Why is my journey to the world of anime a strange tale of rules?

The monster's television head flickered, and in those distorted images, Chika saw all sorts of faces—men, women, young, and old—all mired in pain and filled with despair. They were crying, angry, and grieving beneath the monster's screen head, as if they were still alive.

"If a beautiful dream can be shattered by just a few words, then ultimately, neither you, the doctor, nor the patients you treat truly accept those beautiful dreams, nor do you genuinely believe that beautiful dreams can distance us from or even replace the real world?"

Chika's voice rang out once again, and with the aura released by the girl herself, it temporarily suppressed the aura of the [psychologist].

The power of blessing was activated.

At this moment, the pink-haired girl activated the blessing of Andres that she had obtained in the Red Nut Gray Hole dungeon.

However, unlike the spatial teleportation effect possessed by Takami and her other close girlfriends, which is now sealed off, Fujiwara Chika's blessing underwent a subtle change after receiving the Blood Flower's blessing. This change seems to be related to a specific experience between Chika and Takami, granting the girl new power and an additional unique ability on top of the basic blessing effect.

Fujiwara Chika had never revealed this exclusive power. Apart from her and Takami, none of her teammates, including Kaguya, knew that Chika possessed this power. Even when they were in danger before, she suppressed her intention to use this power, hiding it until now, until she finally revealed it when she encountered an enemy of the [Doctor's] caliber.

hum-

The ground is cracking.

As Chika unleashed her power, a huge crack appeared out of thin air on the floor of the reception hall, something like a fissure in the Red Nut Gray Hole, and quickly swallowed the [Psychotherapist] who was standing still.

Why...why...?

The monster tried to struggle, but it was clearly severely restricted and unable to move freely.

Qianhua waved her hand without hesitation, and the cracks in the ground closed out of thin air, disappearing as if they had never existed.

This extremely peculiar ability to "open rifts" is the new ability that Chika has awakened, unique to her. In essence, this ability is to spatially cut off all physical entities that Chika can touch, creating a rift to another dimension out of thin air, and selectively absorbing everything within a 10-meter radius of this rift, thus directly banishing it to a place outside her current space.

Perhaps it was because the girl had bravely stepped into the dark rift at some point in her past, placing herself in danger, that she was able to awaken this new ability? In any case, as long as Chika, as the user, can maintain her will, this rift will not collapse. As for where the [Psychotherapist] will go after being banished by the rift, or whether he will ever return, those are questions Chika cannot know. However, she has a premonition that her banishment cannot truly eliminate the [Psychotherapist]; to defeat such an enemy, it cannot be done so easily.

Of course, Chika wouldn't have such thoughts. Her real goal was to temporarily drive away that thing and quickly leave with the unconscious Yamada Ryo.

Speaking of which, this blue-haired girl must have arrived at some kind of secret area with authentication, right? If it weren't for the doll imbued with power by Ahai as a key coordinate, and her entering in a manner permitted by the rules, even if I forcibly broke through the spatial barrier, I wouldn't have been able to truly enter this floor. It's fair to say that the fact that this floor and this room are now in a state of "allowing others to enter" is entirely thanks to this girl. If I were to just leave like this, it would be a waste of all the hard work she's put in to get here.

After a brief moment of thought, Qianhua made a swift decision. She flung open the door to her boss's office, and without even glancing inside, packed up everything and took it all—documents, high-end furniture, and whatever else she could find. Then, she noticed the presence of several strange auras not recorded in the logbook. She then decisively activated the power of her berserk blessing, knocked these strange creatures to the ground, and stuffed them into her spatial backpack as well.

In less than a minute, Qianhua swept through the hidden area on the top floor of the office building like a bandit, taking everything she could carry, even tearing down several pieces of the wall. Then, she jumped out of the window with Liang, landing steadily on the road outside, and quickly entered the kindergarten area next to the office building.

As for the message left behind by the Minghui squad at the cost of their entire lives, Chika has already received it. However, she hasn't had time to examine it yet and doesn't know what kind of message they left behind. Furthermore, for safety's sake, Chika has remotely deactivated the power of the crimson domain fragment left in the unknown underground area, to prevent the enemy from somehow deciphering the information within.

I have done everything I could in this rescue operation.

It's a pity that if they had arrived a little earlier, even just a tiny bit earlier, they might have been able to save even more lives.

Chika knew that there was only one way to save the Minghuijian Squad, who had all sacrificed themselves: to completely control the dungeon area so that Gao Hai could fully invest his power into it, manipulate the flow of time within the dungeon to retrieve the information of those players, and thus bring them back from the dead.

This war has claimed the lives of far too many people since its inception. If possible, Chika hopes to save everyone, and she knows that this must also be Takahashi's wish. He would never ignore the sacrifices of others; the only outcome he seeks is for all good and innocent people to find happiness.

So the next step is to figure out how to get to the Sheep Apartment and meet up with the others.

Mom and Dad, and my older sister and younger sister, please don't let anything happen to you...

With that in mind, Chika quickly got to work, carrying the still unconscious Ryo on her back and heading deeper into the kindergarten area, searching for the transfer route leading to the apartment.

Chapter Sixty-Two: The Survivors in Chaos and the Reappearance of the Doctor.

Goto Ichiri opened his eyes.

She felt a little dizzy and nauseous.

It seems that because the process of entering the instance from the real world was too abrupt, both my mind and body were affected by the spatial turbulence. It's roughly equivalent to an ordinary person riding a roller coaster for several hours and then riding a giant pendulum for several hours. I don't know how to specifically compare and describe it, but it was a very disgusting and uncomfortable feeling.

However, she also knew that now was not the time to dwell on such things. She needed to adjust her state as quickly as possible, because the enemy would not give her a chance to recover slowly. Every second of hesitation at this moment meant danger was approaching.

"Ugh...cough cough..."

Struggling, he got up from the ground.

The swaying girl used her guitar to steady herself, then reached out and wiped away the blood flowing from her nose.

hum-

A buzzing sound came from my ears, and I couldn't hear the sounds around me clearly.

Ichiri knew that this was the influence of the [Internal Medicine Doctor] on her. That monster's power could not only induce disease and forcibly accumulate damage in the body, but also inflict damage on the nerves, muscles, and even all the senses. Furthermore, this physical damage was irreversible; even if healed using objects of obsession or the power of blessings, the body would revert to its injured state after healing, and might even worsen due to repeated relapses.

However, she does have a way to deal with this disgusting ability.

"call……"

As his breathing became steady, golden light began to emerge from Ichiri's body.

The curse from the [Internal Medicine Doctor] was gradually dispelled, and the accumulated trauma in his body was gradually healed, improving under the power originating from Gao Hai.

After confirming that the collapse of this real-world area into a dungeon was inevitable, Gao Hai, in order to help Ichiri and the others deal with the threat of the [Doctor], infused his power into their bodies at the last moment. This would allow them to try to purify the various negative statuses inflicted by the [Doctor] when faced with threats. This power, directly derived from Gao Hai, was of extremely high rank, enough to overwhelm the [Doctor] in a direct confrontation. However, due to its excessively high rank, even Red Moon-level players would find it difficult to withstand such a direct infusion of power. Therefore, only Ichiri Chika and a few other girls who received the blessing along with Gao Hai possessed such power.

However, while they now possess the power to counter the "Doctor," the power granted by Gao Hai ultimately has its limits, expending after a certain number of uses. And as long as the "Doctor" isn't defeated, he can return again and again. Therefore, this power must be conserved as much as possible. The most important thing right now is to break through this instance, allowing Gao Hai to project his will into it once more; only then can they truly finish off the enemy.

"Huh...huh..."

The damage inside his body has gradually disappeared under the cleansing power of Gao Hai.

After regaining his full strength, Ichiri took a few deep breaths, stretched his body, and then looked around.

This is a street, a very quiet, dark street at night.

Yes, of course, it's the kind of street with the eerie color scheme unique to [Sacrifice Games]. But Ichiri is completely used to this kind of thing, and doesn't feel the slightest bit emotionally affected by this eerie scenery.

A strong smell of blood was spreading.

Screams and cries could be heard coming from afar.

It seemed that something bad had happened. However, she wasn't surprised, as she was aware of the massive phenomenon of survivors falling into instances due to the collapse of reality. Therefore, after confirming that she had recovered, she quickly turned her gaze towards the direction from which the sound came.

The twisted, eerie creature is approaching.

In her line of sight, all sorts of strange creatures blocked her path, slowly approaching her location.

The situation behind us is not very clear; these strange creatures are blocking the way.

Then let's get there as soon as possible.

whoosh-

A gust of wind blew, and the girl's figure vanished without a trace in the next moment.

Almost invisible lines of blood swept across the street, and all the monsters that were touched were instantly suppressed and transported into the sea of ​​blood to be swallowed up.

The sound became clearer.

The number of bloody scenes is also increasing.

Torn pieces of corpses were scattered across the street, becoming denser the further one went. Some who were still alive lay on the ground, gasping for breath, with no chance of survival. Further away, one could see people fleeing in all directions, survivors trying to escape the monsters' pursuit but quickly overtaken because they couldn't find a way out, or those who were about to be caught.

It was truly tragic.

Even though he had become accustomed to bloodshed after becoming a player, Ichiri couldn't help but sigh at this moment.

Then, she gently strummed the guitar.

To the sound of soft music, several clones appeared around the girl and quickly spread out.

Those survivors who still had a breath left were quickly rescued; even Twilight-level healing artifacts could easily pull them back from the brink of death. As for those who had already died, if they had died before Yili arrived, all she could do was try to render their shattered flesh harmless to prevent them from being used by the monsters again. If they hadn't been dead for long, she would use the power of her guitar to directly alter the fact of their death and bring them back to life.

tread--

With crisp footsteps, the girl gathered twenty or thirty survivors in less than a few seconds and almost cleared out the eerie creatures from the entire street.

At this moment, the vast majority of people were in a state of confusion and fear. They had no idea what was happening. Many people's memories were still stuck on the moment they were about to be killed. Therefore, after recovering, they even screamed and fell into a breakdown. It took more effort to force them forward.

The apartment should be nearby.

As Yili sped forward, he pondered and recalled the intelligence data he had previously seen.

There are safe houses within the Sheep Apartment complex. If these survivors could be taken there, their lives should be temporarily saved. However, in the current situation, even if they are successfully protected, what if they panic and lose their composure again? To be honest, Ichiri doesn't have a good solution. After all, she herself still needs to face an extremely troublesome [Internal Medicine Doctor] whose whereabouts are unknown. Even though Ichiri herself is indeed powerful, simultaneously confronting the big boss and protecting a group of survivors of varying quality is still too much to ask.

There's nothing we can do but take it one step at a time.

Although she didn't want to abandon these survivors, having come this far as a player, Ichiri understood that sometimes people have to make choices. Therefore, she would only do her best within her capabilities, and if she really had to make a choice, she would still make the necessary decision even if it was hard for her.

“Next, we will take you to an apartment building. You will need to register your names in the front desk register, and then you will receive a key to a room. The room you are given may be safe for the time being, or it may be somewhat dangerous. But either way, it is definitely better than you staying outside, so remember what I said, and now follow me. I will take you to that apartment!”

Because she was facing living people, Ichiri was somewhat socially awkward and didn't know how to speak. Fortunately, she had a clone she could use, so a clone that looked about 70% like Ichiri spoke on her behalf, quickly explaining the situation of the apartment to everyone and signaling everyone to follow along.

As for the results...

"Where am I?!"

"Blood! Blood! Blood everywhere! Aaaaaaahhhhhh—"

"Stay away from me! You monsters! You're all monsters!"

Of the thirty-odd survivors, fewer than ten were able to follow obediently without needing to be driven by Yili. The rest were either mentally unstable and unable to communicate, or were unable to calm down due to the immense trauma, some even viewing Yili as one of the monsters.

There was nothing Ichiri could do about this. She could only have two clones pretend to be monsters behind her, intimidating the people and forcing them to move forward. In the process, she would control several other clones, using the guitar's time-manipulation ability to rescue as many survivors as possible. As a result, the number of survivors Ichiri rescued quickly exceeded 100. By the time she finally saw the apartment building ahead, there were nearly 150 living people gathered behind her.

Cries, shouts, roars, screams... a cacophony of sounds filled the air as a large number of survivors, whose mental states were either near their limits or already unstable, ran rampant through the streets, with very few managing to remain quiet.

This number clearly exceeded the normal capacity of the Sheep Apartment instance area, but at this point, Yili had no other choice but to cram everyone into a less dangerous location. Otherwise, if the [Internal Medicine Doctor] appeared, even those on the edge of the battlefield would be killed by the aftershocks of her battle with the [Doctor]. Having no other option, Yili could only resort to a simple and brutal method.

"The apartment is just ahead; there's a way to temporarily escape the monsters' attacks from there. Don't forget the procedures I told you: sign the forms, get the key, don't drink water, and avoid those dangerous rooms! Each room can hold many refugees; just stay in the safe rooms and you'll wait for rescue!"

Once again, Ichiri shouted at the survivors through his clone.

She didn't have time to care whether anyone understood what she was saying or could remember what she was telling them. Because at that moment, she had already sensed an extremely terrifying aura and realized that something was approaching.

Look at yourself now. You have been blessed to transcend the short lifespan of humans and enter the realm of the gods, yet you fight for a group of people destined for despair.

How many of them will listen to you? How many will obey you? How many can truly be saved by you? No, no, no, despair has already enveloped everything. You can't change anything; you're just adding unnecessary suffering and delaying their happiness.

The voice was gentle, yet carried a clear sense of accusation.

Yili knew that the thing had arrived.

Now, she has no time to worry about the lives of ordinary people. In the battle to come, she must give it her all.

"I have to go. I'm going to intercept the most dangerous enemy. You must remember what I said and never forget the rules!"

After leaving those words in her clone's mouth, the girl took to the air and easily jumped onto the roof of a building on the side of the road, disappearing without a trace in no time.

This time, Ichiri didn't create any clones. Faced with such an enemy, she dared not hold back her strength, so she canceled all her clones and brought them back to her side. As a result, the chaos in the streets instantly worsened. Many ordinary people who had only been driven by Ichiri and did not want to follow her scattered and fled in all directions they did not even know.

In the instant of their retreat, numerous strange creatures suddenly emerged from the surrounding streets, and a larger-scale massacre quickly ensued. The unarmed survivors were utterly powerless against these creatures, which had reached the Dark Night level of power, and were easily slaughtered in large numbers.

"Ughhhh, no way—"

"I don't want to die! I don't want to die! Please save me!"