700 Mask of Sin (1/2)
Isamu suddenly became afraid that he was being targeted, but soon he realized that he was mistaken.
Those two people weren't looking at him. They were looking at a black-clad figure that appeared in a cloud of black mist in front of them...
The crow-masked person!
After activating the game card, Seiji and Shika entered the dream game world together.
They knew already that this was the scene of the Spirit World ”Ironfire Castle”!
The real Ironfire Castle was more dangerous than the Forest Palace, but less dangerous than the Blood Moon Mountain. Yet, this dream was only imitating the Ironfire Castle's terrain.
Not long after Seiji and Shika entered, they were attacked by a bunch of other players.
After dealing with the ambushers, a silver-haired, black yukata-wearing crow-masked figure appeared close to them.
”Welcome~” Itsuki Kamitani's voice sounded. ”You came later than I expected, Haruta nii-san.”
”One must be prepared when visiting a stranger's home,” Seiji responded.
”How can you say that I'm a stranger? We already know each other and even played a game together. That makes us friends!”
”I believe that we may have different understandings of the word 'friend', Kamitani-san.”
”No need to act so seriously, you know.”
As they spoke, the ambushers who collapsed on the ground all suddenly vanished.
There was then the sound of rapid bullet fire!
*Tat tat tat tat*
Seiji and Shika dodged the bullets in time by jumping behind a pipe. The bullets clanged loudly against the pipe.
The attack came from a man wearing a wolf head mask who wielded an assult rifle.
Kamitani looked towards the man. Black mist immediately appeared behind the man and transformed into a huge claw that captured him!
”My apologies for the poor welcome.”
Seiji looked towards Kamitani and asked him directly, ”…What exactly is your goal here?”
”Eh?”
”This dream, this so-called game, why did you create all this?”
”To let everyone have fun, of course!” Kamitani extended his palms. ”That's how it is for all the games in the world!”
Seiji was rendered speechless.
He folded his arms and gave off an aura of ”I'm just here to watch you spout bullshit.”
”Fine, that's not quite entirely the case.” Kamitani coughed. ”The Messengers have their reason for creating this game… But please believe me, the only reason I'm hosting this game is because I want to have fun.”
”Is it fun to toy around with others' lives?”
”I'm not toying around with lives, I'm simply toying with their souls.”
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
”No need to be so serious. Although some people died, it's their own fault.” Kamitani chuckled as he noticed that Seiji had visibly become angry.
”I want to do an experiment. Although it's a bit early to do this, I feel that the game's current state isn't fun enough, so I've decided to perform it earlier than planned,” Kamitani told him. ”If you don't come, it's likely that more people than before will end up dying. Perhaps the dead will even include someone you know.”
*Boom!!*
A tremendous fireball hit Kamitani and exploded into flames that seemed to represent Seiji's fury.
The black mist wiped away the flames. The silver-haired boy remained completely uninjured.
”Don't be like that. The person that you know entered this game of their own volition. I didn't force that person at all. And rather than death, I think that person might even receive benefits because they seem to have quite some potential.”
”Who is it!?” Seiji clenched his fists.
”That's a secret~ It would be boring to tell you, so why don't you find out for yourself?” Kamitani chuckled.
Many possibilities flashed through Seiji's mind.
He thought that one person was more likely than the others, but there was too little information for him to go on right now.
”As for my experiment, rather than explaining about it, it'll be quicker to simply show you.”