In the Ordinary Streets of Tokyo, I Awakened as a Player

Chapter 324: Chapter 324: He Is Practically a Superman

Chapter 324: He Is Practically a Superman

"This giant ship is the Curse itself?"

Iwanaga Kotoko, who was scouting the surrounding ruins with Yuuki Asuna, could not help glancing toward the Black Giant Ship after hearing Asagiri’s words.

Even though she and Yuuki Asuna had already put nearly a hundred meters of distance between themselves and the ship, the Black Giant Ship still looked impossibly massive within her field of vision. If someone stood directly before it, they would only feel how insignificant humans truly were, perhaps even suffocating beneath that overwhelming pressure.

This pitch-black giant ship was nearly seventy meters tall and over three hundred meters long. It was practically a mobile luxury hotel.

And this thing was the Curse itself?

Forget the real world. Even inside a Dungeon, Iwanaga Kotoko had never encountered a Curse this massive.

Judging from the fact that Asagiri’s full-force strike with the Rope Dart could not damage the hull, this Black Giant Ship was not some area contaminated by Cursed power like Mount Massive Asylum. Rather, it belonged to some kind of Cursed object itself.

"This is really troublesome."

Standing beside the giant ship, Asagiri looked up at the deck nearly seventy meters above him. Then he glanced at the impossibly smooth surface of the hull and muttered thoughtfully.

"How am I supposed to get up there...?"

Although Asagiri’s physical abilities were far beyond those of an ordinary person, climbing directly up a nearly seventy-meter-high hull without any handholds was impossible.

With his current physical abilities, his maximum height after a full-sprint jump was twenty-three meters. If he activated Human Asura Mode, that number would rise to thirty-five meters. However, compared to a height of seventy meters, that jumping power was still far from enough.

"Hmm... twenty-three meters, plus fifty meters. Seventy-three meters. That’s enough."

Asagiri muttered to himself, then stepped back a few meters.

"Persona, Mita."

The one he summoned this time was not Kind Mita or Hat Mita, but...

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?"

Chibi Mita, who was being held in Asagiri’s hand, looked utterly speechless.

However, in the next second, through the connection between Persona and user, she understood Asagiri’s idea.

A look of resignation first appeared on her tiny face. Then she sighed and spoke up proactively.

"Fine. Go ahead and throw me. My body can handle it. No problem."

"That’s good."

Meanwhile, on a distant rooftop, Yamauchi Sakura was observing Asagiri’s actions through binoculars.

When she saw him summon Chibi Mita, take several steps back, and slightly lower his body as if preparing to exert force, confusion appeared in her eyes.

What is Utsunomiya-san trying to do?

Could he be planning to run up there?

But the lower half of the hull has a negative angle. It’s impossible to run up it...

Just as Yamauchi Sakura was thinking this, Asagiri’s figure flashed.

His speed was so fast she could not see his movements clearly. She only knew that in the next second, the ground suddenly caved in and shattered.

A thunderous sound followed immediately.

Bang!

By the time Yamauchi Sakura came back to her senses and hurriedly moved the binoculars upward, Asagiri had already leaped more than twenty meters into the air. freёweɓnovel.com

Then, while still suspended in midair, Asagiri twisted his waist slightly into a throwing posture and directly hurled Chibi Mita from his right hand.

"Castling." freeωebnovēl.c૦m

When Chibi Mita rose near the height of the deck, Asagiri used Castling to swap positions with her.

Then he threw the chained Rope Dart in his hand, wrapped it around the deck railing, and with a slight pull of one hand, landed on the deck in an extremely cool posture.

"Okay. Successful arrival."

Hearing Asagiri’s voice come through the headset, Yamauchi Sakura froze in place with the binoculars in hand, not knowing what to say for a moment.

As his teammate, she was already aware of Asagiri’s physical abilities and powers.

But seeing data on a panel and witnessing this scene with her own eyes were two completely different experiences.

To jump over twenty meters high from a running start...

That explosive power was way too terrifying!

And while in midair, Asagiri could still exert force, first throwing Chibi Mita nearly fifty meters upward, then using Castling to swap positions, and finally using the Rope Dart chain to hook the railing and land on the deck.

He was practically a superhuman.

However, Yuuki Asuna, who had acted with Asagiri many times, had long since grown used to his terrifying physical ability and extraordinary athletic performance. She was not surprised that he could climb onto a deck nearly seventy meters high. She merely reminded him softly.

"Be careful. Your current position is already beyond Castling’s maximum range."

"I know. Don’t worry."

Asagiri replied with a smile, then summoned two Personas, Alice and Human Asura.

"Alice, stay on the deck."

The blonde, blue-eyed Alice nodded after hearing this. She tightly hugged the teddy bear Asagiri had given her and said very obediently,

"Understood, Big Brother."

Immediately after, Asagiri and Human Asura stepped into the passenger cabin together.

The reason he left Alice on the deck was simple. She was a purely Cursed existence.

According to Iwanaga Kotoko’s understanding of Curses, most Curses only attacked humans. Unless there was some conflict between them, they rarely took the initiative to attack their own kind.

Therefore, leaving Alice on the deck was the safest option.

While Asagiri entered the cabin to explore, Iwanaga Kotoko and Yuuki Asuna, the combat duo, were also surveying the surrounding environment.

Splish. Splash. Splish.

With every step Yuuki Asuna took, she felt as if she were stepping through some viscous liquid, and the sounds beneath her feet confirmed it.

She knew what she was stepping on.

Blood, internal organs, minced flesh, bones. All of it was mixed together into a sticky sea of blood.

Yuuki Asuna held Shimmering Light and swept her gaze across a gap in the ruins.

Between two pieces of rubble, she saw a woman’s face stained with blood. The light in the woman’s eyes had vanished, yet despair and terror still remained frozen there.

"Hoo... hoo..."

"Violet."

Hearing Yuuki Asuna’s breathing become slightly rapid and unstable, Iwanaga Kotoko gently gripped her left hand, the one not holding a sword, and spoke softly.

"Calm down."

After saying this, Iwanaga Kotoko felt Yuuki Asuna’s hand trembling slightly. A hint of complexity appeared in her deep violet eyes.

Then she spoke again, this time in a rare gentle tone.

"Evil spirits could appear here at any moment. I need you to protect me."

Just as Iwanaga Kotoko expected, the moment Yuuki Asuna heard those words, determination surfaced in her eyes.

Her hand stopped trembling. She tightened her grip on Shimmering Light’s hilt, took a deep breath, and said firmly,

"Mm. Don’t worry. I’m fine now."

Iwanaga Kotoko smiled at this sight and released Yuuki Asuna’s hand.

"That’s good."

Although Iwanaga Kotoko and Yuuki Asuna often bickered, that did not mean their relationship was bad. On the contrary, Iwanaga Kotoko had a very good relationship with Yuuki Asuna and understood her personality well.

Yuuki Asuna herself was a very strong person.

However, the sight of ruins mixed with corpses, like hell on earth, was simply too cruel. Unless one possessed a mental fortitude as abnormal as Asagiri or Iwanaga Kotoko, it was difficult to remain unaffected.

Moreover, Yuuki Asuna was a very gentle and compassionate girl.

But she was not weak.

Especially when there was someone she needed to protect, Yuuki Asuna could display an unshakable will.

Iwanaga Kotoko knew this, which was why she had just reminded Yuuki Asuna that she needed her protection.

...

Meanwhile, at the entrance to the Black Giant Ship’s passenger cabin.

Just like a normal cruise ship, the entrance led into a relatively spacious hall. Further ahead was a corridor leading to the guest rooms.

Based on this layout, Asagiri speculated that the dining room, casino, entertainment rooms, and other areas should be located on the ship’s middle floors.

There was only one problem.

The internal structure of the cabin, like the ship itself, was entirely made from some kind of black material.

On the deck, there was faint moonlight, and with Asagiri’s superhuman night vision, he could barely make out objects within ten meters.

However, once he entered the cabin, there was no light source whatsoever.

The entrance to the guest room corridor was like a pitch-black abyss, one that seemed capable of swallowing even light itself. Once someone stepped inside, it felt as if they would never be able to leave.

At this moment, Asagiri was gazing into that abyss.

Solving the lighting problem was simple. He had a powerful flashlight. If that did not work, he could use his phone’s flashlight.

But would it really be that easy?

This was not merely a Curse.

It was a highly dangerous Curse that had once wiped out an entire party, a Dungeon previously selected by the system where every Player who entered had died.

Would there be a rule that prohibited lighting? Or perhaps a rule where light would attract danger?

The possibility was very high.

"So..."

Looking at the corridor entrance, which resembled a dark abyss, Asagiri’s eyes shone with eagerness.

He took out his powerful flashlight, held it in his left hand, and without the slightest hesitation, almost impatiently charged straight into the darkness ahead.

"Human Asura, charge!"

Asagiri and Human Asura were like two black comets. They did not simply enter the long corridor flanked by guest rooms.

They burst in.

And just as Asagiri entered the corridor and advanced less than ten meters, a guest room door on the left suddenly swung open from the inside.

Immediately afterward, a dripping, long-haired head emerged from the room. Its pale, swollen face was terrifying, like a corpse that had been soaked in water for a very long time.

However, what the female ghost did not expect was that Asagiri did not hesitate at all.

He quickly switched the flashlight to his right hand, while his left hand directly grabbed its wet black hair and violently dragged it out of the guest room.

Human Asura followed closely behind and directly crushed the female ghost’s swollen limbs. Their cooperation was frighteningly smooth.

"Alright..."

Asagiri looked at the limbless female ghost. Its body was still struggling, and filthy wastewater flowed from the stumps of its severed limbs.

He smiled.

"Now begins my favorite part: the interrogation."

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