"Are you really talking about friends you met online in the game?"
"What else? I don't have any other way to meet people besides gaming. It's not like I could be socializing with other women in the Void Realm."
Can't you consider who's standing in front of you when you lie? I'm the second-ranked genius Swindler on the "Two-winged Spirit Leaderboard: Azura Division." Your eyes unconsciously look to the right avoiding my gaze, and you're fidgeting with your fingers unconsciously! Most importantly, your baby-level Expression Management totally gives you away!
But women are not the point, the point is that Ash actually managed to contact the outside world right under my nose... No wonder he didn't care much about the Contract with Hanna. Looks like he has some hidden cards up his sleeve.
That's normal, after all, he's on the same level as a cult leader of Eternal Damnation.