Chapter 39: The Cops in SAO

  In Algo's puffed-up Baozi face expression, Bachou Mou walked out of the Intelligence Bureau with a pleasant mood.

  After a conversation and paying a certain amount of gold coins, Yagyu Munenori got the news about Rosalia from Algo.

  Although it is not possible to completely determine Rosalia's current location based on these messages, after synthesizing the intelligence obtained from Asuna, Yui Kanzaki was basically able to determine the location of this orange guild.

  As the Orange Guild, they wouldn't choose to set up their base in some bustling place. Moreover, since the guild had attacked many players and plundered a lot of wealth, their base was established in the wilderness using building permits and blueprints purchased by green-tagged players from NPCs, just like the Eight Clouds Residence of Eight Clouds Ink.

  Ainurindel, 35th floor, Labyrinth Forest.

  It was just a few months ago that the BOSS of the Hakumen no Mono incident obtained the Sacred Crystal of Resurrection here!

  It's already February, the season of blooming flowers and warm spring. Most areas in SAO are no longer as cold and snowy as they were during winter. The Labyrinth Forest, which was previously covered with heavy snow and ice, has now turned into a beautiful place with lush greenery.

  Yakumo Suigetsu finally confirmed that this guild's headquarters was here after synthesizing the intelligence provided by Algo and Asuna!

  When Yomiko Readman arrived at the Labyrinthine Forest, it was already nighttime in SAO.

  The moon was shining brightly on the treetops, and the stars were twinkling. In addition, some glowing plants would occasionally appear in the forest, so even without any lighting equipment, Ba Yunmo's field of vision was not affected at all.

  After killing a goblin-like monster that was about to pounce on him, Yakumo Suke suddenly received an email from Asuna: "Hey! What's with you not being at home and instead running off to the Maze Forest?! Are you still going to eat dinner?! Did you find them or something?!"

  Obviously it was Asuna who came to Yagami's residence after completing today's strategy, but found that Yagami Takeru was not there and sent an inquiry email.

  It seems like he can imagine Yaxin's current pouting face, and Bachiroku couldn't help but chuckle lightly.

  "It's really like this, hasn't even gotten married yet and already becoming a housewife..."

  "Alright, just a few small fries, don't you trust my abilities? After I'm done with them, I'll come back and have the dinner you've made! Be good and wait for me at home!"

  Soon, Yayoi Sumi received a message from Asuna again.

  "Hurry back!"

  Although Asuna now has her own place to live, it seems that in her heart, Yagura's residence is still her home. In everyday conversation, the words "going home" and so on also refer to Yagura's residence.

  Such behavior had once made Kirito and Keita tease her as a woman who hated marriage, and also made Silica the little maid eat crow.

  Naturally, these two were chased by an enraged Asuna for the whole day.

  After closing the email window, Bayun Mo twisted his neck and a fierce glint flashed in his eyes, "Then, we need to speed up..."

  His figure suddenly darted through the maze forest like a flowing light, rushing straight to Rosalia's guild headquarters in the Intelligence Department.

  Deep in the forest, there is a clearing, and in the middle of the clearing stands a large mansion that was obviously built by players.

  Building a mansion in such a secluded place, it's clear that this is Rosalia's guild headquarters.

  At this time, the courtyard was brightly lit, and from time to time, there were bursts of laughter and voices of gamblers drinking and laughing.

  "Hahaha! Today I secretly went to take a look at that idiot, and he's still begging people to help him take revenge in the Frontline Square!"

  "This is too funny! Hahaha!"

  "What if someone really comes to help him?"

  "What's there to be afraid of? Those strategy group people are focused on their strategies, and as for us ordinary players, with so many of us, what is there to fear?"

  "Right! Come on! Let's drink!"

  "Cheers!!"

  From far away, Bayun Mo had already heard the voices of those people.

  "It's really unscrupulous..."

  Standing not far from the mansion, Bachiru Tsumi raised his head and looked at the guild emblem above the mansion.

  Orange.

  In SAO, if a player builds their own house in the wilderness, whether it's a personal residence or a guild base, this place will become a default safe zone, with PK rules similar to those of town safe zones.

  At the same time, monsters cannot enter the house without the consent of the homeowner, and other players are also not allowed to enter at will, which also effectively protects the player's safety and privacy.

  But there is one exception.

  If a player becomes a red player, or the guild becomes an orange guild, then the PK rules of the house will be changed by the system. Although monsters are still unable to enter the house range, other players can forcibly break in and launch effective attacks in non-duel situations.

  Moreover, SAO's system underwent automatic maintenance and upgrade recently, and after the upgrade, a notice that never appeared in the original work was issued.

  Green players can apply to the system to become law enforcers. After becoming a law enforcer, attacking red players will not change their player mark to orange. If they weaken the HP of a red player to less than one-tenth without killing them, the system will forcibly send the red player to prison for detention!

  Of course, if law enforcers kill red players, then the law enforcers will also become red players and be attacked by other law enforcers!

  This rule is very unfavorable to the green players who want to become law enforcers. Although they can legally attack red players, they are unable to kill them and are thus restricted in their actions. On the other hand, the red players have nothing to lose since they have already committed murder, so they can fight back without any scruples and often end up killing the law enforcers who come to capture them!

  Although this update announcement has slightly restricted some of the actions of red players, it does not have any substantial effect.

  However, those restrictions that are a headache for other law enforcement officers have no effect on Yakumo Saku.

  Can I counter-kill? Haven't you heard that this is one of life's three great misconceptions?

  Even if the elite of the strategy group rushed up, they might not be able to weaken the HP of Yagumo Inori to red, let alone these people who can only bully ordinary players?

  On his way here, Yakumo Mukuro had already submitted an application to the system to become a law enforcement officer.

  Hearing the increasingly unbearable noise coming from the mansion, Yagami Mukuro kicked the mansion's gate with one foot!

  "Boom!"

  A massive force directly kicked the gate into smithereens!

  "What a person!"

  "Go take a look!"

  The people in the mansion heard the noise and rushed out with their weapons.

  Seeing Yagumo Mukuro standing at the door with a cloak, these people were first stunned, and when they saw the words "Enforcer" next to the player symbol on Yagumo Mukuro's head, they burst out laughing: "Another arrogant guy!"

  "How dare you come alone!"

  "It's quite an accomplishment to be able to find this place!"

  "Kill him, can't leave a living witness!"

  A tall and slender female player with red hair, holding a long gun, was Rosalia.

  Rosalía looked at Yagumo Taku and asked, pointing her long gun at him: "Who are you?"

  "Huh?" Kirito smiled, "I'm a cop in SAO... no, a police officer..."

  "Start checking the water meter now!"

  "It's inexplicable! Let's go!"

  Rosalía suppressed the unease in her heart and charged forward with a long spear!

  The group of red players behind him saw this and rushed over, shouting strangely as they killed.

  Yún Mò sneered and flicked his tongue, grasping the cloak with one hand and swinging it with great force, directly sending Rosalia flying back and crashing into the people behind her, causing everyone to tumble to the ground.

  "With skills like these, you're still running around killing people..."

  In a flash of movement, Hachiman appeared beside Rosalia, his foot planted firmly on her face, utterly disregarding the fact that she was a rather beautiful woman.

  "Hurry up and finish your meal, you still have to go home and eat the dinner Asuna made!"

  Watching Yagami Mukuro take off his cloak, Rosalia's pupils constricted and she trembled as she called out.

  "White Fox Young Master!!"