Sword Art Online II Episode 09

Death Gun (デス・ガン) is the ninth episode of the Sword Art Online II anime adaptation, as well as the ninth episode in the Phantom Bullet Arc. It aired on August 30, 2014.

Plot
In Kirito and Asuna's rented home in Yggdrasil City, Asuna and the others were watching the live broadcast of the Bullet of Bullets tournament via MMO Stream. As Kirito was not shown by any camera, they were drawn by an interesting battle between Dyne and Pale Rider. However, after Pale Rider defeated Dyne, he was struck with a stun bullet fired by a player in a cloak. Sinon attempted to shoot the player in a cloak, but he managed to dodge the bullet and then he shot Pale Rider with his pistol. When Pale Rider got up, he suddenly fell down again and seemingly got disconnected. The player in a cloak, Death Gun, then looked up to the camera and introduced the power himself and his gun to the viewers, finishing his monologue with the catchphrase used by PoH. After hearing this catchphrase, Klein recognised him as a member of Laughing Coffin. Meanwhile, Sinon attempted to find out the name of the player in a cloak, but he was not shown on the satellite scan, thus Sinon assumed that he had went underwater. The two decided to follow the player, but were then interrupted by Kakouton who came after seeing them on his satellite scan terminal. While Kirito blocked Kakouton's bullets, Sinon used her sniper to kill him. The two then proceeded towards the Lost City. However, since they could not find him along the way, they decided to look for him during the next scan and, after a discussion, decided that if both Sterben and Juushi X (銃士Ｘ) were present in the city, they would go after Juushi X, as his name sounded like Death Gun (死銃) backwards. During the scan, they found Juushi X at a stadium, while Sterben was not shown as being in the city. The two rushed to the stadium and, after confirming that there was a sniper in the stadium, decided to split up. However, while Sinon was going to a sniping position, she was shot with a stun bullet. Death Gun, who was actually Sterben, appeared moments later after disabling his optical camouflage mantle and then claimed that he was going to kill her. Sinon attempted to take out her side arm, but, after seeing that Sterben was carrying the Type 54 Black Star, she dropped her weapon and the sound of a gun firing could be heard.

New Characters

 * Kakouton

Inventory

 * Sterben
 * Type 54 "Black Star"


 * Pale Rider
 * «ArmaLite AR17»


 * Kakouton
 * «Norinco CQ311»


 * Kirito
 * «Kagemitsu G4»


 * Sinon
 * «PGM Ultima Ratio Hecate II»
 * Glock 18C with an extended magazine.

Locations

 * «Yggdrasil City»
 * Kirito and Asuna's temporarily rented room.
 * «ISL Ragnarok»
 * «Bridge»
 * «Lost City»

==Error
 * huuka was spelled as hunka in this episode, even though it was always written as huuka in the Latin alphabet in the novel.

Adaptation Notes

 * Adapted from Volume 6 Chapter 10-12


 * How Asuna knew about Kikuoka Seijirou's role in the event was not mentioned.