In the anime, people are in everyday Tokyo, but they are playing the reincarnation game Chapter 153

Chapter 35: The Oppressive Aura of the Asura.

Five minutes later, at the main gate of the research institute base.

Two members of the Demi-Human Countermeasure Bureau’s mobile unit, armed with firearms, couldn’t help but nervously swallow as they listened to the broadcast coming through their earpieces.

“Intruder has breached from the north!”

“Northern mobile unit members, please respond! Please respond if you hear this!”

“Report, there’s only one intruder, he’s wearing a pure black mobile unit combat suit… Ah!”

Hearing the scream from the earpiece communication, the two mobile unit members guarding the gate couldn’t help but shiver.

After a few seconds of deathly silence, the sound of water drops hitting the ground and a calm male voice came through the communication.

“Hmm? Is the communication still on?”

“Hello everyone, my name is Sato. Your higher-ups at the Demi-Human Countermeasure Bureau call me Hat. This nickname… I’m not very satisfied with it, it’s too common. I’d prefer you to call me the savior who leads the demi-human faction to victory.”

“You must be wondering now, why? Why did this guy invade the research base?”

“My goal is to take Kei Nagai, and…”

At this point, Sato paused slightly, then slowly continued.

“Kill everyone here, so, please look forward to it.”

After saying that, Sato seemed to have crushed the communication earpiece directly. Along with a burst of static, the communication channel fell completely silent.

“Hmm? Communication cut off?”

Just as the two mobile unit members felt at a loss, they noticed three strangely dressed people walking from a distance. A petite girl wearing a Western-style long dress and a mask like those at a masquerade ball, a mysterious person wearing a dark red cloak and holding a long sword, whose face was unclear, and the one walking in front, wearing a dark gray mask and a long black trench coat, with a slender figure.

“Who are you? Stop…”

Before the two mobile unit members could even raise their guns, they felt a chill at their necks.

“Thud.”

Megumi Kato cleanly killed the two mobile unit members with her cursed dagger, her expression still as calm.

Although this was her first time taking someone’s life with her own hands, she didn’t hesitate or falter in the slightest.

Either clear the obstacles in front of them, or die in the other world, unable to even return their corpses to reality.

This was the fate of players, and Megumi Kato had long since come to terms with it.

“Only two people guarding the main entrance? It seems Sato’s threat level is indeed very high, most of the defense personnel have gone to try and stop him.”

Hearing Asagiri’s words, Asuna Yuuki glanced at the two mobile unit members lying in a pool of blood and said softly.

“Can Sato break through the research base’s defenses?”

Asagiri was noncommittal: “Although he’s bloodthirsty and extreme, he’s not foolish. Those mobile unit members will have a hard time stopping him.”

Megumi Kato said softly: “I just heard their communication earpieces say that Sato breached from the north side of the research institute base.”

“North side…”

Asuna Yuuki breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, feeling relieved.

“Chika and the others chose the east side, right? That way they shouldn’t run into each other for now. That player squad on the north side is relaxed, with Sato clearing obstacles for them, they can wait for the opportune moment.”

“That’s not quite right.”

Kotoko Iwanaga shook her head and said softly.

“Besides the four squads from last night, there must be other player squads that have arrived here. Because Sato is clearing obstacles, the north side does seem like the easiest route, but precisely because of that, those… those… hmm, how should I describe them…”

Asagiri reminded her in a timely manner: “Wild player teams?”

Kotoko Iwanaga suddenly understood and said with a smile.

“Yes, that’s roughly what I mean. Most of those wild player teams will definitely choose to break through from the north. To be honest, compared to other player teams, I’d rather face the mobile unit members of the Demi-Human Countermeasure Bureau. After all, we know they are just humans with firearms, while players have all sorts of strange abilities. There’s no telling what kind of strange skills or talents might appear, the former is easier to deal with.”

…

Ten minutes later, inside the research institute.

“The metal gate didn’t fall…”

Asuna Yuuki observed the gap on the ground, then looked up at the metal door above, her brows slightly furrowed.

“No wonder Sato dared to force his way in, even knowing that the research institute’s defenses had been strengthened. It seems the system here has been cracked by his companions. Not only the mobile unit’s communication channel, but even the central control system has been cut off.”

“Cracked so easily…”

Megumi Kato muttered with a thoughtful expression.

“No matter what, the Demi-Human Countermeasure Bureau is the official organization of this world. For such an important research base system to be cracked so easily… it feels a bit abnormal…”

Just then, a hurried sound of footsteps suddenly came from around the corner of the distant corridor.

“They’re coming, get ready.”

Meanwhile, several kilometers away from the research base, in a combat conference room, Yu Tosaki, the head of the Demi-Human Countermeasure Bureau, stood in front of a large screen. Although the image displayed on the screen was shaking, it was still discernible that it was connected to the tactical helmets worn by the mobile unit members.

“Hmm? Have they appeared?”

Yu Tosaki, dressed in a white suit, saw the four figures appear on the screen and his expression changed immediately. He quickly issued an order.

“Zoom in on the image!”

“Yes.”

Yu Tosaki looked at Asagiri, who was wearing a long black trench coat and a dark gray mask, on the screen, and muttered.

“The ones who killed those mobile unit members at the train station… could it be you…”

“Persona, Asura.”

Before Yu Tosaki could finish speaking, he suddenly saw Asagiri on the screen take out a black firearm and press it against his temple.

And the next scene that appeared on the screen made both Yu Tosaki and the short-haired woman in a suit beside him look incredulous.

A tall black shadow, over two meters tall, appeared in the corridor. It had no facial features, and its body was covered with strange patterns that glowed with a faint red light. Its massive body exuded a terrifying oppressive aura that made it hard to breathe. Even through the screen, Yu Tosaki instinctively took two steps back.

“That’s…”

Watching the bullets from the mobile unit members’ firearms hit the tall black shadow, yet unable to stop its step-by-step advance, Yu Tosaki turned to look at the petite woman beside him and whispered.

“That thing… is that it?”

“Doesn’t seem like it…”

Izumi Shimomura stared intently at the Asura on the screen, also replying in a low voice.

“Our demi-human IBMs, although they also look black, they… don’t have this kind of defense that can withstand even bullets, and humans can’t see IBMs…”

“Then what in the world is that thing!?”

Watching the tall black figure on the screen approach step by step, Yu Tosaki felt as if his neck was being squeezed, almost suffocating.

The mobile unit members on site were clearly in a panic, no longer caring about tactics. Due to intense fear, they could only keep pulling the trigger, unleashing all the bullets from their firearms onto the Asura, trying to stop its advance.

When their magazines were completely empty, the Asura’s steps finally stopped. The surface of its tall black body was already covered with dense pockmarks.

“Even rifle bullets can’t completely penetrate its defense…”

Yu Tosaki observed the Asura on the screen, noticing that the bullets had all embedded themselves within its body instead of directly passing through. Although he tried his best to conceal it, his eyes still showed an unbelievable shock.

Something that even rifle bullets couldn’t penetrate…

What kind of monster was this?

Just then, Yu Tosaki and everyone in the combat conference room saw the Asura’s tall black body gradually dissipate like ashes, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, although this monster’s defense was astonishing, a volley of rifle bullets could still completely eliminate it…

Just as everyone in the combat conference room breathed a sigh of relief and felt a sense of relief, they saw a dazzling white cold light suddenly pierce out from the smoke formed by the dissipation of the tall black shadow.

“Sword Skill: Stardust Splash.”

The entire screen instantly became blindingly bright, followed by a flash of a red cloak, and then, complete darkness, and the system prompt indicating that the connection had been lost.

The atmosphere in the combat conference room instantly became dead silent. Everyone looked at each other, even appearing somewhat bewildered.

What… just happened?

Why was the connection suddenly lost?

“Report, Mr. Tosaki…”

A technician sitting in front of a computer, looking at the monitoring information on the screen, looked up and said cautiously.

“The members of that mobile unit just now… have all lost vital signs, confirmed dead.”

“Dead!?”

Hearing the technician’s report, everyone in the combat conference room, including Yu Tosaki, had an expression of disbelief on their faces.

That was a fully armed mobile unit, wearing heavy riot gear that could defend against even pistol bullets.

And they all died just like that? And… no one saw the enemy’s movements clearly, not even knowing what exactly happened just now.

“Are these guys… really human?”

Yu Tosaki stared intently at the screen, which had plunged into darkness, his eyes trembling uncontrollably.

He had originally intended to use the demi-human named Kei Nagai to lure the extremely dangerous demi-human “Hat” and those people with strange powers who appeared from nowhere, all into the research base, and then capture them all in one fell swoop. But now it seemed…

Could the mobile unit members really defeat these monsters?