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

[We need to gouge out her ears and eyes, so she can't hear or see anymore~ Hehe~]

[We need to bury her, bury her in the mud, and bury everyone who was with her too~ Hehe~]

Amidst the laughter, Xiong Mi could feel an increasingly intense dizziness engulfing her thoughts.

She knew that having ventured alone into danger, she was most likely no longer able to leave.

However, she has no complaints about this. Although it is regrettable, she was prepared for it from the moment she entered the classroom alone.

After all, isn't that what exploring Red Moon-level dungeons is all about?

Someone always has to sacrifice, so why can't she be the one to go first?

[Run! Run before the other classes' spies can get out! Leave the school building and try to rendezvous with Gao Hai's group. All the information I risked my life for is now in your hands, so you must survive!]

Her tone might have been a little harsh, but there was no other way. At that time, her tongue had been torn off alive. Although she could hold back her screams, it still hurt quite a bit, so her mental state became a bit intense.

Tread - Tread -

Two figures had already rushed out of the teaching building and were heading quickly towards the woods behind the campus.

After finally confirming that Maki and Chika had escaped safely, Xiongmi wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and looked up at the students who had gathered around her.

So, the next question is how much longer we can delay.

tread--

The heavy footsteps suddenly stopped.

Gao Hai slowly turned his head and looked behind him, at the campus that was hidden in the woods and could not be seen at all.

"what happened?"

Noticing that Gao Hai's expression was a little off, Jianzi asked him with great concern.

"..."

Gao Hai didn't speak, but closed his eyes, his breathing became slightly rapid, and then quickly returned to normal.

He was receiving real-time information from Princess Maki, so he was well aware of what was happening over there.

Less than an hour has passed since Princess Zhenfei adjusted the broadcast.

The core obsession existing in Class 10 of Grade 11 was successfully confirmed. Some important information that could not be investigated in the original Yeluoshan Middle School instance area was also confirmed through spiritual vision through Xiong Mi's direct contact with the core obsession.

As a result, Xiong Mi has already sacrificed himself.

Even if a Red Moon-level player is fully equipped and in perfect condition, will they still face utter ruin if they fall into trouble?

Gao Hai didn't know what to say. He hadn't expected that the first teammate to be injured in his third official mission would be this older sister he had rescued from Teng Hua Middle School.

Even if you're trying to be a good person, there's a limit, okay? You actually went into the classroom alone and faced the core obsession by yourself... Sigh, didn't I explain the danger of that classroom to Maki in detail? How stupid of me. In this way, I'm indebted to her again.

In that case, this playthrough is essentially wasted. In other words, from now on, there's no need to worry about the future.

as well as……

"Hey, aren't you planning to show yourselves? You've been following us for so long, aren't you tired by now? Or do you enjoy this feeling of hiding in the dark and watching people? I personally don't think it's a good hobby. Why don't we have a proper chat face to face?"

With a calm voice, bullets swept out as Gao Hai gently waved his hand.

In the blink of an eye, three figures emerged from the darkness, all draped in black robes and veils, concealing their forms like standard villains from chuunibyou Japanese anime, exuding an ominous aura.

“Huh?!”

Goto Ichiri was startled. She couldn't find any trace of these people, and her blessing of malice received no response at all, which made the girl panic.

As for Gao Hai, he simply held a pistol in one hand, ready to release the Domain and Alice's Hut at any moment, and stared expressionlessly at the three men in black who appeared in the dense forest.

His blessing of malice also failed to work, so Gao Hai was unable to make a friend-or-foe judgment based on malice or goodwill.

However, this did not prevent him from regarding these three as enemies.

After all, his second blessing, the one from Hedar, was frantically warning him, telling him that the three people in front of him were all antisocial "abnormal humans".

Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Abnormal Players Encountered in the Woods

call--

The wind whistled through the grass and bushes, stirring up the fallen leaves.

In the woods, the six figures split into two groups at that moment. Gao Hai and two others stood on one side, while the other three people dressed in black stood on the other side.

"..."

No one spoke; at that moment, everyone remained silent, simply watching the person on the other side.

However, Miko and Goto Ichiri had already been informed by Takami through a secret gesture that the other three were all enemies.

Want to fight?

Yotsuya Miko felt her heartbeat getting out of control.

As an ordinary Japanese high school girl, Miko had already experienced the trials of Fujika Middle School, but she had never witnessed any fighting between players, especially high-level players.

In contrast, Goto Ichiri calmed down, no longer cowering, and frowned as he looked at the three figures.

If it were a teammate, Xiao Boqi would probably have a hard time communicating normally; even with friends he'd known for a while, he might stutter when speaking.

But if it's an enemy, this problem doesn't exist at all.

As a Red Moon-level player who has honed her skills through numerous dungeons, Goto Ichiri has come to understand one thing clearly: there are people in this world who are absolutely impossible to communicate with and impossible to understand. Such people cannot help each other, cannot trust each other, and cannot work together to overcome difficulties; they will only become obstacles to the survival of more people.

Trying to communicate with such a person, trying to understand their plight, is pointless. No matter how much you try to understand them, they will never understand or accept you. These people are beyond change; the only way to change them is through death!

Goto Ichiri paid a price for understanding this. She was certain she wouldn't be alive today if it weren't for Aoyama Nanami and Kita Ikuyo, and as a result of learning this, Goto Ichiri no longer hesitates to show mercy when facing enemies she can't understand.

Her fingers were already on the guitar strings.

If the other party makes even the slightest unusual move, the girl will immediately activate this Crimson Moon-level core artifact and apply its power to the three of them.

The air seemed to grow heavier at that moment.

Aside from the unprepared Miko, both Takami and Goto Ichiri instantly entered a state of readiness for battle.

In response, the man at the front of the three men in black simply reached out and slowly pulled down his hood, revealing his face.

It was a distorted human face.

The face was almost entirely covered in dense black stains; hair, eyebrows, and beards were completely gone, obscured by the black smudges. From a distance, Gao Hai felt a disgusting sensation, as if the man's face had been completely infested with mold.

The man's eyes also exhibited obvious abnormalities. His eyes bulged out like a frog's, with bloodshot whites, making him appear exceptionally eerie, as if suffering from some rare disease. Furthermore, when the man's eyeballs moved, their entire eyelids visibly trembled, giving the impression of festering blisters, ready to burst at any moment.

It is an obsession with altering the body.

Having had contact with the "Female Face Gang," Gao Hai quickly made a judgment, confirming that this man must possess a special obsession object that is directly fused with his physical body, and there is likely more than one.

The [Substitute Flesh and Blood] that could modify the female player was already quite bizarre, but this player has even more fused obsession objects, so its effects will likely be even more severe. Add to that my blessings constantly reminding me that these three are all [abnormal], and the situation is probably quite dire.

Gao Hai's brows furrowed even more.

There was no trace of these people when we were inside the campus, but they appeared outside. Hmm... and unlike the people from [Takamagahara], their unusual aura wasn't strong enough to be considered a monster. So, are these other players?

That clown GP threw another group of players, besides ours, outside the campus, so that's why we didn't run into them during the early exploration? Tsk tsk, is this some kind of way to make things easier for us? I don't know if I should say thank you.

Hmm, although they're distorted to the point of being ugly, their facial features still seem to be those of a Caucasian. Could they be the group of players who stole the second core obsession from [Nightfall Mountain Middle School]? If that's the case, could Morihara Koji's core obsession, that lame cat, be nearby?

If Gao Hai hadn't known that the black watch would inevitably cause trouble for him in the dungeon mission, he would never have realized the true identities of the three people so quickly.

However, even knowing who the other party is doesn't necessarily change the current situation. After all, Gao Hai currently has no idea what obsession items these three people possess or what abilities they have.

In short, we cannot maintain this standoff. If the other side has some kind of obsessive object that can be activated simply by looking at it, they might fall victim to it immediately.

Out of caution, Gao Hai began to consider whether to retreat and create distance. However, on the other hand, because his teammates had already suffered casualties, Gao Hai also considered whether to try to break into the three people, activate the self-destruct function, and try to rain down blood on them to take away a few of their obsession objects.

The latter seems like a viable strategy, but it would be best to do so after the lame cat appears. After all, the core obsession object is extremely important to the core obsession. The reason why the Shirakawa Apartment was cracked was because Li Zhaodi's core obsession object was placed in 309. The same is true for the core obsession objects of Red Nut Gray Hole and Hayate Elementary School. Only Fujika Middle School is a bit special. No one can take away Hirano Sosuke's core obsession object. In fact, anyone who dares to have the idea of ​​taking it will be killed.

However, whatever their ideas may be, they must first consider the plans of these three individuals.

"You've had a tough journey following us, haven't you? What's your plan? Why don't you tell us?"

Gao Hai spoke in a relaxed tone, but his mind was tense to the extreme at this moment.

“I will be with all who fear you and keep your precepts.”

The next moment, the man with a face covered in dirt and bulging eyes slowly opened his mouth. His voice was hoarse and unpleasant, but his tone carried a strange sense of infatuation.

What is he talking about?

Gao Hai didn't understand what the person was saying at all, and couldn't help but frown.

"It looks like the Bible?"

Seeing Zi blink, she leaned close to Gao Hai and whispered something.

The man, his face covered in grime, spoke a language that sounded unfamiliar, but thanks to the cognitive abilities granted to all players by the Sacrifice Game, Miko and Goto Ichiri could understand what he was saying. As for Takami, he could understand any statement with normal logic, even if it was a lost language. However, of the three present, only Miko vaguely sensed what the man was saying and knew what he might be talking about.

Bible?

Although I had considered that the other party might not say anything normal, it was still quite unexpected that their first sentence was about this thing.

However, this matter is no longer important.

Because after that man said those words, Gao Hai immediately sensed something strange spreading through his body.

whoosh-

A chilly wind swept up in an instant.

A crimson light instantly filled Gao Hai's pupils. With the powerful buff of the Berserk Blessing, he clearly felt a twisted and vicious curse being peeled away from him.

boom--

The next moment, a scarlet-colored domain was released.

The crimson light enveloped Gao Hai's three companions in the blink of an eye, and quickly spread towards the three men in black on the other side.

With a deafening roar, bullets exploded one after another, instantly engulfing the three men.

Goto Ichiri had already started strumming his guitar, and as the music began, blurry figures suddenly appeared.

thump!

Takami turned his head and saw Yotsuya Miko lying on the ground.