The NPCs in this Village Sim Game Must Be Real! manga volume 5 features story by Hirukuma and art by Kazuhiko Morita.

Ever since he was selected to beta test the mysteriously realistic game, "The Village of Fate," Yoshio's slowly been putting his life back together. Helping save the villagers was the catalyst he needed to help himself. Yet there's one big scar that Yoshio hasn't addressed: The convicted stalker who tormented his sister and wounded him with a knife. When the stalker reappears, could it mean the end of everything that changed for the better...?