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Stepping through the gate and entering the amusement park.
Everyone perked up and raised their vigilance.
"Everyone, be careful."
"Pay attention to the front, back, left, and right."
"Report any abnormal situations immediately."
"Received."
"…"
The more than twenty players were not acting in a scattered manner.
Under Fujiwara Chika's organization and call, every six players formed a temporary small team, maintaining a small distance from each other to keep order.
Regardless of the actual effect, the psychological comfort was considerable.
Even in the dim and gloomy environment, it became lively due to the large number of people.
"Kobayashi, where were you and your friend attacked?"
Amamiya Natsuki turned his head and asked.
"That…"
The passerby player's eyes widened upon hearing this. She stood on her tiptoes, looking around, and quickly apologized nervously: "I'm sorry, I don't recognize it."
"Normally, when I go out, I use phone navigation. Once I go to an unfamiliar place, I can't tell north, south, east, or west…"
The passerby player bowed ninety degrees: "I'm actually terrible with directions, I'm so sorry!"
Amamiya Natsuki quickly said:
"I was wrong."
"Eh?"
The passerby player looked up in surprise.
"You haven't entered through the main gate before, so it's normal not to recognize the direction," Amamiya Natsuki said. "If it were me, I wouldn't recognize it either."
Shinomiya Kaguya crossed her right arm over her chest and said:
"Kobayashi-san, didn't you say that the place you entered before was a collapsed wall?"
"That's right."
The passerby player nodded quickly.
"Then, we can first walk along the wall to find the location where the wall collapsed," Shinomiya Kaguya suggested. "Can you remember the rest of the way?"
"No, no problem!" Kobayashi's eyes lit up, and she nodded excitedly, "As long as I can find that gap in the wall, I can remember the rest of the way!"
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"Then let's go."
"Yes!"
The passerby player bowed again, her attitude extremely respectful.
"…"
They quickly found their direction, and everyone walked along the wall. Along the way, they didn't encounter any other players or staff. The entire amusement park was desolate and gloomy, exceptionally bleak and eerie.
Several minutes later.
A wall that had collapsed halfway appeared before everyone's eyes.
The wall had collapsed due to disrepair over the years, revealing a half-open gap for passage. Nearby were fallen bricks and stones, quite conspicuous under the flashlight's illumination.
"This is it."
The passerby player's eyes immediately brightened, and she ran forward, taking big strides. "Ryoko and I came in from here… Look, there are still footprints left here."
Amamiya Natsuki looked in the direction the girl was pointing and indeed saw faint footprints on the dust.
"Walk straight from here, there's a small plaza ahead," the passerby player said, biting her lower lip. "It was there that Ryoko and I were attacked."
The kaidan that attacked them was the amusement park's mascot. According to Kobayashi's description, it was a bear-like creature similar in appearance to Kumamon, but it was gloomy and eerie, making people uncomfortable just by looking at it.
They initially thought it was an inanimate object, but who knew that upon approaching, the mascot suddenly 'came to life' and attacked them.
The girl who had not yet been seen was too close to the mascot. Caught off guard, she was directly grabbed. Kobayashi tried to go forward to rescue her, but soon new monsters appeared and chased her.
Having no choice, in a panic, she could only escape alone. When she was wandering helplessly, not knowing what to do, she suddenly saw an advertisement flyer posted nearby—
Compared to the first version of the flyer, the advertisement flyer posted this morning was undoubtedly much richer in content.
First, there was a simplified map of the Haunted Town, including residential areas, Convenience Stores, hotels, Commercial Streets, schools, churches, etc., all marked.
Next were the precautions for actions in the Haunted Town, such as always paying for items at the Convenience Store, otherwise it would be very dangerous, and so on.
Finally, there was the escort service of the Seize and Eliminate Evil team.
Upon seeing the flyer, the passerby player, Kobayashi,'s first reaction was disbelief.
Is this a scam?
When did advertisements start appearing in dungeons?
However, upon careful thought, she became half-believing, after all, the encrypted information revealed on it could only be understood by players.
Kobayashi quickly decided to investigate. Following the street advertisements all over the place, she successfully found the izakaya, and then discovered Kaguya and her group nearby.
At that time, she was both surprised and delighted, and immediately teared up.
Her companion was captured, and she was alone, bewildered and helpless, not knowing what she should do or what she could do. Suddenly, she saw a large team formed by a group of players. Her feeling at that moment was only one:
She had found the organization!
Getting back to the main topic.
Under Kobayashi's lead, everyone quickly arrived at a small plaza.
Amamiya Natsuki scanned around and found that this should be a small plaza used for celebrations. He could still see many pushcarts selling goods and entertainment stalls, but they had long since been abandoned.
"No, it's gone…"
The passerby player nervously ran to a stall and, upon finding that neither her companion Ryoko nor the monsters disguised as mascots were nowhere to be seen, her expression visibly slumped at a rapid pace.
"Kobayashi-chan, cheer up!" Fujiwara Chika gripped the girl's hand and said with a serious expression, "Not seeing them means there's still hope. Ryoko must still be waiting somewhere for you to rescue her!"
After the secretary finished speaking, she looked up at Amamiya Natsuki: "Natsuki-kun, what should we do now?"
"Two options."
Amamiya Natsuki pondered: "Since it's a kaidan from the amusement park, then your friend must still be somewhere in the amusement park. The first option is to find the staff in the amusement park, have a friendly and cordial conversation with them, and ask them for help in searching."
Juju-sama whispered:
"I don't see any staff here."
"Then we can only use the second option," Amamiya Natsuki said calmly. "We'll have to search the entire amusement park thoroughly."
The Haunted Town was not large, and the amusement park in the town was also not that big.
Furthermore, there were no other tourists in the amusement park. With more than twenty yakuza members searching together, although the method was clumsy, it was extremely practical.
"Then let's start looking."
Kitagawa Marin said, rubbing her fists together.
"We can split into teams," Amamiya Natsuki said. "After all, everyone can now Seize and Eliminate Evil, so there's no need to worry about safety for now."
On the way here, Amamiya Natsuki certainly wasn't idle. He used his Copy and Paste ability to give everyone a temporary skill of 'Seize and Eliminate Evil'.
With skills, there's no need to hide them. The stronger the power one displays, the safer one becomes—
Admiration for strength is human nature.
When encountering a strong supporter, the first reaction is definitely to cling tightly, not to bite.
In other words, all players now are members of the Seize and Eliminate Evil action team.
"Maintain formation, and act in groups of six," the secretary showed excellent organizational skills and began assigning tasks.
"Four zones: southeast, northwest. Each small team goes to one zone."
"Call for support immediately if anything is found."
"The Seize and Eliminate Evil operation officially begins!"
"…"
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