Sword Art Online Volume 17 – Alicization Awakening Chapter 20 - Each of their Battles 11 Sylph Lord Sakuya came walking out, her slender body wrapped in green robes. “Lisbeth. I don’t think that you and your friends would do all of this just as a prank, and what’s more, there must be something big if even that Kirito boy hasn’t logged in for ten days. But…” Sakuya’s fluent and calm voice wavered in perplexity. “… To be honest, it’s difficult to believe this all of a sudden. There exists AI with human souls, and the American military is trying to seize them…? It’s all terribly far-fetched… Of course, to prove your words, we’d only have to log in and see for ourselves… But you just mentioned that diving into «Underworld» involves a few problems, right? Could you explain them first?” — This moment has finally come. Lisbeth took a deep breath, and closed her eyes for a moment. This is the moment of truth. If I fail here, no one will come help us at all. Snapping her eyes open and giving a sweeping look to Sakuya, the other Lords in front of her, and the countless players, Lisbeth replied adamantly: “Okay. — Underworld doesn’t operate like a normal VRMMO game at all, so there’ll be a few problems when you dive into it. First of all, there’s no controllable UI in Underworld. In other words, you can’t log out on your own.” The hubbub suddenly became louder. Can’t log out on your own; was this not a phrase that conjured images of that death game from the past, «Sword Art Online»? These days, all games built off The Seed, including ALO, provided two ways of logging out: either by controlling the UI or through a voice command.