Mysterious Challenger.

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January 6, 2026.
-New Aincrad, Floor 22-

Asuna, Liz, Leafa, Ryuu, and Silica were in Kirito's and Asuna's home as they were doing homework and Mimir was helping them with it. Silica then started to fall asleep.

Asuna: Hey, if you nap, you won't be able to sleep tonight. There are only three days of winter break left. You need to finish your homework. Sinonon and Eris said they finished all their homework before leaving.

Silica: I'm tired.

Mimir: Maybe the room's too warm. Perhaps you should lower the temperature?

Leafa: No. I think it's because of that.

Asuna: That?

They then see Kirito, Yui, and Pina sleeping on a couch. They then saw Kratos and Atreus sleep on another couch as they saw Atreus looked older.

 They then saw Kratos and Atreus sleep on another couch as they saw Atreus looked older

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Asuna: Oh, I see. Ever since Kratos came back from GGO, it seems they've been working really hard.

Liz: You know? That thing we saw in Agil's shop that they've been working on for Yui and Atreus?

Leafa: Something-onics!

Asuna, Liz, Ryuu, Mimir: Mechatronics.

Leafa: But they look really comfortable. It makes me sleepy. too.

Liz: Yeah, especially after Atreus decided to grow up. 

Mimir: He did say he wanted to help more. We should let him.

*Time skip*

Leafa continued doing her homework before she noticed Asuna and Silica asleep.

Leafa: Hey, Asuna! You fell asleep yourself!

She then saw Liz asleep, too.

Leafa: You, too, Liz? Mimir...?

She looked at Mimir who was writing with a pen on his mouth.

Mimir: Sorry, I was distracted, I did not notice.

Liz: I wonder why looking at that makes me so sleepy.

She said while looking at the rest asleep.

Asuna: Shall I make some tea to wake us up?

After making the tea, they were now outside, as Mimir stayed, and they noticed it stopped snowing.

Silica: The snow stopped!

Liz: Come to think of it, have you heard of Zekken?

Asuna looked at Liz confused.

Asuna: Zekken? A new rare item or something?

Liz: No, no... It's someone's name. Most likely a nickname, I guess... They're so strong, someone started calling them "Zekken," the absolute blade. An invincible blade. A blade that's better than any other. That's what I think it means, anyway.

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