Accel World Vol 2 Chapter 4 (1/2)
Chapter 4
“Then, I will be going”
“I I a”
“Okay, have a nice trip Ah”
To Kuroyukihime and Haruyuki’s farewells, Niko rubbed the side of her face lightly and then wrinkled her eyebrows
“Hey Isn’t this a bit weird?”
“Nn, what is?”
“No even if you ask what is”
While Niko crossed her ared her shoulders lightly and said
“Strange girl Instead of that, I will leave the details of today’s battle plan to you «Chro location and time specifics, you have no problem with that?”
“Y, yea Leave it to me”
“U”
“I I a”
“Okay, have a nice trip Ah”
Then she closed the door and after backing off a step, Kuroyukihime turned away
January 23rd, Friday 7:30AM
Up till now, the situation was si to school»in the apartment public hallway, his white breath in the cold air, were all the same as yesterday's
However just one thing was different - right beside hi a neat Uht hand holding a school regulation bag, and left hand carrying a shopping bag, a female student’s shape was there
Turning on her Neuro Linker and looking in the air, Kuroyukihime said casually
“Today will be cloudy, I hope it doesn’t rain Then, let’s go”
“Y yes”
He nodded, took his norhtly behind, and while walking, Haruyuki thought in a daze
‘- Ah this person, is my onee-san? And the one earlier, imouto?
No no, this kind of specification should not exist in the real world Going to school together with onee-san, like soame
As he shook his head slightly, the empty elevator came down, and he went in after his onee-san
‘- Even if this was a gaer sister», that is not possible right?’
With his brain that wasn’t working too well due to slight lack of sleep, he thought up to that point while spacing out, the elevator went down just two floors, and stopped on the 21st floor Haruyuki backed up one step by reaction, toin
And then, after the door slid open, with an energetic juirl - «childhood friend» Kurashi+ma Chiyuri’s eyes collided with his
‘NO - ’
As Haruyuki screae cat-like eyes blinked and a big smile appeared on her face
“Ah, Haru, ! How come today you are so early wh wha!?”
However, once she recognized the person standing to the right side behind Haruyuki, her voice and expression changed abruptly Froht before an eruption
“Haru? What’s this?”
With her eyeballs jerking, Chiyuri whispered
In contrast to the totally solidified Haruyuki, Kuroyukihihtheartedly
“Ya, , Kurashi+ma-kun”
“Ah, ggood ”
After she bowed in reflex, Chiyuri grabbed hold of Haruyuki’s necktie and shouted
“What’s going on!!”
“It, it’s not what you think”
While Haruyuki shook his head, he used his hand behind hi help from the only person who could resolve this situation That is, “Taku, I need help badly”
“What isn’t what I think!!”
When ation was about to continue, the elevator finally reached the first floor and the door opened Haruyuki took hold of Chiyuri’s shoulders, and turned her half way around
“Th, there, let’s go to school! Let’s take classes, let’s return ho the weekend”
“Hey, don’t change the topic!”
He kept pushi+ng the shouting Chiyuri’s shoulders fro between the wide eyed residents in the lobby and somehow exited to the front courtyard when a helpful sound came from behind
“M , Haru Mo rn”
“Good , master”
Then so in a full dash, his coe clouds of white breath in the coldair
“Haru You seeer’s tails”
“I don’t like it I don’t like it at all”
After replying, he turned the still yelling ‘Explain it!’ Chiyuri toward Takumu then released his hands from her shoulders
Just like Takumu, he said to Chiyuri with a calm voice
“Chii-chan, I was at Haru’s house yesterday too”
“Wha? What does that mean?”
Facing the suspicious face of a childhood friend and able to voice a clear explanation; that kind of smooth speech, Haruyuki could not imitate
“A little proble with that application occurred We used Haru’s house as a conference roo at that time was captured by the social camera, it would be troublesome So without any choice, senpai had to stay over at Haru’s house Isn’t that right?”
To Kuroyukihime as asked that, fortunately she dutifully nodded
“Well, that’s what happened Don’t need to be strangely suspicious, Kurashi+ma-kun”
“”
Chiyuri continued to be silent with a complex expression for a few seconds -
Eventually, she said with a low tone
“Again, that Brain Burst?”
She looked at the three who nodded together, then puffed up her cheeks
“Soht? Then, ould you talk for so many hours about it!”
“It it’s a gaame”
After looking around the wide apartment courtyard to make sure no one else was around, Haruyuki continued
“I have told you before that accelerated thinking and creating a different world from this one That’s why, similar to reality, many problems occur”
“Muu”
Chiyuri’s lips beca unsatisfied
“I do not believe that in the first place Even if you say accelerate or whatever, I can’t iot it If you let me see it, I will accept it”
“Huh?”
To the wide eyed Haruyuki, Chiyuri said it like it was nothing
“That gaht? Let me have it too Then I too will become, as that, that «Burst Linker»”
“Wha whattt - !?”
That shout, came not only from Haruyuki but from Takumu and Kuroyukihime as well
And then all three held their right hand in front of their face and waved it left and right
“Im impossible Absolutely impossible”
Haruyuki who leaked that truthfully, his round cheeks were pinched by Chiyuri
“What’s that! Just hand it over!”
“No, I told you that game needs aptitude”
“I won’t understand that till I try!”
“But you are ultra bad”
At that moment, Chiyuri’s cat-like eyes shone
“I see you have the nerve I get it, you will see! I will train too, and win over Haru and Taku in games!”
“Wha whattt!?”
Haruyuki opened hisin Chiyuri’s eyes This, he often sahen he played with Chiyuri in the past, is the «won’t turn back after saying it» face
While pulling Haruyuki’s cheeks to the limit like a flat rice cake -
“After that, let !!”
After saying that she let go of Haruyuki’s cheeks, stuck her tongue out for a ‘Be -’, then the sied childhood friend ran away at a tremendous speed
“Training huh”
Haruyukihis cheeks, then turned toward Takumu beside him
Then, he bowed deeply
“Sorry, Taku I made you lie to Chiyu”
Earlier, Takumu’s explanation to Chiyuri was not 100 the truth When Kuroyukihi was already finished
Takumu smiled and slowly shook his head
“It’s okay”
His expression was calm, but Haruyuki felt that it contained sohtly Then, Kuroyukihi voice
“Takuht be an intrusion you and Kurashi+ma-kun, still that is”
“Being back to nor time”
Takued and looked towards the street tree canopy that had lost all its leaves
“I did a lot of things Or irlfriend again But if it’s part of Chii-chan’s wish for me to be at her side, I think just that is fine”
“Taku”
Haruyuki tried to find the words he should say, however just at important moments, his throat was stuck On his behalf, Kuroyukihime’s quiet voice said
“If you feel burdened, or if it interferes with your relationshi+p with Kurashi+ma-kun, you can erase it the Brain Burst”
Takumu’s eyes opened wide instantly
However, he soon greatly shook his head left and right
“No I still, to you and to Haru too, need to make amends for”
“Y you don’t have to There’s nothing like that, Taku”
This time, he said in reaction
“I don’t desire any amends from you Senpai should be the same Brain Burst does not exist for that reason that is, that software is”
However, just there, Haruyuki’s poor vocabulary ended
Takumu looked at him with pain filled eyes, then patted him on the shoulder
“It’s fine, I too still enjoy «duels» Instead of that, master I want to consult with you”
He turned toward Kuroyukihime and continued with a serious sound
“Chii-chan’s possibility of being a Burst Linker, do you think it is really zero?”
Compared to the wide eyed Haruyuki, Kuroyukihie her expression, she tilted her head with ‘Fumu’
“The first condition has been cleared?”
“Yes, it should be”
Takumu instantly nodded
The first condition for being a Burst Linker is «to wear the Neuro Linker right after birth» Takumu’s was from his parent’s educational policy that is full of enthusiasm and Haruyuki’s was used to remotely monitor him since both of his parents worked, their condition was fulfilled
Chiyuri was raised in a family full of love, the newborn her had worn the Neuro Linker for a different reason from them Chiyuri’s father was treated for throat cancer, so it was difficult for him to produce a physical voice Thather father’s h the network
Takumu did not explain that far and Kuroyukihime also did not ask
“I see”
After consenting, she looked toward the direction Chiyuri ran off to
“Actually, the second condition «Brain reaction speed» does not have a rigorous standard There are people ere bad with VR ga someone into a Burst Linker without confidence could be said to be a large gamble”
“G, gamble?”
To Haruyuki who repeated what he heard, Kuroyukihi and nodded
“Right now, Brain Burst’s copy and install that is the privilege of a «parent»soe, even if the installing failed, will be lost and never return”
“O, once!?”
Haruyuki involuntarily shouted, then he hurriedly held his mouth He lowered his volume, but continued in haste
“B, but then, the number of Burst Linkers won’t increase byall points and the new people who joined would at best be even?”
“That means, Haru”
Takulasses up and said
“I think the unknown ades Brain Burst, that the current number of people about 1000 people is set as the upper liy concealed, that is”
“Th that ht now, the day that the secret will be found out will absolutely coht? Now Chiyuri almost knows about it If if that administrator is the developer, eventually the existence of Brain Burst will be exposed to the world and of course then the Neuro Linker would no longer be able to use accelerate function, if he operates while already factoring that in, that guy what is his goal anyway?”
Haruyuki opened both hands and looked at Takumu and Kuroyukihime one after another
“Since, we don’t pay to play the ga either”
For ames in the world, their profit structure is mostly of two different types Monthly fees or item sales to users for money, and a flood like spread of contracted business advertising in the game, one of those
Brain Burst is uny, thus giving its users extraordinary privileges With the price of zero, so no matter how you think of it, it does not fit
Hearing Haruyuki’s fundamental questions that ay too late at this tiht wry smile
“Thinking about it is useless, Haruyuki-kun To know that, you have to reach level 10 and hear it fros in confirmation First, like you said earlier, the accelerated world probably cannot continue as it is forever Eventually its secrecy will be lost, and the time when all Burst Linkers disappear will come And the other point the day that ill pay the proper price for the special privilege of «accelerate» will come Or maybe”
What’s ahead, did not co lips
However, Haruyuki while blohite breath in the coldair, seem to be able to see the short words
‘- Orfor it’
Kuroyukihih
“We went off topic About Kurashi+ a Burst Linker is pretty loever there is worth in trying”
“Re really, master?”
To the wide eyed Takumu, Kuroyukihime nodded slowly
“Her physical potential is not low Her earlier dash had a superb speed”
“Ah, she is in the track and field club”
After Haruyuki’s supplement, she murmured ‘Fumu’
“I see For the brain, the circuits forthe real physical body, is al the virtual avatar That ht have fulfilled the required condition The problem is her affinity with the Neuro Linker, which we can only try by force”
“Aha but she can’t even do mind talk”
“For your case, you are way too specialized in the Neuro Linker side Move your real body a bit more”
Kuroyukihime looked away from the immediately silent Haruyuki toward Takumu
“Taku Brain Burst, there will be a strong relationshi+p between you two As in «Parent and child» However, that does not always exist as a positive element, please remember that”
Haruyuki could not ily said words
‘Not positive that means minus element? Between Burst Linker «parent» and «child»?
What does that uide, and «child» adht? Different from the parent and child relationshi+p in the real world The father who threay the crying young me and left the house, and the mother that doesn’t look at my face, nor talk to me, totally different from those The parent and child in the accelerated world - between Kuroyukihi bond’
Haruyuki’s body momentarily treht beside him
They, like usual, were filled with a gentle shi+ne
‘- No Deep inside, there’s a soht just be ’
In that instant, in Haruyuki’s uided hiht about appeared
‘Who was Kuroyukihime’s «parent»?’
“Ah, that is”
When he fearfully started to say that, Kuroyukihi him
“Oh no, we have stood still and talked for too long It’s the tiht be late”
“Wha”
He hurriedly looked in the sky, it was becoht past the low clouds
“Uwa, it really is If ht be better to run a bit, Haru”
“Arg, spare me that”
As Takumu tapped him on the shoulder, and he shook his soft head, Haruyuki could not forget his earlier question
While he chased after Kuroyukihi quickly, he wanted to ask that question again, but somehow the words did not come out
Rushi+ng through the school gate right before the firstthat his Neuro Linker successfully connected to the Umesato middle school local net without a late count, Haruyuki left the other two
However, even duringaround in his mind
‘Why did Kuroyukihime say that there is a bad side to «Parent child» relationshi+p for Burst Linkers? And why did she look somewhat sad at that time
I want to know No matter what’
After the second class was over, and confir that the virtual blackboard had disappeared from his view, Haruyuki started his Mailer without hesitation With short words [Can we talk right now?], he typed and sent in 2 seconds
The reply came after 8 seconds [Let’sthat, Haruyuki sat deeply in his chair, closed his eyes and sang the Direct Link command
Between the 2nd and 3rd classes there is only 15 minutes, so the fairy-tale forest that is U that his avatar’s short legs touched the ground, he aie and dashed
The leader of the bullies who forced Haruyuki to use the pink pig for avatar is no longer there, his underlings were now in hiding, so he could have changed to a n anytime, but somehow did not have the chance, so he continued to use that Kuroyukihime said ‘I like that also’ probably had influence on him