“Then... we’ll start with the information we have gathered today, no, yesterday. In conclusion, we couldn’t find any solid evidence that onii-chan was taken to the Tokorozawa National Defense Medical College Hospital. The data shows that he was definitely transferred to the Neurosurgical department on the 23rd floor, but they denied all access to the wards and not even the level can be accessed. There were also no signs of the emergency ambulance arriving there at the supposed time. We know this for certain since Yui has hacked into the surveillance cameras and checked the footage.” “In other words... There’s a high probability that Kirito may not be in the Defense Medical Hospital... Something like that?” Lyfa nodded, agreeing with what Sinon said. “It’s really hard to believe... But I’m surprised that not even family members can see him. It’s strange no matter how you look at it...” The rest of the words were left unsaid and simply replaced by collective headshakes. At that moment, the room descended into deep silence. Lyfa’s brother Kirito—Kirigaya Kazuto was attacked by the fugitive from the Death Gun incident, ‘Johnny Black’—Kanemoto Atsushi just two days ago, on the 29th of June. Kazuto was injected with a highly-dangerous drug, succinylcholine, by Kanemoto near Asuna’s house on the streets of Setagaya area Miyasakai 1-chome in Tokyo. Under the paralysing effects of the drug, he quickly entered cardiac arrest. Even after CPR and medication were administered in the ambulance, the loss of