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Fuurinkazan\ Kleins mission

1; Locate the Popola Devola scattered around the world

2; Find all weapons that contain one or both sisters

3; Find a factory that still contains all of the information about their model.

No time limit

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Kirititos and 9s mission

1; Find food and water for the colony

2; Map the surrounding area

3; investigate anything that catches their attention.

4; Find anything useful so the colony can repair the surrounding buildings

No time limit

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Kirito listened to his surroundings, it was honestly kind of surprising how easy it was for him to get lost in his thoughts, while he did have a help screen that mapped his surroundings...

It only did that map his surroundings, while Fuurinkazan was growing their map and sharing it with everyone else, it was limited to the places they have been to.

Klein was staying put, for now, no doubt he found whatever he was looking for and was either trying to solve some puzzle, or it was buried and he had to dig it out by hand.

Both his map and the map that everyone used showed his surroundings, but they only showed that there was something around him.

If he wanted to know what was inside a building even if it was completely exposed because one side had completely broken off, he had no choice but to enter the building and walk into each room one by one.

His help screen showed him that someone was following him and it was the android that had been brought into the camp.

'Excuse me sir" 9s said to Kirito as he walked up to him.

"9s right? or is your name something else?'" Kirito asked the boy who immediately looked at him with a surprised expression

"Its 9s sir, but I'll gladly accept any name that you give me," 9s said to Kirito

"..." Kirito

"So what brings you out here? I mean you looked like you were having fun with the kids" Kirito said to 9s before he started walking again.

"Lady Asuna said that I should accompany you." 9s said to Kiito as he finally caught up to him and walked next to him

"...Asuna said that."

"Strange I usually work alone." Kirito said to 9s who looked widened his eyes slightly

"Sir are you?... I don't know how to phrase this are you a scout or?" 9s said to Kirito before Kirito interrupted him.

"Sometimes I scout ahead and map an area, sometimes I fight alone, it's just what I do"

"Asuna is the one that deals with the public, it's the reason why she is the second in command and I'm not"

'I'm just not a people person" Kirito said to 9s who seemed to hang onto his every word.

"So what can you do?" Kirito asked 9s

"Oh, sorry."

"I'm a scanner unite."

"What I mean is that I can hack into the machines and their weapons, as well as infiltrate enemy bases and I provide support during fights."

"While I'm not the best fighter, I'll protect you as best as I can." 9s said to Kirito

Kirito didn't bother to turn and look at the kid because from the corner of his eye he could see that he was happy to tell him what he could do.

Kirito stopped walking and turned to look at 9s "Okay hey do you have a map of the surrounding area can you give it to me, along with the rest of the maps that you have" Kirito said to 9s who immediately deflated

"I can, but I don't know how long I've been offline, so the maps that I do have could be outdated," 9s said to Kirito

"Doesn't matter, it's something so we can figure it out as we go" Kirito said to 9s who tried to send the information to Kitito but failed

"I'm sorry sir but I can't connect to your network for some reason," 9s said to Kirito who activated his help screen.

Kirito added 9s to his friend's group and 9s immediately noticed that he was given access to Kiritos information.

Kirito looked at the map that 9s had given him and while the map was a lot bigger than the one he had, it wasn't anything special.

If he had to compare it to a map in a game all that it was, was the barebones of a map.

It didn't have any significant locations like what areas had special drops or where enemies spawned.

"No this isn't a game." Kirito said to himself as he tried to remind himself that this was the real world.

"I'm sorry I didn't hear that," 9s said to Kirito

"Don't worry about it, thanks for the map 9s" Kirito said to the boy before the two of them started walking again, however, it wasn't long before 9s started talking again

"Excuse me si, how- how is it that you have a network? I was under the impression that Humans didn't have it" 9s said to Kirito

"We don't." Kirito answered 9s but he didn't tell 9s where the network all was because if something happened to it, then none of the players could communicate anymore.

The damage had already been done, both groups had already exchanged information and both Klein and Asuna had connected something foreign to it, but no one knew where the network was so it should still be somewhat safe.

As they walked both Kirito and 9s noticed that someone had sent a network-wide message, the two of them opened the message and heard.

"Hey this is Battle Hammer, I don't know what you guys did but thanks, we needed something to help us pass the time"

"Anyway I know it's not much but here's some music, I don't know if you guys will like it but it's from my playlist."

"God who knew something so small like listening to a song that I've heard over a million times would feel so good to hear, Thanks."

Because he didn't want to put his foot in his mouth Kirito began to look through the playlist and while he was tempted to look at the background music, those tended to be elevator songs and things that put people to sleep.

So he chose to look through the regular playlist and found it full of music from the West.

This kind of music wasn't his thing but it was better than walking in complete silence.

"Hey, do you want to hear some music?"Kirito asked 9s who was already looking through the playlist.

"Sure what do you want to hear," 9s asked Kirito

"Go ahead pick something, it'll be nice to hear something while we walk." Kirito said to 9s who looked through the playlist until he found something that caught his eye.

Kirito couldn't help but smile when he heard the music begin to play, Two steps from hell, Protectors of the earth, it was something that almost everyone used once when they made an A.M.V because of how emotional the music was.

9s began to pick u several machines ahead of them and so he immediately grabbed Kirito and pulled him towards one of the buildings hoping to hide him before the machines had a chance to notice him.