Chapter 60: Kirito-san Coming for Help

"If you want to damage me like this, that's fine, but based on my understanding of you, you wouldn't take the initiative to find me here unless you had something you wanted me to help with.

If you make me unhappy, are you sure I will still agree to help you?"

Hearing Shengzai's words, Kirito was directly stunned.

That's right, with this guy Shengzai's personality, if he doesn't make him feel comfortable, it would be difficult to find him for help.

Since he was a child, he had been thoroughly understood by him, and he had always been eaten to death by him; this time didn't seem to be an exception either.

However, Kirito thought about it, anyway, he had suffered so many losses before, so it didn't seem to matter if he suffered one more.

Based on the idea that a great man can bend and stretch, Kirito immediately pulled up an ugly smiling face and said: "Don't say that! We are good friends who grew up together!

Mei-chan just told me, how could my good friend be that kind of perverted loli-con..."

"Cut the crap, just tell me directly, what do you want me to help you with this time?"

Seeming a bit unaccustomed to Kirito's current face, and this guy couldn't flatter people at all—every time he flattered, it was stiff—so before Kirito finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by Shengzai.

Although he was teased by Shengzai for only coming to the door when he had something to do, which made Kirito a bit embarrassed, but thinking about the business, Kirito still looked at Shengzai seriously and said: "Actually, I came to find you this time because I want you to accompany me to clear the labyrinth."

Upon hearing Kirito's request, Shengzai was first stunned, and then looked at Kirito seriously and asked: "The clearing group found the BOSS room of the latest floor?

But isn't it usually Asuna who is responsible for contacting me? Why did you come here in person this time?"

Ever since everyone worked together to clear the first floor BOSS last time, another half a year had passed.

Because of the successful clearing of the first floor, the morale of the players was successfully stimulated.

In just half a year, the "clearing group" composed of the first batch of players pushed the cleared floor all the way to the current 30th floor.

Shengzai, Kirito, and Asuna were all members of the clearing group, and were all extremely famous existences, known as "Saint," "Black Swordsman," and "Flash."

Kirito liked to be a solo player, Asuna joined the "Knights of the Blood," the first guild, while Shengzai usually stayed in his own trading company.

The three of them met and cooperated almost every time they cleared a floor BOSS.

Asuna is now a leading figure in the "clearing group," and every time she finds a floor BOSS room, she will contact Shengzai for the first time.

And Shengzai will find Kirito again, and the three will join forces to clear the floor BOSS.

Now Asuna is already the vice-commander of the "Knights of the Blood," and Asuna has also invited Shengzai and Kirito many times, but the two have always refused with various excuses.

"It's not a floor BOSS, just purely clearing the labyrinth; as for the intensity, it's about the 28th floor."

Shengzai, who originally thought Kirito was inviting him to clear the floor BOSS, was stunned when he heard Kirito's words, and then showed an puzzled expression and asked: "If I remember correctly, your level now should already be 48, right?

With your level, plus your own technique, exploring the 28th floor, and you still need to pull me as a teammate—isn't this a joke?"

Upon hearing the matter Kirito wanted him to help with, Shengzai's first consciousness was that the other party was playing with him.

The labyrinth area on the 28th floor of Aincrad might possess a certain degree of danger for ordinary clearing group members.

But for Kirito, who was used to acting alone and killing monsters beyond his level as easily as eating and drinking, going there was no different from a stroll.

Kirito saw his friend's reaction and also knew he hadn't explained it clearly, so he continued to add: "Actually, besides us, there are others..."

Hearing Kirito's words, Shengzai first thought it was Asuna, but very quickly he felt that if it were Asuna, then he shouldn't have come to find him even more.

After all, Asuna was no longer the newbie she once was; known as "Flash," she also had the ability to walk sideways on the 28th floor.

"Actually, it's not Asuna, but a few players called 'Moonlit Black Cats'."

Subsequently, Kirito also began to tell Shengzai about the things he had experienced during this period.

Simply put, Kirito, who had always been a solo player, met a few players from the "Moonlit Black Cats" by chance, and under the influence of their atmosphere, finally joined this guild.

But at that time, he didn't want to be alienated by others because he was a big shot in the clearing group, so he hid his real level and strength. After all, since he was a child, except for Shengzai, he almost had no friends of the same age, and Kirito also enjoyed the atmosphere in the "Moonlit Black Cats."

Kirito knew very well what the strength of the "Moonlit Black Cats" was; although with his secret help, the members had been steadily improving their strength.

But with this kind of strength, wanting to explore the 28th floor, which was still considered the front line, was still too dangerous.

And Shengzai, who was sitting opposite, actually remembered who these people were when he heard the name "Moonlit Black Cats."

The so-called "Moonlit Black Cats" didn't have much plot in the original work, but it was also because of that change that Kirito went further and further on the road of a solo player.

Among them, the one Shengzai was most impressed by was a girl named "Sachi" in the "Moonlit Black Cats."

She was Kirito's true first love, the first girl Kirito liked before he liked Asuna.

Even if Shengzai remembered correctly, Kirito and this girl named Sachi even set up a shared item column.

You have to know that male and female players who operate like this in the game are generally recognized as a couple; if they go one step further, it is marriage where items and money are all shared.

"So that is to say, you came to find me today to have me act as a babysitter.

By the way, isn't it pretty good for you to be a solo player? Did you forget what I said before? You are a 'Guild-Killing Body'; whoever you join, they will be unlucky."

This wasn't him, Shengzai, talking nonsense, but he believed Kirito really had this characteristic.

At first, he joined this "Moonlit Black Cats," so the guild was wiped out; later, he was invited by Asuna to join the "Knights of the Blood," and in the end, it was exposed that the strongest guild leader was actually Kayaba Akihiko.

Although the "Knights of the Blood" wasn't wiped out, since even the leader was a big villain, it was basically no different from existing in name only.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 61 =====

Although the 'Blood Alliance Knights' weren't wiped out, since even the leader is a major villain, it's basically no different from existing in name only.

(End of chapter)