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[00:09] Su
    We're going to be late, Brother!
[00:11] K
    Right, right... On my way.
[01:27] K
    Hurry up, Sugu.
[01:29] Su
    Wait, Brother!
[01:44] Girls
    Did you do your homework?
[01:45] Girls
    Not yet...
[01:47] Girls
    You'd better hurry up,
     or summer break will be over.
[01:51] Girls
    Ah, Suguha-san!
[01:52] Girls
    Kirito-san!
[01:54] Su
    I'm sorry to make
    you all come out here...
[01:57] Girl
    Oh, it's fine.
[02:00] Girl
    But it's strange.
[02:02] ---
    You seem like you'd be really good at sports.
[02:05] Su
    Water's the one thing I'm not good with,
    both in real life and in the game.
[02:11] Girl
    Still,
[02:12] Girl
    it's a perfect day for the pool,
    and you have emergency counseling.
[02:15] Girl
    Bad luck for you.
[02:17] K
    Yeah...
[02:18] K
    First quarter, I tried pretty hard.
[02:22] Girl
    Too bad you won't get to
    see us in our swimsuits.
[02:26] Girl
    But don't get too attracted
    to that pretty counselor.
[02:30] K
    O-Oh, come on... Why not?
[02:33] A
    Kirito-kun...
[02:35] K
    N-Never mind...
[02:37] K
    B-Bye!
[02:38] K
    I'll be off.
[02:40] K
    Ah, Sugu...
[02:41] K
    Be sure to practice hard, since everyone's
    being nice enough to teach you.
[02:44] Su
    Right.
[02:46] A
    Compared to the ALfheim sea,
    the school pool is really shallow.
[02:50] A
    So let's have fun while we practice.
[02:54] A
    Kirito-kun, see you later!
[02:56] Girl
    Tell that pretty counselor hello for me!
SIGN    Counseling Office
[03:09] C
    Come in.
[03:10] K
    Excuse me.
[03:26] K
    K-Kikuoka-san?
[03:28] Ki
    Hey, Kirito-kun.
[03:29] Ki
    It's been a while.
[03:31] K
    What is an elite member of the Virtual Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs doing here?
[03:37] Ki
    I wanted to ask you a few things...
[03:39] Ki
    And so I had the school set this up.
[03:43] K
    Then, that emergency counseling...
[03:46] Ki
    Sorry.
[03:47] Ki
    I thought it would be the only
    way to get you to come.
[03:51] C
    I'll be on my way.
[03:54] C
    If you need me, I'll be next door
    in the prep room.
[03:59] Ki
    Well, no sense in just standing there.
[04:01] Ki
    Why don't you sit down?
[04:05] K
    So that we're clear,
[04:07] ---
    I have somewhere to be,
     so make it quick.
[04:10] Ki
    I'll try.
[04:12] Ki
    I'm trying to get a clear picture of what
    happened in SAO and ALfheim,
[04:17] ---
    and thought it would be best to ask you.
[04:20] K
    I must have told you this a dozen times now.
[04:23] K
    Check the player logs,
    and you'll see what you need.
[04:27] Ki
    All the player logs tell me is who
    was where and at what time.
[04:33] Ki
    It doesn't tell me what actually happened.
[04:38] Ki
    During the SAO incident,
    four thousand people died,
[04:43] Ki
    but due to the death of Kayaba Akihiko,
    the man behind it,
[04:46] Ki
    we still don't really know what happened.
[04:49] Ki
    And we have no idea why he did it.
[04:53] Ki
    Why did he make the SAO death game?
[04:56] Ki
    To really understand, I must speak with you.
[05:03] Ki
    You'll help me, right?
[05:05] K
    And if I refuse?
[05:09] Ki
    Who was it that gave you the NerveGear
    that was meant to be destroyed?
[05:13] Ki
    And who told you where
     Asuna-kun was hospitalized?
[05:17] Ki
    My department has also been keeping
    the media away
[05:22] ---
    from those involved in the SAO incident.
[05:37] Su
    It's a little late to ask,
[05:39] Su
    but is it okay for me to use the school pool?
[05:43] Girl
    It's fine.
[05:44] Girl
    We got permission.
[05:46] Girl
    Your swimsuit is really cool, Rika-san!
[05:49] R
    Isn't it?
[05:50] R
    The one I used before SAO
    is a little too tight now.
[05:54] R
    I got a new one.
[05:57] Girl
    My size barely changed...
[06:02] Girl
    Asuna has a bikini! Nice!
[06:06] Girl
    Trying to seduce Kirito with your swimsuit?
[06:08] A
    Th-That isn't true...
[06:10] Su
    H-Huh?
[06:12] Su
    No one's wearing their school swimsuits?
[06:17] Su
    You said we were swimming
    at the school pool, so...
[06:22] Girl
    Y-Your school swimsuit is cute, too!
[06:25] R
    Yeah, it's perfect for you, Suguha!
[06:28] Su
    What does that mean?!
[06:33] K
    Well? Where should I start?
[06:36] Ki
    I'd like to begin by hearing about
    the first day of the incident.
[06:40] Ki
    Hmm, I believe it was...
[06:42] K
    November 6th, 2022.
[06:46] K
    It's already been two and a half years...
[06:51] K
    Attention, players.
[06:53] K
    Welcome to my world.
[06:56] K
    "My world"?
[06:58] K
    My name is Kayaba Akihiko.
[07:00] K
    As of this moment, I am the sole person
    who can control this world.
[07:07] K
    Is that really him?
[07:08] K
    He must've spent a lot of time on this.
[07:10] K
    I'm sure you've already noticed
[07:11] K
    that the logout button is
    missing from the main menu.
[07:17] K
    But this is not a defect in the game.
[07:21] K
    I repeat...
[07:22] K
    This is not a defect in the game.
[07:23] K
    It is a feature of Sword Art Online.
[07:27] K
    A-A feature?
[07:29] K
    But I want you to remember this clearly.
[07:31] K
    There is no longer any method to
    revive someone within the game.
[07:35] K
    If your HP drops to zero,
[07:37] K
    your avatar will be forever lost.
[07:40] K
    And simultaneously...
[07:43] K
    The NerveGear will destroy your brain.
[08:03] K
    There is only one means of escape.
[08:06] K
    To complete the game.
[08:09] K
    You are presently on the
    lowest floor of Aincrad,
[08:12] K
    Floor 1.
[08:13] K
    If you make your way through the dungeon
[08:16] K
    and defeat the Floor Boss,
    you may advance to the next level.
[08:19] K
    Defeat the final boss on Floor 100,
    and you will clear the game.
[08:23] Players
    Clear?
[08:24] Players
    What's he talking about?
[08:25] Players
    Y-You're just making that up!
[08:28] Kl
    Clear all hundred floors?
[08:31] Kl
    That's impossible.
[08:33] Kl
    The beta testers never made
    it anywhere near that high!
[08:36] BS
    Finally,
[08:39] BS
    I've added a present from me
    to your item storage.
[08:43] BS
    Please see for yourselves.
SIGN    Mirror
[08:49] K
    Mirror?
[08:56] K
    Klein?
[09:09] Kl
    You okay, Kirito?
[09:10] K
    Y-Yeah...
[09:12] K
    Who are you?
[09:14] Kl
    And who are you?
[09:20] Players
    You're a guy?
[09:21] Players
    You were lying about being seventeen?
[09:23] K
    Which means...
[09:24] K
    You're Kirito? You're Klein?
[09:27] Kl
    How?
[09:29] K
    That scan...
[09:30] K
    The NerveGear covers your entire head
    with a high-density signaling device.
[09:35] K
    So it can see what your face looks like.
[09:38] K
    But our height and body shape...
[09:39] Kl
    When we first used the NerveGear,
    it had us calibrate it, right?
[09:44] Kl
    You had to touch your body all over.
[09:47] K
    O-Oh, right...
[09:49] K
    That must be where it got the data.
[09:51] Kl
    But... But...
[09:53] Kl
    Why?
[09:55] Kl
    Why do all this, anyway?
[09:57] K
    I'm sure he'll tell us.
[10:00] BS
    Right now, you're probably
    wondering, "Why?"
[10:04] BS
    Why would Kayaba Akihiko,
[10:06] BS
    developer of Sword Art Online and
    the NerveGear, do all this?
[10:11] BS
    My goal has already been achieved.
[10:14] BS
    I created Sword Art Online for one reason...
[10:17] BS
    To create this world and intervene in it.
[10:21] K
    Kayaba...
[10:23] BS
    And now, it is complete.
[10:30] Ki
    He made SAO to intervene in it?
[10:35] Ki
    That's what Kayaba-sensei said, yes?
[10:37] K
    Yes.
[10:38] Ki
    And what did you think about that?
[10:41] K
    Who knows?
[10:42] K
    I was just busy trying to survive.
[10:46] K
    I didn't have time to think about Kayaba.
[10:50] K
    That's right...
[10:51] K
    To survive, I abandoned Klein.
[10:55] ---
    All right.
[10:58] K
    Then let's say goodbye here.
[11:00] K
    If something happens, send me a message.
[11:03] K
    Will do.
[11:04] K
    Okay, goodbye, Klein.
[11:06] K
    Kirito!
[11:13] K
    Hey...
[11:14] K
    Kirito.
[11:16] K
    You were actually pretty cute.
[11:21] K
    That's my type.
[11:25] K
    And that unkempt face of yours
    suits you ten times better.
[12:02] K
    I'm... I'm...
[12:05] K
    I'm going to survive...
[12:12] K
    In this world!
[12:19] R
    Having the whole pool to ourselves is so great!
[12:23] Girl
    It feels different than usual.
[12:26] R
    I'm first!
[12:27] R
    That's not fair, Liz-san!
[12:30] A
    Hey, guys, you should stretch first.
[12:35] Girl
    There!
[12:35] Girl
    Don't get so excited!
[12:38] Su
    It's so cold!
[12:47] R
    Where'd you get this thing?
[12:50] R
    This won't help you learn to swim!
[12:53] Su
    No, stop...
[12:55] Su
    I'll sink without it!
[12:56] R
    Don't worry!
[12:57] R
    You have two big, buoyant things right here.
[13:00] R
    You won't sink.
[13:01] Su
    Hey, don't touch me there!
[13:03] R
    What do you have to eat to get them so big?
[13:05] R
    It isn't fair...
[13:08] Su
    No!
[13:12] A
    Liz...
[13:14] R
    I'm sorry.
[13:16] A
    Let's start by having you hold
    your face underwater.
[13:20] Ki
    Once SAO became deadly,
[13:23] Ki
    most players joined parties to survive.
[13:27] Ki
    But up till the end, you stayed
    solo nearly the entire time.
[13:32] Ki
    In a world where you die if your HP
    reaches zero, why take such a risk?
[13:38] K
    I didn't want to be a solo player at the start.
[13:42] K
    But...
[13:43] Kb
    Why?
[13:47] Kb
    Why did you let Diabel die?
[13:52] K
    Let him die?
[13:54] Kb
    Of course!
[13:56] Kb
    You knew that technique the boss used!
[13:59] Kb
    If you'd told us about that up front,
    he wouldn't have died!
[14:11] Players
    He must be a beta tester!
[14:14] Players
    That's how he knew all the
    boss's attack patterns.
[14:17] Players
    He knew, but he didn't tell us!
[14:20] Players
    Other beta testers are here, too, right?
[14:24] Players
    Come out!
[14:31] K
    A beta tester?
[14:35] K
    I wish you wouldn't compare
    me to those newbies.
[14:39] Kb
    Wh-What?!
[14:43] K
    Most of the thousand beta
    testers were beginners
[14:48] ---
    who didn't even know how to level up.
[14:52] K
    You guys are better than they are.
[14:57] K
    But I'm not like them.
[15:02] K
    I made it higher than anyone
    else during the beta test.
[15:08] K
    The reason I knew the boss's skills
[15:10] ---
    is because I fought monsters with
    katana skills on floors far above us.
[15:16] K
    I know a lot more.
[15:18] K
    Way more than any information broker.
[15:22] Kb
    Wh-What?
[15:24] Kb
    That's...
[15:25] Kb
    That's way worse than a beta tester!
[15:27] Kb
    You're cheating! A cheater!
[15:30] Players
    Yeah, a cheater!
[15:32] Players
    A beta tester and a cheater...
[15:33] Players
    A beater!
[15:36] K
    A beater...
[15:37] K
    I like it.
[15:40] K
    That's right...
[15:41] K
    I am a beater.
[15:43] K
    From now on, don't confuse
    me with the other testers.
SIGN    Coat of Midnight
[15:59] Ki
    Then, you claimed the word "beater."
[16:03] Ki
    You played the villain, to keep the other
    beta testers from being hated.
[16:08] Ki
    That must have been painful...
[16:11] K
    It wasn't. Not really.
[16:17] K
    Sachi!
[16:19] Sa
    Kirito!
[16:22] K
    Sachi!
[16:43] K
    Real pain is the result of losing
    someone you care about.
[16:58] A
    Well?
[16:59] A
    Getting used to the water?
[17:00] Su
    Yeah...
[17:01] Su
    I can keep my head underwater now,
    but I still can't open my eyes.
[17:07] A
    You don't need to rush yourself.
[17:08] A
    Take your time and get used to it.
[17:11] A
    Let's take a break.
[17:12] Both
    Roger!
[17:16] R
    It sure feels like summer...
[17:18] Girl
    It really does.
[17:20] R
    The next quest area is set to
     always be summer, isn't it?
[17:23] A
    It's far to the south, in Sylph territory.
[17:25] A
    So it should be pretty hot.
[17:28] Girl
    There are things there
    we've never seen before.
[17:30] Girl
    I can't wait.
[17:31] R
    We'll just have to be careful
[17:33] R
    that Kirito doesn't get overly
    excited and run ahead of us!
[17:37] Su
    I've been wondering...
[17:40] Su
    How did all of you meet my brother?
[17:45] Girl
    When I was attacked by monsters,
    Kirito-san rescued me.
[18:04] S
    Pina!
[18:06] S
    Pina... Pina!
[18:09] S
    Pina.
[18:11] S
    Pina...
[18:15] S
    Pina...
[18:17] S
    Pina!
[18:18] S
    Pina... Pina!
[18:53] S
    Pina...
[18:55] S
    Why would you do all this for me?
[19:01] K
    If you promise not to laugh, I'll tell you.
[19:05] S
    I promise.
[19:09] K
    It's because you look like my little sister...
[19:21] S
    I'm sorry.
[19:26] Su
    Only he could say that with a straight face...
[19:31] Su
    But Suguha and Keiko really don't
    look that much alike, do they?
[19:37] Girl
    Wh-What are you comparing?!
[19:42] Girl
    After that, Kirito-san and I
    began an adventure to save Pina.
[20:07] K
    Take it.
SIGN    Pneuma Flower
[20:14] S
    This will bring Pina back, right?
[20:17] K
    Yeah.
[20:18] S
    I'm so glad...
[20:20] K
    But there are lots of strong
    monsters around here.
[20:22] K
    Let's revive her after
    we get back to town.
[20:24] K
    I'm sure she'd prefer it that way.
[20:29] K
    Calm down, Silica!
[20:31] K
    It's really weak!
[20:32] S
    K-Kirito-san, save me!
[20:34] S
    Don't look, but save me!
[20:36] K
    That's impossible.
[20:37] S
    That's enough!
[20:48] S
    Did you see?
[20:51] R
    My first meeting with him wasn't
    as dramatic as Silica's...
[20:57] L
    Welcome to Lisbeth's Smith Shop!
[21:01] K
    W-Well...
[21:03] K
    I'd like to order a custom-made weapon.
[21:09] L
    Does he have enough money?
[21:13] L
    At the moment, metal prices are high.
[21:16] K
    Don't worry about the cost.
[21:18] K
    I just want the best sword
    you can make right now.
[21:22] L
    That's somewhat vague.
[21:24] L
    Could you give me an idea of
    the stats you're looking for?
[21:27] K
    Oh, I see.
[21:30] K
    Then, something as good as this or better?
[21:38] K
    An Elucidator...
[21:39] K
    It's one of the best magic swords
[21:41] ---
    you can get from a monster drop.
[21:44] K
    Can you do it?
[21:49] L
    How about this one?
[21:51] L
    It's the best
[21:52] L
    that I've ever made.
[21:55] K
    It's a little light...
[21:58] L
    I used a speed-type metal to forge it.
[22:01] K
    May I test it a little?
[22:03] L
    Test it?
[22:05] K
    Its durability.
[22:08] L
    W-Wait!
[22:09] L
    If you do that, your sword will break!
[22:12] L
    If that happens, it'll just be...
[22:25] R
    He broke one of the swords from my shop.
[22:28] R
    What a terrible first impression.
[22:30] Su
    I'm s-sorry...
[22:32] Girl
    Sometimes, Kirito-san does
    the craziest things...
[22:36] R
    Falling into a dragon's nest with him,
[22:39] R
    or him throwing dragon poop at me.
[22:41] R
    I don't have any good memories at all...
[22:43] A
    I'm sorry, Liz.
[22:46] R
    Looking back, they're good memories.
[22:58] L
    It's warm.
[23:02] L
    You and I are both data in
    a virtual world, but...
[23:07] K
    Liz...
[23:14] L
    Amazing!
[23:26] L
    Kirito!
[23:28] L
    You know something?
[23:29] L
    What?
[23:31] K
    I...
[23:33] L
    I like you!
[23:36] K
    What?
[23:38] K
    I can't hear you!
[23:41] L
    It's nothing!
[23:52] L
    Tell Asuna what you just told me.
[23:55] K
    Liz...
[23:56] L
    I'm fine!
[23:59] L
    Only, this warmth will linger for a while.
[24:03] L
    Therefore, please...
[24:07] L
    End this world.
[24:10] L
    Until then, I'll keep working.
[24:15] R
    You know...
[24:18] R
    I wonder if he's having fun with that
    pretty counselor right now...
[24:24] Ki
    Here, Kirito-kun... Here.
[24:26] K
    Where?
[24:28] Ki
    Here, here.
[24:28] K
    Where is "here"?
[24:30] Ki
    These coordinates...
[24:32] Ki
    Are all of these high-level players
    gathering for a boss fight?
[24:37] Ki
    I was just thinking that even
    the ultimate solo player
[24:43] ---
    showed up for the boss fights on each floor.
[24:46] K
    Of course I did.
[24:48] K
    The Floor Boss wasn't something
    you could beat on your own.
[24:52] K
    Even in raid parties, most of
    them were dangerous.
[24:57] K
    The sword skills of Illfang the Kobold Lord,
[25:01] ---
    the Floor 1 boss, wiped out half the raid.
[25:07] K
    Diabel!
[25:22] K
    Watch out!
[25:27] K
    I'll get you first!
[25:34] K
    Crap!
[25:40] K
    I managed to beat the boss of
    level 74, The Gleam Eyes,
[25:44] ---
    by using my dual-wield skills.
[25:48] K
    But it almost killed me.
[26:05] K
    Starburst Stream!
[26:17] Kl
    What is that skill?
[26:20] K
    Faster...
[26:31] K
    Even faster!
[27:01] K
    But in Aincrad, some things were even
    scarier than the Floor Bosses.
[27:05] Ki
    Oh? What were those?
[27:07] K
    The players.
[27:09] Ki
    The players?
[27:10] K
    Yes.
[27:11] K
    Bosses had incredible stats,
    but they were only programs.
[27:15] K
    Once you knew their attack patterns,
    you can adjust for them,
[27:18] K
    and since they didn't leave the final rooms,
    you could run if necessary.
[27:22] K
    But red players were humans just like you.
[27:26] K
    They kept coming up with new
    ways to kill other players,
[27:29] K
    and many died at their hands.
[27:51] K
    Paralysis poison?
[28:11] Kr
    So you're afraid of dying, after all?
[28:15] K
    That's right...
[28:16] K
    I can't die yet!
[28:20] Kr
    Really?
[28:22] Kr
    That's just the way I like it!
[28:34] Kr
    Die... Die.
[28:36] Kr
    Die!
[28:41] Ki
    And it wasn't just fighting the red players.
[28:44] Ki
    I had many difficult duels,
    some of which were pure sword fights.
[28:48] H
    Even a top guild never has sufficient
    members for the front lines.
[29:06] K
    His shield?!
[29:19] H
    Splendid reaction time.
[29:35] A
    I can break through!
[29:46] A
    What?
[29:57] A
    And this amazing player
[29:59] ---
    was the leader of the Blood Alliance
     Knights guild, Heathcliff, yes?
[30:03] A
    Yes.
[30:04] A
    And ironically, that duel with him
[30:08] ---
    provided the clue as to his true identity.
[30:13] A
    I made a lot, so eat all you want.
[30:18] Su
    I brought a lunch, as well.
[30:20] Su
    If you like, help yourselves.
[30:23] All
    Let's eat!
[30:31] R
    Who's that from?
[30:32] A
    Kirito-kun...
[30:33] A
    He said to eat without him.
[30:35] R
    Then, I'll eat his part...
[30:40] Girl
    That's mean.
[30:42] Girl
    We have to leave some for him.
[30:48] Su
    Asuna-san's lunch is so cute!
[30:51] Su
    I wonder if my brother only likes girly
    girls who make lunches like that...
[30:59] A
    What's wrong, Suguha-chan?
[31:00] Su
    N-Nothing...
[31:02] Su
    I was just wondering how you met my brother.
[31:08] Girls
    I want to hear about that, too!
[31:09] A
    But...
[31:11] R
    Come on...
[31:12] R
    We told you our stories.
[31:13] Girl
    That's right!
[31:15] Girl
    You're the only one who hasn't.
[31:18] A
    Oh, fine...
[31:21] Girl
    All right!
[31:24] A
    I met Kirito-kun in a city called Tolvanna,
[31:27] ---
    where a meeting was held about
    defeating the Floor 1 boss.
[31:32] A
    Back then, all I thought about
    was beating the game.
[31:37] A
    Do you really think it's good?
[31:39] K
    Of course.
[31:41] K
    I've been eating at least one daily,
    ever since arriving in this town.
[31:45] K
    I do change it up a little, though.
[31:47] A
    Change it up?
[31:50] K
    Try putting some on the bread.
[32:03] A
    Cream?
[32:28] A
    But Kirito-kun showed me that there
    was joy in living, even in Aincrad.
[32:39] K
    What?
[32:40] K
    It's you.
[32:41] A
    The other lead group members are all
    working hard to clear the dungeon.
[32:45] A
    Why are you out here taking a nap?
[32:48] A
    Even if you're a solo player,
    you need to be serious－
[32:51] K
    It's Aincrad's nicest season,
[32:53] ---
    and today is its nicest weather setting.
[32:57] K
    Entering the dungeon on a
    day like this is a waste.
[33:00] A
    Do you not understand?
[33:03] A
    Every day we spend here is one
    we've lost in the real world.
[33:08] K
    But right now,
    we're alive here, in Aincrad.
[33:16] K
    See?
[33:17] ---
    The wind and sunlight feel so good.
[33:21] A
    Do they?
[33:22] A
    There's nothing special about this weather.
[33:25] K
    If you'd lie down for a bit,
    you'd understand.
[34:05] Guys
    Hey, look.
[34:07] Guys
    Asleep already?
[34:09] Guys
    Some people don't work too hard.
[34:11] Guys
    Who are they? Jeez...
[34:15] K
    I didn't think she'd really fall asleep.
[34:45] A
    What...
[34:49] K
    Morning.
[34:50] K
    Sleep well?
[34:58] A
    One meal...
[35:01] A
    One meal!
[35:02] A
    I'll buy you one meal of any kind.
[35:04] A
    Then we'll be even, okay?
[35:09] Girl
    From the sound of it, you fell
    in love with him first.
[35:15] A
    Th-That isn't true...
[35:16] R
    Don't try to hide it.
[35:18] R
    When you came to get your sword sharpened,
[35:21] ---
    you told me it was still a one-way thing.
[35:25] R
    How did you get the rest of the way?
[35:28] A
    Um, well...
[35:31] A
    Then where would you
    like me to cook it?
[35:34] A
    Well...
[35:36] A
    You probably don't have
    any cookware at your place.
[35:41] A
    Just this once,
[35:42] A
    and only because the ingredient is
    so good, we can use my place.
[35:48] A
    Right.
[35:51] A
    Then, party up with me. It's been forever.
[35:55] A
    Also, black is my lucky color this week.
[35:57] K
    What?
[35:58] K
    But what about your guild?!
[36:02] A
    We don't have any leveling quotas.
[36:04] K
    Th-Then what about your escort?
[36:05] A
    I'll ditch him.
SIGN    Asuna invites you to join her party.
[36:31] K
    The front lines are dangerous.
[36:38] K
    F-Fine.
[36:46] R
    Y-You were more direct than I expected.
[36:49] Girl
    I guess you have to be that
    forward to get anywhere.
[36:53] A
    I h-had to!
[36:55] A
    I mean, I liked him...
[36:58] R
    Right, right.
[36:59] R
    That's enough.
[37:01] R
    So, how far did you go?
[37:03] R
    Even if it was a game, you guys
    did marry, so I'm sure you...
[37:12] A
    I'm sorry...
[37:14] A
    This was...
[37:16] A
    This was my fault, wasn't it?
[37:24] K
    Asuna...
[37:26] K
    I'm sorry!
[37:28] K
    I...
[37:29] K
    I shouldn't...
[37:32] K
    I should stay away...
[37:38] ---
    ...from now on.
[37:56] K
    My life belongs to you, Asuna.
[38:00] K
    So I will use it for you.
[38:02] K
    Let's stay together until the end.
[38:05] A
    And I... I'll protect you, too.
[38:09] A
    I'll protect you forever.
[38:12] A
    So...
[38:14] K
    I'll see to it that you can go
    back to the other world,
[38:17] ---
    no matter what happens.
[38:20] K
    Asuna...
[38:22] K
    Today...
[38:24] K
    Tonight, I want to stay with you.
[38:31] A
    Okay.
[38:53] A
    D-Don't look over here.
[39:00] A
    Hurry and get undressed,
    too, Kirito-kun.
[39:04] A
    It's embarrassing, being like this alone...
[39:23] K
    Sorry, I woke you, didn't I?
[39:26] A
    I was just dreaming a little.
[39:29] A
    About my old world.
[39:32] A
    It's strange...
[39:34] A
    In the dream,
[39:36] ---
    I wondered if everything here, in Aincrad,
[39:38] ---
    if everything that had happened
    with you, was only a dream.
[39:41] A
    I was really scared.
[39:43] A
    I'm happy this wasn't a dream.
[39:46] K
    You're so strange...
[39:48] K
    Don't you want to go back?
[39:50] A
    I do.
[39:51] A
    I do, but...
[39:53] A
    I don't want my time here to disappear.
[39:57] A
    These two years have been
    very important to me.
[39:59] A
    They seem that way now.
[40:05] A
    Hey, Kirito-kun.
[40:07] A
    Do you think it would be okay
     if we left the front lines for a bit?
[40:14] A
    Somehow, I'm scared.
[40:16] A
    If I return to the battlefield,
[40:17] ---
    it feels like something bad will happen.
[40:21] A
    Maybe I'm just a little tired.
[40:24] K
    Yeah...
[40:26] K
    I'm tired, too.
[40:31] K
    In the southwest part of Floor 22,
[40:34] ---
    there's a small village surrounded
    by forest and lakes.
[40:38] K
    Let's move there together.
[40:40] K
    And...
[40:42] A
    And?
[40:46] K
    Let...
[40:48] K
    Let's get married.
[41:00] A
    Yes!
[41:03] R
    Hey, what's up, Asuna?
[41:07] A
    N-N-Nothing!
[41:09] A
    I didn't do anything, okay?
[41:11] Girl
    I wish I could get married.
[41:13] Girl
    And you even had a cute girl like Yui-chan.
[41:15] Girl
    I'm super jealous!
[41:17] A
    She is our beloved daughter.
[41:20] R
    Oh, you're still a teenager,
    and you're doting over your daughter.
[41:24] A
    I'll take that as a compliment.
[41:27] Girl
    Okay, let's work hard at our quest today,
    so that Yui-chan will be happy!
[41:36] Y
    Auna?
[41:38] Y
    Kito?
[41:40] A
    Hey, Yui-chan, what were
    you doing in the forest?
[41:44] A
    Do you have a mom
    and dad somewhere?
[41:50] Y
    I don't know...
[41:52] Y
    I don't know anything.
[41:56] A
    That's awful.
[42:00] K
    Hello, Yui-chan.
[42:03] K
    Can I call you Yui?
[42:07] K
    You can call me Kirito.
[42:12] Y
    Kito?
[42:14] K
    Kirito.
[42:15] K
    Ki-ri-to.
[42:20] Y
    Kito.
[42:22] K
    Maybe it's a little hard.
[42:25] K
    Whatever is easier for you.
[42:30] Y
    Daddy.
[42:31] K
    M-Me?
[42:34] Y
    Auna is Mommy...
[42:44] A
    That's right.
[42:45] A
    I'm your mommy, Yui-chan!
[42:48] Y
    Mommy!
[42:50] ---
    Daddy!
[42:51] Y
    Mommy!
[42:53] A
    You must be hungry!
[42:55] A
    Let's eat.
[42:56] Y
    Yeah!
[42:59] A
    Yui-chan?
[43:01] K
    Yui...
[43:03] Yu
    Daddy... Mommy.
[43:06] Yu
    I remember everything.
[43:11] Yu
    Mental Health Counseling
    Program, prototype 1.
[43:15] Yu
    Code name: Yui.
[43:17] Yu
    That's me.
[43:23] K
    You aren't just a program that
    the system controls anymore.
[43:27] K
    So you should be able
    to say what you want.
[43:32] K
    What do you want?
[43:36] Yu
    I...
[43:39] Yu
    I...
[43:45] Yu
    I want to stay with you forever...
[43:49] Yu
    Daddy, Mommy!
[43:57] A
    Together...
[43:59] A
    We'll be together forever, Yui-chan.
[44:02] K
    Yeah, you are our child.
[44:12] A
    Kirito-kun!
[44:14] A
    Are you okay?
[44:22] A
    What's this?
[44:23] K
    Before Yui's admin credentials were revoked,
[44:27] K
    I split off her main program and
    turned it into a game object.
[44:32] A
    Then, this is...
[44:35] K
    Yui's heart.
[44:48] Su
    So you met Yui-chan inside SAO?
[44:52] A
    Yes.
[44:53] A
    And ever since then, she's been our child.
[45:00] A
    Okay!
[45:01] A
    Let's get back to practice.
[45:03] R
    All right, Suguha...
[45:04] R
    Let's get you swimming like
    a fish, to surprise Kirito!
[45:08] Su
    Yeah.
[45:11] Ki
    It's nice to be young...
[45:15] Ki
    And it's thanks to you that they made it back
[45:19] ---
    to the real world safely, isn't it?
[45:21] K
    I didn't do anything.
[45:24] Ki
    But it's true that you learned
    Heathcliff's true identity,
[45:27] ---
    and defeated Kayaba Akihiko
    in the final battle, right?
[45:32] K
    I don't know if you can call that a victory.
[45:53] K
    I'm sorry, Asuna...
[45:55] K
    You, at least, need to live.
[46:08] H
    Farewell, Kirito-kun.
[46:35] K
    No, Asuna...
[46:38] K
    This can't...
[46:39] K
    This can't be...
[46:46] A
    I'm sorry.
[46:49] A
    Goodbye.
[47:33] K
    It's over now...
[47:40] A
    I believe in you, Kirito-kun.
[47:58] K
    Not yet...
[48:07] K
    Not yet!
[48:32] K
    Is this good enough?
[49:09] System
    As of 14:55, November 7,
[49:13] System
    the game has been cleared.
[49:15] System
    The game has been cleared.
[49:20] Ki
    Kayaba-sensei lost his fight with you,
[49:23] Ki
    and then burned out his brain
    with a prototype NerveGear.
[49:27] Ki
    That matches the coroner's report...
[49:31] Ki
    Anyway, I hate to say it...
[49:33] ---
    But it's strange that you made it back alive
[49:36] ---
    after you died in battle with him.
[49:38] Ki
    Was it something on the system side,
[49:41] Ki
    or was it Kayaba-sensei's will?
[49:46] H
    Quite a view.
[49:58] K
    Kayaba Akihiko...
[50:00] H
    The SAO mainframe, within
    the fifth-level basement
[50:03] H
    at my corporate headquarters,
[50:07] H
    is deleting all data on its storage devices.
[50:10] H
    In ten minutes or so,
[50:12] H
    everything in this world will vanish.
[50:16] A
    What about the people down there?
[50:20] H
    You needn't worry about them.
[50:22] H
    Just a moment ago,
[50:23] H
    the remaining 6,147 players were logged out.
[50:31] K
    What about the ones who died?
[50:33] K
    What about the 4,000 people who died?
[50:36] H
    Their minds will never return.
[50:39] H
    In every world, once you die, you're gone.
[50:45] K
    Why...
[50:47] K
    Why did you do this?
[50:50] H
    Why, huh?
[50:52] H
    I forgot a long time ago.
[50:56] H
    I wonder why...
[50:58] H
    When I began developing the full-dive environment system...
[51:01] H
    No, long before that,
[51:04] H
    I dreamed of nothing
[51:06] H
    but creating that castle,
    a world that surpassed all our laws
[51:10] H
    and all our restrictions.
[51:14] H
    And now I have seen
[51:16] H
    someone surpass even my own world's laws...
[51:22] H
    How old must I have been,
[51:24] H
    when I was obsessed with the
    fantasy of a steel castle
[51:26] H
    that floated in the sky?
[51:30] H
    I wanted to leave the ground,
[51:32] H
    to fly to that castle.
[51:34] H
    For a long, long time,
    that was my only desire...
[51:42] H
    You know, Kirito-kun,
[51:45] H
    I still believe
[51:47] H
    that in some other world,
    that castle truly exists.
[51:54] K
    Yeah, I hope it does.
[52:03] A
    I forgot to say this.
[52:05] A
    Congratulations on winning the game,
[52:07] A
    Kirito-kun, Asuna-kun.
[52:13] A
    Now then, I must be going.
[52:34] A
    By the way,
[52:35] ---
    before he vanished,
[52:38] ---
    did Kayaba say anything about why
    he started this deadly game?
[52:43] K
    I don't know... I don't remember.
[52:53] Ki
    Who's it from?
[52:57] Ki
    Your princess, huh?
[52:59] Ki
    You had quite a time...
[53:01] Ki
    You finally made it out of SAO, and then...
[53:04] K
    Yes, it was rather difficult.
[53:07] K
    Because a certain someone failed to notice
    the huge crime occurring in ALO!
[53:13] Ki
    I'm afraid I can't really explain myself there.
[53:17] Ki
    We only learned that the three hundred
    SAO players who hadn't woken up
[53:20] ---
    were being experimented on by Sugou Nobuyuki
[53:23] ---
    after you, a simple high school
    student, solved the case.
[53:27] K
    Why didn't you stop him beforehand?
[53:31] Ki
    Sugou was in the same lab as Kayaba Akihiko,
    so we did run a check on him.
[53:36] Ki
    But the six thousand players' sudden reemergence
    meant we were busy with their physicals
[53:41] ---
    and trying to get them reintroduced into society.
[53:45] Ki
    I can't deny that our watch on
    Sugou temporarily lapsed.
[53:50] Ki
    And none of us believed that Sugou had an
    illegal experimental lab in the game.
[53:57] Ki
    Nothing he did in the real world
    was suspicious in the least.
[54:02] Ki
    Would you tell me, Kirito-kun,
[54:04] Ki
    how it was you realized what he was doing?
[54:08] Ki
    At first, I didn't realize it...
[54:12] D
    This is our laboratory chief, Sugou-kun.
[54:15] Su
    I'm Sugou Nobuyuki.
[54:17] Su
    Nice to meet you.
[54:19] K
    Kirigaya Kazuto.
[54:22] D
    Kirigaya-kun,
[54:23] D
    I'll see you again.
[54:30] Su
    I heard that within the game,
[54:33] Su
    you were living with Asuna.
[54:36] K
    Yes...
[54:37] Su
    Then I suppose that complicates
    our relationship.
[54:50] Su
    What we were just discussing
[54:53] Su
    was Asuna's marriage to me.
[54:59] K
    Stop it.
[55:05] K
    Are you trying to take
    advantage of the fact
[55:08] K
    that she's in a coma?
[55:10] Su
    Take advantage?
[55:12] Su
    No, this is my right.
[55:16] Su
    Listen, Kirigaya-kun.
[55:20] Su
    Do you know what happened to Argus
[55:23] Su
    after they developed SAO?
[55:26] K
    I heard they went bankrupt.
[55:28] S
    Yes.
[55:30] S
    The development costs,
[55:32] S
    plus the massive damages
    they were forced to pay,
[55:35] S
    bankrupted the company.
[55:37] S
    And the maintenance of the SAO servers
[55:41] S
    was entrusted to the
    electronics manufacturer RCT,
[55:44] S
    whose CEO is Yuuki Souzou.
[55:49] S
    And I work for its Full-Dive
    Technology Research Division.
[55:54] S
    You could even say
[55:55] S
    that I'm the one who's
    keeping Asuna alive...
[56:01] S
    So I can ask for a little something
    by way of compensation, can't I?
[56:07] S
    I don't know what sort of promises
    you made to her in the game.
[56:12] S
    But I'd prefer that you never come back.
[56:17] S
    Or have any contact
    with the Yuuki family.
[56:21] S
    The ceremony will be held in this hospital room
    in one week, on January 26th.
[56:26] S
    The Japanese calendar has more
    auspicious days for a wedding,
[56:30] S
    but it's a day that brings misery
    to friends, so I'll invite you.
[56:34] S
    Enjoy your final goodbye,
[56:38] S
    Hero-kun.
[56:46] Ki
    And you didn't find him suspicious then?
[56:50] K
    I was too busy thinking about Asuna.
[56:53] K
    The only clue I had was the image of an
    avatar that looked just like Asuna.
[56:58] Ki
    And with that information
    alone, you went into ALO?
[57:02] K
    I would've done anything with even
    the slightest chance of success.
[57:08] K
    Please help me one more time.
[57:24] K
    Link start!
SIGN    ALfheim, Ancient Forest, Neutral Territory
    January 20, 2025
[58:06] K
    I'm back...
[58:10] K
    After everything that happened.
[58:48] K
    It's me, Yui!
[58:50] K
    Do you remember me?
[58:55] Y
    I got to see you again, Daddy!
[59:00] K
    Yui...
[59:03] ---
    Daddy!
[59:05] Y
    Daddy!
[59:08] Y
    Daddy...
[59:11] K
    Miracles really do happen.
[59:16] K
    Actually, it seems Asuna...
[59:20] K
    Your mommy is here.
[59:22] K
    Mommy?
[59:23] K
    What do you mean?
[59:25] K
    Even after SAO was cleared,
    Asuna never woke up in reality.
[59:31] K
    I heard about someone who
    saw her in ALfheim.
[59:36] Y
    So that's what happened...
[59:41] Ri
    What are you doing? Run!
[59:43] K
    Three heavy fighters attacking a single girl?
[59:47] K
    That's kind of lame.
[59:50] Guys
    What did you say?!
[59:51] Guys
    Stay out of this, newbie.
[59:56] Ki
    As I recall, this Leafa player was
    your younger sister, right?
[1:00:01] K
    Yeah.
[1:00:02] K
    I never imagined I'd run into Sugu—
    I mean, my sister in ALO.
[1:00:18] Girl
    Wow!
[1:00:19] Girl
    You can swim twenty-five meters now.
[1:00:21] R
    And you can do a full lap.
[1:00:25] A
    You really are good at sports, Suguha-chan.
[1:00:28] Su
    Thank you.
[1:00:31] R
    Hmm? Are you sad without your brother?
[1:00:35] Su
    Th-That isn't it...
[1:00:37] Su
    I was just thinking he was late.
[1:00:39] Girl
    You and Kirito-san are really close, aren't you?
[1:00:43] Girl
    I'm an only child, so I'm jealous.
[1:00:46] Su
    A-Are we?
[1:00:47] A
    Yup.
[1:00:49] Su
    But...
[1:00:50] Su
    Before my brother was trapped inside SAO,
[1:00:53] ---
    we weren't that close.
[1:00:56] Su
    I wanted to know
[1:00:57] ---
    about these virtual MMOs
    my brother loved so much.
[1:01:00] Su
    So I started playing ALO.
[1:01:03] Su
    I'm a big gamer now, too.
[1:01:07] A
    You were the one who brought him
    to the World Tree, weren't you?
[1:01:11] Su
    Yes.
[1:01:12] Su
    But when I first met him, I didn't
    realize he was my brother.
[1:01:16] Su
    I thought he was kind of rude.
[1:01:20] Su
    But at other times, he seemed really stressed.
[1:01:24] Su
    I didn't know why, but I just couldn't ignore him.
[1:01:29] Y
    Daddy?
[1:01:31] K
    I'm sorry.
[1:01:32] K
    But I need to reach the
    top of the World Tree.
[1:01:38] L
    Why is it so important?
[1:01:41] K
    I'm looking for someone...
[1:01:44] K
    What do you mean?
[1:01:46] L
    It's not easy to explain.
[1:01:55] K
    Thank you, Leafa.
[1:01:56] K
    That information helped a lot.
[1:02:06] L
    Wait.
[1:02:07] L
    Are you going to the World Tree?
[1:02:10] K
    Yes, I need to see for myself.
[1:02:15] L
    It's crazy...
[1:02:18] L
    It's far, far away, and there are
    a lot of strong monsters.
[1:02:22] L
    Sure, you're strong, but...
[1:02:27] L
    Then, I'll take you there!
[1:02:33] Su
    We made it there in only three days,
    so it was pretty rushed.
[1:02:39] A
    Thank you, Suguha-chan.
[1:02:40] Su
    No, there's no reason to thank me.
[1:02:42] Su
    I had fun, too.
[1:02:45] Su
    Yeah, it was hard,
[1:02:47] Su
    but my adventures with Kirito-kun were fun.
[1:02:52] Su
    Tired?
[1:02:53] K
    Not yet...
[1:02:55] Su
    You're pretty tough.
[1:02:57] Su
    But our journey in the sky
    is at an end for a while.
[1:03:01] K
    Huh, why?
[1:03:03] Su
    You see that mountain, right?
[1:03:05] Su
    It's above the altitude limit,
[1:03:08] Su
    so to pass it, you have to
    go through the caves.
[1:03:11] Su
    It's the toughest part of the trip
    between Sylph territory and Arun,
[1:03:14] Su
    or so I've heard.
[1:03:15] Su
    I've never been past this point, either.
[1:03:18] K
    Really...
[1:03:20] K
    Caves, huh?
[1:03:21] K
    Are they long?
[1:03:22] Su
    Yup.
[1:03:23] Su
    Supposedly, we can rest at a
    neutral mining town midway.
[1:03:28] Su
    Do you still have time today?
[1:03:31] It's 7
    It's 7:00 PM in the real world, huh?
[1:03:34] It's 7
    I can keep going for a while.
[1:03:35] Su
    Okay...
[1:03:36] Su
    Then we can keep going for a while.
[1:03:38] Su
    We can rotate out here.
[1:03:40] K
    R-Rotate?
[1:03:42] Su
    We each log out and rest,
    while the other watches.
[1:03:46] Su
    You can't log out instantly
    in the neutral area.
[1:03:49] Su
    So you log out in turn,
[1:03:51] Su
    while the other guards your empty avatar.
[1:03:53] K
    I see... Got it.
[1:03:55] K
    You go first.
[1:04:12] Su
    I'm excited.
[1:04:26] Su
    Kirito-kun...
[1:04:29] Su
    It's not that I'm in love
    with him or anything.
[1:04:32] Su
    Or that I'm glad to have someone
    to go on adventures with.
[1:04:35] Su
    I'm just looking forward
    to visiting a new world.
[1:04:48] R
    So when you were adventuring with him,
[1:04:50] ---
    what did you think of Kirito?
[1:04:53] R
    You didn't know he was your brother, right?
[1:04:55] Su
    My first impression was that he was quick...
[1:05:00] Su
    But more than that, the way he
    took every battle seriously
[1:05:04] ---
    was different from anyone else.
[1:05:05] L
    That's enough Kirito-kun.
[1:05:07] L
    If we lose, we'll just have
    to fly a few more hours!
[1:05:10] L
    Let's give up!
[1:05:13] K
    No way.
[1:05:15] K
    While I'm alive, I won't let
    any party members die.
[1:05:19] K
    I will never let that happen!
[1:05:39] Man
    What the hell?
[1:05:40] Man
    What's he doing?
[1:05:41] Su
    When I realized that the source
[1:05:43] ---
    of that seriousness was his desire
    to protect someone,
[1:05:46] Su
    I thought I could have faith in him.
[1:05:52] K
    In the end,
[1:05:53] K
    it's just a game, so do what you want.
[1:05:56] K
    If you want to kill someone, kill them.
[1:05:57] K
    If you want to steal, you steal.
[1:06:01] K
    I've met more people who think
    that way than I'd want.
[1:06:05] K
    In a way, it's true.
[1:06:08] K
    I used to think the same way.
[1:06:12] K
    But it's not true...
[1:06:14] K
    There are things you have to protect
[1:06:15] K
    especially because it's a virtual world.
[1:06:18] K
    I learned that from someone important.
[1:06:22] K
    If you give in to your impulses in this world,
[1:06:24] K
    the price is that it changes your
    personality in the real world.
[1:06:28] K
    The player and the character
    are one and the same.
[1:06:31] K
    I like you, Leafa.
[1:06:35] K
    I want to be your friend.
[1:06:37] K
    I'd never attack someone like that
[1:06:44] K
    just for my own benefit.
[1:06:46] Su
    So, no matter whom he fought, my brother...
[1:06:50] ---
    Kirito-kun would never run.
[1:06:52] Su
    I believed he'd never lose.
[1:06:55] S
    Kirito-kun!
[1:07:23] E
    Die!
[1:07:55] R
    It's nice that you two are close,
[1:07:58] R
    but I'm worried about it
    becoming forbidden love.
[1:08:02] Su
    What are you talking about?!
[1:08:04] Su
    Forget it, let's just practice!
[1:08:06] R
    Okay, let's swim a bit more...
[1:08:15] Su
    If only I'd known before I fell in love with him.
[1:08:22] S
    Is that you, Brother?
[1:08:29] K
    Sugu?
[1:08:31] K
    Suguha?
[1:08:35] K
    This is awful.
[1:08:36] K
    This isn't fair...
[1:08:38] K
    It isn't...
[1:08:39] K
    S-Sugu?
SIGN    Are you sure you want to log out?
[1:08:43] K
    Sugu!
[1:08:46] S
    I... I...
[1:08:49] S
    I...
[1:08:52] S
    I betrayed my own heart!
[1:08:54] S
    I betrayed my love for you...
[1:08:59] S
    I was about to forget it, to give it up.
[1:09:01] S
    To fall in love with Kirito-kun...
[1:09:04] S
    No, I already had!
[1:09:07] S
    But...
[1:09:08] S
    But...
[1:09:11] K
    L-Love?
[1:09:13] K
    But we're...
[1:09:15] S
    I know.
[1:09:16] S
    I already know!
[1:09:19] S
    You and I aren't really siblings!
[1:09:22] S
    I've known for
[1:09:24] S
    the last two years.
[1:09:27] S
    Wasn't the reason you quit kendo
[1:09:30] S
    and started avoiding me
[1:09:32] S
    because you knew the whole time?
[1:09:35] S
    Weren't you avoiding me
    because I'm not your real sister?!
[1:09:39] S
    So...
[1:09:41] S
    So why are you being nice to me now?!
[1:09:46] S
    I was so happy you came back from SAO.
[1:09:52] S
    I was so happy you were being nice to me,
[1:09:55] S
    like when we were little.
[1:09:58] S
    I thought you were finally giving me a chance.
[1:10:03] S
    But...
[1:10:05] S
    If I'd known
[1:10:06] S
    this would happen, I wish
    you'd kept being a jerk.
[1:10:10] S
    If you had,
[1:10:12] S
    I wouldn't have realized I like you...
[1:10:15] S
    Or been sad to learn about Asuna-san...
[1:10:19] S
    Or tried to fall in love with Kirito-kun instead!
[1:10:28] K
    I'm sorry.
[1:10:38] S
    Leave me alone...
[1:11:30] K
    Why?
[1:11:31] S
    Why?
[1:11:36] K
    I wanted to apologize to you...
[1:11:40] K
    But I didn't know what to say.
[1:11:44] K
    So I wanted to give you a free shot.
[1:11:48] S
    You did?
[1:11:53] K
    I'm sorry.
[1:11:57] S
    I am, too.
[1:12:00] K
    I haven't really returned
    from that world yet.
[1:12:06] K
    It hasn't ended.
[1:12:07] K
    Until she wakes up,
[1:12:11] K
    I'm not really back in reality.
[1:12:13] K
    That's why
[1:12:15] K
    I don't know how to think of you yet.
[1:12:22] S
    I'll be waiting...
[1:12:24] S
    I'll be waiting for you to
    come home for real.
[1:12:29] S
    So I'll help you, too!
[1:12:42] R
    Hey, Suguha!
[1:12:44] R
    We can't do this without you!
[1:12:46] Su
    Right!
[1:12:49] Ki
    So with your sister's help,
    you reached the World Tree,
[1:12:54] Ki
    and you completed the Grand Quest,
    which Sugou had set to be impossible,
[1:13:00] Ki
    and you saved Asuna-kun.
[1:13:02] K
    No, I didn't win on my own.
[1:13:06] K
    Just a little more...
[1:13:32] K
    Just a little more...
[1:13:47] ---
    Kirito-kun!
[1:14:36] S
    That's dark magic...
[1:14:53] TCEC
    Dragoons, ready breath attack!
[1:14:57] Sa
    Sylphs, prepare additional offensives!
[1:15:02] TCEC
    Fire breath...
[1:15:03] TCEC
    Go!
[1:15:12] Sa
    Fenrir storm...
[1:15:14] Sa
    Fire!
[1:15:20] K
    It was Leafa, Recon, Sakuya, Alicia,
[1:15:26] ---
    and the Sylph and Cait Sith warriors
    who won that quest.
[1:15:30] K
    I only reached Asuna with all their help.
[1:15:35] Ki
    I see.
[1:15:55] Ki
    But then the King of the Fairies
    Oberon, or Sugou, appeared.
[1:15:59] Ki
    I'd think
[1:16:01] ---
    normally, that it's impossible for a mere
    player to beat a GM like Sugou.
[1:16:10] Su
    Yes!
[1:16:14] Su
    Great! I love it!
[1:16:16] Su
    NPC women can't make that face...
[1:16:25] Su
    I love this smell.
[1:16:27] Su
    Replicating your scent from
    the real world was hard.
[1:16:32] Su
    I hope you appreciate how much work it took
[1:16:35] Su
    to get an analyzer into your hospital room...
[1:16:40] K
    Stop it.
[1:16:41] K
    Sugou...
[1:16:46] Su
    My, my...
[1:16:48] Su
    You need to stay on the ground...
[1:16:56] Su
    Writhing!
[1:16:57] A
    Kirito-kun!
[1:17:02] Su
    System command!
[1:17:04] Su
    Change pain absorber
[1:17:06] Su
    from level 10 to level 8.
[1:17:12] Su
    Hurts, doesn't it?
[1:17:14] Su
    I'll gradually let the pain increase,
[1:17:16] Su
    so you have something to look forward to.
[1:17:18] Su
    Of course, below level 3,
[1:17:21] Su
    it will start to affect your physical body.
[1:17:24] Su
    Now, then...
[1:17:40] Su
    S-Sweet...
[1:17:42] Su
    So sweet!
[1:17:44] K
    Sugou, you bastard!
[1:17:47] K
    You bastard!
[1:17:56] K
    You bastard, I'll kill you!
[1:17:59] K
    I'm going to kill you!
[1:18:14] ?
    Are you going to run away?
[1:18:15] K
    No...
[1:18:17] K
    I'm going to accept reality.
[1:18:19] ?
    Then you give in to it.
[1:18:21] ?
    To the power of a system you once denied.
[1:18:24] K
    I don't have a choice.
[1:18:26] K
    I'm a player, and he's a GM.
[1:18:30] ?
    Those words make a mockery of our battle.
[1:18:34] ?
    Our fight showed me the
    power of the human will.
[1:18:38] ?
    And the possibilities held by the future.
[1:18:43] K
    You're...
[1:18:46] ?
    Stand up, Kirito-kun!
[1:18:51] K
    It's true that a GM has great power.
[1:18:55] K
    In that world, a GM is almost a god.
[1:19:00] K
    But that power is simply given
    to you by the system.
[1:19:05] K
    You didn't find it or train yourself in it.
[1:19:09] K
    Real power is always within you.
[1:19:13] K
    Both in the real world and the virtual one.
[1:19:21] R
    After swimming, the best thing is ice cream.
[1:19:24] Ki
    That's a great idea!
[1:19:28] K
    Sugou destroyed himself.
[1:19:31] K
    He believed too much in power
    that was given to him.
[1:19:34] Ki
    I understand... He destroyed himself.
[1:19:46] K
    You know what happened after that.
[1:19:51] K
    That's enough, right?
[1:19:52] K
    After this, I'm supposed to
    meet everyone in ALO.
[1:19:56] K
    So I'll be leaving.
[1:19:58] Ki
    Oh, yes.
[1:19:59] Ki
    One last thing.
[1:20:02] Ki
    Have you ever heard the name, "The Seed"?
[1:20:06] K
    Yes, of course.
[1:20:15] Ki
    I'll see you again, Kirito.
SIGN    ALO, Turle Island
    July 25, 2025
[1:20:28] Guy
    You know, Kirito, I've never been so happy
[1:20:32] ---
    that ALO's time isn't linked to the real world.
[1:20:35] K
    In the real world, isn't it night?
[1:20:38] Guy
    This is how to enjoy the ocean!
[1:20:40] Guy
    Blue skies.
[1:20:41] K
    White sand.
[1:20:43] Guy
    The sound of waves.
[1:20:45] K
    The dazzling sun.
[1:20:46] Guy
    And...
[1:20:50] E
    Hey, I'm here.
[1:20:53] E
    What's with you two?
[1:20:56] Girl
    It's so cold!
[1:21:00] Girl
    I'm putting my whole STR stat into this.
[1:21:03] Girl
    I won't lose.
[1:21:05] Girl
    Pina, water breath!
[1:21:11] Yu
    Go!
[1:21:20] Girl
    Way to go, Pina!
[1:21:22] Girl
    You did it!
[1:21:33] A
    Leafa-chan, do you think your
    practice this afternoon helped?
[1:21:36] L
    Y-Yeah, it worked great.
[1:21:38] L
    I'm not scared anymore.
[1:21:41] L
    As long as my feet can touch the ground...
[1:21:42] A
    Ah, glad to hear it.
[1:21:44] A
    But where we're going...
[1:21:46] L
    That's right.
[1:21:48] L
    I wonder how deep the undersea dungeons are.
[1:21:51] A
    I think about a hundred meters underwater?
[1:21:55] L
    A h-hundred meters?
[1:21:59] L
    No, I'll do my best!
[1:22:02] L
    It's for Yui-chan.
[1:22:06] A
    Thank you, Leafa-chan.
[1:22:11] A
    And then, the moment Kirito-kun
[1:22:14] A
    saw the big fish in the lake, he screamed!
SIGN     Yggdrasil City
    July 25, 2025
[1:22:17] A
    "Ahhhh!"
[1:22:19] K
    I-It wasn't that loud.
[1:22:22] K
    It was more of a, "Hiii!"
[1:22:26] Y
    That's nice.
[1:22:27] Y
    I wish I could've seen that fish.
[1:22:30] A
    Once New Aincrad reaches level 22,
[1:22:33] ---
    we'll buy that log cabin again,
    and go fishing at that lake.
[1:22:38] A
    But he's really big... That fish.
[1:22:42] A
    You might cry, Yui.
[1:22:44] Y
    I will not cry!
[1:22:45] Y
    No matter how big it is,
    given the size of the lake,
[1:22:48] ---
    it can't be bigger than a whale in the real world.
[1:22:51] A
    Yui-chan, have you seen a whale?
[1:22:54] Y
    No, I just estimated its size using
    the numbers and video data.
[1:22:59] Y
    I can't see things in the
    real world like you can.
[1:23:06] A
    Oh.
[1:23:07] A
    You're right.
[1:23:09] A
    If only there were whales in ALfheim,
    then you could see them.
[1:23:13] A
    They're really big!
[1:23:15] A
    They leap out of the water,
    and then slam back down—
[1:23:18] A
    What?
[1:23:20] K
    I've heard about them.
[1:23:22] K
    I heard that in the southern Sylph area,
[1:23:25] ---
    they found a quest in which whales appear.
[1:23:29] Y
    Really?
[1:23:30] Y
    I want to ride a whale!
[1:23:33] Both
    I don't know if you could ride one...
[1:23:37] Guy
    Hey, Kirito, you're sure whales are in this quest?
[1:23:42] Guy
    Yui-chan's really excited.
[1:23:45] Guy
    If it turns out to be clione or jellyfish,
    she's gonna be really upset!
[1:23:50] Guy
    I'd kind of like to see a giant clione...
[1:23:53] Guy
    Agil, did you hear any info?
[1:23:55] E
    Nope.
[1:23:57] E
    It's a quest out on the world map's very edge.
[1:24:00] E
    Hardly anyone even knows of it.
[1:24:02] E
    But it seems to be true that a huge
    aquatic monster lies at its end.
[1:24:08] Guy
    That sounds pretty promising!
[1:24:11] Guy
    Okay, let's do this!
[1:24:14] Guy
    Everyone, it's about time to get going!
[1:24:18] A
    Okay, on our way!
[1:24:37] Guy
    Everyone...
[1:24:39] Guy
    You'll be wearing that equipment
    during the entire quest?
[1:24:41] R
    Of course... Because we'll be fighting.
[1:24:44] R
    You change, too.
[1:24:50] K
    So, everyone, I'll be your party
    leader for today's quest.
[1:24:56] K
    If we see the giant whale during the
    quest today, follow my instructions.
[1:25:01] All
    Okay!
[1:25:02] K
    I'll repay you someday... Probably.
[1:25:05] K
    Let's do our best, everyone!
[1:25:07] All
    Yeah!
[1:25:23] K
    The coordinates should be around here.
[1:25:27] Kr
    You don't think that's it?
[1:25:33] A
    Okay, I'll cast Water Breathing.
[1:26:09] A
    Leafa-chan...
[1:26:32] Se
    Wow!
[1:26:34] R
    There's someone over there!
[1:26:40] E
    It's a quest NPC.
[1:26:42] Kr
    Underwater, the only people who'd
    need your help are mermaids!
[1:26:46] Kr
    I'm coming to help you, mermaid girl!
[1:26:53] Kr
    May I help you with something, young lady—
[1:27:00] Y
    It isn't a young lady. It's an old man.
[1:27:04] K
    What's wrong, sir?
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[1:27:12] Guy
    Fairies of the surface world,
[1:27:15] Guy
    are you here to help this old man?
[1:27:24] A
    What's wrong, Leafa-chan?
[1:27:26] L
    Ah, nothing...
[1:27:28] L
    I was just thinking I'd seen
    that man's name before.
[1:27:31] Guy
    You see, thieves living in this temple
[1:27:34] ---
    stole a present I was going
    to give to an old friend...
[1:27:40] Guy
    I'd like you to regain it for me.
[1:27:44] K
    Leave it to us.
[1:27:46] Guy
    Oh, thank you.
[1:27:48] Guy
    The present is a pearl, about this big.
[1:27:52] R
    Huge!
[1:27:53] Girl
    Don't walk off and try to sell it!
[1:27:56] R
    I w-won't... Not this time, anyway.
[1:27:59] Guy
    Thank you, fairies.
[1:28:02] Guy
    If you can get the pearl back,
    I'll reward you well!
[1:28:10] K
    Looks like our quest is to
    recover a missing object.
[1:28:14] K
    But there should be monsters inside the temple.
[1:28:17] K
    Those of you at the front, remember that
    your weapons are slower underwater.
[1:28:22] K
    Those at the rear, remember that
    you can't use lightning magic.
[1:28:25] All
    Okay!
[1:28:29] K
    Let's go, then.
[1:28:50] Guy
    Hey, Kirito...
[1:28:52] Guy
    Leafa-chan isn't good at
    fighting underwater, right?
[1:28:55] Guy
    Shouldn't you help her out a little?
[1:28:58] A
    You okay?
[1:28:59] K
    Yeah, but...
[1:29:01] K
    It's one thing if it's just the two of us,
    but when we're all in a party,
[1:29:05] K
    I don't really know how to act around her.
[1:29:08] Guy
    Just act natural...
[1:29:11] Guy
    You're her big brother, so take care of her.
[1:29:15] K
    But the first time I met her,
    I had no idea she was...
[1:29:25] E
    Who walks into a trap they can see?
[1:29:28] E
    Jeez.
[1:29:29] R
    To think these guys were once among
    the best players SAO had to offer.
[1:29:32] Girl
    It's okay.
[1:29:34] Girl
    No matter what you're like, Kirito-san, I still—
[1:29:40] Y
    Daddy, behind you!
[1:29:44] Guy
    Is that it? The whale?
[1:29:46] K
    No...
[1:29:47] K
    Definitely not.
[1:29:50] K
    Prepare for combat!
[1:29:56] K
    You can't damage it by hitting its head.
[1:29:58] K
    I'll draw its attention,
[1:30:00] K
    and you hit it from the sides!
[1:30:02] Guy
    Right!
[1:30:03] Guy
    Leave it to me!
[1:30:06] L
    Let's go, too.
[1:30:07] Guy
    Yeah!
[1:30:10] L
    Me, too!
[1:30:13] K
    Leafa...
[1:30:14] K
    You and Asuna, back us up with magic!
[1:30:21] K
    Asuna and everyone else
    were nice enough to train me.
[1:30:27] L
    Thank you, Leafa!
[1:30:37] L
    I decided I'd go anywhere with
    my brother and the others!
[1:30:43] A
    Leafa-chan?
[1:30:44] L
    I'm fine.
[1:30:45] L
    This time...
[1:31:03] Se
    Leafa-san!
[1:31:04] Se
    Kirito-san, Leafa-san's in trouble!
[1:31:16] Guy
    Kirito!
[1:31:17] Guy
    Kirito-kun!
[1:32:08] L
    That's right...
[1:32:10] L
    When I was little, I fell into a pond.
[1:32:15] L
    And then... What happened next?
[1:32:30] K
    Sugu!
[1:32:33] L
    Brother?
[1:32:48] L
    Brother,
[1:32:50] L
    you saved me again, didn't you?
[1:33:33] L
    I don't want to see shrimp
    or crabs for a long time...
[1:33:36] E
    No squid or octopi, either.
[1:33:39] Guy
    We never did see the whale.
[1:33:44] Se
    But Yui-chan seemed to have a great time.
[1:33:48] Ki
    We've brought your present back.
[1:33:52] Guy
    This is definitely it.
[1:33:54] R
    We never saw the thieves who
    supposedly stole the pearl.
[1:33:59] A
    Now that you mention it...
[1:34:04] A
    Kirito-kun, wait!
[1:34:14] A
    This isn't a pearl... It's an egg!
[1:34:16] K
    A-An egg?
[1:34:19] K
    Are we the Deep Sea Invaders?
[1:34:26] Guy
    Now, hand it over.
[1:34:32] Guy
    If you will not give it over,
    then I have no choice!
[1:34:57] L
    A kraken...
[1:34:58] L
    The sea monster from Norse mythology?
[1:35:00] Guy
    I thank you, fairies.
[1:35:03] Guy
    A barrier kept me out of that temple,
[1:35:06] ---
    but you retrieved the Prince's Egg from it...
[1:35:10] Guy
    Now, hand it over!
[1:35:14] A
    We refuse.
[1:35:15] A
    We're taking the egg back to the temple.
[1:35:20] Guy
    Foolish insects...
[1:35:22] Guy
    Then I'll send you to the abyss!
[1:35:40] A
    Kirito!
[1:35:56] Y
    Daddy, that octopus's stats are too high!
[1:35:59] Y
    They're much higher than a
    New Aincrad Floor Boss!
[1:36:19] Guy
    This trident...
[1:36:36] Le
    It's been a long time, my old friend.
[1:36:39] Le
    I see you're up to your old tricks.
[1:36:42] K
    And how long will you be satisfied
    as a servant to the Aesir?
[1:36:48] K
    You're an embarrassment to
    the name "King of the Sea."
[1:36:50] Le
    I am satisfied with being a king.
[1:36:54] Le
    And this is my domain.
[1:36:56] Le
    Knowing that, do you still wish
    to fight, King of the Depths?
[1:37:02] K
    For now, I shall withdraw.
[1:37:05] K
    But I shall not give up, my friend!
[1:37:09] K
    One day, I shall claim the Prince's Egg,
[1:37:12] K
    and make the accursed gods pay!
[1:37:16] K
    Until that day!
[1:37:22] Le
    That egg belongs to the one that will
    someday rule all the sea and air.
[1:37:28] Le
    I must find it a new home,
    so I shall take it back.
[1:37:40] Guy
    Then that's the end?
[1:37:42] Guy
    I'm not sure what just happened.
[1:37:45] R
    I couldn't follow what the old guy and
    the octopus were discussing at all.
[1:37:49] Guy
    For now, that's fine.
[1:37:52] Guy
    Come, I shall return you to
    your own country, fairies.
[1:37:57] Se
    R-Return us? How?
[1:38:18] Y
    Whale-san is really, really big!
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