The Paradise of Reincarnation Begins with Eriri.

Kato Megumi remained calm and composed, standing quietly to the side. It was a pity she didn't have a phone; otherwise, she would have been just a typical bystander watching the drama unfold.

The upperclassman and Eriri remained calm, as they had known about this for a long time.

"I am a superpowered person in real life. Even an exaggerated place like the amusement park exists in reality, so it's not surprising that I have superpowers."

Kiyono Makoto looked at Futaba, but didn't explain much, instead quickly getting to the point:

"Now for the first piece of intelligence... Hinako Fukami's revival will take place at the middle school, in one hour."

"what?"

Upon hearing this information, Eriri was the first to exclaim in surprise.

"Middle school?"

The blonde girl with pigtails stood with her hands on her hips, her eyes wide, and an expression of disbelief on her pretty face:

"Could it be the middle school we just entered the instance from?"

Kiyono Makoto nodded: "That's it, after all, there's only one middle school in the town."

"Is this a lie?"

Eriri swallowed hard, involuntarily becoming nervous:

"So we just entered the dungeon and already missed the final boss?"

Kiyono Makoto said softly:

"If we hadn't left the high school quickly and instead explored it carefully, we might have actually run into the final boss."

"That was close..."

Eriri raised her hand and patted her chest.

We encounter the final boss right from the start?

That's not how it is in visual novels at all!

"Let's get down to business," Kiyono Makoto said bluntly. "The school isn't far from the shrine, but to avoid encountering Hinako Fukami, we can't use the shrine as an evacuation point."

There are two evacuation points: the town shrine and the bridge on the west side of the town.

According to the original plan, the group intended to use the shrine as an evacuation point, collect enough supplies in the surrounding area, and then evacuate directly from the shrine, since the environment was more familiar.

Unexpectedly, Hinako Fukami was revived in the middle school.

"The final boss will revive in an hour. With such a short time, there's definitely no way to gather enough supplies." Kasumigaoka Utaha looked up at him. "Junior, I remember you got the map, right? How do I get to the other extraction point?"

Makoto Kiyono looked at the blonde girl with twin ponytails beside him:

"Eri, bring out the map."

"it is good."

Eriri agreed, quickly opened her backpack, and took out a map.

Splash!

The map is spread out.

The girls all looked over.

“This is a shrine, and the middle school is right next to it.” Kiyono Makoto pointed to the map, marking everyone’s current location, and then slid his finger across it. “This is another evacuation bridge.”

Kasumigaoka Utaha crossed her arms over her chest and pursed her pink lips:

"It seems we have no choice but to evacuate from the bridge."

Rongzhiqiu is an ordinary rural town that once prospered due to the comings and goings of construction workers and coal miners. However, as resources were depleted, it was gradually abandoned and forgotten. Only the bridge leading to the city silently witnessed its former glory. It is probably for this reason that it was chosen as an evacuation point.

“But getting to the bridge requires crossing most of the town…” Eriri frowned slightly, feeling a chill run down her spine just thinking about it. “It’s such a long distance, we’ll definitely encounter all sorts of monsters and players along the way, right?”

Eriri pursed her pink lips and came up with a plan:

"Um, if we hide on the very edge of town now, will we be able to avoid the final boss?"

The girls couldn't help but be tempted by Eriri's idea.

Human fear stems from the unknown.

Compared to traversing most of the perilous town of Silent Hill, hiding on the edge of town and then secretly evacuating while guarding the shrine is much more reassuring.

"I object."

Rio Futaba pushed up her glasses and said calmly:

"Hinako Deepwater is the final boss of Silent Hill and cannot be viewed through the lens of an ordinary high school girl. Hinako Deepwater likely possesses the ability to find and lock onto players."

Kato Megumi's voice floated out softly:

"Well... Futaba's concerns are not without merit."

"..."

The girls were divided into two camps, unable to reach a consensus, and finally all looked at Kiyono Makoto.

"Junior, what do you say?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha softly asked for her opinion.

"I've decided to head to the bridge evacuation point."

Kiyono Makoto interlaced his fingers, his tone calm and steady:

"Consider the worst-case scenario before the best-case scenario. When faced with an unknown situation, we should start by considering the worst possible outcome, rather than harboring wishful thinking."

"If we encounter monsters or other players, we still have a chance to fight back."

"But if they encounter Hinako Fukami, they definitely won't be a match for her."

"So let's go now and head to the bridge evacuation point."

"..."

Small matters are addressed in large meetings, while important matters are addressed in small meetings.

As the team captain, you can't always hold democratic votes. At crucial moments, you must make your own decisions, otherwise things will just fall into chaos.

"Well, junior is surprisingly assertive."

Kasumigaoka Utaha crossed her arms, her eyes sparkling with agreement:

"However, as the team leader, he decides on the evacuation point."

"How domineering..."

Eriri turned her pretty face away and muttered to herself.

Both Tsukiri and the senior are very smart girls. Faced with Kiyono Makoto's unilateral decision, they both chose to silently accept it instead of opposing it.

As for Kato Megumi and Nishimiya Shoko... Kato's presence was so faint that she was only remembered after the discussion ended.

Needless to say, Nishimiya Shoko was always looking down at her toes, a typical transparent girl.

“Let’s go then.” Kiyono Makoto said decisively. “Keep the formation. Nishimiya, come to my side. We’ll go first.”

"..."

Nishimiya Shoko quickly nodded and took small steps to Kiyono Makoto's side.

"Let's go, destination: the evacuation point on the west side of the bridge."

After determining the evacuation point, Kiyono Makoto and the girls checked the map, found the right direction, and decisively began their evacuation.

During the evacuation, Kiyono Makoto mentioned the second piece of intelligence:

"The second piece of information is related to monsters... those monsters hate noise."

Kasumigaoka Utaha crossed her left arm over her chest and lightly tapped her chin with her finger:

"In light novels, it feels like there are weaknesses that can be exploited... For example, using noise to lure monsters and make them attack other players?"

Rio Futaba pushed up her glasses:

"Another possibility is that noise has a repelling effect, which can keep monsters away from us."

Eriri nodded: "There are indeed two possibilities."

“Therefore, we must conduct experiments in advance.” Rio Futaba said calmly, “Noise is a human-defined concept. What we consider noise may not be a concern for monsters. I think noise can drive away monsters, but the truth may be that noise will make monsters more ferocious... Only by conducting experiments and obtaining accurate data can we be confident.”

Kiyono Makoto: "..."

As expected of a science-oriented girl, she talks about experiments and data all the time; she's incredibly rational.

“Futaba is right, it definitely needs to be verified.” Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded slightly in agreement. “As for how to make noise… a certain useless young lady should be quite familiar with it, right?”

"what?"

Eriri's little fangs were faintly visible at the corner of her mouth as she put her hands on her hips and looked over:

Why would I be familiar with that kind of thing?

Kasumigaoka Utaha closed one eye and tilted her head slightly:

"After all, someone has been making noise all along."

"Ugh, Kasumigaoka Utaha! You better stop this now!"

"..."

"Kiyono-kun, what's the third piece of information?"

Rio Futaba tilted her pretty face up and asked earnestly.

Kiyono Makoto did not hide anything and calmly revealed the contents of the intelligence:

"How to identify a werewolf player."

"Huh?"

Kato Megumi, who had always been calm and collected, looked up in surprise.

“This information is quite abrupt…” A look of doubt appeared on Rio Futaba’s pretty face. “It doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the dungeon.”

Kiyono Makoto looked at the bob-haired girl beside him, his tone calm:

"That guy is the enemy."