"But...but y'know Kirito." Cline scratched his head roughly and the eyes beneath his bandana shone as he shouted. "Why? Why the hell's he doing something like this...?" I didn't answer that and pointed upwards past our heads. "Wait a moment. Most probably, he'll answer that in a bit anyway." Kayaba didn't let me down. A few seconds later a voice, sounding almost solemn, sounded from the blood red sky. 'You will all most probably be wondering 'why.' Why am I—the creator of both the Nerve Gear and SAO, Kayaba Akihiko—doing something like this? Is this a sort of terrorist attack? Is he doing this to ransom us?' It was then that Kayaba's voice, which had been emotionless up to now, seemed to show some signs of emotion. Suddenly the word «empathy» passed through my mind, even though there was no way that would be true. 'None of these is the reason I am doing this. Not only that, but now for me, there is no longer a reason or a purpose in doing this. The reason is because...this situation itself was my purpose in doing this. To create and watch this world is the only reason I have created the Nerve Gear and SAO. And now, everything has been realized.' Then after a short break, Kayaba's voice, now emotionless again, sounded. '...now I have finished the official tutorial for «Sword Art Online».