What…!? So she’s a real AI? No, no that’s not what’s important right now! What did she mean by that?

I look at her dumbfounded. Flying in the sky, acting all so high and mighty. I forced my mind to start moving again in order to make sense of the situation.

Why is she telling us this all of a sudden? Why did she make her entrance as flashy as this? Just what did she mean

‘new god and new world?’

But the words that she said almost seemed to mock my efforts to understand her.

---I think that most of you have discovered the fact that the button has disappeared from the main menu. All of you must be thinking this is just a bug but I tell you, players, this is neither a bug nor a mistake. I reconfigure the system and make this as a part of the new world’s system---

“Part of….the new world’s system?”

I muttered, my voice breaking up and I felt my throat was drying up. The beautiful girl continued

---This is not a game anymore! No, to be precise this is originally not a game but a new world. Feel free to feel that you are heroes summoned in this world. But fret not, if you can or maybe some of you defeated the [Great Evil Lord], you can leave this world and return back to your own world, and even so, If you are the one who defeated the final Boss, not just a ticket to return back but you will also obtained Ting! Ting! Ting! money worth of 10 billion I hacked from countless banks. Simple is it not?----

Every player gasped upon hearing the absurd amount the beautiful girl has said. The surrounding became even noisier.

10 b-billion? No, no forget about money right now, but defeat the evil lord? I couldn’t understand this phrase at first.

Then the next thing that the beautiful girl said blew my confusion away.

---…Ah right, let me warn you my cute little players the discontinuation or dismantling of the from the outside is strictly forbidden. If these things are attempted…----

A moment of silence. The silence of the hundreds and thousands of people was overwhelming. Then the next word came slowly.

----The signal sensors in your will emit a strong electromagnetic pulse destroying your brain---

I stared at her in shock.

It was as if my mind was refusing to believe what she just said.

Destroy our brains?

In other words, kill us.

If somehow by any chance, someone took out our we will be killed. Just a thought of it send chill down my back as if I was splashed with cold water.

Forget about money, I might die any minute now!

People in the crowd started muttering, but there was no one shouting or panicking. Maybe no one seemed to understand it yet just like me, or maybe they refused to believe such thing.

---To be a little more specific, dislocation from an outside source of electricity for ten minutes, being cut from the system for more than two hours, or any attempt to unlock, dismantle, or destroy the if any of these conditions are met, huhuhu [T-T] the brain destruction sequence will start. These conditions have been made known to your world's government and the public through mass-media in the outside world.

Don’t think I can’t do it, okay~ because just a while ago because this lovely pandora had completely taken over the control of the system as well as the most of the other world’s computer technology. On that note, there have been several cases where some people ignored my warning and----

The beautiful girl shakes her head as if annoyed.

---regretfully over 100 players have already exited this game, and the real world forever---

A long, thin scream was heard. But most of the players couldn’t believe what they had been told and just stood there in daze.

My head tried to reject what she just said but my body betrayed it and my knees started shaking violently.

Fortunately I managed to keep myself from falling.

Over 100 humans have already…died, just like that? Impossible

Marie?

Right, what happened to Marie? I think she also entered this game! This is not the time to be feeling helpless, I need to find Marie.

Feeling a new resolve surged inside my body; I strengthened my will and face her. The beautiful girl continued speaking

---Players, there is no need to worry about your real bodies. As of this moment your government has already taken their respective actions as well as the public masses in your world has already been informed, including the fact that there have already been numerous deaths. The danger of having your taken off has already all but disappeared. In a moment, using the two hours I have given, all of you will be transported to the hospitals or similar institutes and be given the best treatment so you can relax and just live happily in this new world while beating the game. Go! Go! Fight!---

“What…!?”

A man started shouting violently.

“What are you saying!? Beat the game? You want us to live happily and play around in a situation like this!?”

“That’s right! That’s right!”

Some of the players started joining in while throwing some insults. There are also some players; mostly women who was crying and weeping while sitting in the floor.

As if ignoring all the protests and insults, the beautiful girl continued

---nevertheless, all of you must understand, this new world isn’t just a simple game. This is your second reality, your second world…. From now on, any forms of revival in the game will no longer work; although except for some very special items and conditions. The moment your HP reaches 0, your avatar will be gone forever and at the same time…..---

I could guess she will say it clearly.

----Your body back in the real world will also die with you~----

Suddenly, an urge to laugh out loud rose from the bottom of my stomach, although I suppress it.

Now I understand why, ever since we’ve met she was always referring this world as a ‘New world’ this is what she was implying.

I can no longer , ever. I can’t go back and clean my room anymore. I can’t taste the food cooked by mother superior. I can’t even play around with my brothers and sisters in the orphanage. I can’t even see the ugliness of the bullfrog-faced bald pig teacher of mine, eh? Now that I mention it, it should be a blessing I guess, right? Oh well, and I can’t even meet my favorite teacher any more, no wait isn’t she also here? Lucky! But just like Marie, I still need to find her. I hope that both of them are still safe.

The only way that I could return is if when somebody defeated the supposedly Boss, the great evil lord in the third world.

But if my reached zero even once during that time—I would die, huh. But still I don’t know why I can’t help myself but feel excited. Am I going crazy?

Then the beautiful girl again started speaking.

--for commemorating the birth of the new world, this lovely Pandora will give you a present!—

Ding

A sound came out together with a light in front of all the surrounding players, except me that is. I was bewildered as to why, so I faced the beautiful girl who was floating in the sky, acting all high and mighty as if she just owns the world. Eh I guess that’s logical, she already own the world right? This world though.

But I was stunned when I looked at her because she too looked at me while smiling mischievously. I need to admit it, it suits her too much.

How can someone as cute as her possibly exist as an evil incarnate? God has thou forsaken me?

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As I was thinking like this, all the surrounding players grabbed the object that appeared before their eyes and all of a sudden the plaza was filled with the ringing sound of bells.

When I focused my eyes on the object the guy was holding beside me, the name of the item appeared.

The name of the item was

Then suddenly…

All of the players; except me, were engulfed in a white light. Almost 2, 3 seconds later, the surroundings reappeared just like before, except…

When I looked around again, the crowd was no longer filled with people who looked like characters from a fantasy world but a bunch of normal looking young and old people. Distressingly, even the sex ratio had changed greatly.

Right! All the players’ appearance changed. Yes, like a girl turning into a boy. Come on! Oh well, like a handsome young man turned into an ugly fat boy. Oh come on, that’s a little bit….. absurd I think? As if a prince was in fact a frog instead of a frog was in fact a real prince? Just how much people wanted to change their appearance!

Eh, appearance?

Wait don’t tell me… as I reached a conclusion, I looked towards the beautiful girl who was obviously ……………trying not to laugh! Jeez how bad is her personality.

Better not to think of her as a mere AI though.

I forgot about the current situation for a moment and muttered.

Just like I thought she changed their appearance to their original looks.

“…reality” I silently muttered. “She said that this was now a second reality, so to make us believe that this was it, she produced this perfect copy of our real self…. Jeez how prepared is she, now I can’t think of her as an AI anymore, how troublesome!”

So the reason I didn’t receive it, is because she knows I didn’t change anything?

As soon as I thought that, suddenly I was surrounded by a bright light and my vision became blurry.

Ding!

A sound of tingling bell resounded my ear.

I opened my eyes and saw a glowing purple rectangle-shaped screen in front of me.

New Unique skill and Title acquired

A very malevolent being bestowed you a new unique skill and title as present from her.

Eh!?

I was dumbfounded. I looked at the beautiful girl who was now looking at me with a mischievous smile still plastered from her beautiful face.

I immediately mumbled, still in dazed from the sudden turn of events.

Status WindowCharacter Name:HeinAlignment:NeutralLevel:1Profession:NoneTitle:The lovable and adorable being (new)Reputation:0Health:100Mana:350Strength:10Agility:10Wisdom:25Intellect:35Luck55Leadership:0Unique Skills:>Heightened Senses (Passive)

>Gamers’ Heart and Mind (Passive) (New)

“What!!!!!!!!!!”

I let out a very loud scream as soon as I saw the content of my status. The player beside me immediately covers his ears because of the loud voice I let out.

“What? Is he that embarrassed about his face?”

“Isn’t he good-looking? What’s there to hide?”

Various comments was thrown towards me while looking at me with pathetic looks but I didn’t mind them, in fact,

that’s not what matter’s right now.

Suddenly my surprised ended and I became calm. As if my outburst a while ago is just a lie, my head became clear as crystal clear.

What’s with these stats? Although except for my wisdom, intellect, and luck my other stats were normal. But I thought all stats in the beginning should start with ten? What’s with my wisdom, intellect and especially extreme luck?

Luck of 55? What the hell! The guide said that luck will be zero for a human in the beginning? Don’t tell me….

I look at the very first suspect that came to mind. The beautiful young woman who called herself a god was looking at me intently while smiling.

No doubt she is the culprit. I shake my head and smile sending thumbs up towards her in my mind. I put my two hands in front of me and joined in together while slightly bowing towards her.

Then suddenly I felt I saw her wink just now? Is it just my imagination? Oh well!

Then after a short break, the beautiful girl’s sweet voice resounded again.

----Now, I have finished my little official tutorial for the new . Players, once again, I welcome you all to my own world -----I wish you luck the best!----

This last sentence trailed off with a faint echo.

After a little while the beautiful girl was covered with glowing white light and entered the opened sky and vanished.

The sound of the wind blowing above the plaza came softly to our ears. It seems the game had returned to its normal state, or maybe it should be said that a new game has just begun. This time was not just a mere game but a real death game.

Then at last,

The crowd of hundreds and thousands of players gave a proper reaction. Countless voices started to resound loudly through the place.

“It’s a joke right….? Right? Tell me this is just a joke! Hey!”

“Stop kidding around! Let me out! Let me out of here!”

“No! Let me out, who will take care of my siblings!”

“I don’t like this! I’m going to go home! I want to go home! Mama! Let me out of here! Mama!”

“I beg you, let me out of here!”

“I can’t die yet, I’m still a virgin!!!”

Yells, clamors, shouts, curses, begging and screaming. The people that had change from the normal game players to prisoners in just a matter of minutes was crouching down while clutching their heads, waving their arms, grasping while supporting each other’s and started to swear loudly.

Oddly enough, in the midst of all this noise and terrible atmosphere, my mind was cool and calm. Is it because of the unique skill? I wonder?

But one thing is clear for me, this world… this life…. All of it became my second reality.