A crossover anime/manga story, set in everyday Tokyo, but within a loop of a game.

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The Superintendent General is the highest-ranking officer in the Metropolitan Police Department, high enough that he can obtain game-related information immediately. However, matters such as who should have the phones of the two eliminated players from another world handed over, and which two people should register as players, are not things that a mere Superintendent General is qualified to discuss.

Those high-ranking officials and members of parliament would certainly want their capable subordinates, or even themselves, to become players.

The Superintendent General of Police has no say in such matters.

……

That evening, in a coffee shop in Shibuya.

"It's so delicious, I can't get this kind of food in my world..."

Seeing the kind-hearted Mita eating her cake in a quiet and virtuous manner while commenting in a deliberately mature tone, Asagiri, sitting opposite her, chuckled and teased.

"Don't you realize it yourself? The tone of your voice is like a teenage girl trying to act mature, pretending to be a worldly old aunt. Although it's kind of cute, don't you find it awkward?"

"What old auntie..."

Hearing the words Asagiri used to describe her, kind-hearted Mita felt a little angry, then said with a hint of helplessness.

"Sigh...maybe that's true, but there's nothing I can do. Think about it, most of the Mitas are like hats, too naive and innocent. If I'm not more mature, how can I lead them?"

"There is no danger in the Mita World now, so..."

Asagiri rested her cheek on her hand, looked at the kind-hearted Mita sitting opposite her, and said with a smile.

"You can relax now, and there's no need to be so careful all the time."

"Relax..."

Kind-hearted Mita forked a piece of soft cake and put it between her lips. Seeing Asagiri staring straight at her, a blush crept onto her face, and she whispered.

"Well... I'll try my best."

After saying that, kind-hearted Mita suddenly looked up at Asagiri, blushing as she spoke frankly.

"Then...can we sleep together tonight?"

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Chapter 76 Facing My True Self: I'm Going to Keep Making Mistakes.

"I did tell you not to be so cautious, but..."

Asagiri looked at the expectant look in Mita's kind eyes and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Aren't you being a little too honest?"

"They must be exhausted from fighting today and are resting, right?"

Kind-hearted Mita smiled sheepishly. The "they" she was referring to were naturally Yuuki Asuna and the others. Because they had fought and been injured that day, Yuuki Asuna, Iwanaga Kotoko, and Kato Megumi had all gone home to rest early.

Immediately afterwards, kind-hearted Mita noticed the smiling look in Asagiri's eyes, her pretty face flushed slightly, and she added in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

"I can't help being dishonest... Sleepy Mita, Mira, Short-haired Mita, they're all eagerly waiting..."

"Forehead……"

Asagiri, with a complicated expression that suggested she didn't know how to comment, asked curiously.

“I can understand Mita and short-haired Mita, but how did you know she was waiting when that sleepy Mita was sleeping the whole time?”

Kind-hearted Mita told the truth.

“I heard her talking in her sleep. Although her voice was indistinct, she kept calling out the name ‘Mr. Player,’ and… she was doing it with a pillow between her legs. I reasonably suspect that she was…”

"Did you have a... erotic dream?"

"It feels like it."

"I see."

Asagiri nodded seriously and said meaningfully.

"She must have had a really tough time in her dream."

Kind-hearted Mita blushed upon hearing this and whispered shyly.

“I can roughly imagine…after that incident, the hat…described it to us in great detail…”

"I see."

Asagiri nodded in deep agreement. Unlike the kind-hearted Mita, he showed no shyness whatsoever. He spoke in a serious tone, as if discussing a very serious academic topic.

"No wonder you dared to challenge me. It turns out you had a strategy prepared beforehand. Very good. Your seriousness proves you are a strong person. But the game of making do is over. Tonight I will use all my strength to completely crush you."

Kind-hearted Mita was a dignified, quiet, mature, and steady person. When she heard Asagiri say such abstract and outrageous words, her face turned red, and she pursed her lips.

"Um... can you summon two personas at the same time now, right? If you don't mind, how about we call short-haired Mita along...?"

"Right on my mind."

Seeing that Asagiri agreed without hesitation, kind-hearted Mita hesitated and tentatively asked.

"You wouldn't... could it be that your ability to control the Persona evolved because you had this thought?"

"Maybe it is."

Asagiri nodded first, then smiled and spoke.

"Let's go somewhere else, let's get some ice cream."

……

A dozen minutes later, in a shopping street in Tokyo.

"Is this Tokyo...? Even though it's past nine o'clock, the ice cream shops are still open. It's amazing that there are ice cream shops open 24 hours a day..."

Hearing the exclamation from short-haired Mita, Asagiri calmly replied.

"No, not Tokyo, but Shibuya. There isn't a bustling shopping street like this one that's open all night long, near places like where Emi lived."

"I see……"

Short-haired Mita nodded as if she understood, then lightly licked the cone of ice cream in her hand, revealing a slightly embarrassed expression. She then looked at Asagiri, using a carefree tone to cover up her inner shyness.

"But...why me? Why not Sleepy Mita, Mira...why did you summon me today..."

"Do not worry about it."

Asagiri waved her hand, looked at the kind-hearted Mita and the short-haired Mita who were enjoying their sweet ice cream, and said righteously.

"Today it's the two of you first, and the day after tomorrow it's Mira and Sleepy Mita... But Sleepy Mita is always sleeping, so we can probably only wake her up during nighttime activities."

At this point, Asagiri noticed that there was some white ice cream on the corner of Kind Mita's mouth. He took out a napkin and gently wiped it off for her. This casual gesture made Kind Mita blush instantly. To hide her embarrassment, and because she was genuinely worried, she asked.

"Why don't we go home first?"

"Hmm? Can't wait? So you're a carnivore, I never expected that."

Hearing Asagiri's teasing, kind-hearted Mita blushed even more and said angrily.

"What are you talking about? I was just thinking that although no one else has seen me and Short-Haired Mita, we look exactly like Crazy Mita and Hat. If we run into players on the street who have seen Crazy Mita or Hat before, wouldn't that expose your identity?"

"Don't worry about that."

Asagiri strolled through the shopping street with Kind Mita and Short-Haired Mita, replying nonchalantly.

"Only a handful of players have seen Crazy Metta and Hat Metta. I remember what each of them looks like, and the surviving players in the last dungeon also saw what I look like, so there's nothing to worry about."

"Speaking of which, I really don't understand."

As Asagiri's persona, Kindness Mita is connected to Asagiri's heart. So even though she wasn't present when Asagiri removed the mask in the last instance, she still knew what had happened and couldn't help but ask a question.

"Why did you reveal your true appearance back then? I can understand it was to reassure the players who were already on edge, but... was it really necessary to expose your face just for that?"

"That's what you said."

Asagiri replied in a matter-of-fact tone.

"How will they know who saved their lives if I don't take off my mask?"

"what?"

Kind-hearted Mita was taken aback at first, then burst into laughter.

"Based on what I know of you, while you do like to show off, it's not to this extent..."

"Of course, it's to prepare for what's to come."

Before Kind Mita could finish speaking, Asagiri said in a flat tone.

"Players who survived to the third stage and cleared the last dungeon are already worth recruiting. Today is the first large-scale war between players from different worlds, but this will definitely happen again in the future. We can't always rely on just a few of our regions to fight against players from other worlds. So we must build player forces in this world. If it were you, would you follow someone whose true appearance you don't even know and who always wears a mask? The answer is obvious. Besides, for the players in this world, exposing my identity is of no benefit and will only bring trouble upon myself. Players who have survived to this stage are not that stupid."

After saying this, Asagiri smiled slightly, as if she were speaking to short-haired Mita and kind Mita, or perhaps she was talking to herself.

"This game even has faction battles, it's getting more and more interesting."

……

Later that evening, at Asagiri's house.

"It's so delicious..."

Seeing the short-haired Mita still showing off the cake she bought in the shopping street, the kind-hearted Mita couldn't help but sigh.

"Hey you, watch your table manners a bit, don't be so tomboyish and careless, honestly..."

Short-haired Mita immediately retorted upon hearing this.

"If every Mita's personality becomes the same, wouldn't that be meaningless? There are people who like tomboyish girls, you know? Don't you think so, Mr. Player?"

"indeed so."

Asagiri, who was browsing the web on her laptop, nodded in strong agreement.

"I've made a few eroge (adult games) featuring tomboyish characters. I have to say, girls who are usually tomboyish showed their shy, girlish side during the erotic parts, and displayed extremely erotic expressions during the 'events,' including sticking out their tongues, rolling their eyes, and calling out terms like 'master' or 'darling.' This strong contrast from the tomboyish personality is very stimulating, so I don't dislike girls with a tomboyish personality."

Kind-hearted Mita blushed slightly, and at the same time, she couldn't help but feel helpless.

"Okay, okay, I know you have all kinds of tastes now."

"Okay, I've finished the cake, so I'll head back now."

Hearing what the short-haired Mita said, the kind-hearted Mita couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Are we going back already? Tonight..."

"Tonight belongs to you and Mr. Player."

Short-haired Mita walked up to kind-hearted Mita, patted her on the shoulder, and laughed heartily.

"Although I have a tomboyish personality, I still understand these things. At such an important time, of course I want you to be alone with Mr. Player. Anyway, it'll be my turn next time. So, bye-bye~"

After the short-haired Mita disappeared, the kind-hearted Mita turned her head to look at Asagiri sitting on the sofa. A blush crept onto her face. She carefully moved to sit down next to her. To hide her shyness and nervousness, she raised her hand to tuck her long blue hair behind her ear and pretended to be calm.

"Um... what are you looking at?"

"Kayaba Akihiko is indeed a monstrous genius scientist."

Asagiri closed the laptop screen, placed it on the coffee table in front of her, and then looked at the kind-hearted Mita beside her.

"With your abilities, I can roughly understand the electronic programming part of his brain-computer interface research project, but how to connect external electronic devices with human brainwaves, and how to give players an immersive and realistic experience through brainwave interaction, are questions that no one in this world, except Kayaba Akihiko himself, can solve."

"Luckily, he's on our side, right?"

Kind-hearted Mita first replied with a smile, then picked up a piece of cake, carefully used a small transparent fork to pick up a piece, and offered it to Asagiri's lips in a gentle manner.

"Here, let me feed you."

"You eat it, I don't really like cake."

Asagiri replied with that first sentence, then turned to look at Kind Mita and changed the subject.

"If you feed it to me by hand, then that's a different story."

"You...how can you be so skilled..."

A blush rose on Mita's pretty face. She parted her pink lips slightly, took a bite of the cake on her fork, and then brought it close to Chaowu's lips, feeding it to him with her lips and teeth. They separated after more than ten seconds, their breathing becoming rapid.

"It's delicious, and sweet."

"The cake is, of course..."

Halfway through her sentence, kind-hearted Mita noticed Asagiri's smiling eyes and realized that when she said "delicious" and "sweet," she wasn't referring to the cake. She was so embarrassed that she didn't know how to respond and could only suppress her shyness and say...

"Seriously... I'm the one playing the dating sim, how come you're more skilled than me..."