Not Exactly in Favor?
On closer inspection, besides Yuuki Shozo, who was sitting beside Asuna in her hospital room, there was also a young man.
He was a man who appeared to be no more than thirty. He had a tall, slender build, wore a gray suit, and had a slightly long face fitted with rimless glasses. Beneath the thin lenses, his eyes narrowed into lines, making him look as though he were smiling all the time.
At that moment, he was also looking at Luo Zhen, who had appeared at the hospital-room door. He nodded at Luo Zhen, a genuine smile on his face.
Judging by the way he stood behind Yuuki Shozo, he was probably associated with 'RECT'—an assistant or someone of the sort under Yuuki Shozo.
Luo Zhen glanced at him, then immediately turned his attention to Yuuki Shozo.
"Hello, Mr. Yuuki." Luo Zhen politely inclined his head toward Asuna's father. "I'm Kiritani Seika. I assume you've already heard of me."
Hearing this, Yuuki Shozo nodded with a smile, looking quite amiable.
"I know. You're the top player who led countless players in clearing SAO from the very front lines. Every player who woke from full-dive mentioned you without exception. They said that without you, many more people might have died; that you were constantly protecting the players in the middle and lower levels while leading the top players on the upper levels and maintaining order in SAO. Every floor was cleared without casualties, earning you endless praise. Even my daughter is one of your subordinates, isn't she?"
Yuuki Shozo spoke to Luo Zhen without the slightest sense of distance, clearly having learned all about his identity.
"No. Asuna... Miss Yuuki isn't my subordinate. We belong to different guilds. She only has to follow my orders when