple chances to try and fail, which has actually made them more courageous.

In the original storyline, it took players a full three weeks for any warrior to reach this second city besides the starting village. However, during this journey alone, 1,800 people died.

So Aincrad is a terrible game, and its defense was on par with Koga's.

Now, with the addition of Xiao Gao's unique underworld mini-game, although none of the players who arrived here died, the total number of deaths in the Black Iron Palace has exceeded 20,000...

In short, although the changes caused players to complain and accuse it of being a debate game, more players still ended up here than before, and as a result, those who wanted to stand out were very proactive.

More than two hundred players attended the meeting held at the city's fountain square at 4 p.m.

Considering that this terrible game, as an online game, not only made the ridiculous design of not being able to challenge the BOSS repeatedly, but also had a design where a team of six people is allowed, and a maximum of eight teams are allowed to enter the floor BOSS dungeon to challenge the BOSS, so many people are indeed exceeding the limit.

The three who came with Tsurugi were also impressed by the large number of players, but it was a good thing, since there were finally many courageous people here.

Dongjiang seemed so out of place among this group of people.

After all, when everyone else is dressed like medieval peasants, you, a handsome man in a suit and a tuxedo, will naturally stand out.

Despite attracting countless glances and whispers, Tsurugi seemed to thoroughly enjoy the situation.

It's alright, just keep an eye on how dazzling I am!

Mr. Tong next to him looked like he wanted to disappear into the ground; it seemed his reclusive nature made him dislike being the center of attention...

Snap snap~~~~

Accompanied by a round of applause, a handsome knight with long, wavy blue hair, wearing various metal armor and carrying a shield and a one-handed sword, quickly emerged from the center of the square.

"Thank you all for responding to my call and coming here. Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is 'Diabelle,' and I consider myself a 'knight'!"

“A conspicuous scapegoat,” Tsugumi commented, drawing a sidelong glance from Asuna, who naturally knew the name and appearance of the person next to her from her father and brothers.

But without a doubt, the Dongjiang she heard from her father and brothers should not have seemed so...naive from any perspective.

Diabel, the scapegoat, began his speech, the gist of which was that we players should unite to defeat the monsters and advance to the next level.

He said he had obtained the detailed map of the first level of the maze and that he would discover the path to the BOSS room by the day after tomorrow at the latest.

Upon hearing this, Tsurugi let out a short, mocking laugh, as if she couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Kirito asked, puzzled. The CEO, a man shrouded in mystery, always kept Kirito on his toes.

"I laughed at him for talking big. What first-level map? Did he mistake the content from this crappy closed beta for the official release?" Dongjiang said with amusement.

"They don't even know the general content of major version updates, tsk tsk tsk..."

Kirito frowned, but before he could ask anything, a deep voice interrupted the meeting.

"Wait a minute, Sir Knight!" A cactus-headed idiot suddenly stepped forward, shouting in a manner that sounded almost like a coordinated act.

"My name is Ya Wang. Before that, there's something I need to make clear—" His small, sharp eyes swept across all the players, then locked onto Tsurugi.

"Some of these players need to step forward and apologize to everyone!" he shouted, pointing at Dongjiang.

"It's guys like him who gathered a bunch of cheaters and hogged everyone's public resources!"

"You bastard, get out here and bow down to everyone!"

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P.S.: I have a question. The title of this book feels a bit rushed. It was originally just a simple title, "Can You Be Smarter Than Me?", but the editor said it lacked a clear beginning and was easy to misunderstand. However, the "traveling through multiple worlds" title doesn't feel like Hedgehog Cat's style. I'm currently thinking of changing it to "Anime Crossover, Can You Be Smarter Than Me?" What do you all think?

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As is well known, Aincrad is a floating city structure that rises from the bottom up. Apart from the unresurrectable dungeon bosses, all players must be evenly distributed across the various floors to allocate resources.

How big is Aincrad as a game map?

Not big enough

Taking the most expansive first floor as an example, this perfectly circular floor has a diameter of ten kilometers and a total area of ​​eighty square kilometers, which is roughly equivalent to the total area of ​​a small county town.

However, this floor has been allocated 10,000 player slots.

What does this mean? It means a severe shortage of monster resources and gathering resources.

Even if Kayaba Akihiko were incredibly eccentric, he couldn't possibly create a game where you leave the city and are immediately surrounded by massive monster hordes, like in Diablo, where you can find dozens of monsters every few steps. This game's combat system is even worse than the Souls series; you could consider it a degraded version of Monster Hunter MMO.

Can you imagine playing Monster Hunter and having to hunt three or four Rajangs at the same time?

After taking over the game, Tsuruga didn't have much time to make a complete overhaul of the first level. His AI made a standard calculation value directly after collecting data. The monsters in the first level, apart from the maze area, are distributed in the wild at an average of about one hundred per square kilometer.

The monster distribution is quite dense for a virtual reality game. It might sound rare to have a hundred monsters distributed across a hundred football fields, but the terrain is never a simple flat area. Considering the target acquisition range and chain aggro, there must be a considerable amount of blank space between areas.

A hundred monsters per square kilometer is already considered a relatively dense number. Exceeding that number could very likely lead to a severe chain reaction of hatred between the monsters. The moment someone enters the area to hunt monsters, before they've even finished defeating the first one, a second and a third will be drawn in by the scent and come chasing after them.

There are 100 monsters per square kilometer, which means that the total number of monsters on the entire first floor is less than 8,000.

Hmm, ten thousand people fighting over eight thousand monsters—

Five hundred people were sent to Shrek Academy to fight over one toilet. (Image)

What makes this game even more outrageous is that the map gets smaller as you go up, and the naturally designed pyramid structure blatantly widens the absolute gap between players. At the top, it can only accommodate a very small group of top players.

This design is a classic example of a single-player game copying an online game. It's safe to say that if this game weren't a virtual reality game, or if Kayaba Akihiko hadn't jumped out and ruined everything for everyone, this garbage game would have been a success if it had survived for even a month on the market.

But such terrible game design is absolutely beneficial to another group.

Yes, I'm talking about Tsurugi.

This 'legendary' foundation was designed to be so beneficial to his career that now a clown has jumped out to criticize him.

"It's all because of you cheaters in the closed beta! It's because you monopolized so many excellent resources and tasks that other players suffered such heavy casualties!"

Ya Wang jumped out, pointed at Dongjiang, and said with a face full of hatred.

"I saw it with my own eyes! You're the leader of those players who hoard public resources, aren't you?! Spit out your money and items and kneel down in repentance, or we'll never forgive you!"

All eyes turned to Tsurugi, who was already quite conspicuous, and now he stood out even more.

The whispers were laced with obvious malice and xenophobia, and Ya Wang wore a smug expression amidst the discussions.

Dongjiang smiled without saying a word, and simply clapped his hands lightly.

The next moment, everyone heard the sound of synchronized footsteps.

No kidding, they were really so synchronized that it was as if they were speaking as one voice.

A loud rumble resounded, and although the game didn't have a corresponding mechanic, everyone still felt a tremor beneath their feet.

Wow, there are so many people!

People on the outskirts of the square were startled to see that a large group of tall figures, all wearing cloaks and hoods and dressed in almost identical gear and movements, had completely surrounded the fountain square.

One hundred, two hundred... Kirito estimated that there were probably around a thousand people!

With so many people silently surrounding the scene, the atmosphere instantly became quiet.

Dongjiang stepped out of the crowd and walked up to Ya Wang, a half-smile on his face.

"You mean them?"

Ya Wang took a step back timidly, but still gritted his teeth and said...

"Yes! It's you who's causing trouble for them—I bet all the closed beta testers are on your side! You're squeezing everyone's resources, you have to come forward and apologize!"

But this time, no one echoed his sentiments.

The xenophobic atmosphere among Japanese people is a strange characteristic; they not only exclude those who don't fit in, but also those who are strong. Their social circles are never divided into good and bad, but only by quantity.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a bizarre situation where a girl uses syphilis to integrate into a group.

So when a group far outnumbered the players who had devised these strategies and surrounded the area, everyone fell silent.

"You've got two things wrong." Tsurugi looked at the cactus-headed man, then at the crowd staring at her, and said with amusement.

"First, I'm not a closed beta player at all; I find this garbage game an eyesore just for killing time. Second, they're not closed beta players either, although of course they are indeed taking over resources, because that's their job."

These words immediately sparked a commotion in the room, with comments like "Is there any reason for seizing resources?" and "What kind of job is this? It's clearly bullying!"

As if emboldened by this, Ya Wang continued loudly.

"Did you hear that, everyone! This man has admitted to stealing your things. He's a robber, a thief, a—"

Tsurugi snapped his fingers.

As if a switch had been flipped, the next second, all the 'players' surrounding the arena suddenly removed their cloaks—revealing black suits and black sunglasses that were completely out of place with their outfits!

Oh, and there were also uniformly muscular bodies and serious faces, along with those black buzz cuts and gangster accents.