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

Then, the girl opened her eyes again in a daze and saw Gao Hai standing in front of her.

Something seems to have changed.

Although Kaguya didn't sense anything unusual, upon seeing Takami, and seeing this particular Takami, she still instinctively had that thought.

This high seas seems to carry a certain degree of [abnormality].

After all, his clothes were covered in bloodstains, with red and white stains, something incongruous stuck to his shoulders. To be honest, although the stench of blood was undeniably pungent, Kaguya felt a strange sense of familiarity at that moment.

After all, he was in a similar situation when we first met at Shirakawa Apartment.

Looking back now, I realize how strange I am that I would miss Gao Jun when he was in such a suspicious state. Come to think of it, what was he doing?

Kaguya's gaze gradually became filled with doubt.

She couldn't quite understand what Gao Hai was doing.

After all, he was now sitting beside her, a thoughtful expression on his face, pointing a pistol at her chest, then at her abdomen, and then at her thigh. He kept circling back and forth like that.

"What are you doing?"

Having fully regained her senses, Kaguya finally couldn't help but ask.

"I'm thinking about the best spot to shoot you, so that I won't cripple or kill you, but still wake you up."

With a very serious expression, Gao Ba answered Kaguya's question, his finger already positioned on the trigger.

"Hit, kill? Wait, wait a minute, what exactly do you want to do?"

Kaguya, who was still a little dazed, froze for a moment, then suddenly sat up in bed, staring wide-eyed at Takahashi. For a moment, she couldn't help but wonder if this man's brain had been destroyed by some strange power, and if he had become one of the monsters and was here to kill her.

"You feel that everything around you is normal right now, don't you?"

Gao Hai spoke calmly, his pistol continuing to linger on Kaguya.

Just half a minute ago, after Gao Hai opened the door, he saw Kaguya standing by the window on one side of the bedroom, her entire upper body leaning out of the window, seemingly doing something. Then, in the blink of an eye, she was back lying on the bed, opening her eyes with a blank expression, and then trying to sit up.

Faintly, Gao Hai could sense that after he "stared" at Kaguya, some kind of force began to try to penetrate his body, to infect his consciousness with the distorted memes in Kaguya's perception.

But those things that were taken for granted did not succeed.

Because Gao Hai is completely brainless right now!

He didn't enhance the power of the rescue team badge too much, so at this moment he only repaired his overturned skull. The brain structure inside was still a mess, and brain matter would even occasionally flow out of his ears and nose as he moved forward.

At this moment, what sustains Gao Hai's thinking ability is the effect of the blessing power; in other words, a strange power is essentially replacing his brain structure to help him think and make judgments. Under these circumstances, the power of cognitive blocking is completely ineffective against Gao Hai, making him virtually invincible.

But speaking of which, I always feel that as I receive more and more blessings and as my extraordinary power gradually increases, I'm starting to become less and less human.

Gao Hai sighed inwardly, then walked up to Kaguya and pressed the pistol against her.

A direct headshot is definitely not an option; Kaguya's current physical condition makes it impossible for her to withstand it.

To be honest, the power of this gun is excessive if it hits you directly; one wrong move and you could be shattered. After all, this thing was originally meant for Red Moon-level players. Gao Hai can only barely meet the requirements to use it to remove the information blocking effect thanks to other blessings, while Kaguya is clearly completely unable to withstand it.

Well, it seems that this is the only way.

After a brief period of thought, Gao Hai finally finalized his target selection.

"You... Gao Jun, you are Gao Jun, right?"

Kaguya cautiously glanced around. Yoshitsugu and Takai both showed wary expressions and distanced themselves from the man holding the pistol, Takahashi. Miyazawa Hana retreated in fear, then crawled under the bed. Meanwhile, the second Takahashi had pulled out another pistol, aimed it at the first Takahashi's head, and loudly warned him to put the gun down.

Even after seeing two Takahashi, Kaguya was still unable to escape the state of being influenced in her perception.

Even though Gao Hai had already pointed his gun at her and was about to shoot, Kaguya still didn't think about what was hidden in his actions, nor did she consider whether Gao Hai had any deeper meaning behind them.

She simply bent over slightly, preparing to suddenly leap out and escape.

There must be something wrong with Gao Jun right now. I need to find a way to escape his attack range first, and then figure out the specific situation.

Thinking this, Kaguya's eyes flashed with bloodlust the next moment, and she rushed outside.

whoosh-

Amidst the equally fierce wind, it was Gao Hai who intercepted Kaguya ahead of her.

Reaching out, Kaguya tried to push Takami away in a moment of panic, but he blocked her hand and then shoved her in the chest, causing her to stumble backward.

All of her actions had been anticipated by Gao Hai, whose strength, speed, and reaction time were now superior to Kaguya's. Furthermore, he had simultaneously activated his berserk blessing, allowing him to easily intercept her. Then, taking advantage of Kaguya's stagger, Gao Hai raised his gun at her and decisively pulled the trigger.

The girl's eyes widened.

At that moment, Yoshitsugu and Takai rushed towards Takami. Then, the instant they touched Takami, they instantly transformed from clear human figures into blurry pixels and vanished right in front of Kaguya. It was as if some strange power within Takami had erased their existence.

Amidst the roar of gunfire, it was as if another Takami, as seen by Kaguya, fired several shots at the first Takami, but not a single bullet landed on him.

She had already seen the bullet that Gao Hai had fired at her from ahead, a bullet with a strong presence.

boom!

A flash of fire streaked past.

Kaguya's hair fell loose, with a few strands landing on the ground.

Her gaze seemed to subtly shift at that moment.

Her memory underwent a dramatic transformation in that instant, with a flood of images and sounds rushing into her mind. Things she had forgotten, things she couldn't recall before, returned to her thoughts at that moment.

"It seems that hair really is considered part of the body. So, if I'm going to think about it that way, hitting myself on the head just now was actually a huge disadvantage. Tsk tsk tsk, or is it because I was too gentle?"

Seeing that Kaguya had temporarily escaped the cognitive blockage from her expression, Takahashi breathed a sigh of relief and then spoke with a smile, his tone carrying a hint of teasing.

"This...I...Ugh, this feeling is absolutely terrible."

The feeling of having all her lost memories recalled and her brain flooded with information in an instant was almost enough to drive Kaguya crazy.

However, she has a strong will and recovered after a short rest.

"Then what happens next..."

And immediately after the recovery, he realized what kind of trouble his restored memories would bring.

"Run quickly!"

Kaguya shouted this as she sped up and ran.

Click!

Behind her, the window on one side of the small bedroom suddenly shattered, and something black seemed to slowly enter through the torrential rain outside.

Chapter 10: Witness the miraculous moment of the God of Dice!

[Dark]

Those children used those words to refer to that thing.

Even now, Gao Hai has never actually seen that thing. Even in the various restarts he recalled, he never had a direct encounter with that [dark and gloomy] entity. Perhaps he did see it, but the memories related to that strange creature, even now that the cognitive barrier has been broken, remain unrecoverable.

But Kaguya remembered.

Unlike Takami, who couldn't recall any memories related to the "darkness," Kaguya seemed to have a different identity in this instance, an identity that granted her the ability to "recognize" the dark, eerie creature.

Why was she able to do that?

Gao Hai's gaze unconsciously drifted towards Kaguya's chest, which barely rose or fell.

Come to think of it, when he pushed her away just now, he was actually sexually assaulting her. Uh, but to be honest, he didn't feel anything at the time, and even now, thinking back on it, he still doesn't feel any real sense of benefit.

Takayuki had experienced this feeling with Maki before, but he could find that sensation on Maki's thighs and buttocks. However, Kaguya probably couldn't do that now, since their relationship hadn't really reached that point.

So, could it be that she was given the identity of a child?

Kōkai, who subconsciously thought of something impolite, grabbed Kaguya's arm and pulled her along, speeding up and rushing out through a door on the side of the hall.

Behind the door was a room resembling an auditorium, seemingly empty, with many stools and chairs haphazardly placed around it. At this moment, in Gao Hai's eyes, the room was completely empty, as if no one was there.

But Kaguya could vaguely see black gas emanating from the stools, and something whispering to her.

She could even understand what those things were saying.

[Someone saw something dark.]

A startled voice, filled with fear, rang out; it sounded like a timid child.

Don't be afraid! We didn't see it, we didn't see it, so it has nothing to do with us!

Another voice rang out loudly, sounding brave, but the tone was clearly trembling, indicating that the person was actually afraid as well.

[That's right, that's right. Only those who see something dark will be arrested. We didn't see anything, so we're fine.]

Another child's voice rang out, followed by more and more children whispering among themselves.

[A teacher is leading her to escape; will they be able to come back?]

That definitely won't work; they'll either disappear or turn into puppies.

Isn't it only people who repeatedly break the rules who turn into little dogs?

[Yeah, yeah, all the students in the nap room that teacher was supposed to supervise have run away, and he doesn't even bother to check on them. He's definitely going to turn into a dog.]

[It seems that people who are taken away by the dark creature might turn into puppies. I know of one; the one the teachers ate yesterday looked remarkably like Xiaohua. Xiaohua opened the window against the rules yesterday and was taken away by the dark creature hiding outside. Today, she turned into a puppy and was eaten.]

"Ah, yes, that's right. I've heard about it too. After the dark creature snatches away those it sees, it tortures them in many ways. Some people will never come back, but others will be sent back, though we might not even recognize them."

Even though Kaguya and Takami had run quite a distance together, the children's voices still reached her ears clearly.

"Dark and gloomy..." That's quite a vivid description. That thing... that thing hiding behind the window. Kaguya hadn't noticed its presence at all before opening the window, but after it opened, the thing appeared out of nowhere in her sight. Then, seemingly because her act of opening the window violated some rule in the bedroom, she was reverted to the state of waking up in bed, and her memories of witnessing the monster disappeared, which is why she hadn't been attacked.

Is it only those who have seen and remembered the thing that become targets of the attack? Or is it only those who are aware that they have seen the thing that are chosen by the monster to be its targets?

No matter what, we must not get caught.

That thing, seemingly made of black lines interwoven together, looked like it was grinning. After she stopped forgetting it, the feeling it gave Kaguya was absolutely awful; she felt a chill run down her spine and she could barely stand just from being stared at.

"Gao Jun, I just heard a lot of children talking."

Kaguya, having tried to calm herself down, spoke earnestly to Takami, who was running in front of her.

"Child?"

Gao Hai, who had already run to another door on one side of the auditorium, frowned upon hearing this. He thought for a moment, then a toy box appeared out of thin air in his hand. He reached inside and pulled out a doll.

It was a doll shaped like an Indian, looking like a shaman with its face painted in bright, colorful colors.

Gao Hai threw the doll away, and it got up from the ground, shouting things like "Waa ya ya hong" that were completely incomprehensible, and rushed directly behind Gao Hai and Kaguya, towards the twisted monster that had caught up with them.