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Chapter 4 by JohnTitor45 JohnTitor45

Let's start the game

Persona 5 protagonist

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I was woken up by being splashed with cold water. I was handcuffed to a chair.

"No dozing off."

I struggled to get free.

"You still don't get it, do you? Give up it!"

The man kicked me to the floor, breaking the chair. He stepped on my head.

"Come on, cooperate. Or what, you want another shot?"

He noticed me looking at the camera.

"Huh? What about the camera? Are you thinking it can be used as video evidence?"

I didn't say anything.

"Didn't you hear my question? Answer!"

He kicked me before taking a clipboard from the other man.

"Obstruction of justice, ****, defamation, possession of weapons... Manslaughter too, yeah? Talk about the works. To think that all those crimes were led by a punk like this. And you seemed to be enjoying every second of it? Huh?"

I was enjoying it? Everything was hazy, I couldn't remember.

"You should know your place."

The other man removed my handcuffs. The first man handed me a piece of paper.

"Sign here," he said. "It's a confession under your name."

"I understand." I said, taking the confession.

He handed me a pen.

"Don't expect to walk out of here in one piece. We're going to make you understand. One must take full responsibly for their actions."

I wrote down "John Doe".

Situations like this had become a regular occurrence at this point so it should have been a walk in the park at this point. Later, I was visited by a woman with long silver hair and a business suit that looked like something a lawyer would wear, Sae Nijima.

I had been injected with a truth serum to make me "confess" my crimes.

"I didn't expect it'd be you," she said. "You'll be answering my questions this time."

Sae looked at the syringe on the floor.

"Those bastards," she said. "Can you hear me? It's seems you've been through a lot. Almost anything can happen here and I can't stop them. That's why I need you to answer me honestly. I don't have much time either. What was your objective? Why did you cause such a major incident? I didn't think it was a prank from the get-go but I couldn't assemble a case for prosecution. It's because I couldn't figure out the method behind it."

"Of those you couldn't." I said.

"True. There's no way I could be convinced of such a... 'world' just by reading the reports. It seems you're coherent. When and where did you find out about that world? How it it even possible to steal another's heart? Now, tell me your account of everything. Start from the very beginning."

I saw a blue butterfly.

"You are held captive. A prisoner of fate to a future that has been sealed in advance. This is truly an unjust game. Your chances of winning are almost none. But if my voice is reaching you, there may yet be a possibly open to you. I beg you. Please overcome this game and save the world. The key to victory leis within the memories of your bonds, the truth that you and your friends gasped. It all began that day, when the game was started half a year ago. For the sake of your world's future as well as your own, you must remember."

What's next?

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