The prologue of the sword fight, the Chinese boy who inherited the gym!

2022, Japan, Tokyo District.

A new generation of civilian terminal called "NERvGear" developed by the major electronic machinery manufacturer "ARGUS" is finally available to everyone.

This allows full network virtual space stealth to be utilized in general online games.

Sword Art Online, or "SAO" for short, is the first large-scale VRMMO to utilize this advanced technology.

A black-haired boy just came out of a department store, holding an unopened NERvGear civilian terminal in his hand. Just as he was about to go home to experience it, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

"Seiya, did you get the NERvGear helmet today?"

As soon as Seiya answered the call, a male voice with a rather anxious tone came from the other end of the line.

Just by listening to the voice, it is not difficult to tell that the other person's age is not much different from Seiya, probably the age of a junior high school student.

“Originally I had no chance to buy it, but the salesgirl seemed to be a senior from our school who was working part-time.

Because I was a cute junior, she helped me with the behind-the-scenes operations.

Moreover, this senior student was very polite and slipped me a small note, saying that this was her contact information and that if I had any questions, I could call her and ask.

I have to say, big companies are different. Even the part-time ladies provide such good service. "

When hearing what his friend said at this moment, Kiritani Kazuto on the other end of the phone couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Is it for the sake of your junior? Is it because of the service attitude of a big company? People will slip you a note because they like your face!

Although Kazuto Kiritani was speechless about the special treatment Seiya received, he was not overly surprised.

Because he has seen too many things like this around Seiya over the years.

Seiya’s full name is Wenren Seiya, a very Japanese-style name, but he is actually Chinese.

Kazuto also asked Seiya why his name was like this, and the latter explained to him that "Wenren" is a compound surname.

In the ancient East, "holy" means sacred and beautiful, and "sacred" is an auxiliary word of tone.

Seiya's parents had an accident when he was very young, and he was raised by his grandfather, but his grandfather passed away not long ago.

Seiya's family runs a sword-fighting gym, and Kiritani Kazuto and Kiritani Suguha are both students of the gym.

However, when Kazuto Kiritani was seven years old, he gave up kendo because he felt it was boring.

However, Seiya and Kiritani Suguha have persisted, and Seiya has perfectly inherited the mantle of "Wenren Swordsmanship Style".

When he was still a freshman in junior high school, he participated in the National Kendo Competition and defeated many second and third year junior high school students who were one or two years older than him, and finally won the national championship.

Since she grew up with Kiritani Kazuto and Kiritani Suguha, the three of them can be considered childhood sweethearts.

Aside from the somewhat awkward sibling relationship between Kazuto and Suguha, Seiya actually has a pretty good relationship with both Kazuto and Suguha.

Putting aside Kazuto, who shares the same bad taste as him, Kiritani Suguha simply worships Seiya as an idol.

After all, at the young age of Kuniichi, he won the national kendo championship. For Suguha, a girl who loves kendo, Seiya was simply born for kendo.

Although she is still a junior high school student, Suguha knows that her brother Seiya has even reached the level of "Menkyo Kaiden" in the Wenren swordsmanship style.

Even if he were to participate in a high school kendo competition as a junior high school student, he would be able to get a very good ranking.

Since the death of Grandpa Wenren, the dojo has been closed. If Seiya can get a good ranking in the high school kendo competition, coupled with his level of "Menkyo Kaiden", he is fully capable of inheriting the kendo dojo.

Not only is he handsome, but he is also a kendo champion at a young age, and his academic performance is also excellent. Even without thinking, you can tell how popular Seiya is in school.

This is also the reason why Kazuto Kiriya was not at all surprised by the preferential treatment Seiya received.

Because apart from his lovelorn sister, Seiya has never lacked suitors since he was a child.

Having such an excellent friend, one can only say that it is his luck, but also his misfortune.

Fortunately, Seiya is a very strong person. When someone needs help, he will really help, and there are very few things he cannot do.

Unfortunately, having such a friend puts him under a lot of pressure, to the point that his biggest role at school is to help people pass messages or deliver love letters to Seiya.

He gave up kendo when he was seven years old, not only because he found it boring, but also because he felt too much pressure.

They were all practicing sword fighting, and they were the same age, and they were all boys, but Seiya's progress was rapid.

But he could only abuse Suguha, which made Kazuto feel that he might not have a talent for kendo, so he finally decided to give up.

Of course, although Seiya is excellent in all aspects, it does not mean that he, Kiritani Kazuto, is useless.

After giving up kendo, Kiritani Kazuto unexpectedly discovered that he had a talent for playing games.

And it is only when playing games that Kazuto will not be completely crushed by Seiya, and can even win more and lose less.

The boy, who already loved playing games, has now found the only way where he can defeat his friends, so he naturally enjoys it even more.

SAO is the first large-scale VRMMO released using NERvGear.

As a game, the attention it has received is undoubtedly unprecedentedly huge. As a game geek, it is impossible for Kiritani Kazuto not to be interested in it.

Not only was he interested, he was also lucky enough to be selected as an insider player and became one of the first people to experience SAO.

Now that the public beta of SAO is approaching, NERvGear has become extremely popular. As a beta tester, he naturally has nothing to worry about. But as his best friend, Seiya, he will not be able to get the virtual helmet.

As a "beta tester", he has already experienced the charm of SAO. In that world, he might really be able to defeat Seiya with his swordsmanship.

He is good at games to begin with, and this time he is entering the public beta as an "internal beta player". Even if this game has a mainstream profession like swordsman, he should be able to defeat Seiya, right?

In short, Kazuto has always been worried that Seiya would not be able to get the helmet, and on the one hand, he is worried that he will lose his only friend to play games with him.

On the other hand, he just wanted to show off in front of Seiya!

That’s right, his friends are too outstanding, and Kiritani Kazuto is under a lot of pressure. In the past, he could only rely on games to regain a little dignity.

This time, no matter what, we must win back in the opponent’s area of ​​expertise, even if it’s in the game!