Alice suddenly woke up in an empty white space with nothing around it. Her eyes widened as she looked around and noticed something in the distance. She began walking towards the thing, and as she got closer, she saw a giant metal door with the number 23 on it. She tried pushing the door but it seemed locked.
"Locked, there must be a way to open this door." Alice muttered to herself.
Alice stares at the door determined to open it. She looked around to find something that could help her open the metal door. She felt something in her pockets and reached inside it. She felt something and pulled it out from her pocket, it was a metal key that seemed to fit the keyhole.
"A metal key, could this be the key?" Alice muttered to herself again.
Alice placed the key inside the keyhole and turned it. A white light shines brightly, and the door vanishes. The empty white space transforms into darkness, and she notices someone in the distance. Alice began walking towards the person, feeling a bit scared. As she approached the person, she saw a man on his knees, his face censored with glitching pixels.
"Who is this person? Why is he like that?" She muttered to herself.
She bent over to inspect the man but suddenly large chains appeared out of thin air and began constricting him. 5 giant padlocks appeared and moved around her. The padlocks went up to the chains and locked him up.
"W-What the-? Why is he being constricted?" Alice said in shock.
Alice was confused about why the man was being locked up like that. She tried to talk to him but he seemed unresponsive. She got closer and tried to reach out to him. But suddenly the man began thrashing around in the chains and the pixels on his face began glitching.
"Save me, please save me!" The man screamed.
The pixels disappeared on his face momentarily and Alice saw his face, it was Sugimoto with a panicked face who was trying to get out of the chains.
"S-Senpai?" Alice muttered.
Alice looked in horror seeing Sugimot locked up like that. Suddenly the void began swallowing him into the ground. Alice notices it tries to help him but she feels herself being restrained as well.
"Kid save me please, don't leave me here!" Sugimoto screamed.
Alice tried to fight through it to save him but couldn't move a muscle. She saw Sugimot sinking into the ground with only his head above the ground. Sugimoto looked at her with a terrified face.
"KID!-"
"Senpai!" Alice screamed at him.
Alice woke up from her slumber in shock from the nightmare. She looks around her surroundings and notices that it's still dark outside. She sat up trying to understand what just happened.
"Why did I just dream about Senpai... Why was he locked up like that?" Alice muttered to herself.
Alice looked at the time and saw it was three o'clock in the morning. She started sighing to herself.
"Man, I really get weird dreams when I'm exhausted. I should really avoid it." She muttered to herself and tried to go back to sleep.
She woke up that morning and began getting ready to go to school. She had breakfast with her grandpa and then went out and walked to school. As she got there, a row of students and teachers greeted her.
"Congratulations Alice."
"Good job Alice."
"Congrats on your win Alice."
The message spread to her entire school and everyone praised her for her win. The principal greeted her and praised her for her achievements. Alice nodded and began making her way to her class. As Alice sat down, her classmates and even other students from the other class flocked to her and asked many questions. Throughout the day, Alice is approached by people she doesn't know well. During recess, Alice was dragged out by teachers who wanted to talk to her about her achievements.
