＜ 1 : Prologue ＞
The trigger was a certain mobile game.
I can’t remember the exact genre, but apparently it was introduced as an idle game.
The game itself wasn’t that great.
Small figures of people passed by, and I just watched them move.
Whether the AI was delicately crafted, each character moves diligently and does their own thing.
Sometimes he deviated from the rules and behaved unusually.
It’s like raising ants on a transparent gel.
Small sea monkeys raised in fish tanks come to mind.
Occasionally, when I touched people with my fingers, the letters -1 floated above their heads as their health decreased.
If you tap more than a dozen times, the character disappears, but even if you do that, your finger hurts.
The resource called magic at the bottom of the screen continued to decrease, and it was impossible to beat those who passed indefinitely.
Besides, just looking at the characters made me feel healed.
I used to spend two or three hours a day watching the characters like that.
Until something annoying happens and you drink a lot and come in.
“No really, why are you doing this to me——.”
One day, I came in drunk because of a relationship problem.
I got drunk and started my usual mobile game.
At first, I was just thinking of staring at the screen without thinking.
Then, I suddenly got annoyed, and I found a target in the game to avenge my anger.
What I found was a village in a remote place.
Ignoring the fact that my fingers hurt, I pressed the screen until the characters in the village disappeared.
He continued to move his fingers busily until all of the mana he had was depleted.
When the magical power that was consumed was recovered, and all the power that had risen again was consumed.
Having completely annihilated a village, I was able to find a message that popped up on my smartphone.
– Karma has been increased by 10.
– You have reached level 2.
It was a moment when I discovered a new feature of the game that I was not aware of.