316 Signs of Bligh (1/2)
-A month before the Biggest Gaming Center Event-
”Look at Miss Akko defeating a Magma Dragon, a Legendary Boss! She defeated it alone! It looks like she's also preparing for the new event soon! Right now, she's the strongest player of New Life Online!” Ugh... another TV news about NLO. Why can't we have normal news not related to NLO...
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It's been a year since I left the game and it seems the world has gone to a point where they prefer to have a life inside the game than in real life. I guess it's normal now as the real world is as boring as ever. I've been living alone now in a simple house I bought not too far from my old house. Since then, I'm used to being alone but man, it's so boring...
*Message alert tone*
Hmmm? A message from a group I joined on one of the social media sites we have today and it's about the end of the world... dark may it seems but somehow, it kind of makes sense. Or maybe I'm just so bored that I randomly accepted an invite when I read the name of the group, ”Rupture”.
I checked the message and ”Guys, look at this! I'm currently near a restricted area. It used to be a forest but now... but look!” It was a video message recorded by someone covered in a hood and facemask with a voice lowered to the point it's unrecognizable and it shows a place without anything but the ground. From forest to nothing, it's not normal.
”There's no signs of life at all. Animals, insects, and even the trees, nothing all.” I can't tell if what he shows us is real or if it's fake but... this is really disturbing.
”Right now, I'm currently near an abandoned place. It looks like an old building, I might be able to find something important here. People are all fascinated about a game while the earth itself is dying. One day, they'll realize that it's too late...” While he's about to turn off the video, I saw something familiar... wait! Isn't that the place near the Organization's Headquarters?! It's a place where Glace died...
The last time I saw that place, it wasn't like that at all. Why would they create a headquarters near a place like that? This was the first time I got interested... I still remember the place, everything about it. How could I forget...
...
Hours have passed and before I could know it... why on earth am I on my electric bicycle with a backpack enough for days of travel?! Jeez... I've got a little too excited for once... Thankfully, this kind of bikes lasts for weeks.
I guess it's too late to change my mind now or maybe I just found a reason to get out of the house.
The first few hours of my travel were not so good. It's been a year since I last went out... and somehow, it's hotter outside than it used to be. If what happened to the video also happened throughout the whole world, then the world, being hotter, might have caused by that strange phenomenon.
Still... I think it might take days before I could even reach the place. This brings back memories... but it's not the time for me to get emotional. I have one mission here, I have to check the place and the abandoned headquarters. It's still weird to travel and not see anyone or any vehicles around. I'm at the edge of the country so it's pretty normal.
-Night has come-