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

That direction... is where the hotel elevator is.

The floor plan of the first floor of the hotel instantly appeared in Yuuki Asuna's mind. With her brain, it was not a difficult task to remember the structure of the entire first floor of the hotel clearly.

And if she remembered correctly, on the way from the room where the water tank was placed to the front desk reception, she would inevitably pass by the elevator entrance.

So... the source of the weirdness in this hotel, who had been hiding in the water tank, came out on his own initiative?

Asuna Yuuki took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down, but her hands couldn't help but tremble slightly. After all, she had witnessed with her own eyes the scene of a player who drank the water and his body exploded, leaving behind blood and flesh flying everywhere, which was a scene that was unbearable to watch.

Just by using water, you can do things...

How terrifying will the true appearance of that strange source be?

"Violet, Necro, start donning your armor."

Hearing Asagiri's voice, Yuuki Asuna finally came to her senses. She immediately took out goggles and a disposable mask from her arms, put them on her face, and took out two small balls of cotton and stuffed them into her ears.

The goggles were obtained in the staff lounge, the disposable masks were found in the hotel rooms, and the cotton was torn off from cotton swabs.

However, these items are not recognized as equipment or props by the APP. Although I don’t know if they can be brought back to the real world, they definitely cannot be brought into the next copy.

After taking all these precautions, Yuuki Asuna took a deep breath and stared at the direction where the sound came from.

From the hotel front desk where the three of them were standing, they could not directly see the elevator entrance and exit. They could only listen to the strange "clicking" sound, which was gradually approaching step by step.

When the owner of the voice finally revealed his true face, even though Yuuki Asuna had prepared herself mentally in advance, her expression still changed.

I saw a disgusting creature wearing white pajamas, nearly three meters tall, with wet long black hair, dragging on the smooth marble floor. His body was swollen and pale, like a corpse that had been soaked in water for ten days or half a month. He slowly walked into the hotel lobby.

With every step it took, a disgusting unknown liquid squeezed out of its body surface. The foul odor emanated from its body, making Asuna Yuuki and Kotoko Iwanaga frown even though they were nearly twenty meters apart and wearing masks.

"Oh? Are you the so-called source of the weirdness?"

At this moment, Asagiri suddenly jumped onto the counter of the hotel front desk in an extremely handsome posture, looked down at the evil spirit, and spoke slowly.

"When you saw me, instead of running away, you took the initiative to walk towards me? I admire your courage, but that's all I have to praise you for."

Having said that, the black gun appeared in Asagiri's hand again.

He slowly raised the muzzle of the gun and pointed it at his temple. In an instant, his eyes turned bright gold, and his index finger pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Persona..."

"Human Shura."

Accompanied by a reddish light, a human-shaped black shadow with a height of more than two meters and reddish flickering lines on its surface appeared behind Asagiri.

"Go."

The moment Chao Wu whispered those two words, the human Shura rushed towards the floating corpse evil spirit at an astonishing speed that was inconsistent with his huge body.

In close combat, Shura is a personality mask without any weaknesses.

"I also..."

"Wait a moment."

Just as Yuuki Asuna was about to go forward to help, Asagiri jumped down from the counter, gently held her wrist and shook her head.

"Don't rush yet."

"okay."

Although Yuuki Asuna didn't know why, she still nodded and responded obediently. At this time, Shura had already arrived in front of the floating corpse evil spirit.

It didn't make any sound, but just clenched its five fingers into a fist and hit the floating corpse in the face with the simplest and most unpretentious straight punch.

"boom!!!"

At the moment when Human Shura punched the floating corpse evil spirit in the face, the opponent's cheek instantly sank, a large amount of unknown liquid splashed out, and the stench on the body became stronger.

“…this smell…”

Even Yuuki Asuna, who usually always maintains the dignified demeanor of a lady, subconsciously covered her nose when she was hit by the sudden stench. Fortunately, she was wearing goggles, otherwise she was afraid that her eyes would be unable to open because of the pungent smell.

"When you get hit, the liquid inside your body splashes out... It's like a walking water balloon."

Compared to Asuna Yuuki, Kotoko Iwanaga was able to remain calm when seeing such a disgusting scene, and even had the leisure to analyze it.

"Judging from its appearance, it should be a corpse soaked in the hotel's water tank. The reason it can spread its strangeness through water is because the water contains parts of its body. Simply put, that is its corpse water."

"Just listening to you makes me feel a little disgusted..."

"Disgusting? I'm already immune to all of this."

Kotoko Iwanaga raised her cane and pointed at Shura who was fighting the floating corpse evil spirit, frowning slightly.

"The stench from that creature is too strong. I'm afraid we can't get close to it. And did you notice? The corpse fluid bursting out of its body seems to have a corrosive effect."

Upon hearing this, Yuuki Asuna looked in the direction indicated by Iwanaga Kotoko's cane, and indeed saw that after being contaminated by the unknown liquid that burst out of the floating corpse evil spirit, part of the body of the human Shura had been corroded, and a small part of the head was already missing.

"vomit!!!"

At this moment, the floating corpse evil spirit suddenly stretched out two swollen hands, grabbed the shoulders of the human Shura, opened its mouth to an exaggerated degree, and a dark green liquid gushed out of its mouth, directly pouring onto the body of the human Shura.

Before being completely corroded, Human Shura used the last of his strength to stretch out his right hand and directly opened a hole in the belly of the floating corpse evil spirit. However, the other party was an evil spirit after all, and no blood flowed out. For the evil spirit, this was not a fatal injury at all.

"Cough cough..."

Asagiri coughed twice and her body shook slightly. Yuuki Asuna immediately remembered that in the introduction of Asagiri's exclusive talent, it was said that if the personality mask was destroyed, the user would lose a lot of physical and mental strength.

Just as she was about to step forward to support the other person, she saw Asagiri raise the summoning device in the shape of a gun again, and once again, pointed the gun at her temple.

"Persona..."

"Human Shura."

042 Body in the water tank

Seeing that Asagiri summoned his persona again and had Shura rush towards the floating evil spirit standing in the hall again, Yuuki Asuna's expression became extremely solemn, and the five knuckles of her right hand, which was gripping the hilt of the sword, turned slightly white due to excessive force.

She wanted to go up and help, but the floating corpse evil spirit's body would burst out from time to time with a dark green liquid that was extremely corrosive and could melt even a human Shura in an instant. It also emitted a stench that was unbearable even with a mask on.

If that were not the case, Asagiri would not have let Shura fight alone while he watched from a distance.

Is this the true difficulty of the copy?

No, that's not right.

If the normal process is followed, the player does not need to come to the lobby on the first floor, and will not even go down to the fifth floor of the hotel. Instead, he will encounter the earthbound spirit belonging to the floor around the tenth floor, and then start a chase to escape.

It is even possible that the red-clothed female ghost captured by Chaowu and himself at the beginning of the copy is the most powerful evil spirit that the players will encounter this time if they follow the normal process, and they will not directly face this floating corpse evil spirit with a body of nearly three meters.

At this moment, Yuuki Asuna only regretted that she had obtained a melee type of profession, a swordsman, instead of a ranged profession like a warlock, a mage, or an archer. Otherwise, she could provide long-range assistance to Shura who was fighting against the floating corpse evil spirits in a safe range that would not be affected by the dark green liquid.

"Wait a minute...this guy..."

Iwanaga Kotoko saw Ren Shura stretch out his hands and crush the floating corpse evil spirit's head, but the floating corpse evil spirit did not disappear. Instead, a dark green corpse water gushed out from its neck, and it returned to normal in an instant. Instead, the corpse water splashed out when it was injured corroded part of Ren Shura's body. Suddenly, she showed a look of sudden enlightenment and immediately spoke to Yuuki Asuna beside her.

"Violet, I know why that guy took the initiative to attack! Because the one fighting with Shura right now is not its true body. Its true body is very fragile and doesn't even dare to let us get close. As long as its true body is still there, its strange power will not dissipate. So... we have to find its true body!"

"Main body...water tank?"

Yuuki Asuna reacted immediately, tightened her grip on the Exorcist sword in her hand, and shouted to Asagiri.

"Leader, don't bother with that guy here, we have to go..."

Just when Yuuki Asuna was halfway through her words, the floating corpse evil spirit seemed to have guessed her intention. It let out a sharp roar with its mouth torn apart, trying to break free from the human Shura's restraints and rush over, but the human Shura was faster than it. It locked the floating corpse evil spirit's neck in a very standard posture, and then pulled its head off.

"I heard what you said."

Asagiri didn't turn around, but just turned her back to Yuuki Asuna and Iwanaga Kotoko, and spoke in a flat tone.

"I'll hold this guy back, and you go find its true form."

Although Yuuki Asuna was very worried about Asagiri's condition, she also knew that she couldn't hesitate too much at this moment, so she nodded immediately.

"Well, I see."

Seeing Yuuki Asuna and Iwanaga Kotoko leaving the hotel lobby and walking towards the room where the water tank was placed, the floating evil spirit's face became more hideous and terrifying. It grinned and aimed at the backs of the two people who were walking away.

But before it could spurt out the corrosive dark green liquid, Asagiri spoke softly.

"Human Shura, shut its mouth."

The moment Chaowu finished speaking, Ren Shura raised his arm without hesitation and stuffed his entire arm into the wide-open mouth of the floating corpse evil spirit.

"Well..."

The floating corpse evil spirit made a sound similar to retching, its body kept struggling, and a strong, twisted and resentful look appeared in its eyes as it looked at Chaowu.

"Are you anxious?"

Asagiri leaned against the counter at the hotel reception, staring directly into the eyes of the floating evil spirit with a smile on her face.

"Haha, you can be anxious, but it's useless. I won't let you go. You know your body is about to be reduced to ashes, and you are clearly powerless, but you are still trying to hold on, refusing to accept the reality of defeat..."

“It’s really ugly.”

............

On the other side, Yuuki Asuna frowned as she looked at the metal-shaped object in front of her that was about two meters high and almost occupied the entire room of nearly one hundred square meters.

"Is this the water tank where that guy's body is...Necro, help me find it. If it's a normal water tank, there should be..."

Before Yuuki Asuna could finish her words, Iwanaga Kotoko had already raised her cane and pointed above the water tank.

“It should be up there.”

In order to ensure the cleanliness of the water source, the hotel not only uses filters, but also regularly cleans the water tank as the source. Therefore, the water tank is not a closed metal box, but has an openable lid on the top to allow people to enter for cleaning.

"Up there... Wind Protection."

Asuna Yuuki used the magic of Wind Protection and moved very quickly. Without wasting any time, she climbed to the top of the water tank by stepping on the outer wall of the water tank in a parkour-like posture.

Sure enough, I could see something like a lid, and it was not locked.

Asuna Yuuki walked to the lid and opened it. The moment she opened the lid, she immediately smelled an extremely irritating and unbearable stench. In addition, there was about half a meter of water accumulated in the water tank. Her expression couldn't help but become a little nervous.

If Iwanaga Kotoko's speculation is correct, then after she enters the water tank, she will see the true form of the floating corpse evil spirit, which is...

The other person's body was swollen and had been soaked in the water tank for who knows how long.

In fact, Yuuki Asuna has a mild case of mysophobia.

In the past, it would have been absolutely impossible for her to enter this foul-smelling corpse water that had been accumulating for who knows how long.

But now, there is reason to act.

"Leader...Asagiri..."

Thinking about delaying the action of the floating corpse evil spirit, and even though she had consumed a lot of physical and mental strength, she was still holding on and summoning persona again in a short time, Yuuki Asuna made up her mind, gritted her teeth, and jumped into the water tank.

In the dim light, she saw a swollen corpse floating on the water in the corner of the water tank. The corpse was almost unrecognizable, with only black hair like seaweed.

The next second, the tip of the exorcist's sword in Yuuki Asuna's hand had pierced through the corpse's eyebrows.

"Got you."

043 The End of Rebirth

When Asuna Yuuki and Kotoko Iwanaga returned to the hotel lobby, they did not see any trace of the floating corpse evil spirit, which made Asuna Yuuki breathe a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, no matter what Iwanaga Kotoko's identity was in the real world, it was obvious that she had extensive experience in dealing with strange events. Under the circumstances at the time, she could tell at a glance that the floating evil spirit fighting with Shura was not the strange entity in the hotel.

Only by using spiritual weapons to destroy the corpse in the water tank can the evil spirit be completely eliminated.

Just when Yuuki Asuna was relaxing a little, she saw Asagiri sitting there with her back against the hotel front desk, and she hurriedly ran up to her and asked with concern.

"Towards...Leader! Are you okay?"

"I..."

Asagiri's voice was very soft, as if it would disappear at any moment. His black eyes, which always smiled in the past, had lost their luster, and the summoning device in the shape of a gun lay quietly beside his hand.

"Looks like that's all I have to say..."