In the anime, people are in everyday Tokyo, but they are playing the reincarnation game

Kind Mita did not continue to think about this question, but raised his head and looked at Chaowu.

"There are two paths to the core. One is the quickest route, but it requires passing through many dangerous areas. The other is much safer, but it takes a lot of time. Which one should we choose?"

"Article 1."

Asagiri made his choice without hesitation and spoke with a smile.

"Let's go quickly and don't keep her waiting."

"she?"

Kind Mita didn't quite understand who the "she" Asagiri was talking about was, and just nodded.

"Well, then it's up to you, Mr. Player, to choose. Please follow me."

As he spoke, the kind Mita led the way and brought everyone to a door deep in the basement. After opening it, they came to a very spacious and brightly colored place, but the terrain was a bit complicated, with doors everywhere, like an apartment corridor.

"Ms. Kind Mita, can I ask you a question?"

Hearing Kato Megumi's words, the kind-hearted Mita, who was leading the way in front, immediately replied.

"Don't be so polite, just ask whatever you want to ask."

"Since you know the route to the core area, why didn't you go there to stop Crazy Mita before?"

"I tried."

Kind Mita sighed slightly and said in a complicated tone.

"However, as a 'Mita' with factory restrictions, I didn't have permission to enter that place. When I went there, I took the most dangerous route, but in the end, it was all in vain. After finding a safe route back, I was captured by Crazy Mita and imprisoned in that underground prison."

After saying this, the kind Mita stopped in front of a door in the corridor, her face showing tension, and even her breathing became rapid.

"Are you ready? Once you enter this corridor, you'll be trapped in a strange loop. After a few cycles, monsters will appear and hunt you down. Last time, I kept running and unknowingly escaped that loop. But the world is constantly changing. I wonder what will happen this time..."

"Let's go."

"it is good."

After getting Asagiri's consent, Kind Mita, although her eyes were trembling, still mustered up the courage and slowly turned the doorknob.

What appeared before everyone's eyes was a warm pink corridor.

"Huh? This is..."

The moment he stepped into the corridor, Iwanaga Kotoko frowned slightly and gave a soft reminder.

"There's a strange aura. Although it's very weak, it's definitely there. Be careful."

Hearing Iwanaga Kotoko's reminder, Yuuki Asuna, who had already equipped herself with the "Crimson Cloak" and held the Exorcist's sword in her hand, nodded and called out to the kind-hearted Mita.

"Ms. Kind Mita, let me walk in front from here."

Kind Mita hesitated a bit after hearing this: "Huh? But if you do that, if you encounter a monster, you will..."

"Do not worry."

Yuuki Asuna patted her shoulder and comforted her with a smile.

"I'm very strong, and if you die, we won't be able to reach the core area, right?"

"Hum~"

At this moment, Hat Mita suddenly stepped forward, the familiar purple mysterious stick toy appeared in his hand, and said confidently.

"I don't know what the monster is, but my hat, Mita, is well-deserved... Oops, sorry, I got the wrong one. Sorry, sorry."

Halfway through his speech, Hat Mita realized that he had taken the wrong thing, and hurriedly put away the "Purple Mood", coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment, took out the black and red hand axe from his inventory, and repeated his previous lines again with confidence.

"I don't know what the monster is, but my hat, Mita, is not in vain!"

Immediately afterwards, Hat Mita came close to Asagiri and showed a rare serious expression.

"Mr. Player, let me protect you!"

"Then please."

Seeing Asagiri's smiling face and Hat Mita who was obviously very happy after hearing his words, Kind Mita hesitated.

Should I tell the hat that Mr. Player can bend the iron fence with his bare hands and doesn't need anyone to protect him?

Forget it. She looks very happy, so there is no need to say anything.

..........

five minutes later.

Just as the kind Mita said, after several cycles, the appearance of the corridor has completely changed.

The originally bright and warm lights now turned into a dim and flickering glow, and the crackling sound of electricity could be heard from time to time.

"From here on, I'll go first."

Hearing Asagiri's words, Yuuki Asuna's voice became a little trembling, but she still forced a smile.

"No, it's okay..."

"Is it okay?"

Kotoko Iwanaga, who was following behind, couldn't help but curl her lips when she saw Asuna Yuuki still trying to be stubborn.

"Your sword hand is shaking like you have Parkinson's, and you're still trying to be tough? Let the Leader go."

In fact, from the last copy, Iwanaga Kotoko and Kato Megumi had already seen Yuuki Asuna's weakness.

Afraid of ghosts.

However, Yuuki Asuna is not simply afraid of ghosts. For example, when she and Asagiri met the bloody-faced nurse in the rookie copy, or the floating evil spirit in the hotel copy, she did not show any fear.

What Yuuki Asuna is really afraid of is not those ghosts that can be seen, attacked, and have shapes, but this kind of terrifying environment where something may suddenly pop out at any time.

In other words, what she was really afraid of was the unknown.

099 Monsters Created by Bugs

"Oh well."

Although Yuuki Asuna is very competitive, she is also very sensible and knows when not to act willfully.

Just as she took a few steps back and gave the front position of the team to Asagiri, Iwanaga Kotoko suddenly sensed a strong and strange aura and immediately spoke up to remind her.

"careful..."

Before Iwanaga Kotoko could finish her words, a huge skull suddenly popped out from the ventilation duct at the corner of the corridor, making a loud noise like electric current interference, and pounced towards Asagiri who was standing there.

"Player!"

Mita, who was originally following behind Asagiri with a hand axe, became anxious when she saw this and immediately pushed Asagiri to the side. She herself was exposed to the attack route of the skull.

"That's too late..."

Looking at the skull emitting black air, which was getting bigger and bigger in his field of vision, Hat Mita closed his eyes nervously, and the last thought before death emerged in his mind.

"I don't want to forget the players..."

However, the next second, Hat Mita did not feel the expected pain, but heard a muffled sound instead.

"boom!!"

Hat Mita subconsciously took two steps back, and after a few seconds, she dared to cautiously open her eyes. What caught her eyes was a huge monster with a spider body and a skull on its back, being pressed against the wall by a burly black shadow over two meters tall with red stripes on its body.

"This is..."

Not only Hat Mita and Kind Mita, but even Iwanaga Kotoko, Kato Megumi, and Yuuki Asuna felt a little bit unbelievable when they saw this scene. Yuuki Asuna walked to Asagiri and looked at Shura, who pressed the spider monster against the wall, and said in a low voice.

"You...you didn't use a summoning device, nor did you say the name of the persona or the personality mask, so how did you summon the human Shura?"

Asagiri said nothing, but simply stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Yuuki Asuna, who was puzzled.

"What do you mean?"

"As long as you have hands."

Yuuki Asuna: "...I won't complain about how pretentious you are...Can't you just say it directly? Why do you have to act like that?"

Asagiri shook his head, looking mysterious. Seeing this, Yuuki Asuna was a little confused again. She smiled helplessly and had to cooperate.

"Master, what does this mean?"

"Don't talk, pretend to be an expert."

"Are you done with the costume?"

"almost."

Asagiri replied with a smile, then explained seriously.

"It's actually quite simple. It's simply because I've used it so many times that my proficiency in my exclusive talent has increased. Although it won't show up on the player panel, I can now summon it instantly by expending a certain amount of mental energy, without using a summoner or reciting the Persona's name, and without any pre-spelling."

"In time, as I use my talent more and more and become more proficient, I might even be able to summon multiple Personalities at the same time."

"Your talent is of the passive enhancement type. I'm not sure, but Necro and Phantom should have similar feelings to me."

Hearing Asagiri's words, Kato Megumi nodded and spoke in a soft tone.

"Yeah, me too. When I first started using my talents, my physical and mental strength depleted very quickly. But after entering this dungeon, using my talents wasn't as strenuous. I originally thought it was because of my improved physical fitness, but now that I think about it, my physical fitness hasn't improved so significantly. It seems that my increased proficiency has allowed me to better control the consumption of my talents."

Iwanaga Kotoko echoed.

"Me too. My perception of strange auras has also become more acute."

"I see."

Yuuki Asuna nodded first, then looked at the spider-like monster with a huge skull on its back, which was pressed against the wall by Shura and was still struggling, and frowned slightly.

"What are we going to do with it? This thing doesn't look like it can communicate."

"Come and kill me."

"it is good."

Hearing Asagiri's words, Yuuki Asuna clenched the exorcist sword in her hand, aimed it at the skull on the back of the spider monster, and prepared to pierce the opponent's body immediately.

Because she possesses the passive growth-type exclusive talent "Flash", whenever there is an opportunity, the task of collecting heads will be left to her.

Just as Yuuki Asuna was about to take action, a soft, sweet, but slightly trembling, and seemingly frightened little girl's voice rang out.

"Please, please don't kill it, okay..."

Yuuki Asuna looked in the direction of the sound and saw a little girl hiding timidly in the corner. Judging from her appearance...

"You too Mita?"

The little girl's face was almost identical to Mita with the Hat and Mita with Kindness. However, due to her young age, compared to Mita with the Hat's playfulness and Mita with Kindness's intelligence, this little girl Mita was the kind of innocent and cute girl that didn't give rise to any evil thoughts.

"that..."

The little girl, Mita, walked out from behind the corner cautiously. She first glanced at Asuna Yuuki who was holding the Exorcist's sword, and then her gaze turned to Asagiri who was standing there, with a hint of pleading in her tone.

"Mr. Player, could you please not kill it? It's my only friend."

Asagiri did not answer directly, but turned to look at the kind-hearted Mita, shook his head mysteriously, and spoke slowly.

"Can you explain to me why a little girl like Mita appears in this 18+ dating game?"

"Forehead..."

The kind-hearted Mita opened her lips but couldn't think of any reason to refute. She looked around and when she saw Iwanaga Kotoko, she suddenly seemed to think of something and immediately refuted with righteous words.

"There are always players who like loli. Aren't you the best example?"

"Hey, eh, eh."

Upon hearing this, Iwanaga Kotoko was speechless. She raised her cane and gently poked the kind-hearted Mita's shoulder, saying unhappily.

"What do you mean? There are no lolita here. I'm a high school student, okay?"

"What!?"

When they heard Iwanaga Kotoko say that she was a high school student, the pupils of Kind Mita and Hat Mita trembled at the same time. Both Mitas looked incredulous. After looking at Iwanaga Kotoko for a while, Hat Mita suddenly realized.

"Oh, I see! Are you also a character in a game? In order to get the game released online, even though you're designed as a loli, you added a high school student setting? I see."