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"Something's wrong! Something's not right! Stop, my friend!" Sorin blurted out his embarrassing line again. He looked at the ground nearby, which had turned black, and forced himself to keep from falling to the ground. Then he looked at Sugo Nobuyuki and asked, "Who are you again?"

"Hey, how's this magic? I plan to import it in the next update. Isn't the effect a bit too strong?" Sugou Nobuyuki looked down at Kirito and Sorin and said this sarcastically. Then, as if he had heard something very bad, his brows suddenly furrowed, and he reached his right hand to his ear, lowering his voice considerably, "Activate database lock. Where is the progress now... I understand."

"It's not very polite to answer the phone face-to-face, Sugo!" Kirito shouted angrily from the side.

"Tsk tsk, could you please not call me by that name in this world? It's so impolite to address your king by his given name... You should call me 'Your Majesty Oberon'!"

Xu Xiang’s tone was exaggeratedly high, and his expression revealed a sense of great pride, but Suolin noticed a trace of worry in his voice.

“Oberon and Titania… the combination of an all-powerful sewer and a plains bomber? This doesn’t seem like a good match…” Sorin felt that this plank-like position was a bit tiring, so he simply lay down on the ground, but of course he still didn’t stop his taunts, “Since you don’t like me calling you that, then I’ll change it… give me back Yuna, and I’ll spare your life, you scoundrel.”

"Rascals? Hahahaha...Rascals! This title is ridiculously funny!" Sugo's expression became even more exaggerated. He leaned down and looked at Sorin and Kirito with the eyes of a slapstick comedian. "I'll borrow this title for now. You rascals...trespassing into my palace with the intention of harming the Queen, do you know your crime?"

"Sugo! You son of a bitch!" Kirito cursed through gritted teeth. "You despicable bastard! Stop it right now!"

"Heh, everything I've done is for an eternal and absolute order. You don't actually think I created this world just out of interest, do you?" Sugou pulled out a sword, brandishing it in front of Sorin and Kirito, then revealed a sinister smile and continued, "Thanks to the sacrifices and dedication of former SAO players, the basic research on thought and memory manipulation technology is 80% complete! In a little while, I'll be able to directly manipulate people's souls. That's truly a miracle, don't you think... Hero, and the Hero's henchmen?"

"Avisin! Avisin!" Solin called out urgently, but the response from the other end stopped after he received Avisin's last words. He switched to the menu and found that the logout button, which had been there, had disappeared.

"Is this... the lockdown?" he muttered to himself, watching as Sugou slowly walked to Asuna's side and summoned a huge chain to lock Asuna up.

"Next! Before we tamper with your souls, let's throw a fun party! At least for now... our best guests are here, how wonderful... absolutely perfect!"

"What are you doing!" Kirito glared at Sugou and shouted uncontrollably, "Don't touch Asuna! You bastard..."

"I've prepared a lot of little props, so let's start now..." Sugo deliberately made his voice quite loud, but this was actually a recording he had prepared moments before. And what he really wanted to say had been kept hidden from Sorin and Kirito by those voices.

"Tohsaka, Tohsaka! I need the exact progress of Yuuka Shigemura's strategy! The only unstable factor has been tied up here and can't get out!"

However, there was no response from the other side, only the incessant gunfire. He recognized the sound as Neji Tohsaka's dual pistols, the other one seemingly being an FN-57.

——————Upper floors of the RECT building——————

"Not bad skills... thief."

Neiji Tohsaka, panting slightly, thought to himself. He heard the order from Nobuyuki Sugo over the walkie-talkie, but he simply didn't have time to reply. He had been ambushed by Ivychin when he arrived at the archives, and even with his extremely quick reflexes, he had been hit by three shots.

"Thief? That's ridiculous. Hiding is pointless, you rat."

Ivy's icy voice echoed down the corridor. She held an FN-57 in her right hand and a tactical dagger she had taken from a Templar priest in her left, as she relentlessly searched the dark corridor.

"This is Nobuyuki Sugo. All Templar Masters or Councilors closest to my office, cease all work and immediately proceed to the observation station to check the progress footage of Yuna Shigemura's campaign. I need the exact progress! Also, tell me Tohsaka Neji's location immediately! What is he doing?"

The announcements from Sugo Nobuyuki were broadcast throughout the corridor, but Tohsaka Neji still dared not reply, for doing so would reveal his location.

However, at that moment, a chilling voice suddenly rang out from behind him, accompanied by several consecutive gunshots.

“I told you, hiding is pointless.” Ivy first sneaked up behind Neji Tohsaka and fired a full magazine of 5.7 bullets before leaving these words, “Go to hell and repent, you evil people who took away Ivy’s mother.”

——————At the top of the World Tree, in the Golden Birdcage——————

"This is Andrew, the combat department advisor. The strategy has progressed to the third step of killing Oda Nobunaga. We expect to obtain the cross clue after completing the strategy. Also... the Second Division just confirmed at the entrance of the archives that Master Tohsaka has been killed and the intruder has disappeared."

Sugo chained Asuna's left hand as well, then pulled on the chain, suspending Asuna in mid-air with both hands forcibly pulled upwards. Asuna frowned, glaring fiercely at Sugo with eyes full of disgust. However, she was surprised to find that Sugo's expression was not what she had expected, but rather a mixture of worry and tension.

He grabbed a strand of Asuna's long hair, held it to his nose, and inhaled deeply, exclaiming in a rapturous tone, "Mmm...it smells so good. It took me a lot of effort to faithfully recreate Asuna's scent in the real world. I really hope you can appreciate the good intentions behind bringing the analyzer to the hospital room." / "Try to urge her on; I'm almost out of recordings and don't know how to act anymore. Determine the approximate area of ​​the intruder, then seal it off and release the poison gas to prevent him from escaping."

199. Kayaba? You're not dead.

"Sugo...you bastard!" Kirito struggled desperately, but ultimately couldn't break free from the amplified gravity, and could only lie on the ground in vain, shouting, "Sorin, what do we do now?"

"I don't know what to do either. My side is blocked. The only solution is to wait here for a while. The problem is that none of us want to see Asuna being treated like this for about half an hour, right?"

Sorin deliberately used a lighthearted tone to liven up the atmosphere, though he was also trying his best to think of a way to break the deadlock, but he hadn't come up with one yet. In fact, he was the one who was more anxious than Kirito.

"How am I supposed to play this? We're both cheaters, but the other side is even worse... They're the GM..." He racked his brains for a long time but still couldn't come up with a solution, and a sense of helplessness washed over him. "Damn it, they're still my teammates... What's with this damn sense of helplessness..."

Are you going to run away?

"No, then tell me, how do we break this deadlock?"

Stand up and think about what you said.

"What did I say? Did I say anything that would allow me to fight against the GM as a player at this time?"

Your words have disgraced that battle. That battle that showed me that human willpower can overcome systems, and that made me realize that nothing is impossible in esports.

You lectured me with those words when I was astonished that your partner could break through the system's limitations. Stand up, take your sword.

Stand up, Sorinmakov!

A thunderous sound exploded in Solin's ears, and only then did he realize who the voice came from.

"Damn, you're not dead, Kayaba." Sorin muttered to himself, slowly bracing himself on the ground with his hands, struggling upwards with all his might, accompanied by a roar, "Go for it, you idiot! Fight until you're shitting! This! Wave! I! Am! Strong!"

"This really surprises me. I clearly fixed your coordinates. Is there some kind of bug?" Sushou turned around and found that Sorin had stood up at some point. His expression immediately turned quite surprised.

He drew his sword, pointed it at Solin, and was about to strike when he saw Solin catch the sharp slash with his bare hand.

"System login. ID [Kiding Yura], password..." Sorin recited a series of complete and complex passwords, feeling the gravity that had just enveloped him disappear, and then used Kayaba Akihiko's administrator account to issue one command after another.

"System command: Administrator privileges changed, ID [Oberon] upgraded to level 1. System command: Resolve gravity anomaly for ID [Kirito]."

Kirito also stood up from the ground, gripping his longsword tightly, and charged directly at Sugou Nobuyuki. However, Sugou, who should have been at a loss because his administrator privileges had been revoked, was quite calm at this moment. He took a half step back with his right foot to block Kirito's attack, and then repelled him with a backhand sword strike.

"Kirito! Go down to the lower level and make those people log out! Don't waste time here, you can't beat him!" Sorin hurriedly stopped Kirito, who still wanted to be stubborn. "System command: Generate object ID [Broken Steel Holy Sword]!"

A longsword gleaming with light instantly appeared in Thorin's hand. This was the most powerful sword in the game ALO, but he still did not let his guard down.

“Interesting. It seems you know more than Kiritani-kun, Sorin Markov… I never expected that Kayaba-senpai would be the one to mess things up in the end…” Sugo stood with his sword in hand, the sinister smile he had been putting on was gone, replaced by a resolute and serious expression. “You are hindering our plan to maintain true order. In the name of the Father of Insight, I will kill you.”

"Then let's see. I don't care about your so-called true order. All I know is that you stole Yuna's consciousness, and that's why I'm messing with you, you piece of shit." Sorin stared directly at Sugo Nobuyuki, stretched out his left hand and chanted the incantation for an ice arrow. A blue beam of cold light shot straight toward him.

"Hello? This is Ivyxin, this is Ivyxin... Great, I've finally made contact. Dad, Ivyxin has found enough information. If you successfully log out, Ivyxin will immediately crash the server." Ivyxin's voice rang in his ears again. "There are still twenty-five minutes until Ivyxin's scheduled evacuation time."

Sorin didn't reply; he focused all his attention on the battle at hand. His goal was simple: to buy time. Since Sugou Nobuyuki was unaware of his plans, this information gap was his greatest advantage.

Sugo remained silent, launching attack after attack on Sorin with precise movement and powerful strikes. He still wasn't using his full strength, because his goal was simply to stall until Yuna cleared the level and saw where the cross was.

This made the situation strange. Asuna watched the two of them from the side, wondering why they maintained such a high degree of coordination in such a deadly battle, like two actors wielding swords and spears on a stage.

After this seemingly intense battle continued for another two minutes, Asuna suddenly disappeared from Sorin's sight. Immediately afterward, he saw a message from Kirito below his view: [Players have logged out. What should we do now?]

"Now... now it's time to log off." Sorin nodded, dodging Sugou's slash with a side roll. "Avisin! Detonate! Prepare to retreat!"

He had barely uttered those words when the seven-word mantra appeared before him. He then exited the game ALO and went to his Steam inventory. He immediately clicked exit, waited for the light in his vision to completely disappear, and then removed his NERvGear.

"What happened...? Why did I get disconnected?" Kirito sat up in bed, looking at Sorin beside him in confusion, and asked, "Sorin, what just happened?"

"Come on, let's go to the hospital where Asuna and Yuna are staying. Let's hurry." Sorin took off his coat hanging on the wall and put it on, then took out a backpack and filled it with several Vector drum magazines. "If anything unexpected happens, leave the hospital immediately, understand?"

“I don’t think I’m the kind of person who would run away in the face of battle. I’m willing to fight alongside you to the very end. After all… Sugo’s evil deeds haven’t been exposed yet!” Kirito said, but Sorin pressed his shoulders down and pushed him onto the bed.

“Stop fooling around… That’s not an enemy you can get close to. Even if you expose his kidnapping of three hundred people to study emotion control, it won’t affect him.” Solin’s tone was unusually serious. After speaking, he took a car key from his waist and stood up from the bed.

"This is for your own good... don't ask any more questions."

Chapter 200: Conflict Gathers (4000-word long chapter) (Bonus Chapter 65/75)

——————Upper floors of the RECT building——————

Ivy Xin now looked like a human weapon rack, with a bulging backpack and an IWS-2000 on her back, and an RPG in her hands, standing there with her back against the window.

“When Aiweixin goes back, she must be a good girl. This is not in line with Aiweixin’s image at all.”

As she spoke, she looked at the large group of people in Templar uniforms, holding various guns and confronting her, gave them a slight smile, then released her right hand and pulled a small detonator from under the hem of her shirt.

"Boom!"

First came a slightly loud bang, followed by an even more violent explosion. The C4 explosives she had planted on the server node detonated in place, and then the overheated electronic components quickly triggered a chain reaction of explosions. The powerful shockwave instantly swept across the entire floor, shattering the glass behind her.

"Although I wanted to play with you a little longer, Dad is calling Ivy, so I have to go now!"

She smiled sweetly, left behind those words, then leaned back and fell out of the window, simultaneously pulling the trigger and firing an RPG at the people gathered around the window.

"R!P!G!" came shouts from the crowd, followed by a flurry of footsteps, but this was no longer Aivisin's concern. She placed her backpack in front of her, holding the RPG in her left hand and the handle of the IWS-2000 in her right, then gently closed her eyes.

"MOD: Electronic-Angel, active!"

A pair of mechanical wings instantly grew out of her back. The moment the mechanical wings unfolded, they emitted a brilliant golden light and provided her with a stable lift.

"Alright, now Ivy is going back to being a good girl." Ivy muttered to herself as she slowly landed on the ground. The surroundings were quite chaotic, filled with screams and a crowd of onlookers pointing and whispering around her, clearly enjoying the spectacle.

“…Excuse me, please move aside. You’re bothering Ivy.” Ivy shook her head helplessly and turned to a middle-aged man leaning against the car watching the commotion. Her tone was very obedient. “Kind uncle, could you take Ivy to this hospital?”

The middle-aged man subconsciously shook his head, then looked at the IWS-2000 that Aivisin was holding up and placing on his head with a smile, and quickly changed his words, saying, "Sure, sure, young lady, you can come up first."

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"Hmm...this is..."

Yuna struggled to open her eyes, only to be met with an unfamiliar ceiling. However, judging from the surrounding facilities, this was definitely not SAO, nor was it the Sengoku period where she had fought for so long. If there were no mistakes, she should have successfully returned to reality.

"But...why? I shouldn't have passed the final checkpoint yet..."

She forced herself to sit up, dried herself with a towel draped over the bed, and slowly put on the clothes placed beside her, her mind still racing.

The clear, tranquil moonlight streamed into the room, illuminating the girl's forehead. Yuna had imagined the boy she had longed for day and night would be standing beside her as she awoke, gazing at her tenderly with a captivating smile. But now, she was all alone.

Just then, her phone, which was lying to the side, suddenly flashed twice, displaying a message from an unknown number.

[This is Mo Yulan. Lock the door to the ward and don't let anyone in. Wait for me. I'll send you another message from this number.]

Yuna put her phone back where it was, then walked to the door, locked it forcefully, and leaned against it weakly. The cold air emanating from the marble floor seeped into her bare body from her bare feet.

"It's that feeling again... I can only watch him fight, and I can't help him at all... I hate this feeling." Yuna muttered to herself, moved her body to the windowsill, and then sat by the windowsill, silently watching the night outside.

The hospital was built on a mountain, and through this window, one could see the distant sea and the winding mountain road a little closer. There were few cars on the road at the moment, and You was staring intently at it, as if she could wait for the person she longed for.

"Sorlin...please stay safe..."

You Na closed her eyes slightly. Although there were no statues, talismans, or anything like that around her, she was still devoutly praying for Mo Yu Lan using the methods she had learned from her ancestors' memories. Her thoughts quickly became immersed in this. To outsiders, it was just a scene of a young girl sitting on the windowsill, taking a light nap. However, deep within her heart, a voice was asking something.

"Do you really want this? Are you really willing to hide in his shadow for the rest of your life?"

"...Who are you?" Lost in her own thoughts, Yuna looked around, then fixed her gaze on the clearly empty space in front of her. "Where is this?"

"This is your heart. As for me... you can call me Great-Grandmother, however many times you like, but of course I still prefer you to call me Chinatsu." The girl who suddenly appeared in front of Yuna, who looked seven or eight parts similar to Yuna and was dressed in a shrine maiden outfit, said this. "I think you must have a lot of questions now, but don't worry, we have plenty of time."