Caught alongside thousands of others inside The New Gate, a virtual reality title, the renowned top‑tier competitor Shinya Kiritani decides to finish the game and ultimately go back home. Yet once he single‑handedly vanquishes the final boss, Shinya is immediately carried into a new realm and apparently indistinguishable from the one he just fled. Shinya learns that as long as the game interface and his abilities remain unchanged, he cannot exit within this deeply strangely familiar world. While hunting for a means to escape in this new dimensional cage, Shinya meets Tiera Lucent, a hotel front‑desk clerk who is also a protégé of Schnee Raizar—an ex‑party ally of his. With this flicker of optimism, Shinya endeavors to reunite with Schnee and uncover the truth behind The New Gate.
