At the venue of the district preliminaries for the junior high school kendo competition, two young figures were wielding bamboo swords and attacking each other.
The situation is also very clear. Although it is a relatively petite figure, it is in the lead with an overwhelming advantage.
"The game is over, the winner is determined by points!"
After the final hit on the opponent's face, the referee blew his whistle and raised the winner's hand.
"The winner, Kiritani!"
——Oh oh oh oh!!!!!!
Immediately afterwards, waves of cheers erupted in the venue.
…
"call……"
Behind the players' dugout, Kiritani Suguha took off his protective gear and shook off the sweat from his head after finishing the game, letting out a long sigh of relief.
"Oh! Thank you for your hard work. As expected of Xiao Zhi, you are still so awesome."
Passing the slightly cold water to Suguha, a bright voice sounded in her ears.
"Thank you...uh?"
Subconsciously thanking him, the slightly confused kendo girl raised her head.
After seeing the person coming, Suguha first showed a surprised and happy expression, but soon she frowned and took out her mobile phone from the clothes on the side.
He skillfully dialed a certain doctor's number, but was quickly snatched away by someone else - Yuuki.
"Hey! Is this really okay for you to betray your friend who finally came to watch your game?"
Dissatisfied, Yuuki sat down next to Suguha and said speechlessly.
"I have to call you just because we are good friends... Of course I am very happy that you can come to watch my game, but can't you take care of your body?"
After taking back her phone, Suguha expressed her feelings in a worried tone. Obviously, this was not the first time Yuuki had done such a thing.
"...Hey, how should I put it? I know my own body well."
Putting her hands on the chair, Yuuki didn't seem to care.
Of course, she was so calm because she really knew her body's 'death date'. But in the eyes of others, this inadvertent display of meaninglessness was very heartbreaking.
(You wouldn’t be so ‘willful’ if you knew better...)
Suguha, who knew the girl's character well and had known her for quite some time, no longer delved into this issue.
…
Speaking of the first encounter between Yuuki and Suguha, let’s go back in time, it was at a certain kendo dojo in the city.
In fact, Yuuki didn't specifically look for famous game players in SAO. Anyway, she knew that as long as she went to Aincrad and survived, she would meet one day.
And even if they find it, what can they do? They are just ordinary children and gamers who have not experienced the SAO incident.
Are you going to remind everyone not to play this game? Or are you going to build a good relationship with them out of nowhere?
Please, then she won't be sent to a sanatorium, but a mental hospital.
So instead of wasting time looking for a needle in a haystack, it's better to make the most of your limited time.
Anyway, that was Yuuki’s plan, and meeting Suguha was really an accident.
Come to think of it, it seems that it was Suguha who took the initiative to talk to me at that time?
As mentioned before, Yuuki not only goes to the library to collect study materials, but also goes to the kendo dojo to let her body memorize the feeling of the sword.
But she gave up quickly, not because she couldn't hold on, but because her body, which was about to fall down with one swing of the sword, was really worrying.
So after a few times, when he saw this girl of the same age sitting next to him holding a bamboo sword, Suguha was the first to take the initiative to talk.
The two also took this opportunity to become friends, or is it better to say that this is the beginning of a bad relationship?
Because as a friend, Yuki really doesn’t want her to ‘worry’...
"Speaking of which, don't you think the skirt is too cold so you don't like wearing it? Why did you run out and change into it this time?"
Wiping the corners of his mouth with the back of his hand, Suguha looked at someone sitting next to him strangely. Could this tomboy have woken up?
"Well, there are various reasons, all kinds of reasons."
Looking at her sister's clothes, Yuuki scratched her face in embarrassment.
And I always feel that some places are a little tight...
…
"...A sneeze!"
"Oh? Miss Lanzi, have you caught a cold?"
Thinking that Yuuki's sister is also a patient anyway, since she won't be able to find someone for a while, Dr. Kurahashi, who gave her sister a blood report first, turned his head and looked at Aiko who was suddenly feeling uncomfortable and was pressing her nose and asked.
road.
"...No. It's okay."
"I just suddenly felt an inexplicable 'malice'..."
Lanzi, whose face darkened slightly and whose smile was a little dark, replied.
Should I say that they are indeed twins at this time...
"Really? Remember to tell me if you feel uncomfortable."
"Okay, Dr. Kurahashi."
…
"By the way, I was pushed around by you just now, but you still didn't tell me what you did for sneaking out this time?"
After leaving the venue, one of the two people walking side by side suddenly remembered something and asked someone again.
"Don't fool me by saying you came here specially to watch my game. In that case, you wouldn't have arrived at the last game."
Casting a sharp gaze, Suguha looked directly at the black-haired girl who had obviously paused in her steps and was still pretending as if nothing had happened.
She didn't doubt that her friend would do something bad, but she was worried that she would do something brave regardless of her health.
(Sure enough, you didn’t hide it... I wouldn’t have come to watch her match if I had known...)
(Well...that's not good either...)
The troubled black-haired girl hesitated for a while, then took out a pamphlet from her pocket.
"Sord...ArtOnline...?"
Turning her head, Suguha read out the English words above intermittently.
"Commonly known as SAO, to put it simply, it is a VRMMORPG that uses NERvGear to achieve complete stealth."
Yuuki explained using many terms that Suguha didn't quite understand.
"Today is a commemorative event for selecting closed beta testers for this game, so I want to try my luck."
Yuuki smiled sheepishly and decided to confess honestly.
Instead of letting Suguha become curious about the game in the end, it would be better to take the initiative to explain that this is just an 'ordinary game'.
After all, based on Yuuki's understanding of Suguha, she is a current girl from the sports department and is unlikely to be interested in games.
"So you just secretly went to a game meeting? I really can't tell. You always look mature. It turns out that you also have the hobbies that you should have at this age!"
As expected, he did not continue on this issue. Suguha changed the topic to another direction, seeming to be happy about what secret happened.
(call……)
Breathing softly in their hearts, the two of them walked slowly towards Suguha's house again.
(I feel like I forgot something...Forget it, since I can't remember it, it shouldn't be anything important...)
…
(Xiaoyou...when will you come back...)
Looking at Dr. Cangqiao, who was sitting at the gate of the hospital, with his mouth constantly twitching and his face seemingly covered with '#' signs, Lan Zi prayed for someone in his heart. (To be continued)