as well. If they had carelessly dabbled with the server, without cancelling the protection program made by programmer Kayaba Akihiko, the mastermind of this incident, ten thousand people would have had their brains destroyed. No one wanted such responsibility. Regrouping, they made preparations to better observe the status of the victims laying in the hospital. Their one hope - a tiny light, but an immense task - was to survey player information through server data. They so came to follow my progress on the frontlines, taking into account my level, position, and role as a vital player in the «Capture Group» trying to complete Sword Art Online. Therefore, when SAO players awoke all over the country, Ministry agents had rushed to my room, hoping to better understand what had just happened. I revealed my conditions to the government official with the black rim spectacles who came into my sight. I would tell them all I knew. In exchange, they were to tell me what I wanted to know. The thing I desired to know was of course Asuna’s whereabouts. After a few minutes on the phone, the spectacled man turned and spoke, confusion naked on his face. “Yuuki Asuna has been admitted to another medical institution in Tokorozawa. However, she has not awakened ... and not only her, 300 others across the country have yet to wake up either.” Initially they thought that this was simply the result of a lag spike occurring in the server. However, hours had turned to days as Asuna and the others had yet to wake. Whether or not the plot of the missing Akihiko Kayaba still continued caused a great disturbance around the world, but my views