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Even while running, Asagiri's breath remained perfectly even, and even her fleeing posture was elegant.
"They can all be resurrected and reborn with the help of the strange power of the Giant Mountain Mental Hospital. Fighting them is completely pointless except for wasting energy. We have already obtained what we wanted, so of course we should go directly to the next level."
"I see."
Asuna Yuuki tried her best to regulate her breathing before speaking.
"Given your usual wildly arrogant personality, I thought you were really going to fight them."
"Hehe, don't underestimate me."
Asagiri said in a serious and imposing manner.
"Skipping class whenever possible is an essential quality for excellent gamers!"
Just as Asagiri finished speaking, the surrounding area suddenly began to distort, and the next second, the four members of the team found themselves back at the entrance of the elevator shaft.
"this……?"
While Asuna and the others were still puzzled and wondering why their positions had suddenly changed, Asagiri spoke calmly, as if she had expected it.
"twenty minutes."
"What, twenty minutes?"
Hearing Kato Megumi's question, Asagiri replied softly.
"Twenty minutes is the time from when we entered this floor until this moment, which is also the time of one cycle."
"what?"
Asuna Yuuki looked incredulous, and it took her a few seconds to react.
"You mean, the strange power on this second basement level also puts us in a loop? If we want to go to the next level, we have to find a way to leave this level within twenty minutes, otherwise we'll be back to this starting point because of the strange loop? So the real challenge is here..."
You're oversimplifying things.
Kotoko Iwanaga glanced at the three people beside her, her eyes showing a solemn expression, and slowly spoke.
“This time, we don’t have twenty minutes left. The longer we stay on this floor, the more strange power we will be tainted by. The first cycle was twenty minutes, and this time it’s less than twenty minutes. If we can’t escape this floor and keep going through the cycle… we will never be able to leave.”
Both Asuna Yuuki and Megumi Kato realized the seriousness of the situation, and Asuna Yuuki quickly asked.
"Isn't there any way to remove the strange power that has tainted us?"
"It can't be done."
Kotoko Iwanaga first shook her head, then looked at Asagiri. Even in the face of such a difficult situation, she still had an elegant smile on her face.
"The other party guessed that we would go to Old Huo. The three possibilities I mentioned before about the appearance of the illusion were all wrong. It just wanted to use the appearance of the illusion and our thinking and analysis of the reasons why it led us into the illusion to delay the time we stayed on this level and let us get enough of the strange power to get trapped in the cycle. This time, there are strange auras everywhere in the dungeon environment, which makes my senses less sharp. We've fallen into their trap."
"It's impossible for every analysis to be correct, it's not your fault."
Asagiri first offered a word of comfort to Iwanaga Kotoko, and then slowly began to speak.
"In that case, let's force our way through, smash all obstacles in our path, and reach the next level as quickly as possible."
……
Thirteen minutes later, on the second basement floor of Jushan Mental Hospital, in area D.
"call……"
Asuna Yuuki's breathing was somewhat rapid, her chest rising and falling with each breath, fine beads of sweat appearing on her forehead, her left hand hanging limply at her side, and her right hand holding the sword trembling slightly.
She watched as the dozen or so demonic bodies dressed in mental straitjackets turned to blood and gradually disappeared into the ground, and she couldn't help but grit her teeth.
"These guys are really troublesome, we can't seem to kill them all..."
In just thirteen minutes, the four-person team encountered three waves of enemies. However, this time it was different from the previous one. The twin brothers and the doctor were not among them. Instead, there were a dozen mental patients, nurses, and the evil spirit that the doctor had transformed into.
Why not send out the full force, or even personally participate in the battle? Is the healer, who is the boss of this level, holding back?
No.
There is only one explanation.
It is the supreme magic bullet against morning fog.
Although the doctor is a demon, he clearly possesses high intelligence and knows how to utilize the strange rules and power within the Giant Mountain Mental Hospital to a certain extent, such as trapping the four members of the team in illusions and loops.
Asagiri's Supreme Magic Bullet is a power that can completely sever "immortality." Chris Walker, being an anomaly born within the Giant Mountain Mental Hospital, originally possessed the ability to regenerate through cycles, but after being struck by the Supreme Magic Bullet, he was completely destroyed at its source.
The doctor somehow learned of Asagiri's ability, so during the team's breakthrough, it only sent out insignificant evil spirits to interfere and obstruct them. Even when Asagiri used the Supreme Magic Bullet on these minions, it was still able to send out its twin brothers to block them.
In short, it intentionally avoids the evil spirits on this level being completely wiped out by a single Supreme Magic Bullet.
"Hurry up! I can feel that we're getting closer and closer to the cycle!"
Hearing Kotoko Iwanaga's urging, the other three members of the team immediately quickened their pace. When the four of them arrived at the entrance to the fire escape in Area D, they saw the twin brothers quietly guarding the place.
"Persona!"
Time was of the essence, and Asagiri didn't waste any words, immediately summoning Crazy Mita.
"Get away!"
Crazy Mita's face no longer held its usual manic smile, but instead revealed a hint of anxiety. Facing the spiked club swung by her twin brother, she did not dodge at all, but simply raised her left arm to block, while her right hand reached out and grabbed the other's neck.
"boom!"
Two muffled thuds rang out simultaneously. Crazy Metta's left arm snapped off and flew off, and she used her superhuman strength to lift her twin brother up and throw him heavily into the distance.
Yuuki Asuna rushed to her twin brother, ignoring the pain in her right wrist, and clenched her teeth as she groaned.
"Sword technique, like flying stardust!"
Eight bright sword beams appeared, but this time, they only left a few deep wounds on the twin brother's body, instead of tearing him to pieces as before.
Even with the passive "Swordsman's Determination," which halves the stamina consumption for sword techniques, Asuna Yuuki's stamina was still nearing its limit. Her speed was far slower than before, and the lethality of her sword techniques had also decreased significantly.
Seeing this, the twin brother raised his muscular arm, clenched his fist, and made as if to smash it down on Yuuki Asuna's skull.
Just then, a pair of dark purple eyes suddenly came into its field of vision.
Kotoko Iwanaga activated her skill, "Cursed Gaze".
Even though the other party was a demon with extremely deep resentment and whose soul had been twisted through experiments, there was no doubt that Kotoko Iwanaga's mental strength was still higher than that of the other party.
The twin brother was affected by the "cursed gaze," and his movements paused slightly. But for Kato Megumi and Asagiri, that brief moment was more than enough.
"Castling."
Asagiri and Yuuki Asuna switched places, and Asagiri wrapped the rope dart chain around the twin brother's neck, then forcefully flung his body away.
"Throw".
Kato Megumi threw the Indian battle axe with all her might, hitting her twin brother directly in the body. Even though he had monstrous physical abilities, he was still sent flying more than ten meters away without any way to exert force.
The team's goal was not to eliminate the twins, but to get them out of the fire escape as quickly as possible.
"Get in!"
Asagiri was the first to enter the fire escape. Seeing the sign on the wall leading to the basement, she immediately ran up the stairs.
Kato Megumi, Yuuki Asuna, and Iwanaga Kotoko also entered the fire escape in order of arrival, running upwards just like Asagiri.
Just as Kotoko Iwanaga was about to step onto the stairs, she felt her ankle being suddenly grabbed.
"This is……"
Kotoko Iwanaga turned her head and saw an arm emerging from a pool of blood on the ground, followed by the doctor's face wearing a black gas mask.
"Castling."
Upon seeing this scene, Asagiri, who had already run to the top of the stairs, did not hesitate to use her skill, Caster, to switch places with Kotoko Iwanaga, who was being held by the doctor.
Without hesitation, he thrust his rope dart at the doctor's arm. Unexpectedly, the doctor's arm, which looked as fragile as a withered tree branch, was only penetrated by the sharp tip of the rope dart by less than half a centimeter with Asagiri's full-force strike.
Before Asuna Yuuki could turn around to rescue him, Asagiri put away her "Cursed Rope Dart" and instead took out her black sniper rifle, pointed it at her calf, and pulled the trigger.
"boom!"
Normally, an ordinary person's lower leg would be severed by a sniper bullet, but Asagiri's lower leg was not completely broken.
"Bullet resistance is quite troublesome in situations like this, you human demon."
As Asagiri softly called out, the towering Asura instantly appeared and then ripped off Asagiri's leg, which was not completely severed.
The moment he broke free from the doctor's arm, Asagiri switched his sniper rifle back to a rope dart. Asuna Yuuki understood immediately when Asagiri threw the rope dart, grabbed the metal chain attached to it, and pulled Asagiri directly up the stairs.
80
Chapter 80 I have left the cell and feel good.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
The doctor emerged from the bloodstains on the ground, looked at the severed leg that had been torn off by the Asura in his hand, threw it aside, and then suddenly removed the black gas mask from his face, revealing a hideous and twisted face with dozens of veins writhing like worms on his face and bloodshot eyes.
"Come back, all of you come back here..."
Just as the doctor was speaking, its voice abruptly stopped, and its form vanished instantly.
"Heh, it's looped back, hasn't it?"
Sitting on the stairs, Asagiri shook her head at the sight and chuckled dismissively.
"In the end, you can only take advantage of the strange patterns of this level of the Giant Mountain Mental Hospital. This power does not belong to you. You want to trap us? Don't be delusional."
"that……"
Kato Megumi first glanced at Asagiri sitting on the stairs, then at the broken leg lying on the ground, and asked cautiously.
"Leader, shouldn't you... get your leg set first?"
"Oh yes."
As if just remembering, Asagiri looked at her severed leg on the ground and muttered to herself.
"The flat ground outside the stairs should be within the second basement level, so it's best not to step on it rashly."
After saying this, Asagiri summoned Crazy Meta and asked her to retrieve her broken leg. Asuna Yuuki squatted down, looked at the smiling Asagiri, and asked anxiously with a look of heartache in her eyes.
"Are you alright? Doesn't it hurt?"
"I have left the cell and feel good."
Asagiri replied with a smile, then reached out and gently pinched Yuuki Asuna's fair cheek.
"It hurts a lot, but if you kiss me, it won't hurt anymore."
"Still acting like a hooligan at a time like this... really..."
Asuna Yuuki blushed slightly, and although she said that, she still leaned closer and gently kissed Asagiri's cheek.
Kotoko Iwanaga took the severed leg from Crazy Mita and attached it to the broken part of Asagiri's leg. A glint of light appeared in her dark purple eyes, and black particles appeared at the edge of Asagiri's wound. In just two or three seconds, the severed leg was completely healed.
Asagiri stood up and jumped around, nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile.
"OK, fully recovered."
"Um……"
Seeing that Kotoko Iwanaga had helped Asagiri repair her broken leg, Megumi Kato breathed a sigh of relief, but also couldn't help feeling a little puzzled.
"Leader, why did you cut off your own leg instead of that guy's arm? Although the rope darts didn't sever it completely, with the power of a human Asura, it should have..."
You're oversimplifying things.
Asagiri straightened the hem of her black trench coat, then sat back down on the stairs, speaking in a relaxed tone.
“That guy’s physical strength is even higher than that of his twin brothers. I can’t be sure that the Human Asura can directly sever its arm. More importantly, if its severed arm is still in contact with my body, then even if I climb the stairs, I might be considered to be ‘stuck on the second basement level’ and then enter the cycle again. All things considered, it’s more reliable for me to just cut off my own leg rather than try to cut off its arm.”
"Hiss... You're really ruthless to yourself..."
Hearing Asuna Yuuki, Megumi Kato, and Kotoko Iwanaga's exclamations, Asagiri simply waved her hand and smiled nonchalantly.
"No need to be surprised, this is my decisive action."
"Handsome, no wonder you're the leader."
Hearing Kotoko Iwanaga's praise, Asagiri smiled first, then leaned in and kissed Asuna Yuuki on the cheek, admiring his cute girlfriend's shy expression before speaking.
"However, my severed leg only stayed on the second basement level and didn't enter the loop to change position. In other words... only humans can be tainted by the strange power of the corresponding floor's rules, while external objects not belonging to the Giant Mountain Mental Hospital can't...?"
After saying this, Asagiri stood at the top of the stairs, looking at the ground in front of the fire escape door, and slowly spoke.