1 How Unfortunate

Shut-in, is a word that everyone deceive so much, if you add the word 'NEET' after it, there you have the worst word for us social creature.

Shut-in-NEET never left their 2 x 3 meters room, they buys everything online, orders everything online, and also communicate online.

Just like other shut-in-NEET out there, Rickert, 23, is now sitting in a chair, in front of his monitor, watching International Geographic 24/7 like sleep is not necessary.

"Basic, is important. This is how you cut everything with your knife, three fingers, use your first joints in your finger to hold the blade, and cut it over."

This channel is Gardon Ramsey's Uncharted, he is showing people how to cut something with knife.

Rickert is envious towards him, he can move freely, not being judged by people, not getting bullied by other, because he has the skills which are outstanding.

"Click"

Rickert clicked his tongue, being angry and hungry at the same time.

"Why they are so slow of making a single simple pizza? I'm hungry to my death, bastards."

"First, hot pan. Then butter, also the garlic, thymes, and bay leafes. Now put the meat."

Rickert is watching Gardon cook the steak in the monitor, his stomach got even hurt, demanding food.

Knock knock

The door is knocked, Rickert jumped out of his chair and rushed to the door.

Bam!

"Do not open!" Rickert screamed.

"O-okay, sir. But the payment-"

"I'll pay it online! As usual! Now go!"

"O-okay! Chill dude! Wow."

That guy left, Rickert is peeking trough the key hole, just to make sure that he surely left the room.

Rickert moved the door knob slightly, and then pull the door, but he stopped when the line of light came in from the door.

Blam

"Shit! Why can't I properly open the door? They are no one in front of it! Why can't I do it then?" he talked to himself, like no one is hearing him.

"You hear that? That NEET is screaming again," the lady asked.

"Just ignore him, now shall I move my hip?" the guy answered.

"Be gentle, yours just too big."

"Hehehe, don't worry. My biggy-waggy-custy-wusty-dicky is a gently buddy."

Slap

She slapped her boyfriend's cheek.

"Next time you speak like that to me, I'll choke you with my breast."

"Hup!" he's moving his hip so powerful.

"Ngah! Be gentle! Angh!"

They do the rest of that thingy while Rickert is still confused on how he can't open the door.

"Okay, you got this. Just pull the door knob, and take the pizza in, then close the door."

Rickert clenched his fists, he's now ready.

He swing his left hand to right, same goes with his right hand, and he kneel.

"O thou who art rule the universe, thou who rule death and life, as the lowly human, I ask for power to conquer my deepest fear," said him like he was chanting a magic.

"Skill: Gate of heaven!"

Yes, he screamed.

Rickert opened the door, take the pizza that already cold, and then close the door with a loud sound of slamming the door.

"I.. haah… I, I did it!" he raise his pizza with both hands.

"You saw that, right? You saw me using my magic right?!" he's pointing at the monitor as it was a person, or a friend.

It's just a monitor with Gardon Ramsey eating steak he cooked with his family.

Rickert lowered his hand, his face is full of envy, and anger…

…and hunger.

"Just, say, that you…"

Rickert sat on the floor, opened his pizza box, and collect one for him to eat.

"… saw that."

Rickert is eating cold pizza on the floor, while watching Gardon Ramsey eating steak with his family on the monitor.

He's teary by the feel he can't explain.

The feel that he can't eat this pizza with his family that disown him, the feel that made him doubt everything that existed in this world.

He doesn't believe in gods, the chant he was chanting back there just a mere dialogue from his favourite RPG game, Red Desert Online.

There is no chanting system in Red Desert Online, players can cast the magic simply by pressing a button or do the combo. But players can also chant their magic-casting, it'd make the magic even more powerful, the speed of casting is slower by five-folds since it should be chanted first.

"This is my last pizza slice, I am now have the power to battle once more."

Rickert stood up, he's eating the last pizza slice while holding the pizza with his mouth. He walked to his computer, and switch his tab to Red Desert Online.

Rickert throw his last bite of pizza, trying to catch it like a dolphin.

"Hap!"

Splurt

"Damn," Rickert failed his attempt.

"Well, let it rot there since there is no tomorrow anymore," he ignores his piece of pizza and continue to his chair.

His character is currently fishing, and there is a system called AFK-fishing. Which can let you stay fishing for a lot of time. And it's distinguished between levels; beginner, apprentince, intermediate, professional, and guru.

Only professionals and gurus that can efficiently AFK-fishing since they can automatically throw low-grade fishes and only keep the yellow-grade fishes, which the highest grade that only second to red-grade.

Red grade fishes can only be obtained by harpooning, but it require at least 1200 skill point whether from the gear the character is using, or the fishing skill.

One yellow-grade fish could be sold at the imperial trader for 120.000 silver, but a red-grade fish can be sold for 20.000.000 silver.

However, reaching 1200 skill point to allow a player to go harpooning is a hard thing to get. People can only reach 400 skill point.

"Hmm, let's see. I've got 182 yellow fishes, that should be at least 21 million. I should go harpooning right now, but…"

[Swordnoob11]: "Hey, its that NEET again."

[SmallD69] : "Who are you talking about?"

[WidowKaltsit] : "Oh, that NEET who always online 24/7? He should get a job or something, dud."

[Demdembruh] : "Wassup, trash. You like fishing, eh? Why don't you go out of your room and go fishing for real?"

[Elis99] : "Yeah dud.. go fishing for real, or geat a job. Don't play Red Desert so long ffs."

"Damn that people. Why are they always talking sh*t out of me?"

"Guess I'll just continue my AFK-fishing and go sleep. How long I haven't slept?"

Rickert check on his calendar on his desktop, it is August 13, 2020.

"5 days? All of that days I've been hunting for that fu*king event, and I got 4 billion that not even necessary, I have nothing worth to buy."

[Vida] : "I've got 315 AP, 320 AAP, and 330 DP, what should I do?"

Rickert, a.k.a. Vida, asked the community on what should he do when he got the highest AP and DP in Europe and South East Asia Server.

AP is Attack Point, while AAP is Awakening Attack Point, and DP is Defense Point.

To get 315 AP and 330 DP, a player should have Red Star gears and all of them should be in highest enhancement, the PEN (V) enhancement. To get to PEN enhancement, a player must face 1.50% success rate.

And Rickert, have all the PEN level of Red Star gears, each of them worth at least 21 Billion silver.

[Klarize] : "Are you proud of your gear so you brag about it? Get a life, bruh."

[Polize] : "Yeah! You must be a shut-in hermit who only farming and grinding all the time! Get a proper job!"

"Heh, I don't need to get a job. I end my adventure tomorrow morning, this is my last day online, since tomorrow morning, my bills are coming, and I've no more money left because dad and mom…"

"…dad and mom.."

Rickert lower his head.

"They, they disown me."

"Anyways," Rickert raised his head and smile, showing his teeth.

"Im glad to play with you guys, especially everyone who had me in their guild."

Rickert pressed enter button, and stood up. He's about to go to his bed, and sleep.

His body crumble, his foot stepped on a small piece of pizza with it's sauce dripping.

"Aaah!" Rickert screaming.

Brak

"Aauh!" his body fell, and his head is under the table.

"Kieek kieek!" a pack of rats came out of the corner and slipped trough his feet.

"Hiiih!" he shocked by the rats.

Brak

His head hit the table from below by his reflex, and then his head once again fell of above all the wires.

Zap zap

The wires created some sparks of electricity, it perharps because of the rats that bites the wire when the computer shut-off.

And it caused short circuit.

"AAAARRRHHHH!"

Rickert is screaming so hard, the electricity hit his head directly, every electricity in every room in this building has collapsed, and it caused a black-out in this building.

"AAARRHH! IT HURRTSS! HEEELP! IT HURTS!!"

Brak!

A person opened the door by force, he's the owner of this 2 level building.

"Hey! Stop screami-WHAT!"

"AAHHH! IT HURTS! HELP! HELP ME!"

"I'll pull you of of there! Hang on for a bit!" said him, then he rushed in to help Rickert out of the short circuit.

"I'm pulling you out! Hang on there!"

The owner pulled his body, sound of many people heard from outside, they are people wo stays at this building.

"What happened, boss?!"

"Help me pulling this guy! The wires are tangled!"

"Call 110! I'll help the boss!"

"Right away!"

He rushed in while the other guy is calling for help, but the owner has stopped pulling Rickert.

"Boss! Why you stopped! Let's go pull thi-"

"He's dead already."

"What?!"

"Hah?!

Rickert's eyes still opened, it truly clear that his eyes are telling the people here, that he's still wanted to live.

"He's dead, stop the calling."

"Oh, okay. But, who you want me to call then?"

"I'll call Frederic, he told me that if I have 'something', I could sell that thing to him."

"This guy?"

"Yes, it still worth the money, hahaha. Besides, he's still owe me money for staying at this place too long. Selling him would be the right thing to do."