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It was time for school to end in the afternoon, and the rain was still falling.
Kisaragi Rin opened his umbrella, intending to go home.
At this moment, Yukinoshita Yukino came to his side; it seemed she had no intention of staying in the Service Club to read today either.
Yukinoshita Yukino looked at the cherry blossom tree in the heavy rain and suddenly spoke.
"What do you think about Hachiman Hikigaya leaving the club?"
Kisaragi Rin glanced around, saw no one else, confirmed she was talking to him, and calmly replied: "Respect others' wishes, and let go of the urge to help."
He was indeed surprised that Hachiman Hikigaya would leave the Service Club, but he had no intention of investigating; he knew it would be troublesome just by thinking about it.
"Respect others?"
Yukinoshita Yukino looked at the cherry blossom tree, its petals beaten down by the heavy rain, falling into the mud and getting stained.
She turned to look at Kisaragi Rin and found that he had no intention of continuing the pleasantries; he had already opened his umbrella, ready to rush into the rain and leave.
"Hey, wait a minute!"
Yukinoshita Yukino quickly grabbed Kisaragi Rin.
"If you have something to say, say it quickly."
Kisaragi Rin reluctantly returned and put down his umbrella.
Yukinoshita Yukino let out a breath: "I want to ask you to take good care of the Service Club."
"What did you say?"
Frowning, Kisaragi Rin asked again in disbelief.
"For some reason, I need to leave the Service Club, and I want to ask you to take good care of it."
A miraculous hint of pleading appeared in Yukinoshita Yukino's expression.
This made Kisaragi Rin fall silent.
After a long while, Kisaragi Rin turned his head: "I don't have the virtue of helping others achieve their wishes for free. Instead of asking me, you should ask Yuigahama Yui; she's like an energetic dog all day long anyway."
"I see."
Yukinoshita Yukino lowered her head.
The two fell silent again, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.
Just then, Hachiman Hikigaya also arrived. When he saw Kisaragi Rin and Yukinoshita Yukino, he quietly avoided them.
He told himself: "I just need to be alone. Even if I die someday, no one will care..."
Unfortunately, Kisaragi Rin didn't give him a chance to leave and shouted at him: "Hey, Yui thinks her joining caused your departure, and she feels very guilty."
Hachiman Hikigaya opened his mouth, but still stopped, and replied: "I'll explain the reason to her later."
The three stood under the school building; the heavy rain outside was still falling. The first time they met, they joined the Service Club together, but this time, they were leaving separately.
Kisaragi Rin didn't know what to feel. Perhaps next week, the Service Club would truly become a ghost club, and the plot in his mind would no longer continue, becoming a false memory.
Kisaragi Rin opened his umbrella and walked outside, breaking the silent atmosphere.
Just then, the paradise bracelet on his wrist lit up.
[Player - Curly-haired Baboon, your first evolution game is about to begin]
[Paradise congratulates you in advance]
[Welcome to this great evolution]
Kisaragi Rin: "..."
On the third day of becoming a formal player, Paradise finally opened again.
Yukinoshita Yukino looked at her glowing bracelet in disbelief. Why? She only became a player yesterday!
[Affected by special circumstances]
[Player - Mr. Pan, your first evolution game is about to begin]
[Paradise congratulates you in advance]
[Welcome to this great evolution]
Hachiman Hikigaya also looked at his bracelet; the message from Paradise changed his expression.
[Affected by special circumstances]
[Player - Loner, your first evolution game is about to begin]
[Paradise congratulates you in advance]
[Welcome to this great evolution]
Kisaragi Rin: If I disappear in front of them, won't I be mistaken for a supernatural event...?
Yukinoshita Yukino: There should have been preparation time, why? Why did things completely exceed expectations?
Hachiman Hikigaya: How could it be so fast? Dad, Mom, little sister, I will definitely come back alive...
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[This trial world: Demon Slayer]
[World travel completed]
[Identity insertion completed]
[Mission mode determined]
Four message prompts sounded, and Kisaragi Rin had already appeared in a barren land.
His school uniform had also been replaced with black linen clothes, similar to ancient attire, but still with pants and straw sandals.
As for the players who also appeared in front of him.
Blade of Broken Chrysanthemum - Loner - Lv1
Cat Encyclopedia - Mr. Pan - Lv1
Look at the male named Loner; his body trembled slightly, but his gaze was firm. His dead fish eyes, with more whites, revealed an accusation against Paradise and a rebellion against fate.
Unfortunately, his title was too flavorful, and his nickname was too chuunibyou. At first glance, he was the kind of cannon fodder who ran slower than his teammates in a crisis.
Then look at the female named Mr. Pan; even in rough linen clothes, her natural beauty could not be concealed. It was just that the flatness of her chest made one wonder if she was actually a man.
Her title and nickname fully exposed her preferences; at first glance, she was the kind of supporting character who would be sacrificed in a crisis to trigger the protagonist's break out.
"Why can you act as a narrator and casually comment on others? Your title, Headshot Maniac, is much more perverted than mine, isn't it? And why am I cannon fodder...?"
Hachiman Hikigaya, whose nickname was Loner, faced Kisaragi Rin's slander, and the urge to complain in his heart was simply unbearable.
"Wait a minute, why are you two here?!"
Yukinoshita Yukino, whose nickname was Mr. Pan, finally couldn't hold back her complaints and asked.
Entering Paradise in a panic only to find these two standing beside her, Yukinoshita Yukino's mood was very subtle.
It was like being so short on money that you decided to go to a war-torn area as a mercenary, only to arrive and find your idiotic friends on the battlefield selling gun-jumping lessons with a frying pan.
Kisaragi Rin: "I also want to know why you two are here!"
Hachiman Hikigaya: "I also want to know why you two are here!"
The two complained in unison, making Hachiman Hikigaya laugh, feeling much less tense.
"So, this is why you successively left the Service Club?"
Kisaragi Rin asked, then thought for a moment, and said with a smile: "You didn't develop some chuunibyou idea, thinking that after becoming a player, your death someday would make those around you sad, so you decided to cut ties with everyone around you first, right?"
Hachiman Hikigaya's old face flushed red; he was indeed the chuunibyou Kisaragi Rin had described.
Yukinoshita Yukino took a deep breath, feeling incredibly tired.
She felt that they were just ordinary people who accidentally encountered Paradise and happened to get an easy initial trial, which was why they were so carefree, unaware of the horrors of Paradise.
"Stop messing around. Let's first check the identities Paradise has given us, see what kind of world this is, and what the mission mode is."
Yukinoshita Yukino said coldly.
The three stood on the barren land and clicked on their paradise bracelet.
[Trial World: Demon Slayer]
[Identity Insertion: Expandable]
You come from a village called Konoha, and you have been trained as ninjas since childhood, until one day, man-eating demons ruled this country.
The Third Hokage sighed: Being a ninja cannot save the country!
You are the three most outstanding individuals of this generation in Konoha, known as the Konoha Sannin, sent by the village, bearing the important task of finding the Demon Slayer Corps and learning the art of Demon Slayer!
[Mission Mode: Main Story Progression]
[Main Mission Phase One: Find the Demon Slayer Corps]
[Complete Phase One mission to unlock the next mission]
"The mode is Main Story Progression, which is good. Lv1 shouldn't be too difficult."
Yukinoshita Yukino breathed a sigh of relief and then asked the two: "But the first mission is about demons. Do you have the ability to deal with demons? Those Paradise beginner guides should have mentioned exchanging for abilities to deal with demons."
"You seem to know a lot about Paradise?"
Hachiman Hikigaya asked.
After all, he entered Paradise inexplicably, and his own cultivation sequence was not high. Besides the Paradise guide, he basically knew nothing.
"An experienced player taught me some things. If there are no problems, just follow my command. I will try my best to help you two, and strive to complete the mission and survive."
Yukinoshita Yukino said coldly.
This was the benevolent and kind Miss Yukinoshita Yukino.
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