Good Luck, Have Fun!

That’s right. Due to the large number of jailbreak attempts in the past, we installed three hundred cameras across the island. The system can automatically detect vital signs and switch surveillance points accordingly.

In other words, we can watch the entire audition from this room…!

You could say this room is like the VIP seating that you’d find on an Idol Survival show!!

Of course, I have prepared penlights in every color, as well as a customizable uchiwa¹, so you can digitally cheer on your favorite the moment they appear on screen!!

So… What’s the audition entail, specifically?

It’ll be like this. The prisoners will participate in a survival game using these.

This is… a digital paint gun, right? It’s widely used in survival games, and it shoots some kind of special ink…

The ink that the prisoners are set to use is one and the same. After their opponent is struck, paralysis will set in.

So they disqualify their opponents by shooting them?

Correct. We will release the prisoners across the island and proceed with a battle royale until there are only five people remaining… And those will be our idols!!

This is it! The Idol Survival Game!!!

I see. Individuals with strong physical and mental facilities will have the advantage… So this is what Kafka is aiming for.

Anyway, let’s get started!! Finally, at last, the day comes when I can witness the rise of a new idol! The title of “Fan #1” shall be mine—!!

Ugh… This is hurting my brain…

Stop right there! You may remove your blindfold now.

(What’s happening…? This morning, I was suddenly blindfolded, and then got dragged off… Where is this?)

(? Starting position?)

I’m returning to my post. Listen to the announcement.

This is… a sniper rifle, assault rifle… submachine gun, and a shotgun. There’s even a handgun.

It’s a survival game, isn’t it—!? Whoa, the gun designs are so cool.

(Seriously, a survival game across the whole island? This is so damn exciting!)

(Wait a minute, if I get reckless, I might attract the attention of someone dangerous…)

(When it comes to which gun, a shotgun is best… No, not a good choice. If I carry a shotgun, others will just charge straight for me.)

(Maybe a sniper rifle so that I can do something while hiding…?)

(No, not that one, either. The playing field may be large, but the buildings are close together. It’d be difficult to get a line of sight. Mid-range attacks would be strong here…)

Okay, then. I’ll take the assault rifle.

(! The guns I didn’t choose disappeared. Anything is possible in this day and age…)

(over the PA system) Alright! Everyone, you better listen up!! Today’s program will be different! One shot and it’s all over!

If you want to survive, you must be quicker to shoot than your opponent! Your uniform has been designed so that the moment you get shot, an electrical current will pass through it, enough to render even a bear unconscious!

(Seriously…? I’d like to avoid getting electrocuted.)

(over the PA system) You are prohibited from entering buildings and the pier area, but any other place is up for exploration!! However, the number of areas available will be reduced every sixty minutes.

Anyone outside of these areas will be automatically eliminated! So look at the map provided and use your head properly, you scoundrels!!! You can’t win if you’re stupid!!!

There’s a map inside the bag here…

I see, the areas are color-coded. Looks like they’re going to gradually push everyone towards the middle.

(I definitely made the right choice, choosing the assault rifle. If I had rotten luck, I could have been disqualified before I was even able to act.)

(I can take up a position in the central area and shoot at oncoming enemies… Or I can gradually move to the middle and take advantage of the fight as it starts.)

(From my current position, waiting for the fight would be the way to go. I’ll move quietly and wait for my enemies to destroy each other.)

(over the PA system) There will be a reward waiting for the last five people who manage to survive. Rejoice, the reward is a special prison activity!!

(Special activity? What does that mean?)

(Now that I think about it… The war that Chihiro mentioned, was it this rec program?)

(Even though I’m in prison, as a survival game enthusiast, this has me raring to go…! I’m not interested in the reward, but I want to survive until the end!)

(over the PA system) With that said, just try and survive, you scum! …GLHF (Good Luck and Have Fun)!