A crossover anime/manga story, set in everyday Tokyo, but within a loop of a game.

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"Hand over your leg to me."

"leg?"

Asuna Yuuki was a little confused, thinking that at a time like this, shouldn't she be saying "Give me your hand"? Who pulls someone up and offers their leg? What kind of posture is that, an invincible handstand?

"Ok."

But Kotoko Iwanaga's next move completely stunned Asuna Yuuki.

She first bent down and removed her left prosthetic leg. Then, she held up her prosthetic leg and handed the other end to Asagiri, thus making up for the height difference. After Asagiri pulled her up, she sat down and began to reinstall the prosthetic leg.

"No, you guys..."

Asuna Yuuki couldn't understand it, but was deeply shocked.

Is there such a way to play?

So, this is how you pass a leg?

Asuna Yuuki wasn't surprised by Asagiri's whimsical ideas, but what shocked her most was that Kotoko Iwanaga instantly understood what Asagiri meant.

These two... really have great chemistry.

After jumping to the ground on the other side and finally sneaking into the private Toyonosaki Academy, Asagiri looked around and confirmed that the place where they had climbed over the wall was the playground of the private Toyonosaki Academy.

According to the monsters, the evil spirit that terrified them spent most of its time wandering in the library of the private Toyonosaki Academy.

After confirming their location, Asagiri led Kotoko Iwanaga and Asuna Yuuki forward.

Because it was Sunday, there were no teachers or students on campus. Although some high schools open their facilities to the public during holidays, that is only for public schools. The private Toyonosaki Academy naturally does not do that.

Otherwise, they could have just registered at the gate to enter the school. Why would they have bothered to climb over the wall and have Kotoko Iwanaga perform a split-leg maneuver?

"By the way, with our current strength... are we sure we can destroy that evil spirit?"

"no problem."

Hearing Asuna Yuuki's slightly worried question, Kotoko Iwanaga nodded slightly and said calmly.

"In the real world... no, I should say in our world, it's practically impossible for a powerful evil spirit like the floating corpse in the hotel in the dungeon to appear."

"After all, if a hotel experiences a series of drownings, it will definitely have to close for investigation, and no more guests will stay there. During the search, the bodies submerged in the water tanks will be found quickly, and once the bodies are disposed of, the evil spirits will dissipate."

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

Upon arriving at the building housing the private Toyonosaki Academy library, Kotoko Iwanaga was about to say something when a howl, like that of a wild beast, suddenly rang out from above the stairs.

"Roar!!!"

The next second, a dark figure darted out from the top of the stairs and pounced straight at Kotoko Iwanaga, who was walking at the front and had already stepped onto the stairs.

"Necro, watch out..."

Before Asuna Yuuki could finish speaking, Kotoko Iwanaga bent down slightly and, in a very elegant, gymnastics-like posture, performed a backflip from the top of the stairs, landing steadily on the ground and dodging the attack from the shadowy figure.

"Click."

As she leaped into the air, a crisp cracking sound came from the connection point of her prosthetic leg, and it fell to the ground with a thud.

"It's broken again..."

Asagiri walked over, picked up the prosthetic leg, and handed it to Iwanaga Kotoko.

"Look, your leg."

"Okay, thank you, Leader."

After receiving the prosthetic leg, Kotoko Iwanaga raised her hand to straighten her beret and stood on one leg.

She raised her head and looked up at the terrifying monster above the stairs. For the first time, the monster showed a very serious expression. Its dark purple eyes were devoid of any emotion as it looked at the other person indifferently and spoke softly in a calm tone.

"Both the human world and the realm of demons must maintain a basic order, and I am the god who protects this order. And you..."

"They've crossed the line."

053 The Evil Spirit in Toyonosaki Private School

"Eh?"

Seeing Kotoko Iwanaga dodge the attack from the shadowy figure with such agility, Asuna Yuuki was stunned.

"Necro...aren't you incapable of fighting? How could you..."

"I'm just not good at fighting, but that doesn't mean I'm physically weak."

Kotoko Iwanaga waved the prosthetic leg in her hand at Asuna Yuuki and said with a smile.

"You see, although I have much stronger physical abilities than ordinary people, the prosthetic leg I have installed is already the best model in the world. But if I do strenuous exercise like just now, the connection will break like this in order to protect the user's body."

After saying that, Kotoko Iwanaga looked at Asagiri and scolded her in a cute tone.

"Leader, you even wasted one of my prosthetic legs trying to test my hand. I don't care, you have to compensate me. I won't accept monetary compensation, only compensation through dating."

"okay."

Asagiri nodded and replied without hesitation.

"Then I'll go on a date with Violet, that'll be my compensation to you."

Kotoko Iwanaga blushed with anxiety and hopped on one leg.

"Since it's compensation to me, it's definitely going to be a date with me!"

"Keep your voice down, let's get down to business."

Asagiri raised her head and looked up at the top of the stairs. The strangely shaped creature, dressed in heavy clothing, finally saw the true face of the so-called "evil spirit".

The other party's head resembled the legendary monster "Jian," which could foretell disasters. It was shaped like a bull's head, but had a human face, no pupils, and its eyeballs were a deathly pale white.

This creature's body is similar to that of a human, except that it has fur like a wild beast, and its limbs end in hooves instead of feet and hands.

"Oh..."

Hearing Asagiri's exclamation, Yuuki Asuna thought to herself that this thing was indeed terrifying. At least the floating corpse evil spirits were still within the realm of humanity, but the evil spirit in front of her had a bizarre appearance that was truly unbearable to look at. Asagiri's reaction was understandable...

"Could this be the legendary Minotaur?"

Seeing Asagiri's excited and eager expression, like a child visiting a zoo and seeing a rare animal, Yuuki Asuna was slightly speechless.

"You're kidding me! You don't mean to take this thing back home and raise it, do you?"

"That won't do. You can't keep minotaurs as pets; it's very unlucky."

As they spoke, Asagiri, Asuna Yuuki, and Kotoko Iwanaga retreated until the minotaur-faced evil spirit came down the stairs and into the spacious first-floor hall before preparing for battle.

"Violet, get ready to go."

Asuna Yuuki nodded, staring directly at the minotaur-faced evil spirit. She made a grasping motion with her right hand, and the exorcist's sword automatically appeared in her hand.

Asagiri had no intention of summoning Persona, since the main purpose of this was to test the newly acquired power, and she also had to give up her head... oh no, I mean her minotaur head, to Yuuki Asuna so that she could gain a speed boost through her exclusive talent "Flash".

If we could just instantly kill the evil spirit on the other side, then this operation would be meaningless.

"clang..."

With a metallic scraping sound, a chain appeared in Asagiri's hand, and at the end of the chain hanging down was a dagger-like sharp blade.

"It's about to happen."

As soon as he finished speaking, Asagiri suddenly raised his hand. With his movement, a blur flashed through the air as a sharp rope dart pierced straight towards the bull-headed demon's forehead.

"Roar!!!"

The Minotaur let out a sharp, piercing roar, raising its thick, mane-covered arm to block in front of it. However, the rope dart pierced through its flesh and embedded itself deep in its arm, the force of which caused its nearly two-meter-long body to stagger.

Before it could react, a cold glint flashed from its side.

With the sound of a sword blade slicing through the air, Asuna Yuuki slashed at the Minotaur's other arm, but the blade only penetrated to a depth of about one centimeter and did not sever the arm.

"Tch... Strength really is my weakness..."

The next second, without the slightest hesitation, Yuuki Asuna drew her longsword and rolled to the side, narrowly dodging the bull-headed demon's stomping attack.

"boom!!"

Under the powerful stomp of the Minotaur, several cracks appeared in the building's hard floor tiles, and even gravel flew out.

"This guy is very strong."

Upon witnessing this scene, Asuna Yuuki made a judgment in her mind and also realized her own weakness.

Although she is a combat profession, her defense and strength are not outstanding; her speed and reaction speed are her advantages.

The sword technique that can most efficiently convert speed into power is not slashing, but rather...

Just then, the Minotaur's face contorted in pain as it was wounded by the exorcism sword, which had an additional effect on spirits, and by Asagiri's cursed rope dart.

Its pale pupils stared at Asagiri, who was standing several meters away. Then, panting heavily, it opened its mouth and bit the metal chain connected to the rope dart. Its limbs landed on the ground, and it changed from an upright walking position to a beast-like posture. Like a real ferocious beast, it pointed its huge, sharp bull horns at Asagiri and charged forward.

"Wow, you can switch forms? That's interesting."

Asagiri stood still, showing no intention of dodging, letting the bull-headed demon rush in front of him. Just then, he suddenly clenched his hands together, his five fingers gripping the chain connecting the rope dart.

The next second, he took a step to the side, swung his hand forcefully, and slammed the bull-headed demon that was tightly gripping the chain into the wall next to him, like the head of a meteor hammer, using the force of the demon's own impact.

"boom!"

The sudden impact caused a slight tremor throughout the entire first floor.

"hehe."

Asagiri retracted the rope dart, looked at the bull-headed evil spirit that had sunk into the hole in the wall, and chuckled as she spoke.

"Eating anything will only harm you."

Asuna Yuuki and Kotoko Iwanaga looked at Asagiri standing before a cloud of smoke and dust, exchanging bewildered glances, both too shocked to speak.

No, that bull-headed demon, nearly two meters tall and enormous, you just grabbed the chain with one hand and slammed it against the wall, creating such a deep crater.

Is anyone there?

Kato Megumi will appear in the next chapter! (10)

054 The Obscure Female Lead

Why are you all staring at me like that?

Noticing the incredulous looks on Asuna Yuuki's and Kotoko Iwanaga's faces, Asagiri retracted the chain connecting the darts, wrapped it around her hand and forearm, and swung the blood-stained head of the dart in one hand. She even drew circles around herself in the air with the head of the dart, as easily as if she were playing with a toy.

"Even without using the Persona ability, I can still easily deal with evil spirits of this level."

"The problem is, you're exaggerating too much..."

Just as Asuna Yuuki was speaking, she heard the bull-headed demon roar and saw its tall and burly body break free from the dent in the wall, its four hooves landing on the ground once more.

"Tch... Is it that hard to kill...?"

"It's good that they're hard to kill; we can practice our tactics now."

Kotoko Iwanaga first said this softly, then covered her right prosthetic eye with one hand, and only used her left eye to meet the gaze of the bull-headed evil spirit, activating her newly acquired skill, "Cursed Gaze".

The moment she activated the skill, she felt slightly dizzy and tired, which seemed to indicate the depletion of her mental energy.

The next second, Kotoko Iwanaga's purplish-blue left eye suddenly dimmed, and a faint black mist seemed to emerge from her beautiful purple pupil.

"Roar..."

The Minotaur, which had been tense and ready to charge at Asagiri, suddenly swayed, as if the pre-cast animation of a skill had been abruptly interrupted. It shook its head violently, but even standing still was difficult.

Meanwhile, Yuuki Asuna, a dozen meters away, had already gripped the exorcist's sword tightly in her hand. Her slender figure was like a sharp blade emitting a faint light. She used all her explosive power to make a thrusting motion at the fastest speed.

“Leader!”

"know."

Asagiri, who was less than three meters away from the Minotaur, nodded and spoke softly as she looked at the Minotaur, who was still in a dazed state due to Kotoko Iwanaga's "cursed gaze".

"Castling."

The next second, Asagiri, who was standing there, suddenly appeared more than ten meters away, and in his place was Yuuki Asuna, who was holding an exorcist's sword and unleashing her full speed.

Upon seeing Yuuki Asuna suddenly appear in front of him, the Minotaur tried to defend itself, but it was too late.