前言
在整理資料時，意外發現了一份懷舊的文件，依稀記得是大一新鮮人時，某次英文課的分組報告來著的，題目是指定每組分飾角色，以短劇的方式介紹一項物品，而我們這組選擇的題目則是「NERvGear」－當時還很火紅的動畫《刀劍神域》中登場的虛擬潛行機種（現在再看真的是宅氣沖天），且由當時仍以前文組自居的本人來主筆（笑）。
時隔多年再讀當年寫的東西，不忍感嘆自己的英文能力下滑之嚴重，工作上（化學相關）的運用是沒問題啦，但就是可能無法寫出那樣的文筆，雖然自己在自認英文最好的高中時期，也不是作文特別好的那個就是了。另外，就是注意到文中所提到的日期「2022年5月」，這才驚覺：不就是今年嗎？因而再次感受到了歲月流逝的速度......
個人覺得內文其實滿有趣的，雖然吼...教你介紹東西，結果怎麼就跑去安麗動畫了呢？好像有點跑題就是了，這邊抱持著玩心和一點點的懷舊之情，分享這個黑歷史給大家。
文章由報告者針對「NERvGear」，向桐人、雅斯娜、克萊茵進行採訪的形式構成，可以視為同人文。
圖片為當時刀劍神域的動畫截圖。
本文
Reporter:
“In MayYear2022 , a next-generation game machine known as "NERvGear" hasbeen developed(by company Argus), making Full Dives into a virtual dimensionpossible. However, the developer, Akihiko Kayaba apprehended the consciousnessfrom the ten thousand of player in his game, SAO(Sword Art Online) for twoyears. During SAO, people who want to leave from the game had to clear the lastboss in stare 100. Besides, your body would die if your characters have diedduring the game. There have also been two thousands of people died from thisgame. Though it was no question a horrible history of VRMMO (Virtual RealityMassively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game), it became the basic of the futuredevelopment. Then, let’s look back the history of the NERvGear!”
Kirito:
“How does the NERv Gear look like? The NERvGear is a helmet with a smooth, deep blue color. At the back, it has awire of the same color stretched out of a long pad. It also has a battery andinternal memory to store data from the games. And 30% ofthe Nerve Gear's weight is from its internal battery. The message were from anold Magazine column . Ah, Do you rememberit , Asuna?”
Asuna:
“Kirito, don’t just talk to half ! What doyou mean?”
Kirito:
“Sorry… The first day, Kayaba resetcharacters’ appearance. All players became to their real appearance in realworld and some girl players of them were actually boys.”
Asuna:
“Ha Ha , of course. I never forget aboutit. Besides, I remember the the principle was….”
Kirito:
“It was that the NERvGear's high densitymicrowave transceivers can determine what the user's face looks like. And thetransceivers not only block every transmission from the brain to the body, butalso from the body to the brain; while using it, the player is completelyinsensate to the physical world. It was also its operating principle. “
Reporter:
“Uh… So it had something to do with thereason why SAO was called The Game of Death, hadn’t it? “
Kurain:
“I know about it! A rare opportunity to getinterviewed, how could I have let Kirito to steal my thunder? (Laughing)
Unknown to anyone except for Kayaba priorto the opening of Sword Art Online, the Nerve Gear's transceivers possessenough power to fry the player's brain with a burst of microwaves, using thepower from its internal battery, and SAO's operating system has been programmedto do so if the player's hit points are reduced to zero.”
Kirito:
“You are right.” (Optimistically laughing)
Reporter:
“Oh, I see. By the way, I‘ve never think about thatour technology had been so advanced that people could use it to analyze our alltransmission between the brain and the body, and to make an Imaginary world byour sense. Furthermore, there are many derivative industries now. As thesurvivors from SAO, how do you think?”
Asuna:
“Uh…,After the incident, the simulator like NERvGear has been reformed, and the government has also make laws limit thedevelopment of VRMMO to avoid the same thing happened. Then Lightweight modelhas been found. Though the NERvGear made many people died, it still affectthe later Entertainment Industry. In addition to terror and despair, in theworld of SAO would been another sensation like Kirito and I.(They are acouple.)
Kurain:
Oh, about the development of VRMMO, I remember Kirito have said that he had met Akihiko Kayaba, the developer who may havedied by suicide after SAO ,and that he had gotten “The Seed” from Kayaba. Itseemed to be the Development Programs of VRMMO…
Kirito:
That’sright. Kayaba died of the super density microwave.He used it to copy his soul to Internet. By that experience, I think he wasachieved. And it’s another new topic about the discovery of Soul Theory.
Reporter:
That’s OK. We are very grateful to their share. The program ends. Thanks for watching.
Then,
Let’s “Link Start!”
