The Weak's Excuses

"What the hell are you thinking Akihito!?"

[The Forgotten Dragon King is surprised by your actions]

[The Goddess of Night is confused]

[The Monarch Of The Beginning is intrigued by you]

[The Monkey King is sitting on the edge of his chair]

I backed down to gain some distance and then looked at the surprised Diabel and Kibaou when I stopped.

"Ahahaha! Sorry sorry... I was just so pissed off I wanted to vent it out on someone you know?" So I said with audible laughter.

"You--- are you crazy!?" These are the words of Kibaou.

I look at him.

"Hm? What's wrong? I'm just returning your logic. You're frustrated that you suck, so you blamed everything on the beta testers. Why can't I do the same thing?"

"Those are two different things!"

"Two different things was it? well..."

*Zing*

My sword glows with orange light.

"Then I guess others' opinion doesn't matter to you" (Akihito)

"Hey, he's attacking! Will you people just let him do what he wants!??" Kibaou is using his political speech to rill everyone else.

Well... It's still interesting so...

[The Forgotten Dragon is curious about your motives]

[The Monkey King is watching you with popcorn at hand]

[The Goddess of Night is looking forward to your demise excitedly]

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A few hours later.

Everyone else's pants tiredly except one guy.

Excluding the players that stay back without being fed up by Kibaou's political bullshit (Asuna Included),

"What... the hell... is he???" (A random player A)

"Oi... His HP bar is still green!" (A random player B)

[The Forgotten Dragon is Astonished by you]

[The Monkey King is dropping the popcorn from his gapping mouth]

[The Goddess of Night can't believe just how much you've grown since the day of beginning.]

[The Monarch Of The Beginning is smiling at you]

"Why... are you doing this??? We're supposed to clear the first floor together, we-- This is not how this supposed to be!" Diabel contemplated with a sword in his grip.

Players who participated in my "raid" for the last hours either fainted or panted heavily. A few of them had their body stuck on my spider threads.

"What's the matter, Kirito?" I asked the main character with my sword stabbed at the ground.

He is looking at my spider threads.

"That skill wasn't in the beta--- right?" I guessed his thoughts exactly.

"Don't tell me this came from one of those hidden quests again..." (Kirito)

"You can say it that way..."

A quest from the universe, that is...

"Well, shall we end it all here? I'll assume you all understand what I am trying to say here right?"

I am not surprised if they don't.

"We don't get you! What are you even trying to do huh!?" Obviously, that's Kibaou.

"Haa~ you actually still don't get it?"

What a pain in the ass.

*Swoosh*

To them, it might seem like I teleported in front of the politician wannabe (Kibaou).

JinWoo's skill, Sprint, can become very broken if you level it up properly.

For a second my AGI boosted up 10 times despite the SAO's Sprint skill only tripled our movements at maxed level.

"KUH--!!!??" (Kibaou)

My left hand that was gripping the sword's handle has now clenched hard and clashed with Kibaou's stomach.

"You still don't get it, do you? This is how much power I have. This is what a beta tester can do to all of you. Are you sure you'd want to make an enemy of us?"

I whispered in his ear before he touched the ground.

"Akihito!" (Kirito)

"Kuhak--!? Kuh---!??" While Kibaou's squirming on the ground I take a good look at the crowds. They're filled with fear and awe, whilst Kirito had the only eyes filled with a glint of anger.

"Justice is a funny thing. Once you label something as 'bad' the only thing that came to mind would be a sided judgment of your ideals. If that's the case then does it mean 'justice' are 'ideals' in the first place?"

I could understand how Aincrad will force our common sense of the real world to change.

Resources will then be gained from clearing Aincrad or dungeons, players will be viewed not only as idols but also heroes and popular professions...

I've seen enough manhwas for my own good.

Obviously, the government will get involved. And despite my attempts at getting all those rats in suits away from Hiromi, there are still players' guilds and constellations that may burn our world.

Someone like Kibaou isn't a guy you'd exactly call "ideal" to lead the newbies.

My knowledge only came from the anime so it's pretty limited.

If anything, Kibaou is a power-hungry person who abuses authority to accumulate more wealth and power by extorting taxes and items through intimidation.

Before that happens... I will break his motivation for that.

"Hey hey... What are you doing? You're getting beaten up? Were you all bark and no bite this whole time? Gosh, that's embarrassing. What a noob."

That statement gains everyone's attention.

"Can you even use your sword skill properly? Do you even know what Pre-motion is?"

I would definitely not regret this.

"Oi... Kibaou-kun~ get up~! Why are you laying down in the middle of the day, you worthless newb? Aha ha ha ha!"

I'll crush you properly.

"There..." (Kibaou)

Hm?

"There's no way... We'd be able to beat you, aren't there!?" While clutching his tummy he exclaimed in frustration.

"You beta testers are always like that... Monopolizing everything... And, very selfish... THERE'S NO WAY WE'D BE ABLE TO BECOME STRONG IF YOU'RE LIKE THAT!!!"

Bravo Rat, bravo.

"T-that's right." (Random Player C)

"The beta testers have it easy!" (Random Player D)

*THUD*

His stupid little speech was interrupted by my foot that greets him by his face.

"Gahk-!?"

Again with this...

Beta testers this, beta testers that...

What a joke.

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--- Kirito's POV ---

Why would Akihito do this?

There should have been an explanation.

He understood that these would create a large wall between the testers and the players...

What the hell is he thinking?

And what even was that skill?

Was that a composite skill?

Strings of threads just appeared on his fingers and he swiftly immobilized everyone within seconds.

And on top of that...

"---That's why we're the 'Beaters'!" is this the same Akihito I knew a month ago? What in the world happened...??

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"STOP USING 'BETA TESTERS' AS YOUR EXCUSES!"

"!!!??"

Suddenly, Akihito exclaimed to everyone else.

This time there were no sarcastic remarks or intimidating demeanor.

"I have never seen such idiocy coming from an adult WHO WHINES OF THEIR OWN POWERLESSNESS LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN!"

For a moment I realized.

That wasn't an act anymore.

That... Was his true feelings this whole time?

"Who do you think you are? To judge someone's life whether they're starting off easy or not..."

Akihito grabbed Kibaou by his collar and brought him to his masked face.

"Did you actually think, I got stronger because I monopolize a few hunting grounds? I challenged hidden bosses 10 levels above me. All that pain and suffering I gained from soloing a boss with three HP bars bloomed into something that no one else could've imagined."

"You might think the reason I am trampling all of you is because of my arrogance. But the truth is I am angry."

"That's right... Angry, for you fools who don't even know how many limbs had been torn from me, YOU WHO CAN'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT OF MY HARD WORK WAS THE REASON FOR MY POWER, BUT SOME STUPID REASON SUCH AS BEING A BETA TESTER!"

*THUD*

His grip on Kibaou's collar loosened up after he poured his feelings into that exclamation.

So the reason he was attacking was... This?

I... See...

That was a bit unexpected but...

If it were me then...

I might have done a slightly different thing.

Since I'm a solo player then the best I could do was to get everyone to hate a few types of beta testers in order to calm the hatred down.

But again...

"That stupid guidebook you have in the shop menu was made by the beta testers. There's a limit to how immature someone can be. I can kill you over a hundred times, and none of it is worth anything. That's why I called you worthless, Kibaou."

Those statements came to everyone's light.

The other players started pondering his words and looking back into the reality Akihito has created.

"What are those faces?" Akihito asked while looking at the crowd.

None of the previous angry and uncontrolled demeanors existed in Akihito anymore.

The only seriousness that a mentor would've shown to his students was shown.

"Are you frustrated? Are you angry? Well, if you do then I suggest not following this idiot guy here." He pointed to Kibaou in such a way.

"Any of you who wants to actually beat the boss and go home, meet me here tomorrow. If you want to cuss over the beta testers rather than getting stronger, you can follow the Mr. Politician over there."

After he called out Kibaou with a name, again, he turns his back and started to leave.

Ah... Wait, "Oi, Akihito! I said wait a minu—" just as I grabbed a side of his shoulder.

*Ding*

[BallsDeep69: Meet me later at night with your friend]

That message caught me off guard and it made me release him.

Before I knew it, he disappeared from my sight.

This guy... I really can't read him at all...

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To be continued.