Rinko holds a press conference to introduce Alice as the first autonomous Artificial Intelligence with her Fluctlight implanted into an android while Higa continues watching over Kirito and Asuna at the Ocean Turtle along Kikuoka, who was officially declared dead as a means to cover up the whole incident. During the interview, Alice notices that Kazuto is awakening and leaves to meet him. Once Kazuto awakes, he tells Alice that her sister is in a deep freeze at the Central Cathedral, waiting to meet her again, and asks Higa to erase all of his and Asuna's memories of the 200 years they spent together...