A loud groan escaped from Kirito as he and the others were talking in a cafe. They were about to get some updates on the virtual worlds. The news was about to start.

"Did I ask for your opinion, Silica?"

"Yes. The more important question is whether you asked Asuna for hers." He put his head down as the news turned on.

"Welcome to the news center. My name is Sarah Palin and today we will be looking at a situation in the virtual universe. Kasich."

"Thank you Sarah. Right now there has been a huge increase in deaths from a virtual reality game called Stille Nacht Online, or SNO for short. A killer in the game has been killing off players, one of which has gone viral."

The screen suddenly changed to a news-like room with a group of players talking about something.

"This is a conference of the biggest players in the game. They were talking about upcoming updates when a player in another location was said to have shot the screen with a finger gun and then this happened."

The room suddenly exploded almost immediately after he spoke. The group stared in horror. Silica snarled quietly, but darkly.

"No one knows who the mysterious player is, but has now been put on the most wanted list for murder. Back to you, Sarah."

As Sarah started talking about something else, the group got quiet. Kirito looked pissed.

"It isn't a game if people are killing off players."

"This is almost like GGO." Sinon brought up.

"Only... this is a game that actually came out directly after SAO. Almost like a sequel to it. But it was supposed to be a lot friendlier." Asuna whispered.

"We need to do something about this." Lizbeth said proudly.

The others expect Silica nodded in agreement. She stayed quiet as they went on and talked about the game. She excused herself and went over to a corner of the cafe and pulled out her phone. She pressed a button and put it next to her ear. She stared at her friends as a voice, or several voices, answered.

"Hello?"

"This is Silica Silage Sila."

"What happened?"

"Ehre Mondlanze."

"Copy."

She hung up and went back over to the others. Kirito studied her. She sighed as she sat down.

"You good?"

"Yep!"

She smiled softly as she picked up her mug of hot chocolate and sipped on it. Kirito frowned upon that, but left it. Eventually they split up and went home. When Silica arrived, she dropped her things and went to her computer. She tapped some keys before smiling and going to her bed. She put the VR set on her head and laid down.

"LINK START!"

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Thanks for reading! Here's some translations!

Stille Nacht Online: Silent Night Online in German

Ehre Mondlanze: Honor Moon Lance in German

Thank you and see you later!