I understand that, but I don't understand what Fujino meant and why Fujino makes such statements that raise more questions and doubts. Either Fujino is really serious about the perception of Kirito and Asuna's relationship, or this is some kind of subtle trolling from Fujino for players who express their doubts about the reality of Kirito and Asuna's relationship.
I just want someone to explain what it means.
1. Asuna still considers Kirito her love and Inoda cannot openly compete with him.
or
2. Kirito is not a rival for Inoda, because Inoda has already completely won.
P.S. There's no reason in the game for Asuna to stay with Kirito at all. Can you name at least one? She doesn't like him, he's bad at sex, he's not rich, he's an ordinary person (who's good at gaming, but I don't think it matters to Asuna). It turns out that if you exclude sex, only appearance remains? Is Asuna unable to openly date Inoda because of him appearance?
Okay, that's not the point. I just hate fucking NTR games where the author never explains anything.