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"Hey,
You......
Silver Crow."

"Who are
you......!?
How
exactly
did you
connect
to the
Umesato
Local
Network!?"

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Versus: アクセル・ワルド と ソードアート・オンライン - Accel World and Sword Art Online Cross-Over

Chapter 3 - Versus
Roppongi, 2026

"Heh...... So this is the «4th-Generation FullDive Experimental Unit»."
I muttered while looking up at the hugeenshrined hexahedron in front of me.
The bare aluminum surface was shining dully, with growling sounds from several of the large
cooling fans that were lined up . One side of it was linked to the gel bed, the headrest was
covered by a protruding crude helmet-based interface.
"So huge, weren't the machines used in the early days of the amusement parks smaller than
this, Higa-san?"
I turned aroundand said to the man at the control console. The operator raised his face,
shrugged and replied,
"Even so, Kirigaya-kun, this is already compact compared to the original estimate. Besides,
the specs of the first generation at the olden days' game centers weren't much different from
Mega Drive or Dream Cast."
"......I never saw either of the real machines though......"
"Well, then let's havelife songs! This time at my apartment, it'll be a strictly reggae
camp......"
And the man who blurted out strange things was ―― Higa Takeru, the researcher
responsible for the development of the world's state-of-the-art VR machine. Looking at him
from the outside, it would be hard to believe, as his hairstyle stuck out thinly like a pin holder,
he wore big rounded glasses, and his T-shirt hada game character printed on it. It would be
100 times more matching for him to be in the vicinity of the shops in Akihabara[1] than this
gloomy hi-tech room.
But even though I say that, I was still in uniform after school time too.
Why was I ―― Kirigaya Kazuto, here at the harbor ward in Roppongi, in the laboratory of a
certain venture company? The reason was simple, it was just a part-timejob.

From the first-generation of the large scale amusement machine, to the 2nd-generation Nerve
Gear or AmuSphere, then to the 3rd-generation medical equipment, the FullDive machines
have evolved. Of course, anyone can use it, but there were some with a certain degree of
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ソードアート・オンライン – Sword Art Online
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And in addition to the innate aptitude, the experience could be improved during a long Dive.
Then in Japan, no, the entire world, the group of people who held the longest Dive time was
without a doubt, the «Survivors» from «SAO incident» which concluded one and a half years
ago.
This4th-generation machine has been developed under the leadership of Higa Takeru, the
level of connection precision was overwhelming compared to the machines up until now.
That high specs led to the unexpected problem. Because the amount of information that had
to be exchanged with the brain was too great, even with all the staff including Higa-san
himself, they were unable to collect data from the test Diveto a satisfactory level due to the
«VR Sickness» ―― was what he said.
At that point, Higa-san used a certain connection to request one of the «Survivors», me, to be
a test Diver as a part-time job, I came here to Roppongi after I confirmed the daily wages,
and that was it.
"――Anyway, I am to FullDive with this, then once in there I just move here and there,
right?"
I asked for affirmationwhile stroking the chilled aluminum exterior, Higa-san nodded in
consent.
"Oh, I need to warn you that I can see the graphics inside just as you do, like a voyeur. As I'm
still developing the mechanism to adjust the connection depth in accordance to a Diver's
ability, someone has to dive, or else I can't get the data, hahaha."
"............Well, because I get paid, doing anything is...