"It is suspected that at least 1500 people died because of Kayaba Akihiko's death game, Sword Art Online... Statistics reveal that at the end of the game, more than 3000 would perish from brain electrocution...."

Sinon, listening to the news, packed up for school and left. It was recent that for the first time, she has experience murdering a person. Getting traumatized, she wanted to resolve her phobia of guns by trying out VR. So she pre-ordered a copy of Alfheim Online which is supposed to come out November. Another reason why she bought was because of a certain rumor that you can meet SAO players through it.

'Re-uniting with Zhong Yuan...'

Sinon after school then went to the Hospital where Zhong Yuan rested.

'His body so thin, hair so long, and skin so pale. Are you going to be okay?' Holding this hope into her heart, she wished dearly for the game's completion.

'I'll try to meet you in the other side, so see you.'

Arriving home, she unpacked her headset and geared up. Laying on her bed, she called out, "link start." Wild colors appearing, she stated her username and entered ALfheim, the world interconnect to Aincrad.

[Please enter your character's gender and name]

'Girl and Sinon.'

[The next step is race selection. Please choose one of the nine races.]

"Cait Sith."

[Cait Sith, correct? Your character's appearance will be randomly generated. Is that all right?]

'He needs to recognize me.'

"Please make it as similar as possible to me."

[Request accepted. You will now be transferred to the Cait Sith's territory. We wish you the best of luck.]

Shining, Sinon finally entered the world of Alpheim, trying to find Zhong Yuan.

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It was February, month of purification (google it), the time in which plants were growing back from the harshness of winter.

"Titan's Hand, today your guild will fall."

"This weak looking person?" "How can he win against us?" "We PK a lot of people boy, you don't stand a chance."

'PKers never learned don't they?' Holding my katana in a drawing position, my skill activates.

'Unyou: Flash of Light'

"What!"

With just three strikes, I decimated the guild and I looked at Kirito and Silica.

"...Kirito, why are you wasting your time here? Did your resolve finally change?"

"Kirito's face turned suprised, but he quickly changed back to his depressed state."

"No."

"Go back to the higher floors and help kill the bosses."

"Yes." Kirito, looking down, took out a teleportation device and disappeared. And then I looked at Silica.

"Now that you have your item, go," I said coldly.

"Ye-yes! And thank you a lot sir!" she said shyly.

Looking at her shadow, I walk to where Silica got her Pneuma flower.

[Quest - Gate between Worlds]

[Find the lost gate that will reconnect Aincrad to Yggdrasil in the 47th's floor.]

[Reward: +10 stats, Dimension Traveler Title, and Magic Evolution.

Walking to the edge of the floor, I find my destination, a small pond with flowers just like the ones I found when I met the fairies. Chanting words to guide magic into the pond or the broken pond, I wait for it's completion.

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Somewhere in the Ancient Forest.

"AH! Why are Salamanders in a Slyph territory! Go back to your desert!" Yelled Sinon as she ran away with her bow. Taking cover, she silently snipes them one by one. Then taking out her map, she follows a river into the very depths of the forest. Finding ancient ruins, she discovers monsters and loots a lot of equipment.

"Last thing to find is the magic crystal..." Following her map, she ends up in the a room filled with ancient tools and magic equipment.

'How much money is this in total?'

Drooling in her happiness, she quickly gathers up everything and checks the magic circle in the middle.

"What does this do?"

Inserting some mana, the circle starts glowing ominously and her mana started chipping away. And out of sudden, a portal appears in front of her. Looking closely, she sees a man closely resembling Zhong Yuan.

"No way this can be true," she said while walking away.

"Is that you Sinon!" Sinon shocked, looked back at him.

"Zhong Yuan! You're still alive!"

"Sinon! Quickly, start recording this!"

"Uh, okay"

"Sword Art Online is somehow interconnected to ALfpheim Online so if possible, it could be possible to transfer the residents in here back to your world so that we couldn't die! Also, be careful with the GM in ALfpheim because he is working with the Americans and testing on human brains!

"Wait...seriously?"

"Yes! It is all true so if by chance this game ended, some people's freedom might be taken away so be careful!"

"Is that all you have?"

"Unfortunately, yes. And if people say you're lying, show my body to the world."

"...Aren't you going to tell me else than facts?"

"Oh. Well, it's been quite some time Sinon. We don't have much time, like around 15 minutes so I'll tell you stuff regarding Aincrad and you tell me real life events."

Going back and forth with Sinon, I realized that this timeline was still similar to the original. I didn't cause enough butterfly effects to change the world except Aincrad's.

"Are you telling me that now, you are one of the most professional players in SAO?"

"Pretty much. There four rising talents which is the Guild Leader Man of Legend Heathcliff, the sub-leader The Flash Asuna, the Black Swordsman Kirito, and me."

"...what are these chuunibyou names? Also, what's yours?"

"...not telling."

"Pftt, ha ha ha! You haven't changed at all after these years."

"..."

"...Zhong Yuan."

"I just want to say in advance that if I were to come back, I might be a bit different."

"Wait what? Zhong Yuan is something wrong?" The timer reaching zero, the portal slowly closes.

"Zhong Yuan! Say something!" I didn't respond. I just smiled gently back to her.