Right now, Sinon laying her head on Kitsune lap as they tell each other stories about their past. After hearing that Kitsune and Kirito had killed people in Sword Art Online, Sinon then asks him.

Sinon: Then Death Gun was a member of that
guild you fought, Laughing Coffin?

Kitsune: Yeah. He has to be one of the ones
who survived and was imprisoned. So....I
need to end this...here...once and for all....in
this world.

Sinon then got up and grabbed Kitsune shoulder and look into his pink/yellow eyes

Sinon: Kitsune, tell me one thing. Did you
ever regret killing all those people? How did
you keep them from controlling your life?
How are you able to become strong?

Kitsune looks at Sinon's eyes and sees that
she was determined at this. Kitsune then shakes his head.

Kitsune: I'm just your average 18-year-old immortal human who also has multiple girlfriends who all have varying sizes of tits, having boyfriends and a boyfriend who avatar is a trap. I also have a daughter, I know how to kill people and I've murdered multiple people I was also trapped in a VRMMO for almost 2 years yep just you average 18 year old immortal human. Also I lost virginity to four girls and one of them is my mom.

Kirito: what?

Sinon: what?

Kitsune: what? It's kinda hard to give an answer for that question. No I haven't regret killing them because they couldn't be redeemed at all. I'm that strong for reasons well I fear that my emotions will get the best of me.

Sinon: T-Then.... Then, what do I do?

Kitsune then put his hand on top of Sinon's
head and lightly stroke her head which made Kirito a bit jealous.

Kitsune: But, Sinon... I think that necessary.
I needed to accept what killing them meant,
the weight, and to keep thinking. A person that told this orange haired person said it's about instinct.

Sinon: Accept? Instinct?

Sinon then let go of Kitsune shoulder and
looked down at the ground.

——
——
Sinon: Death Gun, Fallen.

Kitsune: Um?

He looks at Sinon who is currently laying her
head on his lap again.

Sinon: Whoever is wearing that cape is a real
person, who actually exits, aren't they?

Kitsune: Yeah. If I knew their name from
SAO, we could find their true name and
address. That's why I came here.

Sinon: Oh, then he can't forget about SAO,
and he came to GGO because he wants to PK
again?

Kitsune: I think it's more than that. When
he killed XexeeD and Lightly Salted Tarako.
And when he killed Pale Rider in this tournament. He chose times when a lot of
people were watching. That exaggerated cross
sign He's probably trying to appeal to a large mass of people. To show them that he really has the ability to kill people from a game.

Sinon: But how is that possible?

Kitsune: From what I heard, XeXeeD and
Tarako didn't die of brain damage, but heart
failure.

Sinon: Heart failure? That's.

Kitsune: someone stole Succinylcholine and the deaths happened. But Fallen he wasn't even with the Laughing Coffin during SAO.

Sinon: Never been in SAO?

Kirito: no news about Fallen.

Kitsune: didn't Fallen's arm transformed into a arm cannon?

Sinon: That's true, Kitsune.

Sinon then shifted positions on Kitsune's lap as her backside is facing him. When he looked down, he started to blush like crazy when he caught a glimpse of Sinon's buttocks. He then looked away from looking at it and Sinon notice that he's blushing.

Sinon: What's wrong?

Kitsune: N-Nothing!!!

Kirito: But about Death Gun, maybe it isn't that he didn't use it. But he couldn't use it. That black handgun A reason he couldn't shoot it. His rifle. The cross sign..A cape that hides you..Conditions...Rules.

Kirito then thought back to his conversation with Kikuoka then he realizes something.

Kirito: I knew it! You can't really kill
someone with a gun in a game. Just shooting
them with a gun in the game wouldn't be
enough.

Sinon: What do you mean?

Kirito: What if you need to make some
preparations in the real world to kill someone
by shooting them with a gun here?

Sinon: Preparations in the real world? If that
was the case, how would he find the player's
real-world information? He doesn't know
who they are.

Kitsune: No, even a regular player could find the target's address.

Sinon: Eh?

Kitsune: The Governor General's office. BoB
players enter their true names and address
into that terminal. It's an open space with no
privacy.

Sinon: No way....When we entered them, was
he looking over our shoulders? If someone
was that close, we'd have noticed.

Kirito: Think about this, what if he was
using his camouflage skill and watched you
from a distance with a scope or binoculars?

Sinon: That's impossible....He'd get his butt
kicked for bad manners.

Kirito: What if, just hypothetically, Death
Gun's cape worked in town?

Sinon: He turned invisible and looked over
our shoulders? But Death Gun's logged into
the game. He can't do anything in real life.

Kitsube then started to think again and he
looked over and saw a lizard drinking water
with two tails and Kitsune growls in anger which sacred Sinon and Kirito.

Kitsune: There are three Death Guns. Kirito remember from our meeting?

Kirito: yeah, Fallen is the second one while the third one is the real world and targeting them!!

Kitsune: The first and second of them is the avatar in the beat-up cape. He shoots the target in the game. The second enters the target's room in the real world and simultaneously kills the defenseless player.

Hearing Kitsune's words, Sinon's eyes widened in shock as she sits up and spoke.

Sinon: Even if they knew the target's true
address, they'd need a key to get in. What
about the others in their house?

Kitsune: XeXeeD and Tarako both lived
alone, in old apartment buildings. The
electric locks on the door were probably older
ones with bad security. And when their target
is driving in GGO, their actual body is completely unconscious. Even if they had
trouble opening it, there's no way they'd be
noticed.

Sinon: Th-Then how do the victims die? You
said it was heart failure, right? Could you stop
someone's heart in a way that's undetectable
to Police and Doctors?

Kitsune: lethal injection.

Sinon: what about Fallen?

Kitsune: I don't know, he knows my abilities like he seen it before but I can't remember who he is.

Kirito: yeah I'm having problems who's even Death Gun.

Sinon: what we know it's there's three of them.

Sinon: Okay but wouldn't they find that? Like
a pinprick from the injection.

Kirito: The bodies weren't found for a while, so they were badly decomposed. And it isn't unheard of for hardcore VRMMO players
to die of heart attacks after not eating or sleeping.

Sinon: No way. Why would Death Gun do all
that?

Kitsune: Who knows? But maybe he must've
wanted to keep being a red player. For
example, just like Kirito and me, part of our-
self still remembers being a swordsman.

Kirito: Well, us both were still a swordsmen...

Sinon: I kind of understood that. Sometimes,
I think to myself that I'm a sniper. Then the
other Death Gun who's people in the real
world is also..

Kitsune: Yeah. He's most likely another
Laughing Coffin member. But he needs to
check that time closely aligns with his real-
world partner, or he wouldn't be able to do it. That cross gesture is to camouflage checking his watch.

Kirito then thought of something else and
his eyes widened when he realized something.
He then looked up at Sinon and put his hand
on her shoulders.

Kirito: Sinon, did you live alone?

Sinon: Y-Yeah..... The door's locked though. I
have an old electronic lock, too. The chain.
might not be locked.

Kitsune: Alright... Sinon, I need you to listen to me and stay calm. When he was shooting at us earlier with that gun, he wasn't aiming for me or Kirito, he was aiming for you....That
means the preparations are complete.

Sinon: Preparation? For what?

Kitsune: I think Death Gun's partner is in
your room right now watching a video of the
tournament and waiting for you to be shot..
It's possible, anyway.

Sinon's eyes widened in completely and
utterly shocked hearing this. As she imagines
that another Death Gun appeared inside her
apartment waiting for her to be shot.

Sinon: No.. No! No! I can't..

She said as she hugging her bodies tightly in
fear just by imagining this.

Sinon then started to breathe heavily and
started to have a panic attack and her heart
rate started to rise over 180 bpm.

System: INCREASED HEART RATE, WARNING!!

The system was about to force her to log out,
but Kitsune grabbed her and hugs her
tightly close to his chest.

Kitsune: Sinon, I need you to listen to my
voice and calm down. If you automatically log
out now, you'll be in danger. So please, calm
down.

Listening to Kitsune's soft voice, Sinon
started to calm down and she feels as she was
being protected and her heart rate starts to go
down back to normal. Kitsune then held her
even tighter.

Kitsune: Until Death Gun shoots you, the
intruder can't do anything to you. That's the
rule they set for themselves. But if you
automatically log out now, you'll see his face
and be in danger. So for now, please calm
down.

Sinon: But..... But...... I'm scared! I'm scared!

Sinon then held Kitsune tightly and he
started to rub her head to calm her down.

Kitsune: I know. I know you're scared. And I
promise you, no matter what happens, I won't
let Death Gun get to you. I'll protect you no
matter what.

Kirito heard Sinon screaming from the
entrance then he decides to enter and when
he entered, he saw Kitsune is hugging a crying Sinon. Kirito then smiles and Kitsune allowed him to join and gave him a hug too.
——-

Meanwhile, in ALfeihm Online, everyone was
still watching the BoB stream. Suddenly, they
then heard a knock at the door and the door
open as a tall man with light blue hair
wearing a glass walked in.

Liz: Chrysheight! You're late!

She said to the identified person known as
Chrysheight or known as Kikuoka Seijirou
who is in his ALO account.

Chrysheight: I c-came here at top speed from
the save point. If ALO had speed limits, they
would've taken my license.

Asuna and Sachi then stands up and walks toward Chrysheight or Kikuoka. They now standing in front of him with a serious look.

Asuna: What's going on?

Sachi: tell us.

Chysheight is taken aback at Asuna na d Sachi's attitude but he then composes himself and said back.

Chrysheight: It might take a while to explain
the whole thing....And I don't even know
where to start-

Sachi: Dodging the question?!

Yui: I'll explain, then.

Yui said as she came from gathering the
information that Asuna and Sachi asked.

Yui: On November 9th, a player calling
himself Death Gun fired a shot into a monitor
in Gun Gale Online. On the same day, in Nakano Ward's apartment, a player in a full-
dive died of an unnatural causes.

Chrysheight: My, what a surprise! To think
you gathered all that information and reached
that conclusion in such a short time! You
wouldn't by any chance be interested in a
part-time job with the Virtual Division?

Asuna, Yuna, Leafa, Silica, and Liz just glared at Chrysheight as he flinched in fear and held
his hands up as he sees a dark aura coming from Sachi.

Chrysheight: Oh, p-please, pardon me. I have
no intention to deceive you at this point. The
little one's explanation is spot-on. All of it.

Klein: Hey, Mr. Chrys! I heard you hired Kitsune and Kirito for that part-time job?Which means you....You knew about those
murders, but you still made them convert to
that game!!

Chrysheight: Wait a minute, Klein. They
aren't murders case.

Klein: Wh-What?

Chrysheight: No matter what you did, there's
no way to even graze a hair on someone's
head via the AmuSphere. Stopping someone's
heart, which isn't linked with the device, is
clearly impossible. Last week, Kitsune, Kirito and I had a long debate about it, and ultimately
reached that conclusion. A bullet in a video
game can't kill a body in the real world.

Then Klein was taken aback at Chrysheight's conclusion, sits back down at his seat.

Leafa: Chyrs-san, then why did you ask
Kitsune and Kirito to go to GGO?

Yuna: You felt something.... No, you still do.
That player named Death Gun and Fallen have some kind of terrifying secret, right?

Asuna: Chyrs-san.... Death Gun is an SAO
survivor like us. And he's also a former
member of Laughing Coffin, the most
infamous and worst red guild.

Chrysheight: Are you certain of that?

Asuna: Yes. We still don't know his former
handle, but Klein, Yuna, Sachi, and I still
remember him from the battle against
Laughing Coffin.

Liz: H-Hey, Asuna....D-Does Chrysheight know
about SAO? You said in the real world, he's
some government employee who does some
kind of network stuff. And as part of his
research into VRMIMO's, he's playing ALO.

Chrysheight: That's correct, but in the past, I
used to have a different job. I was... a member
of MIC's task force for the SAO incident. That
said, it was nothing more than a title, seeing
as how it never accomplished its purpose.

Asuna: Chrysheight, wouldn't you be able to
find Death Gun's real-life name and address?

Sachi; You could compile a list of survivors known to have been in Laughing Coffin and contact ISPs to check which of them is connecting GGO's servers from their homes.

Chrysheight: Unfortunately, that isn't
possible. Simply knowing that he's a
Laughing Coffin member isn't enough to
determine his actual real name and actual address.

Silica: Then what if you were to contact the
game's admins?

Chrysheight: The company that manages
GGO is overseas, so a swift response would be
unlikely to appear that quickly.

[There should be a GIF or video here. Update the app now to see it.]

Leafa: I believe Onii-chan and Kitsune fighting out there for the sake of determining that player's name. When Onii-chan back home yesterday night, he had a really serious expression on his face.

Yui: Speaking of that, yesterday when Papa
came back home, he also had that same
serious expression. Papa must've caught on
during preliminaries yesterday. He realized
that there was a former member of Laughing
Coffin member in GGO and that they might
have somehow murdered people again.

Asuna: oh no.

Yui: So I can say for sure he's gone off to settle things to determine this person's former handle and force him to stop PKing.

Sachi: Kitsune...You...You're
always...You're always doing this...

Klein: That damn black and white idiot
partner! Why didn't they tell us?! If they had,
I would've converted to wherever in heartbeat!

Silica: That's right But Kitsune wouldn't do that. If he thought there was any type of danger at all, he wouldn't try to involve us. That's the kind of person he is. His eyes seem like he seen people die from his own eyes and they were involved with something.

Liz: Yeah. He's always been like that. In fact,
he's probably protecting someone who's
supposed to be his enemy right now maybe
even Kirito who he's dating.

Yuna: he's able to save us from death back in SAO.

Asuna: he saved nearly everyone during the final battle with Heathcliff even told us not to take the risk that would cost our lives.

Everyone calm down as Sachi spoke.

Sachi: Chyrsheight, you must know where
Kirito and Kitsune is full diving from, right?

Chrysheight: -Uh, well I guess.

Sachi and the other girls then stand in front
of Chrysheight with Yui in her mother's arms.

Chrysheight: I do..... Actually, I had the place
set up for him. The security's perfect and so is
the monitoring. There's someone right next to
him, and I can say for sure that his real body
is in no danger-

Yuna: Where is he?!

Chrysheight: He's at a hospital in Ochanomizu Hospital in Chiyoda City with Kirito

Sachi: A hospital in Chiyoda? Isn't that the
one Kirito went to for rehab?

Chrysheight: Yeah, that's right.

Sachi: Then I'm going there. To where he is
in the real world.

Leafa: I'm going to come with you.

Asuna: I'll also joining with you.

———

Back in Gun Gale Online, Kitsune is still comforting Sinon and after a few minutes she
spoke up.

Sinon: Tell me what to do?

Kitsune : If we defeat Death Gun. Then his
partner will disappear, unable to do anything.

Sinon then broke the hug and looked at Kitsune.

Sinon: But even without his Black Star, he's
pretty good. Didn't you see him dodge a shot
from the Hecate at hundred meters? And I
don't think we can hide like this forever.

She finished while checking her watch as now was 10:35 P.M.

Sinon: The other players will realize that
we're hiding in this desert cave. At any
second, we could be attacked with a grenade.

Kitsune: I see.

Sinon: We've been pair this far. Let's fight
together to the end.

Kirito: But if he shoots you with that
handgun.

Kitsune: the handgun is unless, Kirito. Even then we can cut the bullets down.

Kitsune then looked at Sinon and smile at
her.

Kitsune: I won't let them hit you even with one bullet. But I still think it's better if he didn't see you.

Sinon: But..

Kitsune: Don't get me wrong, I'd be more
than happy to accept your help. But, aren't
you a sniper, Sinon? You're the best firing
from long range.

Sinon: That's true.

Kitsune: Let's do this. During the next scan,
I and Kirito will show up on the map on
purpose and draw out Death Gun and Fallen. They'll probably hide far away and try to shoot me with their weapons. We'll use his shot to find his location and shoot him. How about that?

Sinon: Are you alright being a decoy?

Kitsune: Yep.

Sinon: Fine. We'll do that. But just be sure
you don't get killed by his first shot.

Sinon then playfully pinched Kitsune side
and he just smiled at her.

Kitsune: Hey, I promised you, didn't I? If
I'm to die, it'll be by your bullet and your
bullet alone. But his rifle doesn't make any
sound, and there's no prediction line on its
first shot, right?

Sinon: "Predict the prediction line". Those
were your words, remember? I forgot he's immortal!!

Kitsune didn't say anything and got close to
Sinon's face. She started to blush a little.

Kitsune didn't say anything and got close to
Sinon's face. She started to blush a little.

Sinon: W-What is it?

Kitsune: Um, what is that thing above us?

Sinon looked up and saw one of the stream
cameras above them and she just sighed.

Sinon: Damn it. I let my guard down.

Kitsune: Um, what is that?

Sinon: It's a live streaming camera. It typically follows skirmish between players, but it must've come here because there aren't too many people left.

Kitsune: oh crap baskets.

Sinon: Don't worry. It only picks up what you
say if you're yelling. Why not wave for the
camera? Or is there someone you'd be in
trouble with if they saw you like this?

Kitsune then started to get nervous at this
as he started to sweat a bit.

Kitsune: U-Uh, well, that's... Sh-Shouldn't
you be the one worried? If someone you know
looks at you like this, maybe they assume that
we're you know... a couple?

Kitsune said with a blushing face and
nervous look as he can somehow feel murderous intent at him and he knew where
was it even felt Kirito's dark aura.

Meanwhile, in ALfheim Online, Klein's eyes
widened when he saw Kitsune, Kirito and Sinon close to each other with Sinon and Kirito sitting at Kitsune's lap.

Kitsune: the girls are gonna beat me up for it also why is my dick getting rubbed!?
——-

Klein then looked over at Yuna, Liz, and Silica's direction and he for sure saw a dark aura with
red eyes like piercing at someone's soul while looking at the screen.

Yuna: Jeez, what does he think he is doing?

Lisbeth: I agree with you, Yuna. He should do
his work and not flirting with a girl at a time
like this.

Lisbeth who was cracking her knuckles as her inner yelled.

Inner Lisbeth: HOW MUCH HE'LL GET!?

Silica: That's right. What a hopeless man is
he?

Klein just keeps quiet while watching the
screen as he fears that if he makes a joke or
anything, he will die for sure.

Klein: Women are scary and....crazy. I pray for you, Yami that you'll be okay.

——

Meanwhile, at the hospital, Asuna, Sachi, Suguha, and Yui currently at the Ochanomizu Hospital in Chiyoda City. There are now in the room where Kazuto is full-diving while Yami is meditating and now they are watching the live stream of BoB. Asuna and Suguha then tried their best to suppressed their anger while looking at their boyfriend with another girl while Sachi was is trying her best of not having her boyfriend not getting beat up.

Aki: Um, excuse me, Kirigaya-san, Asuna-san.

Asuna: Yeah?

Suguha: What can we help?

Aki: Could you two release a bit of your grip
from Yami's hand? His hand might break
if you two keep pressing his hand to much.

Sachi: please calm down you two.

Yui: Yeah. That's right, aunty, Suguha. Papa might have a good reason why he did that.

Asuna and Suguha look at Yui and then look
at each other. They then release a bit of
gripping from Yami's hand.

Asuna: Sorry... I'm just jealous to see your Papa with another girl.

Yui: I know. I already knew something like
this maybe happens.

Suguha: Let's continue watching.

They nodded and continue watching BoB
while they hold Yami's hands, but this time
without breaking his hand even though it can heal.

——-
Back in GGO, Sinon also blushed hearing
Kitsune's words and looked away from him,
trying her best to not blushing.

Sinon: I don't care.... if they think you're my
boyfriend, then guys will stop hitting on me. Then again we are now dating.

Kitsune: Alright, then.

The camera then disappeared after a few
seconds.

Sinon: It's gone. But it's nearly time. There
are two minutes until the next satellite scan.
I'll stay here, and you'll go outside and check
your terminal, right?

She said as she stands up and picks up her
sniper from the ground.

Kitsune: Actually, now that I think about it.

Sinon: What now? There's no time to change
the plan.

Kitsune: No, the plan stays as is. Not that, I
was just thinking that in the end, Death Gun's or Fallen's true name....or his character name is "Sterben."

Sinon: Oh, I see. I guess so. What does it
mean, I wonder.

Kitsune: I do know it's a German word. I've learned a bit of german.

Kitsune then about to walk outside but
before that Sinon called him.

Sinon: Be careful.

Kitsune just gave Sinon a thumbs up and as
she watched him walk away, she couldn't help
but blush at him, remember his words at her.

Leaving Sinon blushing there, Kitsune then
walked to the entrance and met up with Kirito
as he looked at him.

Kirito: Is it time?

Kitsune: yep, also did you touched did you?

Kirito:*sweating* Don't know what you're talking about...

[There should be a GIF or video here. Update the app now to see it.]

End of Volume