It feels as if it has suddenly appeared in front of me, drawing me in as if it has a gravitational pull.
　I have a terrible headache as I reach for the necklace that has fallen from my chest to the floor. Myself trying to reach for that necklace and myself trying to stop it....the pain as if they were colliding in my head.
　I mean, what is this necklace all about in the first place?　I don't know where or when I got it and I don't know when I started wearing it.

''Ugh!　Ugh...........

　My hands shook and I picked up the necklace, along with a feeling of profuse sweat gushing from my body. Then the headache got worse.
　A strange sensation, as if Nanika was trying to jump out of the depths of my body. My eyes were still glued to the necklace as I was exposed to a headache that would normally make me faint in agony.
　What the hell is this?　What's going on?　What do I do.....

...K.........R......Ugh?

　The moment the words unconsciously slipped out of my mouth, like a dam breaking, a large amount of information, "memories that I had forgotten until now," flowed into my head like a muddy stream.

''........What about me?　Yes!　I'm White and........what is this place.......
--Kite!　Please, answer me!
'What?　Black?!
--Kite!　

　When I remembered everything, what I heard echoing in my head was Kuro's voice, which I couldn't have misheard. When I replied, Kuro replied with a voice that sounded a mixture of impatience and relief.

--Kite. Listen to me....Kite, you are now in the virtual world that White has created. The deadline is 30 days.
Thirty days?

　Hearing that explanation, I hurriedly turned my gaze to the calendar hanging on the wall.

--and if you don't get out of there by that deadline, Kite, you'll lose all memories of the year you spent in this world!
Wha...?

　Memory?　
　That's the price I have to pay for losing........is it?　I think it's a bit tricky, but that can wait. First and foremost, we need to get out of this virtual world.

--The Earth God told me that in order for Kite to escape from that world he needs to go to a place where he can clearly recognize it as a fake.
"....fake.......clearly?
--I'm just guessing.......but I'm sure that's a place that has something to do with Kite's parents.
''Huh?''

　So that's it. Now I understand at last. This world.........is my 'ideal world'.
　And perhaps it's as Kuro had guessed, this world is the nucleus of my wish for "If mom and dad were alive...".... I guess it consists of

'....Okay!　In the meantime, I'm going to try to get to wherever I can think of.
--I'm going to ask you to please, Kite. Be sure to come home.....
Black?　Black!
--I... noticed... ...Kite.........hmm.......try.......

　After that, I couldn't hear Black's voice anymore. Maybe White-san noticed and cut off the communication between Kuro and me.
　Anyway, we're running out of time!　We have to move now!

　After reattaching the necklace that had come off around my neck, I hurriedly grabbed the bare essentials in my hand and ran down the stairs.
　On the way there, I looked into the living room, but neither my mother nor my father, who was supposed to be home for his day off, were there.
　With a slight feeling of discomfort, I ran out of the house, but immediately afterwards, I had a bad feeling and turned my gaze to the sky.

''........What.......is this?　The sky is ... black.

　The sky I looked up at was not blue it was all black, as if it had been painted over. But it wasn't night. Only the sky was black, while the surrounding area retained its daytime brightness.
　And not only that, even though it was a residential area at the end of the year.........................it was as if there was no sign of anyone.

''........''

　Somehow, in a gut feeling.......I understood. This virtual world had been 'the world to keep me from noticing' up to this point. But now that I've noticed........or remembered, the world has changed its aspect.
　Yes, it's probably.......the world has switched to the 'world that keeps me from escaping'.

　So it's the second stage............Excellent!　I'm going to get out of here and I won't lose my precious memories of Black and the others.

　Right after I clenched my fists in a guffaw and made up my mind the doors of several houses in the residential area opened almost simultaneously.

''Huh?　...What?

　And from houses all over the place, 'all black humanoid'........I hate to say it, but they looked like they were dressed in black full-body tights, humanoid but clearly not human, appearing in a row and approaching towards me with a slow gait.

'Hey!　Whoa!

　No matter what I think, there's no way a strange monster coming out of this situation would be friendly. I immediately turned myself around and started running down the road in a mad dash.
　What is that thing!　What the hell?　They're slow, but there's an unusual number of them... zombies?　You're a zombie!　Obviously, if you get caught, it's not going to be a bad idea!　And they're appearing more and more from all over the house!
　This is the second trial?　Since when did I become..................the hero of a zombie movie?