Chapter 164: The End Approaches

Several days passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, Asuna ran to Kirito's home whenever she had a moment. Ostensibly, she said it was to visit a friend, but in reality, she was keeping an eye on the situation regarding Sugou Nobuyuki.

Regarding this behavior from his daughter, Yuki Shozo also turned a blind eye. Through the oral accounts of some survivors of SAO, he had also roughly understood what kind of life his daughter had lived in that world. Looking at it this way, that girl named Kirito must have provided his daughter with a great deal of help in SAO; otherwise, his daughter would not be running to her house every day. However, he did not know that his daughter was the famous "Flash" Asuna of SAO, otherwise, he might have had other thoughts in his mind.

"Kirito, how is the situation on my father's side?" Asuna asked somewhat anxiously, looking at Kirito who was typing on the keyboard in front of her.

"According to the information I have collected during this time, your father should already be suspicious of Sugou Nobuyuki, but because he hasn't found sufficient evidence for the moment, he is still investigating," Kirito said. "In that case, it won't take long before it is the end for Sugou Nobuyuki! By the way, I also discovered some things on his computer, and these things have to do with you!"

"Have to do with me?" A hint of curiosity appeared in Asuna's eyes. "What kind of programs are these?"

"These programs can influence other people's thoughts within the game, and they are also an important part of Sugou Nobuyuki's brain experiments. Moreover, these programs are targeted at you!" A hint of disgust appeared in Kirito's eyes. "If these programs were to actually take effect, I'm afraid you would become a toy for him to knead at will!"

"To think there is such a disgusting program!" Asuna's brows furrowed sharply. "Kirito, can you destroy this program? Even if I am no longer afraid of this kind of thing now, it would be a bad thing if he used it on other people!"

"I have already adjusted that disgusting program and changed one of the data points within it. Although it looks like there is no change at all, it can make this program completely ineffective," Kirito said with a smile. "By the way, we should inform Lingyun about this matter!"

At Lingyun's home, Lingyun had just finished treating Yuki Konno once more, and then he heard his mobile phone ring with a notification sound. After a period of treatment, Yuki Konno's condition had basically been brought under control, and what followed was a need for a relatively long period of recuperation.

Of course, Yuki Konno also got to know Lingyun, her younger sister's master, and showed great interest in his methods for treating her condition. It was just that Lingyun's treatments were all performed while she was in a deep sleep, so she had not discovered the supernatural powers possessed by Lingyun and the others.

"Hmm, an email came in?" Lingyun picked up his mobile phone and discovered the email on it.

"Master, is it an email from Big Sister Kirito?" Yuuki curiously leaned over.

"Hmm? It looks like it's about Sugou Nobuyuki!" Lingyun said as he looked at the email on his phone.

"Sugou Nobuyuki? Is that the big bad guy Big Sister Asuna mentioned before?" Yuuki frowned.

"It looks like Yuki Shozo is already investigating Sugou Nobuyuki. After all, as long as he isn't a fool, he will definitely verify Kirito's email!" Lingyun nodded slightly. "A more important point now is to prevent that guy from jumping over the wall in desperation; they should be told to be a little careful!"

As Lingyun spoke, his fingers tapped rapidly on his phone, and then he sent out an email.

In his office, Yuki Shozo looked at the folder in front of him with a gloomy expression. At first, he had maintained a skeptical attitude toward the anonymous email he received; after all, Sugou Nobuyuki was someone he trusted extremely, and he also had the vague idea in his heart of letting him become his son-in-law.

However, the results of the investigation left him deeply disappointed in Sugou Nobuyuki, and even furious. He never expected that Sugou Nobuyuki would actually go behind his back and do so many things that harmed others to benefit himself. What made him most furious was that he actually wanted to reach out his black hand toward his precious daughter; this undoubtedly touched his reverse scale.

After pondering for a while, he finally made up his mind, took out a mobile phone from his pocket, and then made a call.

At this moment, at the headquarters of RECT Manufacturing, Sugou Nobuyuki carefully saved the piece of code in front of him; after all, this was something that concerned his lifelong happiness in the future. Moreover, these codes involved some extremely dangerous Domains, which meant he had to be careful. If other people discovered this code, it might land him in a situation from which he could never recover.

Just as Sugou Nobuyuki was fantasizing about his bright future, the door to his office was suddenly pushed open rudely. Sugou Nobuyuki was startled, and then he quickly activated a program on his computer to completely delete the program that had just been on the screen.

"Haven't I said that you must knock before entering the office? This is the most basic respect for a superior!" After calmly completing this task, Sugou Nobuyuki raised his head, feigning the appearance of someone whose work had been interrupted, and spoke with displeasure.

However, when he saw the people in front of him, he couldn't help but be stunned. Appearing before him were not employees of RECT Manufacturing, but several police officers wearing police uniforms.

A sense of foreboding suddenly welled up in Sugou Nobuyuki's heart, and he forced a smile as he said, "I wonder what business you all have?"

The leading police officer sneered, then produced an arrest warrant from his hand: "We have received a report that you have engaged in the illegal embezzlement of company assets. Please come with us!"

"Um, is there some kind of misunderstanding?" A cold sweat broke out on Sugou Nobuyuki's back.

"Whether there is a misunderstanding or not, you can say that when you get to the police station!" The police officer signaled to the people around him, and the other officers immediately surrounded him, looking as if they would use unconventional means if Sugou Nobuyuki did not go with them.

Looking at the police officers surrounding him, the cold sweat on Sugou Nobuyuki's back increased. After all, he was just a researcher and was absolutely unable to contend with these tall, strong police officers. After carefully weighing the current situation, Sugou Nobuyuki gave up resistance and obediently followed the police out of the office.

However, these police officers did not notice that Sugou Nobuyuki had quietly pressed a button on his watch, transmitting a secret message. After all, he had always been planning to swallow Yuki Shozo's company entirely into his own belly, and behind him, there was naturally a large team he had assembled. What he needed now was to find out in the shortest possible time what had happened to cause the police to come to his door to arrest him, and on the charge of illegal embezzlement of company assets at that. One must know that he had done all of this in a way that could be called seamless; it was absolutely impossible for him to have exposed his tracks so easily.

However, he did not know that at the same time he sent out this message, Kirito at home was typing code rapidly, intercepting his message, and then sending it to the police through a secret method. This kind of thing was a piece of cake for Kirito, who had been able to discover that her electronic household registration data had been altered when she was 10 years old. Without this message, coupled with Yuki Shozo's resolute and swift methods, his end had already arrived.

In Kirito's home, Asuna watched Kirito press the final key and couldn't help but let out a soft breath. She understood that with her father's methods, Sugou Nobuyuki was definitely going to sit in prison until the end of his days. That is to say, from now on, this disgusting guy would no longer be by her side, and a faint smile couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth.