You say this is a love game?

"I don't understand."

"It looks like it's related to the question mark in the quest, and the teleport point to Misawa Medical Center is marked 'Surface World'... Could it be that this map requires me to explore more than just the hospital?"

Mizutani Makoto guessed.

After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief, but he also shifted his brainstorming away from this detail and turned to his current [Number of Explorations: 2/3]

We have to stop for a while to open up new land.

But he only has two exploration opportunities left, and since he is about to take a rest, he must make good use of these exploration opportunities.

"Let me try again."

As soon as he said this, Satori Yoshiko knew what he was going to do. The little god of fortune hung his head in frustration, muttering something like "idiot" under his breath. Yajima Mai also tilted her head and said softly, "Huh?" Then she slapped Mizutani Makoto on the forehead in frustration.

You know what, those little wings are quite warm when they are pasted on.

But Chidori can understand Mizutani Makoto.

While most of the other girls felt sorry for Mizutani Makoto, Chidori stood up and said that she understood Mizutani Makoto and would always stand on the same side with him.

"I am a sword. You can go wherever you want. My mission is only to kill the enemies in front of you."

Mizutani Makoto extended his hand toward Chidori.

The girl turned her head away rather arrogantly, but with the calm movement of her fingers, the Chidori Maru floating in the air finally fell into Mizutani Makoto's hands.

He turned around and looked at the elevator. It was now closed and stuck on a higher floor. Mizutani Makoto could only go down the stairs. Fortunately, Ward 404 was only one floor away.

In front of Ward 404.

When the ward's doorplate is not removed, this room is just a normal monster spawning room with three faceless men stuffed in it. There will be no abnormalities after the spawning. Only when he removes the ward's doorplate on the top and reveals the 444 underneath, the room will transform into a hidden map.

According to the previous rules, reveal the house number.

Makoto Mizutani stood on the exposed ramp and jumped in without hesitation.

He mainly wanted to try and see if this giant snake had any weaknesses.

Makoto Mizutani slid down the slope, and it took another ten minutes. After that long and boring wait, the light finally approached.

He shoved Chidorimaru heavily onto the slope, and relying on his inhuman physical fitness, he held Chidorimaru tightly in his hand and abruptly stopped his rapid downward momentum.

Standing at the end of the slope and looking at the road, it was a deep darkness.

It took him more than ten minutes to slide down, and climbing back up was almost impossible.

"This design is a one-way trip."

Mizutani Makoto turned around and saw the huge cave-like space in front of him. The white tiles reflected the faint blue light from the pool surface, and a damp and cold breath came from below.

"Hiss, hiss——"

Mizutani Makoto vaguely heard a sound like a whisper. The boy's ears trembled slightly, and he now heard clearly that it was a whisper like a murmur coming from the big snake.

It also brings spiritual pollution?

The young man put on the mask, and the bright bird demon mask seemed to come alive. Just by looking at his posture at this moment, you can tell that he is extremely strong.

He had been killed by Chu Jian before, and he slid all the way down and headed straight for the giant snake's bloody mouth. Once he was swallowed, he didn't even have a chance to resist. He didn't have time to use the warrior's mobility and superb swordsmanship before he was swallowed alive by the snake. It was really frustrating.

But in a head-on battle, he might be able to resist!

Take a snack of [Secret Medicine for the Flesh]!

"Serve the gods and descend!"

Chidori is on the body!

There was a flash of thunder, and out of the thunder walked a young man in light armor. Makoto Mizutani, holding the Chidorimaru Odachi, aimed at the giant snake below and jumped down!

Six minutes later—

As the giant snake rushed forward, it knocked down the towering pillars supporting the cave. The boy's figure mixed with rubble was swallowed into its stomach. The giant snake, which had been hungry for a long time, finally let out a sigh of satisfaction.

"Hiccup~"

Ending: [Don't come, I'm almost full. ]

……

……

Mizutani Makoto has become honest.

"Dung monster!"

This BOSS is really interactive.

I glided for ten minutes just to feed it a takeaway in the end?

Even after leaving Misawa Medical Center, Makoto Mizutani was still thinking about how disgusting the giant snake in the swimming pool was.

Damn it.

It would have been fine if it was just killed on first sight, but what Mizutani Makoto didn't expect was that the giant snake's own stats were also terrible!

He fought a head-on solo game with the snake and gained a full understanding of the swimming pool snake's specialties.

The first is its incredible agility.

Mizutani Makoto had assumed it would be relatively slow due to its size, but in his experience, this giant snake was even more agile than him! Its speed was so fast it could practically fly, moving at such high speeds across the massive swimming pool that Makoto Mizutani even had to use "Thunder Walk" to evade its exaggerated attacks.

Then there's its huge health bar!

"Its agility is already so high, and it can still benefit from the large size buff?"

When talking about this, Mizutani Makoto felt so angry that his teeth were itching.

Relying on Chidori Maru and the power of sword energy, Mizutani Makoto's current destructive power is definitely at a strong level.

As for how it was ranked specifically, Mizutani Makoto was not at a strong level, so he was not so clear about it, but his fire and thunder sword energy could indeed break through the giant snake's defensive skin and cause extremely obvious damage to its body.

But here comes the weediest place.

Just like what he showed when he delivered the goods to the door for the first time, the snake ate his internal thunder prison explosion and was still able to digest him alive and kicking. Its tenacious vitality was simply terrifying.

No matter what kind of damage Mizutani Makoto caused it, it could be repaired within two or three seconds. The speed at which the flesh and blood squirmed and regenerated left Mizutani Makoto dumbfounded.

After the entire battle, judging from the appearance, the giant swimming pool snake was completely unharmed in the end, not even a single scale fell off!

This trench's blood cow.

It’s a blood cow with its own blood recovery buff!

To describe it, this snake has the tankiness of a gore-beef shield, the skills of an assassin and a thief, and at critical moments it can spit out powerful stomach acid. Its stats are simply at the pinnacle, and it is probably a monster with a very high utilization rate of its racial values.

Another numerical monster!

Fortunately, Mizutani Makoto did not gain nothing.

While fighting with the giant snake, Mizutani Makoto was certain of one thing.

"The swimming pool below the map can be explored..."

While fighting with the giant snake, Makoto Mizutani encountered the soul light at the corner. The underground swimming pool was simply vast. Makoto Mizutani was chased by the giant snake for several minutes. The man and the snake smashed countless walls and pillars, but they could not find the end of the swimming pool.

"The giant snake below is the gatekeeper boss."

"If you think about it this way, his position is similar to that of Tang Shizi from the private Hiiragigaoka Academy..."

If we compare the giant snake with the Tang lion, which one is stronger?

The beasts started fighting subconsciously.

From Mizutani Makoto's perspective, the two seem to be equally matched...

The main reason is that Tang Shizi's fire thunder is extremely effective in restraining evil spirits, and as a sacred beast, its own numerical value is much higher than that of the human warrior Mizutani Makoto. The fire thunder is most violent in Tang Shizi's hands. Even the slit-mouthed woman who has the support of the cracks was almost blown over at once. It will definitely give this giant snake a grand surprise.

But he also felt that the snake's numerical value was too abstract, and Tang Shizi's fire thunder might not be effective and would be dodged by the giant snake's body movements.

"To defeat this BOSS, it's meaningless to rely on grinding the health bar."

"Even if I use Nizashiki's Cursed Disease Coat to wear it down, the damage from the poisoning may not be as fast as it can recover. Moreover, without Chidori's blessing, I probably won't be able to hold on until the poison accumulates."

"Then we can only rely on a momentary burst of energy to see if we can kill this boss."

"If it explodes instantly..."

"My current Eight Thunder God Ichidachi is definitely enough, but that snake won't be stupid enough to let me charge up before striking again."

As he thought about it, Mizutani Makoto couldn't help but look at Chidori's panel.

After absorbing Tang Shizi's spiritual core, Chidori also stole an ability from Tang Shizi's spiritual core because the two were very compatible.

[Ability: Heart of the Lion King]

"We need to think long-term."

……

……

Makoto Mizutani returned to Kyoto, and Ruriko Furuya was still waiting for him.

He was so busy clearing the dungeon this time that he almost forgot about the person waiting for him in the present world.

When he returned to Inari Taisha Shrine, Miozu was holding her game controller, her eyes slightly tilted to the side, her gaze falling on Mizutani Makoto.

"Where did you go last night, kid?"

"A fight to the death?"

"You can tell that, is there some smell on me?"

"There's no smell, but don't you think about who I am? I'm a god... Just rely on feeling."

Yuzhong Jin raised the corner of his mouth proudly. The golden-haired god paused the game and put down the controller.

"Do you know what you look like now? To me, you look a lot like those soldiers from ancient times who had just retreated from the battlefield... You have an unpleasant and solemn aura. You don't look like the type who can live a good life."

Gods are truly incredible beings.

Mizutani Makoto pondered for two seconds and then simply said, "Let's go slay the demons."

Yu Zhuanjin couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "Oh? Killing demons and monsters all night long? You are quite hardworking, then."

During the conversation, Yuzhongjin was not surprised by the existence of monsters.

Let’s not talk about the distant places, but just take Kyoto City where she is in charge, there are still many evil monsters.

It is true that she is a god, and it is also true that she guards Kyoto City.

However, this does not mean that Kyoto is a paradise on earth with peace and prosperity.

Monsters will always be born from legends, and gods are not nannies who protect humans 24 hours a day.

Yuzhongjin's duty means that she protects Kyoto City from major disasters and blesses the people of Kyoto City with good weather. However, those endless little demons to kill and endless minor disasters to overcome are trivial matters that will not alarm Yuzhongjin, and Yuzhongjin will not waste energy on such trivial matters, which will only be handled by the exorcists of Kyoto City.

This is also the meaning of the existence of shrine maidens and onmyojis.

After all, gods are always confined to the divine realm.

The lifestyle she follows has always been that of ancient times - the gods will guide humans and bestow their favors, but humans will ultimately have to rely on themselves to move forward, rather than drowning in the arms of the gods like giant babies.

With this background, it is understandable that Yu Zhuanjin is indifferent.

She waved to Mizutani Makoto, asking him to come and play games with her, and didn't take the boy's experience of slaying demons seriously.

Mizutani Makoto was also thinking.

He also thought at first that if he looked at it from the perspective of "borrowing power", then Inari Taisha and Ootenjin would definitely be able to help him quickly break through the many bosses of Misawa Medical Center, and he wouldn't even have to alarm Ootenjin. It was said that Inari Taisha had several powerful Shikigami in charge. Once Call Friends A and Call Friends B were activated, Inari Taisha would definitely be willing to do him a favor.

But after thinking about it... Mizutani Makoto scratched his head and just played games with Yuzhongjin.

As the fight went on, even Yajima Mai who was on his shoulder jumped out, and boldly snatched the handle from Yuzhongjin, not taking the god into consideration at all.

Who isn't a god?

She was once glorious!

The little loli puffed out her skinny chest, and finally Mizutani Makoto handed the handle to her, while he himself temporarily stepped aside, intending to close his eyes and rest for a while.

In the end, he still didn't mention the matter of Misawa Medical Center to Yuzhongjin.

It is true that he can borrow strength.

But the BOSS in the crevices are both enemies and opportunities for his growth.