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

Is this really a "doctor"? I don't feel the same difficulty I had dealing with the "psychologist" before.

"Don't face it for too long. It will gradually analyze your existence according to the rules and design a virus with extraordinary power that only works on you. Even if you temporarily resist this power with defensive blessings, you will eventually be infected."

Goto Ichiri's voice rang out from behind at that moment.

Kita Ikuyo turned her head and saw Ichiri, wearing a cardboard box hood and coughing up a lot of blood, walk up to her side and speak in a calm voice that was completely unlike his own.

Are you alright now?

Upon confirming that his friend's aura was only slightly weakened, Kita was still very happy and quickly asked Yili.

"I am not a person, I am a cardboard box."

Then, Ichiri solemnly gave Kita this answer.

"...Huh? A cardboard box?"

Kita, who had never seen this coveted item from the Market before, was taken aback after receiving Ichiri's answer.

"Yes, I am a cardboard box, Ichiri Goto from Cardboard Box."

Under identity hypnosis, Ichiri didn't think there was anything wrong with her answer. As she spoke, she summoned a cannon and hurled it at the location of the maggot ball, causing a violent fire.

Boom! ! !

The flames from the explosion illuminated Kita's somewhat bewildered expression.

What do you mean I'm a cardboard box?

Is this a joke? Pochi-chan doesn't seem to be the type to joke around, does she?

Speaking of which, Pochi-chan has always really loved cardboard boxes. That first cardboard box she acquired, despite being only a low-level Twilight-grade item, was treasured and carefully kept by her. Could it be… that this obsession mutated due to the [Internal Medicine Doctor's] power, causing Pochi-chan to actually see herself as a cardboard box, leading to an identity crisis and ultimately, how did she become the way she is now?!

Kita began to feel the pressure increasing.

When I first arrived, I didn't sense any problems, so why is this the situation I'm in now?

"We'll distract it separately; trying to engage a single entity for too long will inevitably lead to failure. The [Internal Medicine Doctor] in its current state is incapable of thinking. As long as we control the pace of our actions, we can prevent its abilities from truly taking effect, so you don't need to worry too much."

Before Kita could figure anything out, Ichiri had already charged forward while still talking. Clearly, despite the change in her self-awareness, the girl's actions remained unaffected. Seeing Ichiri's reaction, Kita calmed down, quickly turning her attention to the enormous maggot ball, and flew directly towards the monster.

Even though Pochi-chan has turned into a cardboard Pochi-chan or something, oh well, never mind that for now. Anyway, it seems like the person is alright, so let's deal with the big boss first, and deal with the enemy first!

With this in mind, Kita quickly focused, while the enormous monster did not change much because of the addition of one person. It simply continued to release its power and pollute and curse the surrounding area as always.

The foul odor was spreading rapidly.

Although the power of the [Spirit Guardian] has been helping Kita and Ichiri fight against the power of the [Internal Medicine Doctor], Kita is gradually beginning to sense the aura of a certain corrosive power.

Without any communication, the twisted maggot limbs swept in from all directions, and countless flies followed, scattering and dancing in mid-air.

An almost boundless flame was released from beside Yili, followed by the red-haired girl's manipulation of gravity to shatter the buzzing insects.

The enormous maggot-like ball floated and wriggled, unleashing attack after attack, relentlessly assaulting the two girls. But such actions were merely the creature's instinctive reaction, a mechanical reflex almost identical to that of a monster. Yet, even these attacks alone were enough to overwhelm Ichiri and Kita, each confrontation exceptionally difficult, with absolutely no opening to exploit, and no matter how they fought, they saw no effect whatsoever.

Rumbling--

Large swathes of maggot-like structures were destroyed by the flames and the force of tearing gravity.

In the blink of an eye, the broken structures were completely restored, showing no trace of the attack.

This is not the way to go.

Observing the enormous monster's reaction to each attack, although Ichiri herself didn't want to accept this outcome, she had to admit that every attempt she made had been ineffective. It was as if this giant worm-like ball of flesh was an unreasonable thing with an infinite health bar, super-high regeneration, and built-in invincibility. She even suspected that even if it simply floated in place without resistance, allowing her and Kita to attack it continuously for months, they still wouldn't be able to leave a single mark on it.

We can't keep fighting like this; it's a complete waste of time. And if the battle continues to escalate like this, it will eventually affect the Sheep Apartment area.

And... I have a very bad feeling, this monster...

"To hatch?"

I can't give a specific reason, it's probably just intuition or something like that.

Goto Ichiri inexplicably felt that this sphere of maggots, devoid of "consciousness," might represent some kind of metamorphosis for the [Internal Medicine Doctor]. After all, this thing had transformed itself into a sphere, resembling an egg. Although that "egg" was actually a swarm of maggots of incalculable numbers, Ichiri had a feeling that this thing might hatch into some more dangerous and terrifying monster.

If that's really the case, then we must find a way to control this monster.

Hmm... to control its actions, through blessings... blessings...?

"Kita, give me some time."

Having made up his mind, Ichiri said to Kita, who was not far away.

"Well, leave it to me!"

Upon hearing this, Kita nodded repeatedly. The girl who controlled gravity took off from the spot in the next moment, breaking the sound barrier and speeding past the huge monster, leaving behind a trace that disappeared in the blink of an eye.

whoosh-

More violent winds arose, then disappeared.

Ichiri looked up and could only see Kita, who seemed like a superhuman, appearing and disappearing in mid-air, like a red flash that swept past the giant maggot ball, constantly inflicting wounds on it.

The monster's target is shifting.

Although he could still feel the burning pain in his internal organs, nerves, and muscles, and sense the curse power that the [Spirit Guardian] hadn't completely dispelled, this was merely a lingering effect of the previous attack. The monster had stopped injecting new curse power and instead focused all its attention on the girl who had provoked him at close range.

Is it because this form abandons the ability to think that it is actually easy to be seduced and guided?

In that case, perhaps a clone... no, no, the clone's willpower is not strong enough, and its speed and strength are also insufficient. So, it seems that only Xiduo is still the best option?

The girl knew very well that her friend must be under a lot of pressure, but watching Kita fly back and forth in mid-air with ease, occasionally displaying some very strange movement techniques, Ichiri had to admit that she was a little envious.

I really want that ability to fly freely.

However, now is not the time to think about such things; let's wait until we survive.

tread--

Enduring the pain within her body, the girl accelerated her approach to the enormous maggot sphere from the ground. Burning flames surged and swept around her, scorching everything in their path that tried to attack, firmly protecting her in the center.

"call……"

In just a short while, I began to feel my injuries worsening again.

Above, Iri could see that Kita, responsible for distracting the enemy, was gradually slowing down. It seemed that the second targeted virus prepared by the [Internal Medicine Doctor] was beginning to take effect, so I had to speed things up and end this as quickly as possible.

Reach out.

An aura of nothingness began to spread.

The girl sat down amidst the ruins, her azure gaze fixed on the monster in the sky, which was constantly extending maggot-like tentacles. An aura of blessing began to emanate from her.

To cover, to surround.

Originally limited to a maximum of 10 times the weight, this blessing, capable of sending an object to the future through nothingness, has now been strengthened by the Blood Flower's blessing and no longer has a strict upper limit. The limit of its blessing power is directly linked to Ichiri's own mental strength. It can be said that as long as she can persevere, the effective range and limit of this blessing are limitless.

If I do this, regardless of whether it succeeds or not, I won't be able to leave this place for the foreseeable future.

But there's no time to think about such trivial matters now. If we want to crack this dungeon to solve the immediate problem and save as many people as possible, this is the only thing we can do for now.

puff-

I think I heard a sound.

It wasn't quite sure what the heartbeat sound was, but it was certain that the thing was inside the worm sphere.

As this giant worm sphere moves, something is becoming increasingly active, something that could awaken at any moment and burst out of its body at any moment.

Plop—Plop—

The more you listen, the more real and undeniable the feeling becomes.

But Ichiri simply sat silently in the ruins, continuing to channel the power of blessing.

Bang! ! !

The red-haired girl in the sky suddenly slowed down during another attempt to draw the enemy's attention, and was then blasted away, crashing into the burning ruins.

The pink-haired girl below had already opened her eyes. A void power spread out from around her, gently covering and enveloping the enormous monster that seemed to be gestating something.

Then it disappeared.

Chapter Sixty-Six: Unguided Survivors and the Anomaly Inside the Safe House.

I can't understand what happened.

Even though I've encountered those things more than once, I still can't truly adapt to them in such a short time, and I can't truly believe what has happened from the bottom of my heart.

What the hell does this happen?

Many people want to ask this question.

Before those things actually appeared, even though life had its share of hardships, nothing was as terrifying and bizarre as this, where a slight misstep could lead to death.

It's like falling into a nightmare and not being able to wake up on your own; you're forced to run away from the nightmare.

Yes.

Now, all everyone can do is run away.

After everything around collapsed with a deafening roar.

The senses plunge into darkness, then return, and find themselves inexplicably on a strange street, surrounded by other equally bewildered strangers.

Only a small number of people discovered the monsters lurking around and were the first to flee.

Then, perhaps some unlucky soul triggered the activation switch of some eerie entity, or perhaps no one did anything, and those things simply became active on their own. Blood and death began to unfold repeatedly on this street, and shrill screams and wails echoed from every corner of the street.

Whether begging for mercy or resisting, it is meaningless in the face of an utterly unreasonable enemy.

These monsters have no compassion, no excitement, no hesitation. They don't understand what the living people they are hunting are thinking or saying; they simply mechanically follow a fixed logic to create one bloody massacre after another.

The incomprehensible things continued.

Those who fail to escape the monsters in time are usually torn to pieces or transformed into various horrific forms.

Even though they had escaped from those things and hadn't been caught directly, terrible things were still happening one after another.

Sometimes, survivors would find that their companions, who had already escaped a great distance, had suddenly turned around and were lying on the ground, their internal organs gone, replaced by a bloody human skin. Other times, even when many survivors were running together, something else would infiltrate the fleeing crowd. There were even horrific situations where, halfway through the escape, one would discover that they were the only living person in the entire fleeing group, and the others were just those things in disguise.

The smell of blood was spreading.

Screams and screams continued to echo.

The death toll continues to rise.