"Big brother, big sister, why aren't you talking to me?"
The blonde little girl looked a bit wronged, tilted her head, and spoke softly.
"You killed that auntie...and now I'm the one left... How about, big brother and big sister, you just stay here forever and always be with me?"
Seeing the little girl's innocent expression saying such eerie words, Asuna couldn't help but pull Kotoko's sleeve and lower her voice.
"You, aren't you an expert at dealing with spirits?
Think of a way to negotiate with her, you shouldn't be actively attacked by a spirit..."
"She isn't an ordinary Banshee, no...I'm not even sure if she's a Banshee."
Kotoko tried hard to stand on her tiptoes and leaned close to Asuna's ear, as there was a fifteen-centimeter height difference between them.
"The only thing I can be sure of is that she really doesn't have any hostility towards us. In her concept, keeping us here forever and always being with her is actually protecting us."
"This big sister is right."
The blonde little girl took two steps forward, looking very
worried, and said softly.
"The outside world is too dangerous. If you go out, you will definitely die. It's better to stay here with me."
Kotoko shielded Asuna behind her, looked directly into the blonde little girl's eyes, her expression showing no fear or panic, but maintaining a sweet smile, and asked in a gentle tone.
"You know the outside world is very dangerous? Have you ever left this Hotel?"
"No."
The blonde little girl shook her head and answered very obediently.
"I can't leave here."
"I see."
Kotoko signaled Asagiri and Asuna with her eyes not to speak yet and continued to guide the little girl with a gentle attitude.
"What else do you remember? Were you a guest in this Hotel before?"
"Hmm...I don't remember, I just remember I seem to have always been here... Those aunties and uncles often played with me."
Kotoko had already guessed that the aunties and uncles the little girl referred to were the Earth-Bound Spirits bound in this Hotel.
However, the other party's situation seemed different from the Earth-Bound Spirits, and she didn't disappear with the Floating Corpse Evil Spirit being eliminated.
"Then how did you know the outside world is very dangerous? Besides us, have others been here?"
Perhaps it was due to Kotoko's talent, the blonde little girl didn't hide anything, nor did she show any hostility towards her, and answered very honestly.
"Well, someone came before... but it seems like a long, long, long time ago. They were all dressed very strangely, wearing black clothes and black helmets. They looked very scary, not friendly and kind like you, big sisters at all. I didn't dare to appear in front of them."
"People wearing black clothes...Did they appear here suddenly, just like us?"
The blonde little girl shook her head.
"No, they came in from outside. After coming in, they went to look at the water tank over there, and then they left."
The amount of information contained in the blonde little girl's words was simply too great.
Someone else had been here before? People wearing black clothes and black helmets?
Were they Players?
No, the little girl said, those people came in from outside.
Having already experienced two, Asuna felt that just as Asagiri said, she,
Asagiri and Kotoko were the first batch of Players in this mysterious game.
Adding the previous newspaper, it could be temporarily assumed that this entire world, including the Mount Massive Asylum and this Hotel, was a world of strange entities.
If that were the case, there couldn't be any rewards obtained through the game that were powerful enough to move freely in this world, or so-called veteran Players with more seniority than her, Asagiri, and Kotoko.
If they weren't Players...
Were they natives of this world? The Tokyo Metropolitan
Police Department, FBI, or something similar?
What were they acting for? Since those people went to the
room with the water tank, they should have found the source of the strangeness.
Why didn't they eliminate it directly? Instead, they just left?
There was too little information available now, and Asuna couldn't come to a reasonable conclusion.
"So that's how it is..."
Kotoko nodded noncommittally and looked at Asagiri, who was standing there, clearly implying to him to make a decision, whether to use the APP's function directly to leave this instance before the blonde little girl launched an attack, lest it be too late later.
But Asagiri didn't respond. Instead, he walked up to the blonde little girl and said with a smile.
"Little sister, if we leave, will you be very lonely staying here by yourself?"
The moment she heard this, Asuna reacted.
The Diplomat, is he starting again?
"Yes...So big brother, can you stay here with me?"
Facing the blonde little girl's question, Asagiri didn't answer directly but guided her patiently.
"Hey, little sister, that's not right. If we stay here with you, we can only stay for a little while, not too long. Besides, do you think this place is fun?"
The blonde little girl shook her head: "Not fun."
"Then that's right, it's so boring staying here."
Asagiri first replied with a smile, then slowly spoke, saying something that neither Kotoko nor Asuna had expected.
"So, do you want to come with us?"
"Huh? Come together...?"
The blonde little girl looked very tempted but in the end, she still shook her head, her face showing distress.
"But big brother, I can't leave here...I've tried, I can't leave..."
"No, maybe others can't, but I can take you away from here, come..."
Speaking of which, a fluffy teddy bear suddenly appeared in
Asagiri's hand.
He handed it to the blonde little girl, then pressed the
start button on the back of the teddy bear, followed by a sound that made Asuna feel utterly speechless.
"o~yeah~O~yeah~give it to me~~~"
Accompanied by these words that sounded very improper, The teddy bear was still posing suggestively, making movements like pole dancing, which, combined with its Honest appearance, looked exceptionally funny.
"How is it, fun?"
Seeing the blonde little girl staring at the teddy bear, her eyes sparkling, Asagiri reached out and gently stroked her head, saying with a smile.
"Come be my Persona."
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