Advanced Communications Network Promotion Section, Comprehensive Communications Infrastructure Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
Within the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, it is called the Virtual Space Management Section within Communications Networks, or the "Virtual Space Management Section" for short.
In a nutshell, this is a management organization created by the state and affiliated with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
Its mission is to monitor the VR world that is currently in a state of disorder and chaos.
The man in front of him, Kikuoka Seijiro, is a senior civil servant who belongs to the second team of the virtual class, and is an agent set up by the country in the network field.
On November 6, 2022, after the virtual reality large-scale online role-playing game "Sword Art Online" was released to public beta and became a death game, the Advanced Communications Network Promotion Section of the Comprehensive Communications Basic Infrastructure Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications was immediately established Emergency response team for SAO incidents.
Kikuoka Seijiro is one of the leaders of this group.
Two years ago, after learning about the death game, he was the one responsible for organizing personnel and transporting the hidden SAO players to a nearby hospital.
It can be said that many SAO players are alive today because of his actions.
Even Luo Zhen was put in charge of him at the beginning, and his people carried him into an ambulance and sent him to the hospital.
Of course, this man knows how special Luo Zhen's identity is in SAO, and he also knows that Luo Zhen rescued all the players in SAO, and that he was mysteriously missing for two months, so he appeared here.
Luo Zhen looked at the businesslike smile on his face, glanced at the hand that he stretched out in front of him, and did not hold it, but spoke directly.
"I heard from Kirito that you were the one who provided him with information about Asuna... Asuna Yuuki's current situation. You also took the initiative to provide me with the information about her living in this hospital, right?"
Luo Zhen asked straight to the point.
"Yes." Kikuoka Seijiro still maintained a smile and was not embarrassed. He directly took back his hand and said: "After all, it is your request to become a hero. After I learned from the team members that you have this request, I naturally have to satisfy it. you."
"Don't come here." Luo Zhen said unceremoniously: "You will meet my request and are willing to help me apply for permission to visit. It should be to allow me to cooperate with your investigation, right?"
Hearing this, Kikuoka Seijiro's expression froze slightly.
Immediately, Kikuoka Seijiro stopped his business smile, scratched his cheek, and spoke helplessly.
"You are worthy of being a hero who has saved thousands of people. You are the one who led the strategy team at the forefront to complete the game. It seems that I underestimated you. I thought you were young and should be easy to deal with."
Kikuoka Seijiro actually said this bluntly.
Obviously, after realizing that Luo Zhen was not easy to fool, Kikuoka Seijiro stopped pretending.
"As you said, because of your special status and experience, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is very concerned about your situation and hopes that you can provide powerful intelligence."
Kikuoka Seijiro said so.
"According to the testimonies of the remaining SAO survivors, in the final battle, only you and Kayaba Akihiko, whose ID was Heathcliff, were forcibly transferred to an unknown location. How was your battle with him? No one knows the outcome but you."
In this case, upon Luo Zhen's return, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications immediately sent personnel, hoping to get key information about the final battle from Luo Zhen.
"Please cooperate. Based on your testimony, we will not only be able to find a way to save the three hundred players who have not yet awakened, but we will also be able to find the whereabouts of Kayaba Akihiko and arrest this criminal."
Kikuoka Seijiro pushed up his glasses and said this very seriously.
It is for this reason that Kikuoka Seijiro needs to come here in person when the team members are unable to get powerful information from Luo Zhen.
Regarding this...
"I know your conditions." Luo Zhen said very calmly: "Take me to see Asuna, and I will tell you all the information related to Kayaba Akihiko during the last battle."
Hearing this, Kikuoka Seijiro's expression relaxed.
"In that case, please come with me."
With that said, Kikuoka Seijiro turned around and headed towards the hospital.
Luo Zhen didn't hesitate and followed directly.
Under such circumstances, Kikuoka Seijiro applied for a visit pass to the hospital based on his position and identity.
Without him, Luo Zhen would not have been able to obtain permission to visit as he was not related to Asuna, nor would he have known the location of the hospital where Asuna was admitted. He could only use his own means to Search for Asuna and visit in secret.
Now, with the introduction of Kikuoka Seijiro, Luo Zhen has undoubtedly saved a lot of trouble.
"I have already informed Ms. Yuuki's family in advance. They said they can let you visit. Maybe they hope you can wake her up, even though they know this is impossible."
Kikuoka Seijiro came to a ward, took out his pass, swiped it on the authentication device on the door, and opened the door.
"Ms. Yuki is inside, you go in and see her."
Hearing Kikuoka Seijiro's words, Luo Zhen nodded and walked into the ward.
"laugh!"
The electronic door behind him immediately sounded like it was closing.
A refreshing floral fragrance filled the whole room and entered Luo Zhen's nose.
Luo Zhen raised his head and looked forward.
I saw that deep in the vast ward, there were curtains dividing the space.
Luo Zhen immediately stepped forward and opened the door curtain.
The next second, the scene inside the door curtain came into Luo Zhen's eyes.
In front of Luo Zhen, a state-of-the-art fully automatic nursing bed sat there.
The hospital bed is made of soft rubber material, covered with white and clean cotton quilts, allowing the sunlight outside the window to shine on it, emitting a faint light.
And on this bed, the girl was lying there.
A head of bright chestnut hair spread on the mattress.
The transparent, white skin does not look like a patient at all.
There was a trace of blush on her cheeks.
She was wearing a simple hospital gown, covering the girl's exquisite body.
She just lay there.
It's as beautiful as anything I've seen in SAO.
However, at this moment, she no longer had the coldness and heroic spirit known as "Flash", only weakness and slenderness, as if she could pass away at any time.
She was sleeping quietly.
On her head, a dark blue helmet covered her head.
The three LED display lights all emit blue light, sometimes even twinkling like stars.
This is proof that is receiving messages normally.
In other words, at this time when everyone else has returned to this world, the girl is still imprisoned in the virtual world and is not allowed to return.
Looking at the quietly sleeping girl who did not respond to his arrival, Luo Zhen seemed to be able to see in a daze, in the forest on the 22nd floor of Aincrad, the building he regarded as In front of the cabin at home, she was wearing home clothes and waving to herself, smiling happily at herself.
"Luo Zhen!"
The sweet call was awakened in Luo Zhen's brain like a world away.
Luo Zhen couldn't help but clenched his fists.
"Asuna..."
After decades, Luo Zhen met Asuna again.
In a not so pretty way.