Canon Fodder

I was in the room with the red lights again. I really did want to see where the story of Gantz led. But I couldn’t fight the Gantz guns. One sniper could have done me in. I needed to get stronger if I wanted to kill whoever wanted to kill me.

I looked around, noticing a new color for once. Green. Turning around above the 12 o’clock Gantz door, the red light had turned green. It must have been because I finished the canon. A smile split my lips. I was finally understanding the room a little better. Not much I could do with that, I was reminded of the Challenger Slots. I pulled up my Status screen.

Name	Weston Watanabe
Current Quest:
World 1:	High School of the Dead
World 1 Quest:	Tave Takagi
World 2:	Naruto
World 2 Quest:
World 3:	One Piece
World 3 Quest:
World 4:	My Hero Academia*
World 4 Quest:
Passive Skills:	Memory Meld
	World Lasting Physique+
Usable Abilities:	Status Screen
2 Challenger Slots	World Escape	23:59:15
	Chakra
	Chikyugi
	World Store	Shop
	Disperse Quirk
	Conqueror's Haki
Bonuses:	Increased Intellect
Items:	Keychain
1 Challenger Slot	Chukyugi Necklace	Stored
	Seastone Jitte	Stored
	Chakra Absorption Scroll	Stored
	Doorway ID	(1)
	Arm and Leg Weights	Stored (3)
	Hero Costume	Stored
	Reject Dial	Stored (2)
	Gantz Armor	Stored (13)
	Gantz Sword	Stored
Currency:	Berrie	125,524,144
	Yen	1,003,221,554
	Ryo	822,995

I noticed the Challenger slots noted under abilities and Items. I still had no idea what they were for, but was sure they would be important later. I decided to ignore it for now. That’s when I saw that Gantz was no longer on my status screen. I guessed this was part of finishing the canon. The door behind me had a green light, but hadn’t disappeared so I could go back.

I almost went into Naruto World but remembered something. I received a Doorway ID. It had been a month since I used the last one. I looked to the next door in my line of them, the 6 o’clock door. The opposite to the one I was currently at.

I walked up to it and used the ID. Content originally comes from novel✶fire.net

JUNCTION HALLWAY

It took a long time for my mind to process the words. At first I thought it was the name of a manga. All of those said things like One Punch Man World, or Naruto World, this one didn’t say world. The implication slowly dawned on me. I had found it. I had finally stumbled upon the exit to the room.

“But do I want to leave?” I asked. I wasn’t sure I did. I was pretty sure I died. Did I want to risk really dying? Risk not seeing Reina or Toru again.

I took a deep breath and grabbed the doorknob. There was no notification about using a key. I pushed the door open. What met me was a dark hallway with a door at the end straight ahead. There were 3 doors along the right wall, but only 1 door on the left. Each door had a red light above it. I held my breath as I took a step toward the opposite door.

I sweated the whole way down the hall. Checking over and over to make sure that the door I left didn’t slam shut. My hand shook as I grabbed the other door’s knob. But I forced myself to open it.

I wasn’t terribly surprised to find another room on the other side. This room was smaller than the last. Instead of 4 walls and 12 doors. There were 4 walls and 4 doors, including the one I was standing in.

Walking to the center of the room I didn’t see anything distinguishing about them at first. They looked like all the other doors. But then looking up at the door I just left, I noticed a word written over the frame.

MANGA

I looked to the door to my right.

MANHWA

Left.

BOOKS

Opposite Manga.

COMICS

My heart began to beat more quickly as I slowly put it together. “If I just left Japanese manga. Then Korean manhwa. American comics. And books could be anything.”

I laughed as I slowly put together the possibilities. “If I could beat the Japanese mangas. Well hell I haven’t checked the East wall in manga. I could go to any one of these entertainment rooms and get more and more skills. I could do Marvel or DC. Meet and sleep with the hottest super women. And if I have my Chikyugi. I could do anyone or anything with my skills.”

A smile crept up my face. I had only just started the adventure. There were more worlds to see. More skills to get. More women to lay.

I turned to a new door. Stepping up to it I hesitated a moment. Hand hovering over the knob. As soon as I grabbed it I was met with a new notification.