Chapter 3: First Dance

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Haru Endo missed the world championship cutoff in his favorite game. When he receives an exclusive invitation to test the next generation of a full-dive game, he doesn’t hesitate, it’s a chance to start over, and the cash prize could change his life. The game takes place at a Japanese festival: glowing lanterns, endless streets, a shrine shining in the distance. The rules are simple, survive, level up, and reach the end. But not everything in the game follows the rules. There’s a child who keeps appearing, and things that feel far too real to be mere sensory stimuli.

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