Canon Fodder

BOOK 1 EPILOGUE CHAPTER 107 JUNCTION

I was in the room again. I really did want to see where the story led. But I couldn’t fight the Gantz guns. One sniper could have done me in. I needed to get stronger if I wanted to kill whoever wanted to kill me. 

I looked around, noticing a new color for once. Green. Turning around above the Gantz door, the red light had turned green. It must have been because I finished the canon. A smile split my lips. I was finally understanding the room a little better. Not much I could do with that I was reminded of the Challenger Slots. I pulled up my Status screen. 

I noticed the Challenger slots noted under abilities and Items. I still had no idea what they were for, but was sure they would be important later. I decided to ignore it for now. That’s when I saw that Gantz was no longer on my status screen. I guessed this was part of finishing the canon. The door behind me had a green light, but hadn’t disappeared so I could go back. 

I almost went into Naruto World but remembered something. I received a Doorway ID. It had been a month since I used the last one. I looked to the door that I considered as South. The opposite to the one I was currently at. 

I walked up to it and used the ID. 

It took a long time for my mind to process the words. At first I thought it was a manga. But there was no World at the end. I had found it. The exit to the room.  

“But do I want to leave?” I asked. I wasn’t sure I did.  I was pretty sure I died. Did I want to risk really dying? Risk not seeing Reina or Toru again.  

I took a deep breath and pushed the door open. What met me was a dark hallway with a door at the end straight ahead. There were 3 doors along the right wall, but only 1 door on the left. Each door had a red light above it. I held my breath as I took a step toward it. 

I sweated the whole way down the hall. Checking over and over to make sure that the door I left didn’t slam shut. My hand shook as I grabbed the other door’s knob. But I forced myself to open it. 

I wasn’t terribly surprised to find another room on the other side. This room was smaller than the last. Instead of 4 walls and 12 doors. There were 4 walls and 4 doors, including the one I was standing in. 

Walking to the center of the room I didn’t see anything distinguishing about them at first. They looked like all the other doors. But then looking up at the door I just left, I noticed a word written over the frame. 

MANGA

I looked to the door to my right. 

MANHWA

Left. 

BOOKS

Straight ahead. 

COMICS

My heart began to beat more quickly as I slowly put it together. “If I just left Japanese manga. Then Korean manhwa. American comics. And books could be anything.”

I laughed as I slowly put together the possibilities. “If I could beat the Japanese mangas. Well hell I haven’t checked the East wall in manga. I could go to any one of these entertainment rooms and get more and more skills. I could do Marvel or DC. Meet and sleep with the hottest super women. And if I have my Chikyugi. I could do anyone or anything with my skills.”

A smile crept up my face. I had only just started the adventure. There were more worlds to see. More skills to get. More women to lay. 

I turned to a new door. Stepping up to it I hesitated a moment. Hand hovering over the knob. As soon as I grabbed it I was met with a new notification.