Kyushu, Sakura Autonomous Region, Tokyo City, Ginza Commercial District, in the bedroom of a high-end apartment building.
A beautiful girl with a delicate and lovely face, fair skin, light brown long hair casually draped down, wearing neat pajamas, and a hint of homey laziness, was frowning slightly at this moment, staring at the lines of text displayed on her phone.
[Congratulations, Yuuki Asuna, you have been selected to become a "Player"]
[You will enter the novice instance in five minutes, please be prepared]
"Instance? Is this... an advertisement for some third-rate game?"
Looking at the strange APP that appeared out of nowhere on her phone, whose icon looked like an eye, giving people a weird feeling, a hint of doubt and vigilance couldn't help but appear on Yuuki Asuna's lovely and delicate face.
The time was four fifty-five in the morning.
Five minutes ago, Yuuki Asuna, who was originally in a deep sleep, suddenly woke up. When she opened her phone, she found that a strange APP had appeared from nowhere, and it also displayed the strange words with unclear meaning mentioned above.
Her first action, of course, was to try to delete this APP, but she found that as soon as the APP icon disappeared, it would immediately reappear, and no matter how she tried, she could not completely uninstall and delete it.
"Is my phone... infected with a virus?"
Yuuki Asuna murmured to herself, looking at the strange eye pattern on the phone interface. The line of crimson text, almost like blood, "Please be prepared," was reflected in her eyes, and a sense of foreboding came from her heart.
From a rational point of view, Yuuki Asuna did not believe that there was any so-called supernatural phenomenon in this world. Perhaps it was just that the phone was infected with a virus and a Trojan program was remotely installed, which caused such a phenomenon.
But what if it wasn't?
Thinking of this, Yuuki Asuna changed her clothes as quickly as possible, and even specifically went to the living room to hold the sharp fruit knife placed on the coffee table in her hand. After doing all this, the countdown displayed on the phone screen only had the last sixty seconds left.
"Hoo... hoo...."
Watching the countdown numbers gradually tick, Yuuki Asuna's heart became more and more nervous, and even her right hand holding the sharp fruit knife began to tremble unconsciously.
The moment the number ticked to zero, a line of blood-red text suddenly appeared on the phone screen.
["Player" Yuuki Asuna, starting now, enter the instance.]
The next second, a dark red mist surged into Yuuki Asuna's sight. She tried hard to restrain herself so that she wasn't scared into screaming by this sudden change.
The thick mist wriggled, forming a few lines of text.
[Location of this instance: ??? Sanatorium]
[Time limit for this instance: One hour]
["Player" mission objective for this instance: Escape from the ??? Sanatorium within the time limit]
[Hint: When the "Player's" room is closed, it is a safe area that no "caregiver" is allowed to enter]
When Yuuki Asuna finished reading the last sentence, before she could even re-read it, the dark red thick mist suddenly dissipated, and what appeared in front of her eyes was a light yellow wall covered with stains, and even moss had grown on it.
"This is..."
Before Yuuki Asuna could react, she heard a voice that seemed to be male, with a hint of laughter and ease.
"It really seems to be something like the Main God Space. This is getting interesting."
Yuuki Asuna was startled by the sudden voice and subconsciously tightened the fruit knife in her hand. At this moment, she was extremely glad that she had brought this self-defense weapon out of the cautious idea of Better believe it,Unbelievable . In this way...
The next second, the scene that appeared in front of Yuuki Asuna's eyes instantly made her thoughts freeze, and her lips slightly parted, as if she was shocked.
She saw that in this room, which was like a hospital room, there was not only her, but also another person, who should be the one who just spoke.
What made Yuuki Asuna shocked and at a loss was not that another person appeared in the same room as herself, but the other person's attire.
That person was wearing the kind of heavy black coat that is only worn in winter, and inside was a black long-sleeved sports shirt, black pants and sneakers, and a black mask and sunglasses on his face. His entire face was completely covered.
What was even stranger was that the other person's clothes were bulging, as if something was stuffed inside, making them look like this.
And the most outrageous thing was...
"Electric drill... and... electric saw?"
Seeing the electric drill in the black-clad person's right hand and the electric saw placed beside him, which looked very intimidating, Yuuki Asuna was stunned.
"You... are you also a 'Player'..."
The black-clad person heard her words and replied with a smiling voice.
"Yes, nice to meet you, my name is Fangshi Yangming, what about you?"
"I..."
Yuuki Asuna originally wanted to answer, but the words stopped at her lips, and she took a few steps back, gripping the fruit knife in her hand, and stared at the black-clad person with a vigilant expression.
"Can I not answer?"
"You're quite vigilant, good."
The black-clad person seemed to nod in approval. Although his voice was smiling and he hadn't made any aggressive actions for the time being, Yuuki Asuna looked at his strange attire and the very intimidating electric saw, and still didn't dare to approach easily. Her body was already leaning against the yellowing wall.
Is this person... also a so-called "Player" like me?
Yuuki Asuna looked down at the fruit knife in her hand, then at the electric drill in the other person's hand and the electric saw beside him, and a strong sense of disparity arose in her heart.
She was originally glad that she had brought a self-defense weapon in advance, but she didn't expect that there was actually such a master?
From the appearance of the strange APP to the preparation time before entering the instance, there were only ten minutes of preparation time in total.
Where did this person... get an electric saw and an electric drill from!?
While Yuuki Asuna was thinking, the black-clad person had already taken out his phone from his coat pocket and opened the strange APP with the eye icon.
[Player Name: Utsunomiya Asagiri]
[Physical Fitness Level: Outstanding (Professional Athlete Level)]
[Talent: Not yet unlocked]
[Profession: Not yet unlocked]
[Player Level: Rookie]