With some chuckling from Paka and a little lecturing from Timi, Umichi laughed aloud, "HAHAHAHA! Who would of thought ... a katana with fake stats, when broken, could cut a table clean in two. Anyway, either I gotta pay, or it will magically repair itself. In fact, since it belonged to an NPC, I'm surprised it wasn't an [b]<>[/b]." he then took a good look at the table, "Wow, right in two. They are symmetrical halves. Oh, I will tell that guy about our decision, and about the items." he said the first bit aloud and then spoke softly so only Paka will hear about the other bit. Walking up to the NPC of the Maiden Inn, George, Umichi apologized, the NPC then told him off, "What do you think you are doing swinging a thing like that in here!?" "Look, I'm sorry. I didn't even make a full swing. How can I repay you?" "Well, you can pay me back the 2000 col it cost me." [i]Wow .... that's quite a bit for this stage of the game[/i] He thought to himself, completing the transaction. [i]Guess I should sell my spare [u]Anneal Blade[/u] soon.[/i] After finishing with the NPC he saw Ayame coming back down to sit. "Well, guess he will be up there for a while, huh? Anyway, thanks for the food, but I think I'll eat a bit later, if you don't mind." Umichi told her, looking up the stairs and then walking pass. He approached Yui. "Why you just sitting around for? There's a dance party going on! Anyway, everyone is free for the day, no plans. Just if you plan to go out to the field, let someone know." Placing a hand on Yui's shoulder as he went pass her, telling her about what was the rest of the day's plans. Walking up to the thief, he spoke to him, "I want to ask you one main thing. I will tell you this now though. You will not be joining us, but, Paka over there is willing to help train you for the day." Umichi pointed with his thumb over his shoulder to Paka. "Anyway, how were you able to get into the market to buy those items, when you went orange about three and a half hours ago. That must of been your second offense and there is no way for you to get there being orange within the the two hours it must of been for you to get the items. I don't think you had the intention of giving bugged items, but you clearly know hardly a thing about SAO. Those stats were absurd, and the bonuses were fake. Items like that have been disappearing suddenly, probably due to a system check. So, exactly how did you obtain those items, that you so called bought, when there is no way for you to have gotten into the market without someone noticing your orange indicator? After you tell me, go to Paka, and ask him when he will take you, cause I have no clue what he plans to do to train you." he waited for an answer from the thief, realizing he never got a proper name from him.