Chapter 1
[Prologue]
Click, click!
The man's expression twisted as he stared at the white monitor, moving his mouse.
"This world's seriously going to hell..."
News articles loaded rapidly on the screen before his eyes.
[...A (18 years old) has stabbed three police officers and is currently on the run. A's family reports that his behavior suddenly changed months ago, becoming increasingly violent...]
"Huh? That's our neighborhood."
The incident, where a high school student stabbed three police officers who responded during a dispute with adult men and fled the scene, had occurred not far from the PC café the man was in.
"Kids these days are seriously scary."
-Bro! Come on!
As a youthful voice rang out through his headset, the man quickly closed the article and returned to the game he had been playing for a while.