STORY

Along with Alice, who’s broken the Seal of the Right Eye, Kirito reaches the communal bathing area on the 90th floor. There, they find the Integrity Knight Commander, Bercouli, who’s been turned into stone by Chudelkin…. Alice breaks down in tears upon seeing her mentor’s tragic plight, but then Bercouli, regaining consciousness, groggily musters all his strength to tell them where Eugeo has gone. And so Kirito, shouldering the discarded Blue Rose Sword, goes after Chudelkin. But what he sees in the Chamber of Senators blows him away.