Ugh… everything hurts.
What is this?
It's pitch dark. No one's here.
The only thing left from the classroom is the scribbled philosophy notes on the board.
And a huge J.Z.
Probably Kant's cousin or something.
Wait.
No way.
Did they close the school
WITHOUT LETTING ME TAKE MY GAME CONSOLE BACK!?
This is the worst possible timeline.
"Stupid, stupid education system!"
I punch the wall a few times, unloading my Krankenstein rage onto it.
That felt… slightly better.
Normally David would wake me after class, and we'd be gaming already.
Something's definitely wrong.
Oh my god.
Is this… an ISEKAI!?
I've dreamed of this moment!
Which superpower do I—
Ow.
Punching the wall hurts.
Okay never mind, maybe not isekai.
Maybe David just forgot to wake me up.
That clown thinks about nothing but games—
Actually… that sounds like me. Whatever!
I'm gonna beat him up later.
For now, I leave the room.
This feels exactly like walking through a horror game.
"ANYONE HERE!?"
"NOOOOPE."
"AAAAAAAA!"
HAHAHA—
Okay that was hilarious.
I sounded exactly like a horror antagonist.
But the reply was a girl's scream…
Meaning she's probably more scared of me than I am of her.
"Relax! It was just a joke!"
I head toward the voice.
Up the stairs.
This is the seniors' floor—never been here much.
The lights flicker unnaturally.
And there she is.
If I imagined a stereotypical honor student, she'd look exactly like this:
Glasses, short, neat black hair.
But hey, at least I'm not alone.
"You scared me half to death! What are you doing here at this hour? This isn't funny anymore!"
Classic horror-game forced dialogue.
Love it.
But she's way too stressed.
"Haha, it was just a joke, chill a little."
"Chill!? Under these conditions!?"
"Panicking won't help though, right?"
She clearly didn't appreciate that logic.
"Who are you?"
"Kim."
"No, who are you?"
"I'm Kim. My name is Kim."
She stares at me like I'm the dumbest person alive.
"Fine, Kim. Sit. We need to talk."
"Okay but… what's your name?"
"Yuki."
"Cool. Here, have a cookie. Maybe it'll calm you down."
Why did I say that out loud?
Yuki clearly didn't appreciate my pun.
The silence is suffocating.
"Listen, Kim. I don't know what situation we're in, but it seems like we're the only two people left in the school. We need to find others. Do you have a phone?"
Phone—
Right.
It was confiscated during second period.
Normally I never get caught while gaming, but today luck abandoned me.
"Yeah."
"Great. Call someone."
"Well… I have a phone, but it's not with me. Got confiscated. What about you?"
Nice. Shift the attention.
"I don't bring it to school. It distracts me."
Fantastic.
I'm stuck in a horror-game scenario with the school's top nerd.
At least she has me, a pro gamer.
"Wait wait—so you're saying 'I'm the top student, I'm super disciplined,'
but a phone ruins your focus?"
"Kim. I'm not taking this from someone who lost theirs while gaming in class."
…Fair.
Suddenly, a voice echoes through the hallway:
"Junior. Junior. Junior. Junior…"
Okay that I didn't expect.
No horror game uses our physics teacher's voice saying "junior" in the announcements…