Sword Art Online Crossover: They're all close friends, how did I become a player?

"I am Onikiri, the sword that slays all evil spirits under heaven, and the sharpest blade of the Minamoto clan! Who are you? And why do you possess this sword?"

The man—no, Onikiri—was now surging with demonic power, which caused his long black hair to sway in the air.

...If you're Onikiri, then who's on my waist?

Furthermore, one is a yokai and the other is a tsukumogami, and their appearances are vastly different.

All of this made Yu Bai wonder: Is the peaceful era he is currently in really that serious?

"I'm just an ordinary human being from China, please don't be so wary. Thank you so much for saving me just now."

Even if you don't take action, I'm fine with it.

Yu Bai smiled and answered calmly, showing no sign of taking the ghostly hand seriously.

"An ordinary human from the land of flowers? You..."

Upon hearing Yu Bai's answer, Onikiri frowned, wanting to say something more. He didn't believe that an ordinary Chinese rabbit would have another sword exactly like his.

Both being swords, whether it's the great demon Onikiri or the tsukumogami Higekiri on Yu Bai's waist, they can clearly sense that the sword opposite them is exactly the same as their own.

But at that moment, the contract within Onikiri's body stirred, telling him that his master—Minamoto no Yorimitsu—was calling him back.

At this time, Onikiri, who had not yet regained his memories, had his master Minamoto no Yorimitsu as the most important person in his life. To him, Minamoto no Yorimitsu was the meaning of his existence.

So even though Onikiri cared a lot about Yu Bai and that sword, he turned around and left without a care in the world the moment he received his master's message, preparing to return to Minamoto no Yorimitsu's side.

"This is really... I never expected to run into another form of you. Hahaha, Higekiri the monster is pretty cool too~" Yu Bai teased, picking up Higekiri as he watched the departing figure.

"Where should I go now? Judging from the direction Onikiri left, it should be Heian-kyo, but I really don't want to go there."

He had a premonition that going to Heian-kyo would get him into some serious trouble.

Yu Bai, a lazy bum, had no desire to time travel anymore; it would only cause him more trouble.

Uruk is a different story, since he was indeed primarily responsible for that incident.

Yu Bai, whose intuition was always accurate, decided to follow it and choose to leave Heian-kyo. He headed towards the forest, waiting for his own swords to come and rescue him.

……

"I was wrong. I shouldn't have gone into the forest. I should have just found a house at the foot of the mountain, paid some money to stay there for a while, and waited for Yachi and the others to come looking for me." Yu Bai, who had been wandering in the forest for half a day, said helplessly to the mustache at his waist.

As a homebody, whether in his past life or the life before that, Yu Bai was a hopeless navigator who couldn't distinguish directions or even the cardinal directions.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have used Shamhat as a human navigator back in Uruk.

In the modern world before he traveled through time, he could rely on navigation on his phone to go out.

In the Tang Dynasty, he also had a group of fellow disciples who were very helpful. Even when he went out to do a mission and no one was with him, Yu Bai would invite his friends from other sects to team up.

Knowing Yu Bai's terrible sense of direction, they would always thoughtfully come to Changge Gate to pick him up.

So he's not at all surprised that he got lost in the forest.

Although he was lost, Yu Bai did not panic. Instead, he continued to wander leisurely through the forest.

Anyway, since we're already here, even if the mustache is cut, it won't show.

And you know what, the air in these ancient forests is really fresh.

But why are those little monsters following me?

With his keen senses, Yu Bai noticed something following him shortly after entering the forest. Upon probing with his divine sense, he discovered that it was several small monsters dressed in white kimonos and wearing white straw hats following him.

Seeing that the little white-hatted monsters were simply following him without appearing in front of him, Yu Bai stopped paying attention to them.

The main problem was that, in his perception, these little monsters were far too weak; a single note from his zither could wipe out a whole group of them.

So just go along with it.

Unexpectedly, the deeper they went into the forest, the more and more little monsters appeared behind them.

"Oh dear! I'm a little tired, let's take a break."

After walking for a while, Yu Bai finally sat down by a stream. He was ready to see what those little monsters were planning to do.

"Feng, Lady Fengyue, these are the fruits we prepared for you."

A moment later, a little demon wearing a white hat came forward tremblingly, carrying some washed fruit, and handed it to Yu Bai.

"Lord Fengyue God?"

Yu Bai was puzzled when he heard the little monsters call him the God of the Moon.

The Goddess of Abundance is actually the same as Ishtar, the goddess who caused Enkidu and Gilgamesh to suffer divine punishment in Uruk. She is the title of the goddess of harvest in the Land of Cherry Blossoms.

Now, hearing a group of little demons call him Fengyue Goddess, Yu Bai's expression twisted uncontrollably. He simply couldn't connect himself with that arrogant goddess.

How does he resemble that woman?

But speaking of which, that disgusting slug monster from before seemed to have called itself a god.

The same goes for Onikiri. When he said he was human, it seemed like he was trying to say something.

Why do you all think I am the Goddess of Abundant Moon?

"We cannot be mistaken about the natural power and divinity emanating from you. You are the Goddess Fengyue!"

Higekiri: If you're Onikiri, then who am I?

Yu Bai: In what ways am I similar to that guy?