hospitals due to his efforts. Therefore, with that and the favor regarding Asuna’s location, I am dealing with him at a ratio of 60% gratitude to 40% suspicion. So whether he knew my inner thoughts or not, Kikuoka just scratched the back of his head and gave an embarrassed smile. “You’re too kind; I can memorize the spell words, but am not good at chanting them. I have been really bad at tongue twisters since a long time ago. ...Anyway, well, regarding this case, I think the chances are over 90% that it is either a coincidence or a hoax. That’s why, we need to disprove it. - Kirito-kun, you think it’s possible? Is it possible for a person shot in-game, to consequently suffer an episode of heart failure in reality?” Kikuoka’s proposal conjured up an image in my head, causing me to frown. Dressed completely in black... A faceless gunman peered into the void and pulled the trigger. A black phantasm bullet was shot forth piercing through the virtual wall; the packet invaded the network world. From router to router, server to server, making various right- angled turns, the bullet charged onward. Eventually, it would reach a certain apartment unit, materialize outside the LAN connector mounted on the wall, and hit a man’s heart while he was laying down... Shaking my head to clear that disturbing image, I raised a finger. “I do think it’s impossible, but... Just assuming, that... «Death Gun» is our gunman, and he somehow managed to send some signals to the AmuSpheres of «Zekushiido» and «Usujio Tarako»...” “Oh, let’s start from there. Is it even possible to do something like that?”