A crossover anime/manga story, set in everyday Tokyo, but within a loop of a game.

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After saying this, Mira sat back down in her gaming chair, stared at the computer screen in front of her, and whispered.

"I don't want to see you. Get out of here, don't stay in my house!!"

"Since she's said so, let's go."

Mira caught a glimpse of Crazy Mita getting out of bed, followed by the sound of the bedroom door opening and closing again, and then...

It was completely quiet, just like the silence that had always been in this room.

"have they gone……"

As the room quieted down again, Mira's eyes dimmed. Looking at the two-dimensional character Mita with her pigtails sticking up and wearing red calf socks on the computer screen, tears welled up in her eyes, and her hands on her knees clenched involuntarily.

"Don't go...don't leave me alone...I'm so scared..."

However, to Mira's surprise, no sooner had she finished speaking than Asagiri's smiling voice suddenly rang out behind her.

"With your terrible acting skills, anyone can see that you're worried about our safety and that's why you're trying to get rid of us, right? If you're scared, don't be so hesitant, just say so."

"Eh?"

Mira turned around the gaming chair she was sitting in and saw Asagiri, Crazy Mita, Asuna Yuuki, and others standing there quietly, without having left at all.

"How do you..."

"This world is really great, isn't it, Leader?"

Kotoko Iwanaga whispered, her voice brimming with jealousy.

"All the Mitas, including this one who calls herself Mira, put you first. Even though she was so scared, she still prioritized your safety and even said those things on purpose to make you leave. Sigh, love games."

Mira stared blankly at Asagiri, her expression complex.

"Mr. Player, why aren't you leaving?"

Although Mira didn't know Asagiri's specific abilities, based on the conversation between Crazy Mita and Kotoko Iwanaga, she could roughly guess that if Mr. Player wanted to save her, he would have to take a huge risk, and might even die here.

She didn't want to see that happen, even if it meant she would be trapped in the deepest part of the game world's program and suffer endless torment.

To Mira's surprise, the player never left. The sound of the bedroom door opening and closing was just him walking over, opening the door, and then closing it again, deliberately teasing her.

"Why not leave? Is that even a question? Of course, it's to save you."

Asagiri smiled first, then spoke softly.

Why pursue power? Isn't it so that after obtaining power, one can do what one wants to do and protect what one wants to protect?

"Besides, if I secretly want to save you, but choose to abandon you out of fear and cowardice, can I still maintain the confidence I had as an absolute powerhouse?"

“It’s not just me. All four of us in the team will be affected by this. From now on, we will no longer have the idea that we can definitely do it. Instead, we will become timid and lose the most important thing as a ‘player’.”

"The most important point is..."

Asagiri paused for a moment before speaking, word by word.

"I am a top-tier player who strives for a perfect playthrough. I will save this world, and all the Mitas in this world, including you."

"Mr. Player..."

Seeing Mira's eyes sparkling with emotion, Crazy Mita pouted and muttered under her breath.

"That's enough, let's get started."

Immediately afterwards, Crazy Mita looked at Asagiri and asked.

"By the way, although I can't fight while I'm fixing the bugs, I can take a weapon from my inventory for you to use. Do you need it?"

"Chainsaw, come here."

"it is good."

Crazy Mita took the handheld chainsaw from her inventory and handed it to Asagiri.

Although her inventory is automatically replenished every time she appears, she can only take out one piece of equipment or item at a time. For example, the maximum number of grenades that can be used in a single summon is ten, but she cannot take out ten grenades at the same time. She can only take out the second one after one of them explodes.

Of course, Crazy Metta's handheld chainsaw is not an ordinary handheld chainsaw, but a super-powerful enhanced version that can even cut through thick wooden doors. If it were in the system rating system, it would be at least a purple-level weapon.

As for the principle and the materials of the chainsaw?

Don't ask, the answer is simply the underlying logic of this dating game world.

"OK."

Asagiri skillfully pressed the button on the handheld chainsaw, and with a buzzing sound, a genuine smile of joy appeared on his handsome face.

"Now it's a perfect match for my major."

Seeing Asagiri's eager and expectant look, which resembled that of a deranged killer, Yuuki Asuna couldn't help but sigh.

"Can we stop acting like villainous bosses every time we're about to fight? What if the real-life Mita is scared of you and doesn't dare to show her face like this guy?"

Crazy Mita scoffed at this, seemingly somewhat displeased.

"I was cowardly just once, and you're going to nag about it for the rest of my life."

"Play, Mr. Player!"

Seeing that everyone was ready for battle, Mira suddenly took out a long sword, gripped the hilt with both hands, and said with a determined look.

"I want to fight alongside you too!"

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Upon hearing Mira volunteer, Asagiri nodded first, then looked at the long sword in her hand and smiled.

Do you know how to use this?

"Of course, don't underestimate me!"

Seeing Asagiri's smiling expression, Mira felt underestimated. She immediately adopted a sword-drawing stance, aimed at a lamp a few meters away, took a deep breath, and shouted softly.

"cut!"

The next second, accompanied by a barely visible, fleeting, cold blade of light, the lamp in the distance slowly split in two.

"Ouch!"

Seeing this, Asagiri couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"A katana-wielding hero!?"

"Katana Hero... what's that?"

Mira tilted her head, looking somewhat puzzled, but then said triumphantly.

"But it's a pretty cool name. Since you gave it to me, I'll reluctantly accept it. From now on, I am the Katana Swordsman - Mira!"

Seeing Mira, the otaku girl who looked like she was suffering from chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) and was holding a long katana, Yuuki Asuna couldn't help but feel a little scared.

From the moment we entered the instance, aside from the Crazy Mita who wasn't a true Mita, every Mita was quite friendly to the four-person team because of Asagiri. But thinking about it carefully, what if these Mitas were enemies...?

That's absolutely terrifying.

Putting aside Crazy Metta, Hat Metta and Short-Haired Metta are also incredibly strong, and both of them have weapons in their inventory.

Asuna Yuuki asked herself honestly, if she were to fight either Hat Mita or Short-Haired Mita in a one-on-one situation, the outcome would be hard to predict.

Crazy Mita is a monster among monsters. If she, Kato Megumi, and Iwanaga Kotoko were to encounter her alone... no, even if the three of them teamed up, it would be difficult for them to defeat her. After all, Crazy Mita is a madwoman who can take out a grenade from her inventory at any time and physically explode with them.

"Are you all ready?"

Crazy Mita lightly slid her right hand in mid-air, and a virtual panel flashing with various electronic symbols appeared in front of her.

Although Crazy Mita is twisted and insane, it must be admitted that precisely because she is not the real Mita and is not limited by the program's preset limitations, she has acquired many abilities that ordinary Mita do not have through continuous learning and exploration.

Even without the help of the original Mita, she could still interfere with this game world to some extent, such as erasing the bug that invaded Mira and the house where the other party lived, just like now. This would not only save Mira, but also the two-dimensional Mita in Mira's computer.

"let's start."

Upon hearing Asagiri's words, Crazy Mita nodded and then gently touched the virtual panel with her right hand.

"boom!!!"

The moment Crazy Metta began to officially fix the bug in this version, the whole house suddenly started to shake, and faint roars could be heard coming from behind the two doors leading to the bathroom and the living room.

“Violet, you’re in charge of guarding that door. Phantom, Necro, and Mira, the three of you stay with Crazy Metta and make sure she’s not disturbed.”

"clear."

Upon hearing Asagiri's order, Kotoko Iwanaga and Megumi Kato immediately stood beside Crazy Mita, while Asuna Yuuki donned a crimson cloak, wielding an exorcist's longsword, and stood before the door that should have led to the apartment's bathroom, but which was now emitting a roaring sound, seemingly unaware of what was outside.

Asagiri stood in front of the door leading to the living room. The next second, many characters suddenly appeared on the wall of this originally cozy bedroom. The content was the same as before, a dense and repetitive string of characters.

"give me back!"

"Stop throwing a tantrum like a little kid."

The door in front of them slowly disappeared with a twist of electricity, and what appeared before them was not the living room, but a hellish area with flowing crimson lava and even the ground was blackish-red.

Asagiri remained calm. He simply raised the chainsaw in his hand, his gaze passing through dozens of meters to a little girl wearing a dirty white dress, her face a dull grayish-black, her eyes two dark, empty holes, like a terrifying doll. He smiled slightly, then put on the gray "Unpredictable Mask," and said indifferently.

"If you want it, come and grab it, but you only have ten minutes."

Upon hearing Asagiri's sarcastic remark, the original Mita, though eyeless, conveyed a strong sense of hatred and anger through her two dark, empty eyes staring directly at him.

The next second, more than a dozen repulsive-looking monsters crawled out of the dark red lava ground, emitting shrill and twisted roars, and charged towards where Asagiri was standing.

"It finally begins."

Holding a chainsaw, Asagiri saw a monster approaching and swung it without hesitation. With a sickening cutting sound, the chain blade severed the monster's head.

The scalding, dark red blood splattered onto his clothes, quickly corroding a hole. The blood that splashed onto his skin also made a sizzling sound as it corroded, but after it completely evaporated, it did not cause him any serious harm. It only caused a painful sensation, like being scratched by sandpaper, in the areas stained with the blood.

"Corrosive blood? But I'm resistant to corrosion."

Even though the Persona she is currently equipped with is Mad Meta, Asagiri has not lost the resistance enhancement brought by "Rebirth of the End".

Unlike the passive effect of enhancing physical attributes, "Rebirth at the End" is a permanent growth that a human asura gains after being destroyed.

Because the Human Asura is a persona born from his fear of facing death, Asagiri can personally experience every time the Human Asura is destroyed, and the resistance growth gained through this feeling will not disappear.

Logically, now that it has been discovered that the blood of those monsters has a corrosive effect, the wisest choice for Asagiri at this moment should be to abandon the chainsaw and instead use the cursed rope dart with a maximum attack range of five meters, in order to avoid the blood of these monsters splashing onto her body as much as possible.

But he didn't do that. He just wielded the buzzing chainsaw, slashing at the endless stream of monsters that kept pouring out.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the bedroom, Asuna Yuuki was using her exorcist's sword to pierce the heads of one failed creation after another.

The essence of the prototype Mita's ability is actually to exploit bugs within the game.

There are many types of bugs, such as the ground disappearing completely before, the texture of the gaping maw being incorrectly overwritten, and the current issue of incorrect area refresh.

The "doors" in the game world are not the same as doors in the real world. In many video games, developers use a seamless large map with small area loading to optimize the game loading experience and reduce the computing power burden on players' computers.

For example, like the famous Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

When players move around the game's large map, they will not enter a loading screen and will have a smooth gameplay experience. However, once they want to enter a room, they will enter a loading screen as soon as they open a door or go through a cave.

What the prototype Mita is doing now is using a bug to incorrectly load the living room and bathroom behind the door into the failed project and the area where the monsters gathered, making things that shouldn't be there appear in front of the team.

"Ding,"

After several minutes of intense, uninterrupted fighting, Asuna Yuuki finally made a mistake. While piercing the head of one of the Failed Creatures with her Exorcist Sword, she didn't have time to pull the sword out. Faced with another Failed Creature lunging at her, she could only raise her left arm to defend herself.

"hiss……"

The failed creation bit into Asuna Yuuki's arm, the intense pain causing her to wince slightly. However, Asuna Yuuki did not stop there. She drew her exorcist sword with her right hand and pierced through the head of the failed creation.

Bright red blood dripped down her wound.

"It hurts..."

This was the first time Asuna Yuuki had been injured in a dungeon, but she was very strong-willed. The pain in her arm did not frighten her; instead, it fueled her competitive spirit.

"The Grip of the Underworld"

Just as several more failed attempts were about to pounce, a giant pale ghostly hand appeared in the void and crushed them into pieces.

Then came Kotoko Iwanaga's calm voice.

"Violet, are you alright?"

Asuna Yuuki nodded, gripped her exorcist sword tightly, and replied softly.

"Yes, I'm fine, thank you."