Chapter 3: Sorry, powerless, angry, reality.

"This system seems to be full of malice."

　　Asuna leaned against the wall of the ruins and looked at her location.

　　The Far East Branch is the island country of its own world.

　　And the child he needs to save is somewhere far away.

　　She looked around at the ruins.

　　Looking into the distance, Asuna looked through the ruins of the broken floors and towards the sky.

　　I wondered if I could catch an Aragami that could fly and rushed over there.

　　She clicked on the reduced map that was always in the upper left corner of her sight.

　　After zooming in on it, Asuna instantly gave up the idea of ​​"catching the flying Aragami and driving away".

　　No way, the distance is too far.

　　The place where I am now is the island country of my previous life - Japan.

　　On the map, the little girl and her parents that she needs to protect are thousands of miles away in Russia, on the back of the Eurasian continent.

　　If he had rode Aragami over here, I'm afraid the child's parents would have been eaten by Aragami long ago...

　　"I wonder if the transfer crystal can be used."

　　Asuna tapped her fingers, and at the same time stretched out her palm, palm facing up, as if something would fall down later.

　　Well, of course, because she was just about to take out the transfer crystal from the warehouse.

　　Snapped.

　　A bright cone-shaped crystal fell into Asuna's hand.

　　"There are no coordinates..."

　　Asuna's eyes flickered and she looked up at the map in front of her.

　　Then, she held the crystal in her hand tightly and slowly pointed towards the other three green light spots on the map that did not belong to her.

　　Since there are no spatial coordinates, try assigning them!

　　As the tip of the crystal came into contact with the map, blue lines like circuit boards instantly spread from the contact point between the two.

　　"If there is no accurate positioning, I'm afraid it will be a lot of trouble."

　　Asuna zoomed out the map, looked at the completely different transfer crystal in her hand, and smiled softly.

　　Then, she stood up from the ruins, and with her seemingly slender and weak fingers, she effortlessly crushed the crystal that was like a work of art.

　　Although she didn't have many transfer crystals in her warehouse, Asuna thought it would be worth it if she could save the child's parents.

　　Although he spent his childhood studying every day, Asuna never lacked family affection.

　　Of course, Asuna also put in a lot of effort to maintain this family relationship.

　　When there is a family conflict at home, the elder brother of the family is no longer favored by his parents, and it is useless for him to try to break up the conflict.

　　On the contrary, if the cute little daughter comes up and acts cute, or the sweet and waxy one pretends to be stupid, things will usually end there.

　　And that is one of the few dark histories of Asuna.

　　As the crystal shattered, blue lines instantly scattered into the air, forming a blue beam of light that enveloped Asuna.

　　The next moment, with the sound of "Buzz!"

　　Asuna's figure completely disappeared into the ruins.

　　Apart from some footprints and the traces left by killing the Aragami, there was nothing else.

　　…

　　…

　　The gray sunlight shone through the broken roof of the factory.

　　The dim and empty abandoned factory building did not produce any benign changes under the sunlight, but instead looked even weirder.

　　However, in this workshop that was supposed to be emptied of everything, a wooden locker was strangely left behind.

　　It was a wardrobe that should have been burned as firewood by the homeless, but it was miraculously preserved.

The door panel of the wardrobe seems to be made of solid wood. Even though the metal hinges have deformed from the cabinet body, the outside still looks very complete.

　　It seems that once the hinges are replaced, the wardrobe can be put back into use.

　　Outside the factory, there were shouts of concern.

　　And a silver-haired girl wearing a student uniform and a beret ran into this abandoned factory full of weirdness with a naughty smile.

　　Suddenly, the girl's blue eyes lit up.

　　Because she seems to have found a good place to play hide and seek with her parents.

　　It was a dusty, aged-looking wardrobe.

　　It is hidden in a corner of the abandoned workshop, letting the shadow of the wall envelope it.

　　The silver-haired girl quickly ran to the closet with brisk steps.

　　The little hands didn't mind the dust on the wardrobe door panel, so they opened it gently, and then hid it in the wardrobe.

　　The dust that had accumulated in the closet for several years came alive with the girl's entry, forcing the girl to cover her small mouth to avoid inhaling the dust in the air.

　　At this moment, the outside world seems to have become cruel.

　　Because Aragami has appeared!

　　"Alyssa?!"

　　"Alyssa?!"

　　"Where are you?!"

　　The father's voice was mixed in with the panic, screams, and Aragami's roar.

　　Then, she saw the one that belonged only to her - "Hell!"

　　…

　　…

　　Click, click, click.

　　In my ears, there seemed to be the sound of some kind of beast eating.

　　However, the blue light around him still did not dissipate.

　　Asuna materialized her beloved sword from the warehouse, her brows furrowed, and a bad feeling arose in her heart.

　　"Buzz!"

　　A blue light flashed across the abandoned workshop, and Asuna finally knew what the voice that had just surrounded her ears was.

　　In front of me, the ferocious God of Desolation, who has always been like a mad lion, is eating!

　　And hanging on the huge bone spur next to its mouth is a woman wearing white clothes who seems to be a scientific researcher.

　　"————!"

　　Asuna's arm holding her beloved sword trembled slightly.

　　Fear, fear, anger, and regret that she couldn't arrive in time all lingered in Asuna's mind.

　　The lion-like Aragami's body was dark in color, and exuded a very cold aura.

　　However, what is different from its huge beast body is that it has a terrifying face with an old man's face, like a human head.

　　Like a combination of human and animal.

　　It raised its head and looked at the food that suddenly appeared in front of its eyes with its huge beast eyes emitting red light.

　　At the same time, as if inadvertently, he looked somewhere in the shadows.

　　And there is where the girl is hiding.

　　Its mouth was covered with the blood of the girl's parents. Its huge and weird human-shaped face looked like a merciful heavenly father, but it was completely black and had an evil smile.

　　Asuna slowly exhaled, and her body that was shaking with anger slowly calmed down.

　　However, those orange eyes were filled with fire that could not be released.

　　She pulled out her beloved sword from the scabbard and slowly moved into the starting position of the sword skills that she had honed over time in SAO.

　　"Are you going to die..."

　　The silver-haired girl in the closet stared blankly, muttering with dull eyes.

　　If you die...you can see your parents...

　　She thought so, because no Aragami would give up his own food.

　　I, including the eldest sister outside, may soon die at the mouth of that Aragami.

　　She actually used cold weapons to fight against Aragami. The big sister who suddenly appeared must have been desperate.

　　After all, ordinary weapons have no way of causing damage to Aragami.

　　Then, a white beam of light, as bright as starlight, burst out from the abandoned workshop and pierced the sky.