Transported to a hyper-realistic RPG.

"Yes, that was dangerous....."

A 30-year-old man murmuring to himself in a dark room facing a computer. That's me. Shinya Kaido.

At this age, he lost his parents in an accident and has no siblings.

A sad man with no friends who lives as a very normal animal salesman.

Of course. I don't care about women at all. None.

I've been having an affair for two years.

Fanderge.

The online game was launched two years ago under the name of ultra-real RPG (role-playing game). Initially released, it was a title that many people downloaded, featuring graphics completeness, a new attempt at first-person perspective, and an automated event building system.

But when I opened the lid...

Although it was an RPG, there was no level, and the status improvement was calculated from all behaviors.

For example, the distance traveled increases the speed or increases the power depending on the number of times the sword is shaken.

Moreover, the status does not increase slightly or gently.

It's a mechanism that takes incredible time and effort to grow.

Other parts of the city are supposed to be invincible under normal circumstances. Jumping down a small step in such a place can cause a fracture or death.

Besides, this fundelge. Once dead, all data will be erased and the character will be recreated from scratch.

There is no concept of save data, and if you leave it in a strange place, you become ill or die.

Has good health and hunger, and starves to death when hunger reaches MAX. He dies when he loses his health.

I'm dying anyway.

The majority of those who played Fandergee would have thrown at that point.

Fandelj has swords and magic, both of which can be used.

There is no difference in status between characters, and their behavior in the game determines which character they are good at.

Spend time on magic, Wizard. If you devote time to swordsmanship, you become a swordsman. Even so, just because the status increases doesn't mean you get a title or anything special.

Some of them managed to handle the system, but the problem was fighting the monsters that were the focus of the RPG.

Ultra-Real RPG allows you to fight monsters in real time.

A swordsman can attack with his opponent's attacks and aim for gaps... but this is very difficult to think about. Moreover, an attack is carried out along the line drawn, and if the skill level is low, it does not even follow the line or attack in the first place....

I didn't get a hit, and I saw the weakest monsters beat me to death.

Especially those who try to use magic will be the worst.

It is difficult to activate the magic itself in the first place by using beginner magic and not activating it unless an appropriate magic team is written on the screen.

I get beat up while doing such a thing.

Here most players threw spoons.

And most importantly, dismantle the monster.

Dismantle the monsters you destroyed yourself. As beautiful as the graphics are, I think some people saw the impact footage and threw a key.

Besides, even if it is successfully dismantled, if it is a poor dismantling or if the damage during the crusade is severe, the sales value will drop drastically.

Naturally, weapons and knives used for dismantling also have durability values. When durability decreases, it becomes difficult to dismantle, and the selling price decreases.

With this dilemma, you run out of money to buy weapons and get stuck.

And, in this way, the players became less and less rudimentary, and now it is a game that has been completely forgotten.

I'm immersed in such a super-real RPG, Fandergee.

Why are you so immersed in this game? There was no clear reason, but somehow, I felt like I was living in a different world and couldn't leave.

When I first started as a solo player, I thought I'd throw a spoon, but after a certain amount of effort, I realized that I would never die.

If the monsters are going to kill me, I might as well run.

When you get accustomed to dismantling, it sells at a high price and doesn't bother you as much as money.

When you get here, you'll just have to do it.

The world of Vandergeld is very wide and has many different cities. Each city has its own unique features, and its weapons and armor are completely different.

There will be enough players to walk across the city like this.

However, it does not change that it is a system that starts again when you die. A small mistake initializes the character and reduces the number of players every day.

I was still playing such a fundelge today, and I was diving into a dungeon.

It is a dungeon called Shingyoku, the most difficult dungeon in the world of Funderju that no one has yet trampled.

Every day I stacked up my stats one by one, and I came to this dungeon.

The monsters that emerge are all vicious. They're just like the ones that initialize characters with a single hit.

However, with the use of a cunning hand, they move on.

"When I die, everything I've ever done... I don't think I'll retire either..."

As you murmur in front of the monitor, you see blue light in the middle of the dark monitor.

"Oh, God, the balls?

Moving on, a blue crystal ball is placed on a plain stone pedestal.

"I've completed the most difficult dungeon by myself..."

A sense of accomplishment only known to those who have played such games.

"I'm going to cry a little..."

Reach out to reward the dungeon while being moved.

Draw a magical team of appraisal magicians on the screen and bring your eyes to the status that appears.

"Er... pale god balls.

This is the only artifact that God is supposed to have made, and I can feel the power I don't know...?! You got more gear and stuff?!

Picon...

"What?! What?!

The system sounds that I haven't heard in a long time.

It sounds like a message from another player online.

"Message...?

Naturally, I don't get messages without friends. When there were a lot of players, some people would send messages, but now it was a forgotten feature.

"Who...?

Clicking...

Open the message and the sender is blank.

"What... to the fantastic fans of the world? That's an amazing title... it's kind of... delightful.

Um... would you please take the survey...? Is that a message from Operations?

It's a crazy game, so I'll just answer the questionnaire.

Tick-tock...

When you connect to the survey and the written link, a simple string in the center of the pure white screen and yes. No. These two buttons.

Do you like the world of Funderje?

"I'm doing it because I like it.

Clicking...

Do you like your world?

"What kind of question... but this is..."

Clicking...

Do you want to live as a shinya in the world of fandelge?

Sinya is the name of my character. I got too attached to this name. This is one of the reasons why I couldn't stop.

"Hmm... I don't know... What are you seriously thinking? How much fun did you have?

Clicking...

Even though it's a one-way ticket that you'll never come back...

Do you want to live in the world of Fanderges?

…………

When I saw this string, I took it seriously.

Really... if I could go to this world that I've devoted two years of my life to... I wonder if the world I'm living in is unpredictable.

The answer came right away.

There is no practice at all. Even if it's a one-way ticket, I...

Clicking...

I said, "Yes. button.

………………

Thank you for your answer.

"That's right. What the hell am I doing?

Why don't you get back to the hotel and go to bed today? We still have to grieve tomorrow.

Leave the dungeon, push the character into the inn, and I'll dive into the futon.

"But... if you can really go to the game world... stop! I can't believe I'm thinking this! I'm over 30 years old!

Close your eyelids (eyelids) and fall asleep to relieve today's fatigue.

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.

Keane....

I have a bad tinnitus. My body feels fluffy and somewhere unrealistic. It's as if I don't have a body...

Dark vision. It would be natural to keep your eyelids closed.

Slowly open your eyelids to a strange place.

It's in something like water.

The noise bubbles up in front of your eyes. But there is no pain. She's breathing too.

I've tried it a few times, but the scenery doesn't seem to change.

In my dreams... I feel a variety of sensations are clear.

Move your neck and look around. Apparently I'm trapped in a crystal shaped glass.

But... I think I saw this container somewhere...

Piki!

Suddenly, the glass in front of me is cracked.

I feel terrible.

Twinkle!

Zabbar comes out. This one.

Bakin '!

The front of the container cracked and my body was thrown out with the liquid as imagined.

Kehoggggggh!

It wasn't painful when I was in the water, but I was attacked by a feeling of vomiting that slipped my throat as soon as I went out. When you crawl on all fours and cough in, liquid pours out of your stomach.

"Geho... ahhhhh... what's going on..."

Looking up, a pale blue light illuminates the room.

When I looked around, nothing noticed except the container I had in it.

"... are you naked!?

I'm surprised to see myself dressed.

"Nh, there's something to wear... I wonder!

Somehow there is a table in the corner of the room, and clothes are placed there. In order to calm down, I wear clothes for now.

"What are these clothes...? It's an unusual type of clothing... I think I saw it somewhere..."

I tried it on for now, but it feels nostalgic.

Trousers with cheap white fabric clothes without sleeves and loose black fabrics with cheap fabrics.

"Besides... what happened to my abs..."

Roll up your clothes and look at your abs. Six packs of bumpy bumps with tight abs. My hands and feet feel a little different.....

Looking back and looking at my contents, I saw my face and eyes reflected in the broken glass.

"... Sinya?!

Check your face while touching it. That face is the face of Sinya that I manipulated in Fandergeld. In a first-person game, Cynthia had little chance to see her face, so I needed a little time to realize...

I realized that I was a high school or junior high school student. Black hair, black eyes, not short or long. He is an ordinary Japanese youth who lives everywhere.

However, I've looked up to her height and so on...

"Hmm... I just feel uncomfortable.

Are you honestly familiar with the current situation because of your animal guts, or are you such a person... I don't really know myself.

"I also feel pain, and that message is authentic, so I used a one-way ticket... I don't remember using it..."

Wrap your arms around thoughts in a dim room.

"So this is the world of Funderje?

You'll find out when you get out... how do you get out?

When I look at the wall, I don't see anything like an exit.

"Hmm... okay. I'm in trouble."

Boom...

"Huh?!

All of a sudden, the wall behind me opens up and it starts to twitch.

"Ooh, ooh... it's settled..."

Looking out of the fearful exit, there is a complete set of equipment that you must have when you create a character in Fandergeld. A little money, an iron sword, a leather bra.

"I see. That's how the character got his gear...

Wait a minute... "

There were also some game-like parts of this fantastic world.

One of them is inventory.

A magical storage space for almost infinite amounts of belongings.

It can only be opened by the person's magic and cannot be removed by others.

It was the most used magic in the world.

"No, no, before that..."

I tried to open it quickly, but there are some things I need to check before doing so. It's a status. It's one of those game-like things.

Characters always have stats, such as Health, Hunger, Magic, and more.

Immediately after the character is generated, it is almost devoid of magic. Simply use the magic of the inventory to lose magic and faint instantly. If the terrible settings were alive, I would be stunned here if I used the newly generated one.

Originally, there is a button to display the status on the monitor, but naturally, there is no such thing.

"This is a fixed... status open!

Phone...

Ooh...

A familiar status screen appears in front of you.

"Hmm... I don't know.

However, in the status screen that appears, all the numerical values are typed and it is not clear what is written.

"I can't use my stats anymore... when this happens, it's one or eight!

Point your index finger out and draw a magical team of inventory.

When the drawing is done, the white light will slightly overflow, and an inventory screen like the status screen will appear.

"Oh, this is normal.

The inventory is not typed and the contents are understood.

"This... stays the same as yesterday.

The contents of the inventory remained the same as before you logged out yesterday. The equipment I wore at that time was also well inside.

"Then... it's more natural to think of your status as it was then... even if you open the inventory, you won't faint.

And you know where this is...

Whenever a character is generated, everyone starts in the same place.

A small temple-style building. That is the point of respawn in this world.

This shrine-style building is called the (so-called) city of beginnings, a city called Popol.

It's a small town, but if it's a street, you'll find everything.

"I wonder if this is really a dream... if it's a dream, it's more fun in a dream!

I'm still half-hearted, but I'm in a world of immersion as a character I grew up with. It would be a loss if you didn't enjoy it.

First of all, I set the goal of enjoying the world.

"The equipment... is the beginning of the city, so I think it would be better if it stayed like this.

Okay, let's go!

When you leave a shrine-style building, you realize that it's just a little different from the game.

The building is surrounded by grass, and the roads are almost gone. It was well organized in the game...

"Because people don't come in anymore..."

New players were gone, and once they left, they rarely stopped by the city of Popol. I wonder if this happened because of the influence.

"I feel a little lonely....."

Unfortunately, I scraped the grass and headed to the city of Popol.

Wow. The city of Popol.

The landscape at Lisbon had changed, but the city of Popol remained unchanged.

From Lisbon to Popol, you'll first reach a small hill overlooking Popol's entire city. It must be a performance.

All the buildings in the city are made of wood and the fields are spread out to surround the houses. The fields are lined with lush plants and fruits and vegetables.

"I miss it! Assault!

Run down the hill.

My 30-year-old uncle may not be able to move his legs, but he is a teenager now. Your body moves as you wish.

Besides, it's a body with a status that keeps training. It's a bump!

"Arrive!"

Reach the entrance to the city of Popol in minutes.

"I'm... fast!

"Who were you!!

Early arrival, we can be stopped by two men who look like gatekeepers in front of a simple fence. I remember there were no fences or gatekeepers in the game...

The man who screamed and stopped me was a man with short brown hair and a tight face and a muscular body. A man who feels like a warrior! Seems serious to see.

The other standing silently is a narrow man with long blonde hair and long, sliced eyes. This is the exact opposite of the guy.

Automatically generated events are one of the highlights of Fanderge. But as far as I know, I didn't think there was such an event before I got there...

"Ah, my name is Sinya.

"Buh! Ahahah!

"That's not what I heard!

"Hmm? Wasn't that your name?

He suddenly gave a strange answer in his first communication in the world.

In this world, I can't believe the evil of not talking to people suddenly afflicts me....

"What are you doing here?

"Eh? What... what is it?

"Don't ask me! Suspicious bastard!

"Is it possible that you came from the other side?

"That's how they called me.

A data presence in this world that is not manipulated by the player, called NPC (Non-Player Character). In this world, the NPC calls the player's manipulated character Watanabe.

"Watanabe?

"That's right. It came out of a temple-like building up there. If you think it's a lie, you'll see.

"... no. Looks real.

Huh?

"The iron sword on your waist. It can only be used by Watanabe. If someone else holds the sword, it will disappear somewhere.

"Ah... that's a setup.

"Settings?"

"Oh, no. I'm talking about this.

"Nevertheless, it's unusual to be a Watanabe. I haven't been around much lately.

There's a lot going on.

"... well. He'll be gone soon anyway.

Most people will soon give up and disappear, or they won't stay in this city if they get over it. I guess that's what you're talking about.

The Watanabe is the Adventurer Guild first. This way.... "

"No, I know it's my own fault.

Huh.

"Besides, give me their names!

What?

"It's a name. A name! It's not fair to just name me, is it?

"Isn't it you who named yourself?!

"But you heard me.

"Buh! Ahahah! Funny guy!