Event 54: A rare day (2)

"Well, we are here," said Yamamoto, presenting Haruta with a huge convention center with a large number of people in the vicinity lining up to enter.

Haruta's expression instantly changed when he saw the large line at the entrance calculating the amount of time they would be standing there "Ugh .." Haruta complained knowing what was waiting for him but earlier than expected Yamamoto clapped on the back of Haruta leading him out of his thoughts.

"That is not our line, today I got a point as a press, that is to say that we can enter by another more special and faster route" said Yamamoto raising his thumb as a symbol of victory, allowing Haruta to calm down knowing that the long line would not be a problem for them.

Both went around the convention center to where only authorized personnel were allowed, that is, only members of the press could enter, the reviews were quick allowing both to enter easily.

"It was only a few minutes," Yamamoto said satisfied, earning a nod from Haruta.

Both entered the convention center which already had a large number of people as well as a large number of exponents from different areas.

"Well, what is our job?" Haruta asked turning on the camera to start recording.

Yamamoto turned around with a big smile "We just have to play all the possible games and record everything, I take care of the interviews you just have to record" Yamamoto said heading straight for a video game station leaving Haruta behind looking in his direction .

"Well, it looks like I will have a lot of work" Haruta said letting out a light sigh of exhaustion before following Yamamoto.

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Several hours passed since they entered the convention, they both tried many video games of different genres, they were also able to test technological accessories of new ranges, meet famous people and even get autographs.

"do you have fun?" Yamamoto asked with a big smile towards Haruta while he kept in his backpack several things that he had achieved.

"Of course," Haruta replied without hesitation, although all the activity he had done that day was tedious, it was also something that helped clear Haruta's stressed mind.

"Well, get ready now comes the special event, the presentation of Kayaba Akihiko, we are going to see an exclusive preview of SAO" Yamamoto said with a smile from ear to ear showing that his happiness was at its maximum points.

Haruta was still not comfortable hearing the name of Kayaba Akihiko but he let it go, his hunch does not always have an effect on the world, in addition to being something important, the system would have sent an alert for an event, instead it was a time since the system He was silent, only appearing when Haruta called him to check the progress of his stats.

Both young people were sitting in their respective seats inside a special room prepared for the presentation of SAO, even at the entrance of the room there were many decorations and guards who rechecked the guests, unfortunately the cameras and telephones were not allowed in such a way they had to be kept in special lockers.

"I wanted to record everything ..." Yamamoto muttered ruefully as he searched for his designated seat.

"It is a special presentation, it is normal that they do not allow recordings but it would stop being special" Haruta said, comforting Yamamoto so that he could enjoy the special presentation.

"You're right" Yamamoto agreed, gaining a bit of encouragement, both found their seats and settled down waiting for all the guests to arrive so that the room could fill up.

Soon all the seats were occupied, there were even some people standing, the lights went out leaving the room in complete darkness.

Lights on stage came on showing a person's silhouette "Welcome everyone to this seminar or presentation whatever you want to call it" said the voice corresponding to a middle-aged man, pale complexion, eyes smaller than normal with large bags under the same, dark and short hair, the body shape of the man was so thin that he seemed to be able to faint at any time, his clothing consisted of cloth pants next to a white shirt, on the shirt a white gown which reaches to the lower part of the knees.

"It's him, it's Kayaba Akihiko" Yamamoto muttered from a side of Haruta excited

Haruta put his attention on the figure, thanks to his senses improved with the high statistics of the system he was able to see small energy flows in the figure of the person, he directs his gaze to the environment monitoring the situation until when he observed how from the back of the stage someone I wave at him.

'I see, now I understand how this works' said Haruta in his mind crossing his arms as he continued to listen to the presentation.

"Having said the above I would like to invite a special person or rather I would like to invite the protagonist of this scene" the tired voice of Kayaba Akihiko did not wait and from one side a practically the same man appeared waving with his hand as he walked.

Everyone in the room was shocked, Yamamoto's mouth was hanging open exchanging the goal of his vision between the two people "Y-it's, it's Kayaba Akihiko! Why are there two Kayaba Akihiko ?!" Yamamoto exclaimed in surprise.

"The one that entered is the real one, the other was a hologram, I must add that it was quite realistic except for some almost imperceptible details," said Haruta to clarify Yamamoto's doubts.

Haruta did not take his eyes off Kayaba Akihiko but neither did he let his guard relax, while Kayaba spoke about his project in front of everyone a white helmet similar to those used by Formula One pilots appeared.

"As many know the name of this device is nervegear, a device designed to allow the total immersion of the host's mind to the virtual world" the hologram of the helmet could be turned and show the interior so that everything could be observed correctly "I want everyone to You can see the SAO experience first hand but if we did it would take a long time, so I will choose a person, I will choose the only person in the room who could see through my hologram and find me "said Kayaba surprising everyone while a light illuminated Haruta's seat.

"Haruta ?!" Yamamoto exclaimed surprised looking at his friend more surprised than before

Haruta only lifted his shoulders, what happened was not his fault, but if it is an award he would not reject it "I suppose I was lucky," said Haruta in a natural tone of voice.

"Well, his name is Haruta then" Kayaba said handing a tablet with the names of the owners of the seats to his assistant "Come on Haruta, go on stage to test SAO first hand"