[a game that should have remained silent….]
The wind howled through the leaves as I slowly opened my eyes. Around me, the jungle seemed to breathe. I didn't remember when I'd been brought here. Just white smoke. And now... here I am on a beach.
— What… where am I? I whispered.
I find myself lying on cold stones, in the middle of nowhere, not a sound of vehicles around, just bodies scattered on the sand in front of me,
Are they alive?
Huh? Kang?
- Mr. Kang, wake up, what's going on here?
Shaking him with all my might
- HEY! Hey! Yes yes I'm coming
stretching on the sand, still half asleep
Most of the figures were starting to get up, little by little, and all with the same expression as me when I woke up.
- Can someone explain to me what's going on, what am I doing on a beach?
- HaaAaaaa where has my bed gone, the cry of another who was returning among us
- Is it a tsunami?
- Are there any survivors?
- You're on drugs, a tsunami! Are you still in one piece without any stains, are you stupid or what?
- Hey, don't talk to me like that, we know each other, you yourself are stupid.
- Calm down, calm down, you, Kang finally shouted, we're not going to start fighting
- The madness, I drank too much yesterday, said the oldest of the group.
Silence
- Well, I don't know about you, but isn't that a camera up there?
affirmed the new consciousness, still sitting on the ground pointing at the object with his finger
- Hey, it's a hidden camera, hey, it's okay, you can stop, we didn't find the camera, we're not playing anymore.
Swings his arms in front of the lens
I watched in silence, then, Shit, no no, not that, shoulders tense, I would recognize this voice among a thousand, even said thousand, the object of my nightmares, no, don't come this way-
- Tch…. I don't believe it…
I turned around as if I hadn't noticed them, ray and oh Lee without ever forgetting their eternal tail seo Hwan, a smirk on their face
- Look who is there, ray
- But it's my friend the cross-eyed one, how did you end up here?
- You might be late for work, added seo
- SHUT YOUR MOUTHS A LITTLE, someone not far away who is also waking up, leaning against the trunk of a coconut tree
I am cursed, Ji-yun Woo, an enemy not to be made, all my worst nightmares in one and the same place
The whole beach had turned to see the illustrious,
- It's a reunion, or what, you even invited me, that surprises me
a young woman, seated, with a piercing gaze, a touch haughty
Kim young
- Pathetic, she breathed, I see that some people remain the same, true to themselves in their idiocies
- You can stop for a moment, for now we are lost, Kang continued.
Suddenly, a shrill crackling sound echoed from the speakers hidden in the trees. A voice, feminine, soft, like that of a little girl, rose up, and in front of us a projection of a… Kind of doll
- WELCOME DEAR PLAYER, TO THE BRAND NEW EDITION OF THE "FANTASY GAME"
- what is this nonsense, since when, heeeee the toy, what is this nonsense, affirmed the stupidest of the group
- SO I SAID-
- What, you're not answering, why aren't we here?
- I SAID -
- I'm not going to-
BANG!
His head flew apart, a spray of blood burst forth, and his body collapsed heavily onto the sandy ground, blood pooling in a large pool around him.
Silence
This is when we all noticed the drone floating above our heads, folding its armed metal arm.
- SO YOU ARE HERE TO WIN THE COLOSSAL SUM OF 100 BILLION DOLLARS, I SAID DOLLAR, BUT FOR THAT YOU HAVE TO PLAY AND PAY OFF YOUR DEBTS.
- DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT, YOU'RE LATE, YOU'RE THE LAST GROUP ON THE LIST, AND BEHIND THESE CAMERAS IT'S NOT YOUR COUNTRY THAT'S FOLLOWING YOU BUT THE WHOLE WORLD, SHOW THAT KOREA HAS TALENT FACING ALL THE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. SO THE FIRST TEST
[There are currently 30 of you in this area, but at the end of this 24 hours, only 20 people will be allowed to move on to the next test.]
- Yes… It's not funny, all trembling
- We can use you to confirm it if you want, Kim Young breathed.
- Hey, you have a problem, stay away from my daughter, interrupted the older one
- DEAR PLAYER, WELCOME TO THE REAL FANTASY GAME, ONLY 20 WILL LEAVE FROM HERE, REGARDLESS OF THE METHOD, IT'S UP TO YOU TO DECIDE AND IMPRESS OUR INVESTORS, SEE YOU IN 24 HOURS
Oh Lee: ha ha aha, in a fit of laughter, 100 billion, I would have thought he would have asked for more than that, if that's all, so let's offer an unforgettable show, for my 100 billion
Ray Lee: Is this the truth?
- PLAY AND YOU WILL SEE
and disappear without further explanation
A roar rose.
One, two… Three, hundreds of drones, slowly descending from the sky, red lights flashing to the rhythm of our hearts and dispersing like a swarm of insects
Each area, each group, each individual, was followed by one of these drones, above our heads, it never left us.
[ongoing observation, first phase: survival]
Tensions exploded, most were in shock
- What is this again?
- I don't want to participate
- No, we have to organize ourselves, said the oldest.
- We who?, you're joking, all they want to survive with me
- Here it's every man for himself
- Then stay alone
I kept myself away from all that, I avoided being noticed,
Ray and his troop had gathered all the weak-minded people, I was no different from them, I stayed there with Kang, who didn't really understand the situation but who knew that the important thing was to survive.
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