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Note:not very familiar with Japanese language so no Onii-chan and the like here just me doing the best English versions of it, will include character from other fanfics and media so all character (or personalities) belonging to other fanfics belong to their respective creators, may include characters from Hollow Fragment and Infinity Moment
" " – talking
' '-thoughts
" " – A.I. talking (not going to be used a lot)
Prologue: The day it all started
Date: November 6 2022 Time: 15:30
Today is the day that SAO officially released, 13:00 was the start of the SAO servers. The time now is 15:30 about 90 lives has been lost during this time because of Kayaba Akihiko, the man who created SAO and the nerve gear. He's dream was to make the world of Aincrad real and with the nerve gear he has finally done it, SAO is not a game anymore it's a battle for survive and if you die in this world, you die in both worlds the real one and this one, and the only way to return back to the real world is to clear all 100 floors and beat the game. But in this world several individual will rise up to the challenge and beat the game.
"….has the warning been given out?" a mysterious individual said
"Yes big brother….looks like they finally get the message, too bad about 90 people have already died because these dumbasses didn't believe in our message." A little girl in a underground location said
"Now now Lilith, we already predicted that the dead toll would be much higher if we didn't release that little message saying 'anyone who removed the nerve gear off someone's head that they would die'." The man continued saying
"Yes big brother, Maya and I understand that all the players that bought SAO must be logged into game before we released that message but both of us don't really like seeing potential resource getting wasted…." Lilith said as maya agreed
"Yes my dear little sister, but remember from what I can see the N.E.S.T. system (what this system does will be revealed at the end of either the SAO arc or the ALfheim arc but you guys can guess) is working perfectly so one part of our plan is completed, we must prepare for the second part of the plan, after kayaba announces that he has trapped everyone in Aincrad we must precede cautiously, one screw up and our plans fall apart." The man said as he is type a few things in a holographic keyboard
"Yes big brother!" both girls said in unison "O and say hi to big sisters Strea, Yui, and seraph (the name I used for the cardinal system A.I.) for us ok!" both girls says "of course, I will tell them you two said hey when they wake up, bye girls I will see you two later." With that the line is cut.
After the two girls disconnect from the call, a screen opens up with the names and information of several SAO players "hmm…..these people interest me quite a bit…..i may have to go meet face to face with them at some point…." The man said as he continues to type "First user, ID: kirito, real name: kazuto kirigaya, one of the best beta testers during the trial run, prefer being a solo player, dresses in black cloths in game and out of game most of the times and only uses a 1 handed sword and no shield type fight style, has quite fast reaction time or at least high for a kid and the highest out of all beta testers, has a high percent chance of getting «Dual Blades», I expect grand things from you kid….." the man said with a smirk
"Second user, ID: Hei, real name: Li Shunsheng (darker than black character), hmm…interesting he's china but born in japan with his little sister Bai, a strong solo beta tester that prefers a AGI and STR dragger build and extremely skilled in martial arts and an accomplished acrobat in real life, talented within the beta for maneuvering around the area with ease and an excellent tactician in the raids, hmm…with his abilities I will make sure he gets the shadowfall equipment set (an all-black version of his suit, knife and wire), hmph people like him should help clear the game faster." The man said as he moves the list down
"Third user, ID: Faux, real name: Raphael Arisato Nortan, (SAO fanfic Counter Guardian character), has his sister, Angelica and friend, Gino in the game with him…..petty ...hope nothing bad happens to them, but knowing fate bad things always happens to good people, well carrying on both Gino and Raph are well known players in AESIR online as the 'gods' of PvP because of their tactics which will most likely help them here, Raph is a more STR dragger user which is quite rare, may not be a beta tester but has shown skills that beat some of the beta testers, wish I could have collect data of him but fate is not that kind for not giving him a chance to be a beta tester, angelica or her username Czarina has chosen a heavy 2 handed sword play style while gino or his username Gawain has chosen a sword and shield play style the standard for most, interesting ...they will make a good team."
Before the man looks through the next few players in the list he turns to a clock on his screen, the time was 16:45
"*sigh* well looks like I will review the rest later right now I got to get in the game, activate systems check." The man said as a robotic female voice (sounds like ED-I from mass effect) said
"cardinal systems are 100% operational, cardinal A.I. is unaware that the Core A.I. is currently trying to gain supreme control, Creator (kayaba) unaware of the A.I.s full intelligent and currently thinks he is the only one with control over Aincrad, «Mental Health - Counselling Program 001» or «Yui-MHCP001» has been locked by creator's order and cannot help players in anyway, Strea-MHCP002 is currently asleep/inactive." The female voice said as the man continue to type things into the keyboard
"Thank you, now I want Yui to be released after a specific amount of days so that the cardinal system does not suspect anything out of the ordinal, active Strea I may need her help for all of this to work…give her the information we have gathered so far." The man said as he views the surveillance of Aincrad and it's players
"Upload completed, activating «Mental Health - Counselling Program 002», code name Strea." The voice said as Strea slowly appears in front of the man
"*yawn*, o hey big brother *rubs eyes* so what do you want?" Strea said with a tired expression and then proceeds to hug the man
"Hello to you too Strea, maya and Lilith said hey, now have you review the instructions I gave you?" the man ask as she opens up a screen
"Hmm….very interest big brother, ok I will help you, this sounds fun." Strea said with a now smiling face
"Good Strea remember I will call you when I find it ready to do so ok, now go and wait, I will need to deal with a few things before I go." The man said to Strea as she gets transported away
The man then looks at the clock, "17:00…..it's all most time for this to begin….." man said as he starts typing into the keyboard but just as he finish typing the voice said to him "Master, are you not going to use your supreme ID?" the man then says "No, where is the fun of playing this game when your character is lvl 365 and no one will ever get to that level and besides if I really do need help I can activate that account at any point in time so there no need to worry." The man said as he continue to enter a few codes"Now….here we go…." The man said as he types in ID: Dredd
'….and now the game begins' Dredd (not judge Dredd) thought as he enters Aincrad
End of chapter 0