Rota came to the desk and picked up a pen, leaving behind a letter...
Once everything was ready, Rota went to the terrace and silently called out to the system, "Jarvis, everything is ready. You can begin the transfer."
"Beep. Opening a transfer passage for the host. Please wait... Transfer passage opened!"
Looking at the familiar spatial tunnel before him, Rota stepped inside without another word.
Within YGGDRASIL, Suzuki Satoru, a corporate drone, returned home after finishing another day of work and collapsed weakly onto his bed.
Life was becoming increasingly stressful in modern society. The rich grew richer, while the poor could only struggle to stay fed and clothed.
Office workers like Suzuki Satoru could only be considered relatively fortunate. Though he did not need to worry about food or drink, he still had to complete an enormous workload every day.
His life followed the same monotonous routine: home to work, then work to home. Yet even with such a packed schedule, it could not change the fact that Suzuki Satoru was a gaming enthusiast.
In this day and age, gaming was perhaps the only activity that could bring him any solace. Only in games could Suzuki Satoru feel the joy of life and truly understand the meaning of being alive.
Five days ago, a game called YGGDRASIL had gone on sale. As a die-hard gamer, he had been following this major release for a long time. If not for how busy he was with work, he would have jumped in to experience it the moment it launched.
Before its release, YGGDRASIL had received massive promotion. It was said to offer players a truly immersive experience, a highly free-form open-world DMMO-RPG where numerous classes could be combined in different ways. The promotional videos alone had captured the hearts of