as long as you get me an impression from what you see. - You’ll do it right?” Before I had realized it, even my mind was stuck in this situation where I couldn’t say no. I really shouldn’t have come to meet him... While seriously regretting the decision, I began to feel a slight amount of interest at the same time. The ability to interfere with the real world from inside the virtual world... if such a thing really existed, then was it a clue to the world alteration that Kayaba Akihiko was striving for? The incident that began in the winter three years ago, was it still unresolved...? If that was the case, then the obligation of witnessing the destination of its development would be mine as well. I shut my eyes tightly, took a deep breath, and spoke. “...I understand. As annoying of a ride as it’ll be, if it’s just going into the game then I’ll go. But I don’t know whether or not I will encounter this «Death Gun». In the first place, even his existence is questionable.” “Ahh... about that.” Kikuoka grinned with an innocent face. “Did I not mention it? During the first shooting incident, one of the players present took an audio log of it which I compressed and brought the data along. It’s «Death Gun»-shi’s voice and by all means, listen to it.”