"Huh?" Artemis glanced over at Kagero.  With her attention focused on the cloaked figure, Sara had only half caught what her friend had to say.<br/><br/>Before Kagero had a chance to clarify, the cloaked figure began to speak.<br/><br/>"Players," it announced.  "I welcome you all to my world.  My name is Kayaba Akihiko. Right now I am the only person who can control this world."  There was a pause. "I think that most of you have discovered the fact that the Log Out button has disappeared from the main menu. This is not a bug; it is all part of Sword Art Online's system."<br/><br/>Artemis frowned.  Not being much of a technophile, the name the figure gave meant nothing to her.  Who was this guy, and why was he so important?  Was he some sort of game boss they were going to need to defeat or something?  If so, he had a pretty lame name.  He should call himself Lord Maou or something.  Also why was he talking about the interface?  Maybe that had something to do with the problem Hoshino was having, but having the bid bad give a tutorial on the game interface was kind of immersion breaking...