I walked out of the VR room, feeling uncertain.

Look we all want to get out of here as fast as possible. In order to do that, we'll need to investigate, I thought.

But investigate where?

That was a question that made me stop dead in my tracks.

...

...

Ok wrong usage of words but after thinking about where to investigate, I just stop in my tracks.

Where should I investigate?

I need to bring that idea up to the others but something that Toshino told me made me rethink about my idea.

He doesn't want me to bring what we talked about to the others.

Either he himself is suspicious or...

He suspects that one of them is the mastermind and for that reason, he doesn't want to talk with everyone else.

I know that I have to come to terms with one of them being the mastermind, the one who trapped us here and forced us into this sick and twisted game.

But...

But I don't want them to turn out that way.

I hate the mastermind sure but...how could I hate someone that I would have been in good terms with.

I don't want to be betrayed. Not again.

Not by someone whom I called my friend.

The thought that a friend was the one who trapped us here and forced us to kill one another scares me.

It seriously does!

I don't want them to turn out to be this way.

I don't!

"Kuro? Are you ok?" Someone asked.

It was Ichigo.

"Y-yeah I'm fine," I assured her.

She narrowed her eyes.

"Don't lie to me. It's ok to say that you're not fine to trusted friends," she said.

I opened my mouth to say something before shutting it.

There is one thing that is starting to feel clear to me.

Even though, I don't want a friend to betray me...I'm starting to lose trust in others.

That's another thought that scared me.

I want to trust. But...

"Look we're having lunch right now. Can you join us please?" Ichigo asked.

"Ummm...sure...," I said.

I followed her to the dining room where everyone else was waiting.

"You finally got him! Cool!" Toshiaki exclaimed.

He was the only...cheerful one there.

Or at least I think so.

Lunch was PBandJ sandwiches. Something simple yet good.

It was a quiet lunch.

Hardly anyone was chatting. We all just ate.

I glanced sadly at the empty seats.

I imagined everyone who died sitting in the seats.

If only this was just a regular school year instead of this.

If only...

If only...

If only...

If onl-

"Soooo now what?" Kana asked.

"Now what? What do you mean?" Yuki asked.

"It's always the same routine but with less and less of us. I'm scared of the thought of everyone disappearing because of...you know the game. We should do something different about our routine," Kana suggested.

"W-well it's too l-late for that n-now...th-there isn't that many of u-us. We can't r-really change our r-routine until the mastermind reveals th-themselves. I-I honestly doubt it," Hirohito pointed out.

"But she's kind of right on the first part. We're disappearing rapidly and that's a scary thought. That we're being picked off one by one. Man, if only we had more a plan going into this," Ichigo sighed.

"We have been investigating but we haven't gone that much to find an exit!" Toshino pointed out.

"But we need to try! We have to try! Or else, they would have died for nothing! Nothing but the mastermind's despair!" Kana said.

"Yeah I agree with her! We can at least try!" Toshiaki said.

"Well if we don't want anyone else to die, then let's do it," Ichigo shrugged.

Seems like everyone is agreeing on this. Makes sense. We're filling up with hope in order to get out of here, I thought.

But will we find something?

Maybe.

A/N: the sequel is in the drafts but I'm not planning on releasing it until Ch6 or when I end Into Code.

Losing motivation to actually work on Into Code because this sucks! Were I was going with this book kind of sucks.

I would reboot this if the sequel's events wouldn't contradict whatever reboot would happen. Which is why this is still up.

So short chapters for Ch5 and Ch6. Except for like maybe the trials.

So yeah, here's your update.