Asada Shino was hanging out with Shinkawa Kyouji as she reminisced about the preliminaries the day before. Kirito, an absolute amateur to GGO, had surprisingly made it to the finals, and to top that, had actually beat her. Shino was irritated by everything that is Kirito: his mannerisms, the fact that he disguised himself as a girl, his overwhelming ability in game, and his telling her that he would prefer to not hit a girl. Kyouji grabbed Shino and told her that he "wants" her, though Shino responded by saying that she does not have that sort of feelings for him but that if he was willing to wait for her, she might one day accept. Spiegel met up with Sinon in-game and after he leaves, Kirito called Sinon from behind.