chapter 1
Kirito arrives downtown at a high class sweet shop after being called up by Kikouka to discuss a certain incident.
He first implores Kirito to order anything, Kikouka begins to explain the situation behind the game Gun Gale Online.
Recently, there had been two murder cases within the VR world that seemed to be linked to the real world.
The two players that were murdered both showed heart failure after being shot by «Death Gun». Kikouka asks Kirito to investigate this situation further by connecting to GGO and confronting «Death Gun».