JOKER || Alice In Borderland

⁰⁰² Game?

Chapter 2

AS NIGHT TIME APPROACHED, KOCIHI STARTED TO BECOME WORRIED. He had tried to use his phone but it was completely dead which didn't make sense as he charged it just a few hours ago. Not even the cars were working so he had to just walk to see if he could find someone. After a while of wandering around aimlessly, he hadn't been able to find anyone.

Koichi didn't know what else to do so he headed home but to his surprise his mom wasn't there either. No matter how many times he called out to her, the woman didn't not make any sign of showing up. So as a last resort, Koichi started roaming the streets of Tokyo again with no destination in mind.

A few questions littered his heads like what the hell happened to everyone, was he dead? Or maybe everyone was throwing him a party. The last one didn't seem too plausible but hey, never limit your options. 

The brunette noticed there weren't many animals around either which was strange but half the time you didn't even notice them and that's when Tokyo wasn't deserted. Not even any birds were around. Koichi was now aware the sun had completely gone down now but Tokyo remained dark. None of the lights turned on so now he stood alone in the middle of the street with a stupid confused look on his face.

"Maybe...maybe I am dead." He concluded until a bright white screen popped up and the words 'Game this way' shoes up.

"Game this way?" Reading out the words before raising an eyebrow. "What does that mean?"

Not having anything else to do, and since he was definitely either dreaming or dead, the boy shoved his hands in his pockets and Curiously started to follow the directions of the arrows on the big screens. 

Soon enough, Koichi had spotted a building that was lit up and he spotted a few figures there. He sighed in relief knowing there were other dead people and made his way over to the gathering of the dead. Walking up the steps, he looked at everyone and noticed they were all quiet and silently staring at him until they all looked away.

'Strange.' He thought to himself, slightly creeped out by the atmosphere. 

Not as exciting as he hopped since it was just a plain room with nothing but a table in the centre. He walked forward a few steps till he stood in front of it, tilting his head at the sight of phones scattered evenly together. 

'1 per person' 

Shrugging slightly, he picked a random but nice looking one and the screen lit up, illuminating his features since the light above was too weak to even be counted as a working bulb. 

FACE RECOGNITION IN PROGRESS, PLEASE WAIT FOR A MOMENT...

A loading screen came up, then it dinged and showed a home Screen  with an ID number and a few apps. A woman's voice seemed to be reading out instructions as well. It also had a timer that was counting down from two minutes.

Please wait until the game commences.

There are currently nine participants. Two minutes until registration closes.

"Hm. Interesting." He said to himself and went over to stand next to a random lady who was shaking.

Well at least he found people.