for RATH was Chrysheight... Kikouka-san of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. That guy has many links with the VR- related world, and speaking of which, RATH may have some national ties...” “Kikuoka Seijirou. As I expect, he’s not just a bespectacled man who’s pretending to be stupid like I saw... Can we still contact him?” Sinon, who was frowning away, shook her head weakly. “As of two days ago, we couldn’t reach him by phone, and he wouldn’t even send a message in return. During this time of emergency, I wanted to charge into the virtual division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, but it would most likely be futile.” “Yeah... Even though Kirito had once tried to track that guy down, that guy easily shook him off, or at least that’s what Kirito said...” 4 years after the SAO incident, the «SAO Incident Victims Rescue Countermeasure Team» was placed within the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Technology, and after the incident was resolved, it was left behind as a division to deal with virtual related problems. One of them was the civil servant with black-framed spectacles, Kikuoka Seijirou, who seemed to have established contact with Kazuto after Kazuto returned to the real world. For some reason, he paid a high price to buy the services of the ordinary high school student in the real world, Kazuto, and requested him to investigate the Death Gun Incident. Asuna met him several times in the real world as well, and she partied with his avatar in the world of ALO, the Undine Chrysheight. However, she felt that under his relaxed and friendly attitude, there was something hidden, an impression that she could not ignore no matter what, even now. He called himself a civil servant but had no