You say this is a love game?

Mizutani Makoto explored these winding corridors and was almost ambushed by Jiaohun's disciples several times.

I went through the lounge and the equipment room, crushed all the [Weak Souls] I picked up in the gym, and also picked up some small props with the help of Satori Yoshiko, but most of them were [Ashe Pills], nothing worth mentioning.

I went to the bathroom and didn't see any other monsters.

However, near the locker room, Mizutani Makoto discovered the back door of the gymnasium. He could leave the gymnasium directly from this corridor and also enter from the back door.

[Stadium shortcut unlocked]

Makoto Mizutani looked at the pop-up window in front of him in surprise. The back door was locked just now, but he opened the lock from the inside, and it seemed that the door would remain open forever.

There's a dressing room left.

When Makoto Mizutani walked into the locker room, the first thing that caught his eye was rows of lockers. These lockers were set along both walls, providing students with a place to store their belongings.

This place is quite spacious.

There are two rows of benches placed in a relatively open area.

There is a shoe rack near the entrance and a mirror at the end of the sight, which are common equipment in the dressing room.

It was not until this time that Mizutani Makoto realized that he had entered the women's locker room.

On the bench, without even Satori Yoshiko coming out of the amulet to remind him, Mizutani Makoto found a torn page of a diary.

[Gymnasium Diary Fragments]

[Description: Have you heard anything lately? Mr. Kurosawa, the PE teacher, used to be very strict, but lately he's become a bit more gentle with his students. He's even reduced the amount of physical training... What? You said he's absent-minded in class? Seems like that's true!]

This diary actually mentioned Kurosawa Ryohito.

That guy Kurosawa Ryojin is actually a physical education teacher?

Mizutani Makoto's eyes widened in surprise.

No wonder Kurosawa Ryojin spawned at the gym entrance. It turns out he was working in this shabby place before...

But why didn’t Lao Hei mention this matter?

Now this diary has given him a better understanding of Kurosawa Yoshihito's background.

Mizutani Makoto suddenly realized that the branch line in the gymnasium might be related to Kurosawa Ryohito?

"He used to be quite serious, but at some point he suddenly became friendly and approachable?"

He hates the Riddler.

Mizutani Makoto knew that he still lacked many clues, so at this time he could only continue exploring.

Da, da...

The sound of footsteps echoed in the locker room. It was Makoto Mizutani walking around.

But at a certain moment, there was suddenly a "click" sound.

"who is it?"

Mizutani Makoto instantly drew his sword and looked around, but found nothing.

The locker room was still quiet, as if everything was just his illusion.

At this moment, Mizutani Makoto's hair suddenly stood on end and he felt "being gazed".

Someone is watching him!

Chapter 99: The girl in the women’s locker room.

What the hell?

Mizutani Makoto would naturally not do anything stupid. As a warrior who has been fighting for life and death for more than a month, Mizutani Makoto now has great faith in his own "intuition", especially the premonition of danger, so he is extremely alert.

Do you want to let Yoshiko Satori come out and test it?

No.

Before, Mizutani Makoto's thinking was not clear enough, and he was unfamiliar with the combination with Satori Yoshiko, but after such a long period of running-in, he also worked out a tactical combination between him and Satori Yoshiko.

——Use the "durability" setting of Tongzi.

In Tongzi's soul travel system, all of his equipment has a "durability" judgment. For example, a knife may even break after being used for a long time. At this time, according to Tongzi's judgment, the durability is reduced to zero and it is directly scrapped.

This is quite uncomfortable.

Especially for those who are used to Dark Souls III, it is almost impossible for them to encounter the scene of "weapons being scrapped".

However, Tongzi's equipment system is not without its merits, that is the feature of soul wandering - no matter where you die, when you are resurrected, the equipment on your body will still be the equipment before death.

No drops upon death!

As long as the durability is not depleted, the equipment on your body will not disappear.

In the early days of Mizutani Makoto, he used Brother Cleaver to open up new areas everywhere. Every time he died and resurrected, Brother Cleaver would reappear in his hand. The only difference was that its durability was reduced due to fighting, but his careful maintenance could restore some of its durability.

Based on this system, the key point comes - the amulet [Satori Kako's Fate] has no durability setting in Tongzi's display.

[The medium of the contract with the Shikigami is protected by the Shikigami system]

No matter how bizarre Mizutani Makoto's death was, the amulet would appear on his chest the moment he was resurrected. Unless one day Mizutani Makoto truly died and his contract with Satori Yoshiko ended, the protection of the amulet would disappear.

And this amulet that will never be lost is the perfect hiding place for Yoshiko Satori.

Nowadays, when he explores the map, he rarely lets Yoshiko Satori show up in public.

After all, Satori Yoshiko is not an "immortal". When exploring an unknown map, she may be easily attacked and killed by monsters that appear from any corner. Mizutani Makoto cannot afford such a risk, so he usually lets Satori Yoshiko hide in the amulet and accompany him in this way.

When will Satori Yoshiko be useful?

Only after clearing the monsters and making sure the map is safe will he release Satori Yoshiko, and the two of them will work together to sweep the resources on the map.

The flaw is that when hiding in the amulet, Satori Yoshiko's current spiritual power cannot sense the outside world. She can only give Mizutani Makoto a "lucky" buff in advance, but she can't judge the "good or bad" situation for him.

"Just stay put."

The smell of sweat and mildew mixed into a sticky mist that clung to every inch of skin.

Mizutani Makoto felt that the atmosphere suddenly became gloomy, completely different from the tense atmosphere on the basketball court.

He still held the two swords and began to search in the small women's locker room.

Not all the lockers were closed; some were half-open. Mizutani Makoto peered closely and saw a few yellowed gymnastics uniforms peek out from the rusty metal lockers. The cuffs were embroidered with the emblem of the private Hiiragigaoka Academy from the Taisho period, giving it a distinctly vintage feel.

The fluorescent tubes hanging from the ceiling flickered, seemingly due to psychological factors. Mizutani Makoto felt that this place was becoming increasingly cold and eerie.

Crack——

The innermost row of cabinet doors suddenly closed by themselves, and the sound of metal colliding exploded in the empty room.

Frightened by this, Mizutani Makoto immediately turned around and looked.

My heartbeat quickened.

But his fingers holding the knife remained steady, without any trembling.

The sword pointed straight ahead, its tip casting a long, thin shadow on the iron cabinet, but that shadow suddenly had an extra section—

There, in the crack between the cabinet doors, something was blinking.

"...?"

Yes, eyes.

Bloodshot eyes.

Mizutani Makoto naturally wouldn't be stunned.

He took a sudden step forward, then lunged forward, his two swords not in a slashing posture, but in a "stabbing" posture!

This is the "thrusting" technique from Ertian Yiliu!

This kind of metal locker is difficult to cut with a katana, and he has no intention of trying to cut through the iron. At this time, slashing is far less effective than stabbing.

No matter what is hidden inside, just stab it with a sword!

The mastery level of kendo perfectly demonstrated what "Yin and Yang coordination" meant at this moment. The movements of the two swords were seamlessly integrated, the right sword being Yang and the left sword being Yin, and the Yin and Yang complementing each other without any hindrance. Even when thrusting forward, they were as fierce and swift as two dragons emerging from the sea. In the blink of an eye, they pointed directly at the gap in the cabinet door, and the two swords stabbed in!

Pfft——!

The feeling from the tip of the knife made Mizutani Makoto realize that he had pierced flesh.

Black blood flowed out from the cabinet door.

However, the sense of crisis has not diminished.

Mizutani Makoto drew his sword and tried to stab again, but he missed. There was no trace of the enemy in the cabinet.

pat!

A drop of mucus mixed with lime fell down and landed right on Mizutani Makoto's shoulder, corroding a charred hole.

His pupils shrank and he looked up at the ceiling.

what is this?

In the shadow of the corner formed by the ceiling and the wall, turbid liquid seeped out of the cracks in the wall, and a strange figure was squeezing out from the peeling paint on the wall.

First, there were three fingers, with cement debris stuffed in the gaps between the nails. It was a pair of arms that were squeezed and twisted.

Then came half a woman's face. The skin resembled a burnt scroll, its entire face a bloody mess, its features unrecognizable. The rest of the body was folded in an anatomically unnatural manner, its shoulder blades protruding from its sides, its knees bent backward and drooping, like a rag doll that had been forcibly stuffed into a crack in a wall and then pulled out.

When Mizutani Makoto saw it, his scalp went numb and his Sanzhi faintly screamed.

The most intact part of this monster's body was her twisted arms. The palms of her connected wrists were festering, squeezing out her spasmodic fingers. Perhaps because she had been squeezed in a damp and cold place for too long, several of her fingers were missing, and the remaining fingers were also highly rotten.

Hastily!

Which film set did you come from?

The monster in front of him could only be vaguely identified from her school uniform as a student of the private Hiiragigaoka Academy. The purple hakama was the same style as Hanako's, but the fabric had long since grown together with her folded flesh. It looked like the monster was covered in blood, but with purple fabric extruding from certain parts of her body, giving her an even stronger feeling of a rag doll.

"It hurts……"

Lamentations came from all directions.

Mizutani Makoto tried hard to regulate his rapid breathing. For a moment, he couldn't tell where to attack, so he had to take a defensive posture.

But the monster didn't wait for him.

There was a crisp sound of broken bones above my head.

The monster squeezed out of the ceiling upside down, with its cervical spine bent into a U shape and its long hair hanging down, spreading out like tentacles and directly wrapping around Mizutani Makoto's ankles.

This attack method should be of the same type as the rope skipping demonstrated by Hanako.

Having been beaten once before, Mizutani Makoto made a quick decision and retreated, slashing with his left and right swords, and cut off the black hair.

This place is too narrow!

All the lockers in the locker room!

Mizutani Makoto ran out the door without hesitation. He had cleared out all the monsters in the gymnasium. Now he could run wildly in the corridor without encountering any enemies.

The monster also caught up!

The black hair spread rapidly on the charred floor like a living vine, wriggling madly at an incredible speed, as if countless slender arms were waving and scratching in the air, trying to catch the escaping boy.

What’s even more creepy is that the female ghost I just ran into in the locker room, that thing crawling on the ceiling, actually followed me out!

Her body was hanging upside down, but her speed did not slow down at all.

The black hair fell down like a waterfall. It was not just following, but more like guiding the direction she was chasing. The black hair flexibly shuttled through every corner of the aisle, constantly approaching the boy.

Mizutani Makoto glanced back quickly, then immediately withdrew his gaze. The narrow space in front of him suddenly opened up, and he leaped forward and rolled directly onto the basketball court. The black-haired man followed closely behind, but was chopped into pieces by Mizutani Makoto's two flashes of knife!

After this desperate escape, Mizutani Makoto's breathing was so rapid that it almost tore his chest apart.

As long as there is space for him to practice his swordsmanship, that’s enough!

"Serve the gods and descend!"

Mizutani Makoto didn't hesitate and made hand seals with his hands. The figure of Satori Yoshiko appeared behind him. She had changed into the reverse zashiki posture long ago, and now turned into a bright black light and directly hit Mizutani Makoto's back. A strong spiritual wind swept past, and the boy's hair was picked up by the wind. In the blink of an eye, Mizutani Makoto turned into a black warrior holding a sword in both hands.

Power surged up along with the blessing. Mizutani Makoto held the knife in both hands and stared coldly at the filthy female ghost crawling out from under the audience seats.

"Parallel level..."

While on the run, Mizutani Makoto had used his strong identification device. The female ghost in front of him simply ignored his great visual skills, and he immediately judged the level of this female ghost.