The protagonist wakes in Year Two of the Monster Age and boards a Doomsday Bus that slips into an F-class monster domain. An announcer imposes three rules: unseated passengers must give up seats, nobody may attack the driver, and the domain ends if any passenger survives—next stop in five minutes. Passengers panic; Frank claims, "I'm actually a B-class mutant," but his special ability hasn't awakened. Seats are just enough, forcing an immediate choice about who survives. As the countdown begins and a stranger pleads, 'Would you kindly give me a seat?', the decision hangs unresolved.