blueteamnovel Chapter 292: Memory Extraction
Chapter 292: Memory Extraction
Chapter 292: Memory Extraction
Correspondingly, Asagiri, Iwanaga Kotoko, and the others had no intention of letting the stalemate continue.
After all, if the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s mobile unit arrived, things would become troublesome for them as well. Moreover, according to the system’s usual patterns, although this was not Asagiri’s Dungeon, if they successfully killed Players from another world, they should still be able to obtain additional rewards besides the opponents’ phones.
So...
"Leader, let’s use that move and end this quickly!"
Hearing Iwanaga Kotoko’s words, Asagiri distanced himself from the Blackwatch Commander and spoke softly.
"That’s exactly what I was thinking."
However, Kaguya Shinomiya, Fujiwara Chika, and Hayasaka Ai could not help but look surprised when they heard Iwanaga Kotoko’s words.
What did she mean by "that move"?
They scanned the platform, which had already been reduced to a mess by the terrifying clash between Asagiri and the Blackwatch Commander, and the same thought surfaced in their minds.
Could it be...
Utsunomiya Asagiri still had not used his full strength?
"Violet, Phantom, cover me!"
The moment Iwanaga Kotoko finished speaking, Kato Megumi, holding the Nightingale Bow, and Yuuki Asuna, gripping Gleaming Light, had already stepped in front of her.
Although Kaguya Shinomiya did not know what Iwanaga Kotoko intended to do, a bright light still flickered in her red eyes. The blade in her hand, Gungnir, transformed into a longbow. Then, with a standard kyudo motion, she shot an arrow formed from unknown energy toward the Black Watch Players.
"Hundred-Armed Giant’s Bow!"
The energy arrow was not aimed at any single enemy, but at the ground in front of them.
Facing the rapidly expanding ball of light radiating a dangerous aura, the Black Watch members had only one choice.
Retreat.
The two tank-class Players at the very front had no time to dodge. Their bodies were swallowed by the light, rapidly melting away like snow under the blazing sun.
When the explosive ball of light finally dissipated, the Black Watch Players who were preparing to counterattack saw Iwanaga Kotoko, who had completed her casting preparation, slowly raising her staff and pointing it at them.
"Come out, Pale Domination!"
As Iwanaga Kotoko’s voice fell, more than a dozen pale ghostly hands with sharp black nails instantly emerged from the ground, reaching out to seize the bodies of the Black Watch members.
"She was hiding an ability like this..."
Seeing the squad he led fall into disadvantage, the Blackwatch Commander’s expression changed. Just as he was about to rush over and relieve the situation, his body was sent flying by a single palm strike from the Human Asura.
"Haven’t you realized your situation yet?"
Asagiri looked at the Blackwatch Commander, who barely managed to stabilize himself while gritting his teeth, and said nothing unnecessary.
He simply opened his mouth slowly.
"Man-Demon Mode."
As Asagiri’s voice fell, the Human Asura standing beside him suddenly began to disintegrate, transforming into strange dark red patterns. It resembled the scene when he used Supreme Magic Bullet.
The difference was that this time, the dark red patterns did not surround his body.
They attached directly to the clothes on his body.
Strange patterns flowing like lava appeared on his black trench coat, gloves, boots, and even the dark gray mask on his face.
At that moment, everyone present, not only the Black Watch enemies, but also Yuuki Asuna, Kato Megumi, Iwanaga Kotoko, Kaguya Shinomiya, Fujiwara Chika, and Hayasaka Ai, felt an indescribable fear.
It was as if some terrifying existence had completely awakened.
"This is..."
Before the Blackwatch Commander could even speak, Asagiri instantly appeared before him.
Facing the heavy punch Asagiri brought down, he could only barely raise his arms to block. There was only one thought in his mind.
So fast!
"Boom!"
With a thunderous crash, the Blackwatch Commander’s body was driven directly into the hard platform floor from the chest down.
Seeing this scene, Kaguya Shinomiya suddenly remembered what Yuuki Asuna had told her earlier.
"When you get punched into the floor by the Human Asura, you’ll behave."
Only after seeing it with her own eyes did Kaguya Shinomiya finally realize that Yuuki Asuna had not been exaggerating.
Utsunomiya Asagiri truly possessed power that terrifying.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Because the impact was far too powerful, the Blackwatch Commander’s internal organs were damaged. Blood spilled from the corners of his mouth and eye sockets.
His two arms, which had directly collided with Asagiri’s fist, were twisted like braided rope, hanging limply at his sides.
At this moment, the close combat techniques and battle experience he was so proud of had completely lost all meaning.
In the face of an absolute gap in power, there were no longer any so-called correct choices.
He could not dodge.
Even if he managed to block, he would still be severely injured.
It was over.
"Retreat! Retreat!"
Hearing the Commander’s order, the few Black Watch Players who had barely survived Pale Domination’s assault did not hesitate at all.
There was none of the tearful reluctance to leave one might see in movies. Instead, they immediately fled into the distance.
"Trying to run..."
"Violet, don’t chase."
Just as Yuuki Asuna was about to pursue them, Kato Megumi pressed a hand on her shoulder and spoke softly.
"Our speed can’t match yours. It would be easy for us to get separated. Be careful. Don’t chase."
Looking at the few Black Watch Players who were already about to vanish from sight, Yuuki Asuna looked reluctant, but she still listened to Kato Megumi’s advice and returned Gleaming Light to its sheath.
Meanwhile, Asagiri had also deactivated Man-Demon Mode.
In that state, he did indeed possess terrifying power. Just now, he had not even summoned another Persona. Relying on his stats alone, he had instantly defeated the Blackwatch Commander who had been entangled with him.
However, the cost of that ability was also terrifying.
With his current stamina, he could maintain it for at most fifteen seconds, far shorter than Blood Burst’s five minute duration.
That said, Man-Demon Mode had its own advantages. While under the Human Asura’s enhancement, he could still summon other Personas to fight. He could also activate and deactivate it at will, without suffering negative effects like weakness, and its enhancement to his physical abilities was far greater than Blood Burst.
"Are you going to die?"
After ending Man-Demon Mode, Asagiri grabbed the Blackwatch Commander by the hair and forcefully pulled him out of the floor.
Looking at the opponent whose pupils were gradually beginning to dilate, he turned to Iwanaga Kotoko and spoke softly.
"Hurry."
"Understood."
Under the puzzled gazes of Kaguya Shinomiya, Fujiwara Chika, and Hayasaka Ai, Iwanaga Kotoko walked directly in front of the Blackwatch Commander and looked into his dim, gradually dilating eyes.
Three seconds later, a giant pale ghostly hand suddenly appeared beside him.
Its sharp black nails pierced into the top of the Commander’s head. Then, with its index finger and thumb, it lifted out a translucent, pale purple substance.
"Now, let’s see..."
A strange light flickered in Iwanaga Kotoko’s dark purple eyes as she smiled.
"What valuable things are hidden in your memories?"
...
Meanwhile, in an alley somewhere in Tokyo.
"Ding, ding, ding."
Hearing the system notification from his phone, a young man who looked like a college student, handsome in a somewhat honest way, took out his phone and saw a new notification appear in the eye icon APP.
[Due to the actions of certain Players in this Dungeon, the Player "Shadow" of this world has learned important information about this Dungeon.]
[Special Note: Please try to avoid conflict with "Shadow." Given your position, peaceful negotiation with "Shadow" may be possible.]
"Try to avoid conflict, huh..."
The young man looked at the notification from the eye icon APP and muttered to himself.
"This is the first time I’ve received a prompt like this. Does it mean Shadow is stronger than us? The actions of certain Players must be referring to those guys from Black Watch. Peaceful negotiation... Maybe we can try that."
...
A little later, inside a dojo under Ashikaga Miwa’s control.
"The evacuation point is Private Shuchiin Academy? The system really has a twisted sense of humor..."
Through the memories extracted from that Blackwatch Commander, Iwanaga Kotoko obtained a large amount of important information.
For example, the Dungeon involving Players from other worlds had a duration of forty-eight hours.
The main objective was simple.
Eliminate several Cursed entities in this world.
These Cursed entities were not like the Mountain God Asagiri had encountered before. They were dangerous monsters without intelligence, like the Minotaur Banshee and the stitched-up Rotten Corpse Banshee, beings that only knew how to attack.
As long as the Cursed entities were eliminated before the Dungeon time limit ended, and the Players reached the evacuation point, they would clear the Dungeon.
At present, there were only five hours left before the Dungeon time limit ended.
The evacuation point the system had set for that Black Watch squad, which had entered the Dungeon with over a dozen members, was Private Shuchiin Academy.
Of course, this was not the most important information.
The most important information was that through part of the Blackwatch Commander’s memories, Asagiri and the others finally learned the general appearance of that world.
"Simply put, it’s a world filled with powerful Cursed entities, perpetually shrouded in night."
Iwanaga Kotoko looked at Asagiri, Yuuki Asuna, Kato Megumi, and the three members of Kaguya Shinomiya’s team before slowly speaking.
"The humans who survived in that world are roughly divided into three categories."
"The first are ordinary people who hide, hoping not to be discovered by the Cursed entities, living one day at a time."
"The second are the Fire-Clad Believers we met last time. Because their minds collapsed under fear, they chose to place their hope in so-called Gods. And there isn’t just one God like the one we encountered last time. Various kinds of Gods exist."
"The third is Black Watch."
"In the originally normal world, Black Watch operated as a hidden organization. After the world erupted with out of control Cursed entities, they began conducting all kinds of experiments, including the zombie virus, creating Cursed areas like Kyozan Mental Hospital, all in an attempt to obtain power capable of fighting the Cursed entities of that world."
"In their eyes, the goal of saving all humanity in that world is above everything else."
"They will stop at nothing. Even if it means destroying our world and killing everyone in it, they will do whatever it takes to obtain power."
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