Zongman, Rebirth of the Heaven-Defying Kirito

In this touching moment, someone always manages to interrupt: "Can your bond really lead to victory? I'll be watching. By the way, my luck is exceptionally high!"

Luck stat? SAO has this kind of hidden stat?

Even Kirito didn't know about this.

But it didn't matter anymore; all he knew now was, "Our bond isn't necessarily a bad thing!"

"What?! It's so dazzling!" At this moment, the gambler master seemed to see a dazzling light emanating from the three of them, and hurriedly protected his eyes.

"Here we go! Let's show our style! Let's reveal our uniqueness!"

The three men tossed their chips high into the air, the capital letter 'G' on the front and the blank back spinning continuously.

Looking up at the chips they had tossed into the air, the three of them each offered a sincere prayer.

Kirito: "Give me a one-shot kill!"

Kenshin: "I'm betting all my luck on this."

Black: "Let's end this."

What a spirit, what a bond!

The gambler had met many players before this. Some of them had everything decided by the leader of their team, while others, who were dissatisfied with each other, would also choose to throw the dice together. But without exception, none of them had the spirit of the person in front of them.

Now, standing right in front of the three of them, he could feel that they had perhaps long since transcended their individual player identities. Just as they had said, the three of them were now a true trinity.

But... rules are rules, and they won't be biased for any reason.

The gambler's mentor narrowed his eyes as he looked at the result.

"Just as expected, a one-shot kill!" Kirito's lips curled up, his hands clenched tightly: "I got it head-on!"

Then he turned his gaze to his side and happened to meet Kenshin's slightly disappointed look.

Kenshin said sheepishly, "I'm the antagonist, I'm really sorry..."

Kirito paused, and his hands, which had been clenched tightly in excitement, slowly loosened. He had realized something.

With their two chips landing in different states, they have already lost.

Thinking of this, Kirito's expression relaxed considerably, and he gently patted Kenshin's shoulder in an attempt to comfort him.

"It's not your fault. If I had thrown out the opposite, I might have had a chance to win."

Even as he tried to comfort himself, Kenshin was inexplicably moved: "Kiri-nii~"

The gambler's mentor also spoke up appropriately: "What a pity."

Kirito nodded without replying, then suddenly remembered something and casually asked, "Speaking of which, what was Aso's fate?"

He and Kenshin looked towards the darkness.

But when the two of them saw what had happened, they were stunned in surprise.

Kirito's throw landed heads up, while Kenshin's landed tails up—all within the normal range, but the situation with the black card is different.

His gold chip was firmly sandwiched between two gold bricks on the ground, in a Schrödinger-like state where neither side faced upwards.

"you..."

Hei opened his mouth to defend himself: "You said before that we are special, so I wanted to do something special, but I didn't expect... the result is just as you see."

There is no doubt that Black attributed all of this to coincidence.

Kirito patted him on the shoulder as well: "Being able to do this is, in a sense, a kind of talent."

Three chips, three people, three outcomes.

This can no longer be explained by luck; if we have to put it in a way... it's fate.

Thinking of this, Kirito sighed: "It seems we're out of luck with the fifteenth floor boss. There's nothing we can do here anyway, let's go."

Kirito turned and left, Kenshin started to follow, only Kuro remained standing there, stunned.

He was about to reveal that he still had gold chips.

Before he could even speak, the doors of the two-story golden elevator that had brought him there slowly opened to both sides, and an unexpected figure jumped out.

Kirito blurted out in surprise, "Illya?"

"It's the president's older brother, what are you doing here?"

"What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you this isn't a place for children..." Before he could finish speaking, Kirito suddenly changed his mind: "How could you possibly be here?"

He knew his idea was somewhat impossible, but the facts were right in front of him.

“I’ve already told you I’m not a child anymore!” Ilya pouted. “Look, I just happened to get these things, and then I just came in normally.”

Kirito stared at the three gleaming gold chips in Illya's hand, and for a moment felt a little dazed.

When will it become possible to obtain this thing by chance?

"It must have cost you a lot of money to get all this, honestly. You could have spent that much money to eat lots of delicious food and experience lots of fun things in SAO..."

“I’ve already told you I’m not a child anymore!” Ilya said proudly. “I didn’t spend any money to get these three chips. In fact, thanks to a certain uncle, I even made a small profit.”

"Ah, right, right, right~" Kirito gave a look that said, "You're absolutely right."

Why don't you believe me?

How could anyone believe that? After all, in Kirito's mind, even the Three Musketeers had spent nearly 300,000 Cor.

You're just a little kid, and you say you didn't spend any money but actually made some? Who would believe that?

Ilya puffed out her cheeks and started to sulk, her slightly flushed cheeks making her look incredibly cute.

Just then, an inappropriate voice rang out again: "Oh, this time the hero is a lovely young lady. You're welcome to come as well."

Whether she was pleased to be called "cute" or "Miss," Illya deliberately snorted in front of Kirito before walking up to him, as if intentionally mocking his lack of tact.

Everyone else calls me 'cute lady,' but you always treat me like a child.

Kirito shook his head. He had originally planned to leave, but it seemed he should stay a while longer.

The reason is simple: the BOSS is a chatterbox. If he and Ilya were to start a conversation, even elementary school students would be completely fooled.

As the guild leader of this guy, I still have to fulfill my duties.

So he decided to skip the dialogue between the two of them and tell Ilya the rules directly.

Then, a sudden change occurred.

Ilya walked on the red carpet made of gold bricks, and then, with her left foot stepping on her right, she performed a spectacular fall.

Ilya, who was falling forward, stammered, "Huh?"

"Danger!"

Kirito rushed forward to help, catching the other person before he collapsed.

Although injuries in SAO do not cause accidents, Kirito's actions outpaced his thoughts.

Afterwards, Kirito said, "Tumbling on flat ground... kids really are just kids."

"What...? I was going to say thank you, but I'm angry and I can't say anything anymore!"

The two were playing around without paying attention to their surroundings, but the other three saw it clearly.

The three gold chips were released the moment Ilya fell flat on her face.

If it were just that, nothing would have happened, but to everyone's astonishment, all three chips landed face up after falling from the air.

So, apart from the two who were still rapping, the remaining three fell silent.

Kenshin spoke up to remind him, "Kiri-nii, I think you should take a look at this."

Kirito looked in the direction his second brother was pointing, where three chips, heads up, lay quietly.

At first, Kirito didn't think much of it: "What's wrong?"

Then he paused, as if he had suddenly realized something.

His gaze then shifted back and forth between the chips and Ilya, looking at the three heads-up chips and then at Ilya beside him.

Then he looked at Kenshin with an incredulous gaze.

They just looked at each other without saying a word.

Kenshin didn't say anything, he just nodded.

"Varied...?"

If we were to name the most surprised person present, it would undoubtedly be the BOSS himself.

He was initially delighted to see a lovely young lady enter his area, and the thought of touring his magnificent hall together while they chatted would be a wonderful thing.

But the dream was shattered.

He missed out on meeting that beautiful lady without even having personally explained the rules.

"NO——!"

His figure then began to dissipate into light particles; the BOSS... had been defeated.