Chapter 0: Prologue

“Hey! Kim Taehyun likes Lee Jieun!”

“What?! Hey! We promised not to tell!”

Taehyun’s close friend, whom he had trusted with his secret, had just exposed him.

In an instant, he went from being the quiet kid in class to a pervert interested in girls.

Mortified, Taehyun ran away.

That embarrassing experience in elementary school changed his life.

He became afraid of people.

Fearful of ridicule, he always kept his mouth shut. It was the same in middle school and high school. Naturally, he didn’t make any friends and was always alone.

Even if someone asked him for directions, he would instinctively flinch and run away. It had developed into a phobia.

With severe social anxiety, he couldn’t lead a normal life.

Taehyun eventually shut himself in his house and turned to the 2D world.

Hunter Hunting Academy.

The game that moved him the most. An open-world RPG where you gather allies to defeat monsters inside gates. How fun it was to have cute students as allies, fighting alongside him.

Eventually, after reaching 10,000 hours of playtime, Taehyun received an email.

[Do you know about the 10,000-hour rule?]

“……?”

[10,000 hours will change your life.]

Indeed, his life had changed.

He never imagined he would end up inside the game.