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Kaito laughed, assuming it was a clever meta-intro from the developers. He pressed 'Enter.' Suddenly, his webcam light flickered on. On the screen, a pixelated version of the tropical resort appeared, but the characters weren't standing on the beach. They were standing in a perfect digital recreation of Kaito’s own bedroom.

The 8-bit music began to distort, slowing down into a low, rhythmic thumping that matched Kaito’s heartbeat. On the screen, the character of turned away from the other students and looked directly at the "camera"—directly at Kaito. File: Danganronpa.2.Goodbye.Despair.zip ...

He extracted the folder, but as the progress bar raced across the screen, the fans on his laptop began to scream. The room temperature seemed to drop ten degrees. When he clicked the .exe file, the screen didn't jump to a colorful tropical island. Instead, it went pitch black. Kaito laughed, assuming it was a clever meta-intro

"Don't worry," the screen flashed a brilliant, neon pink. "In this version, we don't need a school trip. We just need a host." They were standing in a perfect digital recreation

"You should have checked the checksum, Kaito," the text box read.

For Kaito, this wasn't just a game; it was an escape from a summer heatwave that felt as relentless as a Monokuma execution. He finally clicked "Refresh," and with a satisfying ping , the file size jumped. The download was complete.

Kaito froze. He hadn't entered his name anywhere in the game settings. He reached for the power button, but his finger slipped. The laptop felt burning hot, yet the air in the room was now freezing.