The So-Called "Emergency" and Intuition...

"So..."

Watching Kirito and Liz fool around as they walked ahead, Wu Yan, hiding behind a rock, expressionlessly glanced at Asuna, who was lying on top of him.

"Your so-called 'emergency' was asking me to join you as a peeping tom?..."

Asuna blushed, then righteously retorted, "How can this count as peeping? At most, it's stalking!"

"That's just as bad!"

Wu Yan shot Asuna a vicious glare. "Honestly, I can't believe you. I was so scared that I rushed out of the labyrinth before I could even finish off a few low-health mobs. I thought you really had something urgent, but it turned out we were here to stalk them?"

"At your level, missing a little grinding time won't make any difference, so why are you making such a big deal out of it..." Asuna muttered. "Besides, this really is an emergency. It concerns my best friend's lifelong happiness!"

"Lifelong happiness?..." Resisting the urge to roll his eyes, Wu Yan complained, "I really don't see how this has anything to do with lifelong happiness. Aren't they just going to collect some metal materials?"

"You don't understand!" Asuna secretly poked her head out and glanced at Kirito and Liz ahead. "Don't you think there's something strange about the two of them?"

Hearing that, Wu Yan spent a full minute carefully observing Kirito and Liz. Only after that minute had passed did he speak decisively. "I honestly don't see anything strange about them!"

"Are you an idiot?" Asuna said as though she were disappointed in him, pointing ahead. "Don't you think their relationship looks rather unusual?"

Wu Yan froze for a moment, frowned, and hesitantly said, "You mean... they've gotten together?..."

"Don't put it so crudely!" Asuna said unhappily.

"Really?..." A trace of doubt appeared on Wu Yan's face as he rubbed