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

Just as Kato Megumi was thinking this, she heard Asagiri's reply in a flat tone.

"Give the battlefield emergency medical kit to Phantom. After all, she has a talent for reducing her presence and won't be the enemy's first target. It's safest to give it to her. Leave the adrenaline and sniper rifle to me."

"okay."

Seeing that Asagiri and Yuuki Asuna decided the distribution of rewards in just a few words, and Yuuki Asuna and Iwanaga Kotoko, who got nothing, did not show any dissatisfaction at all, Kato Megumi was a little confused.

"Um... I'd better give you the battlefield first aid medical kit..."

Hearing what Kato Megumi said, Yuuki Asuna shook her head, handed the red package with a white cross painted on it to the other person, and smiled gently.

"We are a team, and as a team, there can only be one decisive voice. I believe the Leader's allocation method is the most reasonable and the most beneficial for the entire team."

"But..."

Seeing that Kato Megumi was still a little hesitant, Yuuki Asuna pretended to be a little angry.

"If you don't accept it, I'll think you think I'm some petty, jealous little girl."

Halfway through pretending, Yuuki Asuna couldn't help laughing and said comfortingly.

"Don't refuse. If you really feel embarrassed, next time I get hurt, just come with the medical kit and treat my injuries."

"OK, thanks."

"Nothing to thank."

Yuuki Asuna waved her hand and smiled generously.

"We are all companions."

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

After leaving Building No. 1 of the inpatient department, the four people saw that the originally empty hospital was now filled with a large number of wandering zombies.

"Roar..."

The zombies that were closer noticed someone walking out of the lobby of Building No. 1 of the inpatient department. They immediately turned around, opened their mouths and let out meaningless roars, and pounced on the four people at a speed that was not very fast, but was equivalent to an ordinary person's jogging speed.

Iwanaga Kotoko frowned slightly and said thoughtfully.

"Hmm? Just like the zombie horde that just attacked us, ordinary infected people who can move quickly... Where did they come from..."

Asagiri looked at Yuuki Asuna and smiled without any nervousness.

"Violet, I leave it to you."

Hearing Asagiri's words, Yuuki Asuna nodded.

"it is good."

Then, she swung the exorcist sword in her hand quickly, not giving the zombies any chance to get close. She killed them one by one with one sword, and her movements were clean and neat, and she killed them without any delay.

"Phantom, go on."

Hearing Asagiri calling her code name, Kato Megumi turned around, caught the rapier thrown by the other party, and said with a puzzled look on her face.

"This is..."

"You should also go and clean up these infected people."

"Oh, good."

Kato Megumi gripped the Western longsword tightly, pursed her lips, mustered up her courage, activated her talent effect, and then approached an ordinary infected person.

Because of the effect of her talent, the ordinary infected person didn't notice anything. He just stood there, shaking his head and making some meaningless movements.

"brush!"

Kato Megumi used all her strength to stab the sword, directly hitting the back of the head of the ordinary infected person. The sharp tip of the sword was deeply embedded in the opponent's head.

When she drew out the rapier, the body of the ordinary infected person fell to the ground.

"Huh...huh..."

Kato Megumi took a deep breath and tried her best to calm her rapid heartbeat.

If the novice copy is included, this is her third time entering the copy, but it is her first time to fight.

Not to mention Iwanaga Kotoko and Asagiri, who remained calm no matter what kind of bloody scene they saw, and were completely unlike normal human monsters, even though Yuuki Asuna was a little nervous when she first entered the game, she didn't want to lose the game. She mustered up the courage to fight even if it meant death, a competitive spirit that ordinary people didn't have.

In this regard, Kato Megumi cannot compare with these three people, so she needs to hone her skills.

Anyway, as long as the talent halo is turned on, these ordinary infected people will not be able to detect Kato Megumi's existence, which is just right for her to use as training objects to adapt to combat.

This is a difficult point for ordinary players. They should move forward cautiously and avoid fighting with ordinary infected people. In front of Kato Megumi and Yuuki Asuna, they cannot pose any threat at all.

After arriving at the lobby on the first floor of the inpatient building No. 2, Yuuki Asuna finally breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at Kato Megumi, whose wrist was still shaking slightly and whose face looked a little tired, and asked with concern.

"Are you ok?"

Kato Megumi nodded slightly and replied softly.

"Well, I'm fine."

In the battle just now, Kato Megumi did not always keep the talent aura activated. After all, when she was walking, she could only maintain the talent for a maximum of one minute at this stage.

If you fight while activating your talent, the consumption of your physical and mental strength will be even greater.

After gradually becoming proficient, Kato Megumi mastered the correct way to use her talent, which is not to activate the talent halo before entering the enemy's field of vision, but to activate it when approaching, and to turn it off immediately after killing the enemy.

In this way, the consumption will be much smaller.

More importantly, through the action of clearing out the zombies, Kato Megumi discovered a weakness in her unique talent.

The talent aura can only work when the enemy has not noticed her. After all, it is not truly invisible. If the enemy has already noticed her, reducing her presence will not have any effect.

"This copy is really weird."

Iwanaga Kotoko tapped the ground lightly with her cane, speaking thoughtfully.

"The key word is zombies, but it didn't seem like a typical zombie apocalypse at first. The infected, who were originally only able to move slowly, suddenly began to move quickly. Was it because they weren't originally the same species, or was it..."

Iwanaga Kotoko looked outside, muttering to herself as the sky was getting darker and darker.

"As the time in this world approaches night, the infected people's abilities will become stronger and stronger?"

075 Time alone with Asuna

"More than two hours have passed since we entered the dungeon."

Iwanaga Kotoko seemed to have grasped some key clue and said with a flash of inspiration.

"I understand. Actually, the diary at the beginning is both an important clue providing information to the players and a misleading trap!"

"Misleading?"

"Yes, misleading."

Kotoko Iwanaga was very excited as she got closer to the truth and couldn't wait to speak.

"Do you remember? The last message left by the diary's owner was on the sixteenth day after the apocalypse. But according to what the ghost just said, the virus-infected people appeared about a month and a half ago... No, considering he didn't even know he was dead, and the ghost's perception of the flow of time is blurred, the time between the initial disaster and our present time must have been more than a month and a half."

Hearing this, Yuuki Asuna couldn't help but ask a question in confusion.

"But...we've observed the body in the apartment. Even though none of us four are professionals, we can't be unable to tell the difference between a body that's been dead for a few days and one that's been dead for over a month, right?"

“That’s where the misdirection is at its worst.”

Iwanaga Kotoko raised her white index finger and spoke slowly.

"The diary's owner didn't lie, but everything he recorded was based on his own analysis. He said he didn't 'turn into those things,' but was he truly not infected? Zombie viruses in various genres share a common characteristic: even if the infected person's bodily functions cease, they don't decay excessively. Even the special infected in this instance show no signs of decay at all."

"The information written by the diary owner describes the scene of this city two weeks after the apocalypse. At that time, he would still encounter those things when he went to the supermarket downstairs. However, after we left the apartment, we only encountered one special infected person. This is completely inconsistent with the scene he described."

"So, if we start arranging the timeline now, it should be: the apocalypse breaks out - the diary owner's entries - the diary owner's death - the mysterious army enters the city and begins clearing out the common infected - the hospital's doctor, Robin Dias, dies - the virus mutates, causing the infected to evolve. Specialized infected individuals may have been born during this phase. Finally, it was that army, or possibly another organization, that implanted tracking devices in the special infected individuals, turning the entire city into a testing ground."

After hearing Iwanaga Kotoko's analysis, Yuuki Asuna, who was already smart, immediately reacted and suddenly realized.

"The diary's misleading nature is that it makes players believe they enter the dungeon just days after the diary's owner's death, during the first stage of the apocalypse. But in reality, the time period in this dungeon has already seen the virus undergo a secondary evolution, allowing ordinary infected people to move quickly and giving rise to the second stage of special infected people."

"exactly."

Kato Megumi standing aside frowned, with a complicated look in her eyes.

"Why deliberately arrange such misleading information..."

“Because that’s what this game is about.”

Asagiri spoke in a calm tone.

"Although the information in the diary can mislead players, this false information leads to a correct conclusion. That is, as long as you carefully avoid the special infected, there will be almost no danger on the road from the spawn point to this Ren Ai Hospital. However, as time passes and night approaches, it becomes difficult to say. The seemingly simple first goal of clearing the level, surviving until the end of the dungeon time limit, is actually the most difficult. The seemingly difficult second goal is actually the easy one."

"Those who act too cautiously and not quickly enough will be eliminated. Those who cannot think calmly in unfamiliar environments, are too inefficient in gathering information, and cannot find the route to the hospital will be eliminated. Those who are afraid to face any danger and only want to hide in the spawn point to get through the dungeon will be eliminated. After arriving at this hospital, those who are too trusting of the misleading information they gathered at the spawn point and therefore assume that the infected are slow-moving and non-threatening and rush into battle will also be eliminated."

Asagiri's next words made both Kato Megumi and Yuuki Asuna feel heavy in their hearts.

"This game's system is neither cruel nor merciful to players. It simply strictly enforces its own set of standards, screening out the best players through repeated dungeon assessments. That's all."

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

Ten minutes later, in a ward on the top floor of Building No. 2 of the inpatient department.

"Is this the so-called antibody reagent..."

Kotoko Iwanaga looked at the two rows of glass tube containers filled with light green liquid, tentatively reached out to touch them, and sure enough, the eye icon APP in her phone immediately made a prompt sound, and a line of text appeared on the screen.

[You have obtained a tube of virus antibody test kit. Do you confirm the submission? Submitting will complete the clearance process and you will begin returning to the real world for the clearance settlement.]

"Finally, I cleared the level."

Seeing the prompt on the mobile phone screen, Iwanaga Kotoko rubbed her eyes, yawned, stretched, and looked a little tired.

This time, the time from entering the dungeon to completing the clearance goal is similar to the last hotel dungeon, but when doing the hotel dungeon, most of the time I was sitting and resting, and I didn’t move such a long distance like this time.

"1, 2, 3, 4... ten tubes of reagents in total? Does that mean there are six other players entering the dungeon besides us?"

Hearing Iwanaga Kotoko's question, Asagiri replied calmly.

"Not necessarily. There might be antibody reagents stored elsewhere in the hospital. Otherwise, the player who finds the antibody reagents first would be holding the lifeblood of the rest of the players in their hands, wouldn't that be like holding the lifeblood of the others in their hands?"

"Too."

Iwanaga Kotoko nodded and then smiled.

"Then we'll start now..."

"You and Phantom go out first. Violet and I will explore for a while."

"Eh?"

When Kotoko Iwanaga heard Asagiri say that she and Asuna Yuuki would continue exploring alone, she puffed up her cheeks and said angrily.

"You are treating me differently. I want to stay too."

"You think you're going on a date here?"

Asagiri reached out, gently patted Iwanaga Kotoko's head, and spoke with a smile.

"Violet can gain increased speed, agility, and reflexes by killing special infected people. So even if it delays the completion of the game and causes your clearance rating to drop, it shouldn't be a loss. You might even gain something. I want to continue exploring this hospital to see if I can find anything else valuable. There's no need to delay you two with me. The clearance rating will drop, but more importantly, both you and Phantom will be depleted."

Iwanaga Kotoko, who was originally angry and wanted to stay, blushed on her cute fair cheeks after Asagiri patted her head gently with the same gesture as coaxing a child, and she muttered softly.

"Huh, are you trying to coax a child? But you do have a point. Phantom and I will go back first. You guys stay safe. Do you hear me?"

"OK."

After Iwanaga Kotoko and Kato Megumi each took a tube of antibody reagent, clicked to confirm submission, and their figures disappeared instantly, Asagiri lay directly on the hospital bed next to them and said lazily.

"Okay, let's take a break first, and then continue exploring."

Yuuki Asuna nodded first, sat on another hospital bed, then supported her chin with one hand, looked at Asagiri lying there, and couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips.

"You just said you wanted to continue collecting valuable items. That's not the main reason you wanted to stay in the dungeon, right?"

"Oh, you guessed it?"

"Of course, I don't know you yet?"

Yuuki Asuna's tone sounded a little helpless, but the smile on her face was very gentle.

"You must be trying to see what kind of changes will occur in this dungeon over time, and what kind of dangers will arise that will kill the players hiding at the spawn point and prevent them from completing the level, right?"