In the anime, people are in everyday Tokyo, but they are playing the reincarnation game Chapter 041

Asuna Yuuki’s expression changed, she clutched the Demon Slayer’s longsword in her hand, and cast her gaze towards the direction from which the sound came.

That direction… was where the hotel’s elevators were.

In Asuna Yuuki’s mind, a floor plan of the hotel’s first floor instantly appeared. With her intellect, it wasn’t difficult for her to clearly remember the entire structure of the hotel’s first floor.

And if she remembered correctly, from the room where the water tank was located to the front desk, one would inevitably pass by the elevator entrance.

So… the source of the hotel’s strangeness, which had been hiding in the water tank, had come out on its own?

Asuna Yuuki took a deep breath, trying to calm her emotions, but her hand trembled slightly. After all, she had personally witnessed the scene of blood and gore left behind after a player who had drunk the water exploded, a sight too gruesome to behold.

Just by using water, it could do such things…

How terrifying would the true form of that strange source be?

“Violet, Necro, start putting on your protective gear.”

Hearing Asagiri’s voice, Asuna Yuuki finally came back to her senses. She immediately took out goggles and a disposable mask from her, put them on her face, and also took out two small wads of cotton to stuff into her ears.

The goggles were obtained from the staff lounge, the disposable mask was found in a hotel guest room, and as for the cotton, it was torn from cotton swabs.

However, these items were not recognized as equipment or props by the APP. Although she didn’t know if they could be brought back to the real world, they definitely couldn’t be brought into the next instance.

After completing all these preventive measures, Asuna Yuuki took a deep breath, staring intently at the direction from which the sound came.

From the hotel front desk where the three stood, they couldn’t directly see the situation at the elevator entrance and exit. They could only hear the strange “pat-pat” sound, approaching step by step.

And when the owner of the sound finally revealed its true form, even though Asuna Yuuki had mentally prepared herself in advance, her expression still changed.

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

With every step it took, a disgusting unknown liquid squeezed out from its body surface, and the foul odor it emitted, even from a distance of nearly twenty meters and with masks on, still made Asuna Yuuki and Kotoko Iwanaga frown.

“Oh? So you’re the so-called source of the?”

Just then, Asagiri suddenly leaped onto the hotel front desk counter in an extremely handsome posture, looking down at the evil spirit, and slowly spoke.

“Instead of running away when you see me, you actually walk towards me? I appreciate your courage, but that’s the only thing worth praising.”

Speaking of this, the black gun reappeared in Asagiri’s hand.

He slowly raised the muzzle, aimed it at his temple, his eyes instantly turning a bright golden color, and his index finger unhesitatingly pulled the trigger.

“Persona…”

“Hitoshura.”

Along with a faint red glow, a humanoid black shadow, over two meters tall, with faintly red shimmering patterns on its body, appeared behind Asagiri.

“Go.”

The moment Asagiri’s soft two words fell, Hitoshura rushed towards the floating corpse evil spirit with astonishing speed disproportionate to its massive size.

In close combat, Hitoshura was a Persona with no weaknesses.

“I also…”

“Wait a moment.”

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

“Don’t rush yet.”

“Mmm, okay.”

Although Asuna Yuuki didn’t know why, she still nodded obediently. At this moment, Hitoshura had already arrived in front of the floating corpse evil spirit.

It made no sound, just clenched its five fingers into a fist, and delivered the simplest, most unadorned straight punch to the floating corpse’s face.

“Bang!!!”

The moment Hitoshura’s punch struck the floating corpse evil spirit’s face, the opponent’s cheek instantly caved in, splashing out a large amount of unknown liquid, and the foul odor on its body became even more intense.

“…This smell…”

Even Asuna Yuuki, who usually maintained the dignified demeanor of a well-bred lady, instinctively covered her nose under this sudden stench. Fortunately, she was wearing goggles, otherwise she was afraid her eyes would be too irritated by the pungent smell to open.

“When hit, the liquid inside will splash out… it’s practically a walking water balloon.”

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

“Looking at this guy’s appearance, it should be a corpse soaked in the hotel’s water tank. The reason it can spread its strangeness through water is because those waters all contain a part of its body. Simply put, that’s its corpse water.”

“Just hearing you say it makes me feel a bit nauseous…”

“Nauseous? I’m immune to all this.”

Kotoko Iwanaga raised her cane, pointed it at Hitoshura, who was fighting the floating corpse evil spirit, and frowned slightly.

“The stench on that guy is too strong, it’s probably impossible to get close. And have you noticed? The corpse water erupting from its body seems to have corrosive effects.”

Upon hearing this, Asuna Yuuki looked in the direction Kotoko Iwanaga’s cane was pointing. Sure enough, she saw that a part of Hitoshura’s body had been corroded after being contaminated by the unknown liquid erupting from the floating corpse evil spirit, and a small half of its head was already missing.

“Ugh!!!”

Just then, the floating corpse evil spirit suddenly extended two swollen hands, grabbed Hitoshura’s shoulders, and opened its mouth to an exaggerated degree. A dark green liquid surged out of its mouth, directly drenching Hitoshura’s body.

Before Hitoshura was completely corroded, it used its last strength to extend its right hand, directly creating a hole in the floating corpse evil spirit’s stomach. However, the opponent was an evil spirit after all, and no blood flowed out, which was not a fatal injury for an evil spirit at all.

“Cough cough…”

Asagiri coughed twice, his body swaying slightly. Asuna Yuuki immediately remembered that it was stated in Asagiri’s exclusive talent description that if a Persona was destroyed, the user would lose a large amount of stamina and mental energy.

Just as she was about to step forward to support him, she saw Asagiri raise the gun-shaped summoner again, and once more, aimed the muzzle at his temple.

“Persona…”

“Hitoshura.”