Kieran PMed Lawless and waited for his reply. It was a little different this time. It took Lawless a whole minute before he wrote back.
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Lawless: Accidents might happen!
2567: Accidents?
Lawless: Yes, all sorts of accidents!
Lawless: After the beta test, there were players who ditched their virtual helmets and didn’t log in again for over three months.
Lawless: Then… accidents started to happen.
Lawless: Two of my friends, who were also beta players like me, decided to leave this deadly game. Three months later, one of them fell down the stairs and broke his neck, and the other one got electrocuted while taking bath.
Lawless: Every player who stopped playing the game has died in an accident. There were no exceptions.
Lawless: It was like Death came and took their lives.
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It took Lawless almost two minutes to type all these words. It seemed like he did not wish to remember the tragic death of his friends.