Chapter 777: Exposed! Itching for a smackdown? (1/2)
Shouzou and Sugou got more and more impatient as time went on. They kept pacing back and forth, looking at the part.i.tion and curtains ever so often. However, they were disappointed by the apparent peace beyond the part.i.tion.
”Is he done yet?...”
Shouzou asked this question for the nth time. He looked calm but a brief look into his eyes would reveal his burning anxiety.
”President! This is a waste of our time!”
Sugou took this chance to rip on the guy.
”That man, his words are not to be trusted!”
Shouzou is a very busy man, he's a CEO running a huge company. He put aside all his commitments to come running the moment he heard about SAO players waking up. He just wanted to see his daughter. Reality is a cruel mistress, it slapped the loving father with a negative news. When a random guy introduced himself as someone who can save Asuna, he took the chance but the guy made him wait outside the part.i.tion like this. This morning is about gruesome as it gets.
Sugou isn't having a blast neither. He felt a creeping sense of unease, the longer this went on, the heavier this feeling got. He's afraid Wu Yan actually could wake Asuna up...
Sugou continued consoling himself, telling himself that scenario just couldn't happen!
The SAO players were trapped in the virtual game for 3 years. Countless experts banded together, shared resources, and researched the software and hardware to come up with a way to save the players. The virtual world he trapped Asuna and the other players in runs on an older version of the Cardinal System, it's outdated but it's just as robust as the newer version.
3 whole years, all the brains in the world couldn't crack the Nervegear. Using external methods to hack the Nervegear should be possible, it's just that n.o.body has been able to do it...
Wu Yan took a metaphorical dunk on all that. Screw science, he has the power of otherworldly power!
Sugou is doomed to a bad end...
The curtain slowly parted. Shouzou and Sugou looked at that direction only to have their jaws dropped when they saw the person greeting them.
”Wh-what...”
Shouzou stuttered. He had to make sure his eyes weren't playing a trick on him. He started trembling with great joy.
”Asuna! Asuna!”
”Father...”
As Wu Yan accompanied her, he helped her up as she started tearing up once more upon seeing her father.
”Father...”
”Asuna! It's Asuna!”
Shouzou slowly inched towards Asuna with trembling hands.
”You finally woke up!”
Sugou was stricken with disbelief. He backed away while shaking his head hysterically.
”No... This can't be...”
Sugou's words attracted the attention of the trio who were enjoying a pleasant reunion. Asuna stared at Sugou and she pointed a finger at him, immediately accusing him.
”Father! This man is the culprit who imprisoned me in another virtual realm! He's the reason why I didn't wake up!”
”Wh-what was that?”
As if someone poured cold water on him, Shouzou turned towards Sugou with eyes of disillusion and disbelief.
Sugou gnashed his teeth. He pushed his gla.s.ses up as he tried to play it cool.
”Asuna-san, what are you talking about? I am afraid I don't know what you mean...”
Asuna's auditory abilities haven't recovered due to her prolonged state of coma. She selectively heard Wu Yan's call, his voice summoned her as if he used telepathy on her. She isn't sure what Sugou is saying but she's sure that slimy quimm is denying her accusations.
Asuna turned towards her father.
”Father, this guy used despicable means to trap me and a bunch of players inside Alfheim Online, he's the administrator of that world!”
”Presiden!”