[ronelm2000]

Originally Posted by Conan-san

Actauly, now that I think about it, Isn't the easiest answer that;

Spoiler for Fairy Dance Spoilers:

"Dio" is actually a credible threat in this universe and project "Steal SAO victims and Asuna" is actually dangerous, causing ALO and SAO to smush into each other, thus allowing Lyfa and preventing SAO's final phase to run?

Maybe what really happened was that:

Spoiler for Fairy Dance:

Kirito and Kayaba's battle took on for longer than the LN, and, at the time, Sugou had already planned on transferring SAO to ALO, so when it happened, MMO collision occurred, bug occurred, the whole plot of Infinity Moment starts.

...which is essentially the same to what you said, actually.