The Paradise of Reincarnation Begins with Eriri

Please note: Special items cannot be stored in your game inventory and must be carried with you at all times.

Side Quest: Not Triggered

[Failure Penalty: None]

"Is this a lie? Is it a lie?"

Eriri raised her hand to cover her pink lips, her eyes widening in shock:

"It really is Silent Hill?"

Kiyono Makoto sighed, "He really does have a knack for jinxing things."

"What? I'm not like that." Eriri retorted softly, "Whether I say it or not, the dungeon scene won't change, right? I just happened to guess right... Speaking of which, why does the main quest feel so strangely familiar?"

Kiyono Makoto had already figured out the content of the instance: "Search, fight, evacuate... a standard search, fight, and evacuate game."

"Huh?"

“Valuable special items are likely to be accompanied by danger and are not easy to obtain. In addition, the setting that they cannot be put into the game's inventory is practically an open statement that players can steal from each other.” Kiyono Makoto said in a low voice, “In other words, to successfully evacuate, you not only have to deal with the crisis in Silent Hill itself, but also have to be wary of attacks from other players.”

Chapter 42 Eriri, the Nine-Leftover Fish

"We have to worry about monsters and other players attacking us..." Eriri hugged her arms nervously and couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "This dungeon is way too dangerous."

Fortunately, she successfully formed a team before entering the dungeon, so she could trust the boy in front of her without worry. Otherwise, Eriri would have been completely at a loss.

Playing Silent Hill as a raider involves constantly being wary of monsters and other players, making it a nightmare difficulty level.

"Kiyono, what do we do now?"

Eriri looked up and instinctively took Kiyono Makoto as her main focus:

"Quickly use your unparalleled intelligence capabilities to think of a solution."

Kiyono Makoto shook his head: "Don't even think about it. The intelligence can only be updated every day at midnight."

"Hey, doesn't that mean we'll have to wait a long time?"

Eriri bit her thumb, her delicate eyebrows furrowing slightly as she pondered seriously:

"Even without intelligence support, we can't just hide and do nothing... Let's figure out a way to meet up with that woman and Kato first."

In response to Takumi's insightful comment, Kiyono Makoto naturally expressed his agreement:

“As a senior member, we can send messages through the team channel, so it’s not difficult to contact her… It’s just that Kato might be hard to reach for a while.”

"Let's take it one step at a time and focus on the present first."

Kiyono Makoto turned to look at the blonde girl with twin tails and gave the order:

"Eri, search the classroom and see if you find anything. I'll contact the upperclassman."

"Leave it to me."

Eriri nodded quickly, indicating that she understood.

Now that you've joined the team, you should naturally follow the leader's lead, especially in dangerous places like dungeons. Only an idiot would go against the leader.

Makoto Kiyono opens the team chat, finds Kasumigaoka Utaha's avatar, and sends a message:

"Senior, I'm with Eriri, we're at school. Where are you?"

The team channel makes sending messages simple and convenient, but the downside is that it charges per message. The park can be described as a typical capitalist bloodsucker.

Kasumigaoka Utaha quickly replied: "I am alone in an ordinary house. I am safe at the moment and have not seen Kato-kun."

Kiyono Makoto: "Be careful. I'll first look for a map of the town and contact you again after confirming the location."

Kasumigaoka Utaha: "Received."

"..."

After the chat ended, Eriri's soft gasp quickly reached my ears:

"Kiyono, come quick, I've found a treasure chest."

"A treasure chest?"

Kiyono Makoto raised an eyebrow slightly, walked over to Eriri's side, glanced at her curiously, and was immediately speechless.

Good heavens, it really is a standard treasure chest!

This thing is located in the locker at the back of the classroom. It's a standard wooden treasure chest, and what's ridiculous is that it even has a combination lock.

Eriri put her hands on her hips and subconsciously retorted:

"Given Miyazaki's malicious intent, this treasure chest might suddenly jump up and bite..."

Before she could finish speaking, a hand swiftly reached out and covered Eriri's mouth.

Kiyono Makoto's face darkened: "Please, please don't make promises you can't keep."

"Waaaaah~"

Eriri quickly backed away, her pretty face slightly flushed, and she couldn't help but glare at him:

"Your hands are covered in germs, don't touch them, you idiot Seino!"

"You step back first." Kiyono Makoto made a fist out of thin air, and an ordinary baseball bat appeared in his hand. After carefully testing it, he quickly concluded, "It's probably not a mimic, just an ordinary treasure chest... Anyway, let's open the chest first."

Kiyono Makoto let out a soft breath and bent down to take the treasure chest out of the storage cabinet.

Anyone who remains unmoved by a treasure chest is an absolute ruthless individual, and unfortunately, neither Makoto Kiyono nor Eriri could ignore it.

"It's very heavy."

Kiyono Makoto raised an eyebrow slightly, his tone surprised:

"Such a small wooden box must weigh at least twenty pounds."

"Hey, there's a piece of paper underneath the treasure chest."

Eriri's eyes lit up, and she quickly bent down to pick up the paper.

The paper is yellowed, bearing the marks of time; the writing on it is somewhat blurred, but still legible:

The treasure chest contains precious memories, but any forceful action will shatter them. To open it, you must enter the correct password.

The code is hidden within the riddle—

One hundred prisoners stand in a row. Starting from the beginning, they count off. Odd-numbered prisoners are shot, and even-numbered prisoners survive. Then the standing prisoners count off again, and the odd-numbered prisoners are shot, leaving the even-numbered prisoners alive. This process repeats until only one prisoner survives… What position should this prisoner stand in to ensure they survive to the end?

Please note that the combination lock has a security feature; you can only enter the password once per minute.

"Is this a riddle?"

Eriri crossed her arms and quickly came up with a clumsy idea:

"It's just a three-digit password, we can figure it out little by little."

"and many more."

Eriri suddenly opened her eyes wide, realizing the amusement park's sinister intentions:

"The treasure chest is very heavy and can't be put into the backpack, so you have to carry it with you at all times. On top of that, there's a limit of only being able to enter the password once per minute. If you're unlucky, you'll have to run around carrying the treasure chest for a long time... It's clearly just deliberately trying to annoy people, isn't it?"

Disgusting as it may be, Eriri was still unwilling to give up in time, so she could only look up at Kiyono Makoto.

"...I already know the password."

Kiyono Makoto's expression remained calm as he focused his gaze on the combination lock on the treasure chest. He gently moved three numbers with his thumb and then pressed the switch.

Click.

The treasure chest opened smoothly.

"Hey, it's open already?"

Eriri stared at her in shock, her eyes wide with disbelief.

"Kiyono, how did you know the password?"

Kiyono Makoto casually replied, "The difficulty level is that of an elementary school math olympiad problem; you can just think about it briefly in your mind."

Yinglili: "..."

They actually said this was a primary school math problem?

Even college students couldn't do that!

What's inside the treasure chest?

Eriri tiptoed and looked over curiously.

Kiyono Makoto stretched out his right hand and took out a fist-sized colored glass ball from the treasure chest.

"Huh, the treasure is just a glass ball?" Eriri was speechless. "Who would put something like that in a treasure chest?!"

“This thing isn’t simple.” Kiyono Makoto shook his head and handed the glass ball to Eriri.

next second.

A prompt quietly appeared before Eriri's eyes:

You have obtained a 'Precious Memory', which can be exchanged for 200 Paradise Points.

[Note: This item contains a precious memory that can be used as a weapon to attack obsessive monsters. Upon hitting a monster, it shatters, dealing true damage and inflicting a hard crowd control effect.]

“So it’s not an ordinary glass marble.” Eriri pursed her pink lips and handed over the marble. “Not only can you take it out, but you can also use it to attack the monsters in Silent Hill.”

"To leave the town, you must possess valuable items worth at least 1,000 points."

"But this kind of thing is a consumable... When faced with danger, whether to throw it out to save oneself or to hold on to it will definitely cause some people a lot of dilemma."

"That wretched paradise!" Eriri clenched her fists. "They love toying with people's hearts so much!"

Chapter 43 The Art of Vanishing Health Bars

"On the bright side, we'll have more options when we encounter monsters."

Makoto Kiyono took out a backpack, put the memory crystal inside, and handed it to Eriri:

"Here, our future is in your hands."

"What? This is clearly just asking me to memorize things."

Eriri complained as she slung her backpack over her shoulder.

"Have all the classrooms been searched?"

"We didn't find anything else besides this treasure chest."

“Let’s go then,” Kiyono Makoto said decisively. “Our next goal is to find a map first, pinpoint our location, then meet up with my senior, and then go find Kato.”

Eriri agreed and followed her toward the door.

"Wait a minute." Kiyono Makoto pointed. "You brought your notebook in again. Don't forget to take it with you; it might have a special use."

Players can occasionally bring in some personal items when entering a dungeon. For some reason, Eriri brought in the doujinshi she had bought again.

Yinglili: "..."

What special purpose?

Are we going to read doujinshi together again to improve our sanity?

Recalling their past experience of looking at doujinshi together, Eriri blushed slightly and could only walk over and put the doujinshi into her backpack.

wow~

The classroom door quietly opened a crack.

Kiyono Makoto stepped out and looked around warily.

Outside was a corridor steeped in history, with a faint smell of decay in the air. White mist hung on both sides of the corridor, reducing visibility to only about ten meters.

"Safety confirmed." Kiyono Makoto lowered his voice. "Come out."

Eriri quickly slipped out of the classroom, looking around curiously:

"The fog is so thick, it's even spread into the school."

"We don't know what's in the fog, so let's slow down and try not to make too much noise," Kiyono Makoto whispered.