"What did you say....?"
I stared at my hand in pain and with my eyes wide....
"I'm....bleeding, and feeling pain..! Was there anything in the notices about something like this?!"
"No, not that I remember....let me check it out though."
Iku scrolled through the notices forum to see if anything was announced, but nothing was new.....
"Nope....nothing."
"Then why am I feeling pain?!"
"Here, let me try it on myself."
Iku took out my dagger and went to stab her hand. I grabbed her wrist quickly and stopped her.
"Hey! No don't do that!!!! If something's going on, and we're feeling pain, then I'm not just gonna let you stab yourself!"
"S-sorry....."
I let go and she gave my back my dagger. I noticed that I never lost any HP......
"Hey....wait a second..."
I took my dagger and cut my finger. Normally a cut like that, in an area like this would make you lose at least 1 HP, but I didn't.....
"Okay, I need to duel with someone now."
"W-what? Why??"
"I have a theory I need to test...."
Haruna sent me a duel request.
"It has been quite a while since we have fought, Hikaru."
"Yep. Not once since SAO...."
"I do believe you owe me a rematch."
"Alright then."
I accepted the duel request and looked around for any monsters that could interrupt. I took out my sword, and got ready, as Haruna did the same. She looked at me with a blank face, and a slight blush. I looked at her body to figure out what her movements would be.
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