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This is going pretty smoothly, thanks to you.

Kirito's going to be so surprised when he sees these. I haven't said a word to him about any of this.

Ah, speaking of which—I hope you don't have a bad impression of Kirito...

Beaters get a bad rap, but the stories are exaggerated.

He saved my life, you know. If he weren't around—well, I wouldn't be around, either.

But he also taught me that the most important thing in life is to just keep going.

Every day we survive, we gain valuable experience—and I don't mean the numbers we see growing on our UI.

And honestly? I really don't know if I can beat 100 floors.

But I keep growing more and more hopeful.

Not just hopeful about beating the game or going back to reality...but hopeful about my chances to stay alive, to trudge on, day after day.

Anyway, that's why I fight as hard as I do.