Why is my anime art style so weird?

The old man remained motionless, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep.

The ward door suddenly opened, and a nurse rushed in. She glanced at the electrocardiogram, which had flattened out, and her expression changed drastically. She shouted at the door.

"Doctor! Here! Doctor! The patient's condition is critical!"

A middle-aged doctor in a white coat rushed into the ward right after.

"Oh no! The patient's heart has stopped! Prepare for emergency treatment immediately!"

Xu Ming, who was standing to the side, quickly made way for him.

Soon, several more nurses rushed into the ward and began to resuscitate the elderly man.

However, after more than ten minutes, the old man's heartbeat remained flat and never recovered.

After a long while, the doctor sighed, shone his flashlight into the old man's pupils, felt his pulse, and finally shook his head in frustration.

The nurses slowly stopped what they were doing.

The doctor glanced at his watch and announced helplessly.

"The patient is dead. Time of death..."

Having witnessed the passing of the elderly Yoshiya, Xu Ming was filled with mixed emotions.

Just then, he suddenly saw a young figure slowly float up from the old man's body.

The young figure looked quite similar to the old man in Yoshiya.

Could it be that…

Mizubayashi Sachiko immediately came over, took the young man's hand, and the two bowed deeply to Xu Ming before turning into a beam of light and disappearing from the ward.

Looking at the oblivious doctors and nurses, Xu Ming smiled with relief and turned to leave the somewhat chaotic ward.

As Xu Ming walked down the corridor toward the elevator, a doctor and two nurses rushed past him, pushing a stretcher.

Suddenly, a thin, bony arm fell off the stretcher, with bluish veins bulging on the skin like earthworms, and the back of the hand was covered with needle marks.

The person on the stretcher had their face covered, making it impossible to see their features, but judging from that arm, they seemed to be in grave danger.

Xu Ming didn't pay much attention and stepped aside in the corridor to let the stretcher pass first.

The three of them pushed the stretcher to the elevator.

The elevator arrived quickly, and the three of them pushed the stretcher inside.

Xu Ming went to the elevator and looked around, only to find that there were almost no seats left.

One of the nurses bowed to Xu Ming with a face full of apology.

Xu Ming waved his hand and watched the elevator doors close.

Suddenly, he noticed that the body on the stretcher seemed to have moved slightly...

Chapter Summary (Very Important)

The next chapter will enter the Void Realm storyline, and there are some things I feel it's necessary to explain in advance.

First and foremost, this is a crossover anime world, and a crossover anime world with a bizarre art style.

Therefore, all characters' abilities will be adjusted to match the bizarre art style.

All Type-Moon characters appearing later will have their area-of-effect (AOE) skills, such as beam attacks, adjusted.

Once this area-of-effect (AOE) skill is unleashed, the atmosphere instantly vanishes, regardless of whether it's good guys or bad guys.

Similarly, Naruto rarely features area-of-effect (AoE) skills; instead, it primarily relies on clones and illusions.

Basically, the weirder the better.

For example, Black Saber's beam cannon might be changed to 'The Land of Rot,' a terrifying, mutated space covered by a poisonous swamp, inhabited by all sorts of twisted monsters and undead.

Dear readers, feel free to share any interesting ideas you have in the comments so I can crowdfund a book for you.

Finally... those of you who are raising this book should stop now, the second volume is finished, you can start reading now!

Volume 3: The Realm of the Strange

Chapter 213 First Encounter with Two Rituals

The elevator doors closed quickly.

Xu Ming was unsure whether it was an illusion caused by the elevator shaking, or whether it wasn't a corpse at all, but just a very sick person.

While waiting for the elevator, Xu Ming thought about it for a while and suddenly remembered that he had originally planned to take some time to meet Ryougi Shiki. Now he had the time and it was on his way.

So he turned around and walked towards the VIP ward at the other end of the corridor.

After greeting the nurses at the nurses' station at the entrance of the VIP ward area, Xu Ming went inside.

"This is the one, isn't it?"

Xu Ming glanced at the nameplate stuck by the door, which read 'Ryougi-sama'.

So he knocked on the door.

Duang! Duang!

"Please come in."

A rather charming woman's voice immediately came from inside the ward.

It was somewhat different from the cool, aloof voice Xu Ming had imagined.

With a hint of doubt, Xu Ming pushed open the door.

There were two people in the ward, one sitting and one lying down.

A mature woman, dressed in a white shirt and brown suit pants, with her long, wine-red hair tied back in a neat ponytail and glasses, looking like a sophisticated office lady, sat on a stool by the hospital bed, curiously observing him.

The other girl, lying on the bed, kept staring out the window, seemingly uninterested in Xu Ming's sudden visit.

Her jet-black hair cascaded down to her waist. Although she didn't turn her head, so her entire face wasn't visible, her exquisitely profile, like that of a doll, was enough to captivate anyone's gaze.

The white hospital gown she wore did not detract from her serene beauty; instead, it gave the young woman a touch of delicate vulnerability that evoked pity.

The only unfortunate thing was that the girl's eyes were tightly wrapped in white gauze, as if she had been injured.

"you are?"

The red-haired woman looked at Xu Ming with great interest.

Having seen the Kara no Kyoukai the Movie, Xu Ming immediately recognized the two individuals.

The red-haired woman is named Aozaki Touko, and she is a skilled puppeteer.

The indifferent girl reclining on the hospital bed is Ryougi Shiki, the heroine of Kara no Kyoukai.

As for other information... Xu Ming has confirmed that this is not the Type-Moon world, so he is not sure whether the two are still the same as in the original work.

However, Xu Ming had already confirmed one thing with Kato Megumi.

The Ryougi family is indeed a legitimate exorcist family native to Japan, belonging to the inner world, and presumably Aozaki Touko is the same.

So Xu Ming got straight to the point.

"Hello, my name is Xu Ming, and I am a member of the Exorcist Association."

Upon hearing Xu Ming's introduction, Aozaki Touko's eyes immediately sharpened, and she said meaningfully:

"Wow, so you're from the industry."

Even Ryougi Shiki, who had been indifferent, couldn't help but turn her head, but still didn't say anything, just quietly facing Xu Ming.

"Yes, Miss Aozaki Touko, Miss Ryougi Shiki."

Xu Ming smiled and pointed out the identities of the two men.

Aozaki Touko's eyes narrowed slightly, a hint of danger flashing in her gaze.

Ryougi Shiki, who was half-lying on the hospital bed, slightly curled her fingers, as if instinctively wanting to grasp something.

"Who are you? How do you know about us?"

Aozaki Touko's tone became sharp.

"Don't misunderstand, I heard about it from a friend, her name is Kato Megumi."

Xu Ming quickly raised his hands to indicate that he had no hostile intentions.

Upon hearing this name, Aozaki Touko's expression softened slightly.

"So it was her..."

She muttered to herself, a thoughtful look on her face.

Ryougi Shiki finally reacted somewhat, muttering something under her breath.

"Tsk~! Why is it that violent woman?"

Kato Megumi's name really works.

Xu Ming thought to himself.

After spending so much time together, Xu Ming gradually realized that Kato Megumi could not possibly be the 'ordinary' apprentice shrine maiden she described.

The inner world is actually smaller than you might imagine, and even smaller if you limit its scope to mainland Japan.

Xu Ming then boldly guessed that the two sides might know each other.

He guessed right.

"Did Ms. Kato send you?"

Aozaki Touko spoke again.

For some reason, Aozaki Touko used honorifics when mentioning Kato Megumi.

Xu Ming didn't think much of it and shook his head.

"I came to visit a friend. I overheard the nurse mentioning Ms. Ryougi's name, so I took the liberty of coming to visit. I apologize for disturbing you."

"Oh, I see~"

Aozaki Touko gave him a meaningful look, but didn't say anything more.