In the anime, people are in everyday Tokyo, but they are playing the reincarnation game

But a few seconds later, what Asagiri said startled them and they immediately entered a state of combat alert.

"Why are you lying? You don't have the ability to be a main tank at all."

"you..."

Sakuragawa Rikka's eyes trembled slightly, and after a few seconds of silence, she spoke softly.

"How did you find out? Do you have some kind of...spying ability that allows you to view other players' information?"

Asagiri spread his hands and chuckled.

"I was blinded."

"what?"

Hearing these words, Sakuragawa Rikka couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then a helpless smile suddenly blossomed on that beautiful face that had never shown any emotional fluctuations, and she sighed helplessly.

"So you were trying to trick me... I never thought I'd fall for such a simple trick. It's also... you left such a deep impression on me. Plus, you called out my name earlier, so I subconsciously thought you possessed some kind of detection ability that could allow you to view my player profile."

In response to Sakuragawa Rikka's words that implied praise, Asagiri did not respond at all, but just said lightly.

"But your lie is meaningless. Since you lied about being a main tank, then given that the four of us were a team, it's very likely... no, it would definitely be you who would be at the front, taking the most dangerous position of leading the way. I don't understand why you would tell such a lie that won't benefit you in any way."

"Is there no benefit? Not necessarily."

Sakuragawa Rikka's smile disappeared in an instant, and she returned to her emotionless look and said lightly.

"You said it yourself. The four of you are a team that trusts each other, and I'm just an outsider. In this situation, I'd like to offer to walk in front. That would make you feel safer and more assured, right? And although I'm not a main tank, in this dungeon... I should be able to shoulder that responsibility."

"So, what is your true ability type?"

"Priest."

After giving this answer, Sakuragawa Rikka observed the expressions of Yuuki Asuna and others behind Asagiri and said softly.

"Now you understand why I lied and said I was the main tank, right? Someone you don't know and can't trust, suddenly claimed to be a priest who needs protection and a support-type profession after agreeing to cooperate. Even if you believed me on the surface, you would still be wary of me in your heart. I personally feel that this kind of atmosphere will not be beneficial for breaking through the next underground level, so I lied."

"A support type priest? You can pass through the second underground floor, and judging from your appearance, you don't seem to be seriously injured."

In response to Asagiri's pointed words, Sakuragawa Rikka simply spoke calmly.

"You're also players, so you should know I can't possibly tell you the specifics of my abilities. This is all I can say. Whether you want to make me the main tank, treat me like a priest, or simply not cooperate with me, the choice is yours."

"Let's vote on it."

After hearing Asagiri's words, Iwanaga Kotoko was the first to raise her hand to express her opinion.

"Let's cooperate."

Immediately afterwards, Iwanaga Kotoko looked at Sakuragawa Rikka with ill intent, and said with a smile on her lips.

"But let her be the T."

Kato Megumi nodded slightly: "I agree with Necro's opinion."

Yuuki Asuna agreed: "Yeah, I think the same thing."

Although Yuuki Asuna is a gentle and kind person, she is not a saint with an overflowing kindness.

The current situation is very clear. Sakuragawa Rikka is a dangerous person who needs to be guarded against and cannot be fully trusted.

Since the other party said that she can take on the responsibilities of the main tank, then let her be the main tank. It is impossible for her to be a pastor just because she said she is a pastor, right?

You know, in the usual battle formation, a supporting profession like the priest who is not strong in frontal combat should hide behind Asagiri and Yuuki Asuna together with other supporting professions. The other supporting professions naturally refer to the warlock Kotoko Iwanaga.

Leave your back to Rikka Sakuragawa?

It is impossible for any of the four members of the team to make such a stupid decision.

"Okay, then it's decided."

Asagiri looked at Sakuragawa Rikka who was standing at the bottom of the stairs and spoke slowly.

"You will be the main tank and walk in front."

"can."

Sakuragawa Rikka first agreed, and then added a sentence.

"But, I have a request..."

"He's not single!"

"what?"

When Sakuragawa Rikka heard Iwanaga Kotoko suddenly say this, she was stunned. She didn't know why the other party suddenly said that this good-looking boy was not single. Kato Megumi also didn't quite understand it. Only Yuuki Asuna got the joke and almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

Kotoko Iwanaga must have recalled the scene when the three of them first met in the hotel copy.

At that time, she was holding a staff manual with a diagram of the hotel's structure and wanted to make a deal with Asagiri. The condition of the deal was to ask Asagiri if he had a girlfriend.

Hearing the familiar words from Sakuragawa Rikka, Iwanaga Kotoko subconsciously took on the defensive posture of a girlfriend protecting her boyfriend.

"You...are such a weirdo."

Sakuragawa Rikka said this first, then looked at Asagiri and continued what she had been interrupted.

"I can be the main tank, but after we're out of danger, I'd like to exchange the intel we gathered during this dungeon with you. You're a very capable player, and you should understand that sharing intel with other players won't affect your clearance rating. However, if you learn intel you didn't know before, you might earn extra points. While the intel we possess might not be equal in value, or even worthless to you, I'm the main tank for the team and took the risk of opening the way. I think this request is reasonable."

Asagiri nodded and smiled.

"Yeah, that makes sense."

...........

Five minutes later, at the entrance to the basement.

Sakuragawa Rikka stretched out her right hand to the side, and as her slender fingers slowly clenched, she slowly pulled out from the void a long sword that was glowing with a light purple light and emitting a strange aura.

Seeing this, Iwanaga Kotoko couldn't help but frown, thinking, "Didn't this guy call himself a pastor? How could a pastor hold a long sword as a weapon?"

But on second thought, this is normal.

After all, Sakuragawa Rikka is a lone wolf player. Now it is the end of the second stage, and she has experienced at least three or four dungeons. As a lone wolf player, if she wants to survive in various types of dungeons, she has to develop into an all-round type.

Among the four members of the team, only Asagiri is an all-round player who can handle any situation. Yuuki Asuna, Kato Megumi, and Iwanaga Kotoko herself all have different strengths and weaknesses.

This is one of the benefits of forming a team, allowing you to specialize in developing your own fighting style and abilities.

"I'm opening the door."

"Well, go ahead."

After receiving Asagiri's order, Sakuragawa Rikka stretched out her left hand and carefully pushed open the fire door in front of her.

The current formation is Sakuragawa Rikka walking in front, Asagiri in second, Iwanaga Kotoko in third, Kato Megumi in fourth, and Yuuki Asuna at the end.

Sakuragawa Rikka is a smart person, so she can naturally see that this formation of the four members of the team is to protect Iwanaga Kotoko in the safest position. From this, it can also be judged that Iwanaga Kotoko's frontal combat ability, or ability to deal with sudden attacks, is the weakest among the four.

After opening the fire door, what appeared before everyone's eyes was not a complicated mental hospital floor, but an unusually spacious hall paved with bluish stone bricks. There was nothing in the hall except a wooden box in the middle wrapped in black cloth with strange white symbols painted on it.

"That thing is the source of the strange aura."

Hearing what Iwanaga Kotoko said, Asagiri looked at the quaint wooden box wrapped in black cloth in the distance. He didn't need Iwanaga Kotoko's reminder. The moment the fire door opened, even he, Yuuki Asuna, and Kato Megumi, who originally did not have the ability to sense strange auras, felt a strong palpitation in their hearts.

The living creatures' instincts were warning everyone that the box was dangerous and they should stay away from it.

but......

The staircase leading to the upper floor is behind the box.

"Wait a moment."

After entering the hall, Asagiri signaled with her eyes to Asuna Yuuki to guard the fire door to prevent the door from closing suddenly, which would prevent everyone from leaving this floor (a classic horror movie plot). Then she gently placed her hand on Rikka Sakuragawa's shoulder, signaling her to stop first. Then she raised the black gun-shaped summoner in her right hand, pointed it at her temple and pulled the trigger.

"Persona, Human Shura."

After appearing, Human Shura slowly walked towards the vertical stairs, and everyone, including Sakuragawa Rikka, remained silent, quietly observing the scene in front of them.

The tall body of the human Shura moved, and his feet stepped on the bluish stone brick floor, but without making the slightest sound.

Five meters, three meters, one meter...

When he was less than half a meter away from the ladder, Ren Shura finally walked to the side of the wooden box.

And at this moment, something strange happened.

"Dong dong dong dong!"

Suddenly, there was a knocking sound from inside the wooden box, as if something inside was trying to break free. Then a large amount of sticky liquid like blood gushed out from the gaps in the box, quickly covering the floor of the entire hall.

Chapter 86:083 Villain "Shadow Lord"

"Are you here..."

Watching the cloth strips wrapped around the wooden box gradually turn into ashes, Iwanaga Kotoko, who was most sensitive to strange auras, looked serious and gave a soft reminder.

"Be careful, all the strange beings we encountered before combined are not as good as this guy who is about to appear..."

Just when Iwanaga Kotoko was halfway through her words, she saw Shura pick up the wooden box. He didn't care about the sticky scarlet liquid that spilled out of it and splashed all over his body. He turned around at lightning speed and ran quickly towards the fire escape where everyone had come from.

"Violet, get out of the way!"

Hearing Asagiri's words, Yuuki Asuna, who was originally guarding the fire door of the fire escape to prevent it from closing suddenly, was stunned for a moment, but then she immediately reacted and dodged to the side.

The next second, Shura was seen carrying a wooden box, rushing into the fire escape and running down quickly.

"close the door."

"it is good."

Asuna Yuuki closed the fire door of the fire escape without hesitation. With a "bang", Asagiri didn't even look at the closed fire door. Without wasting any time, she quickly came to the elevator in the hall and looked up.

I saw a layer of sticky dark red liquid appearing on the surface of the tightly closed metal door above.

Asagiri tried to throw the rope dart in his hand, but the moment the tip of the dart touched the dark red liquid, it seemed as if all its strength was sucked away, and it was unable to penetrate at all, and fell down powerlessly.

"Unfortunately, it seems there's no way to skip class this way."

Looking at the skillful movements of Asagiri and Yuuki Asuna, and the tacit understanding that allowed them to reach a consensus without verbal communication, Sakuragawa Rika opened her lips slightly, with a confused expression on her face, and said blankly.

"You...why are you so skilled..."

"Can you learn for nothing at a time like this?"

Asagiri chuckled and made a comment first, then pointed to the closed fire door of the fire escape in the distance, gently put the dark gray mask on his face, and spoke slowly.

"Here comes the guy."

[Your Persona Shura has been destroyed, and the curse resistance of the trait "Rebirth of the End" has been increased.]

"Necro."

"OK~"

Hearing Asagiri calling out her code name, Iwanaga Kotoko immediately came to the location of the ladder, raised her head and observed the dark red liquid above and covering the ground, trying to analyze through perception whether there was any way to break the barrier of this area.

"Phantom."

"learn."

Kato Megumi stretched out her hand and touched Asagiri, Iwanaga Kotoko, and Yuuki Asuna respectively, reducing their presence. Yuuki Asuna, on the other hand, replaced the flashing light in her hand with an Exorcist sword that had special attack capabilities against spirits.

"Sakuragawa Rikka."

After making sure that all the players on his side were ready, Asagiri looked at Sakuragawa Rikka standing there and spoke with a chuckle.

"Didn't you say you'd be the main tank? Then you'll be responsible for fighting that guy first. When we feel we have enough intelligence, we'll join the battle."

"This isn't the main tank, but more like a sacrifice made to gain intelligence at a risk, right?"

Sakuragawa Rikka said this first, looked at Asagiri deeply, then took a few steps towards the fire door of the fire escape, and spoke in a gentle tone.

"Anyway, don't forget what you promised me, and don't sacrifice me on purpose."

The moment Sakuragawa Rikka finished speaking, the fire door of the fire escape was suddenly pushed open heavily.

"boom!!!"

The terrifying force even caused the fire door to twist and deform, and out of the fire escape came a human figure made of sticky dark red liquid, constantly twisting and wriggling.

After entering the hall, it first stopped, and then its body began to tremble violently, and quickly turned into a man wearing a black mobile combat suit, without a tactical helmet, with an extremely pale face, a vertical scar on his right eye, and looked to be about forty years old, with a crew cut.

"Where..."

The middle-aged man took two steps forward, staring at Sakuragawa Rikka's face with his gray right eye that seemed to have lost its sight, and his azure left eye, and asked in a low and hoarse voice.

"'Shadow'...where is it..."