Almost in an instant, when everyone came to their senses, they found themselves standing in a strange place, inside a spot protected by a magical barrier. Outside, the world was in chaos, as if time and space had been frozen in place.
Regardless, once those people realized what that terrifying little girl had done to them, they all cried out in alarm.
Because this time, there wasn't just one person caught by Annie and dragged into her game to entertain her and countless readers. There were eleven of them.
"!!"
"Huh?"
"Where are we?"
"Strange. Wasn't I just at work?"
"Damn it, this is real!"
"My God!"
"Bloody hell!"
"I got dragged here in an instant..."
"What's going on? Everything in the book is true? Annie really is that powerful?"
"Probably... maybe... I guess?"
"What do we do? What do we do? I don't want to be tortured for three days, then revived just to get hit with an Obliviate!"
"Look over there!!"
They all started talking over one another, and someone even tried to step outside the magical barrier. But when they quickly discovered that the barrier was like a solid, invisible wall, trapping them inside with no way out, they finally began to calm down. Then they looked up at the rows of words slowly appearing in the air, composed of fiery embers and hanging there so abruptly:
Looking at the mission description, they were overcome by mixed feelings and countless thoughts. For a moment, no one spoke.
Fortunately, someone quick-witted soon came to their senses.
"!!"
"Everyone, stop wasting time! Hurry, hurry and open the blind boxes! We only have thirty minutes to prepare!"
The quick-witted fellow who'd been first to react looked around, then immediately ran to the chest in the middle of the