It began, as all threats to world peace do with a cheerful chime.
[System Notification:
Mission Alert!
Title: "Confess to Someone (or Everyone Dies)"
Objective: Confess your heartfelt love to a living being.
Time Limit: 6 hours.
Failure Penalty: Cataclysmic explosion of all known reality.
Success Reward: Slight reduction in emotional trauma.]
Rei blinked at the floating message above his bed.
"Excuse me, what?"
[System Clarification: We are entirely serious, tell someone you love them or kaboom.
Tip: It can be anyone but it must sound real because we have sarcasm detectors.]
"…I want a refund on this reincarnation," Rei muttered.
[System Response: Denied, no backsies.]
"Then why does this sound like emotional terrorism wrapped in Valentine's Day glitter?"
[System Response: Because it is.]