The Paradise of Reincarnation Begins with Eriri

The girls had no objections to Kiyono Makoto's arrangement and readily agreed.

Eriri also didn't see anything wrong with it, hands on her hips, chin raised confidently:

"Don't move, let me do it."

Chapter 54 Eriri the White Kimono

"Futaba, lead the way." Kiyono Makoto looked at the girl in the white coat. "Let's go search for supplies now."

"it is good."

Rio Futaba nodded slightly and walked at the front of the group.

After the toxins were successfully purified, Rio Futaba used a hemostatic spray and a blood-replenishing bandage to quickly bandage the wound. She was now able to walk without much difficulty, but her face was still pale and she needed to rest.

A moment later.

Led by Rio Futaba, the group arrived at the back of the shrine.

“That’s it.” Rio Futaba pointed, her tone calm. “My drone lost contact immediately after flying in; there’s a problem.”

Kiyono Makoto nodded and looked at the blonde girl with twin ponytails beside him:

"Eri, let's go inside."

"Let's go." Eriri put her hands on her hips, with several chirping anime sparrows perched on her shoulders and arms, exuding confidence. "It's time to show our true skills."

"Qingye-kun, please be safe."

Kato Megumi whispered her instructions.

Kasumigaoka Utaha crossed her arms and said, "Junior, don't push yourself. If you need support, contact me through the team channel immediately."

Kiyono Makoto nodded: "I know."

My points were almost depleted, but after defeating that evil player, I gained over a thousand points, more than enough for team communication. Unfortunately, I was in the dungeon and couldn't lend my points to others.

Under the girls' gaze, Kiyono Makoto reached out and pushed open the wooden door. The inside looked ordinary, empty, and deserted.

"Let's go inside."

Eriri stepped in first.

Click.

The door closed quietly, abruptly cutting off the girls' view.

"...What's going on?"

The moment he stepped inside, a wave of dizziness washed over him, causing Kiyono Makoto to instinctively close his eyes.

When I opened my eyes again, what appeared before me was not an empty inner sanctuary, but a majestic shrine adorned with white lanterns.

The candlelight flickered.

Each white candle was as thick as a child's arm.

The surrounding area was filled with countless white lanterns, each burning with a ghostly green light, creating an eerie and terrifying atmosphere.

"...Eiri Riri?"

Kiyono Makoto quickly looked around.

The blonde twin-tailed girl who should have been by my side has vanished without a trace.

"Hallucination?"

Kiyono Makoto frowned slightly and quickly opened the player panel.

"The fact that my mental energy wasn't consumed proves that the purification spell wasn't activated, so... it's not an illusion."

"I just closed my eyes for a moment, and I was transported to an unfamiliar area, and I've lost contact with Eriri..."

Kiyono Makoto took a deep breath, subtly raising his guard:

"It doesn't seem simple."

"Stay calm, don't panic."

"Let's find Eriri first..."

Just as Kiyono Makoto was about to explore the shrine, two buzzing sounds suddenly rang out in the darkness.

next second.

Several beams of red light suddenly fixed their gaze upon them.

Kiyono Makoto's animal instincts were suddenly activated. He dodged and rolled away, quickly realizing that he had not been attacked.

The white lanterns floating all around began to retreat rapidly, hovering in mid-air and illuminating the entire shrine.

Kiyono Makoto then realized that the red light he had just seen was not a killing device, but rather the eyes of two giant fox stone sculptures.

At the innermost part of the shrine, two enormous stone fox sculptures stand on the left and right, each four or five meters tall, with eerie red eyes that give off an inexplicable sense of majesty and oppression.

"...What is that?"

Kiyono Makoto squinted and saw several figures dressed in white clothes and wearing white hoods standing between the two fox stone sculptures.

"It looks like a white kimono uniform?"

hum~

Accompanied by a low hum, a cold and ruthless voice suddenly rang out in the air:

[...In the final moments of the wedding, following the bonds of fate, give your bride a kiss of destiny.]

You have half an hour to find the real bride.

You only have one chance to offer the kiss of destiny.

[If you fail to make a choice or find the real bride within half an hour, you are sentenced to death.]

"Is it some kind of miniature copy?"

Kiyono Makoto raised an eyebrow slightly, recalling the 'hide-and-seek' game that Kato Megumi had mentioned.

obviously.

The 'bride selection' in front of you is a miniature version of this game; if you want to leave, you have to follow the rules.

"...Let's see first."

Kiyono Makoto stepped forward and quickly arrived in front of the five white kimono brides.

Shiromuku is the bridal gown worn in Shinto weddings, where the bride is dressed entirely in white, and may even wear a white hood.

In the traditional culture of Japan, white is regarded as a sacred and pure color, even the color of the abode of gods. Therefore, when a new store opens in Japan, people will send white wreaths, and white lanterns are usually hung at the entrance of the store. The same reason is that people wear white kimonos for traditional weddings.

At this moment.

Five white kimono brides stood in a row, quietly and motionless, all looking down at the ground.

But a strand of golden hair falling from under the hood quickly caught Kiyono Makoto's eye.

"Could it be Eriri?"

Kiyono Makoto strode forward and quickly lifted the white cotton hat of a bride, revealing a delicate, fair-skinned face.

The girl had exquisite, picturesque features and beautiful eyes as blue as the sky... It was definitely Eriri.

No wonder it disappeared in the blink of an eye; it turns out it was captured by the Fox God and turned into game material!

"So... I'm the groom now?"

Kiyono Makoto looked down at himself.

The original clothes had disappeared, replaced by a black outfit with trousers, indeed a traditional groom's attire.

Kiyono Makoto stepped forward and reached out to lift the hoods of the other brides' white kimonos, revealing five identical pretty faces.

Five Eriris, five times the happiness... Well, it's not exactly happy at all.

"Eri, can you please say something?"

Kiyono Makoto tentatively spoke.

"..."

All five Eriris in white kimonos remained silent, not uttering a single word.

"I knew it would turn out like this." Kiyono Makoto sighed helplessly.

Clearly, Eriri was unable to speak or move at this moment, and was completely a puppet on strings.

"In ancient times, there was Tang Bohu who wooed Qiu Xiang; today, I woo Eriri... Those two fox spirits really have a lot of wicked tastes."

Kiyono Makoto let out a soft breath, his gaze quickly hardening.

Since it's a game, there must be a way to break the deadlock.

As for the bonds of fate... sorry, that kind of thing doesn't exist at all.

"Then, let's start finding the real Eriri."

Kiyono Makoto walked up to Eriri on the far left and gently poked her cheek, feeling a soft and bouncy sensation on his fingertips.

"Smooth, delicate, and warm..."

Kiyono Makoto poked the remaining four white-kimono otaku one by one, and the sensation from his fingertips was exactly the same.

Each one has a real body temperature, and the skin feels warm and delicate, making it impossible to distinguish between them.

"Where's the entry?"

Kiyono Makoto narrowed his eyes slightly and activated the entry observation.

Before long, the same entry appeared above the heads of all five Shiromuku Otaku.

"...even the terms are exactly the same."

Kiyono Makoto frowned, feeling a bit of a headache.

He hesitated for two seconds.

Kiyono Makoto opened the team channel, sent a message, and explained the current situation in detail.

Kasumigaoka Utaha: "Junior, don't worry, let's try to open the door from the outside."

Rio Futaba: "Seino-kun, it's not an illusion. You must have encountered a special game."

Kasumigaoka Utaha: "I just tried, but for some reason the door won't budge. I guess I have to finish the game before I can open it."

"..."

Kiyono Makoto regained his composure and turned his gaze back to the five white-kimono-clad Eriri.

The fox statue might create illusions, but it certainly can't affect the park. The fact that the team channel is usable proves that this is not an illusion.

Of the five white-kimonoed Eriris in front of us, one of them must be a real person, so there's no need to worry about ending up with nothing.

"...Unfortunately, Eriri used all her points to buy skills, so now she can't even speak."

Kiyono Makoto helplessly pressed his brow.

If Eriri were still conscious, her identity could be confirmed using the team channel, but that's not possible now.

Rio Futaba: "Kiyono-kun, you can try to judge by breathing, heartbeat, pulse and other aspects."

"...I'll give it a try."

Although Kiyono Makoto felt the chances were slim, he decided to give it a try anyway.

Let's start with Eriri, the white kimono, from the far left.

Kiyono Makoto reached out and grasped the otaku's wrist, and quickly felt a clear pulse at his fingertips.

Then, I raised my hand to check her breathing; the girl's breathing was regular and warm.

"Heartbeat and breathing are both normal... Next."

Kiyono Makoto stepped up to the second-place finisher, Shiroki Eriri, and continued his attempt.

Unsurprisingly, the second-place Shiromuku Takuri still had a pulse and was breathing.

The third.