The image talked about an arcade, but the central square with the central tower wasn't so cluttered, rather it looked like a row of orthodox festival stalls.
　As I lightly moved my gaze to my feet, Alice opened her mouth with a bright smile as she looked up at me.

''Kite, I'm the type of person who hides things all over the place, but I'm not one to put out!　Let's go to the main attraction out of the blue here!
'What?　No, nothing too gross...
That's not your main attraction.　I mean, what's the main attraction that's a highlight!

　Ah, the feeling of being able to strike a chord, that's what Alice is all about. I really like this kind of atmosphere where we can tell each other trivial jokes.

Haha, I'm just kidding.......so what is the main attraction?
Hmm, listen to this and be amazed. To my surprise, this attraction is based on a new technology that Alice and Kuro-san developed together!
Hmmm, that sounds great...
''Yes, frankly, the longer it goes on, the more crowded it will be, and we want to get there early, don't we? Well, of course, I'm a face passer, but I think it's going to be more fun to be alone with Kaito-san than to have a bunch of random people milling around.

　I chuckle at Alice, who pulls back her hand as she tells me so, and move along as she leads me.

　After walking for a while, I wonder if there is at least a theater there.　There was a larger building. However, the exterior of the building wasn't particularly eccentric, nor was there anything that looked like a giant playground equipment in sight.
　.........new technology. If it was jointly developed by Black, the Underworld King, and Alice, the Phantom King, it would be innovative, but it's hard to imagine it from the outside.

''Come on, let's go in.
Uh, yeah I mean, nobody's here.
It's there, you see, it's been all over the power and I've blocked it off until we're done playing.

　I feel like I looked awfully bad, but well, it's Alice.......let's not worry about it.
　And when I entered the building with Alice, what I saw was a surprising sight.

'........it's all stuffed up!　What is this?　Horror house?
'Oh, Kite, please don't underestimate me. It may look like a stuffed animal, but it's one of the best, with plenty of state-of-the-art technology and magic formulas. It comes in a variety of sizes.
....
I have prepared a special "Behemoth Costume" for you, Kite. Now, let's get it on right away--my baby!
I will!

　What the hell is this guy doing?　I knew it was stupid, stupid, stupid, but I didn't think they would make such a hobbyist joke of an attraction.
　Who is this stuffed up play area aimed at.......children?　Is it a children's attraction?

'There it is ... wait a minute, Kite. I haven't explained the most important function yet. If you listen to this, Kite-san's palms will spin around in a circle!
...stinks.
'Hibernate!　And anyway, listen to it. It looks like a stuffed animal, but it's a state-of-the-art magic tool with certain special features built in.

　I've been dumbfounded, but Alice is appealing to me in a somewhat desperate manner. To me it looks like just a stuffed animal suit, but........well, since Kuro is cooperating with you, I don't think it's necessarily a lie that it has some amazing function.
　But, well, what's the proper thing to do....

"By wearing it, you can 'automatically generate a mental alter ego' and 'enter and play in a virtual world that you've created in advance'!
...What?

　I thought it would be a silly function anyway, but the words Alice told me made me completely stiffen.
　Huh?　Wait a minute?　What do you mean?　If you think of a mental alter ego as a thought body or something like that, can you go into the virtual world and play with it?　
　S-, isn't that a thing.......one of the futures that many game lovers dream of........

'Yes, this attraction is a 'dive type VR game' in Kite's world, as they say!
...because...
''Hmmm, you seem so surprised that you can't even speak. That's right, by wearing this costume, you can go to the virtual world!　Moreover, the stuffed animal has a lot of supportive features, such as body protection and the ability to automatically revert to the mental portion of the body when it has been diving for a long time!
Well, seriously?
Seriously.

　Oh, it's a VR that takes you into the world of the game you've always dreamed of.........wow, that's a bit seriously awesome. To think of making something like this........Alice, you're living in the future.......
　I had almost zero interest in this game before I heard about it, but with the little bit of explanation I got now, I've lightly surpassed the upper limit. Now, I can't wait to play it.

''Well, well, that's why you should try it on. When you put it on, it automatically dives. Beyond that, let's play around in the virtual world and explain what happens next.
Okay, all right. I'm sorry, Alice. I made fun of you for making a fool of myself. You're a really great guy.
'Hmmm, more praise for me!
...By the way, what's with the stuffed animal model?
That's pretty cool!
...What?
What?

　Well, well, aside from Alice's strange taste, this is getting exciting.
　A virtual world........but what's it like?　It's still a fantasy type of MMO, I guess.　No, the near future is one thing.

　Excitedly, I put on the behemoth costume that Alice gave me. I put on the body part first, and then the head part, and my consciousness faded as if I were asleep, and I traveled off to the virtual world.

　Dear Mom and Dad - for once, I admired Alice with all my heart. Anyway, I jumped into the space of my dreams with a very high level of tension.