In the anime, people are in everyday Tokyo, but they are playing the reincarnation game Chapter 154

Chapter 36: Driving Tigers to Devour Wolves.

“Mr. Tosaki…”

A high-ranking official from the Demi-Human Affairs Bureau sensed the atmosphere growing heavier and tentatively inquired.

“How about… we request assistance?”

“Request assistance? What kind of joke are you playing with me!?”

Upon hearing this, Tosaki Yu strode over, grabbed the official by his collar, his emotions incredibly agitated, losing his usual refined calmness, even appearing somewhat insane.

“The Minister put me in charge of the Demi-Human Affairs Bureau precisely to handle situations like this! And now you’re telling me to request assistance? What’s the point of the Demi-Human Affairs Bureau then!? What kind of assistance do you even want to request? Are you suggesting we have military bases launch missiles at our homeland!?”

The official’s forehead beaded with fine sweat upon hearing this, but he still forced himself to say,

“If we can eliminate these people, even if it causes public outcry, we can just say it was a military exercise…”

“Eliminate? Are you trying to make me laugh!?”

Tosaki Yu’s grip on the other’s collar tightened, and he gritted his teeth.

“Those with special powers will indeed die, but Hat and Kei Nagai are genuine demi-humans. Even if missiles blow them to dust, they can revive and swagger away! Hat’s incitement is too strong; he’s our primary target that we must capture!”

“This isn’t a confrontation with criminals; it’s a brutal war between us, representing humanity, and another species! No matter how heavy the cost, we must capture Hat! Those with special powers aren’t important, understand!?”

Hearing Tosaki Yu’s words, the official looked troubled and hesitated.

“But… given the current situation, our mobile unit members deployed inside… probably can’t stop these people. Just dealing with one Sato is difficult enough. If this continues…”

Although Tosaki Yu was very agitated at this moment, he knew in his heart that the other’s concerns were not unfounded.

He had originally planned to set a trap, waiting for Sato and the group of humans with special powers to walk right into it. However, he made a fatal mistake: he underestimated Sato’s strength, and even more so, the mysterious individuals who appeared out of nowhere.

Although the mobile unit members successfully killed a few humans with special powers, this was not a victory, because after successfully eliminating some targets, the mobile unit was still wiped out by the remaining companions of the enemy.

Moreover, Tosaki Yu could tell that the few individuals successfully killed by the mobile unit were completely incomparable to the four he had just seen on the large screen. Just by looking at their unhurried demeanor, their aura of having everything under control, and the proficiency of their tactical coordination, he knew that those four were terrifyingly strong.

Perhaps it was those four who broke through the Chiba Prefecture train station defenses and instantly wiped out dozens of mobile unit members.

The plan Tosaki Yu formulated was actually quite simple: first, pretend that the central system of the research base had been successfully breached. Once Sato and all those with special powers had deeply entered the research base, immediately restart the control system and, using the heavy metal doors, turn the research base into a prison for this group.

But now, he began to worry about one question.

Could mere metal doors really stop those with special powers?

He had originally been very confident in his plan, but now he began to doubt it. After all, the tall black shadow summoned by the opponent could even withstand a volley of rifle bullets. Even if they possessed some ability to forcefully break through metal doors, it wasn’t absolutely impossible.

And if Sato, through the opening made by this group, successfully took Kei Nagai away…

Then the mobile unit members of the Demi-Human Affairs Bureau would have died for nothing.

Just then, Izumi Shimomura, who stood in front of the screen, serving as Tosaki Yu’s personal bodyguard, but whose true identity was a demi-human, suddenly spoke.

“Mr. Tosaki, Hat has encountered a team of people with special powers!”

“Hmm?”

Tosaki Yu quickly walked to the screen, and the technician timely zoomed in on the camera.

Because it was a camera connected to the tactical helmet of a deceased mobile unit member, the angle wasn’t ideal, but it was still possible to see several people standing not far away, all with alert expressions.

“You are Sato?”

One of the male players looked at the man in a black combat suit, through the transparent visor of his riot helmet, one could see his squinting eyes and a smile on his face, aged between thirty and forty, and spoke coldly.

“Move aside, we have no reason to be hostile to you.”

“Move aside, huh…”

Sato looked at the few players in front of him, a friendly smile on his face.

“No, I’m going to kill you.”

“Kill him!”

Hearing Sato’s words, a player immediately raised his automatic rifle to aim. As for the gun, it was, of course, picked up from the deceased mobile unit members, as the damage output of most players’ skills at this stage was far inferior to that of automatic rifle bullets.

But just as he raised his muzzle and before he could aim, Sato swiftly drew a pistol from his waist and fired four shots in quick succession. Three shots accurately hit the foreheads of three players, while the first shot directly struck the shoulder of the player holding the automatic rifle.

“Ah!”

In sudden pain, the injured player’s right arm dropped, and the heavy automatic rifle fell to the ground.

He tried to lift his arm but couldn’t exert any strength. When he looked up again, he saw that Sato, despite wearing a heavy combat suit, was as swift and agile as a ghost, already in front of him, holding a glinting military knife to his neck.

“Tell me…”

Sato’s narrow eyes opened slightly, a chill in his gaze.

“Who is the strongest among you?”

“You bastard…”

Seeing a curved blade suddenly appear in the player’s left hand, Sato directly performed a back-wrap, dislocating the opponent’s left arm joint. Then, he kicked the player’s knee joint, grabbed the opponent’s hair with one hand, and held the military knife with the other, making the player remain kneeling on the ground as he slowly slit the opponent’s throat.

This extremely cruel scene caused the entire operations conference room to fall silent.

“Boring, too boring.”

After killing the four players, Sato shook his head with a slight look of disappointment. Without any apparent movement, the black combat suit on his body suddenly disappeared, leaving only ordinary trousers, shoes, and a shirt.

“I even specially put on equipment, and yet, the player teams that broke through countless difficulties and tried to clear this level only have this level of strength? It’s truly boring.”

Seeing Sato squat down and search something on the bodies of the four after killing them, and hearing his inexplicable words through the earpieces of the deceased mobile unit members, Tosaki Yu’s brows first furrowed tightly, then, as if he had realized something, he slowly spoke.

“Players? Could it be… Hat and these people he calls players are not allies, but enemies?”

At this point, Tosaki Yu looked at the technician sitting in front of the computer and quickly gave an order.

“Restart the central control system, locate the so-called ‘players,’ and lead Sato towards them by closing certain metal doors!”

Izumi Shimomura immediately reacted, suddenly understanding.

“Mr. Tosaki, are you going to make Sato and those players fight each other? I see…”

“That’s right.”

Tosaki Yu stared intently at the large screen that had restarted and was displaying surveillance camera footage from various parts of the research base, gritting his teeth.

“Although this will make Hat realize it’s a trap, this is the only way. We can only gamble that with that guy’s brutal personality, he will still try to rescue Kei Nagai and kill those with mysterious powers, even if he knows it’s a trap…”

…

Meanwhile, Asagiri and the others, who were delving deeper into the research facility, noticed the lights in the corridor coming back on.

“Has the system regained control…”

Yuki Asuna frowned slightly and murmured.

“Sure enough, just as Phantom thought, this was a trap set by the Demi-Human Affairs Bureau from the very beginning. They can regain control of the central system at any time. This way, by lowering the metal doors at various entrances and exits, they can trap us and Sato inside…”

Asagiri chuckled upon hearing this.

“It’s indeed a trap for Sato, but it has nothing to do with us.”

Players are directly teleported back to the real world after completing their clear objectives.

You blocked the entrances and exits? What does that have to do with players? Failure to complete the clear objective is a dead end, and completing it means leaving directly, no difference.

Just then, Asagiri and the others suddenly saw two people in white coats and masks run out from around the corner of the corridor. When they saw Asagiri and his group, they froze for a moment, seemingly wanting to turn and run, but then stopped in place, their eyes filled with despair and fear.

“Researchers?”

Asagiri slowly walked over, looking at the two male researchers standing in front of him, trembling and almost crying, and said in a smiling voice,

“We’re quite lucky, aren’t we? How about this, we’ll skip the cruel interrogation procedures like poking your eyes with bamboo skewers and cutting off your male organs. You just tell me where the research data for this institute is stored and how to get there, alright?”