In the living room of Le Yuan's house on the 24th floor, Yui snuggled up against Le Yuan with a comfortable look on her face, closed her eyes and took a nap, and her snoring soon reached Le Yuan's ears.
On the other side, Le Yuan slowly relaxed his stiff body and looked at Tongzi with an embarrassed look on his face, with a face full of hatred for a girl. Although it is a bit exaggerated to say this, if Le Yuan did not intervene, the result would be Yuiya can indeed be regarded as Kiriko's daughter.
Le Yuan took the tea cup on the coffee table and took a sip of tea. He broke the silence in the living room and said, "Um, Tongzi, you don't have to look at me like that. Calm down. Calm down." After speaking, he pointed at Yui, who was still sleeping. , stretched out his fingers and made a "shh" motion.
Tongzi clenched her hands tightly, as if she wanted to curse, but after seeing Yui's sleeping face, she suppressed the anger in her heart and said: "Don't you plan to explain it to me? It's you who should know Yui very well. Yi means something to me, she, she is my and Asuna’s daughter!”
"She is the daughter of the previous world." Le Yuan reminded at the side. Seeing Tongzi's look of not giving up until Yui was returned to her, Le Yuan couldn't help but ask: "Can I ask? Are you a Before Kiriko, when did Kirito live?"
"On November 7, 2024, the moment I returned with Heathcliff, I turned into a baby just over one year old." Tongzi said after recalling it, and then immediately nervously Said: "Of course, now is different from my last life, maybe I can be liberated in advance."
Le Yuan glanced at the nervous Tongzi opposite, turned his head and stroked Yui's cheek and said: "Maybe this child did look for you in her last life, but now, the person she really wants to pursue is me, you know Where did I meet her? What did she say to me?"
"Gudong—" Tongzi swallowed nervously and looked at Le Yuan without blinking.
"On the thirty-fifth floor of the Lost Forest, when I asked her why she came to me, she said this. She felt relieved when she saw me. In other words, she wanted to come to me before she lost her memory. "Le Yuan's words were like a sharp sword piercing Tongzi's heart, almost breaking Tongzi's heart.
Seeing the disappointment on Tongzi's face, Le Yuan continued: "Leave Yui in my care for the time being. So Tongzi, what's the matter with you coming here today? Where's Asuna?"
When Le Yuan said this, Tongzi realized that she was here with an important mission today. She sat on the sofa aside and said: "Captain, Heathcliff said he wants to see you now, so let me take you to see him."
"See me now?" Le Yuan asked, and Tongzi nodded.
"Dad..." Yui opened her eyes and called Le Yuan while tugging on her clothes, but just such a call gave Tongzi another fatal blow.
"I'm sorry, can Xiao Yui stay at home and look after the house? Dad has to go out to do something. When he comes back, he will make delicious food for Xiao Yui!" Le Yuan coaxed.
After hearing this, Yui not only did not let go of her hand holding Le Yuan's clothes, but held on to the clothes. Then she glanced at Tongzi and asked: "Dad, are you going out with this sister? Yui also I have to go, Yui doesn't want to leave daddy." As she said that, she threw herself into Le Yuan's arms.
Le Yuan patted Yui's back and comforted him: "Okay, okay... Tongzi, Heathcliff should be at the guild headquarters on the fifty-fifth floor of the Blood Alliance Knights. Let's go together!"
"But, but what if Yui..." Tongzi looked at Yui worriedly. She was very aware of Heathcliff's true identity and understood how subtle Yui's identity was. To meet Heathcliff in such a grand manner, That's the worst-case scenario.
At this time, Le Yuan had already pulled Yui to stand up. Looking at Tongzi who was still sitting on the sofa in a daze, Le Yuan said: "Okay, there must be a road to the mountain. Besides, we can't deceive ourselves. If Shiz If Cliff really wanted to deal with Yui, he would have taken action the moment Yui appeared. Now that Yui is fine, we naturally don't have to worry so much. Let's go see what our leader wants to do. .”
The fifty-fifth floor of Grantham, also known as the "City of Steel", is another floor besides the forty-eighth floor where smelting and gold-carving players gather. Although the black steel buildings make the scenery of this neighborhood look very depressing, due to the At present, the largest guild in Aincrad is the Knights of the Blood, and the popularity here has not decreased but increased.
As soon as Le Yuan and the others left the portal, they heard Asuna's voice: "Tongzi, Le Yuan, you are too slow. If the leader hadn't asked me to wait patiently, I would have wanted to go and see it myself. situation."
Kiriko looked at Asuna standing in front of her, held the back of her head in embarrassment and said, "Sorry, on a whim, I chatted with Le Yuan for a little longer, which made you worry."
Seeing Kiriko's "I was wrong, I regret" look, Asuna let her go for the time being, turned around and noticed Yui standing behind Raku Yuan, pulling on his clothes to see for herself. Seeing Yui's very fearful look, Asuna stepped forward to touch Yui's head in a maternal manner and asked: "Little sister, what is your name, eh..." Asuna, a top player, immediately Then I discovered something unusual about Yui, there was no indicator icon.
Kiriko covered Asuna's mouth and said: "Haha, the leader must be impatient. Let's go quickly, and then pull Asuna and run towards the guild headquarters."
Le Yuan looked at the two people running away from him, picked up Yui, and chased the two people away amidst Yui's excited laughter.
In the conference room of the Blood Alliance Knights Guild Headquarters, Heathcliff was seen sitting on the office chair and looking at Yui behind Le Yuan with interest. He turned to look at Le Yuan and smiled: "Hahaha, I haven't seen you for a while. , Mr. Leyuan, why don’t you introduce the little girl behind you?”
Hearing Heathcliff's voice, Yui's body couldn't stop trembling. She leaned closer to Le Yuan and said softly: "Dad, Yui is afraid..."
Le Yuan patted Yui's back and comforted: "It's okay, dad is here." Then he said to Heathcliff: "This is my daughter, what's the problem with the leader? You actually want Tongzi to do it in person Come to me."
Heathcliff stood up and shook his head and said, "No, no, no, it's actually not a very important thing. It's just that I hope Mr. Le Yuan can do me a favor."
"Help?" Le Yuan raised his lips and asked, "Is there anything that the president of our first guild can't do? It seems that my ability as a solo player is very limited."
Heathcliff didn't seem to hear the sarcastic tone in Le Yuan's mouth, and still said in a good-natured tone: "Haha, I just want you, Mr. Le Yuan, to join our Blood Alliance Knights. I wonder if you are willing to help. ?"
"Let Le Yuan join the Blood Alliance Knights?" Asuna repeated in surprise, then turned to Heathcliff and said: "But Captain, why is this matter so sudden? You haven't even discussed it with us..."
"Captain, can I refuse?" For some reason, Le Yuan asked this question.
"Of course, our Blood Alliance Knights will not force players to join, but Mr. Le Yuan, won't you think about it again? When a person is weak, it is easy to lose valuable things. You should also It's very clear that the difficulty of the strategy will become more and more difficult in the future." Heathcliff looked at Yui intentionally or unintentionally as he spoke.
"What can I get if I join?" Now Le Yuan has to admit that he misjudged Heathcliff. He originally thought he had some bottom line, but now he clearly intends to force Yui at the expense of Yui. Le Yuan agreed to his conditions.
"Asuna, Kiriko, can you let me and Le Yuan-kun talk alone?" Heathcliff changed the topic and said to Asuna and the two of them.
"Uh, of course, Yui, come on, go out with your aunt, your father will be out soon." Asuna said, holding Yui's hand.
Yui frowned and looked at Le Yuan and said, "Dad..."
"Be good, stay with your sister Asuna for a while, I will go to you soon." Le Yuan handed Yui into Asuna's hands. Tongzi gave Le Yuan a cautious look and left the conference room with Asuna.
"Squeak-" Soon the door to the conference room was closed, and only Le Yuan and Heathcliff were left in the conference room.
Heathcliff walked up to Le Yuan, looked at Le Yuan condescendingly and said, "So Mr. Le Yuan, do you understand now why I want to talk to you alone?"
"My true identity?" Le Yuan asked. Regarding how much Kayaba Akihiko knew about their group of outsiders, Le Yuan really wanted to know.
Heathcliff shook his finger and denied: "No, no, no, I am indeed curious about this, but I am more curious about what do you want to gain in this game?"
"What to gain?" Le Yuan was a little confused as to what Heathcliff wanted to express.
"That's right, you and the group of disappearing players should come from the same place - a different world. According to your past activity performance, what mission do you carry? You are eager to fight the floor BOSS and want to conquer it, but they are all completely accustomed to it. After acquiring a certain skill, they disappeared one by one... "
Kayaba Akihiko deduced the promotion tasks of the promoted people based on the data. Although there was no percentage to infer the content of their tasks, it still made Le Yuan break into a cold sweat. Heathcliff continued: "Their disappearance I My inference is that they have fulfilled their request to leave, but after so long, you still show no sign of leaving. I think you are special, and your subsequent performance has convinced me of this. Are you willing to fight with me? A bet?"
"Bet? What are you betting on?" Le Yuan was a little unsure of what Heathcliff wanted to do now.
"You have doubted my identity, and you should have a lot of evidence. As a reward for your hard work, now that you have cleared the 73rd floor, I will give you a chance." Heathcliff opened the main interface. He called up a map and said: "This is the overview of the maze underground on the first floor of the Black Iron Palace. I want you to get here within three days."
Heathcliff pointed his finger at a point in the center of the map and said: "You can open this maze. As long as you can break through here within three days, then I will use the mental state management support program to try How about handing over work number one (Yui) to you and giving you a chance to challenge me in public?"
"Ding - trigger special mission - Yui's heart."
B-level special side mission—Yui’s heart
Mission description: Kayaba Akihiko promises that as long as you complete the agreement, the AI elf Yui will be completely delivered to you.
Mission requirements: Break through to the central system console of the underground maze of the Black Iron Palace on the first floor within seven days.
Mission reward: 3000 points, 50 experience points, attribute point*1, familiar Yui*1. If you fail, 5,000 points will be deducted, and attribute points will be randomly reduced by *3.