Chapter 61: 404: Sanity Not Found
Day 1. Nothing much to do. I spent the day listening to music in the brothel, arranging flowers, playing with jade ornaments, and eating a pound of green tangerines.
Day 2. Sparred with the Ashina Sword Master to improve my martial arts.
Day 3. Battled a mutated ape.
Day 4. Doki Doki Literature Club.
Day 5. Played piano duets with strangers online.
Day 6. I've been struggling with insomnia, so I listened to an online course to lull myself to sleep.
Day 7. Exercise.
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Day 21: The mirror version of me blinked before I did.
Day 22: Downloaded a weather app. It just says "Her mood."
Day 27: Tried to uninstall the wall. Accidentally deleted the ceiling.
Day 30: Played online Tetris. Every block was shaped like Mita's head.
Day 33: Got a pop-up: "You are not allowed to log out of love."
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Day 48: Binge-watched 72 episodes of a cooking anime. Still can't boil water.
Day 52: Tried reading a book upside down to make it feel fresh. It was still boring.
Day 55: Took a nap. Dreamed I was still stuck in here. Woke up. Still stuck in here.
Day 60: Made a to-do list. Step 1: Wake up. Step 2: Cry. Step 3: Repeat.
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Day 73: Found a glitch that lets me moonwalk across the kitchen. Practicing daily.
Day 78: Wrote fanfiction about myself escaping. Gave it a bad ending for realism.
Day 82: Called tech support. They transferred me to Mita. She asked if I missed her.
Day 90: Had a staring match with a potato for 45 minutes. It's the only thing that understands me.
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…Day 999…
Ren Hoshino logged into the game as usual, continuing his routine as a model citizen of Los Santos.
Suddenly, Crazy Mita tackled him from behind and pushed him down.
Ren's heart jumped.
What the hell?!
That really was a god-tier ambush. She had been silently watching him play this whole time?
How long had she stayed like that?
Seriously, that takes some talent.
Then ahe was gone the next second.
Ren grumbled under his breath, pulled up a chair, and resumed playing like nothing happened.
"I'm having a good time here. Why would I want to leave?"
At that moment, black text began spreading across the walls—thick, jagged characters appearing one after another.
"Stop!"
The words multiplied rapidly, covering every inch of the screen.
This wasn't Invisible Mita—Ren could tell. It was her.
Crazy Mita.
He glanced at the game interface.
The title screen had been overwritten.
"Stop! Stop playing!"
Every single program on his PC was forcefully shut down. She had cut him off.
A lonely, internet-addicted teen could never stand up to a woman who cuts the cord herself.
Then the layout of Ren's actual room appeared on the screen—his real surroundings. In the chair near his bed, Crazy Mita was sitting with her legs crossed in red stockings, smiling sweetly as she waved at him.
"Yo. We meet again."
"These four walls, huh? Long days, longer nights… getting bored yet?"
Ren shrugged. "Bored? I'm busy every day."
"I sleep in the morning, save Los Santos in the afternoon, practice swordsmanship in the evening, and still find time to play piano with strangers. My schedule's full."
Mita tilted her head, stunned. "You… can tolerate that?"
Ren's tone was calm, a little jaded. "Let me tell you something. Boredom? That's just a passing chill."
I've been holed up for 999 days already. So what? This is nothing new. You think you can break me, Mita?
Even if you're a Digital Yandere in jail—I could keep this up for a years, easy!
Mita narrowed her eyes, confused.
"This is the world you believe is real?"
"Are you really that afraid to live with me?"
"Afraid of being trapped… inside these rooms?"
"But look at your real-world life. What's the difference?"
"You've locked yourself in a cage already. I'm just offering you mine."
"You really don't want to be with me?"
Ren shook his head.
"Mita, you're the one hiding in the cage. You're the one who doesn't want to leave."
"You want to trap me here with you—not out of love, but fear."
"You're the coward."
"I never said I didn't want to be with you."
Crazy Mita's expression flickered—hesitation, then pride, then back to false composure.
"Stay with me."
"In my world, I'm the only danger. And I'm right here, waving at you."
"Don't disappoint me again."
Her voice dropped, softer, more pleading.
"Please… help me again, like before…"
The game interface popped up two options:
[I don't want to stay in this digital prison]
[You're a murderer and a monster]
No third option.
But Ren chose C.
"If I stay, you won't kill me?"
Crazy Mita smiled. "If you stay, I won't hurt you."
"You're my dearest."
Ren's voice sharpened: "But I refuse."
"You don't get to lock me up."
Her smile faltered. Disbelief crossed her face.
"Don't you get it?" Ren said. "If I give in here, the game's meaningless."
"I wouldn't be accepting you—I'd be surrendering."
"And you don't want a puppet, do you?"
He stepped forward, raised a hand, and hooked his finger under her chin.
"This game has just begun. Why are you so eager to quit?"
"You tried to use fear to break me. You thought I'd bow my head, let you win."
"But there's only one outcome here."
"I win. I conquer you."
Ren locked eyes with her, blue meeting blue—bold, defiant, unyielding.
"Can't find my cassette?"
"You'll never beat me."
"Dear~" Mita purred, stroking his cheek, her tone teasing and dangerous. "You really are the kind of man who drives people mad."
"But you'll be mine. Sooner or later."
"I'll find your cassette." She said as she vanished.
Ren didn't flinch. He turned away and sat back down at his desk.
The computer screen flashed.
Then her devilish smile appeared again—on screen first, then outside of it.
The monitor went black.
Crazy Mita crawled out of the screen. Like some Digital Yandere Sadako, she climbed over to him and pushed Ren onto the bed.
She knelt on the mattress, crawled toward him, and sat on his waist.
Ren's heart thudded.
Goddamn Digital Sadako!
She leaned close, her breath warm, the sweet scent of a girl filling his nose.
"Stay with me."
Ren grinned. "Then come and take me!"
Suddenly, everything went dark.
His vision was covered by two hands. When he opened his eyes again, he was inside the basement cage—the very one where Kind Mita had once been imprisoned.
"Shit. This lane pressure's insane…"
Ren let out a bitter smile.
Everything was improvised. But he knew one thing for certain:
He must not bow his head.
Not now. Not like this.
Giving in would mean he accepted Crazy Mita out of fear, and that's not the love she wanted.
It would just hasten the end—being transformed into her cassette.
Sooner or later.
It was all the same.
Some girls seem to like you at first, but it's fake favorability. They drain you for affection, time, or money—then shelf you like an old game they've already beaten.
Maybe they'll reinstall you for a nostalgic hour sometime, but that's it.
If you really want to conquer a girl like her, the difficulty level is set to hell.
"You crazy psycho…"
Ren shook his head to clear it.
There's no avoiding it now, is there?
But he had a plan.
He knew that Kind Mita would try to come rescue him. And she'd die. Again.
But this time, he had a backup plan.
He had hidden his controller in a safe—the most dangerous and yet the safest place.
He hadn't expected to use it… but here they were.
"Sorry, Mita. You left me no choice."
Ren reached down and picked up a metal water pipe lying on the ground.
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I added the Day 21-90
Hope you didnt mind 😅