08/05/2026
『May 8, 2026 - Sword Art Online Cordial Chords Ending』
Nochizawa Eiji was released as his claims of a mass crime in OS was not validated, and Fuurinkazan members did not press charges.
Not having anywhere to go was bad, but he had to sigh when Kirito greeted him at the police station.
They settled at a nearby cafe and Kirito mentioned about the help request of the glitching out YUNA.
Eiji shared info about Cardinal System's language model, ranging from MHCPs to Quest NPCs, and the effects of "uniqueness" to an NPC. And then they decided to raid Kamura to save YUNA.
Eiji & Kazuto snuck into the old Argus HQ and logged into the SAO backup server where YUNA was hosted. Despite spawning where they last were in SAO (Kirito at F100, Nautilus at F1), they found their way to F40 where Yuuna died.
Nautilus was there first, and had himself locked in with the Feral Warder Chief labyrinth boss.
Kirito arrived, throwing the Floor 100 sword at him. Despite not having the stats to properly wield it, merely swinging the overpowered sword was enough to decimate enemies.
As the AI YUNA was about to crash entirely, Eiji pulled out the candy bottle and gave it to her.
Kirito wasn't sure, but it was almost as if the item was enough to stabilize YUNA, bringing forth a new entity.
Eiji kept crying, as Cordial Chords came to an end.
You can watch an extensive summary of Cordial Chords here, as the epilogue story to SAO Ordinal Scale that was never adapted in SAO Anime: https://youtube.com/watch?v=7xtMQIR-hKs
