1 C001—#1001

Humans on Earth have just entered the Year 2101.

Hooray! Happy new year~, as most people celebrate like that, there was a man trapped in darkness since 11:45 pm. Now the time has ticked to 12:01 am, then he finally found the light ...

["Welcome to Virtual World, I'm Kindly!"]

'Woman?' he thought about that robotic noise. Turned around to see who was welcoming him, only to find a basketball-sized orb floating. The orb looked like a cow in the grassy field, with a full stomach—standing still without motion.

["We've been waiting for your arrival, Archy Alpetrichor! The GOAT of VRFPS!"]

["Please receive our welcome gift for you!"]

That woman's voice orb called Kindly gave a such lovely welcome, but the man known as Archy was silent by that outcoming. He stared blankly at her, not even paying single attention to the diamond theme screen in front of him, the VIP Benefits.

His eyes aren't flashing for it, 'You guys are serious about waiting for my return?' Archy had just come back to the Virtual Reality Community after a year far from this environment, but his first experience was so bad from the start, 'Slow cabin, disturbing me with bad welcome, and after this ...'

["Happy new year, Archy!"]

'There you go.'

Another women's voice greeted him, but it was human now! Archy had a good memory despite distancing himself from social interactions. He quickly realized who that voice belonged to. But, he had enough of this experience ...

"Yoona? It's been a while since the last time I heard your voice." Archy said with a genuine smile, "And been too long since I taste kimchi! So... let's finish this and meet at the food stall, can we?" he concluded.

Archy has a good pace for a capitalistic company that wants to approach him because this encounter was one out of hundreds who confronted him at any time since coming back to society. Archy couldn't even relax for a moment and had to firmly refuse them.

But Archy didn't get any reply, she kept silent after that. He won't waste time either just talking about some contract for a moment...

Archy has something more important to do, "Can we find another time?" he pushed explicitly.

["Okay, but can we at least—"]

"No," Archy rejected them completely for any negotiations.

But as someone who likes to calculate every encounter in life. Archy knew how much power this company hold in the real world and didn't want to waste any opportunity at all. He looked at the corner room which always is a place for the hidden camera, then raise his eyebrows and gave a smile. Afterward....

-Truk-tuk tuk—pug

He could hear small objects falling to the concrete floor.

"So... I know what I'm capable of. If your company wants some partnership with me, let's talk for a minute, dWorld."

****

The dWord Center in Seoul, South Korea. A group of adult men was sitting in a dark room, they were the Board of Directors and Executive Team of dWorld—the technology-focused company with a net worth of 300 billion USD after the booming of the virtual reality world. They had an emergency meeting to address new issues in 2101.

They all focus on a screen displaying a fully white room, in which stood a man facing them with extraordinary confidence. All of them were being sharply watched by Archy's eyes. They couldn't explain what kind of felt for getting looked at that way. The fact was Archy is a well-known Assasins in the VRFPS world, his brown eyes were trained to kill in silence.

However, not for Yoona. She had not seen that handsome face for a long time, rather she become nervous because of the bubbling feeling of happiness inside after seeing this old friend. Her lips couldn't help but smile, yet had to be professional in front of the Board Members.

"Oh—Okay! Archy, do you want to hold a meeting with us on January 7th, 2101?" Yoona speaks after a long silence.

Archy shook his head, ["No. January 15th. Come here, you know where I'm at, right?"]

Yoona didn't even flinch because of so many experiences she had, "The thing is, it will be more convenient for us to present the offer in our office, the dWorld Center in Seoul."

["Sorry, I'm not leaving this country anymore. I can send a bunch of private jets for dWorld, would you mind if I set it on January 12th?"]

Now Yoona was surprised by Archy! it was not usual for him to give an offer to a client. This was the very first time Archy thought and suggest so when negotiating, "What? What do you mean by that, Archy?" she wants to check further.

["Yeah."] Archy smiled clearly on the big screen after Yoona questioned, ["You can bring 100 people and all the necessary things with that, is that okay? Or do you want me to upgrade it to an Airbus instead?"] he continued with even more bright smile.

dWorld company was confused by that because if Archy wants to discuss things, they are the ones who want to send a jet for him. Yoona turned around to notify the Executive Team behind her. But the CEO of dWorld just nodded once for that, yet she understand what it meant. They want to continue the conversation and put their trust in Yoona's lead.

Looking back at the screen, "Archy, are you serious?" she asked.

On the screen, Archy returned to his sharp gaze, ["100%. You know who I am."]

The Board members of dWorld are Millionaires themself. To see a 23-year-old man who only achieves the greatness via virtual world speaking arrogantly is enough for them to judge. They want to erase him soon enough from the target, "I think he cannot fit our vision, let's end this—"

"WAIT!"

Yoona shouted, and the room went silent again. Their gaze began to change because of the tone she gave. They started to think about how to terminate her from this company, but they let her talk for the last time ....

"Archy... are you one of them?"

Almost all of them did a gesture of disagreement head and stare, "I think we need more equivalent persons for this job," said one of the Board members. Even the CEO of dWorld who trust her so much was shocked by that kind of question Yoona threw. It's not so usual for her to do so ...

But Yoona ignored them because Archy eyes lit up after that question ...

Another surprise for them, Archy so casually opened the virtual suit, the broad back muscle showed to the screen. It is full of muscle, but there was something else more interesting to look at ...

Dark ink tattoos are prominently displayed from his neck to the waist. Yoona was quickly understood, and so did the Board of Directors and Executive Team of dWorld. They were all shocked!

The dark-colored tattoo was specifically drawn with vertical dimensions and displayed unusual symbols and numbers. They all knew where it comes from!

And only selected humans who had that tattoo in the virtual world....

"I am Archy Alpetrichor the Successor number 1,001! From Alpetrichor Faction!

"I will subjugate anyone who hinders me from becoming Emperor of the Crossof Realm!"

[Successor No.1001 invite you to join the Alpetrichor Faction!]

[Do you want to accept it?]

{Yes/No?}