So, before I get into this chapter, I want you to keep in mind that this is an AU. It's in the description also, so it should be pretty obvious that it is, but I'm warning you that a lot of stuff you know is different in this story. If you want know more after reading the story, please read the notes at the end of the chapter. I not only have some pretty important explanations, but I have some pretty important announcements as well. Anyway, enjoy the chapter!


The man awoke with a staggering startle. He awoke to see a bright light shining through his curtains, as he groggily got up from his bed. Rubbing his eyes, he walked towards the shower in the other room and turned the water on as if to seek out a cold reliever to the pain he had received the night before.

Ah. Last night. What the hell happened exactly? He thought.

His mind transfixed on the events that occurred the night before.

He had been jumped by a couple of guys in black suits. The weird thing was that he was coming from the local bar at an early time. He had never heard of something so weird as it may be. Why would somebody jump him at 9:00 pm?! The good thing was he got out with minor bruises and injuries, but the bad thing was that he never knew who they were, or what they wanted. To be perfectly honest, he was scared shitless. But, he couldn't let a couple of guys in black suits ruin his night. He had a far more important thing to worry about. Whether or not he would be able to get the prototypes of the new simulations out to his boss. It was very crucial that he was able to finish them and send them in, lest he get fired. But, the good thing was that he was working with one of the most talented robotic experts in Japan. Monaca Towa. The creator of those dastard, creepy teddy bears. I mean minus the "dastard", but they were creepy nonetheless.

He was shaken from his thoughts when he heard a car honking it's horn from outside his apartment. He quickly turned off the shower, and got out getting ready for the day. Once he was done getting ready, he served himself a cup of coffee to keep his mind off the anxiousness of today. He shuffled to his kitchen table, and took a seat to read the newspaper. He scanned through it to see the same things he saw everyday from scandals to recently produced 'Future Foundation' tech. Noting his boredom, he looked over at his ID that was currently sitting next to him on the table.


Touma Hatsuki

2nd Divison

Functioning Developer for the Future Foundation

Employee Code: 742678


He peered down at the ID over several times before smirking. Today was the day he would finally get his chance to prove himself to others. Finally get the chance to prove that he could do something for once. Smiling at his notion, he got up from his seat and decided to watch the news before getting to work. Grasping the remote and turning on the TV to the News Channel, he peered at the TV to see what was going on locally.

The first thing he saw was something he was not expecting at all.

A reporter was currently on the TV. She was speaking directly to the camera with a hint of sullen. What gave of the notion of this was the currently subjected subtitles on the screen.

'President Kazuo Tengan of the Future Foundation found dead'

'Future Foundation in shambles?'

The shock consumed his face as he read the words over and over again making sure every word was clear.

He looked at the reporter who had been talking at the time.

"The president of the Future Foundation, Kazuo Tengan, has been found dead inside his office earlier this morning. The apparent shock from this death has reeled many employees and citizens from the organization. Vice President, Kyosuke Munakata, announced his resignation earlier this morning after the incident, and he said he would be delivering a statement later today about the incident." The reporter spoke in a calm manner as if to keep her composure.

The surprise was still reeling in after minutes of the report. Touma clenched his fist and slammed it on the table releasing his anger to the world. What the fuck was going on here?! First, he gets attacked and now this?! What the hell was happening?! He yelled at the TV banging his fist over and over until finally he heard a knock at the door.

He was quickly startled from his tantrum, as he glanced over at the front door to his apartment. He started shaking in fear at what could be the possibilities someone was at his door at 8:30 am in the morning. Calmly, he moved towards the door to see who was knocking. He stepped in front of it and stared through the peephole of his apartment, and came to see three figures standing outside his door. About to yell at him to get out, he reprimanded himself due to what could happen. Shit. Shit. Shit. Still shaking, he calmly opened the door and peered out to the three figures. They were all dressed in suits with the one in the middle covering his face with a mask. He glanced at them, gulping as to calm himself down. He finally spoke up to see what they wanted.

"Umm, who the hell are you guys? Why are you at my door at 8:35 am in the morning?! You don't just show up at a guys door this early in the morning!" He raised his voice as he finished talking and was about to continue until the man on the left grabbed his neck and pummeled him to the ground. A sudden wave of adrenaline and fear washed over him as pain coursed through his back from the sudden take-down. He yelped in pain and before he knew it, he was under the man's grip trying to struggle free.

"Lemme go you dumbas-" Before he could even finish, the force of a hand clamped his mouth shut as he struggled to get words out. He started hyperventilating under the man's hand, where he could feel his face starting to go red. He wrestled for freedom at the strong force pushed down on him. He could feel himself starting to give out. No. NO. This is not happening.

"Alright, that's enough." The man in the middle spoke up. The sudden force let up on his mouth, as the man who was holding him released the hand. He still held his grip firmly, so he could not escape, but he finally had breath.

"Auuuhh," He breathed deeply, quickly regaining oxygen to his lungs. It took him few seconds, but after he recovered his breath, sudden panic set in after it. He looked up in terror at his assailants, and clenched in fear.

"Please don't kill me. Please! I beg of you!" Touma pleaded. He didn't want to die. He didn't want too.

"Shhh, shhh. It's okay, you're not gonna die. I promise. I promise." The man in the middle repeated until Touma finally started to calm down.

The man lowered himself down to the level Touma was on, and stared at him through his mask.

"I need you. We need you. You're very valuable to us, and all will be revealed soon." The man cited as he continued to eye up Touma.

Touma glanced at the man feeling like his eyes under the mask was staring into his soul. Still shaking, he quickly exclaimed, "What do you mean? You still haven't answered me who you guys are exactly!"

The man nodded his head, before glancing back into his eyes.

"Like I told you before, all will be revealed soon." The man smirked as he finished the sentence. He got back up and started pacing back and forth.

"Y'know, I never knew how you were able to evade our persistent chase. I guess you have a talent of evasiveness. And here I thought I knew everyone in the Foundation. Tsk, tsk." He continued with a hint of ease and playfulness in his voice.

Touma kept shaking from anticipation of what would happen next. He didn't know what to do, but he had to get out, he had to esc-

"No matter, we can do with this. Yes, I know what I'll do know." The man with the mask exclaimed, as he reached for his pocket. What was next was something that would forever in Touma's mind.

He pulled out a gun. It was a 9mm pistol with a silencer on the end of it.

No. No. This was not happening. It was not, it couldn't be.

"NO! PLEASE NO! STOP! DON'T DO THIS! PLEASE!" He shouted at the top of his lungs trying to plead and beg, as tears filled his eyes. He struggled underneath the man's grip as the man in the mask loaded the pistol. He noted the other man in the suit to clamp his mouth shut, and so he did.

Before he could say any more, the man put his hand over his mouth and pushed his back to the floor. The garbled pleas were muffled, as everything was coming full circle.

It was the end.

"Hmph. All will be revealed soon, huh. Too bad that's not going to happen." The man in the mask laughed as he steadied the pistol at Touma's head and aimed.

The muffled pleas got louder and louder. Full tears fell out of his eyes. He was begging and begging silently, but to no avail as the pistol was carefully aimed at his head.

Shot dead.

The bullet entered his head, as the silencer made a quiet blank sound.

His body fell back with a thud, and the man in the middle lowered the gun down. He put it back into his holster and started chuckling.

"Hmph. Did I tell a lie again? Hehe, I didn't even notice." He chuckled maliciously as a malevolent grin spread across his face.

With a snap of his fingers, both of the men in black suits got up and walked to the door as if to guard it. The man in the mask paced towards Touma's used-to-be desk and started and shuffling through papers. He looked through multiple files and scanned them paying attention to details every now and then.

It wasn't until he finally got towards a file at the back of his desk, where on the front it said 'TOP SECRET'. The man grinned and opened it to see that it was in fact what he was looking for.

The file said "Killing Game Simulation".


Well that's the chapter everyone. Hope you enjoyed it. Now onto the important stuff. First off, like I said at the beginning of the chapter, this is an AU. A very different AU. Now I did say that the theme of this story is Truth and Lies, and it still is, but I'm still going to include stuff from the first few games. Especially the core ideas or core aspects. Also, NDRV3 is being featured too, but I will not be spoiling it for you guys. It will be my little twist on it due to this being an AU. That being said, the world is drastically different with the Future Foundation kind of being a corporation. You'll also see old characters like Munakata and Tengan, along with new characters like these ones. I won't actually get to the Killing Game until the Prologue is over, which I plan to span a few chapters until end of deadline. So, basically the background to the Killing Game will be revealed at the end of the prologue. I'll also reveal my OC (protagonist) in the story very soon too, so look out for that. Also, this was a pretty quick update due to having free time to do this. I'll probably post another chapter soon when I have the chance in the coming weeks, so look out for that also.

So, onto the other important part. The SYOC. Thank you all for submitting characters so far! They've been really fun to read and I'm having a hard time deciding who to pick in anticipation of deadline. So, if you are interested in this story, please feel free to send in an OC. It's greatly appreciated. Anyway, probably the most important announcement is that I'm shortening the deadline. The new deadline date is Friday, February 10th. Yeah I know, kind of a bummer that you don't get two more weeks, but this is so you can get the story sooner. This also means that the official roster will be revealed Saturday, February 11th. With this in now, you still have three weeks to send in OCs, so do your best. But, if you do submit an OC, please make it detailed and take your time on it! Anyway, expect the next chapter sometime later this weekend or next week depending on how my schedule goes. Thanks again for everyone who read this!