Sword Art Online: Side Stories

"Alright then. Lead the way." Kuroi followed Shiina to the restaurant.

 

Shiina stopped in front of an unnamed restaurant. The lights were on and she could clearly see NPC's busy at work...but it didn't look like he was there anymore, nor would she gain any information about where he'd gone. "A dead end... Looks like...I have to start all over again."

 

As the rouges began their attack, Kaito was focused on what was going on in front of him, that he didn't noticed the man sneaking behind him ready to attack. If Fang hadn't intervene when he did, Kaito definitely would've been in a bad spot. "Remember, you have to pay attention to more that what's in front of you." Fang said, pushing the man back and going in for his own attack. "Right." Luckily the next man to attack came from in front of him, which let he be able to block it.

 

"Hm..." Kuroi automatically moved his hand toward his mouth in thought. He stood there for a while, thinking. "Why don't we try asking around? We should start in the restaurant and try to figure out where Masamune may be..." Kuroi opened the door to the restaurant.

 

Shiina sullenly followed him, "You wanna ask a bunch of NPC's? Are they even able to answer questions like that? I think it goes against their programming or something like that." She twirled her finger in the air as she spoke. Still, she gave a hopeful look over at the wait-staff and puppy dog eyes to Kuroi. The way he moved suddenly reminded her of her older brother and although endearing, had a horrible backlash of homesickness and the urge to latch onto him and call him nii-san over and over.

 

"Um... why don't we start by asking the Players..." Kuroi said. "There may be some who have seen him around here. I'll help ask around. You too, okay?"