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Crossover anime, living in everyday Tokyo, but a game of reincarnation. Author: Miaomiaochong
Utsunomiya Asagiri transmigrates to a world where various anime and manga have merged, and grows into a handsome Tokyo guy—a standard protagonist template. Both his parents are deceased, and he is the only person listed on his household registration.
Just when he thought he could live a peaceful daily life, he entered a reincarnation game similar to the God's Space.
Moreover, the player who appeared in the same ward was a freshman who entered Shuchiin in the same year as him, named Yuuki Asuna.
Bad news: The reincarnation game is extremely dangerous; a slight mistake can lead to death.
Good news: This game has very generous rewards, and Asagiri really enjoys playing it.
A born reincarnation game player, the Demon King of Shuchiin, leading the strongest conquest team, the unruly and talented Persona user codenamed Leader makes his grand entrance!
[Initial teammate setup: Asuna Yuuki (from Sword Art Online), Kotoko Iwanaga (from In/Spectre), Megumi Kato (from Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend)]
[Like the previous book, it's a true harem where there's no factional strife and everyone's just playing the stock market; the male protagonist is abstract and often very direct.]
001 Everyday life of youth, but a game of reincarnation
In the bedroom of a high-end apartment building in the Ginza commercial district of Tokyo, Kyushu, in the Sakura Autonomous Region.
A beautiful young woman with delicate and lovely features, fair skin, and long, light brown hair casually draped over her shoulders, dressed in neat pajamas and exuding a relaxed, homely vibe, was currently frowning slightly as she stared at the few lines of text displayed on her phone.
[Congratulations, Asuna Yuuki, you have been selected to become a "player"]
You will be entering the beginner dungeon in five minutes. Please be prepared.
"A dungeon? Is this... an advertisement for some third-rate game?"
Looking at the app that had inexplicably appeared on her phone, its icon resembling an eye and giving off an eerie feeling, Yuuki Asuna's cute and delicate face couldn't help but show a hint of doubt and wariness.
The current time is 4:55 AM.
Five minutes earlier, Asuna Yuuki, who was sleeping, suddenly woke up. When she opened her phone, she found a strange app that appeared out of nowhere, displaying the aforementioned strange and incomprehensible words.
Her first instinct was to try to uninstall the app, but she found that the app icon would reappear as soon as it disappeared, and no matter what she tried, she couldn't completely uninstall it.
"Is my phone infected with a virus?"
Asuna Yuuki muttered to herself, staring at the eerie eye icon on her phone screen. The words "Please be prepared" in crimson, almost blood-red text filled her eyes, and an ominous premonition rose in her heart.
From a rational perspective, Asuna Yuuki doesn't believe in any supernatural phenomena. Perhaps her phone was infected with a virus and some kind of Trojan program was remotely installed, causing this to happen.
But what if it isn't?
With that in mind, Asuna Yuuki changed her clothes as quickly as possible and even ran to the living room to grab the sharp fruit knife on the coffee table. After doing all this, the countdown on her phone screen showed only sixty seconds left.
"Huh...huh..."
As the countdown numbers ticked away, Asuna Yuuki grew increasingly nervous, and even her right hand, gripping the sharp fruit knife, began to tremble involuntarily.
The instant the number jumped to zero, a line of blood-red text suddenly appeared on the phone screen.
[“Player” Asuna Yuuki, now entering the dungeon.]
The next second, a dark red mist appeared in Asuna Yuuki's vision. She struggled to control herself and didn't scream in fright at the sudden change.
The thick fog swirled and formed several lines of text.
The location for this instance is: ??? Sanatorium
The time limit for this instance is one hour.
The objective for this "player" mission is: escape from the ??? sanatorium within the time limit.
[Note: When the "player's" ward is closed, it is a safe area where no "caregiver" is allowed to enter.]
As soon as Asuna Yuuki finished reading the last sentence, before she could even read it again, the thick, dark red fog suddenly dissipated, revealing a pale yellow wall covered in stains and even moss.
"here it is......"
Before Asuna Yuuki could react, she heard a voice that sounded like a man's, with a hint of laughter and ease.
"It seems to be something like the Main God Space. This is going to be interesting."
Yuuki Asuna was startled by the sudden sound and instinctively gripped the fruit knife in her hand. At that moment, she was incredibly grateful that, out of a sense of caution, she had brought this weapon for self-defense. Now...
The next second, the scene that greeted Asuna Yuuki's eyes made her thoughts freeze instantly, her lips slightly parted, as if she were shocked.
In this room, which resembled a hospital ward, there was not only her, but also another person, who must have been the one who had just spoken.
What shocked and disoriented Asuna Yuuki was not the presence of another person in the same room, but rather the other person's attire.
The person was wearing a heavy black overcoat, the kind you only wear in the dead of winter, over a black long-sleeved sweatshirt, black trousers, and sneakers. His face was completely covered by a black mask and sunglasses.
What's even stranger is that the other person's clothes were bulging, as if something was stuffed inside, making them look like that.
The most outrageous thing is...
"A power drill...and...a chainsaw?"
Seeing the electric drill in the right hand of the man in black and the extremely intimidating chainsaw placed beside him, Yuuki Asuna was completely dumbfounded.
"You...you're a 'player' too...?"
The man in black replied with a smile upon hearing her words.
"Yes, nice to meet you. My name is Fang Shiyangming. What's yours?"
"I..."
Asuna Yuuki wanted to answer, but she paused before she could finish, took a few steps back, gripped the fruit knife tightly, and stared at the man in black with a wary expression.
"Can I not answer?"
"They're quite vigilant, not bad."
The man in black seemed to nod approvingly. Although his voice was tinged with laughter and he didn't make any aggressive moves, Asuna Yuuki, seeing his strange attire and the menacing chainsaw, still didn't dare to approach easily. She was already almost pressed against the yellowed wall.
Is this person, like myself... also a so-called "player"?
Asuna Yuuki glanced down at the fruit knife in her hand, then at the electric drill in the other person's hand, and the chainsaw beside them, and a strong sense of disparity welled up in her heart.
She was initially relieved that she had brought a weapon for self-defense, but she never expected that there would be such a master.
From the appearance of that strange app to the actual entry into the instance, there were only ten minutes of preparation time.
Where did this guy get his chainsaw and drill from?!
While Asuna Yuuki was pondering, the man in black had already taken out his phone from his coat pocket and opened the eerie app with the eye icon.
[Player Name: Utsunomiya Asagiri]
Physical fitness level: Outstanding (professional athlete level)
[Talent: Not yet unlocked]
[Occupation: Not yet unlocked]
[Player Level: Newbie]
002 A ward in a mental hospital
"Instead of just standing there doing nothing, why not search the ward where the mental patients are being held and see if you can find any clues that might help you get through?"
Upon hearing Asagiri's words and seeing that the other person had already walked to the window and seemed to be observing something, Yuuki Asuna, though still wary, couldn't help but ask.
"Mr. Fang Shi, how do you know that this is a ward for mental patients?"
"Isn't this something that's obvious at a glance?"
Asagiri took two steps back and pointed to the window. Yuuki Asuna looked in the direction he was pointing and saw that the window of the ward was only about 30 centimeters long and wide, and it was equipped with a steel guardrail about the thickness of a thumb.
"The notice says this is a sanatorium, but just looking at this window, it's obvious this room is almost like a prison cell, and here..."
At this point, Asagiri walked to the bedside, reached out and placed her hands on the iron railings on both sides, carefully stroking them before speaking in a calm tone.
"This guardrail is not the kind of safety guardrail that is installed in ordinary wards to prevent patients from falling out of bed while sleeping. It is the kind of guardrail that cannot be lowered. There are obvious wear and tear near the head and foot of the bed. This is because when someone was lying on this bed, their hands and feet were tied to the guardrail and they kept struggling, leaving behind the marks."
"The edges of this sheet still bear traces of dried blood, which, as I just mentioned, proves that someone struggled and ended up with their wrists and ankles worn raw."
"Judging from these clues, this place is either a ward for mental patients, and the kind of mental patients who are very aggressive and cannot even be untied while sleeping, or it is the crime scene of a sadist. However, a sadist would not deliberately place a hospital bed so that the person he kidnapped could lie down. The APP also said that this is a nursing home whose name is unknown, so the former is more likely."
Upon hearing Asagiri's analysis, Asuna Yuuki was somewhat surprised.
What surprised her wasn't the other person's exceptional intelligence or keen insight. After all, any normal person could find the traces the other person had just mentioned and draw the same conclusions by carefully observing the room. It wasn't anything special.
What truly puzzled Asuna Yuuki was...
Isn't it a little too fast for this mysterious person who calls himself "Fang Shi Yangming" to get into the zone?
If you suddenly find yourself in a completely unfamiliar place, you'll be stunned for a moment, and then you'll take out your phone to try to contact the outside world or call the police. That's the normal reaction, right?
The other party simply took out their phone and glanced at it, seemingly confirming something, and then began to observe.
This person...
Is your mental state normal?
"Um...it seems like you're padding something inside your clothes?"
Upon hearing Yuuki Asuna's cautious question, Asagiri, who was standing there, waved her hand and replied in a matter-of-fact and calm tone.
"Actually, it's nothing much. Just put magazines and books under your clothes, and roll them up and wrap them with tape around your arms and legs. After all, we're going into the dungeon, so this is the most basic protection we have to do."
Upon hearing this, Asuna Yuuki was at a loss for words.
From the moment the app appears on your phone to the preparation time before entering the instance, there are only ten minutes, right?
Assuming this "Fang Shiyangming" is in the same situation as me, it means that the other party used magazines and books to prepare for protection in ten minutes, and then took out an electric drill and chainsaw before finally entering the instance.
This action was incredibly fast! They didn't hesitate at all, and didn't even consider the possibility that the phone was infected with a virus or had a Trojan horse program installed?
Asuna Yuuki's doubts are reasonable, but Asagiri's situation is different.
At sixteen years old, the same age as Yuuki Asuna, and according to real-world time, should be officially a high school student today, Utsunomiya Asagiri is a transmigrator.
For him, things like traveling to a completely different world, the sudden appearance of the God Space, and being chosen as a player were not so incredible.
Instead of continuing to be curious about me, why not combine what I just found with your ideas and think about how to get out of this predicament?
Upon hearing Asagiri's words, Asuna Yuuki finally came to her senses. Although she still didn't quite understand the current situation, she tried her best to calm herself down and began to think seriously.
First of all, she was certain that the mysterious person sharing the room with her was not actually named "Fang Shiyangming". The reason was simple: if the other party would tell her his real name so easily, what would be the point of wearing a mask and sunglasses to cover his face?
Moreover, just now, when I chose not to reveal my name, the other party said, "You're quite vigilant, not bad."
It's obvious that he's testing himself.
but.......
Under such circumstances, regardless of whether this "Fangshi Yangming" is mentally sound or what kind of person he is, the most reasonable choice is obviously to cooperate with him and absolutely not to become his enemy. After all, Yuuki Asuna does not think that she can defeat this man who is over 1.8 meters tall and is carrying a power drill and chainsaw with just a fruit knife.
Thinking of this, Asuna Yuuki murmured to herself, recalling the red text she had seen before entering the dungeon.
"Escape within sixty minutes, or one hour... This is the 'player's' mission objective, but it doesn't say what the penalty for failure is. Is there no penalty? Or is it that escaping this place within one hour is the only way to survive, so there's no penalty at all?"
Asuna Yuuki paused here, first glancing at the window with its steel bars, then at the chainsaw on the ground next to Asagiri, but ultimately shook her head.
"No, there's no way. Even if a chainsaw could cut through that thickness of steel bar, given the size of the window, we couldn't climb out. The only way to escape is to open the door and leave this ward... But what exactly is this so-called 'caregiver'...?"
Just as Asuna Yuuki was speaking, her peripheral vision inadvertently caught sight of the doorway to the ward.
That one glance seemed to freeze the blood in her body; the sudden fear even made her feel numb.
There is a transparent observation window on the closed door of the ward, just like in a normal hospital ward.
At that moment, behind the glass observation window, a hideous face covered in blood was pressed against it.
Those bloodshot eyes stared intently at her.
003 The Duties of a “Caregiver”
Asuna Yuuki's pupils dilated in shock. She instinctively wanted to scream, but the next second she immediately raised her hand to cover her mouth, suppressing her fear and not making a sound. Only her shoulders and legs were trembling slightly.
Seeing this, Asagiri made her own assessment.
As expected of Asuna Yuuki, who received elite education from a young age, even in such an environment and when faced with a sudden terrifying event, she was able to maintain basic rationality and would not scream shrilly or do anything stupid like those brainless female characters in horror movies.