"I'm dead." "I'm dead." "I died." "lol lol Dead!" "lol Dead!" "Huh?" "How?" "I died?" "They're level 40." "This is impossible!" "They're level 40." "This is impossible!" "They're invincible!" "monsters?" "lol lol How many just died?" "lol How many just died?" "A low-level spell took out 40 or 50 of us!" "How many just died?" "A low-level spell took out 40 or 50 of us!" "Are these the legendary...?" "!" "Are these the legendary...?" "!" "Is this gonna end with all of us dying?" "there's still hope." "there's still hope." "There's one person left." "There's one person left." "...Who?" "...Who?" "The strongest:" "Queen." "I can't believe it!" "There are only four of them!" "And 200 players?" "But... this is the end!" "You're mine." "No way!" "too? 200 Players Deaths Deaths have you ever heard this one? who win every single game they play with scores no one has ever come close to. so they're only known as "Blank." "These gamers are said to be unbeatable." "You think the Blanks are cheaters?" "Yeah." "I'm sure of it." "They're a group of cheaters." "200 people with four." "Auto-aimers and auto-dodgers." "Hitbox manipulation." "They have to be cheating." "No." "We were the ones using dishonest means." "I'd never be able to launch huge spells like that one after another." "What?" "But Blank dodged it." "That means they knew I was cheating to cast consecutive spells." "Blank..." "I'm sure they're really smart!" "I wonder?" "I wonder?" "33" "And so the rumors spread even faster." "Urban legends are a type of wish." "Because... the least interesting answer is usually the correct one." "Game-Obsessed somehow... would you stop controlling the main account" "Game-Obsessed for Blank with your feet?" "I'm hungry." "Want some?" "Thanks." "Never thought I'd see you buy fancy rations like these." "Nutrition is important." "the human brain can function as long as it has glucose." "400)}Beginner in terms of cost-performance." "Thanks for the efficiency lecture." "or I won't get bigger." "flawless beauty." "Don't worry about it." "what time is it?" "Um... 8:00 AM." "The middle of the night." "What day?" "Does that matter to a NEET?" "It does!" "It tells you when MMORPGs are going to have new events and ladder tournaments!" "Wait! Proof she's been up for 5 days" "I won't have a healer!" "You can do it." "Are you telling me to control four characters with two hands and two feet?" "Fight!" "no!" "Wait!" "everyone— and by everyone I mean "me"— will die!" "I'll do it!" "and unfair." "It has no meaning at all." "who refuse to accept it." "A wish that the world would be at least a little interesting..." "That's what an urban legend is." "let me try to help you out." "this is what I'll write:" "Have you ever heard a rumor like this?" "Brother... email..." "Your brother's been playing four characters on four separate screens." "but I don't have the energy." "It may be from a friend." "Whose friend?" "Yours?" "That's funny." "I think my beloved sister just said something really mean and sarcastic to me!" "To " " Sender: unknown Have you two siblings ever felt like you were born in the wrong world?" "What is this?" "And how does he know that Blank are siblings?" "What do we do?" "Is he trying to bargain with us? it might be fun to see where this goes." "Welcome" "Chess?" "Good... night... wait." "I can't handle a high-level chess program on my own!" "perfect-information game." "Luck has no part in it." "there is a perfect solution that will never lose." "But... only if you understand the 10^120 possible states of the board!" "Chess is no different from tic-tac-toe." "That's right." "Shiro has beaten a alternating between going first and second." "But..." "It cut off its own piece's advance?" "Shiro." "Brother..." "A program will always select the best move." "That's why you can beat them." "But they're deliberately using a bad move to lure you in." "It's a human." "Calm down." "you'll never lose." "I'll tell you when they're trying to spook you or lure you in." "form Blank together." "Let's see if there's somebody who can beat us." "Checkmate!" "You are winner!" "We won!" "I haven't fought this hard in a long time." "Were they really human?" "Sender: unknown Well done." "If you're that good at games... right?" "What?" "What do you think about your world?" "1)}Is it fun?" "1)}Is it easy to live in?" "What do we think? yet there are 7 billion players making whatever moves they want." "there are penalties. you'll be ostracized." "There are no parameters and no way to even know the genre." "This world is just... a crappy game." "Sender: unknown If there was a world where simple games decided everything... what would you think about that? then we were born in the wrong world." "What's going on?" "Brother... too!" "You were definitely born in the wrong world!" "So I'll let you be reborn!" "In the world you should've been born in!" "Welcome to my world!" "What is this?" "This is the ideal world you've always dreamed of." "The world on a game board:" "Disboard!" "Everything in this world is decided by simple games." "People's lives... even national borders!" "Who are you?" "Me?" "I'm Tet." "I live over there." "A god?" "A god?" "Now's not the time!" "What do we do about this?" "!" "everything is decided by ten pledges." "and robbery is forbidden in this world." "Two:" "All conflict in this world will be resolved through games." "each player will bet something that they agree is of equal value. what they bet and the rules of the game will not be questioned." "Five:" "The challenged party has the right to decide the rules of the game." "Six:" "Any bets made in accordance with the pledges must be upheld." "Seven:" "Conflicts between groups will be conducted by designated representatives with absolute authority." "Eight:" "Being caught cheating during a game is grounds for an instant loss." "the previous rules may never be changed." "this is not the time!" "The ground!" "The ground's getting close!" "Brother!" "Shiro!" "And ten:" "Let's all have fun and play together!" "Hey!" "I look forward to seeing you again." "I don't think it'll be long..." "Brother..." "Where are we?" "Sister..." "I've always thought that life was an impossible game." "A game for masochists." "But..." "It's finally bugged out!" "What's going on?" "This game is total crap! the right to be the One True God." "brutal battle came to a swift end without a victor and the stars." "The single deity who had not participated in the battle won by default and assumed the title of One True God." "His name was Tet." "He was once known as the "god of play. tell me this:" "What is the difference between you and the dumb beasts?" "excuses were meaningless." "God spoke." "he said." "You sixteen races who call yourselves wise: to build a tower of wisdom." "And prove to me..." "G{\cHE08FB4}r{\cH744551}a{\cHCA76E5}a{\cHDFAC6B}h{\cH5E2B4E}!" "{\cHE08FB4}!" "...that you have wisdom at all!" "I see." "So that's why there's a world where according to ten pledges." "Yes." "And by the way..." "What?" "Do you suppose you could leave us with a pair of pants?" "Six:" "Any bets made in accordance with the pledges must be upheld. and you bet everything you owned." "Right?" "but..." "You can't leave us here like this!" "Shiro." "Roger." "Wait!" "Kid!" "At least let me punch you once!" "Looks like even thieves can't rob or kill you." "they probably can't." "In other words..." "It all comes down to your skill at the game." "1)}Kingdom of Elkia" " Capital City Elkia" "Would you hurry up?" "Shut up!" "I'm thinking!" "but it won't change your hand." "A gambling tournament to determine the next king?" "It was the last king's dying wish." "He wants the next king to be humanity's best gambler." "So even the king is decided by a game." "The red-haired girl is Stephanie Dola. she can't inherit the throne." "So she's entered the gambling tournament." "are you okay?" "I'm fine." "What?" "Falling in love with me?" "I was just wondering if you were going to enter." "Me?" "This is all I need." "And... that Kurami girl is so strong that most of the other players withdrew." "you're scared?" "What? you can make up any number of excuses later." "for example." "Interesting." "boy?" "but I don't play for fun." "Bet all that money." "What?" "!" "Do you know much is in here?" "or it isn't a game." "was it?" "Fair enough..." "How about you can do whatever you want with the two of us?" "whatever you want." "Are you serious?" "We're serious." "We'll play a single hand of poker." "What do you say?" "This is your last chance to quit." "outsider." "I'll do it." "I swear by the pledges." "I swear by the pledges." "250)}Aschente (I swear by the pledges)" "Aschente!" "Just a stupid kid from the backwoods with more confidence than anything. but it won't work here." "Brother... huh?" "Poor thing. then walked forever under the blazing sun." "Definitely a bad day." "What are you talking about?" "Nothing." "You ready?" "I'm ready." "if you want." "thanks." "Oh?" "Then... boy!" "Full house!" "yeah." "Sorry" is right." "Ro..." "Royal..." "S-Straight..." "F-F-Flush?" "!" "No way!" "No way!" "No way!" "Look close." "It's real." "000 chance..." "And that's what just happened." "But..." "Pledge six." "Any bets must be upheld." "Right?" "Just who are you?" "Nobody special." "Just... an outsider." "Brother." "too." "Pledge eight:" "Being caught cheating during a game is grounds for an instant loss." "it's fine." "How much is in there?" "No idea." "Just leave it to me." "Negotiations are my specialty." "I'll take a room for two." "One bed is fine." "How many nights can I stay with this?" "One night." "I'm really tired." "Why don't you tell me how many nights I can really stay? you should pay more attention to your tone and where you're looking." "Two nights." "And there you go again." "I'll give you a tip:" "okay?" "four nights." "Thanks." "What's your name?" "Just leave it blank." "For games only" "Shiro." "She's going to lose." "Sure she will." "unlike her oppone—" "She's cheating?" "No doubt about it." "But..." "I can't tell how." "I see... but this world..." "Seriously?" "What will you do?" "Fold?" "Sh-Shut up!" "fair and square!" "Um... um..." "Okay!" "She's cheating." "right?" "O-Of course!" "Smartphones." "DSPs." "Tablet." "Battery and solar charger." "Cables..." "Is this all we have?" "maybe we're lucky we've still got this much." "I can't get a signal." "I'm sure." "This is a true fantasy world." "there's gotta be a limit. can you beat that?" "It was a stupid question." "Shiro. right?" "Why would they try to go back to a world like that?" "too..." "Then it's decided." "1)}Find a place to stay" "let the game begin. but let me go for a second." "Who's there?" "I paid up front—" "Can I come in?" "Challenger" "To save someone... beyond the fact that it's fun?"