When Sword Art Online was launched, Arata wanted nothing more than to play it day and night. He never really had any goals toward the game aside from pretty much jokingly wanting to become the strongest player at some point. But that all changed when Akihiko Kayaba revealed the truth about his game. Now it wasn't a choice, he needed to be the strongest player in the game. He needed to become the anomaly of the player base. That was the only way if he wanted to achieve his goal of saving everyone and redeeming himself... Of course, that didn't mean there couldn't be some mockery along the way. (A Sword Art Online spin-off.)