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Kazuto set the magazine down and sighed. Someone had created a supercomputer to keep the virtual world running and an AI to go with it. The AI's job was described as keeping the virtual world in its peak condition and continue to expand it so that players would never run out of things to do. Somehow, Kazuto didn't like the idea of it. He could see too many chances for it to go wrong.
"Something wrong Kazuto?" Suguha asked.
"Just thinking about the new computer," Kazuto stated.
"I see," Suguha nodded. "Hey, did you hear the rumor?"
"I guess not," Kazuto shrugged. "What is it?"
"At the gaming convention tonight, supposedly there's going to be a new type of Full Dive Gear. I've heard it has the ability to scan things in reality into the virtual world, like food or furniture."
"That sounds amazing," Kazuto marvelled. "I wonder if it could be used to atleast make an image of virtual things in reality."
"You mean Yui?" Suguha asked. "You could probably tamper with it."
Kazuto grinned and nodded. They had lunch then left to Agil's cafe to meet up with the others. When they arrived, Klein told Kazuto the same rumor as Suguha.
"It would be nice to be able to spend time in the real world with Yui," Asuna stated. "You think it'll be for sale soon?"
"I don't know," Kazuto shrugged. "I don't even know if it's true."
Asuna nodded then looked down as her phone buzzed. Then, she sighed.
"I have to go home," Asuna groaned. "Sorry again that I can't come to the convention."
"It's fine," Kazuto smiled. "I'll make sure to record it for you."
Asuna smiled then left, heading home to deal with her turor. Kazuto hung out with the others for a while before he and Suguha left, heading to the convention with Klein.
"So," Kazuto mumbled. "What's going on?"
"See anything about the Full Dive gear?" Suguha asked.
"The only thing it could be is the 'demonstration' an hour from now," Klein reported. "Until then, the only thing going on is cosplay."
Then, he sprinted away. Kazuto sighed and followed with Suguha. Once there, they found him at the edge of the stage with a camera. The first three costumes were Leafa, Sinon, and Kazuto's GGO avatar. The Leafa costume was much, much more revealing than Suguha's avatar, the Sinon costume was equally revealing though mostly because of the woman's enormous breasts, and Kazuto's GGO avatar was the worst. First, no one knew it was male. Second, the woman dressing as him had chosen to remove the chest plate, lower the front of the collar down her enormous breasts, raise the bottom of the shirt, lower the top of the pants, and turn them into extremely short shorts. The only way to really tell who it was, was the foam Photon Sword.
"How is that even close?" Kazuto complained.
"Your GGO avatar is hot," Klein said, practically drooling.
Several other costumes cycled through, including Eugene with the actual player dressed as him. The two most accurate female costumes were Sakuya and Alicia Rue. Finally, it was time. Kazuto started recording and they made their way to the stage as a man and woman walked out onto it.
"Greetings men and women, boys and girls, gamers all," the man spoke up bowing. "How do we play games? By going into a coma while our brain plays, then waking up when we log out. But Sword Art Online proved that it was not the most safe meathod. And yet, the AmuSphere changed nothing about the way we play. So we thought, 'How do you enter the virtual world without leaving yourself comatose?' Finally, we have the answer."
He held his hand out toward the curtain behind himself and it fell, revealing a large silver object that looked like a tripod with what looked like a cannon mounted on top, the end covered by a lense. Everyone began to murmer, wanting to lnow what they were looking at.
The woman turned the object to point at a stand where a pizza was sitting in its box. A screen slid down on the stage and the man stepped forward. The screen turned on to show an open field with a stump.
"I ask again, how do you enter the virtual world without leaving yourself comatose IRL?" The man asked. "It's quite simple. You enter. Confused? Just watch."
The woman pressed a button on the machine and it bwgan to hum. The lense on the end lit up, shining a grid onto the pizza and box. Then, a blue laser shot out, hitting the box in one square, the box there vanishing. Just as the laser appeared it vanished, another appearing and hitting the next grid, then the next, then the next, each grid vanishing as it was hit. Kazuto looked up at the screen, watching as the box appeared on-screen as it disappeared in reality. After about three seconds, the box and pizza were completely gone, having been transferred to the game.
"You see?" The man beemed. "Enter the game. But never fear, it's reversible."
The woman pushed a second button and the laser began again, this time the pizza reappearing. Then, the woman sat down on the stand and the laser began to hit her. People screamed but within seconds she was gone. Kazuto looked up at the screen and saw her waving from the stump. People began to chatter, terrified she was stuck.
"Fear not," the man said, quieting the crowd. "We just thought you would like a live demonstration on something alive."
He pressed a button and the laser began again. Three seconds later, she was again sitting on-stage, perfectly unharmed. A cheer broke out instantly, and it took several minutes for the man to quiet them.
"The device is still in development," the man stated. "The most obvious problem is getting it to activate remotely from inside the virtual world. However, within the next two years, this beauty will hit the market."
Cheers errupted from the crowd, deafeningly loud. Kazuto shut down the camera and grinned. Maybe being with Yui in reality wasn't so crazy after all.
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