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

Asagiri shook her head and said softly.

"This dungeon, like the last one, still has two optional objectives. I think it's different from the last one. This time, it doesn't mislead players about the objectives. Instead, it provides two routes: one for ordinary players and the other, a hidden, high-difficulty route for advanced players like us."

"The first objective is to survive until the dungeon time limit expires, but when we entered the dungeon, Crazy Metta was already hidden in my phone. She should also know that we can clear the dungeon if we survive for eight hours. Would she just watch us leave without showing herself? That's impossible. But once she shows herself, it will either be like this, where we win, or she will kill us."

"So, based on this, what's the point of the second objective? We'll be fighting her eventually anyway. The game's system won't give completely meaningless information. So, based on past experience and patterns, I think the source of this world's anomalies isn't her, but rather the original prototype of Mita, who, as Kind Mita just mentioned, is a collection of numerous bugs."

After hearing Asagiri's analysis, Kotoko Iwanaga nodded slightly in agreement.

"The anomalies in the game world... are naturally what we call bugs. Crazy Metta doesn't have the ability to directly trigger bugs, so she's not the source of the anomalies. I think Leader's analysis is correct."

Kato Megumi nodded as well, but then changed the subject, looking at Crazy Mita lying on the ground, and said in a calm tone.

"That's true, but that doesn't stop us from killing her, does it? Keeping her around is always a potential threat."

Just as Kato Megumi finished speaking, a look of confusion appeared on the faces of Kind Mita, Hat Mita, Cute Little Girl Mita, and Short-Haired Mita.

“Wait a minute, Mr. Player… that voice, the voice we heard when you entered the game, seems to want to say something again…”

108

Chapter 108: A fable told to Asuna.

Seeing the expressions on the faces of the kind-hearted Mita and the others, Kotoko Iwanaga, Megumi Kato, Asuna Yuuki, and Asagiri, the team leader, did not say anything to disturb them, but simply waited quietly for what was to come.

"That voice said..."

Kind-hearted Mita looked at the crazed Mita lying on the ground, having lost all four limbs, and said with a complicated expression.

"If we bring this guy to the real heart of the game, she can provide valuable rewards for Mr. Player."

After Kind-hearted Mita finished speaking, Hat-wearing Mita nodded repeatedly in agreement.

"Yes, yes, she even sent us route information to the core area, but... I don't know if it's real or not. Maybe we should just forget about it, Mr. Player, and go back to my house to play Dance Dance Revolution and video games together~"

"hat!"

Hearing Kind Mita's slightly displeased reminder, Hat Mita pouted, hissed like an angry kitten, and muttered under her breath.

"To me, the state of the world is not important at all, as long as Mr. Player can live happily."

Upon hearing this, Kotoko Iwanaga couldn't help but look at Asuna Yuuki and chuckled as she retorted.

"I've finally found someone even more love-obsessed than you. It's really not easy."

"I've never been a love-obsessed person, okay..."

Yuuki Asuna first offered a somewhat hesitant rebuttal, then looked at Asagiri and asked.

"Leader, what are your thoughts? The only danger in this instance that will actively seek us out is Crazy Mita. If we can kill her here, we can easily find something to do and get through the remaining six hours. As for the second objective, regardless of whether the voice Mita and the others heard is friend or foe, eliminating the source of anomalies in this game world will definitely still be somewhat dangerous..."

Hearing this, Kato Megumi spoke softly.

"But completing the second objective means we've explored the game world more thoroughly, which will earn us a higher completion score. And... given Leader's personality, he'll definitely choose the more interesting route, right?"

Upon hearing this, Asagiri nodded in deep agreement and smiled.

"The one who truly understands me is the Phantom."

Kato Megumi smiled slightly, revealing a polite, gentle smile. Then she raised her hand to tuck a strand of black hair behind her ear and said softly.

"Then shall we set off now?"

"No, there's no rush."

Asagiri waved his hand and sat directly on Crazy Mita's lap. From this posture, it was clear that he didn't consider this madman Mita as a human being at all.

"Let's take a break, I've reached my limit."

Upon hearing this, Asuna Yuuki was taken aback for a moment, then her eyes flickered, and a look of anxiety and worry instantly appeared on her delicate face. She ran forward and grabbed Asagiri's arm, speaking with heartfelt sincerity.

"Are you alright? Given your current physical condition, the drain from summoning the Human Asura twice in a row must have almost rendered you unable to move, right? Can you still walk?"

“It’s reached its limit.”

Asagiri gave a slightly forced smile, his black eyes dimming considerably. Asura, who had been standing to the side, seemed to confirm his words, his shadowy body swayed twice before dissipating into a wisp of black smoke.

Kato Megumi and Iwanaga Kotoko also walked to the sofa in the room and sat down. Both women looked exhausted.

"After using the skill for such a long time, I'm no longer able to fight."

"Yes, I also used my trump card, so I need to rest for a while."

Hearing their words, Hat Mita pursed her lips, even stopping her habitual swaying motion. She quickly walked to Asagiri's side, squatted down, and asked him with concern, like an adorable kitten.

"Mr. Player, are you tired?"

Before Asagiri could finish speaking, Hat Mita suddenly took out a mysterious purple object and immediately turned on the button, making it vibrate with a buzzing sound. He said with a serious expression.

"Let me give you a massage, that will help relieve your fatigue quickly!"

Kind-hearted Mita and short-haired Mita were both so shocked that their lips parted slightly and their pupils dilated in shock.

"You...you're going to use this on Mr. Player? You...you're committing treason!"

Hat Mita tilted her head upon hearing this, looking puzzled.

"But wasn't this thing originally invented for massage?"

"But...no...you..."

Mita, who has always been calm and composed, never panicking in the face of adversity, is now speechless at Hat Mita's whimsical idea. Her cute face blushes slightly, and she finally manages to suppress her shyness and whispers.

"You...you've already used this...how can you let Mr. Player use it? He'll be disgusted..."

Asagiri calmly replied, "I have no objection."

Upon hearing this, Asuna Yuuki looked speechless and said irritably.

"You have no objections now?"

"Massage, it's normal."

"Normal my foot."

Asuna Yuuki hummed softly, then sheathed her exorcist sword, gently placed her hands on Asagiri's shoulders, and spoke in a gentle tone.

"I'll just press it for you, why would I need that kind of tool?"

Seeing Asuna Yuuki begin massaging Asagiri, Hat Mita showed no jealousy or dissatisfaction. Instead, she put away her Noble Phantasm, Purple Mood, and took out a light pink electric guitar, smiling.

"In that case, I'll play a tune for the players~"

Mita placed her slender, fair fingers on the guitar strings and began to pluck them, producing a melodious sound.

Logically, an electric guitar cannot produce this sound without being plugged in, but this is a game world after all. Just like the key formed from molten metal that didn't need to cool down after it took shape, an electric guitar doesn't need to be plugged in to play.

Seeing Hat Mita start playing the electric guitar, completely immersed in the music, Cute Mita reached out her little hand, gently tugged at Kind Mita's sleeve, and timidly asked.

"What was that hat-wearing lady just took out...?"

"Ah this..."

Looking at the adorable and innocent Mita, kind-hearted Mita hesitated for a while before managing to force a smile, reaching out to stroke the other's little head, and speaking softly.

"It's a massage tool."

"Oh, I see... I don't have that kind of item in my inventory."

Kind-hearted Mita wore a complicated expression, thinking that the fact that the cute little girl Mita didn't have a purple mood in her inventory meant that the game's creators still had some bottom line.

After Hat Mita finished playing her piece, she looked up, straightened her cool hat, and looked at Asagiri triumphantly, smiling like a child asking for praise.

"How about that, Mr. Player? Pretty awesome, right?"

"Awesome, that's so cool."

After receiving Asagiri's praise, Hat Mita was clearly very happy, but then Asagiri took the electric guitar from her hands.

Seeing this, Asuna Yuuki couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

"You can play the guitar too?"

"Understood."

Asagiri replied with a smile, then began to pluck the strings of the electric guitar, playing an unknown melody.

"This piece of music..."

After Asagiri finished playing, the expressions of the Mitas present, as well as Yuuki Asuna, Iwanaga Kotoko, and Kato Megumi, were all somewhat complicated.

"The melody is quite cheerful, and the rhythm is fast... Why, why do I feel a strange sadness and depression in my heart..."

Asuna Yuuki looked at Asagiri, pursed her lips, and asked.

"What's the name of this piece of music?"

"An unattainable love."

After introducing the name of the guitar piece, Asagiri then began to speak in a storytelling, gentle tone.

"A long, long time ago, there were three people: the daughter of a world-famous pianist, a popular high school girl with a heavenly voice, and the male protagonist."

"The three of them get together and many stories happen, but the key point is that the pianist's daughter and the girl in the spotlight both fall in love with the male protagonist, and they regard each other as the most important friends in their lives, friends they never want to lose."

"However, the male protagonist can only choose one. No matter which side he chooses, the other girl will feel heart-wrenching pain. She will not only lose her love, but also her most important friend. She can only hide this feeling deep in her heart, but also silently hope that this feeling can be conveyed to the other person. Therefore, this song is named Unreachable Love."

Upon hearing Asagiri's explanation, Asuna Yuuki frowned slightly and subconsciously spoke up.

"If the male protagonist doesn't want to lose the other person, and he likes two girls at the same time, why can't the three of them just be together? Although I can't judge whether such a relationship is right or wrong, it's much better than all three of them suffering, right?"

"Yes, you're right. As expected of Violet, you hit the nail on the head. You're absolutely right."

Seeing Asagiri's expression of deep agreement, nodding repeatedly in agreement with her point of view, Yuuki Asuna finally realized what was happening and said with embarrassment and anger.

"So, all this talk was just a fable told to me? It's a classic case of revealing your true colors and ulterior motives!"

"Look at what you're saying."

Asagiri waved her hand seriously and said indifferently.

“I’m just someone who plays music and tells stories; you, the listener, figured this out for yourself.”

"Sigh... I really have no way to deal with you..."

Asuna Yuuki sighed helplessly, then suppressed her smile and looked at Crazy Mita, who was sitting on Asagiri, before changing the subject.

"However, more than ten minutes have passed and nothing has attacked us yet. It seems that this guy does not have the ability to communicate remotely with the prototype Mita."

109

Chapter 109: A Request to Save the World of Mita.

"Oh, that's how it is."

Upon hearing Yuuki Asuna's words, Kato Megumi and Iwanaga Kotoko, who were sitting on the sofa, and Asagiri, who was sitting on Crazy Mita, all stood up at the same time.

Looking at Asagiri's face now, there was no trace of the exhaustion and dim eyes she had just shown. She didn't even have a hint of fatigue.

"you……"

Kind-hearted Mita was stunned for a moment before she realized what was happening.

"You were just pretending to be exhausted and unable to continue fighting, just to test whether Crazy Mita would contact the real Mita and ask it to rescue you?"

"That's roughly the idea, it's basically fishing."

Hearing Asagiri's smiling words, the kind-hearted Mita's expression became somewhat complicated. Looking at the mad Mita, who had lost all four limbs and was being lifted up by Asagiri's hair with one hand, she couldn't help but feel confused.

When she was trapped in the dungeon, she thought this monster, who had gone mad and was indiscriminately slaughtering the Mitas for his own amusement, was the most terrifying thing in the world.

Because she was so afraid of Crazy Meta's power, Kind Meta didn't even think she could destroy him by physical means. She felt that the only way to save the world and all the Metas living there was to directly erase Crazy Meta's existence from the control system in the core area.

But now it seems...

The real monster is actually this player.

While he was still alive, Crazy Metta didn't dare to show herself at all, and didn't even have the courage to fight him. Just as Kind Metta feared Crazy Metta, in Crazy Metta's eyes, this player was a monster she could never defeat.

Not only that, but Crazy Metta was also completely outmatched in terms of intelligence. After the battle, Mr. Player and his three teammates were still pretending to be very weak in order to fish.

"If it were him..."

Kind-hearted Mita watched Asagiri's retreating figure and thought to herself.