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Chapter 162 ~ A Favor

Suzuki Satoru: “Everyone…. Yggdrasil is shutting down in a few days…”

Yuuji’s eyes widened the moment he saw the message Satoru had sent in the group chat. 

The shutting down of Yggrasil was not shocking news to anyone, not even those in Satoru’s world. The announcement for its shut down had been made and known for long before, and rumors of it, even longer. 

To most, the shutdown of a long-since-dying game which its main player base had left it for a long time was not special in any way. Many would simply brush it off or perhaps reminisce about the game they’ve played years ago for a few moments, before simply accepting it as regular information. 

But to Satoru, it was a massive and devastating news. 

Yggdrasil was not simply a game to him. It was… his escape. A world much better than his own with reality much more preferable to him than his real world. A world where his life was filled with excitement, wonder, friendship, and a sense of belonging. A world he can escape to when his work and the dreary toxic world had become too much for him to handle for the day. 

The escape he had been clinging onto for dear life for the last few decades, trying his best to keep it from disappearing even if his friends had long since abandoned it, was now disappearing in a few days. 

Although he was not completely alone now, the disappearance of something that had been a massive part of his life must’ve still been devastating to him. 

Even through text, Yuuji could feel the sadness and loneliness he must be feeling right now…

Yuuji began typing on his phone and responded to him. 

Tsubakihara Yuuji: “Satoru-san… Are you okay?”

Suzuki Satoru: “I’m… fine. I’ve been trying my best to cope with it for a while now, so… I’m doing better.”

Kiryuu Aika: “