“Hello? Is anyone here?”

  What is this place? Where am I? And what is this feeling?

  It’s strangely familiar… but I can’t remember anything.

  Suddenly, a cold voice echoes from nowhere.

  “Welcome… You are now part of the game: Sland.”

  A game?

  The voice surrounds me, though I can’t see who it belongs to.

  “The rules are simple:

  Only one winner.

  Catch the nurses and kill them.

  But beware—if there’s no blood, you lose… even if they die.

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  And one more thing… if you reveal the killer, you lose instantly.

  There are 100 players. Whoever kills the most—wins.

  Other than that, there are no rules.”

  A game? Rules? Winning?

  I don’t want to think about that. I just want to get out.

  But all I see is darkness.

  It feels like I’m trapped inside my own mind.

  Then suddenly... the world shifts.

  The darkness cracks like broken glass, and I find myself in a massive forest.

  What is this? It's like I’m jumping between worlds.

  The trees are huge… strange. They look like animals.

  And they’re moving...

  Am I dreaming?

  No. Everything is too clear, too real.

  And then the feeling returns…

  I know this place. Or at least, something inside me does.

  Like the forest itself recognizes me.

  I should try to find a way out… maybe there’s something that can lead me out of here.

  This forest is enormous. The trees are so tall I can’t even see the sky.

  This place is seriously strange.

  Wait… what’s this? I hadn’t noticed it before.

  I’ve been wearing this bracelet since I arrived.

  It looks like a snake wrapped around my wrist…

  Oh… oh no. It’s moving!

  The bracelet stretches from my wrist, twisting in the air…

  It opens into a dark portal.

  And from it… five nurses step out.

  Beautiful.

  But their faces are stiff, like they’re made of glass.