SAO: Alicization High and Beyond [ Part 2 ]

Rescue Mission; Operation: "Retrieve Deku" [Pt. 1]

[ On December 4, 2026 - ]

[ After Bercouli intervened in Kirito and Deku's battle... Everyone was in shock as Deku was trying to kill Kirito in battle, but he ended up running away from his friends. Everyone was worried about Kirito's wounds as he's getting treated now - ]

"Kirito, are you ok? How are you feeling now?" Asuna said to Kirito, as he's tried to recover from his injuries

"Not too good... but I'm trying to manage the pain..." Kirito said as he was resting in the nursery bed, then Liz spoke next

"I can't believe Deku would do something like this. How could he do this to Kirito?!" Liz said

"Could it be... because of the Curse Mark? Could that administrator made him to attack Kirito like that-?!" Sinon questioned as Bercouli entered the conversation

"No. It was not because of the mark." Bercouli said as everyone was looking at him with an questionable expression

~"Huh?" (Asuna)
~"What you mean by that?" (Klien)
~"You're telling us that Deku wanted to injured him like that?!" (Akuma)

"......" Bercouli stood there silently as he remembered something

[ Flashback ]

[ Yesterday, before the fight - ]

"Bercouli! Bercouli, can you hear me?"

[ Bercouli heard a voice in his head; Eydis was somehow able to speak to him in his head - ]

"Yes Eydis? What's wrong?" Bercouli said

"We're having a huge issue; It turns out the people who's working on the murder of the hospital were killed in cold blood!" Eydis reports

"Woah, seriously? Hmph, what else?"

"I somehow caught Deku killed five of them! But he had a different weapon. So, that means it's Deku Black. With Medina secretly seen Black with someone else who've cornered the real Deku. Either me or her don't know who that person is but I know he's with Black and the Administrator." Eydis said

"Ok. We should -"

"And Black somehow offer Deku something... it's like they made a deal for something." Eydis said

"A deal? Wait - You couldn't mean that Deku decided to go rogue?!" Bercouli said as he was surprised that he had a feeling Deku would go rogue

"Well, I can't tell but it looks like he could."

"Damnit! I had a bad feeling about this - Eydis! Get Medina and you two secretly follow Deku together, stay low for now and see what's going on." Bercouli ordered Eydis

"Yes sir!"

[ Then after the fight... ]

"Commander Bercouli!" Eydis said

"Yeah, what is it?"

"It turns out that Deku has joined forces with Black! We saw Alice as she was tailing him and then she draws her sword in order to stop him, but he somehow managed to break through her and she's knocked out." Eydis reported to Bercouli

"What? Alice got knocked out? What happen next?" Bercouli asked

"We was going to stop him next but then, Yuuki came and tried to stop him... they were having a conversation. I believe Yuuki tried to reason with him... but he also knocked her out as well. Then he carried her home safely and then he left. What should we do now? He could meet up with Black any second now." Eydis said

"Well I'll be damned! Eydis! You and Medina go and retrieve Deku! No matter what happens, you two will do everything in your power to bring him back! Unleash your full power if you have to. Understand?" Bercouli orders