"Hmm, I think it was called... SAO? What does that abbreviation mean?"
"Sword Art Online, I think?"
The girls did not know much about games.
And Asuna, this "young lady," knew even less.
"I heard these dive games can simulate the five senses and send the signals directly into your brain."
"But we're all students preparing for exams. We shouldn't be thinking about playing games."
"Sword Art Online...?"
As everyone chatted, Asuna murmured to herself as well.
"My brother seems to have mentioned that game too..."
Asuna thought of her brother.
Just then, the bell rang, and the students gradually dispersed.
Only Asuna remained seated at her desk, seemingly still pondering this so-called "dive game" and "Sword Art Online."
—Of course, she knew the actual situation inside and out.
More precisely, Asuna was also pulling the strings behind the current SAO game.
A year ago, Kayaba Akihiko had been stabbed in the back by the game company over some incident, and then he himself had "died" inside the game.
As for the current game setting, it was no longer the Aincrad of the "original work."
The current producer of SAO was a man named Miyazaki.
And as for what the new Sword Art Online setting actually was—of course, Asuna had drawn it!
[Five-Star Game Scene Set Card: A lottery card guaranteed to produce a five-star game setting]
Asuna had received this reward in the previous set.
Ashina Castle had also been drawn from the same kind of card.
After arriving in this world, Asuna had been planning her future development step by step.
After conducting market research, Asuna discovered that the original game did not seem to suit the audience's tastes.
So Asuna decided to do it herself.
—It was easy enough, because Asuna had Lacia and Gray Wind as