Accel World Vol 3 Prologue (1/2)
Prologue
The largest network called «Global Net», transcended the nao In the Eastern Pacific, a space elevator was built to a stationary orbit space station, that also connected to many bases on the moon, and now anyone ishes, can dive froe
Of course, numerous networks other than that exist Countries and businesses with their firewall protected large scale Closed Nets, schools and apartments with their Local Nets, or personally operated Private Nets, and many more are built on top of each other If you could see the internal co around, the world would be seen as covered by a thin shi+ning white mesh
Compared to those, it's very small scale, however for Arita Haruyuki, it's a net that holds a very i in Haruyuki's rooht now
”Th-Then, connecting, Chiyu”
He announced it in a low voice, and Chiyu, that is Kurashi+ma Chiyuri, answered with a voice that had none of his tension
”Why are you trying to be pompous Just do it quickly”
Not understanding other's feeling
Whileheld in his left hand into the Neuro Linker on his neck
At the sas lit up red in the center of his view, then disappeared
Chiyuri who sat on the bed, froht purple Neuro Linker, two XSB cables extended froht side, one of them connected to Haruyuki who sat on the floor And the other one, was connected to Taku that is Mayuzumi Takumu who sat on a mesh chair
This connection situation should not be filled with such tension No, before that—
”You don't really need to direct connect with me”
After he coave him an once over
”No If the copy from Ta-kun fails, I have your promise that the next install will be froet away”
”Yes”
He nodded, and took a glance to the right, where Takulasses up
Haruyuki, Chiyuri, and Takue apartment, that is they had childhood-friends relationshi+p
The long tiether everyday, sometimes they had silly quarrels, and then o— when the three of the out with each other, so Haruyuki backed off The result, was that the equilateral triangle they had till then, one corner le
However last year, with a certain incident's trigger, their relationshi+p was fully reset once, and now half a year later, it continued to be in a delicate state
For Haruyuki, he wished they would quickly make up However Takumu who started the incident, still continued to bla any proactive action, the triangle's sides expand and shrink unstably day by day Just like— right now, the uneven sway of the two cables between the three Neuro Linkers
”Then, you are ready right, Chi-chan?”
With a soft sound that did not show his inner feelings, Takumu said so
Chiyuri nodded as her short hair swayed, and her hands held tight above her small knees which peeked out from her skirt
Takuerthe virtual desktop that only he could see, and while his ht hesitation showed on his well featured white face
”Chi-chan For the last tiain ae, pleasure, and thrill, it requires ret it”
Those words, easily represented Haruyuki's s in his heart
With the installation of the ame application «Brain Burst», people that became accelerated ability users called «Burst Linkers», can no longer go back to what they were before Completely captured by the unknown net of the accelerated world, and to keep the rights to connect to that, «Duels» must be repeated forever That pressure sometimes distorted the personality The incident in which Takumu placed a backdoor virus in Chiyuri's Neuro Linker and was given a 'friendshi+p break off' announce accelerated ability being pushed to the limit
However, for Chiyuri as faced orried looks froht, she puffed up her cheeks and said in a sharp voice in return