No Game No Life Volume 1 - It Seems Gamer Siblings Will Conquer a Fantasy World

Prologue - Part 1

—[Urban Legends].

The urban legends being spread throughout the world are as numerous as the stars. They are also a type of [Desire].

—For example, the urban legend that 'no human has really ever stepped foot on the moon'.

—For example, the conspiracy of the Freemasons in the American dollar bills.

—For example, the time-space experiment that took place in Philadelphia.

The Chiyoda Line’s nuclear shelter, Area 51, the Roswell UFO incident, etc.

After seeing this many examples, it can be concluded that there is always some kind of distinct pattern between them.

That is... they were all born out of the same type of desire: 'It would be interesting if the legend was real'.

Smoke will not rise without fire as its source. However as it spreads and builds up, that [Desire] becomes a [Rumor].

This kind of thinking was not strange to the world. Since ancient times, humans have always preferred the [Inevitable] to an [Accident], after all. The birth of mankind was likely the accidental product of astronomical probability. According to the humans, there was something that intentionally wanted to create humans.

Looking from this way of thinking, the world was not chaotic, but orderly. By imagining out a reason behind the meaning of existence, people use this to help explore the vagaries and ruthless values of this world.

..........People lived with this desire in their hearts. Therefore, [Urban Legends] can also be said to be something that was born from earnest [Desire].

—However, very little people know that among the [Urban Legends] numerous enough to illuminate the skies, there are truths mistaken for legends. In the end, nobody knows if they were real.

—Don't be mistaken, this does not mean that the aforementioned urban legends are true.

Only the reason behind the existence of these urban legends are somewhat different from rumors.

Now then, how did this [Urban Legend] come about? It started as any ordinary [Rumor]. But it became a rumor that was so unrealistic that it changed from a [Rumor] to an [Urban Legend]. And that kind of [Rumor] is like this one.

There was a rumor that had spread on the internet about a gamer named 『　　』. According to more than 280 Online Game Rankings, there was a player with an undefeated record that always stood proudly at top of the rankings with Kuuhaku/『　　』 as his name. You may be thinking, "There is no way something like that could exist." That is right. Anyone would think the same way. That was also what everyone else believed.

A simple theory was accepted. That is, in order to not expose his identity, a certain game developer entered the game rankings with the name of Kuuhaku/『　　』. However, unknowingly, as the rumor spread explosively as a wave throughout the community, it took on a different form: in actuality, there is no such player.

But the strange thing was that Kuuhaku/『　　』 participated in wars and many players have faced against him.

He was unrivaled...just like a raging storm.

He was said...to have beaten a chess program that even Grandmasters cannot defeat.

He was said...to have an aberrant playing style that was impossible to read.

He was said...to have been so strong that even if you use Tool Assists and Cheat Codes, you would not be able to defeat him.

He was said...was said...was said...

Anyone that was even the slightest bit interested in that [Rumor] would decide to investigate it further.

This isn't hard to believe, because the method to investigate was not hard. If a person was placed first in either a Consumer Game, PC Game, or Social Game, that person would surely have an account. And if that account exists, his win-loss records can also be investigated.

But how could such a person exist?

Anyone that investigated it further actually fell into a trap. Because Kuuhaku/『　　』 in reality had his own account for every game console and SNS. The number of games on the accounts were [Countless]. He didn't even have one black spot in his win-loss records.

—With that, the mystery thickened. Some even hypothesized that Kuuhaku/『　　』 was a hacker that erased his own loss records or that Kuuhaku/『　　』 was a group of gamers that only high-level players were invited to, etc.

With this, a new [Urban Legend] was born.

—However, in this case, the person who allowed this Kuuhaku/『　　』 rumor to be created must also be responsible.

Because he had an account, he was given the right to speak, but he completely ignored this privilege. He has never said a single sentence, never interacted with others, and has never provided any information.

Silent, not even communicating at all.

Since there was no provision of information, everything was a mystery besides the fact that Kuuhaku/『　　』 was Japanese.

No one has seen his real face—— This had also been the main reason why the urban legend was accelerating.

—So.

—Let us introduce.

—The truth.

He has truly been crowned in the world ranking for his victorious battles in over 280 games.

This record has never been broken since the establishment of his identity, the legendary player.

Kuuhaku/『　　』—his true identity———!