Once outside the game, Pegasus looked at the information he had obtained from the dark web, which contained a list of soldiers who had died during the last Zerg invasion of the Lightfeather Starfield.
When Yuki's familiar photo and name appeared on the screen, Tenma's tears instantly streamed down his face uncontrollably.
"senior……"
Pegasus gazed at the smiling photograph, below which was a biographical record of the person, stating that he happened to be on vacation on Light Feather Star when he encountered this incident, and tragically sacrificed his life while helping to evacuate ordinary people in the area.
[Tianma, do you like chocolate? I brought back a lot of wedding candy. These people won't get any; it's all yours to share in the good fortune.]
The other person's voice still seemed to linger in his ears. They were complete strangers, and their interaction in the game was so brief. Tianma had no idea that he possessed such rich emotions.
"It's all my fault..."
Pegasus raised his hand and slapped himself. In reality, the person who tragically sacrificed himself while evacuating the masses died unexpectedly in the starship explosion in the game because he reported the wrong time.
"It's all my fault..."
With red eyes, Tenma read through the list of tens of thousands of fallen soldiers from beginning to end, as if the only person he knew in the game who had actually sacrificed himself was Toyoki-senpai.
Is this a stroke of luck amidst misfortune?
"So, this is your fiancée, senior?"
Pegasus looked at the girl named "Jian Xinyue" who was being talked about by the other seniors. She had also died in that war. It was clearly written that she died in a sneak attack by a border patrol.
I think I last saw that radiant girl, Tenma, in the game. She sacrificed herself while escorting a group of people away...
The couple's fates in the game and in reality were exactly opposite: Toyoki was ambushed and killed, while his fiancée sacrificed herself while escorting the evacuation of people.
However, in the end, neither of them could escape their fate of death.
"What the hell is this game?!"
Pegasus let out an incredulous wail: Why do people who sacrifice themselves in real life have to die again in the game?!
If it weren't for him, would they really have been able to wait until the end, buy a house, and get married?
Even though he knew it was an ending he couldn't see, Tenma still couldn't help but fantasize about it.
Maybe he really will get to eat the wedding candy that his seniors offer him...
He pounded his fists on the table, recalling the differences between the game and reality, the changes in time and attack methods, and how he had captured those suspicious Zerg without getting any clues out of them, simply applying the real-world information he knew to them.
"how so!?"
"Yes, how could this happen..."
Tenma suddenly turned around and saw Akabane, who looked just as haggard as he did, standing in his room. Instinctively, Tenma tried to get up and run away, but Akabane pressed him down.
"I want to know the specifics of what happened in the last war..."
Akabane's voice was hoarse, and his red eyes looked like he had just been crying.
Tenma opened his mouth, remembering Akabane's parents in the game. It seemed they had died in the same attack as Toyoki-senpai. He wasn't the only one in the game who was crying with regret...
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