"...Human, you actually groped me?"
The cold, hoarse voice immediately drew the attention of Natsuki and the others.
Turning to look, they saw the female vengeful spirit gripping the bespectacled boy's wrist tightly, her eyes streaming bloody tears filled with resentment.
A train molester—this was a perverted creature that often appeared on trains and subways. Who would have thought one would appear even in a vengeful spirit game?
Humans truly were terrifying creatures. Once they became perverted, they wouldn't even spare vengeful spirits.
"I didn't! It wasn't me! You have to believe me!" Seeing everyone's subtle gazes, Tomoya nervously denied it. "I'm not interested in 3D girls, let alone evil spirits. I didn't touch her at all just now."
"Perhaps it was an accident?"
Chika said quietly.
Groping a vengeful spirit in a horror game—an ordinary person couldn't possibly do that, right?
The female vengeful spirit's voice was cold: "If you didn't touch me, why would I only grab you and not anyone else?"
"That makes sense."
The blonde gyaru nodded unconsciously.
Only Natsuki's expression was subtle. At first glance, those words seemed reasonable, but thinking it over carefully, why did they feel somehow familiar?
After staring for several seconds, a prompt slowly appeared before his eyes.
[Species: Feminist Warrior]
[A vengeful spirit transformed from a feminist warrior. Boxing expert. Dangerous. Do not debate with feminist warriors]
"Human, apologize to me." The female vengeful spirit relentlessly pursued him, her gaze cold.
Tomoya had no choice but to lower his head and apologize: "I'm sorry."
"So you really did grope me just now, didn't you?" A smile suddenly appeared on the female vengeful spirit's face.
"I didn't." Tomoya reflexively protested.
The female vengeful spirit's voice turned cold: "If you didn't, why did you apologize?"
Natsuki: "..."
It seemed that whether they were girls or female vengeful spirits, unreasonableness was already engraved deep in their souls!
Forcing someone to apologize, then after they apologize, turning around and saying "if you did nothing wrong, why apologize?"—what utter human scum behavior!
Just as Tomoya was about to speak again, the female vengeful spirit suddenly released him, then a strange smile appeared on her face.
"You have to believe me, I really didn't grope her just now." Tomoya quickly backed away, putting distance between himself and the vengeful spirit passengers, cold sweat appearing on his forehead as he rapidly said, "I'm not interested in 3D girls—they're troublesome, boring, incomprehensible, nowhere near as cute as 2D girls, let alone touching that vengeful spirit!"
"Hey, what are you even saying?" The blonde gyaru placed her right hand on her hip, mercilessly retorting. "Saying 3D girls aren't cute—that's only because you've never met a cute girl."
"Exactly." Chika nodded in agreement. "Kaguya-chan is super cute."
"Are you serious?"
Natsuki couldn't help but look at the pink-haired girl.
To actually say the ice sculpture young lady is super cute—you couldn't find a second person in the entire school who'd say that!
The next second, the steadily running subway suddenly emitted a strange humming vibration, then the lights in the car abruptly went out, leaving only pitch-black darkness where you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.
"Eh-eh-eh, why did it suddenly go dark?"
Chika's soft cry sounded in his ear, followed by a hand nervously reaching over.
Natsuki silently grasped it, then grabbed a handrail with his other hand, saying in a low voice:
"Don't panic. Does anyone have something for lighting?"
"We could use our phones..." Marin's voice sounded in the darkness. "Ah, sorry, I forgot phones can't be brought in."
Buzz!
Another strange vibrating sound echoed in their ears, followed by the hissing sound of the subway doors opening.
The next moment, Tomoya's panicked cry for help suddenly rang out in the darkness:
"Something's grabbing my leg..."
The voice cut off abruptly.
Then came dead silence.
A moment later, the darkness suddenly vanished and light returned to the subway.
It was still the cold, desolate subway car with dim lighting and silent vengeful spirit passengers, as if nothing had happened at all.
"That scared me to death." Chika breathed a sigh of relief, her pretty face slightly pale. "That boy disappeared!"
"I saw."
Natsuki nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping through the subway car.
The bespectacled boy who had loudly declared he didn't like 3D girls, Tomoya Aki, had just inexplicably disappeared from the subway.
Attacked and vanishing in a horror game—the outcome needed no explanation. He probably wouldn't be seen again in this lifetime.
"I heard the subway doors opening just now..." The short-haired female player said nervously. "Could he have been dragged off the subway by a vengeful spirit?"
Natsuki looked at the subway doors. "It's possible."
"I wish we could have saved that boy."
Watching a fellow player disappear right before her eyes, Chika's face paled as she also felt somewhat guilty.
"There was nothing we could do. We couldn't see anything just now." Natsuki shook his head.
The combined technique of eliminating evil and purging darkness looked powerful, but its weaknesses were gradually being exposed.
To apprehend the enemy, they first had to see them. When they couldn't even see, the combination technique was completely unusable.
"Should we leave this car first?"
The other two player girls' faces were equally pale. The suddenly attacking darkness and the mysteriously vanishing companion—even the blonde gyaru couldn't stay calm.
"Let's search for the driver's cabin one more time."
Natsuki had a theory he wanted to verify.
Still walking at the front, the remaining three girls followed behind him as they carefully proceeded forward.
A moment later, despite walking straight ahead the entire time, they returned to the same subway car as before.
"We came back around again." Chika complained nervously. "What's up with this subway anyway? Is it an Infinity Train?"
The Infinity Train wasn't truly infinite, but the subway before them really could loop endlessly.
The premise was that the subway wouldn't stop.
Natsuki looked up at the station indicator on the subway. "When the darkness came earlier, the subway stopped once."
"You're right." Chika quickly looked up. "There are still four stops until the terminal station, Kisaragi Station. Even if we wanted to stay on the subway forever, there's no way... Eh-eh-eh?"
The girl's surprised cry suddenly rang out.
Natsuki quickly turned his head to see Chika's wrist grabbed by the female vengeful spirit from before.
The female vengeful spirit raised her head again, bloody tears streaming from her eyes, an excited smile on her face:
"Human, you actually groped me?"
Hey hey, your lines haven't changed at all!
"I didn't grope you." Chika reflexively denied it.
This time, no one doubted her.
It was unclear what kind of person Tomoya had been—perhaps he was a pervert who'd grope even vengeful spirits—but Chika was a girl. She had no motive to be a molester at all.
"Eh?" Chika froze, quickly shaking her head. "I'm not, I didn't."
The female vengeful spirit's voice was eerie: "You say you didn't, so why did I only grab you and not anyone else?"
Chika: "..."
She hadn't thought much of it before, but now she realized these words were incredibly unfair.
Slander—this was complete slander through concept substitution!
"Natsuki." The pink-haired girl looked over pitifully, her eyes pleading for help.
Natsuki nodded slightly, grabbing the vengeful spirit woman's wrist, then said:
"You actually groped me?"