Kayaba Akihiko, male, quantum physics author and genius game designer.
At this moment, he was watching the people sitting in his laboratory fall into silence.
He accepted funding from a mysterious person many years ago, owned this laboratory, and created the world of his dreams.
Although, he didn't know the true identity of the mysterious man.
However, there was an existence that could come to him easily and without any hindrance.
It must be unusual.
"Who are you?" Kayaba Akihiko asked.
Sitting on his lab table is a teenager.
He has black hair with slightly curly hair, a white bandage wrapped around his right eye, a pale complexion, and a delicate and childish appearance.
"My name is Shuji Tsushima."
"I am your partner." The young man introduced himself with a smile.
"Partner...that mysterious person...is you?!" Kayaba Akihiko, who was obsessed with research, did not know Tsushima Shuji.
He was just shocked at the age of the mysterious man.
If Tsushima Shuji was the mysterious person who invested in him back then...
How old was Tsushima Shuji back then...
"No, the mysterious person who initially invested with you was my uncle." The young man lowered his eyes in despair.
"But he's dead."
"Before he died, he told me that the game you designed was a gift he prepared for me."
"Because of an idea I once mentioned when I was young."
"I want a real game." The young man said in a light tone.
Of course this is not the case.
at least……
That person is not dead, he is still alive and well.
However, the past that Tsushima Shuji mentioned did exist.
When he was a child, he mentioned it once out of boredom after clearing a certain game.
"I really want to play the legendary Sword Art Online..."
"A game of death."
"It must be more interesting than these."
The young Tsushima Shuji said expressionlessly.
then……
Kayaba Akihiko appeared in this world.
Naturally, the game he designed appeared.
Of course, the young Tsushima Shuji put everything behind him after saying that.
But Kayaba Akihiko is still working hard to design his game.
I'm always waiting for Tsushima Shuji to kill time when he gets bored and thinks about Sword Art Online.
"...Your uncle is so kind to you." Kayaba Akihiko said with a hint of embarrassment.
His mysterious investor is actually dead.
It was quite a pleasure to work with the other party.
After all, if you need money, give money, and if you need people, give people.
Without saying a word, without hesitation.
Even though the other party was dead according to what the boy said, Kayaba Akihiko's research did not encounter any resistance.
There should still be a steady supply of resources.
But……
This gift...
It might bring death to the boy.
Kayaba Akihiko thought to himself.
What he is playing is not a game that can be played casually...
Death in the game means real death.
If that mysterious man knew this, he would probably live with regrets.
pity……
Kayaba Akihiko will not stop his plans.
So he smiled and began to introduce the game he designed.
* "I live to create that city, that world that transcends all frameworks and regulations in the real world..."
"That world..."
"This is SAO's world - Aincrad." Kayaba Akihiko introduced with an almost obsessed expression.
"Can I try it out?" Shuji Tsushima asked.
"...Of course." Kayaba Akihiko looked strange, but still replied.
"I am preparing to find a group of pioneer players to experience it after a while."
"Then we will officially release the game." Kayaba Akihiko said.
"Of course, you can realize it before anyone else..." He said, picked up a helmet from the experimental table and handed it to Shuji Tsushima.
Then he also put on a helmet.
"Want to go and see it together? The world I created." Kayaba Akihiko invited.
"Okay." The young man agreed without hesitation.
Put on a hat.
[Sword Art Online——]
[Connection starts——]
Shuji Tsushima and Akihiko Kayaba appear in the world of Aincrad.
"The first floor, the starting street..."
"This tower has a hundred floors in total, and each floor has a different gatekeeper..."
"Only after defeating the gatekeeper on one level can you enter the next level..."
"After defeating the boss on the 100th floor, the game is cleared."
Kayaba Akihiko introduces this world seriously.
When I turned around, I saw Tsushima Shuji already playing with the wild boar on the roadside.
Sitting on the back of a wild boar and being tossed around.
Kayaba Akihiko:......
He watched as the boy was knocked off his feet by the wild boar and fell to the ground.
"Ah...you don't feel any pain?" He sat up and asked, touching his head.
"You can set the pain level." Kayaba Akihiko waved his hand to deal with the wild boar and said to Tsushima Shuji.
"Just open your panel and set it up."
Of course, when the official game starts...
The pain sensation is all 100% and cannot be changed.
Shuji Tsushima found the panel, and in the pain column, it was filled up silently.
"100% pain sensation? Are you sure?" Kayaba Akihiko said in a surprised tone.
There is a big difference between taking the initiative to adjust and being forced to experience it.
"certainly."
"Only pain can represent reality~" the young man said casually.
"If you die in the game, will you die in reality?" He looked at Kayaba Akihiko expectantly and asked.
"...Of course not. How is it possible? It's just a game." Kayaba Akihiko smiled and said perfunctorily.
Of course he couldn't let the other party know that this was a game that would kill people.
Otherwise, how can we successfully release the game?
"Hey... what a pity." Tsushima Shuji said dejectedly.
"We are now GMs, equivalent to game managers..."
"Can the equipment also be changed?"
"Can you arrange for me to be the gatekeeper boss?" The boy's questions seemed endless.
"You want to be the gatekeeper boss?" Kayaba Akihiko looked at him strangely.
"Rather than being an ordinary player who fights monsters and upgrades, it is more suitable for me to directly become a full-level boss~" Osamu Tsushima said confidently.
"It's already been designed, I'm afraid it won't work." Kayaba Akihiko thought for a while, but still rejected the other party.
One more uncertain factor is not enough.
"Then how are you going to release it?" Shuji Tsushima asked.
"Is it only released in China? How many players will it have?"
"I think your game should be promoted to the whole world." The young man praised sincerely.
How can there be only 10,000 players in the country?
Of course there is no limit, it is a game played by millions of people.
Isn’t Sword Art Online worth it?
There are countless players from various countries in the main god space.
Turning Sword Art Online into a scale similar to the main god space...
How great.
By the way, it can also be used to select preliminary members for the organization.
Shuji Tsushima touched his chin and thought.
Sword Art Online is the first level of assessment, right? Spirituality.