agisa joined the game. Since last he played, there had been an influx of players. There were now 1,996 players, even though it had only been a day. Dropped in the same, forested position as he was last time, with 5 hours of food, 6 medkits all together and his green backpack that had the word 'Gamma' written indiscreetly on the back he made his way to Gamma territory, which had shrunk hugely since last he played. So much can happen in so little time.

He continued walking, and after about two in-game hours he heard a car motor from behind. Not willing to repeat last time's mistakes, he hid under a neatly arranged bush. The car drew up, it's colours couldn't be seen clearly. One, two, three people got out and slammed the doors behind them. One said loudly, "I hope there's no enemies nearby! Gamma's already been through enough shit without us being ambushed."

Nagisa's heart was lifted. "Oi! What's happened to Team Gamma? I'm a newbie here, please give me some answers!" He shouted, but did not raise his head.

"Come out then we shall say all." Called a second man.

Nagisa stood up. There were two men and one woman, that meant there were two girls and one guy currently playing. They revealed their backpacks, each one imprinted with "Gamma" on the back, and the second man began to recount the in-game situation.

"Currently there a five teams, but only two big ones. Beta and Epsilon are what would be close to empires. In this game you can do whatever you want. We're currently speaking through headsets and our voice is filtered to sound like the opposite sex, and any conceivable action is inputted through the game, from slavery to rape, to drunkenness, to thievery, to torture. If there are enough materials, and enough people who do the right actions,  it's possible. Bravo are basically terrorists, they go around conquering and killing. Epsilon rely much more on economics, they sell people into slavery, and use trade to get what they want. When you first entered the game, there was a list of rules right? 'The game ends when one person is recognised by all others as their leader.' What that means is, if you are sold into slavery, you automatically recognise everyone as your leader. If you are raped, your rapist is your leader. If you die more than 50 times, you become a normal civilian, and will have to continue to play the game. Your gender will never be reversed unless you log on every day and spend at least two hours in game. The fundamental rule is: do not die."

"What about Gamma?" Nagisa asked.

"Most have died so many times they've turned into Epsilon or Beta citizens, some have been sold off. This isn't just a game, it's a simulation." This information was too heavy for Nagisa to digest. Then he remembered. The game had a 'search people' feature. If one person. One, from Class 3-E, he would be fine. Nagisa was not disappointed. For a second, at least.

Karma was leading Epsilon's forces, and when Nagisa looked up the other leaders out of curiosity, he found Asano was the leader of Beta. Oh, what a fine mess he was in.

He hopped in the car that brought the three people to him, and they sped towards Gamma's territory.

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They were uninterrupted on their way back, and as they arrived in the one city Gamma still occupied, they found its residents in a state of melancholy. Only when they arrived back at Gamma HQ were they treated with any sort of joy. But the joy was short lived, as around forty soldiers with yellow backpacks surrounded the tiny garrison of fifteen Gamma soldiers. Nagisa's soldier life was brief, and on the whole, boring, but as the Nagisa in the real world was contemplating burning the disk, a woman of about Nagisa's age stepped forward from the shadows and held up the peace treaty with a devilish look on her face, and she had long, red hair.

The search for Epsilon was over. Now it was just their destruction that required warrant