After Loading a Save, Jie Is Very Confused

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Story blurb:

Twenty-eight-year-old Jie starts playing a full-dive game.

In it, he gains a best friend, classmates, a teacher...

With a rich story and satisfying battles, it's the most perfect game he's ever played...

That is, until one day he returns to the school after a mission and finds his best friend's corpse.

Game Jie: !!!???

Game Jie: Load save!

After that, things start getting strange. The game's normally easygoing monster-battling level-up progression keeps leaving him confused.

His best friend kills ordinary followers and defects?

Game Jie: Load save!

He returns from a mission to find his junior has disappeared?

Game Jie: Load save!

His best friend suddenly confesses to him?

Game Jie: Load... Wait, I don't think I need to load a save.

Game Jie: No! I hit Exit by mistake!

Loading saves is a joy, even if each reload sends him down some bizarre alternate route.

But overall, the game is still a pretty good experience.

That is, until he accidentally hits Exit and returns to reality.

His real memories come flooding back. Standing before him is his best friend, whom he broke up with ten years ago, now a cold-faced teacher. Meanwhile, the background is covered in talismans, and it's obvious he's been causing trouble and gotten himself banned...

Cult Leader Jie: Quiet. I'm thinking...

Pairing: Gojo/Geto

Theme: Work hard to make your ideals come true.