Why did Hikigaya save the anime girls in Sword Story?

"let's work hard together!"

"Ok"

Asuna reached out her hand to the fallen Eugene and helped him to his feet.

"How amazing... He was able to use recovery magic during that onslaught."

“I’m not very proficient yet.”

"Well, Eugene, isn't Asuna strong?"

"Ah, I want to fight you next time."

"Tired? Take a break first, but you can watch my fight. It's so unfair that I'm the only one who understands their fighting style."

"That's right, let's take a break."

Hachiman named Klein, Agil, and Ragen.

"Damn it, three against one!"

"Alright Klein, let's defeat Hachiman and dampen his spirit."

"Sorry, I always feel like using all my strength on a girl..."

"Mr. Hachiman, I will do my best!"

"Oh, Reagan, take it."

The moment the battle began, Klein and Agil immediately rushed towards Hachiman.

"Pre-emptive strike!"

"watch out!"

The moment the two men swung their weapons, they were bounced back and they lost their balance and fell backwards.

"Eh!?"

Reagan stared at the two of them in a daze, and when he turned his gaze back, Hachiman was nowhere to be seen.

"Eh? Eh!?"

"Here, Regan."

The sound behind him made Reagan turn around hurriedly, but his shoulder was suddenly hit, and he was attacked from the back without being able to turn back.

"It's not a good idea to just chop off the head."

After hearing this, Reagan realized that the other party had shown mercy and tried desperately to regain his momentum.

At this moment, Klein and Agil, who had adjusted their positions, attacked again from behind Hachiman.

But Hachiman, without even turning his head, deflected the two men's weapons with his backhand, spun like a top and launched a counterattack. He leaped behind Reagan and stabbed him in the back the moment he landed, and the three men fell to the ground with a bang.

ALO: Chapter 138: Yukino-chan loses control of her emotions

"Hey, Kirito, what's with all those messed up moves of yours?"

"That's impressive, isn't it? That's the Hachiman-ryu style, Eugene.

"Half-struck attacks will be deflected and counterattacked. If your opponent is your weapon, the moment you're about to strike, it won't be your weapon but your wrist or shoulder that will be hit. The moment you lose your balance, the counterattack will come flying straight at you."

“What should we do?”

"Haha, worry, worry, you will become stronger through worrying."

"Really?... Yeah, okay. One day I'll definitely crack it and show you."

"Let's play together occasionally in the future, Eugene."

"Well, for me, being able to meet you like this is the greatest reward. Please take care of me from now on, Kirito."

The newbie Yumiko, on the other hand, was in a state of shock.

"Ms. Sorel, I don't seem to understand anything."

"Hmm? Yumiko-chan, what's wrong?"

"Those aren't human movements at all. Hachiman survived in that kind of world, right?"

"Yeah, I can only imagine it, but that's a world where you have to become that strong to survive."

"I-I was just planning on coming here to have fun, but can a guy like me really stay with them?"

"Of course you can"

"Hachiman-kun"

"Hachiman"

Before I knew it, Hachiman and Asuna were already standing there.

"You're overthinking it, Yumiko. Asuna and I originally started SAO with the mindset of playing a game. Even though it ended up like that, we're just returning to our original state now."

"That's right, Ms. Yumiko. I want to become better friends with Ms. Yumiko and have fun together."

"Just call me Yumiko, Asuna. Oh, I'm overthinking this... Well, I'm going to work hard to become stronger and have fun with everyone!"

"That's right, after all, the ultimate goal is to have fun."

"Yumiko, let's go over there for special training!"

"Thank you, Asuna. I'll leave it to you then!"

Asuna and Yumiko ran to the corner of the arena hand in hand.

"Well, being happy is the most important thing after all, Hachiman-kun."

　1 Japanese (〒八、) 4 ...

"Sister, you look very happy."

"Yukino-chan"

In front of Hachiman and Haruno who remained, Yukino spoke.

“It’s great that everyone is so happy.”

"Oh, yes."

Before they knew it, battles had broken out across the arena. Klein, Agil, and Liz, seemingly resigned to their recent defeat, engaged in a three-way battle, striving to become stronger.

Komachi is in a team battle with Silica, Iroha is challenging Mebius to a magic battle, and Leafa is fighting Eugene.

"But it seems like my sister really likes Asuna-san."

"Well, because she's my sister!"

"younger sister……"

Seeing Yukino's suddenly gloomy expression, Hachiman thought this was a good opportunity and decided to ask her a question.

"Hey, does Yukino really have any feelings for Asuna?"

"No, why do you ask?"

"Oh... is that so?"

"I have thoughts about my sister."

"To me? What's going on, Yukino-chan?"

"that……"

Yukino's face flushed red as she whispered, her body trembling slightly.

　"Why... don't you care about your own sister at all?"

"Eh?"

"Why don't you care about your own sister at all?"

"Hey, this——"

"Yukino-chan..."

From Hachiman's perspective, Yukino had clearly lost control of her emotions.

(This probably happened after Asuna was freed, but the seeds were probably planted during the conquest period. The only one who can solve this is probably...)

Hachiman looked at Sorel with embarrassment. Sorel nodded as if understanding, and stated his speculation:

"Maybe I've been trying too hard in front of Yukino-chan lately. Because I'm giving it my all, her mental state has regressed a bit to the time when she was desperately trying to catch up with me."

"But I didn't expect that Yukino would actually..."

"Ever since elementary school, I haven't doted on Yukino-chan at all. Maybe there's been a buildup of potential pressure, and recently, seeing me completely doting on Asuna, this pressure may have unconsciously expanded."

"I see. Is there any way to solve this?"

"Well, I'll leave this to my sister."

"please"

Sorel slowly approached Yukino and suddenly hugged her.

"Of course Yukino-chan is cute. After all, she's my only sister. But I didn't think I needed to go out of my way to say 'I love Yukino-chan the most'. That was my mistake. Let's hang out more like normal sisters from now on."

Yukino nodded repeatedly after hearing this, but Sorel was not the gentle type to give up.

"I'm glad to understand, but Yukino-chan, Hachiman-kun has been staring at your shy look since a while ago."

"Eh? Hachiman-kun?"

Yukino stared at Hachiman blankly, then suddenly came to her senses, recalling what she had just said and done. She opened her mouth in haste to break free from Sorel, and glared at Hachiman fiercely.

"Is there anything you want to say?"

"No, no..."

"Really? Well, why are you just standing there like an idiot? Everyone's fighting so hard, and you're really lacking in self-awareness as a leader. Reflect on this."

"oh oh……"

"Although it's regrettable, I have to admit that you do have a certain prestige. So, with hope for the future, I won't pursue this matter this time."

"Oh, thank you, thank you..."

"Of course, you should understand without me even telling you. The condition for not pursuing the matter this time is that you forget what happened just now. Do you understand? You have to forget it. Nothing happened here. OK?"

"O, OK"

"very good"

After saying this, Yukino turned her back to Hachiman and began to look at her companions, but her ears were still red. Seeing this, Hachiman subconsciously began to stroke her head.

“…What exactly does that mean?”

"Just subconsciously"

"That's it..."

Yukino didn't shake off Hachiman's hand and let him caress her.

"Hey Yukino"

"what"

"Sister Sorel was a big help this time, but she'll be logging in less frequently, so this shouldn't happen again. So I'll have to rely on you to help me from now on."

"of course"

“It’s up to you.”

“Well, I will support you more reliably than my sister.”

At this time, Sorel said to Yukino:

"Yukino-chan"

"What's wrong, sister?"

"After all, you are the only one who can replace me."

"elder sister……"