Chapter 774: A dashing prince to the rescue of the damsel? Nah, how about a vampire instead? (1/2)
”Right...”
Sugou put on his goody two shoes façade once more. He looked at Shouzou.
”About your wife...”
Unlike Shouzou who completely trusted Sugou, Asuna's Mum, Yuuki Kyouko had qualms about Sugou.
Shouzou is too busy managing his own businesses to care about his own family. He saw only Sugou's entrepreneurial skills, management ability, and ambition. He overlooked the part about a.s.sessing someone's personality.
Like Shouzou, Kyouko also couldn't see past Sugou's façade. However, her intuition told her to stay on her guard around Sugou, despite his stellar performance.
If Kyouko found out, she would probably drag this matter out, something very unfavorable for Sugou who wants to get this done while Asuna's still imprisoned inside his virtual world.
Shouzou frowned when he thought about his wife. He felt helpless because he's sure his wife would delay the matter, at least, she won't agree as easily as him.
Shouzou didn't go back on his words. He gave Sugou a verbal promise.
”Worry not, I will convince her...”
Shouzou patted Sugou on his shoulder.
”Your accomplishments and talents are obvious to anyone who can see and hear. Kyouko is a tough nut to crack, I am sure if you keep b.u.t.tering her up, she will agree one day...”
”I see...”
Sugou smiled.
”As long as I can get the consent of you all...”
A lazy voice rang in the room while the two businessmen talked.
”Nope. Uh-uh, I object...”
Shouzou and Sugou gasped because they completely missed the man in casual black clothes. They looked at the source of the sound and they saw Wu Yan who acted like a knight serving his princess, the red-eyed youth with black hair caressed Asuna's cheek with a caring and warm look.
Shouzou and Sugou backed away at the same time.
They stood at the entrance, if anyone came in, they would have noticed. The only other entrance would be the window. The door is shut tight, by logical deduction, this meant the guy creeped in through the window.
Anyone climbing in through the window is definitely suspicious, right?
”Who are you?”
Shouzou sternly asked the young man. Sugou recovered too, but, he's seeing red because Wu Yan is currently touching Asuna's cheek.
The youth stopped when he heard Shouzou, unwillingly, he distanced his hand from the sleeping beauty's cheek. His red eyes s.h.i.+fted towards Shouzou.
”You can call me Wu Yan...”
”Wu Yan...”
They tried to cross-reference his name to anyone notable. Almost immediately, they identified this man.
While SAO imprisoned the players, experts tried to see if they can free the players from the outside.
Kayaba is very thorough, the Nervegear's capability is through the roof, there is almost no loophole in the hardware. As for the software, the Cardinal system, it's so robust that n.o.body could crack the game. While trying to free the players with preservation of lives as the main priority, all the experts in the world tried and failed to hack into the game. They couldn't even forcefully pry into the game to understand the general situation inside the game. In the end, the players freed themselves.