Sword Art Online Vol. 15 – Alicization Invading Chapter 14 - Subtilizer (The One Who Steals Souls) 4 | P a g e A dream of a full-dive game’s event that he had participated in days ago in this executive room. Gabriel rarely dreamed, but whenever he did, it would be a detailed recount of some scene in his past. The exhilarating sensations of that light blue haired sniper’s desperate struggle still remained in his arms. As if it was no dream, but reality… No, that was off. That battle happened not in reality, but in the virtual world. Full-dive technology was a marvelous invention. Praises to its inventor, Akihiko Kayaba. He would have been headhunted if he was still alive, even if it took millions of dollars. Even if he was the worst criminal of the century—no, precisely because he was such a person. However, while the experiences brought about by the AmuSphere became increasingly lifelike, the inadequacy felt from the realization that they were fake became all that stronger. Like how one’s thirst could not be satiated with salt water, no matter how much one drank. As the youngest among Glowgen DS’s staff and a major stockholder, Gabriel led his life without worries over his material needs. However, money could not fulfill that craving he held deep in his heart. ―…Your soul will be so sweet…‖ He voiced out the words uttered in his dreams once more. He wanted to whisper that in Japanese which he had been studying since three years ago. But they must have thought him American with that US tag on his HP bar and he had to avoid leaving them an impression stronger than necessary. There would be opportunities to speak at length eventually. He would leave his many questions for then. Wiping off the faint smile that emerged on his lips without his notice, Gabriel touch the various touch sensors embedded on the window and increased its opacity. Upon which the darkened glass projected himself.