Prologue Of The Nightmare

"Dreams"

What comes to your mind when you hear this word?

An ideal world? A place where all your wishes can come true?

A fantasy?

Or perhaps an alternate reality that resides within our subconscious and so on…

There could be countless things that cross your mind. Afterall, possibilities are infinite.

Then…let me ask you another question,

What if someone tells you that

"your dreams can come true"?

What would you do?

A world where your dreams can truly become reality, A place where your deepest desires come into life.

If a world like that truly exists then…

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

It might be a once-in-a-lifetime chance to turn them into reality. What awaits in the future could be a wonderful, beautiful and ideal world.

A dream solely filled with your desires.

Maybe, just maybe…

Your whole life could change. Your long desired dream could finally come true.

I could feel that puzzled look on your face.

Honestly, I can understand your dilemma very well, because it was the same for me. It was too good to be true and yet–

It was real.

Honestly, You may find it difficult to refuse such an enticing offer.

In fact, there may be no reason to refuse…but–

YOU HAVE TO REFUSE.

Because, such a world should not exist,

To me, dreams should not be real.

I'm sure you're wondering “why?”

Why do you think so, you say?

Because, I already know what lies behind that offer…I already knew the true form of that world.

I knew what's beyond the door of this dreamworld.

And by the time I realised…it was already late.

Because, I had already opened that door.

A door that can never be opened again once closed.

In everyone's perspective,

Dreams are a realm of possibilities, where wishes may come true, and an ideal world seems within reach.

But for me… dreams are the true form of despair.

It's a haunting dimension, a forbidden crossing of paths where nightmares merge with reality.

It's a real nightmare.

I'm sure now you might be wondering about various things…just like me.

Questions you can't help but chase for their answers.

That's why, let's trace back to the day where everything began. The day of that nightfall where the answers to these questions began to surface.

Let me tell you my story, where the line between the dreams and reality blurs, and the darkness of dreams intersects with the shining reality.

I, Araki Ryota, faced a series of nightmares at the age of sixteen, where dreams converged with reality and our lives were constantly kept at stake.

This is the tale of my worst nightmare. And…

This is the beginning of a long, unforgettable dream which refused to end.

Yes, It's a story about dreams.