In the anime, people are in everyday Tokyo, but they are playing the reincarnation game Chapter 055

“Um… Kato-san…”

Yuuki Asuna looked at Kato Megumi standing there, hesitating slightly.

“Aren’t you scared at all?”

“Scared? Oh, I understand what you mean.”

Kato Megumi raised her hand and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, her expression calm and serene, and said softly.

“Indeed, your outfits are quite strange, and your mutual addresses don’t sound like real names, but considering that all three of you are ‘Players’, it’s quite normal, isn’t it?”

“You know ‘Players’?”

“Mhm.”

Kato Megumi nodded, answering directly without any concealment.

“Because I’m also a ‘Player’.”

Yuuki Asuna and Iwanaga Kotoko exchanged glances upon hearing this, both having the same thought.

This Kato Megumi’s reaction… isn’t it a bit too calm?

She just directly revealed that she’s a “Player”?

Is this a normal person’s reaction?

“Oh… I’m sorry, you might think I’m a strange person for suddenly saying something like that.”

Kato Megumi seemed to have noticed Iwanaga Kotoko and Yuuki Asuna’s confusion, and explained in a calm tone.

“However, from my perspective, if I pretended to be an uninformed ordinary person, you would definitely be suspicious. Although it was unconscious, I did activate my talent effect on you. I just saw your battle process with that monster. I know very well that if you wanted to kill me, I definitely wouldn’t be able to escape. Since that’s the case, it’s better to just tell the truth. After all, I truly have no ill will towards you.”

“This…”

Yuuki Asuna looked at Asa-sensei, asking cautiously.

“Leader, what should we do?”

“Kill her.”

“Kill her!? We can’t do that, can we?”

Not only Yuuki Asuna, but even Iwanaga Kotoko, who didn’t care much about human lives, expressed her opposition, though her reason for opposing was even colder and more rational.

“There’s no need to kill her, is there? Anyway, she hasn’t seen our faces and doesn’t know our real names or identities. If only these traces are left on the scene, the staff of Private Toyogasaki Academy will be very puzzled, but that’s all. But if she dies here, the school will definitely choose to call the police. We don’t need to cause ourselves all this trouble.”

“Just kidding.”

Asa-sensei shrugged, replying with a light chuckle.

“I’m not some morally corrupt devil, why would I kill someone over such a small matter?”

Yuuki Asuna breathed a sigh of relief, patting her chest.

“That’s good, then let’s hurry and go.”

“Not so fast.”

Asa-sensei looked at Kato Megumi standing there, and said with a smile.

“I see this Kato Megumi as a fine hero. Why don’t we recruit her into our team? From now on, we can conquer dungeons together and enjoy the rewards. Wouldn’t that be wonderful?”

…………

Fifteen minutes later, outside Private Toyogasaki Academy, in a quiet, deserted alley.

“So… you want to team up with me?”

Looking at Kato Megumi’s slightly confused, somewhat innocent and naive expression, Asa-sensei, still wearing a mask and not revealing his true face, said seriously.

“No, it’s hard to say right now. Just consider this an interview, but we need to first confirm if you have the intention of joining our company.”

Yuuki Asuna couldn’t help but whisper a complaint upon hearing this.

“Aren’t we a capture team… how did we become a company…”

“Anyway, that’s roughly the idea.”

“An interview, huh… Oh, I understand.”

Kato Megumi first nodded obediently, then after a brief thought, gave a definite answer.

“Mhm, anyway, I’m just by myself right now. Judging from what I just saw, the three of you as ‘Players’ are far stronger than me. Teaming up with you will give me more confidence in clearing those dangerous dungeons. So I do have the intention of joining your team… oh no, joining your company.”

Yuuki Asuna sighed slightly upon hearing this, looking a bit helpless.

“You don’t have to go along with this guy and agree with his strange remarks…”

“It’s okay.”

After saying this, Kato Megumi took out her phone, tapped on the screen a few times, and then actively handed the phone to Asa-sensei.

“I heard them all call you Leader, so you must be the boss of the company, right? This is my resume.”

The so-called resume was actually Kato Megumi’s “Player” data.

[Player Name: Kato Megumi]

[Physical Fitness Level: Normal (Normal Human Level)]

[Exclusive Talent: Weak Presence]

[Occupation: Not yet unlocked]

[Player Level: Formal]

[Skills: None]

[Items: None]

[Equipment: None]

[Weak Presence: When this talent is activated, it will significantly reduce one’s sense of presence. Moving while maintaining this talent effect will continuously consume stamina and mental energy. If remaining stationary, the talent effect will be enhanced and will not consume any stamina or mental energy.]

“The effect of this talent… is quite powerful.”

Yuuki Asuna couldn’t help but exclaim when she saw Kato Megumi’s exclusive talent, then asked curiously.

“But why don’t you have any items, equipment, or skills? Have you only cleared one dungeon?”

Kato Megumi shook her head: “No, counting the novice dungeon, I’ve cleared two dungeons. The reason I met you at school just now is because I entered a dungeon in that teaching building on Saturday afternoon, and I just came out after clearing it when I ran into you.”

“Then how come…”

“When I cleared the novice dungeon, I received an A+ rating, but the only reward was unlocking my exclusive talent. The second dungeon was in a three-story old mansion haunted by evil spirits, and the player’s goal was to survive until the dungeon time limit ended.”

Kato Megumi spoke in a calm tone.

“In the second dungeon, I found an empty room, sat on the sofa, activated my talent, and then just idled away for ten hours, completing the clear. As a result, I only received a C-level clear rating, and the only reward was a slight increase in physical fitness, nothing else.”

“A C-level rating, huh… Is it because you didn’t do anything that you didn’t get a high-level clear rating?”

Iwanaga Kotoko muttered to herself, then looked at Kato Megumi and asked.

“However, since you achieved an A+ rating in the novice dungeon, you should have received a special prompt when you entered the dungeon for the second time, right?”

“Mhm, I did. It said there was an item in the basement of that mansion.”

“Then…”

“I ignored it.”

Kato Megumi spoke at a moderate pace, her tone calm.

“I don’t have the ability to fight, and there were other players who entered the same dungeon as me. I felt that in such an unsafe situation, going to the basement to look for an item whose type I didn’t even know, even with a talent that reduces my presence, was simply too risky. So, I ignored that special prompt.”

Happy New Year everyone, there will be another update later.