Why did Hikigaya save the anime girls in Sword Story?

As Argo said this, the faces of Kirito, Zaimokuza, Agil, Klein, and Raegen appeared in her mind.

"I can guess five people, but who are the remaining three? You said there were eight people, aren't you just trying to show off?"

"Excuse me, it's true. The remaining three are Totsuka, Hayama, and Tobe."

Argo remembered hearing Totsuka's name from Zaimokuza before.

"Ah~ I heard Zaiki-chin mention Prince Totsuka's name before.

I haven't heard of the remaining two people's names. Were they classmates in high school?

"You're really... never mind, those two were the ones who saved me when Sugo attacked me in the hospital."

Argo heard this and remembered that he had heard Hachiman mention these two people before.

"Ah~! Come to think of it, I've heard of it. By the way, how many girls are there?"

"Corporate secret."

"Hmph~, there were about thirteen people who eliminated Komachi-chan's family, right?"

Argo quickly calculated the number of ALO members and said this.

"Unfortunately, there are sixteen of them. Among them, Argo, you probably know Asuna, Lisbeth, Silica,

Leafa, Yukino, Yui, Iroha, Sorel, Mobius, Yumi, and, as I mentioned before, Klein's girlfriend, Hiratsuka-sensei, plus Argo... Hmm, that's twelve people.

"Hachi, Rose-chan and I are colleagues at the same workplace."

Hachiman thought, "That's true," but then realized he hadn't told Argo that they were acquaintances, so he asked about it.

"That's the correct answer, but how did you know Rose and I exchanged numbers?"

"Ah, that's because a few days ago, I saw Rose-chan get mad at Zaimoku-chin. She pulled out her phone and said, 'I'm going to tell Hachiman!' I saw it."

"What are those two guys doing..."

Hachiman felt a headache after listening to Argo's explanation, but decided to ignore it for now.

"Well, that makes thirteen people. You're really quick at calculating, Argo."

"Then, are the remaining three people I don't know about cheating on you or something like that?"

"How is that possible! It's Kawasaki, Ebina, and Orimoto, all people I knew before SAO. By the way, they've all met Asuna."

Asuna and Himena (Ebina) went out together once through the introduction of Yumiko (Yumiko).

By the way, it was Himena who forced Saki (Kawasaki) to come along.

"Hmm, I see. Hachi's corporate secrets, I'll take note of them."

"Ah... Hello, hello..."

"I didn't expect that after a little incitement, everyone's names were easily mentioned."

"What……"

Hachiman was stunned to realize that he had fallen for Argo's clever trick and had mentioned everyone's names.

But he was Hachiman after all, so he couldn't get up in vain after falling down.

"Well, since everyone knows about this, there's nothing we can do about it. Okay, give me the intelligence fee."

Taking advantage of Argo not being able to see, Eight said this with a smug look on his face.

But facing Hachiman, Argo also put on a smug look and said:

"Xiao Ba, I'm fine with paying you for the information, but before that, do you remember the rules of being an information dealer?"

"Your rules as an information dealer? ...That's exactly what it is...ah!"

After hearing Argo's words and recalling their content, Hachiman had to admit that he was already at a disadvantage.

"It seems you've noticed that I won't disclose information I get for free.

However, I will not hesitate to use the information I have obtained for a price as business material."

"Well……"

"In other words, if you accept my intelligence fee here, Xiao Ba, the information just now will become my business material."

"I-I don't think anyone would buy my information."

Hachiman said as if making a final struggle.

However, after a brief silence, the voice of Argo talking to someone else was heard on the other end of the line.

"Oh, hey, you two, wait a moment, okay? I just got some secret information about Xiao Ba. If you're interested, would you like to buy it?"

"Mr. Argo, you just mentioned... Hachiman's secret information?

This might be a great opportunity to gain an advantage over Hachiman! Okay, I'll buy it at the price you said!"

"Eh? Eh? Really? Buy, buy, buy, I absolutely want to buy it, and of course I'll buy it at the price you mentioned!

Huh, huh, huh, I can't just passively take a beating all the time.

Finally, I have a chance to give that guy a hard time!"

"I'm sorry, I was wrong. I don't think this is any significant information, but I still ask for your mercy."

When Hachiman heard the voices of Yoshiki and Rose on the other end of the phone, he immediately gave in.

This victory was a complete defeat for Hachiman. Facing such a Hachiman, Argo said:

"Well, in that case, I'll let you off the hook this time."

"Oh, oh, please."

I thought the topic was over, but then Argo suddenly spoke.

"Xiao Ba, those two people seem to have something to say to you."

"Oh? What's wrong? It's nothing."

"Then I'll put it on speakerphone so everyone can hear it."

At that moment, Zaimokuza and Rose's loud voices came from the phone.

"Hachiman!!!!!"

"Hey! You bastard!!!"

"Oh, oh...what's wrong?"

The two people on the other end of the phone seemed to be angry about something.

Hachiman was a little shaken and could only simply ask back.

"I only heard a little bit of your conversation with Lord Argo, but don't joke around, Hachiman!"

"That's right, stop joking!"

"Hey...what's wrong with you two...did I do something to make you mad?"

"What are you talking about? There are 24 people in the address book. You've fallen into the trap of being a traitor!"

"There are twenty-four people in my address book. How many times more people do I have than you? I'm going to beat you up!"

"Yes, I'm sorry..."

The two continued to grumble on the other end of the phone, and Hachiman apologized honestly. Even so, the two did not stop cursing.

Hachiman was terrified and said to the two:

"I, I understand... I'll definitely call you guys next time if something happens. Please forgive me..."

"Is it true, Hachiman?"

"Is it true? We have a date!"

"Oh, oh... leave it to me."

Hachiman was overwhelmed by the momentum of the two and made this agreement for the time being.

The two seemed satisfied with this and went back to work obediently.

Hachiman breathed a sigh of relief, but at this moment Asuna poked his shoulder lightly with her finger.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Hehe, Hachiman-kun, are you almost done with Miss Argo's teasing?"

"Hmm... well, sort of."

After hearing this, Asuna looked up at Hachiman and made a request to him.

"Well, can I speak so that Miss Argo can hear me?"

"understood."

Hachiman thought Asuna was cunning and cute, and while operating his phone, he did what Asuna said.

"Ms. Argo, can you hear me?"

"Oh? What's wrong, Xiaoya? Is there something wrong?"

"I'm almost ready to ask about today's main topic.

There should be some progress, right? Regarding Yui-chan and Klein.

"Oh, you're really perceptive, Xiaoya. Yes, that's why I contacted you today."

"Really, Argo? Is Yui okay now?"

Hachiman, who was listening to the conversation between the two, interrupted eagerly.

Although the topic had seriously strayed, the reason Argo contacted Hachiman today was precisely regarding Yui and Klein, who had been missing recently.

"I'm so sorry for making you worry for so long. Yui-chan and Klein finally have hope of being resurrected."

ALO: Chapter 174 Yui-chan is going to disappear?!

Here, the story goes back a little.

On the afternoon of the day when it was decided to import Aincrad into ALO,

Argo is carefully reviewing the master control system specifications of The Seed.

"Kayaba Akihiko is truly amazing... Even if I were told to start this from scratch, I can't imagine how many years it would take."

Argo muttered to himself as he stared at the screen. When he spotted a program with a certain name, his face turned pale and he immediately contacted someone.

A few hours later, Hachiman and Asuna, who had been summoned by Argo, were at the Dicey Cafe.

"Hey, you two, you've come just in time, but this time is really rare."

"Agil, is Argo here?"

Hachiman didn't even bother with polite words and went straight to the point.

"Argo? No, he's not here yet. Did you guys arrange to meet up?"

"Well, it seems like something urgent happened, so they called us over."

"Well……"

Just then, the doorbell jingled and Argo appeared.

"Oh, if you mention the devil, Argo. You look so anxious. What happened?"

"Xiao Ba, Yazi, I'm sorry, there was an unexpected problem."

"Unexpected... Anyway, tell us about it first."

After the three of them sat down at the bar, Argo spoke first.

"Have you read the news about the next version update?"

"Oh, I saw it. It's Aincrad, right? I couldn't believe it. I watched it twice."

Agil, who was polishing glasses at the bar, spoke with a hint of excitement. Looking at Hachiman and Asuna, who had question marks on their faces, Argo began to explain.

"This version update is scheduled to bring the floating city of Aincrad to ALO."

"Well, I looked it up. So, what exactly happened? They said they were trying to reconstruct it as best they could from memory or something like that?"