[Special Instance: High School Ghost Stories: Disappearance Game]

[Instance Participants: 8 people]

[Instance Mission: Role-play as a student and successfully survive for four days in the instance.]

This instance mission didn't mention a thing about the "Disappearance Game."

Fatty's voice came from the side, "During our first mission, we were at least teachers. Now we have to play students and be bossed around... Seriously though, can we even pass for students with how we look?"

Gu Mian replied, "You certainly can't, but I can."

After all, Gu Mian had only just graduated, so passing as a college student was easy enough. But passing as a high school student... that might be pushing it...

But typically, wouldn't "high school" refer to middle school or high school?

As Gu Mian was pondering this, a burst of light appeared before his eyes.

Fatty's voice from beside him had vanished at some point, replaced by raucous, playful shouts. Gu Mian was very familiar with these sounds; break times during his middle school years were always filled with such clamor.

He looked around. Indeed, he was now sitting in a classroom, in the second-to-last row, right next to the window. It seemed protagonists in anime always sat in this spot.

Bright sunlight streamed in through the large window to his left, making one feel a bit drowsy. The scattered books on the desk were a dazzling white under the sunlight.

The temperature was a little high; the desk was already warm from the sun.

It seems to be summer.

In the classroom, some students were studying, some were resting their heads on their desks, and others were fooling around. Everyone wore the same school uniform: girls in blouses and short skirts, boys in shirts and long pants.

Given how hot it is, they should be wearing shorts. But the principal probably figured no student wanted to see boys' leg hair, and perhaps also felt that baring hairy legs would be detrimental to the school's decorum, so he specially outfitted the boys in warm and safe long pants.

Gu Mian glanced down at his own clothes. He too was now in a shirt and long pants. Such a pity I can't show off my beautiful legs.

Although his clothes had changed, he could still see the shirt's properties. The name displayed was still "Blood Clothes Wrapped in Resentment."

Presumably, to fit the instance, my white coat changed its form...

As Gu Mian was thinking, a voice came from the desk in front of him, "Hey, Gu Xiao, Gu Xiao, are you even listening to me?"

Clearly, they're calling me. My name has changed to Gu Xiao in this instance.

Gu Mian looked up to see an unfamiliar boy smiling at him, though the smile was somewhat complex. He seemed to be holding a mobile phone. This probably isn't a player.

Judging by the students' age and the classroom setting, this is most likely a high school. But I remember my high school didn't allow phones.

The smiling boy, while speaking, stuffed the phone in his hand into Gu Mian's. "I downloaded the game for you. You can give your character a name first... But don't secretly play it during class, and definitely don't let the teacher confiscate your phone!"

Looks like this high school doesn't allow students to bring phones either.

Upon hearing the word "game," Gu Mian instinctively thought of the four words "Disappearance Game" in the instance's name.

It's almost certain that the game this boy just downloaded is the "Disappearance Game" from the instance name.

Disappearance Game... as the name suggests, a game one might disappear from if they play it.

He touched his chin and muttered, "I was actually considering not downloading this game, but it seems it got downloaded as soon as I entered here."

Not even a sliver of a chance to resist.

Still thinking, Gu Mian smiled at the boy before him and took the phone. "Don't worry, I won't secretly play it during class."

Gu Mian had played many role-playing games, so he could quickly immerse himself in the role. Although I still haven't quite figured out what's going on right now...

As he thought this, he looked down at the phone in his hand.

The phone was similar to contemporary smartphones, but it was extremely hot to the touch, probably from being left in the sun for too long.

The not-so-large screen was filled with a riot of colors. It was a game.

A pixel game with pretty terrible graphics.

It resembled the Mario games Gu Mian played when he was very young. The in-game character was crudely drawn; its head was a square formed by a few thick black lines, and curves were merely suggested by a few dots.

The game's scene was set in a classroom, where a simply-dressed character in a student uniform stood quietly behind the desk in the second-to-last row by the window, seemingly waiting for Gu Mian to name it.

This scene...

Gu Mian looked at the phone screen, then raised his head to look around.

This uniform...

Gu Mian glanced at his own student uniform.

This position...

The second-to-last row, by the window.

Exactly the same.

This game, whether it's the scene or the clothes, is exactly the same as the real world.

Even the little character's position in the game is the same as where I am now, though one is sitting and one is standing.

The only difference is that the game screen currently shows only one little character, the one in my position. The other people in the classroom don't appear in this game.

At the bottom of the screen was a line of text.

[Please enter your nickname: _____]

The boy in front of him said, "This is your character. Give him a name."

Although he still didn't fully understand what was happening, Gu Mian reached out a finger and gave the little character in the game a cute name: "Gu Gu."

What a cute name...

The boy in front clearly saw the name Gu Mian had entered. He frowned. "Right, since you just downloaded the game, you don't know how to play yet, do you? This little character, you can't make it move by tapping the screen. You have to move yourself, and then it will follow your movements in the game... But... I've heard some people say this little character might also move on its own?"

No wonder the game screen and the real scene are identical.

The boy paused at this point.

Gu Mian looked up at him thoughtfully.

After a moment, the boy finally said, "Gu Xiao, I know you're brave, but you'd better not play this game too much. If you notice anything wrong, uninstall it immediately... You know, right? The seniors who disappeared last month still haven't been found."

Of course, I'm not stupid enough to ask dumb questions like 'Which seniors?' or 'Who disappeared?' at a time like this.

He forced a smile. "I'll try out the game's functions first."

As he said this, he stood up and, holding the phone, took a few steps forward.

Sure enough, the little character in the game moved along with me.

Gu Mian glanced back at the worried-looking boy in the front row, then turned and strode towards the door.

I need to see what I look like now!

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