So, what's going to happen next?
Right now, all I can do is wait for fate to decide. That AI—VelvetVice—steps forward, bracing herself, like she's charging up, and then swings her fist straight at my face.
And just when I'm sure my face is about to get completely wrecked—something weird happens.
A notification suddenly pops up, with a floating screen right in front of me.
[OBJECTIVE FOR ROUND ONE: "SAVE YOURSELF."]
Wait… that's it?
That feels off... It's never like this. Or—could it be—
"Hey, who are you?"
Suddenly, time stops. The punch hangs in the air, frozen inches from my face. And then—I'm pulled.
Dragged—by something. Or someone.
It all happens so fast, I end up screaming, like instinctively calling for help, because my body is being yanked by a current. And this is a first. There's never been a situation where I could even react like this. My body staggers, like it's being sucked into some kind of tunnel.
Wait—my body…?
But—
