Why is my journey to the world of anime a strange tale of rules?

Unlike Yamada Ryo, whose rock-and-roll personality led him to develop feelings for Takami after several intimate interactions, Ijichi Nijika is essentially a gentle, honest, and slightly shy girl. Therefore, after being informed by the Sunflower Squad and other players about Takami's nickname "JK Killer," she was actually quite bothered by it. This was especially true after discovering she would be teased as "Takami's new prey," which made Nijika even more sensitive.

Mr. Gao and I didn't do anything like that!

I really want to refute this loudly.

But before Hongxia could even speak, the other person interrupted her.

"Fine, let that lecher do whatever he wants. Anyway, since you have this communication link, you're not some useless pretty face, are you? I still trust Haijun on that point; his judgment shouldn't be too bad. So, do you have any very important intelligence? Or is there something extremely important on your end? Tell me about it. If there's anything worth hearing, I might consider giving you some support."

The girl's voice that came through the communication had a natural air of arrogance.

If Hongxia heard someone speak in such a condescending manner under normal circumstances, she might feel somewhat displeased and wonder what kind of person would maintain such a deliberate attitude in life.

But at this moment, after being able to sense the other party's aura and knowing that the other party was very powerful and reliable, Hongxia had to breathe a sigh of relief. She felt as if she had finally found her backbone and finally saw hope.

[I am Nijika Ichichi, and I am a member of the same band as Ichiri Goto and Ikuyo Kita. Not long ago, I obtained important information about the "Surgeon" in the Twisted Space Zone. While trying to escape, we encountered several trapped Red Moon-level players, so we attempted to rescue them...]

Soon, Hongxia recounted the information she had obtained, as well as the Sunflower Squad's recent operation to rescue the Red Moon-level player.

Then, after a brief silence that made the girl a little nervous, the unknown girl's voice finally gave an answer.

"My name is Shijou Maki. As an ordinary person without any supernatural powers, it's truly remarkable that I've managed to hold on this long. Of course, I'm also incredibly lucky. Anyway, given the situation, I can't just leave it to chance. In short, leave the rest to me—"

The final sound did not come from the mental link, but rather rang out directly from above, not far away.

Nijika looked up and saw Maki leaping from a tall building and landing steadily beside her. As for Sai Emi on the other side, she recognized Maki Shijou at first glance, and her mouth was agape in shock. She even seemed to want to go up and ask for an autograph.

"To make a long story short, let's save the person first."

Without uttering a single wasted word, the moment Zhenfei arrived at the battlefield, she rushed directly toward the mysterious train and bus that were roaring fiercely in the distance.

After that, her interactions with the passengers on the train became even more brief. Maki merely demonstrated her power to control the golden-red flames of the high seas, which quickly earned her everyone's trust. She then immediately took over from the exhausted Xiaohua and faced the increasingly mad and twisted monster train ahead.

At this moment, after realizing that real reinforcements had finally arrived, Hongxia breathed a sigh of relief and felt her body go limp, so she sat down on the ground.

Rumble, rumble——

[Shijou Maki arrives to provide support; everyone prepare to suppress and retrieve the core obsession object.]

As she activated the high-level power within her, Maki's clear, cold voice spread outwards, alerting the Red Moon-level players who were still struggling to control the train. This also enraged the [Hospital], who was watching the battle from behind the scenes.

Chapter 112 The clash and tearing of blood and fire, the things that crumble.

The golden-red flames are spreading.

The sensation spread from the brown-haired girl who was driving the strange bus at this moment.

The power that the girl unleashed spread from the dilapidated vehicle.

"..."

Everyone remained silent.

Whether it was the Sunflower Squad inside the Strange Bus, or the two outsiders, Xiaohua and Wen Gu Yinyu, or even the Red Moon-level players still on the Strange Train, everyone except the lawyer who had little emotion left and the non-human police officer fell into a speechless silence. They were all genuinely shocked by the terrifying power released from Shijou Maki at this moment, to the point that they temporarily lost their ability to express themselves.

hum-

The strange bus seemed to let out a mournful cry, and its body began to tremble slightly.

Compared to the flames that Yurikawa Hana could withstand and release, the power released from Maki at this moment was so vastly different in magnitude that it could not be considered the same thing at all.

The dazzling light completely enveloped the entire ghost bus, covering every corner and directly reconstructing a completely new structure on the exterior of the vehicle.

These forces penetrated deep into the object of obsession, completely altering the entity itself. This transformed the object, which was originally only at the Dark Night level, into one that surpassed the Red Moon level and could no longer be measured by conventional obsession standards.

Clearly, this extremely brutal method of power enhancement is highly destructive to the object of obsession itself—the very source of the monstrous bus. As a result, everyone on the bus could hear screams of agony, and the bus itself was occasionally twisting slightly, as if it were struggling. Furthermore, the mechanism by which the monstrous bus continuously produced human corpses ceased to function at this moment.

Wang Gui, who had been handling the bodies on the bus, came to his senses and was about to throw a body that had just appeared on the back of the bus off the bus when he got close to it. But as soon as he got close, he saw the body burst into flames in the flames released by Zhen Fei and disappear right in front of him without leaving a trace of ash.

"Oh, this, this is..."

Wang Gui, not understanding what this meant, simply stood there stunned, while Li Ling and the other players from the Sunflower Squad stared wide-eyed, their expressions revealing utter shock.

Buzz - buzz -

The engine of the eerie bus roared.

The girl in the driver's seat exhaled softly, and the bus, engulfed in flames, began to accelerate.

In front of the ruins, the enormous train, which had been forcibly reassembled by the power of the [Hospital] and was now twisted beyond recognition, accelerated and rushed straight toward the Strange Bus.

Flesh and blood are growing and spreading.

Because the train was already severely damaged, almost falling apart, the hospital had to invest even more power to stabilize it. The result was a transformation of the entire train. Flesh and bone fragments, clearly cut and stitched from human bodies, replaced the damaged parts of the train, forcibly "stitching" it back together, turning it into a hideous and terrifying behemoth. As the hospital injected more and more power, several large mouths covered in bone fragments even sprouted from the train's body, nearly biting the players still moving on its body.

Oh... Oh oh oh oh...

Those twisted mouths were howling, emitting roars like wild beasts.

The massive train, now fused with flesh and blood, accelerated rapidly and immediately began tearing at its own flesh, gushing out copious amounts of blood. For a moment, it seemed to be draped in a blood-red cloak, rushing towards the eerie bus like a blood-red meteor.

Shijou Maki merely watched all this indifferently, continuing to unleash her power, causing the ghost bus to become increasingly dazzling as it accelerated, transforming it into a golden shooting star that fearlessly faced the blood and flesh train ahead.

There is no need for any communication. Verbal communication is so pale and powerless in the midst of blood and fire. The only way to win is through the clash of blood and fire, through merciless slaughter, nothing more.

A few months ago, I probably would have found it hard to imagine that one day I'd be driving a bizarre bus through the ruins of a storm, heading head-on into a bizarre train. But that kind of thing doesn't matter. Right now, I'm really, really looking forward to it. The feeling of directly confronting an enemy, utterly crushing and tearing them apart—that's something I desperately crave.

In particular, upon realizing that she had lost incredibly important memories, upon learning from Haijun about the vicious methods the hospital had used on her family, and that her parents' fate remained unknown in the hospital's hands, even though she had forgotten everything related to them, just thinking about it immediately stirred up lingering pain in her mind, giving her an almost nauseating feeling, and an uncontrollable surge of anger from the depths of her heart.

Therefore, there is no reason to hesitate; there is only one thing to do now!

boom! ! ! ! !

The initial collision sent burning golden light and boiling blood-red light soaring into the sky, instantly tearing apart everything within a hundred meters and spreading the powerful shockwave even further, exacerbating the distortion of space in that instant.

Large swathes of flesh were torn apart and disintegrated, then burned to ashes in the golden flames.

The fiery, bizarre bus was also deformed by the violent impact, with more and more cracks appearing in its structure, making it unable to withstand the terrible shock.

"Ju, you're actually alright?"

Fumiya Otoha, who was huddled in the back seat, thought that this situation was very unusual and that she would not be able to avoid it and would be unconscious or even die from the shockwave. However, when the shockwave actually came, she was only shaken and was not injured at all. She couldn't help but show a shocked expression.

"The manipulation of power is on a completely different level; it's truly astonishing..."

Li Ling and Yu Qingshan, who were stronger, clearly understood that Zhenfei had protected everyone inside the bus while simultaneously ramming it into the enemy, single-handedly absorbing an impact far greater than the one Xiaohua had experienced when she drove her car into the train. This incredibly precise maneuver was, in the eyes of these discerning players, a feat beyond comprehension; they simply couldn't fathom how it could be accomplished.

"That feels amazing!"

As for Yurikawa Hana herself, she didn't think too much about it. However, when she saw that Maki's expression didn't change after being hit like that, unlike herself who would cough up blood after being hit, she realized that the other party's strength far exceeded her own, and her expression showed a bit of admiration.

hum-

The bizarre train, a fusion of flesh and steel, has once again come rushing forward.

Although the strange bus controlled by Maki brought an impact far exceeding expectations, the hospital spared no effort in providing more support to the strange train. Therefore, the thing not only did not fall apart on the spot, but instead became larger and larger. The twisted and broken flesh began to occupy more and more parts, gradually changing the train and making it unrecognizable from its original form.

"Isn't once enough?"

Despite her calm self-talk, Shijou Maki maintained a composed expression throughout.

Even though the fire in her heart was burning fiercely, the girl would not lose her mind.

She knew exactly why she was there, and every slightest change in the enemy was under her watchful eye. And now, observing this increasingly distorted and bizarre train, she was certain that the enemy's end was near.

"Everyone hold on tight! I can block most of the impact, but there will definitely be a small portion that leaks out. Be prepared to defend!"

Having said this, Consort Zhen began her second acceleration.

boom! ! ! ! !

Without any frills or embellishments, the blood-red train and the golden bus collided violently once again.

Despite their vastly different sizes, the two vehicles were evenly matched, clashing against each other amidst intense explosions and roars like wild beasts, pounding the surrounding ground and tearing off layer after layer of soil, creating a crater hundreds of meters deep before finally separating again due to the impact.

Then, in less than a second, the two vehicles accelerated again, charged at each other once more, and then collided violently.

Rumble, rumble——

Despite the fierce winds and torrential rain that covered the entire city, not a single drop of rain could fall onto the battlefield.

Rumble, rumble——

The ruins were gone. The sheer violence of the impact had completely leveled the area within several kilometers of the two vehicles, leaving no buildings standing. In fact, if it weren't for the increasingly distorted spatial region itself, the shockwaves from the impact alone would have been enough to engulf the entire Tokyo area. Of course, with Takami present, this would never have happened.

Rumble—rumble—rumble—

Time and again, the terrifying impacts continued, with the burning golden flames and the dim blood-red cloak clashing against each other.

Gradually, blood seeped from the corner of Maki's mouth. Even though she had withstood most of the shockwaves, and was now far stronger than the players, she had suffered considerable injuries. Although she managed to maintain her composure through sheer willpower, the fact that she was injured remained unchanged.

"Huh...huh..."

My breathing became a little heavy. This intense struggle was indeed quite troublesome, but it was far from my limit.

Without the slightest hesitation, Maki maneuvered the almost completely broken-down ghost bus and once again fiercely rammed it into the ghost train in front of her.

boom! ! !

Flesh and metal debris flew into the sky together, then turned to ashes under the scorching golden flames.

Finally, the ever-growing, eerie train began to sway precariously under the continuous impacts, gradually losing its original terrifying power.

Maki knew that the structure of this thing had suffered irreversible damage and was entering a self-destruction phase under the excessively violent impact. Even though the [Hospital] still refused to give up and wanted to continue using this thing to attack Maki, the thing had reached its limit and could no longer obey the [Hospital]'s commands.

bang——

With a muffled thud, it was the two men, Masaaki Ishido and the lawyer, who had been moving inside the car, who finally broke through the blocked door at the front of the vehicle and led the police officers into the driver's seat, once again launching a close-range assault on the "Writer".

At this moment, neither of the two players was in good condition; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were bleeding from all seven orifices. Despite the protection of the golden flames projected by Zhenfei during the previous series of violent impacts, these players had still suffered considerable injuries, with Yuanshan Ming, who had been moving outside the carriage, nearly being killed by the shockwave. However, Red Moon-level players are generally resilient; relying solely on Gao Hai's power for protection, they withstood the aftershocks and continued their tenacious fight.

As for the [Hospital], it may have initially focused its attention on these Red Moon-level players, reluctantly taking action against them personally. However, after Zhenfei appeared, and this true priority target revealed herself, the [Hospital]'s attention completely shifted, and it no longer paid attention to the actions of those players.

Even if one finally makes a change in dire circumstances, the arrogance ingrained in one's bones is not so easy to eliminate.

Whether the hospital regrets this decision is unclear to Zhenfei. She only knows that she will not let go of such an opportunity, and the players who cooperate with her will certainly not let go of this opportunity either.

click-

Suddenly, the carriages of the strange train snapped open, and all the carriages except the first one detached from the train and broke apart.

At the same moment this sudden disintegration occurred without any warning, Hu Baoxiong's figure appeared in the darkness, then quickly disappeared, returning to the interior of the ghost train carriage. Clearly, this player had been trying to sever the connection between the carriage and the ghost train, and the impact between Zhenfei and the train created an excellent opportunity for him.

I can feel the decline in my strength.

Princess Zhenfei narrowed her eyes. The power of the blessing made her extremely sensitive to the flow of energy, so she quickly noticed the weakening of the Ghost Train's power.