Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-3250527-20140627033401/@comment-6935068-20140627135255

Why would Heathcliff prefer to operate the kill switch by himself? During meetings, operating the menu window every time a player is killed will arouse more suspicion of him being the GM.

I think the Cardinal system might be the one overseeing and activating the kill switch in SAO, so that Heathcliff won't do the dirty works.

Seeing that Asuna is still alive, maybe there are several possiblities; either Heathcliff disabled the kill switch, or perhaps after the 10-second revival window, there are several seconds before the kill switch is finally activated. Not that several seconds meant anything before though, it's impossible to save someone after that 10 seconds without GM intervention.

Now I'm really curious about the real time limit to clear SAO.