Am I the only one streaming Sword Art Online on the entire internet?

"You barely passed, kid. Don't be so reserved. I allow you to call me father-in-law. Don't you understand what I mean?" Shigemura Tetsuya looked at Mo Yulan like this, then suddenly laughed twice, feigning anger, and said, "I heard there's a saying in your area: 'A daughter is like a tree that grows up and leaves home.' Now it seems that's really true."

Hearing what Tetsuya Shigemura said, Yuna's cheeks flushed slightly. She gripped Mo Yulan's right hand tightly, a happy smile spreading across her face.

"Oh, by the way, remember to come home when you have time. I have some things to give you, Yuna." Tetsuya Shigemura nodded with satisfaction, then suddenly spent a long time working on the computer, effectively blocking out the entire office. He then said seriously to Yuna, "And remember my words: when you are capable of protecting yourself, do not get involved in the conflict between those two organizations. They only know that the Shigemura family once had assassins, but they don't know that Yuna has the blood of the Forerunner flowing in her veins. You must keep this secret."

“…I understand. Dad, Lan and I will be going now.” You Na nodded seriously, then took Mo Yu Lan’s hand and walked towards the door. “You will bless us, right?”

"I will, silly child. You are my only child..."

209. The Dust Settles and a New Beginning

"Mo, you seem to be in a good mood right now. I hope Professor Shigemura didn't make things too difficult for you."

Mo Yulan and Kayaba Akihiko sat facing each other, with a table full of cards between them. The scene was still above Aincrad, above the sea of ​​clouds. Although they hadn't discussed it beforehand, they both coincidentally wore outfits from SAO.

"No, not really. The situation was a bit complicated back then, and it's hard for me to explain it to you right now." Mo Yulan waved her hand, swiped her left hand on her side, and brought up a webpage. "I even suspect that you're deliberately trying to cause me trouble. Those red-named individuals you let go back then will eventually be released one day."

"You, a member of the Rainbow Squad, are afraid of this? But speaking of which... your deck is really creative." Kayaba Akihiko looked at Mo Yulan's complaining face with a wry smile, then examined his deck. "Are you sure you won't get overwhelmed in the main game by aggro decks like Pure Red or White-Blue Monument?"

“You know I’ve always been interested in storytelling decks, and this deck’s resistance to aggro is better than you think.” Mo Yulan put her hands on the table, looking impatient. “Also, what is it? Get to the point quickly, I’m very busy. I have a lot going on lately, dealing with long-term visas and buying a house…”

“Actually, I could hack into the embassy’s visa office’s mainframe and create a long-term visa for you out of thin air… Never mind, let’s get straight to the point. How much do you know about the Cardinal System?” Kayaba Akihiko coughed twice, no longer dwelling on the seemingly high-tech deck, and steered the conversation back on track.

"Just get to the point. I'm not a programmer," Mo Yulan interrupted him, sounding even more impatient.

“Alright, the Cardinal System… well, to put it in terms you can understand, it’s the prototype of Skynet. Do you get the idea?” Kayaba Akihiko sighed. Whenever he mentioned his pride to laymen like Mo Yulan, he always received this response, which was as if he were talking to a brick wall. “This system is divided into two parts. The part related to artificial intelligence has already been taken by your people, and the other part is about real-time calculation of the virtual world. I call it [The Seed].

"Let me guess, you probably want this seed to spread to the outside world, but with your wicked nature, you can't do it, so you're asking me to do it for you, right?" Mo Yulan immediately understood what Kayaba Akihiko meant when he said this. "But aren't you afraid that I'll sell this high-end engine to big companies like Valve or Ubisoft, turn your research results into money, and then you won't be able to enjoy it?"

"You're joking. Do you think money has any meaning for me anymore? This is just a personal gift... or rather, I'm entrusting it to you, hoping you can help spread this message. As for how you do it, that's none of my business." Kayaba Akihiko didn't react much to Mo Yulan's impolite statement. He simply sat there, resting his chin on his hand, sizing up the person in front of him, and then suddenly said something that sent chills down Mo Yulan's spine, "Speaking of which... has anyone ever told you that you're very beautiful?"

"Fuck you, I'm not gay." Mo Yulan scared Kayaba Akihiko half to death, leaving him with those words before leaving his chat room.

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Ultimately, the ALO incident was forcibly suppressed, as it involved far too many issues. The official explanation for the explosions at the hospital and the RECT building was that they were gas explosions, although Mo Yulan couldn't understand who would still use a gas stove these days.

Of course, after the incident subsided, Mo Yulan's house received an uninvited guest—Kirigaya Suguha, Kirito's sister. She claimed to be a member of the Brotherhood in the Kanto region, and that she had provided Yuna with the weapons before, and now she wanted to take those things back with her.

She also told Mo Yulan that after Sugou Nobuyuki's disappearance, the Templars had almost no search plan and replaced him with another person as Supreme Master almost immediately. Although Mo Yulan found this strange, the good thing was that he didn't have to worry about possible retaliation from the Templars, which might actually be a good thing.

As for ALO? Less than a week after Mo Yulan sent out "The Seed" via the internet, countless major game developers released trailers for new games on the AmuSphere platform. Games that had previously succeeded on PC, such as *Remnant 2 (DOTA 2)*, *PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds*, and *Rainbow Six Siege*, also decided to be released on AmuSphere. Under the pressure of these suddenly serious gaming giants, ALO's simple mechanics and monotonous class system garnered increasingly less attention. Those still playing ALO are simply waiting for those big companies to release their games. If anything could be the final straw for ALO, it might be the news that World of Warcraft was preparing to launch on the AS platform.

Of course, these are all higher-level actions. At least for Mo Yulan now, he has gained a rare period of peace, allowing him and You Na to live quietly.

"Yuna, have you heard? A new teacher is coming today, and I heard she'll be the homeroom teacher for this class."

Asuna sat in her seat, tidying up her textbooks, and then spoke to Yuna, who was sitting to her right. Upon hearing Asuna mention this, the other students nearby immediately began a lively discussion.

"I still don't know what the new teacher will be like. But if I had to guess, he'll probably be an old gentleman with glasses, about the same age as my grandfather?" This was Silica's guess. She was lying on the table, stretching lazily. "But it's really surprising that Asuna didn't spend time with Kirito-kun today."

"Wh...what are you saying! It's still class time! How could this be..." Asuna lowered her head, her face slightly flushed, and retorted in a weak voice, "It's not like I insisted on bothering him..."

"Alright, alright, I was the one who wanted to pester you, okay?" Kirito was to her left. Seeing Asuna's expression, he smiled helplessly and joined the discussion, "But I have a feeling this will be someone we know."

Yuna sat quietly listening to their discussion. She didn't say anything, but the smile on her face showed that she was in a very good mood. Asuna, who was standing next to her, keenly noticed this, which made her wonder who this mysterious new teacher was.

This school was specially established by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' SAO Incident Response Headquarters after the SAO incident was completed. Its purpose was to allow students whose studies were interrupted by the SAO incident to continue their education and smoothly advance to higher education, while also monitoring their psychological well-being. After all, from the perspective of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' SAO Incident Response Headquarters, which had access to the server's internal data, these survivors were likely to have significant psychological trauma.

The discussion didn't last long; just as Kirito finished speaking, the crisp school bell rang. The children, who had been engaged in a lively discussion, suddenly quieted down, returned to their seats, and all turned to look at the door with curious eyes.

Footsteps sounded at the door. He paused for a moment, then pushed the door open and walked in. It was a young man in a white lab coat. He walked straight to the podium, looked at the astonished eyes below, and coughed twice.

"Ahem... Let me introduce myself first, though I guess you all know who I am. I'm Mo Yulan, responsible for teaching chemistry to this class, and also your homeroom teacher. Of course, I'll also be leading your labs. Although I know quite a few of you, I'll still call out names here so I can check myself off, hopefully there aren't any naughty kids skipping class today."

210. Offline Gathering (Part 1)

"Looking at your question now, it's actually quite simple, or rather, it doesn't have that many twists and turns. The phrase 'positive oxygen, negative yin, yin yang, yang yin yin gain yang, loss yin not big, yang not small' can solve about 80% of electrolytic cell problems at the high school level. I will send today's homework to your terminals later. Kiritani, Yuki, and Shigemura, stay behind. The students on duty today, stay behind to clean up. The rest of you can go home now."

Mo Yulan tossed the lesson plan onto the table, letting out a slight sigh of relief. He thought to himself that his first day on the job had finally passed peacefully. He had been worried that some of the comical teaching mishaps he had witnessed in high school might occur, but it seemed that the children were quite obedient to him.

He walked over to Yuna's seat, helped her pack her textbooks into her bag, then picked up the backpack full of books and asked in a low voice, "I don't think I said anything you wouldn't understand, did I?"

"Not many. I hadn't heard of the anti-Ma rule in the fifth question before. Lan explained it very well." You Na smiled slightly, stood on tiptoe and pecked Mo Yu Lan's cheek. "Speaking of which, tonight is that party."

"Ahem... Yuna, mind your manners, I still need to stay in this class." Mo Yulan turned her head away, saying somewhat awkwardly, "At least wait until we get home..."

“You’ve been sitting in front of the computer playing cards as soon as you get home lately, and you won’t even come over for dinner when I call you.” Yuna said this with obvious resentment. “But if you’re going to be a teacher now, you probably won’t have as much time for live streaming or training, right?”

"I only need to guarantee an average of one hour of streaming time per day on MagicTV. If I want, I can even match Qin Sanshu's streaming frequency. In short, I'll hog it." Mo Yulan shook her head and comforted her, "Don't worry so much. Anyway, I'm only going to keep you company until you graduate, which is only two years. As for what happens after two years... we'll talk about that then."

“I wanted to study Classics in the future. I heard Arashi mention it before, and it sounded really interesting.” Yuna said, then suddenly complained, “Arashi, chemistry is so hard.”

"It's okay, I'll help you. Don't worry about it too much for now."

This kind of casual conversation continued until the four of them got into Mo Yulan's AE86 in the parking lot. He could afford to buy a more high-end and luxurious car, but for him, the AE86 was a sentiment, an unforgettable memory and past.

"To put it bluntly, it's just from watching too much Initial D, making it sound so sophisticated..." This was Kirito's吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or witty remarks), as he sat in the back seat holding Asuna, who was feeling a little carsick. "By the way, I remember we all went through psychological tests or something before entering school. Mo-ge, you're also an SAO survivor, so you should know something like that too..."

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications doesn't have the authority to access my psychological examination report, it's that simple. They can only get the conclusion that my mental state is normal through my department." Mo Yulan only explained part of the story to Kirito before shifting the topic to the party later, "The party is actually at Agil's bar, and the problem is that there are probably quite a few minors among the attendees."

“Well, Mr. Andrew… well, Agil’s shop also operates as a coffee shop and bar, so minors are allowed to enter.” Kirito realized that Mo Yulan didn’t want to talk too much about those things, so he wisely didn’t bring them up again, but instead explained the situation of Agil’s shop to him. “However, I recently heard that he has expanded into some other business projects.”

"Other business operations... Could it be turning into a maid cafe? A muscular bro manager at a maid cafe... Damn, that sounds a bit scary." Mo Yulan's mind immediately started wandering, instantly conjuring up an image of Agil wearing glasses and an oversized maid outfit, inviting Kirito into his little house to take a good look at him and teach him how to say "deng dua lang".

Thinking of this, he was so frightened that he shifted into a higher gear when starting, causing the engine to stall and stop in place.

"So, Lan, what strange things are you thinking about..." Youa looked at Mo Yulan's suddenly odd expression, then curiously leaned over him and poked his chest. "Don't worry, I won't let any other man bully Lan~"

"It feels really weird coming from you, Yuna. Please stop joking about my appearance." Mo Yulan helplessly persuaded Yuna to sit back down and fasten her seatbelt. "I have to do something to change this situation... I'll just grow a beard, I'm a fucking genius."

"No, that would make Lan less cute." You Na retorted somewhat angrily when she heard Mo Yu Lan say that. Seeing that his wife seemed a little angry, Mo Yu Lan quickly changed his words, while thinking to himself that he might never be able to turn the tables on her in this lifetime.

There's nothing more to say after that. As mentioned before, Mo Yulan has very good driving habits. He almost never talks while driving because he's a terrible driver.

When they arrived at Agil's coffee shop, some customers were already leaving, probably because Agil had mentioned in advance that there would be an event that evening and they needed to close early. There were only a few customers left in the shop, but on the other side, in what appeared to be a separate area, eight people were still sitting face to face.

Mo Yulan initially thought it was a hallucination unique to his group, but when he saw the Magic DCI logo hanging next to Agil's counter, he couldn't help but look at Agil inside the counter in surprise. In reality, Agil was still that tall and burly figure, or rather, he reminded him more of that dark-skinned, bald guy who would appear and say "sorry I'm late" and sell for 350 silver dollars.

"How did you end up in this business? Isn't there another draft table over there?" Mo Yulan pointed to the eight people sitting there and asked in confusion, "Which round are we in?"

“Actually, I’ve always been a board game enthusiast, but I’m not very good at it, and I’m far from your level.” Agil shrugged, then looked down at the computer screen and replied, “It should be almost over. You guys arrived quite early. I was planning to give you a surprise.”

"No need for surprises. Today I'm going to get my revenge for the time I got drunk in front of you last time. I'll show you what a real fighting nation is all about."

211. Offline Gathering (Part 2)

"Speaking of which, I thought your hair in SAO was dyed, but I didn't expect it to actually be this color." Agil looked Mo Yulan up and down, suddenly feeling a bit sentimental. "Seriously, that night you..."

"Stop, that's a bit embarrassing, don't say anymore. Yuna is still here." Mo Yulan immediately interrupted Agil's reminiscence, then looked at Yuna somewhat guiltily.

"What is it? Lan, you don't seem to have told me about this before." You Na took Mo Yu Lan's left arm, glanced at Mo Yu Lan and Agil with a subtle look, and her tone became subtle as well. "It sounds like you once spent an unforgettable night with Mr. Agil? As unforgettable as the night you spent with me a while ago?"

"Pfft...cough cough cough..." Upon hearing You Na's words, Mo Yulan spat out a significant amount of the vodka she was drinking, and coughed violently at the same time, "cough cough cough..."

"Are you alright, Lan? I'm sorry..." You Na stroked Mo Yu Lan's back with a hint of heartache, her originally subtle gaze now filled with a mixture of unease and concern.

"No, it's just that Mr. Mo was friend-zoned by you the night he met you, and he was a little upset, so he spent the whole night drinking with me." Agil explained, both amused and exasperated, looking at the couple's current behavior. "I'm a married man too, so please don't get any wild ideas here!"

"Ah... much better." After coughing for a while, Mo Yulan finally recovered and stood up again, her face still slightly flushed. "Let's talk about the surprise first, but I guess you won't tell me in advance."

“Here’s the thing. Why don’t you and Yuna go out for a walk first, and come back when everyone’s here? I still need to make some more preparations.” Agil nodded, glanced at the time, and continued, “About half an hour, then we should be able to get it done.”

"All right, I'm off then."

Mo Yulan left Agil's bar with Youna after saying those words. He suddenly realized that today might be a good opportunity, although his preparations were still somewhat lacking.

"Lan, what kind of surprise do you think Mr. Agil will prepare?" Yuna tilted her head, staring at Mo Yulan, and asked curiously.

"It's pointless to guess now, but speaking of which, I have a surprise for you tonight." Mo Yulan pretended to be mysterious, then suddenly looked worried. "Half an hour is a bit awkward, not too long, not too short. We can't just wander around the streets for half an hour like this."

"I don't really care, as long as I'm with Lan, that's enough. I don't care what we do specifically." You Na smiled and ran two steps forward, standing in front of Mo Yu Lan. Then she lifted her skirt and twirled around. "Did you notice anything different about me today?"

"She changed into a dress I've never seen before, it's very pretty."

After speaking, Mo Yulan took two steps forward, gently leaned down, and pressed his lips to hers, embracing her tightly at the same time. Their kissing habits were actually quite different. Mo Yulan would usually close his eyes slightly at this time, while You Na preferred to observe Mo Yulan's facial expressions, because she found him adorable at that moment.

Of course, to an outsider unaware of the situation, the scene still faintly carries a citrus scent and looks infinitely beautiful.

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"Hmm...where am I?"

Ivy opened her eyes groggily, and saw an unfamiliar ceiling and two people in white coats beside her. One was a silver-haired girl with orange eyes, who looked slightly younger than Yuna; the other was a man who looked to be just coming of age, with black hair and black eyes, and his expression always carried a strange smile when he looked at her.

"This is the Tokyo temporary base of the Azure Eye Squad. I am Vector, and that guy over there is Chu Ziyu. You should remember him." The silver-haired girl's voice was quite cold and devoid of emotion, with a hint of world-weariness. "I just finished repairing your mecha, so I directly imported your consciousness data into the repaired mecha."

"Alright, you guys must have made the mecha Ivyxin used before, right? I'm sorry for the trouble." Ivyxin stretched her limbs, then stepped off the operating table and nodded slightly to the two of them. "Now Ivyxin can go back to her parents, right?"

"Don't rush, let me explain the situation. First of all, this mecha wasn't made by us; after all, we don't have that kind of advanced technology yet." Chu Ziyu shook his head, then stopped Aivixin, who was about to leave. "The situation in the last battle was rather special, but try not to waste your mecha carelessly in the future. The technology used in this kind of thing is very... beyond our current era, at least much more advanced than Vivi's mecha. You've already used the Cyber ​​Angel form last time, so you should be aware of this."

"Alright, Ivy will try her best to take good care of this body. Is there anything else?" Ivy asked somewhat impatiently.

"Not only that. In fact, I obtained your original mecha by exchanging the Cardinal System. You were originally an AI under the Cardinal System, so you should understand how valuable that is. And this time, the repair of the mecha involved some other favors. I even cooperated with them in a human experiment. And this debt should actually be charged to you."

As Chu Ziyu spoke, he picked up a notebook from the table beside him and showed it to Ai Weixin the details of his transaction with Ironblood Manufacturing.

“Ivy thinks that if that’s the case, you can just negotiate with Dad. There’s no need to leave Ivy here. Or…” Ivy’s expression suddenly turned dangerous as she spoke. She instinctively tried to take out her IWS-2000 from behind her back, but she had nothing on her at the moment.

"Don't rush, it really does concern you. Listen to me first. After all, this is a long-term investment." Chu Ziyu looked at Ai Weixin calmly and said, "I need you to join my team. It shouldn't be too much of a request, right?"

“But Ivy just wants to stay with her parents. For Ivy, your request is already too much.”

"So don't rush. You don't need to leave Mr. Mo and the others. Just provide the relevant information when I need it. After all, the Azure Eye Squad is still on standby. Besides, I can still be an observer for now. If I really need to get involved... this number of people will be completely insufficient. Of course, you can tell him that this is not something that needs to be kept secret. If he still has questions, I will explain it to him personally."

“…Alright, Ivy agrees.”

212. A Vow Under the Stars

I am Mo Yulan. This chapter is actually a bit strange, but I ultimately decided to write it in the first person because I need to explain some things. Also, I want to tell the author of this book that if you still want to live to be a PT referee in Tokyo, you'd better delete the group files you've imagined.

In fact, my junior is quite capable aside from all these messy things, he's just a bit of a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur). Generally, when he introduces himself, he only mentions one of two professions: artist or great writer.