Akiri Shiranobu was a young boy with a passion for parkour. Everything changed after a fateful accident caused him to lose his legs. Now, he finds himself trapped in a death game along with 10,000 people and his childhood friend.
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Sinon: I still hate you but... Let me borrow your lap for a bit
Sinon said as she went ahead and laid down and rests her head on his lap.
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The two stayed silent, not saying anything. A while later, Sinon started to speak, breaking the long silence.
Sinon: I... killed someone... Five years ago there was a robbery at a post office in a small Tohoku town. The media said the robber died when his gun misfired. But actually, I was there, and I stole his gun, and I shot him to death
Akiri: Five years ago?
Sinon: I was eleven. Ever since then, whenever I see a gun, I throw up or pass out. Whenever I see a gun, I see the face of the man I killed. And I get scared... So scared
He felt her hands starting to shake. He hesitates a little, but decided to reach over and hold her hand.
Sinon: But... In this world, I've been okay. So I thought, if I could be the strongest player in this world, I could be stronger in the real world. I could forget that memory...
He only stayed silent, listening closely to her.
Sinon: But back there, when Death Gun attacked me, I was scared. At some point, I stopped being Sinon. I was back to being the real me
He notices that her body is now trembling, she is genuinely frightened.
Sinon: I'm scared to die. But... But... Living in fear hurts just as much. If I run from Death Gun and those memories, without fighting, I'll become weaker than I was. So... I...
Akiri: I killed someone as well
He said, and Sinon turns her head to look at him.
Akiri: I killed a lot of people actually...
He stopped himself from saying anything further. He knew there's no going back once he told her. Once he made up his mind, he took a deep breath and exhaled.
Akiri: I told you before that I knew Death Gun, that he was from another game, right...? The name of that game... was Sword Art Online...
Her eyes widened as she looked at him completely shocked.
Sinon: Then you really are...
Akiri: Yeah... I'm an SAO survivor... And so is Death Gun... He was a member of a murder guild named Laughing Coffin, a red player. They killed countless people...
He took a moment to take a breath before continuing.
Akiri: One day, a raid sized party was formed to imprison them. I was one of the members. But the information was leaked, and we were ambushed instead. The battle got deadly real quick. When I saw my guildmates, my friends, dying in front of my eyes... that's when I finally lost it...
Sinon: Lost it...?
Akiri: I killed one of them. And it felt so good, finally getting revenge. Vengeance. So I killed another one. Then another... In the end, I killed over ten of them during that raid...
