"Are we entering the dungeon now?" Asagiri Utsunomiya muttered.
Facing this sudden situation, Asagiri Utsunomiya didn't show the slightest panic, just calmly waited for the next changes.
The scene upon entering the dungeon this time was different from usual. After the thick blood-red mist dissipated, what appeared before his eyes was like the opening animation of a game: a very cute girl with purple-blue hair in twin tails, purple-blue eyes, wearing a long-sleeved red crop top, a blue short skirt, thigh-high stockings, and blue strapped heels, complimented by red hair clips and a red ribbon around her neck, playfully winked her right eye at him.
After that, it was like entering a normal dungeon, appearing in a completely different environment.
"This is..." Asuna Yuuki involuntarily whispered.
The moment her vision cleared, she began to look around. Only after seeing Kotoko Iwanaga, Megumi Kato, and Asagiri Utsunomiya beside her did she let out a sigh of relief.
The place where the four appeared was a very cozy, pink-themed bedroom. Beside the soft large bed, there was something that looked like an electric guitar.
And most importantly, sitting beside the bed was a girl who looked exactly like the girl the four had seen when they first entered the dungeon, except she wore a cap with decorations like cat ears and a pair of blue gloves and her hair. Her hair was styled in a low ponytail, with her bangs cut at a slant. Additionally, she had a playful grin and a red teardrop mark beneath her left eye.
"You are... a Player? No... that's not right." Asuna Yuuki frowned slightly. Before the girl could react, the blade of her Exorcist Longsword was almost pressed against the girl's fair neck, and she coldly asked, "Who are you? No, are you human?"
"Huh?" Cap-Wearing Mita seemed a bit confused by the current situation. She first looked at the four people in front of her, then her gaze lingered on Asagiri Utsunomiya's face, and then she suddenly smiled and said, "Could it be... you are my Player? Welcome, welcome~ I'm Mita~"
"Mita?" Seeing that the girl who called herself Mita ignored her question, Asuna Yuuki's expression grew colder. "Are you the oddity in this dungeon?"
Mita looked puzzled, tilted her head, and asked curiously, "Dungeon? Oddity? What are you talking about? No... Who are you three? How did you get in with Player? You... don't seem to be Mita..."
"We aren't Mita?" Kotoko Iwanaga said as she noticed the strange part of her words, then immediately pressed for an answer, "What is Mita? Besides you, are there other Mitas in this dungeon?"
"Of course." Even though Cap-Waring Mita was surprised by the appearance of Kotoko Iwanaga and the others, she didn't seem to have any ill intentions and answered directly without any hesitation. "Every Mita is waiting for a Player that only belongs to her to enter the game."
"Game, every Mita, Player... Love..."
Having gathered so much information, Kotoko Iwanaga already vaguely guessed the essence and looked at Asagiri Utsunomiya, saying, "This seems to be some kind of... male-oriented dating sims..."
"Dating sims?" Hearing this term, Asuna Yuuki frowned slightly and said somewhat angrily, "So that twin-tailed Mita we saw actually wanted to pull Asagiri-kun in and have a date with him? What is this? It's even more abstract than Necro!"
Kotoko Iwanaga nodded in deep agreement and subconsciously replied, "Exactly, it's even more abstract than me... No, where am I abstract? Don't slander me out of thin air!"
"You're not abstract? Hehe..."
"Um..." Megumi Kato raised her right hand, interrupting Asuna Yuuki and Kotoko Iwanaga, and said calmly, "What we should be discussing right now is the plan for what comes next, right? I didn't receive any special notifications when entering the dungeon, nor any time limit or clear objective. What about you?"
Hearing this, Asuna Yuuki and Kotoko Iwanaga's expressions couldn't help but freeze.
"Me neither." Asagiri Utsunomiya, on the other hand, took out his phone and tried to tap on the app with the eye icon, but it didn't budge. Tapping on other app also had no response, as if the phone was completely frozen.
"This is kind of interesting."
Asagiri Utsunomiya's face showed no signs of panic or other emotions. Instead, he said excitedly, "Cyber ghost girl... Just thinking about it is exciting!"
Upon hearing this, Asuna Yuuki retorted with a hint of speechlessness, "I can't even imagine what kind of scene is in your head right now!..."
Before Asuna Yuuki could finish speaking, Asagiri Utsunomiya suddenly turned his head, looked at Cap-Waring Mita, and said something astonishing, "Can you have sex with me?"
"Huh?" Cap-Waring Mita was stunned by the question, then reacted, pursed her lips, and a shy look appeared on her face, but she still tried to act natural and generous as she replied energetically, "You are my Player, if you request it, it's not impossible~ I can take off everything except my cap and gloves~"
"Oh, I see."
Only at this moment did Asuna Yuuki and Kotoko Iwanaga finally react. The big and small figures simultaneously blocked Asagiri Utsunomiya's path.
"You... you're not actually thinking of doing that kind of thing with her, are you? This is in a dungeon, snap out of it!"
"Right, right! If you want to release your desires, use me!"
You can probably guess who was speaking from the content of what was being said.
"The two of you are the ones who should be acting normal," Asagiri Utsunomiya said as he looked at Asuna Yuuki and Kotoko Iwanaga blocking him, then explained in a calm voice, "I'm not the kind of creature that only thinks with their lower body. Leaving aside that this is in a dungeon, I'm not even sure what kind of existence this Mita is, or if she's our enemy. How could I really be thinking of having sex with her? I'm just probing for information."
"Information?"
Seeing the confused looks on Asuna Yuuki and Kotoko Iwanaga's faces, Megumi Kato softly said, "Captain's idea was probably to probe this Mita-san through that question just now. If she were a normal girl, suddenly hearing a boy demand such an excessive request from her, she wouldn't necessarily be angry, but she would at least show dissatisfaction and resistance. But this Mita-san only paused for a moment before directly agreeing.
"This proves that even though this place has become a materialized dungeon, no longer just a simple dating sims, she still follows the settings of a character in a dating sims and will fulfill all the requests of the Player who plays the role of her lover.
"And there's another point worth noting..."
Saying this, Megumi Kato looked at Cap-Waring Mita, who was sitting by the bed, her shoulders and upper body swaying slightly, giving a very lively impression, and softly asked, "Mita-san, why did you say you can take off everything except your cap and gloves? Do these two things have a special meaning to you?"
"Special meaning..." Mita looked bewildered and confused, then smiled and waved her hand, "You talk so strangely."
"As expected." Megumi Kato got the answer she expected and looked at Kotoko Iwanaga and Asuna Yuuki. Then she said, "Wearing a cap and gloves is probably part of this Mita-san's pre-programmed settings. So, something that seems normal to us, like taking off a cap or gloves, is strange from her perspective because of her settings; she wouldn't even have such a thought. However..."
Megumi Kato paused, her eyes flickered, and she said thoughtfully, "Her conversation with us definitely isn't pre-programmed either, because in the game designer's concept, there's no way a scenario with one male Player and three female Players entering the game together would appear. Is it artificial intelligence? Or... after this game was chosen to become a dungeon, some strange changes occurred, and Mita-san, while following part of her pre-programed settings, also gained real intelligence... This dungeon is really too strange..."
Although Megumi Kato usually spoke little, her mind was not bad, and she had one major advantage: no matter what unexpected situation she encountered, she could maintain calm and rational thinking.
Hearing her analysis, Asuna Yuuki and Kotoko Iwanaga finally reacted, and what followed...
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...was a silence.
How do we clear this?
They had never encountered such a situation before. Not only were there no special hints, but there were also no clear objectives, dungeon time limits, or public hints.
Now, who knows what to do?
Just then, Asagiri Utsunomiya said calmly, "Let's explore first."
"Okay."
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After the exploration, the four-person team roughly figured out the layout of the house.
The bathroom was on the far right. Coming out of the bathroom was the bedroom, then the living room to the left, and the kitchen on the far left.
This completely horizontal house design was not very common, but considering that this was a dungeon transformed from a dating sims, this little abnormality was within a reasonable range.
In the living room, there was a door that seemed to lead outside. Asuna Yuuki tried to open the door, but what appeared before her was a concrete wall.
After finishing the basic exploration, the four sat on the sofa. Asagiri Utsunomiya sat on the single sofa, and Cap-Waring Mita seemed to like sticking to him. Even though there was space on the large sofa, she chose to sit on the armrest of the single sofa where Asagiri Utsunomiya was sitting, which made Kotoko Iwanaga and Asuna Yuuki jealous.
"Now... what should we do?"
Hearing Kotoko Iwanaga's question, before anyone else could answer, Cap-Waring Mita suddenly raised her hands high and eagerly invited Asagiri Utsunomiya, "Player~ Let's play a game~ I have lots of games we can play~"
"Okay, let's go!"
Seeing Asagiri Utsunomiya agree without hesitation, even eagerly, Kotoko Iwanaga, Asuna Yuuki, and Megumi Kato were all a bit dumbfounded.
"In this situation, you still have the mood to play games?"
Noticing the speechless expressions of the three, Asagiri Utsunomiya said matter-of-factly, "Watch your words. Anyway, there was once a professional demon hunter who, even while on a mission to save the world, wouldn't forget to start a tense and exciting game of Gwent in the tavern. He can play, but I can't? Outrageous!"