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Chpater 23: Reunion

Game Clear, Congratulations.

We finished the game.

It's been an intense 4 hours, all of us are bleeding and I don't know how many people made it out of here.

But Chisiya, Karube and I did make it. We have 10 days added to our visa, which will help us make it to the outside of the city.

We find a place to recover and to tend our scrapes and scratches. This is also the time to catch up on everything that has happened since Karube and Chota left.

He tells us he lost Chota during one of the games, a spades game unfortunately. His leg wasn't fully healed yet and that he just wasn't fast enough.

"That maze game was insane. Acid rain was what killed him." Karube says and looks down with a pained look on his face, remembering the scene.

Chisiya and I look shocked. They were also in the maze game? I didn't see them at the start.

"Where was your maze game? Was it also in a warehouse?" I ask him and he just nods.

I heard a scream during that game, could it have been Chota's. It sends chills down my spine once again. That must've been awful.

I make my way over to Karube and put my hand on his shoulder.

"Are you going to be okay?"

I could tell he was still upset about it, and I don't blame him. He has lost his closest friends while he's here. And there isn't much time to get over it; either you still have to finish the game, or the problem with the visa.

Karube nods. "I'll be okay, it's going to take some time. I know that the pain will never completely go away, but I also know people who have gone through the same thing, Kyuma for example. Where is he by the way?"

That's when Chisiya explains what our plan is, and that Kyuma decided to stay in the city.

Karube nods. "I'll go back to him then. I don't want to slow you two down with my depressed ass." He smiles a little; it's probably his way of coping with things.

"You sure? You can always tag along. We won't mind." I say, but he shakes his head.

"I've made up my mind. I'll stay here for another day or so before heading back."

We're also staying for another day to give our bodies some rest after the game.

Next day we didn't do much, just giving our bodies the time to rest and heal. My legs were still so sore from all the running yesterday that I didn't feel the pain in my fingers from when I scraped them along the concrete in order to save Karube.

When the sun has set, Chisiya says he's going to take a look outside since he's been hearing some commotion during the day.

Karube and I decided to get more sleep, so we headed to the room we set up as a bedroom; basically just a room that we put our sleeping bags in.

Chisiya takes a chair and puts it by the broken window, making sure he won't be seen right away. If we're staying out of sight, we're staying out of trouble.

As he sits there, scanning the streets for any signs of movement. He hears a rustling noise from outside and tenses up. What if people find them and raid their spot? Maybe even kill them for no reason. There's no way of making it out alive in the condition we're all in.

But to his surprise, a small bunny appears. He relaxes a little, realizing that the bunny isn't much of a threat. The bunny hops around and Chisiya just looks at it, he even smiles a little. He didn't expect to see animals around here, or anywhere really.

He hears some commotion down the street and focuses on that now, but the noise is only getting weaker, which means they're moving away from him and the others. So with that in mind he decides to call it a night as well. He waves to the bunny and goes to bed.