A crossover anime/manga story, set in everyday Tokyo, but within a loop of a game.

"Are we entering the instance yet...?"

Faced with this sudden situation, Asagiri remained calm and waited for what would happen next.

The scene when he entered the dungeon this time was different from usual. After the thick red mist dissipated, what appeared in front of him was a girl with blue-purple twin tails, blue-purple eyes, red hair clips, and a red bow around her neck. She was very cute and winked at him playfully.

Then, just like when entering a normal instance, I appeared in a completely different environment.

"here it is……"

The moment Asuna Yuuki's vision cleared, she looked around and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Kotoko Iwanaga, Asagiri, and Megumi Kato beside her.

The four of them appeared in a cozy, pink-themed bedroom, where an electric guitar-like object sat beside the soft, large bed.

Most importantly, sitting by the bed was a girl who looked exactly like the one the four of them had seen when they first entered the instance, except that she was wearing a blue cat-ear hat and a pair of blue gloves.

"You are... a player? No... that's not right."

Asuna Yuuki frowned slightly. Before the girl could react, the exorcist's sword in her hand was already pressed against the girl's delicate, fair neck, and she spoke coldly.

"Who are you? No, are you even human?"

"Eh?"

The girl in the hat seemed a little confused about the current situation. She first looked at the four people in front of her, then her gaze lingered on Asagiri's face, and she suddenly smiled.

"Could it be... you're one of my players? Welcome, welcome! I'm Mita!"

"Mita?"

Seeing that the girl who called herself Mita ignored her question, Asuna Yuuki's expression grew even colder.

"Are you the anomaly in this instance?"

"Dungeon... weird... what are you talking about?"

Mita looked puzzled, tilted her head, and asked curiously.

"Wait... who are you three? How did you get in with the players? You... don't seem to be Mita..."

"Aren't we Mita?"

Kotoko Iwanaga noticed something odd about what the other person was saying and immediately pressed for an answer.

"What is Mita? Besides you, are there any other 'Mita's' in this instance?"

"Of course."

Although Mita, wearing a hat, was quite surprised by the appearance of Kotoko Iwanaga and the others, she seemed to have no ill intentions and answered directly without any pretense.

“Every Mita is waiting for a player to enter the game who belongs to her.”

"Games, each Mita, players...love..."

Having gathered so much information, Kotoko Iwanaga had a vague idea of ​​the essence of the matter and looked towards Asagiri.

"This seems to be one of those... male-oriented dating sims..."

"Dating games?"

Upon hearing this word, Asuna Yuuki frowned slightly, somewhat annoyed.

"So, the twin-tailed Mita we saw was actually trying to bring Asagiri into the picture and have her fall in love with her? What is this? It's even more abstract than Necro."

Kotoko Iwanaga nodded in deep agreement and replied subconsciously.

"Yeah, even more so than me... wait, where did I do anything abstract? Don't slander me out of thin air."

"You still don't understand abstract concepts? Heh."

"that……"

Kato Megumi raised her right hand, interrupting Yuuki Asuna and Iwanaga Kotoko's conversation, and said calmly.

"Shouldn't we be discussing the next steps now? I didn't receive any special notifications when I entered the dungeon, nor were there any time limits or completion objectives. What about you guys?"

Upon hearing Kato Megumi's words, both Yuuki Asuna and Iwanaga Kotoko's expressions froze.

"nor."

Asagiri took out her phone and tried to open the app with the eye icon, but it wouldn't budge. She tried other apps, but they didn't respond either, as if her phone had completely crashed.

"It's interesting."

Asagiri's face showed no sign of panic whatsoever; instead, she appeared excited.

"A cyber ghost... just thinking about it is thrilling!"

Upon hearing this, Asuna Yuuki seemed somewhat speechless.

"I can't even imagine what kind of scene is going through your mind right now..."

Before Yuuki Asuna could finish speaking, Asagiri suddenly turned her head, looked at Hat Mita, and said something surprising.

"Can you conduct human-to-human training with me?"

"Eh?"

Hat Mita was taken aback by the question, then realized what was going on. She pursed her lips, a shy look appearing on her cute face, but she tried to appear poised and confident as she replied with a burst of energy.

"You're my player, so if you want, it's not impossible~ I can take everything off except my hat and gloves~"

"Oh, that's how it is."

It wasn't until this moment that Asuna Yuuki and Kotoko Iwanaga finally reacted, and the two of them, one big and one small, stood in front of Asagiri.

"You...you don't mean you want to do *that* with her?! This is a dungeon, wake up!!!"

"You two should be the ones who act normally."

Asagiri looked at Asuna Yuuki and Kotoko Iwanaga who were blocking her way and said in a calm tone.

"I'm not the kind of creature that only thinks with its lower body. Putting aside the fact that we're in a dungeon, I'm not even sure what kind of being this Mita is, or whether she's our enemy. How could I possibly think of starting a game with her? I'm just testing the waters."

"intelligence?"

Seeing the puzzled looks on Asuna Yuuki and Kotoko Iwanaga's faces, Megumi Kato spoke softly.

"The Leader's idea was probably to test Miss Mita with that question. If it were a normal girl, she would at least show dissatisfaction and resistance if she heard a boy make such an embarrassing request to her, if not anger. But Miss Mita only paused for a moment and then agreed directly."

"This proves that even though this place has become a physical copy and is no longer a simple dating game, she still follows the rules of NPCs in dating games and will meet all the requirements of the 'players' who play the role of her 'lover'."

"And there's another point worth noting..."

At this point, Kato Megumi looked at Hat Mita, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, swaying her shoulders and upper body slightly, and asked softly.

"Miss Mita, why did you say you could take off everything except your hat and gloves? Do those two things have any special meaning to you?"

"Special significance..."

Mita looked bewildered, then smiled and waved her hand.

"You talk strangely."

"it is as expected."

Kato Megumi received the answer she expected and looked at Iwanaga Kotoko and Yuuki Asuna.

“Wearing a hat and gloves is probably part of Miss Mita’s pre-programmed routine, so what seems normal to us to take off her hat and gloves is strange from her perspective, because as a ‘program,’ she wouldn’t even have such thoughts, but…”

Kato Megumi's eyes flickered, and she seemed to be deep in thought.

"Her conversation with us couldn't possibly have been pre-programmed. After all, in the game designers' vision, it's impossible for a male player to enter the game with three female players at the same time. Is it artificial intelligence? Or... after this game was chosen as the instance, some strange changes occurred. Although Miss Mita follows some of the program's settings, she also possesses human intelligence... This instance is really too strange..."

Although Kato Megumi is usually quiet, she is actually quite intelligent, and her greatest strength is that she can remain calm and rational in the face of any unexpected situation.

Hearing her analysis, Asuna Yuuki and Kotoko Iwanaga finally realized what was happening, and then...

There was silence.

How do I get through this?

They had never encountered such a situation before; there were no special prompts, no completion objectives, no time limits, and no public announcements.

Now who knows what to do?

Just then, Asagiri said calmly.

Let's explore it first.

"it is good."

After completing the exploration, the four members of the team roughly figured out the layout of the room.

The bathroom is on the far right, and the bedroom is just outside the bathroom. To the left is the living room, and to the far left is the kitchen.

This completely horizontal house design is quite unusual, but considering that this is a copy of a dating sim, this slight anomaly is within reason.

In the living room, there was a door that seemed to lead to the outside world. Yuuki Asuna tried to open the door, but what appeared in front of her was a cement wall.

After finishing their basic exploration, the four sat on the sofa. Asagiri sat on the single sofa, while Hat Mita seemed to like sticking to him. Even though there was room on the large sofa, she chose to sit on the armrest of the single sofa, which made Iwanaga Kotoko and Yuuki Asuna a little jealous.

"What should we do now?"

Upon hearing Kotoko Iwanaga's question, before anyone else could answer, Hat Mita suddenly raised her hands, eagerly extending an invitation to Asagiri.

"Player~ Let's play games~ I have lots of games to play~"

"Okay, come on!"

Seeing that Asagiri agreed without hesitation, even eagerly, Kotoko Iwanaga, Asuna Yuuki, and Megumi Kato were all somewhat bewildered.

"Even in this situation, you still have the mind to play games?"

"Look what you said."

Noticing the speechless expressions on the three people's faces, Asagiri spoke with righteous indignation.

"There was once a professional witcher who, even while on a mission to save the world, would never forget to play a tense and exciting game of Gwent in a tavern. He can play, but I can't? That's outrageous!"

93

Chapter 93, the game segment with Hat Mita.

Hearing that Asagiri agreed to play games with him, Hat Mita cheered and immediately pulled him by the hand through the living room to the kitchen.

On the white dining table, there was something that looked like a button, with a timer attached underneath.

"Player, please have a seat."

Hat Mita first pulled out a chair for Asagiri, and after he sat down, she walked to the opposite seat, constantly swaying back and forth, looking very lively and cute, and said playfully.

"Next, we need one more thing. It's in my inventory. Wait a minute, I'll find it right away~"

Immediately afterwards, Hat Mita stretched out her right hand, in which a toy rubber duck first appeared, and then seamlessly switched to a crowbar, a hand axe, scissors, a stun gun and other similar items.

Upon seeing this scene, Kotoko Iwanaga, Asuna Yuuki, and Megumi Kato were all shocked and their pupils shrank.

This cute girl who calls herself Mita and wears a hat is actually able to do the same thing as these "players"? She can directly take items out of the void space called the "inventory" and hold them in her hands?

And... there are weapons like crowbars, hand axes, and stun guns?

It seems that although this hat-wearing Mita is cute and hasn't shown any malice towards us yet, she's not the kind of harmless, naive girl who only knows how to cling to Asagiri. We can't treat her as an ordinary girl just because she looks cute and has a kind attitude.

After all... she wasn't human to begin with.

The next second, a mysterious purple object suddenly appeared in Hat Mita's hand. After taking it out, she suddenly looked embarrassed and quickly hid it behind her back.

"What it is?"

Although they only glanced at it, Asuna Yuuki, Megumi Kato, and Kotoko Iwanaga all clearly saw the general shape of the purple object. It looked a bit like a stick or something. However, what they were more curious about was why Hat Mita reacted that way. Was that thing something shameful?

"None of you three recognize that thing?"

Asagiri wore a half-smile, and when she glanced at Iwanaga Kotoko, the deep meaning in her gaze made Iwanaga Kotoko feel inexplicably embarrassed.

"What is that thing? Do you recognize it?"

"of course."

Asagi made no attempt to conceal her intentions, explaining frankly and openly.

"It's a quirky little toy that simulates a certain part of a man's body. You should understand now, right?"

Although none of the three—Yuuki Asuna, Kato Megumi, and Iwanaga Kotoko—had experience in that area, they still possessed basic physiological knowledge. Yuuki Asuna suddenly realized, and then blushed shyly. Kato Megumi turned her head away, raised her hand, and gently rubbed the hair beside her ear. Although she didn't show it as obviously as Yuuki Asuna, she was still a little shy and embarrassed.

Kotoko Iwanaga only paused for a moment before looking at Mita the Hat with excitement.