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===Part 10===

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Approximately 60 minutes of time in Accel World—, was a few seconds back in real time.

The shadow of the person watching from the pillar at the side of the elevator hall ran toward the dive space of the resort hotel’s second floor after the three people, Kuroyukihime, Ruka and Mana, went inside the booth.

The reception was automatically online, user’s can be viewed from the booth’s drawn layout and it is devised for choosing a private vacant space to rent. However, the pursuer checked for the location of the only booth for four that was occupied and went toward it without hesitation.

Far back at the place there was a closed door and naturally, it was locked. No voices can be heard from inside. The three users were probably in full dive. The pursuer touched the door and an electronic key input request dialog was displayed.

A white finger came from the sleeves of the thin parka and pressed the dialog’s OPEN button. Originally, the door shouldn’t have opened, but the lock was released along with a light sound. The finger was without change as the door pulled open. The slender body smoothly slipped inside the booth, the door closed once again and was locked.

The electronic key of this dive space was as common as the one used for each of the hotel rooms. Hence, strictly speaking, there was another person that holds the same key as Kuroyukihime. Sharing the room with her was Umesato Middle School Student Council Secretary, Wakamiya Megumi—.


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What the booth intruding Megumi saw was three powerless bodies of girls with their eyes closed on the reclining chair facing each other.

Sitting alone on the left side was of course, Kuroyukihime. And on the right side, there seems to be two younger girls. The tanned faces were not familiar at all and they were wearing Sailor uniforms with a common design, they weren’t Umesato students but children attending a school in Henoko.

Being aware at that instant, Megumi’s face was strained crumpled and she tightly bit her lips.

The Kuroyukihime that Megumi knows is sociable but in reality, the wall in her heart was fairly tall and thick. She basically wouldn’t allow any interaction on a person, hidden within her beauty was something terrible and a very restricted cynical and childish face that people knows of.

That girl probably met these local kids through direct connection and full dived through a wired connection using a router. There are no other reasons that can be thought of except one.

«Another World».

The living half of Kuroyukihime, the real side, was concealed in a foreign place. The two girls were inhabitants of that world and probably as of now, they visited that place together with Kuroyukihime. Megumi foolishly step into the world which she was not even allowed to know the name, let alone to take a glimpse of it. The time was supposed to be used for choosing a souvenir for Megumi.

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Her left hand was trembling, she raised it and moved to Kuroyukihime’s Neuro Linker.

She touched the XSB cable with her fingertips from the piano-black exterior shell and stiffly pinched it.

......If I pull this out, she’ll come back. Probably, it will be something important that will hurt her forever, but she’ll come back to me from that place that I couldn’t reach—.......

『Don’t do it!』 

Suddenly, she felt someone’s voice ringing inside her head.

Blinking in a flash, she looked at the three’s faces, everyone was still on full dive. Their eyelids are tightly closed and there wasn’t even a quiver in their lips. On the built in router on the low table, the indicator shows that all three lines were still in contact with global net.......

At that time, Megumi finally noticed. There were not only three cables. The fourth XSB cable extends from the router, but the plug at the other side was left on the table.

『That is......a door. Just for once, the door is inviting you their place. Now then............』 

A young yet mysterious dignified voice guided, Megumi moved away from Kuroyukihime’s cable and reached for the low table with her right hand. She picked up the fourth XSB cable and brought the plug near her neck.

An unidentified line wired connection is an act that causes big problem in security. Megumi knew enough about that but, there wasn’t a hint of hesitation just now. The plug was connected to that floral pink Neuro Linker and a wired connection notice rose on her vision, and then.

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In the table right in front of Megumi, a book visually appeared without making any sound. Though that object looked real, it was not even a 3D object but, there was certainly something there.

“Haa............”

A faint sigh spilled from her lips. This is...... This really is the book that I loved long ago. I have read it for so many times, but this is the book with a story that I can’t remember. Suddenly vanishing and unable to find it again, this important book.......

Megumi sat down next to Kuroyukihime and softly reached her hand to the large hard covered book. There was no title on the cover. However, there were countless colors combined in an arabesque like pattern.

Timidly, she flipped the cover.

On the first page, there was only a horizontal text written in english. Written in deep black ink, it was a charm. It was the magic word to visit the book’s world. Megumi took a deep breath, as if she was to sing, as if she was to pray, she spoke of the phrase that was consisting of two words.


«Unlimited Burst»