Actually, it is a bit interesting. Natsume does not agree with Hitzcliff's proposal. Letting himself duel with Kirito or something is not the key to solving this incident.

According to normal circumstances, it was supposed to be a duel between Hitzcliff and Kirito, and then Kirito discovered that Hitzcliff was in a state of "undead on the system" through his own attack, laying the groundwork for him to uncover Hitzcliff's true face. So finally, he relied on his duel with Kayaba Akihiko to end the death game of Sao and push the plot toward the end of Sao.

Natsume knew this process. Although he would take action to stop their battle at the end and kill Kayaba Akihiko, the plot has changed a lot now, and Natsume couldn't help but become impatient.

If Kirito cannot discover Hitzcliff's true face by himself, even if he tells him himself, it may not be useful.

Hezcliff was able to lie, and as long as he did not confirm it himself, there was a possibility that he would not believe Natsume.

For this reason, Natsume felt a little helpless about the current situation.

Although I can try to fight against Hitzcliff, if Kirito does not have the assistance of him, the difficulty will probably increase greatly.

Simply put, Natsume's plan to use Kirito failed, and next, it's up to you.

Sitting on a chair for rest, covering your face with your hands, and opening your mouth to breathe the imaginary air.

It's just a corridor, a bit like a passage made of stones from the ancient Roman arena. From here you can see the dazzling eyes outside, and you can also hear the noise of many players and NPCs.

It's very simple. Kirito is a powerful loner player. Because of the 'fifty consecutive kills' that people call, the name is known to many people in Sao.

Conversely, in addition to that battle, Natsume's name, the strongest murderer, "Red-Eye Saint Swordsman", was also well known. The battle between the two naturally attracted many people to watch.

If no one sees it, it will be very strange.

Listening to the shouts that came into his ears, Natsume, who felt a little noisy, lay on the stone bench.

Natsume was unable to reject Hizcliff's request, not because he dared not object, but because Kirito accepted Hizcliff's conditions.

Hearing Kirito's promise, his pupils had a look of "not losing" and said that he must take Asuna away, no matter who his opponent is, it will be the same.

Natsume had no idea of ​​rejecting Kirito's enlightenment.

Just showdown.

The decision was made, but when he arrived at the scene, Natsume immediately repented.

If you fight with Kirito, everything arranged in advance will completely lose its effect. After the chaos, you must rethink the method of strategy sao.

The worst result is that you can only see Hizcliff's last wave of ss on the 100th floor.

Therefore, Natsume stood up with a sigh, and walked towards the exit of the corridor. He leaned out half of his body slightly and saw that the seats in the circular arena were filled with players and system characters.

There is still some time before the duel. However, the atmosphere of this group of people is even higher than before.

Is this the so-called "things are not about yourself"?

They don't know how important this duel is for Natsume and Kirito.

It was really troublesome, and the person who caused this trouble was sitting on the main stand in the circular seat.

This is the large arena of the Iron Capital Grandsam. It can be used as a one-on-one challenge and training group battles. I remember that many players' opposing competitions have been held here.

Since there are many viewers, players fighting here will feel a little proud, but Natsume is completely the opposite at this moment, feeling a little uncomfortable all over.

It’s not nervousness or anger, but the anxiety mentioned earlier.

In addition to those, there is another thing, which is whether you can defeat Kirito.

What will happen if you lose to him?

What will happen if he wins him?

If you can't match him, you can only lose, but Natsume doesn't feel that there is a huge gap in strength between him and Kirito;

Another possibility is that if you win, Kirito will join the Blood Alliance Knights. This is based on the plot, but the prerequisites for this plot are wrong. Can you really continue?

The loss and the winning are obviously only a matter of one thought, but now I feel that it is very troublesome to make a decision.

Retracting his gaze, his cheeks shining in the sun were a little hot.

I don’t know if Lizbet and Celica are coming. I believe they must understand Asuna’s thoughts and concerns. For this reason, what will the two of them have about this battle?

Do you hope you will win or you will fail?

I couldn't figure it out, nor did I want to figure it out, Natsume only understood that the battle was inevitable at this moment.

I looked out again, in addition to the deafening cheers, above the arena, there were many white clouds hanging on the clear sky, and some of them raised their hateful corners of their mouths as if they were laughing at themselves.

The air felt slightly dry, and I, who had just drunk water, seemed to need to replenish water.

His eyes moved in the somewhat distorted air, and many people sitting around his seat focused on the exit on their own and the exit next to him. Kirito was also preparing.

Once he started fighting, Natsume believed that the battle time required was no more than one minute, because his skills and maximization drive could only be done for about one minute.

If you can’t defeat Kirito for a minute, it’s your own failure;

If you are defeated in one minute, you will be defeated.

This has decided that Natsume has not had much time. If you want to defeat Kirito, you can only seize every second and every moment.

Sitting on the stone bench, Natsume, who was asked to go to the audience, did not disturb herself, and the ears were blocked, enjoying the purity.

When the world becomes quiet, people are very relaxed in playing.

A person is very scared, and a silent world is also disgusting, but at this time, this kind of "fear" is often needed.

As he estimated the time in his mind, Natsume got up and walked towards the exit formally.

The sword in the lake was already in his hand, and he was full of energy and stared at the road ahead.

As soon as I stepped out, cheers and whistles began to sound. Kirito, who walked out of the passage to his right, was not very adaptable to this atmosphere, just like Natsume.

However, it was impossible for them to escape at the last minute, so the two had to bite the bullet and go on.

Standing face to face in the middle of the arena, both sides holding their weapons tightly, while Kirito took out the White Sword [The Dark Chaser] without any worries.

The swordsman with two swords and the holy swordsman with one-handed swordsman both looked at each other, and the smell of gunpowder gradually rose.

"The lone player Kirito - vs - the captain of the first team of the Knights of the Blood League! The competition is about to begin!"
Chapter completed!