Chapter 49: Speculation About the Incident

  Thank you very much for "Qin" 's reward!

  In the end, no one got any useful information from Yezi's mouth either.

  Under the night sky, in a coffee shop on the 57th floor.

  The warm light emitted by the lamp on the wall could in no way warm up the icy hearts of Asina and others.

  In the midst of the crowd, a small table was set up, on which, apart from several cups of coffee, there was also a large red sword.

  It was the great sword that had pierced through the chest of that player who died.

  After the appraisal by Aikil, the great merchant, it was revealed that the name of this sword is "Thistle of Sin" and the person who forged it is named Gurenno.

  Yakumo Suke sitting next to Asuna looked at his wife's gloomy expression, thought for a long time, and finally reached out to hold her slender hand.

  "What's wrong?"

  When Asuna looked over, Yui Mukuro spoke softly and said: "Don't worry, that person named Keiichi didn't die."

  "What?"

  "Didn't die?"

  "How is this possible! Didn't we see him die with our own eyes?!"

  Apart from Asuna, Kirito and Keita who were sitting opposite also exclaimed in surprise.

  Baiyun Mo was about to say something when Yui, who had been sleeping in his arms, stirred and seemed to have been disturbed by the loud voices of the crowd.

  Hurriedly gently stroking the head of Jingyi, Ba Yunmo only lifted his head to glance at everyone after his daughter fell asleep again.

  "Keep your voice down, you're disturbing Yui."

  "Haha, Bachyun you're indeed a qualified good father!"

  "How can it be repaired... death is imminent..."

  Ignoring Kirito and Tsuboi's complaints, Asuna looked at her husband beside her with an unprecedented sense of calm in her heart.

  "Why did you say that person didn't die?"

  Because of what Yakumo Suke said earlier, Asuna's voice was extremely low.

  Kirito didn't directly answer Asuna's question, instead he turned his head to look at Kirito and asked: "Kirito, do you know what happens when the durability of equipment drops to 0?"

  Kirito nodded.

  "Of course I know, it will disappear into fragments just like when a player and monster's HP reaches zero and they die... Wait! Are you saying that?!"

  Yakumo Sumeragi was extremely satisfied with Kirito's sharpness.

  "What riddle are you guys solving?"

  Keita on one side couldn't understand at all the implication of Yagumo's and Kirito's conversation, while Asuna showed a thoughtful expression.

  Baiyun Mo said, "That Qi Enzhi calculated that the moment his armor's durability dropped to 0 and shattered into pieces, he used a transmission crystal to transmit his body elsewhere, creating an illusion of death before our eyes."

  Keita finally showed an enlightened expression.

  "But how did you know, Mo?"

  Yakumo Moku smiled softly.

  "While you were all shocked by his fake death, I noticed that he was holding a teleportation crystal in his hand."

  "So it was..."

  Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately it was because of this reason, fortunately the fact that someone was killed in the safe zone was an illusion, otherwise if someone really had a way to kill people in the safe zone without a duel, SAO would be in chaos.

  "Really, Yakumo, if you knew the truth all along, why didn't you tell us?" Keitai complained immediately.

  "I was always with that player called Yoru, I didn't have a chance to explain."

  Looking at the coffee placed on the table in front of him, Hachiguma Tsumu didn't move.

  He doesn't like this kind of thing, compared with wine and coffee, he prefers red tea.

  It's just that this coffee shop doesn't have it.

  "Moreover, I hope to be able to follow the clues and find out the purpose of Kei's actions. When it comes to murder, what is the first thing that comes to mind?"

  Kirito rubbed his chin, pondered for a moment, and then looked at Yui's eyes with an eerie gaze: "Speaking of murder, the first thing that comes to mind is those Orange Guilds. Could it be that you suspect this incident is related to the Orange Guild?"

  Kirito was surprised at Yui's quick wit in turning around in an instant.

  If he knew the truth, I don't know if he would vomit three liters of blood.

  "I suspect this matter may involve Smiling Coffin, of course, this is just a guess."

  Everyone was silent.

  The name "Smiling Coffin" is too much pressure on people's minds.

  In addition, the strategy group has been intensifying its collection of intelligence on this guild recently and plans to launch a punitive attack when the time is ripe, making all those in the know feel a sense of impending doom.

  "Why did he have to put on an act of fake death? And that Yezi, could it be that this person also knew about Qien's fake death and was in cahoots with him?"

  Ayase looked somewhat worried.

  Comfortingly squeezing Asuna's soft little hand, Yui gave a reassuring glance.

  "Don't worry, I'll handle this matter well."

  Ayase was silent for a moment before breaking into a smile.

  "Hmm!"

  Kirito and Keita across from them immediately showed their fed-up expressions once again.

  "I'm telling you, can't you stop showing off your love!"

  Hahaha...

  "Shut up! Keep it down! You're disturbing Yui!"

  The next day.

  Because she knew that Qien's death was a fake, Asuna decided not to pursue the matter any further and planned to stay at home with her daughter.

  As for Yagumo Taro, he brought "thorns of sin" and found Yoruko again with Kirishima Keita.

  Still the same coffee shop as last night.

  "This sword that slew Gideon's son is called 'Thorn of Iniquity'."

  Looking at Yoruko who was sitting opposite him with a somewhat tense expression, Yakumo Mokuto said calmly.

  "The person who cast it was named Gwi Lyeon-lo."

  Yezhi's body trembled slightly.

  Kirito and Keita exchanged a glance, their eyes narrowing slightly.

  Something's wrong!

  "Does he have any impression of this person named Guilian Luo?"

  Ye Zi hesitated for a while before saying: "I'm very sorry, yesterday I didn't tell the whole truth."

  "It doesn't matter if I say it now." He took a sip of his coffee, his face expressionless.

  Unlike Yagumo's obsession with black tea, Kirito actually liked the taste of coffee.

  "Gui Lian Luo and I, as well as Qi En Zhi originally were all people from the same guild."

  "Our guild is called Golden Apple, and six months ago we inadvertently obtained a ring that increases agility by 20 points. The members of the guild were divided into two factions on how to deal with this ring, some people want to sell it, while others want to keep it for themselves."

  "In the end, the minority yielded to the majority and everyone agreed to sell the ring. So the president Guixiu De went to the front-line city to prepare for selling the ring."

  "Unfortunately, the principal would never come back... It was only later that we found out, the principal had already passed away..."

  "After that, our guild was disbanded..."

  Furrowing his brow, Kirito made his own inference: "It seems the person who killed Kiyoshi Shigemura was after that ring, however... according to the situation, at that time only your guild members knew that Kiyoshi Shigemura had the ring on him, right?"

  "Among these people, those who have a motive to kill Katsuragi Shūji should be the ones opposing the sale of the ring!"

  Yazi nodded, "Yes, so if Guilianluo is the murderer, then he may be here to take revenge on the three people who opposed selling the ring..."

  "Of those three people, apart from me and Qienzhi, there was a person named Shumi..."

  "Schmidt?" Kirito raised an eyebrow, "The Holy Dragon Alliance's Schmidt?"

  Because they were both part of the strategy group, Kirito had some impression of Shmidt.

  "Yes, I heard he later joined Saint Dragon Union."

  Qī Tài said: "In that case, that person named Shū Mì is also in danger!"

  "Anyway, let's find that person called Shu Mi first!" said Hachirou Tsumi, standing up and clapping his hands.

  Soon after, Kirito contacted Shmidt of the Holy Dragon Alliance.

  It was then that Shuimi and Yeziko suddenly became hysterical while discussing the matter in a coffee shop, firmly believing it to be the ghost of Kiyoshige who was behind the murders.

  Yezhen, who was backing away to the edge of the windowsill while speaking, suddenly revealed a pained expression and then fell from the windowsill. Everyone clearly saw that there was a dagger stuck in her back.

  Before landing, Yezhi had already disintegrated into fragments and disappeared.

  Witnessing Yezi "die" right in front of her, Shumi rushed out of the coffee shop in a daze.

  This time, Kirito, Keita and Yui didn't show any surprise.

  With a reminder from Yaiba no Sumi, Kirito and Keita clearly saw Yui hiding in her sleeve, pinching a teleport crystal!