CHAPTER 30.2 - Mananarena Meeting

"It's not my fault! Err! The nerve gear encodes your emotions and shows them an open mind! Ouch!" Shivata said

"Then you should use a helmet like what I wore!" They keep fighting while Kirito and Asuna was watching them

"Hey, you don't need to worry. We do not want to cause any problems, everything otherwise we came here to talk about the party.." Asuna said she knows that they are keeping the secret that they both personal connections because they belong to different guilds "We know that there is an inconvenience you for a part by Aincrad Liberation Squad, we only want to know more details for the party so we can help them"

The person who wears complete armor removes her helm "I trust you guys.." A face of the girl showed them "My name is Kine.." Kine has straight light brown hair. She has fair skin and sleepy blue eyes her bangs cover her forehead, and locks of hair also cover her ears.

Kirito was shocked he already expected that it was a girl behind the armor however he did not expect that the girl looks super girly not what he imagined

"I respect you Asuna" Kine smiled "Shivata and I prepared very hard just to make the party successful" Kine knows Asuna and Kirito because they are both members of front-liners

Kirito look at Shivata who was blushing looking at Kine. They seat down and Kirito started to talk

"Uhm, Kine-San when did you become a member of Aincrad Liberation Squad?" Kirito asks he was seated next to Asuna

"I was recruited last December 22, due of this.." Kine touched her armor

"That means that the next day after the fourth floor opened.." Kirito murmured and started thinking. Kirito diverted to Kine's armor "Hmm you have nice armor.."

"This armor was made for me by a player.." Kine said

"Then you collected 1440 Iron ore necessary for that?" Kirito said that kind of armor was very expensive. After hearing that Asuna was shocked "How many days to accumulate that?"

"Kirito-Kun does not make missing that is so educated with me. At last and after one of the players of the front lines" Kine explains. Kirito and Asuna was wonder how Kine accumulate that number of Iron ore in just a month

"That's right, we are equal from terms. Is that right Kine-San?" Shivata said

"I just wanted to join the clearing lines for help to complete this game, so I struggled the most that I could everything this day and I tried to improve or acquire better equipment too.." Kine explains "However, there was acquired the ability of a heavy armor"

"You had the intention of being a tank from the beginning?" Asuna asks because only tank role can be built that kind of armor just to protect themselves. Kine sigh

"Yes, I always have occupied the role defensively in all the VRMMO that I had played," Kine said and sigh "I've done everything, attacking and killing boars and more out from the town of beginning and I achieved acquire from a store my first level of copper. And I believed that finally was going forward"

"I see being a tank as a role suits for you as well," Asuna said smiling the same as Kirito. They remembered Liten who was a tank too

"Well this is something that only I have told Shivata, so I would appreciate that you keep this just for us," Kine said

"Of course we won't tell to anyone whatever we talk here.." Asuna smiled because of that Kine's apprehension was gone "That's our promise from the beginning"

"One month ago before I become a member of Aincrad Liberation Squad and before I meet Shivata, I came back from the town of beginning with that first level of copper armor but, no team accept me. They were saying that I could not be a tank because I'm a woman" Kine said

"That's stupid, that doesn't have anything very with your ability," Asuna said her opinion

"But I'm stubborn and I decided to arrive alone at lines in front of flush.." Kine continue "That I started to gather Iron ore for my armor and ran incidentally up a level"

"Collecting that amount of minerals should have been difficult," Kirito said and Kine bowed looking devastated

"If you don't want to say, you don't need to say anything" Shivata whispered to Kine, he feels its concern. Kine shook her head in denial

"W-What Kirito-Kun said.." She is still hesitant to tell them what she discovered "I had to gather about 1500 Iron ores for make this armor but, that's not something for what should I feel proud of.."

"Hmm? What do you mean Kine-San?" Asuna was confused

"In the second floor I level up when I was in the depths of the valley I found an Iron vein, so as usual, I started digging. Normally if you dig one to seven you can see minerals however when you reached the eighth dig that means it's over" Kine explains "At the first dig, I was happy when I found a small amount of iron ore so I was pleased but when exceeded at last I noticed.." She hangs her world that makes Kirito come up with something

"Infinite spring?" Kirito whispered

"Huh?" Asuna can't understand

"Like monsters, the item continues to appear, it's a bug," Kirito said

"So all-you-can-dig in the same place, is that right?" Asuna said "Hey there something like a lottery jackpot"

"Abuse of bugs, if you get caught up in management you will become banned, sometimes" Shivata explains. That's why they hide that thing to others "So Kine-San give up the Iron ore"

"I can stop, I could not do it" Kine feel scared "It was Iron ore springs infinitely; I can make my whole body equipped with steel from head to toe"

"It's not impossible even me, I absolutely digging in that situation" Kirito laughed and Asuna kick his feet so that she got his attention and give him a death glare "Hehe.. Just saying"

"Of course I'll dig too" Shivata stand up and pointed him selves. Because of that Kirito and Asuna confirmed that Shivata feel something to Kine

"That infinite spring, the point is it still as it is?" Kirito ask

"No" Kine shook her head and continue "About thirty minutes when you keep digging, the rock surface texture will suddenly collapse for a moment and it will return to normal seems like you fail, however, the deposit stopped producing mineral"

"Perhaps some administrator noticed it and the arrangement?" Kirito said he was thinking deeply. Only Akihiko Kayaba can do that, however, Kirito was confused about how did the administrator knows that. Meaning Akihiko was looking at them but Kirito doesn't know how he does that

"In short Kine-San, you could manufacture your armor thanks to what you find that mistake in the system," Asuna said

"But, transport that amount of minerals should have been difficult," Kirito said

"That's true, if you are alone how did you do that?" Asuna ask they know that the items that they can hide are only limited

"Ahh.. Before that thing worries me on how I can transport the Iron ores" Kine said trying to have flashback "I'm not sure if I would use them, however, as a tank I have a desperate mind even though it was the product of bug. I was not even sure if I could do that as armor or not, because I had afraid of what could happen if someone else found out" Kine sigh "But still I did it.."