My name is Yagami. I am 22 years old—alone and untalented. I both live and work in a company that develops video games. I used to have a wealthy father, but he fell ill with an incurable disease. A few days after his death, my stepmother transferred all of my father's inheritance into her own name and threw me out of my own home.
From the age of 7 until now, I have worked in a company the it's name is (Capcom). For months I was homeless and survived by stealing. One day, while I was stealing, I got caught and was beaten so badly that I couldn't move anymore. But an old man named Shiro saved me. Shiro was the owner of the very company where I now live and work. After Shiro's death, his son Riko became the boss. Unlike his father, he is a cruel man, and he hates me more than anyone else. I don't know why.
The only comfort I have in this life is my friend Yuji. He isn't just my friend—he's my family, the most valuable thing I have in this world. Every night we play games, laugh, and compete together.
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The night that changed Yagami's fate
Yagami was inside the game (100 Floors). He turned to his friend Yuji and said with a laugh:
"Tonight you won't beat me anymore, hahaha!"
Yuji calmly replied:
"Sorry, bro. Tonight I have to go on a date."
Yagami narrowed his eyes and said:
"A date?! What date? With who?"
Yuji smiled and said:
"For a few weeks now I've gotten to know a girl, and I want to marry her. Tonight I have a date with her. She's kind, beautiful—"
Yagami, feeling sick of his friend's words, said:
"Alright, alright, don't continue. Do whatever you want."
After Yuji left, I went out too. I drank alcohol and got completely drunk. After a few hours, I came back to the company with a bottle of liquor.
I was so angry at Yuji that I kept saying to myself:
"I met a kiiiind, beauuuutiful girl… she's different from all the girls in the world… ooooh Yagami, I have to go tonight, I can't hang out with you, I'm so, so sorry!"
Yagami kept rambling to himself, and from drinking too much, he passed out. The bottle of alcohol spilled onto the computer.
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The next morning…
The boss was standing over me. When I opened my eyes, I quickly stood up and greeted him.
The boss said:
"Turn on the computer and get to work quickly."
Yagami:
"Yes, sir…!"
But when I plugged the computer in, it wouldn't turn on. The boss was still standing over me and said:
"Why isn't it turning on? Don't tell me you broke it."
No matter what I did, the computer wouldn't start. When I lifted the keyboard, there was still alcohol inside it, dripping out.
When my boss saw liquid dripping from the keyboard, he shouted angrily:
"What did you do to my $5,000 computer?! Do you know what happens to you for breaking a computer like that, huh?!"
He punched me hard in the face. I fell to the ground, and he kicked my stomach repeatedly until blood started pouring from my mouth. I looked around, hoping someone would help me—but my coworkers were just laughing.
With great difficulty, I stood up again. The boss wanted to punch me once more. I begged him and said, "Let me fix it."
My boss said:
"You idiot, are you mocking me? A computer that has alcohol spilled on it—do you think it'll turn on? Especially when it's still dripping like this!"
He was about to punch me again, but suddenly the computer turned on.
A message appeared on the screen:
(Survive to reach the final floor)
The light from the computer became so intense that it felt like I went blind. But when I opened my eyes again, everything had changed.
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I found myself in a place that felt familiar to me: the starting area of the very game I had created.
A few minutes later, a woman descended from the sky and began to speak. When I looked up at her, my entire body trembled—because she was one of the servants of the King of the Final Floor: Tartarus.
The fear was so intense that I couldn't even breathe. One of the people present protested and said he wanted to leave. The Angel of Death angrily raised her hand toward him and said:
"Did I give you permission to speak?! "
Then she clenched her fist—
and that person's body exploded…
(To be continued…)