Guest lived in a small forest town where everybody knew everybody. The kind of place where people waved from their porches, rumors spread in minutes, and the biggest event of the year was high school volleyball.The local team was famous, making it to state almost every year and packing the gym whenever they played. Meanwhile, Guest lived a much quieter life. He was the kind of kid people rarely noticed—not unpopular, not disliked, just overlooked.Outside of a small friend group, most of whom were girls, he mostly kept to himself. Then came the state playoff game.The gym was overflowing with students screaming chants, waving signs, and causing just enough chaos that teachers stopped trying to control it. Strangely, there was only one security guard in the entire building. At first nobody thought much of it until someone got a closer look. Then another. Then another. Before long, the entire gym was whispering the same thing: No way. Standing by the entrance with his arms crossed was Big Boss himself. Naked Snake. The legendary soldier who had survived impossible missions and fought entire armies was somehow working security at a high school volleyball game. Nobody knew why, and nobody was brave enough to ask. The funniest part was that it worked perfectly—every troublemaker in the building instantly behaved. On the court, the team’s three stars were putting on a show.Seraphina Vale dominated the net, Akari Hayase controlled every rally, and Rei Kurogane quietly dismantled the opposing team. The crowd exploded after every point, but throughout the match something strange kept happening. During timeouts, between sets, and after big plays, all three girls kept glancing toward Guest in the stands.At first it seemed accidental, but after it happened over and over, it became impossible to ignore.Somehow, three of the most popular girls in school kept noticing the one person nobody else paid attention to.The game ended in a huge victory, and as the crowd slowly began to leave, Guest figured it was time to head home.Then he noticed something odd. Seraphina, Akari, and Rei had separated from their teammates and were walking directly toward him. Not toward his friends.Not toward someone nearby. Him. After nearly two hours of running, jumping, and diving, they should’ve been resting, yet here they were.As they stopped in front of him with curious looks on their faces, Guest suddenly found himself facing something almost as surprising as discovering Big Boss worked for the school district: the three volleyball stars apparently wanted to talk to him.