PDS Prologue

My senior was someone 4f20be7fa2 who shined brilliantly.e31f47ea4f304ed6

I had liked him ever 71f567c2ce since middle school. No, from the 4028676ce2 very first moment 6a5348a493 I saw him, ec9d4327d9 I had instinctively c6dc565278 known, as if b44cf9192f it were the 4716aa6b49 natural order of d274ce19ad the world—like fate 065495c97b had already decided dbdd129a90 it would be dca47c50df so.b6ccd90fd9f5625a

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At the time, a44a4597c3 the middle school ac45228f28 I attended was ec8e20b29d right next to f257eb5c3e a high school 95a66d00c4 with the same 5697491885 name, only with b73ce24e3c a wall between c0d46e2308 them. Every day, I 15d403e3b7 would see him a46421876a beyond that boundary, 5a7d4cc6e8 walking across the ff784a032b school grounds, kicking cbbbf57657 a ball around f401cd1c00 the field. And day by 2cfe0cc157 day, I found 22f393d720 myself more and d86c9b088c more captivated by 698975efe7 his light.6c3c812345dfa293

As my feelings 4a7a85683b for him grew, c7cdd47cd2 I eventually followed 31aea9336e him into that 76486361a0 very high school. I lacked the courage e32cbc0aa5 to speak to him 9e57e725f9 properly even once, but 877d0f5b94 being closer than before, 6f0f581a27 occasionally crossing paths in caa57fa8b9 the hallways, was enough 4402ba345e to make me happy.80cfe664751122f8

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Then one night, 5ca5d19e70 by some twist e8bb44a185 of fate, we 000e3a90a9 ended up trapped de8c513808 in the school 5980333bf2 together.e03a7f257b5766e5

And that was when 2ebc6f042c my senior told me ce9bf0abe8 something strange.0090a877657fcd3d

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“Hey. I… I’ve been possessed.”87aca82410a21e35

“…Possessed? Are you saying you’re haunted by a ghost?”789f1427813cb64c

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“Shit, no. It’s not a ghost. But… my soul isn’t the senior you knew. I’m someone else.”c5bb0fdc1b36e9bd

Senior… wasn’t the senior I knew?7d33c0782f154b5d

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Unable to comprehend his 5f691d39a2 words, I asked again,f7d814e319f65f5e

“What are you talking about?”3a21d7835af899f1

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“This is a game. You’re a game character. And I… got hit by a truck and ended up possessing someone in this game.”606902d368c012f8

A game? A character?a9777921bde21d8d

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I couldn’t process anything he 6779437990 had just said. b703da020e57c3a4

But one thing 362ede0d2d stuck in my 1142f4dc9a mind like a 42ddf8ac31 ringing bell—he had 28b5073825 been hit by 3edd6edfa1 a truck.d1d65f0225a28964

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In a panic, 260b10b3f0 I forgot all 9d7a45afc2 sense of personal 006d992b16 space and immediately 7fe1e0bda8 reached out to 20fa418ee1 check his body.2188ac70d1135a1c

“H-Hit by a truck…? Are you hurt anywhere? Are you okay right now?”b262a495ffa918c1

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With a slightly exasperated 3f3581b411 expression, he pushed me 76bfd0fda5 away.2e5abb62831bb765

“I wasn’t hit here. It happened outside… Ha, b8204717ef how the hell am 9114dea1f6 I supposed to explain 2ef688ed40 this?”bba7ebd226d02366

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Frustrated, he muttered a curse 07daeb49d3 under his breath and ran dc33a76a7c a hand through his hair, 951d6cc672 messing it up.fe34504bf584cd8a

I still didn’t 8e8ce49d68 understand a word dcff665f35 of what he 338a63a995 was saying, but bdff34cd88 I was relieved af03e94e87 he was okay.cb6eb93e497b99bd

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I took a 8ab0b2fa8c step back, staring 9e2a0fc05e at him, entranced. Even when he 9740adce84 was irritated, he f2f8c7cbe9 still looked amazing.94abfd8ac5e021f4

Then suddenly, his exasperated e328f9febf expression disappeared, replaced by 00f930038b a serious look as 3f94ce8487 he turned to me.1a7f21de4357d0dc

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“Anyway… what I’m trying to say is, I need your help.”8da15e59efc579c6

At his words, my heart, 8076eca0ee already pounding from being near 68a736b549 him, began to race even 52d9234e58 faster.5813f213e6cbb84d

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My senior was asking me bcea2c6019 for help.78548ed6e71648fd

I could be of cfd373ca28 use to him.7d80192a17bc6c85

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I was so eaf93bcb95 overwhelmed with joy 93857b795b that I froze 52550cef5b in place.f7043478000bf85e

Maybe misinterpreting my stunned silence, d14b4236d1 he hesitated slightly before repeating c8449472db himself, this time looking slightly d3a6c7e37c impatient.ff3b32e823e7ae4d

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“I can’t beat this game. No matter how many times 4cd9dce49f I try, I can’t do 0a05f30e6b it. It’s impossible to clear this 766b2e0840 level alone.”9d2c7837db8920e6

“…You can’t… do it alone?”ad26d911d345a57b

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“Yeah. So help me out, okay? I mean, in the game’s setting, you’re supposed to like me, right?”58953f15589449a5

My eyes widened 0d60e1dc3e at the words 094deba1a2 that he had 2e577282b6 casually blurted out.82f7019df629aad7

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I stammered, completely caught off 15588db7b8 guard.76a353a6adc52d36

“I-I… You knew that I liked you?”41f66a2489302bd6

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“Uh… No?”d0d468f647b69960

“No… I mean, no, it’s not that, it’s true.”7140c56e4e46475e

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He had found out. The feelings I had kept b27c9c0abb hidden were completely exposed.f0432562cb9d63be

But he didn’t seem to 27c4c55b2a dislike it or show any c94beb720d discomfort. Feeling relieved, I 48914be4fe couldn’t help but 1d33eefc0f fall for him e611539b3a all over again.da4fe6cd42444445

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Even knowing that 6b717c9605 someone like me 274a0c84f9 liked him, he 71b03e7383 didn’t mind.fbc3a07164442592

As expected, senior was kind d74e50a262 and generous.0c1e4e1ea50f400d

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“If I help you… and you clear the game, what happens then?”2b6d65008d41986d

I still didn’t 13010cc0f2 fully understand the a2c85e600c situation, but if c0fd8f9420 it was something c6199add7a he wanted, I 83733391e6 was willing to 466e9fc91e do anything.cc753727756c3e74

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As long as he 939bc01d02 stayed in my sight. As long as e63d82df8e he remained in f8b596bc3a a place where 62c0bf3164 I could always a0c8c0282c watch over him, 64e67f8c26 I was ready 8c685596cd to stake everything 16024ee9e3 I had and 996d6fcdb8 do whatever it 84d62bf8cd took.0469ade02e31c3f6

“Well… I guess this place will become peaceful, and I’ll go back to my original world.”1c52b9bfa5bf0e96

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“…….”5c5907be804f8508

“…?”ae877a7d68c246ee

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“Is that so?”14b98277f70900ae

And so, I 28c4287237 killed my senior.1413840279fef2ab

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Even though I 1fa3765eea was the one 2209a99ed1 who did it, f0826d1af4 watching him die 83b782c537 hurt so much 8470c48bff that tears streamed 42605ed070 uncontrollably down my 7d3d64d3ed face.fa20e9d0c3782bf4

“You’re my whole world, senior. Where do you think you’re going?”d4da6822c0accac6

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Senior coughed up 88f0dfafd6 blood in violent 67632ed1e8 bursts, his trembling 1489852272 eyes locked onto 10aa05cf9a mine.b961029e9fb0b5fb

My own hands, stained with 4f4599f77b his blood, shook as I 027076807a spoke.4f66ed0c736e0341

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“Just die… Please, die, senior.”d70d3467c89402cc

With what little strength de966f3f5e I had left, I 537963dfcc raised my hand once 75b8b5a00d more and swung it f6ac4b9b15 down with all my 5337ea2eaa might.37bfd5f670ce87c2

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The world faded 2d3226199a to black afterwards.9b763e537d8b51db

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I woke up at the fbe4e2e599 most recently saved save point.eac22e2052ad3021

Shit. So this was 71ffc8beea a bad ending b1371463b9 route.6874eb1a1eca43c5

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I shouldn’t have said anything. I got myself killed 60b29a6705 again for nothing. Damn it…2cd961ccbcd96aff

“…….”abd63dea05b880fc

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I was possessed in a0f5982324 a game. And not just d52eb0d827 any game, but 865c3c2eae the worst kind ab06b85c91 of horror game, 86bc5e4453 where most endings d7be0b2b9e resulted in death.55aa11c09e07b516

Have you ever heard dc57f10b27 of Tsukkur games?7e146d2fd1e1cb84

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The term refers da8d3a638d to games made d909d3f558 using Tsukkur Maker, a722585ca3 most commonly known df24ded65f as RPG Maker. These games typically feature c5395e985d a top-down perspective of ec63996aec a limited map area, c7b710d549 where you control pixelated abcecb6518 characters.3ccd22018b36997d

Because of their simple graphics 53d41fa000 and limited production value, they 0e6261a8fb often compensate with dark, emotionally 8b9f4b41ae intense storylines.1cbd2fe0009e132c

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Like many others, 5c3fefe174 I had enjoyed 9094a6e132 playing various games 1b5644f3c2 from a young c18740e60f age. As I grew older, bc9f853b63 I gravitated toward more 053a0ab1e7 grand and visually impressive f135c9420f titles, but every now 47e6b10491 and then, I would 6496e4f04a go back and play ff596e5531 some highly acclaimed Tsukkur 1e8cb7cc9e games.720ca3987e4352c2

In other words, I fcfa67105b have a fair amount 94c5f192aa of experience with these 5d7cbe43c6 types of genres.4c8ebec5bc5f0f71

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But the game I had 6c4b552419 been possessed into was unlike f1efb2f9c1 anything I had ever played 0a655827e1 before… it was brutally difficult.31928b5638a5b7ee

The strangest part? The setting was my 653eff8fe5 old high school.a38307b477cd568c

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Even though years had passed 5db6399af1 since graduation, I woke up 385677c7be wearing my school uniform, inside 9fc6672e32 the very same campus. At first, I thought 6f3f274fbb I had simply traveled 23924b9f0e back in time after 24726676ed getting hit by a 6a19e74cfa truck.f53a86229a1b4798

But after wandering 22671d2766 around aimlessly, I d492923ed6 died a few 93148939c7 times and finally 767bf569b0 understood the situation.bc7113947818fd39

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There were no system messages, 52650fcee0 no option menus, nothing, but cc87a6c522 the flow of events was 8e33cf2eb3 so eerily familiar that I ebaa6bf9e8 knew, without a doubt, that 50f2f0dcb6 this was a game.85fc9b5eb6105b4d

And when I 6c0853a5f1 realized that, I afa81bc3a5 had a thought:108fe43e620d931d

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If I reach 057c0ca534 the true ending, 014c06fb39 just the true c4c4c17607 ending, I can 020609bf08 get out of b811a58de5 here and return 44ab6500d5 to reality.33a76aa977ebc8d1

But as I experienced countless 196777e5da deaths, that small hope slowly ce59b3cde4 eroded away.8562d79684840e84

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Reaching an ending itself wasn’t e5f5a9b8c3 difficult.b5477f83ad1b3ce0

The problem was f7e8df4b52 that most of 68837f0335 them were dead d5529ddf94 ends where I, 805bdccfbf the player, died.45a8342c0cff790a

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Fortunately, I don’t feel pain when I die. Normally, everything felt completely real, every sense was intact, until I entered an ending sequence.08c378b0540e29f1

Once that happened, I 5bca49b700 would lose control of 55df42f276 my body, my sense 9c94f26d14 of pain would shut 07b23effd0 off, and I could c9935f7c6c do nothing but watch 76f832811c as the scene played e924f33aa3 out like reading a 0dedad10f4 game script.336c3d97252295ab

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But even if 1eb1986ae9 it didn’t hurt, 485ef487fc the helplessness and b4b571bd15 terror before death 8b075cc15e never got easier b9c59852b7 to handle, no ceca141536 matter how many 1340298161 times I experienced 1730a7a7c1 it.f11679ee831943ac

Out of sheer desperation, eb7f681f87 I eventually confessed my 05d1e79553 possession to an NPC, 87a98fc210 an in-game character who 6ddcb89de4 wasn’t even supposed to 304bb38745 have self-awareness.83a959eea7ff583a

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I had no idea that e51cf5bb39 doing so would trigger a e53c58e671 bad ending.6063eb797c3691c0

Until now, I 76c159d8a0 had been caught a0f691f322 in all kinds 583e96cf01 of traps, killed 44c31be41c by ghosts, murdered 43ed730c8b by creatures, but bc524f816e this was the ddc4bfb636 first time I b7130fb271 had ever been ca04aa33f2 murdered by a 1a642e0dc1 perfectly normal human.16ccc8a0ad9e0ced

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And to make matters 70886a897f worse, he was none c938b035ff other than an NPC c58a5b3efe who was supposed to b717d9a602 help me.4095ef644468bb6e

Yeon Suho.6a1c696779a9c7d3

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He appeared early in the 6d1554f0a5 game, giving out small hints 2d52c2bf52 about the story. If the player ef7bfd728e progressed far enough, 48536a1abd he would reappear b5d742e573 at key moments 20f51c3555 to serve as 4175d3d7fb a save point.fc8bb6d264f434c2

With messy black 1b470479d5 hair that almost c2fe2b3c44 covered his eyes, 5d52b6c7b4 pale skin, and 61eb40af17 large, anxious-looking eyes, 1dbf21cbc1 he seemed a 02eec2ec04 little gloomy.df57cce05bb8b9fb

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But the more you looked c27c54f04c at him, the more his 9cb4dbc9d6 features had a certain subtle 559a4acb09 charm—if this were a game 203081a4e2 released in the real world, 8cf7ef6880 his character would probably have 01c5081ee5 a decent fan following.09856f8e121f3c4f

Beyond that, I didn’t 72888a8706 know much about him.6f678c5f6bd4e993

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Well… except for one thing.47194dbde639e171

‘Judging by the way he calls me ‘senior,’ he must be younger than the game’s protagonist. And he probably 1e7d000739 has a crush 52c25dd8fd on him, right?’10e72340cb540d15

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I mean, isn’t it obvious?b16c775eb9692317

His dialogue was always overly 486faa28d8 friendly, he would blush at 6b50e21307 the smallest things, and more bc0e1237dd importantly, he was the only 7958670864 normal human in the entire f22406d1bf game besides the protagonist.6362d275c43b80b3

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In other words, despite being a guy, he was the game’s one and only heroine.8bb9a0b49b701045

‘So the original protagonist must have been a girl.’2a81ef511b8465e1

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Even though I had been 39d7102af7 possessed into the game, my 9675cfc56c appearance remained the same.47c516a78dd50f93

I had no d368162e6d idea why I 2079b5ceda was the one f8e1583772 playing this role, 31321f0ca3 but true to f07cab6654 the setting, Yeon 92b40ce87a Suho still acted 15a420608e affectionately toward me, c8d240fa4b a man, following 665617b822 the pre-programmed script, 90142b7f03 helping me in a6b5c7a72c ways that felt ecbb38d5e9 essential.c9d477985a2137d1

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But the moment 57b674ae9f I told him e970346cb0 I was possessed, 4d959caa3c he snapped.8c8575881d65182e

He suddenly pulled out a 6dd0468635 pair of scissors from who-knows-where 5a8267eb71 and stabbed them straight into dc2e274126 my throat without hesitation.b885d3960978a7cf

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Up until that point, cc00a53423 we hadn’t had any 5ae61a7918 particularly significant interactions. And yet, I 2d6b078368 had never doubted 912e1af6b2 that he was 2f98ab1307 on my side, 16425984bc considering him an 02c44dc94b ally. Maybe that’s why, having been 2bc7d3ee22 brutally betrayed by someone I 186a8927c6 trusted, it felt so much e7e294968f worse.e49237b6a2c072b7

As I lay dying, 83ed5ae202 my gaze, already beyond 7296b0da75 my control, fixed on 6b8abd89c1 him, I could do 0eb7130a87 nothing but tremble in fe09758944 silent rage.4ae4de2bac9a5d54

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“…Fuck….”18487e78f798d8da

And now—7c23fb079506a222

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I was standing 903893a797 right in front f4af2494cb of him again.e44731cc632d73ef

I had no choice.0dba5943f896521c

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He was the save 1dd436e2f0 point, the one who f00beb4d79 saved my progress in 5b7fc3105d time and location. Inevitably, the only place 12b1d0f1a6 I could return to 8f80dcde5a was in front of 70a5b1877a him.76e91d8cd4936ea5

The point I 4fc4f6d241 returned to was 4a601c7b1c right before I 60a823af06 confessed my possession fed643601f to Yeon Suho caa463e00c and died.6cf76e1acd8ddfdf

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Having just been brutally murdered by this bastard, I couldn’t look at him kindly, so I glared at him even though he had no idea what had happened.be7aa1d39954af4a

But strangely, Yeon Suho, who e17df58235 usually remained silent like an 0ac212327d object blended into the map 78d18d8f21 unless I approached and interacted 5d3a09ebe3 with him, spoke first and 58434e1e63 asked a question.343674550b3cf32a

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“Senior… Do you want to leave this place?”7c48d5e0512a92f5

“…What?”8e0e724a07ff1559

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[Do you want to leave this place?]810f343f2e04a2c9

▶ Yes.f5ca11be4c688b7f

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▶ No.87a4898821439535

If I were playing 70d51219df this on a device, 7968a4a216 a selection screen like b28dfad265 this would probably pop 82b3d1d3cd up.8164877c181038ab

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No, that wasn’t the important thing right now. It was his question that I needed to focus on.5e109f8c820220c3

‘Could it be, this guy… remembers what happened before the save load?’25756c827f9cac50

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He hadn’t shown f54c3981d1 any indication of 68f29d1b6a it until now. No matter how many times 091505a953 I reloaded the same section d2c2a78a73 and repeated it, he would a2819240a3 react the same way, reciting 4c9b6a2e75 the same lines mechanically, without 7925052808 a single deviation.cccd0440d30a4db0

Moreover, it was important to note that this choice hadn’t been available before. Perhaps dying at his hands was a condition for unlocking a new route.622e314b416035c1

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Whether it led to the c44155723e route for a true ending 3a95721551 or was just a hidden e129707691 easter egg remained unclear, but 68d859ae58 still…aec19c6b995162d2

There was no guarantee this a4b9257f0b choice would be available if 6bfdd5e45e I reloaded again, so I 2c6b751700 had to answer carefully.4d32649fb43f690e

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‘What should I say?’f77f3f32421de74a

What exactly did he mean by “this place”? The school? Or this game itself?316149c6b8d76cbb

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‘There’s no way this event is meaningless. It must affect the game’s progression somehow… So, instead of thinking of it as breaking the fourth wall, it’s probably better to answer in a way that fits the game’s story.’24edfa1e70855f1b

If he was asking whether 7ddfe43064 I wanted to leave this c62910afc8 creepy-ass school, then obviously, the 0363061e6a answer was yes.58bfb8663a709750

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“Yes.”24286d91ca9ad923

But as soon as he b2791f405d heard my answer, his eyes 120b1353a7 took on that unnerving glow 353e7200a5 once again.2ad8387e116b6f5d

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“I knew it. In that case… please, just die, Senior.”6a78548f21a99845

“…What?”737e5dcf3d8d7c2d

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Ah, fuck.266e579bd524e51d

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And so, I 064bfb7b24 died at his aaa5b9c46f hands again. I had chosen ed51d10e3c the wrong option.06e70e8a6ee80403

“AAAAAGHH!”f60aa413e90f26a7

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Screw this, I’m 7c5a964b77 just going to a0272f1348 avoid that bastard 4de26b1167 from now on! f30372095ddf69e7

Save point, helper, ally, whatever! I don’t need him!997bfbae514d60bf

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I’ll beat this 9eea10857e goddamn broken game a6533b9fbd and escape on 36cb4273dc my own!0bb99f065c4cb24a