The troubled dinner came to an end amid everyone's heavy thoughts.
"I'm heading upstairs."
After saying this in a relaxed tone, Luo Zhen immediately returned to his room. He looked nothing like someone about to do something important, and more like someone getting ready to play a game, completely at ease.
In fact, Luo Zhen really was going to play a game.
Although he had a mission this time, Luo Zhen was also somewhat looking forward to ALO itself.
"A game that can be compared to SAO, and might even be running on SAO's servers..."
Luo Zhen couldn't help but feel curious about such a game, much less take an interest in it.
Since that was the case, both emotionally and logically, Luo Zhen should play the game.
The game software was soon delivered to the Kiritani Family, where Luo Zhen signed for it.
Thus, in his room, Luo Zhen picked up his game helmet—the NerveGear—for the first time in a long while.
"I didn't expect Mom and Naoha to keep the helmet."
Luo Zhen held the game helmet he had once used, feeling rather emotional.
Back when Luo Zhen had first obtained this game helmet, it had been the most advanced model on the market and extremely fashionable.
But now, not only had multiple parts of the dark-blue device peeled away, there were also many signs that it had been damaged.
It was this very device that had once imprisoned Luo Zhen for as long as two years.
When he had been forced to use the power of "Miracle" to escape that world, the helmet seemed to have been left directly on his hospital bed. Kiritani Midori and Naoha had brought it back, and now it had returned to Luo Zhen's hands.
Considering the feelings of the SAO incident's