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Chapter 4 - Prologue 4/4

After passing the game phases, I'm here with Tenji, in what seems to be a forest. We are in a team of 3, a girl named Maria joined us. I told her to follow my plan and act uncomfortable, at the end of the day I will use her as a distraction.

"Hey Maria, you understand the plan, right?" I said.

"Yes, of course, Yuuichi-kun," she replied.

After waiting for a while, the team split up, which allowed the plan to proceed.

Maria and I started running through the forest, and when we passed a cliff, I pushed her down. I knew that guy Onigawara was going to try to save her, and the other one following me has a lot of respect for him, so he would help him, and that way I could escape to give supplies to Tenji.

Upon reaching Tenji, who was in very bad condition, I gave him food and everything, but...

Why is there a door with my name inside a stone... Alpha System.

"Hey Tenji, do you see a door embedded in that place over there?" I asked, although it might be a bad idea because he hadn't eaten in a long time, he could also be hallucinating.

"No, I don't see anything Yuuichi, thanks for not forgetting about me," he replied.

"You're welcome, I already have a plan to win this game," I said.

Before leaving, I first tried to open the door to see if it wasn't a hallucination. And as soon as I felt the cold coming from inside the door that completely froze me, I felt like I couldn't move a single muscle, and out of nowhere, an extremely powerful light that looked like the Sun itself waking up blurred my entire vision, and I felt like I fainted for a few moments...

I was getting up, the calculations of a guy with onion-like hair, he was counting...

"15, 16, 17, 18" he stopped counting when I got up.

"It took you 18 seconds to recover from fainting," he said as if calculating something. "It took me 20 seconds, how long did it take you, Ryuzaki, Kaito?"

"It took me about 25 seconds," said a black-haired guy who looked like he hadn't slept.

"I didn't faint," said a brown-haired guy with emotionless eyes.

"If you didn't faint, it's harder to calculate Kaito," said the onion-haired guy, surely the fainting is due to physical capabilities, so it has nothing to do with a pattern.

"There's no pattern in how long it takes us to wake up, but surely there is in how long it takes each of us to arrive, don't you think Kaito?" said the black-haired guy.

"Yes, yes there was a pattern, each one entered 10 minutes before the other," said Kaito.

"Did you count the time it took each one to enter?" said the onion-haired guy.

"Something like that, I have a mental clock so it's easy for me to calculate the time, I've been in this room for 43 minutes," said Kaito.

Just as I was about to say something, a voice pierced my skull.

*Participant 04-Yuuichi Katagiri*

*The number of participants is complete, so Participant 01 must explain what they have been told.*

"I am participant 01, and before we start, we need to introduce ourselves to the new one," he said. "Hello, my name is Kaito Fujimoto."

"I am Senku Ishigami," he said.

"My name is L, but call me Ryuzaki," said one who seemed very sleepy.

"I am Yuuichi Katagiri," I said, approaching Kaito.

"You seem to be the leader, don't you? Then you are the most dangerous." I finished, smiling at him.

"No, I'm not the leader here, we haven't chosen someone to lead us yet," said Kaito.

I am familiar with people, and this guy Kaito seems to be dangerous, everything in me tells me so.

I pretended to punch him in the face, but his expression didn't change, he just stared at my fist.

"Did you know I would stop at the last moment?" I asked.

"No,"I just have bad refle--" Kaito was saying when he dodged a kick.

"I knew you were lying from the start, Kaito, if that's even your real name," Ryuzaki said.

"So, Capoeira," I said, "You really know how to kick."

Ryuzaki stared at me as if he didn't trust me either.

"You must know something about fighting too, because you attacked him knowing he has a spear," he replied.

When I looked back at Kaito, he had a weapon in his hand pointing at us.

"Wow, Kaito, to have dodged that without looking, you must have superhuman reflexes, possibly 50 milliseconds or less," Senku said, fascinated.

"Now, let's calm down, we are the 4 participants, let me explain the information I obtained," Kaito said.

"The mission i-" Kaito was saying but was interrupted again by that voice.

*It seems L Lawliet has discovered you're lying about your identity, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji, it's no longer worth covering up with the alias Kaito.*

"I knew you were lying from the start, Ayanokouji," Lawliet said.

"But you too, Ryuzaki, or should I say Lawliet," I said.

"No, I said my name is L and to call me Ryuzaki as a nickname," he replied, "Now explain, Kiyotaka."

"Wow, what an interesting group this is," I said, laughing and turning to each one, "A detective, a scientist, and... an assassin?"

Everyone ignored me...

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Third-person point of view

"To begin with, this place is like a universal paradox, all of us are from different realities or universes. At first, I thought we were from different eras, but when Lawliet mentioned Kira, and from what I can see, he's surely a world-renowned detective," Kiyotaka explained.

"Yes, that's 10 billion times more incredible. I also came to the same conclusion the moment I saw that you weren't at all worried and were too advanced for my current era, since my reality suffered from a delay in time," Senku said.

"I see, so it's certain that you're not Kira... but do you know anything about this Alpha system?" Ryuzaki asked.

"So we're all from different realities... it seems I've gotten myself into a universal mess," Yuuichi said.

"The Alpha system is a system designed to bring people from other realities, but for what?" Senku said, "Whoever created it is a genius, I'd say the greatest of all."

"That's right, and the objective of this system is to send us to another world and complete a mission which is:

Eliminate 3 kings who generate or will generate chaos in that world.

And if we fail, it will make us face our greatest fears... and if we succeed, it will grant our greatest fantasy from before entering here," Ayanokouji said.

(50 minutes have passed since Ayanokouji has been in this place)

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45 minutes before

Waiting for that person has been boring, if one could say so, there's nothing, no noise, not even wind. How was it possible for him to survive here...?

*Participant 01, if you fulfill the objective, the wish you desire will be granted, but the one you had in your world, before you even thought of it.*

So, a wish. I guess my wish is to have freedom or maybe recover those emotions I lost, I don't think so... Ayanokouji thought.

*In case of failing the final mission, it will result in the death of everyone.*

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Ayanokouji waited about 4 minutes for another person to arrive...

Seeing him unconscious, he took the opportunity to quickly inspect him, finding a weapon until he woke up...

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Now

"Our greatest fear?" Yuuichi said, "How is that machine supposed to know what my greatest fear is?"

*Participant 04-Yuuichi Katagiri or Shiba,* don't be betrayed by someone you care about, survive betrayals.

Upon hearing that, Yuuichi paled for the first time.

*You are now aware of the situation, so it's time for the game to begin.*

Transport initiated. Destination: Musutafu

"Musutafu?" Everyone said before being teleported."

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