Nathan Reed wakes inside the A-rank anomaly dungeon Crimson Retreat and hears the briefing: players must survive three days or an anomaly will descend on their country. During role assignment other competitors are placed—security, receptionist, kitchen help—and Nathan is listed only by profession, goth model, prompting sneers from Dragon Nation players who call him trash and doubt he'll last. He remembers his eight ghost marriages, but the episode turns when a voice says, "We finally meet, my dear husband," forcing Nathan into an immediate, personal confrontation as the survival test begins.