After the window appeared, you could hear the reaction of the people. Some were in total euphoria while others thought it was a bad joke.
Toshiko belonged to the latter group. For her, this message was only the work of an organized pun. "Let's not pay attention to this message and go home."
"I think we should follow orders." I said.
"So you're really planning to go?"
"Calm down. Even if I go, I'll be on my guard."
"Well. I guess I'll have to follow you," she said, shrugging.
CHAPTER 5
We went to the place without further delay. When we arrived at the Asakusa Shrine we could see the smiles of people who were convinced that it was a joke in bad taste.
We could hear a hubbub of sentences.
"Hurry up I don't have that much to do!"
"My wife and son are waiting for me!"
When suddenly a man with a rather imposing build arrived.
"Thank you for following the instructions. As you can guess your happy little lives are about to change.
YOU'VE ENJOYED THE BETA VERSION OF LIFE ENOUGH TO GET THE FINAL VERSION, YOU'LL HAVE TO PAY!"
At these words, the whole crowd started laughing. "What's this guy talking about?"
I think I was the only one who took what he said seriously.
Suddenly a young man came up to him and said, "How much do you want?"
The mysterious man began to smile. "You don't understand, you are not going to pay me with Rubys but with your BODY SOUL AND BLOOD!"
Everyone was surprised.
"In a few moments, your first paycheck will drop. Your goal is to never have zero Rubys because if you do... It's death for you.
Fear began to spread across people's faces. They finally understood that this was not a joke, but the reality... Well... The reality for them because I knew I was in a dream.
The famous window that was now dreaded by all presented itself before our eyes.
[First Pay:
- Goal: Kill a human within 5 days.
- Success: #&♤○♤◇○♤○"
- Failure: £#;#&#*#&#;#; ]
[Notification Log:
- Bladed weapons and firearms, we were put at your disposal. ]
At that moment the world understood that life was going to change.
"Remember if your number of Rubys is at 0. It's death! Good luck" after these words, he vanished.
I could see Toshiko's distress in her eyes. Frightened, she said to me, "Yume what do we do now?"
"We go home before it gets out of hand..."
I took her hand and we ran as fast as we could.
Behind us the massacre had already begun. Even without weapons, men were fighting to the death.
To be continued...