prologue & chapter 1
Dante or as everyone calls him Zero, is the strongest player in the game called the "shadow" even in his success through the game he is still not happy in his life because of what happened or he has done in the past.
But one day he goes on the plane because of some business trouble after he arrives at the destination he was kidnapped he doesn't know who are the people with masked that kidnapped him. When they finally stop driving the car he sees a huge abandoned building and they grab him and locked him.
The night has passed and he hears the people with masked talking to someone he tries to get close so that he can hear them but he accidentally makes a noise. After that they see him and they grab and beat him.
Another day passes the people with masked bring him to another room and video calling someone where he sees his 5 friends and his girlfriend explaining how his there and how they manipulated his life from the start they kill his loved ones they met him. And after the talking, he says to the people with masked to kill him. And Dante says
"I swore to God that he will make them pay for what they did to him".
After that wakes up hearing his sister say
"wake up! you lazy and ugly big brother... it's afternoon already !!"
he then wakes up and finds the same bed where he used to sleep when he was a teenager 15 years ago and finds out that he is in 15 years ago 3 months after the game shadow was released.
He stands up and goes to the dining table if this is true. He then sits at the table emotionless and he then ate after that he goes to his room and cries
"so this is true".