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

The latter's voice became increasingly serious, even taking on a hint of fanaticism.

Those figures appeared to be two young people.

Their clothes were disheveled, they were covered in dust, and the exhaustion and relief of surviving the ordeal were very evident on their faces.

They seemed to have been to some very terrible place and barely managed to escape alive.

They got something there, something very special, something that they were obsessed with.

"...Okay, I'll trust you this once, Sato."

[So, the first thing we need to do is show the military what we brought out, making them understand that this isn't something ordinary people can use. Only then will we have a chance to advance further!]

The two figures made up their minds, then took a step and walked into the darkness, disappearing without a trace.

There seemed to be something in the place where they came from.

Something vague and indistinct, with no clear shape or outline... It resembled a building, a very tall and imposing structure.

Gao Hai glanced at the phantom and suddenly felt it become more real, with an eerie feeling that something was approaching him. He subconsciously withdrew his gaze and broke free from the illusion.

I was taken back to the platform where the bone staff was placed.

Upon regaining consciousness, Gao Hai immediately realized that he was lying on that platform, with many pipes connected to his body.

Alice was standing right beside her; she was the Alice who had possessed Yotsuya Miko and thus gained a physical form.

She remained expressionless.

She seemed to be operating something beside him, and her body seemed to be connected to pipes of various sizes, some of which were even connected to him.

Teacher, would you like to know what "special needs" means? You've seen the student grade handbook, so you must be curious about what "special needs" means, right?

The sound of a girl's laughter rang out beside me.

Another Alice was right beside him, an Alice without a physical form, merely a phantom.

[Initially, it was all a deception. After all, in the very beginning, the school wasn't anything special, and the students were just ordinary people. So, the so-called "special need" at that time was to have the outstanding students absorb the life force of the bad students through a special ritual, making the outstanding students even stronger.]

[But in reality, the seemingly intimidating ritual was just killing the bad students tied to the bed with an electric shock device, and then giving the outstanding students, who thought they had absorbed "life force," nerve-stimulating drugs to make them believe they had become stronger.]

Another Alice, sitting at Gao Hai's feet, continued, her words revealing a hint of excitement.

However, just as this school gradually transformed into a truly bizarre institution, the fake rituals, which originally had no real effect, became real rituals because of the students' unwavering belief in them.

Just like with Xiaojianzi now, she will truly absorb your life, your physical vitality, your thinking ability and all your memories, and inherit everything about you completely.

Everything you have will belong to someone else; you will live forever inside someone else's body. Doesn't that sound interesting? After all, you're Xiaojianzi's dearest friend, so you must be very happy to do this, right?

The last Alice walked past Gao Hai, laughing as she spoke.

Three phantoms of Alice appeared, then quickly vanished without a trace.

Alice, who had been quietly operating something beside him, pressed a button, and then a sucking sound suddenly rang out from Gao Hai's body.

Glug-glug-glug-glug

Blood, flesh, internal organs... everything was rapidly drying out.

What was originally a hoax that shouldn't have possessed real supernatural power has been transformed into a bizarre ritual with genuine efficacy.

My thoughts are crumbling little by little.

The body gradually shifted, turning into a withered skeleton.

In an instant, intense pain filled all the senses, and in the next moment it grew even more rampantly, as if it would not stop until it completely destroyed the senses.

And as this intense pain spread, Gao Hai also felt himself crawling and writhing in narrow tubes, feeling himself being torn into thin strips and being sucked away little by little by something.

In a daze, Gao Hai felt as if he had entered another person's body from his own.

It was as if I could still feel the consciousness within that body, that painful and desperate consciousness, which was powerless to struggle or resist.

She seemed to sense her own presence as well.

But there was nothing she could do anymore.

It's okay...it's okay...it will be over soon...

Although he could no longer speak, Gao Hai tried his best to whisper in his heart, hoping to convey his thoughts.

crunch - crunch -

His body was completely twisted at this moment, almost like bones covered by human skin, and even so it continued to shrink, as if it would not stop until he was annihilated from this time.

Gao Hai sensed the presence of another consciousness.

No, can that really be called "consciousness"?

Such profound darkness, like the bottom of an abyss where the sun never shines.

That thing has completely taken over this body.

And it seems that everything about oneself is about to be integrated into this thing.

It's time to end... no, not yet... it's not completely over yet...

Reach out your hand and grab forward forcefully.

Even though there should no longer be any "arms" left, and only a consciousness should remain, at this moment, Gao Hai, who was struggling to forcefully arouse his consciousness, truly felt as if he had reached out and grabbed something in the darkness.

what……

I saw a new scene...

The figures sitting on the bench at that time.

They included the old and the young, the men and the women, and it seemed impossible to find any common characteristics among them.

Apart from the fact that their eyes had all been gouged out, leaving only dark, empty sockets in their eyes.

Not enough, not enough at all. These people are completely unsuitable.

Someone began to speak slowly and deliberately.

[What about this one? This one was picked from the camp; it was originally intended to be sent to the military headquarters, but it seems like she can see something?]

As the other person spoke, he pulled over a small figure.

That's... Alice?

Standing before rows of eyeless corpses was a girl who was no more than 1.5 meters tall and looked no more than 14 years old.

A girl with long blonde hair, clutching a dirty doll tightly in one hand, her eyes filled with fear.

She looked a lot like Alice, but she didn't have Alice's exquisite charm at all; she just looked like a pretty young girl.

Can you see it? Can you see things that ordinary people can't see?

Someone was asking in a low voice.

The girl trembled slightly in fright, then nodded gently.

【Alright, then it's you. Don't be afraid, this is an opportunity to become a "god," you should be thanking us.】

The next moment, accompanied by that person's voice, darkness swallowed the petite girl, while Gao Hai began to feel his consciousness finally reaching the edge of collapse, finally about to be completely swallowed up.

Alice's laughter rang in my ears.

In the darkness, Gao Hai saw the other person opening their arms towards him, as if wanting to embrace him.

Teacher, please stay here forever.

A gentle voice enveloped us.

And at that moment, the one-minute countdown on the watch came to an end.

boom--

I vaguely heard the sound of something exploding.

The darkness vanished completely in an instant.

Amidst the piercing screams, Gao Hai saw the entire teaching building turn pale and unreal at that moment, as if it had lost its color, before quickly dissipating and disappearing.

Something appeared beneath the vanished school building.

That appears to be a building.

A building that has been abandoned for who knows how long, filled with a sense of desolation.

That building is buried deep underground.

Until the teaching building disappeared, it could not see the light of day again, could not be discovered, and could not be entered.

In the final instant before his consciousness faded, Gao Hai saw a figure slowly step into the building, a blurry figure with its back to him, whose features he could not make out clearly.

He sensed the other person's presence.

Even if it was only for a moment, I still truly felt the other person's presence.

That thing...that person...is the true core of Fujika Middle School, the only core obsession in this instance area.

But Gao Hai could no longer see anything.

Because the previously disappeared teaching building has reappeared in its original location.

It obscures the real from the illusory, covering everything again and blocking the path to the truth.

Click——

The hands of the black watch have moved from the 5 to the 6.

The scene Gao Hai saw in that last moment finally vanished without a trace, along with his thoughts, and fell silent.

Chapter 40: New Discoveries, New Abilities, and New Beginnings Between Death and Return

A city stained with blood.

I've returned to this place once again.

I felt relaxed.

The body no longer needs to be tense all the time.

Gao Hai then collapsed to the ground.