Go.
Yuuki's words genuinely shocked the players around her.
"She's still going to keep accepting challenges?"
"She already lost."
"She even handed over OSS."
"But OSS's secret technique can be recreated, so there's nothing wrong with continuing to accept challenges, right?"
"That's true."
"But why, exactly?"
"Yeah."
The players began discussing it among themselves.
Even Asuna, Leafa, Liz, and Silika looked surprised. Clearly, none of them had expected Yuuki to continue accepting challenges from the players present.
Only Luo Zhen and Kirito exchanged a glance. They both seemed to catch a trace of thought in the other's eyes, and remained silent.
Under these circumstances, Yuuki acted as though she hadn't noticed the surrounding discussion and spoke up on her own.
"No one else is going to challenge me? The wager is still my OSS, you know?"
Yuuki issued the invitation just like that.
Seeing her attitude, everyone understood that she genuinely intended to keep accepting challenges and had no intention of stopping.
Her persistence told them that there was indeed a purpose behind Yuuki's duels with others.
That purpose still hadn't been fulfilled, so she planned to continue accepting challenges here.
At that moment, Liz, who was never good at hiding what she thought, spoke up for the first time.
"Hey, you already lost. Why are you still planning to accept challenges?"
Liz bluntly asked the question everyone was wondering about.
Yuuki blinked at her.
"Because I still haven't accomplished my goal. Until I do, I plan to keep dueling like this."
Yuuki said it as though it were the most natural thing in the world.
Everyone exchanged glances.
"Um..." Leafa asked tentatively, "may I ask what goal Miss Yuuki is pursuing by dueling here?"
It was a direct question that got straight to the point.
Everyone turned to Yuuki,