Sword Art Online 012 – Alicization Rising Chapter 7 – The Two Supervisors 31 proper treatment. I would have tried to maintain the numerical value of his Life—what served as hit points in this world, by binding the open wounds on his two arms to stop the blood flow. However, before that could happen… A bizarre scream poured from Raios as he collapsed onto the floor and met his end. Blood had continued flowing out from his wounds at that time. That is to say, his Life value had not yet reached zero, so in other words, that meant that Raios had died from a reason other than the total loss of Life. Right before collapsing, Raios found himself in a situation where he had a choice between his life and the Taboo Index; one to protect and one to break. He could not choose and his soul finally ended up tearing itself apart, trapped in an infinite loop state, didn't it? Could the phenomenon that assaulted Quinella upon meeting a duplicate of her own self be fundamentally the same thing? I couldn't even begin to imagine the horror that came with the situation of having another existence with the exact same memories and thoughts as oneself. I couldn't form a conclusion on the possibility that I was an artificial fluct light copied from the real Kirigaya Kazuto in those few days after I woke up in the forest south of Rulid. That fear remained somewhere in my mind until I affirmed that I could go against the Taboo Index, while recognizing it as the absolute law, with cooperation from Selka from Rulid Church. If nothing but my consciousness was thrown out into an endless darkness, and my own, familiar voice spoke. 'You are my duplicate. You are merely a copy for experimenting with, one that can be deleted with a single keypress.' How severe would the shock, confusion, and fright taste in that moment?