Zongman, can you be immortal with me for the rest of your life?

Chapter 165: It’s weird!

Kazuma poured the guests some barley tea from the refrigerator.

Xiangzi just came back from next door, so Keli, Xiangzi and Hezhen sat in three different seats at the square table.

Suguha Kiritani sat in the last seat.

Kirito stood behind his sister, feeling somewhat bewildered.

"Oh...oh...I didn't expect your sister to be so cute, Kirito."

Kazuma nodded.

This kind of direct praise is actually not common in Japanese social circles, but Kiritani Suguha was not shy. Instead, she looked around at where her brother lived and the friends he lived with.

Apart from the room being filled with her most hated gaming equipment and a few lazy sofas, the room was generally clean, and it was obvious that the residents maintained it regularly.

So, Kiritani Suguha took a deep breath.

Talking about her side of the story.

"Well, I met a friend in the game. I'm not sure if this counts as a supernatural event."

Kirito was a little restless after hearing this opening line. In her impression, her sister hated games, but Suguha had played that Pokémon game before, and she didn't expect that she was still playing it after that incident.

But he didn't interrupt his sister.

Suguha rolled her eyes at Kirito. The main reason she hated games was that she didn't know that Kirito became depressed after finding out that he was not his biological son. She thought it was her sunny and cheerful brother who neglected his kendo and became indifferent to others because of playing games, and then was in a coma for so long because of the game.

He didn't realize how much everyone cared about him, but he ended up running off to play new games as soon as he woke up, causing her to get caught up in the game even though she was able to escape reality.

"My friend used to be quite normal and cheerful, but within a few days he suddenly became strange.

She had previously told me she wanted to set up a challenge on the 24th floor Ginseng Tree Tourist Island. But since the day before yesterday, when I saw her online, she was completely dazed. I was very worried about her and kept asking her what was wrong. She told me she had never logged off before..."

Having said this, Kiritani Suguha paused for a moment, and then a trace of worry appeared on his face.

However, for those who had never played a full stealth game, many of her words were completely incomprehensible to them.

Only Kirito understood.

"You mean, your friend is in the ALO game 24 hours a day?"

"Ah."

Kiritani Suguha nodded.

"She told me that when she and her sister were born, their mother had an accident and needed a blood transfusion, but because of a mistake made by the hospital, they transfused blood from an HIV patient, which resulted in everyone in her family being infected with HIV.

Her condition suddenly worsened and turned into drug-resistant HIV. Because she was unable to move due to the treatment, she voluntarily signed up for a development project, using a special hibernation chamber, permanently logging into the game and living in the game.

Kirito was stunned. If normal HIV was suppressed with long-term medication, the victim could still live almost like a normal person, but drug-resistant HIV basically meant that the victim's life could be in danger at any time due to a minor illness.

Although this world has developed full stealth games, which almost transmit the human mind into the electronic world, there has been no progress in medical care.

However, it is obvious that this sick girl is just the beginning of this incident. Judging from Suguha Kiritani's description, it seems that the girl concealed this matter from the beginning. She probably thought that if she left one day, her friends in the game world would think that she had quit the game without saying goodbye.

But even in this situation, the other party was suddenly willing to tell Suguha everything.

This means that the problem the other party is facing must be very serious.

When Kiritani Suguha said this, a hint of fear appeared on her face.

"She said that two days ago, she had been hallucinating and could see fish with several legs crawling on land, right outside the street where she was in the hospital, where she had seen them before.

I asked her if there was something wrong with her equipment. She said that she had contacted her attending physician through the backend, but the doctor had no idea either. He said that everything was normal with her, the equipment and the network were also normal, and hoped that she could rest assured.

She knew that her attending physician was under a lot of pressure because of approving the experiment, and she didn't want to continue to put pressure on the doctor, so she kept it in. However, she said that the hallucination became more and more obvious. She pointed to a normal garden in the game and told me that there was a fish there, with its head popping out and staring at her like a game sticker, and she could see that thing no matter where she went in the game.

But neither the doctor nor I could see that thing from the perspective of the game link accessed from the outside world.

She said that if this continued, she would give up the experiment and return to reality, but I could tell that she didn’t mean that. I was a little scared of her…”

Speaking of this, Kiritani Suguha choked up a little.

Kerry and his companions roughly understood what was going on.

But this time it touched upon the blind spots of several people's knowledge.

You say this is strange, and it does seem strange, but it feels more like a cyber ghost situation.

The person who was attacked was more like being invaded by some virus.

Maybe it's some kind of cyberpsychosis.

Only Kirito was still analyzing the situation seriously. He immediately called Yui and asked his sister to describe the ID number of the netizen, and then checked it.

Yui is the underlying logic of all stealth games and is part of the code that was made public that year, so she can go into any game developed under the same framework to see what's going on.

Soon after, a character ID appeared on the computer screen: "Yuuki".

The voice of Kirito's daughter, Yui Kiritani, was also heard from the speakers.

"Dad, I checked according to your request. This sister's mood swings are very large, but her data and equipment are normal."

This basically rules out the possibility of a network virus. After all, if a cyber war really comes up, Japan's network information department may not be able to defeat Yui Kiritani.

However, this does not rule out the possibility that the hallucinations are caused by some medical problem, and the probability of them being related to the supernatural is very small.

But anyway, we have to go out to find food, so if there is a direction, just go and take a look. If there is no direction, it can be considered as taking a look around there.

"Suguha, do you know where the clinic is where she's receiving treatment?"

"I know."

Kiritani Suguha nodded and wrote down a series of addresses for the few people.

In fact, for Suguha Kiritani, although she also wanted to help this friend, she couldn't say what the matter was. However, her purpose of coming here was to find a reason to see her brother and to tell others about the matter that was weighing on her heart, giving herself hope that her brother and his friends might have a way.

166

Chapter 166: Have you heard about the second year of Reiwa, the chivalrous journey...

Everyone was a little confused that the target scene was a hospital.

After all, the hospital didn't leave a good impression on many people.

However, according to Suguha Kiritani, the security there is very strict, and it is basically impossible for them to see her online friend unless they storm through all the security forces.

But as I said, having a direction is always faster than having Kerry and his friends walking on the streets looking for clues.

So they asked some more detailed questions, and when they had asked almost all of them, Kirito let Suguha leave under his sister's resentful look.

Then everyone discussed it and prepared to go and take a look.

Because Kazuma had to carry his axe, his Guandao and many other props that everyone might need, this time he was carrying a large cello bag. The others had the old configuration. Kerry stuffed the demon hunter Yanagi Sakura into the guitar bag, Kirito carried a bass bag with a vajra, and Shoko still had her small sickle and keyboard bag.

Wear a partially covered mask.

This time our destination was Tokyo, and we decided to take a bus because we were worried that we wouldn't be able to drive there and back.

As a result, when I went out, I met two little ones from the opposite side.

"Ah! You guys are going out again!"

Satoko waved to them when she saw them.

To be honest, Satoko looks a bit like Mikado Hatsuka when she was a child, and Xiangzi is also relatively gentle towards her.

A few people waved.

But the little ghost was still laughing.

"Hehe! I just heard Sister Shiyin say that you guys have hurt her badly.

It is said that the ghost woman helped you when Hinamizawa was in danger because the ghosts tattooed on the backs of her family for generations did not help them.

So they decided that every future head of the Sonozaki family would have a tattoo of the story of the knight's journey in the second year of Reiwa on his back, but Meiyin-sister already had a ghost tattoo on her back, so Shiyin-sister would get you tattooed first."

"Ugh?"

Xiangzi couldn't help but feel excited when he heard that someone had tattooed himself on his back to ward off evil spirits.

Kerry also looked embarrassed.

From now on, the first thing anyone from the Sonozaki family says when they meet someone is, "Have you heard the story of the knight-errant in the second year of Reiwa? Back then, the Sonozaki family was still in Hinamizawa, a wealthy local family. One night, the Self-Defense Force..."

That's enough! I've tasted enough! Take it away!

Lihua could see that most of them were going out to fight again.

He raised his hands to a few people and made a "Meow! Meow!" gesture.

"I wish you all good luck in fighting, and may Nano drop silk!"

With this episode, the group felt much more relaxed when they went out this time.

The target hospital was in the central area of Tokyo, and the few of them happened to take a taxi next to the Arakawa Line, one of the few green tourist lines still in operation in Tokyo.

This is also the place where the famous Nagasaki Sushiroku Shears successfully returned to Tokyo from the UK.

In fact, although this line is old, its age has become its feature. The charges are a bit higher than other lines. It is indeed the choice of rich ladies to be able to take this thing to school every day.

Although there are actually no security checks on Japanese trains, Kerry and his men still got on with guns. After all, many people live near Tokyo and use these trains to go to work and school every day. According to calculations by the Japanese government, even if the security check procedure is delayed by a few minutes, it will have an immeasurable negative impact on the entire Japanese economy.

But who would want that thing if they have money?

A few people took two taxis directly to the destination.

Edogawa Ward, Tokyo Rinkai Treatment Center.

Since you can reach Edogawa Zoo to the north and Kasai Rinkai Nature Reserve to the south, there are many foreigners here, and the number of tourists coming and going far exceeds the resident population.

Looking at this prosperous scene, Kerry and his companions felt that their trip was in vain.

After all, according to normal logic, such a strange thing would not have happened in some deep mountain forest, but at least in an empty place.

The surroundings here look like a standard big city scenic area, yet there are reports of strange things happening here.

But since they were already here, they decided to go in and give it a try.

After passing through the crowded gate, several people walked into the hospital. Their strange clothes were nothing special outside, but they seemed a bit weird inside the hospital.

You came to see the doctor wearing a lace mask and carrying a musical instrument bag, right?

So a nurse immediately came forward suspiciously.

"Hello, may I ask how many of you are...?"

"Gui'an, we want to visit Konno Kapok."

Shoko Toyokawa placed her hands in front of her very politely and bent slightly as if the fire keeper was returning the gift to the ashes.

Seeing such standard upper-class actions, the nurse's doubts were obviously reduced a lot.

The name Konno Kapok was discovered by Kirito when he opened a box using his game ID.

This is the real name of Kiritani Suguha's friend. When Kerry heard this name, he felt it sounded a little familiar.

But the nurse also frowned.

"What is your relationship with her?"

It seemed that the nurse knew Suguha's online friend and asked with some concern.

"Well...we are her online friends in the game."

Xiangzi made up an identity on the spot.

"That's it."

The nurse seemed to know about Yuuki's project and nodded.

She thought about it, then led everyone to the back.

"Come with me first, but I have to tell you first, you can only look through the glass, you can't go into the sterile room."

"Um...thank you."

Xiangzi answered skillfully, and then several people followed.

The nurse took a few steps and suddenly stopped, seeming to want to say something but hesitated. Then she took a breath through the mask.

"If you are her friends, if you visit her later and meet her family, don't tell her about those real-life events."

"Those things?"