You can't eat your cake and have it!

What the hell did we do to deserve this?

"Brain cancer…?" Alan muttered, still in disbelief, his hands shaking continuously.

"Indeed… but the situation is not helpless" His father interjected.

"But the cost…" His mother sighed with red eyes.

"We can raise it, With Me, Alan and you, it'll be alright" His father said to which Alan nodded.

Already understanding his responsibilities, he knew what to do and already had a few plans in his mind.

"With the new technology, it is entirely possible to cure it with low risk of fatality." His father spoke once again.

"Alan… don't tell any of your siblings about this, we don't want to frighten Arin. We'll keep this a secret…, okay?" His mother looked at him with red eyes.

"Rest assured, I'll take care of him…" Alan promised.

"Thank you, Alan…" His mother smiled at him, feeling proud to have such a calm and composed son.

Had it being the others, then they definitely would've panic by now.

At this moment he felt something rustling and with a turn of his head, he found his father taking out a whitebox, he knew better than anyone what it is.

"Go and do what you do best" His father said presenting the box to him.

"In twenty-two days…" Alan muttered and with a heavy heart, he received the box.

"It will be alright…" He whispered to his mother and she nodded her head.

"Take care" And with that, he turned around to leave.

***

Arriving back at home, he is surprised to see the little guy is still in the room with a white helmet on his head, a sleek and smooth helmet.

Alan sat down and put down the box, drinking a cup water he took his phone and dial a number.

Just yesterday, I rejected them but today, I need their help!

Such is life!

"Hello…"

"Oh if it isn't the great SR leader" The voice sneered.

"Yea… man I need your help-

"Hold it- Want to reconsider now, eh? Too late hahaha, I've already signed a deal with that prince, the current SR leader" The voice laughed in schadenfreude.

Alan sighed, "How about you give me a loan? You know I will payback"

Beep!

Alan frowned, that idiot actually dared to hang up on him!

Dialing another number, he waited patiently.

"Yo Aizen, sup"

"Maxim, I need your help" Alan said.

"After you rejected my offer few days ago? I'm sorry, but you can't eat your cake and still have it" Maxim sighed.

"How about a loan?" Alan asked, growing increasingly frustrated.

"Sorry man, i'm low on funds too, ask someone else"

Alan frowned and continued to dial numbers but in the end, none of them are willing to help.

He logged into the game in a soar mood.

Suddenly his vision turned blurry and before he knew it, he is standing in a vast white space.

Beeb! Beeb! Beeb!

Three consecutive beeps sounded followed by a female programmed voice, "System booting successfully! Running scan… player ID recognized. Please insert a name"

"Ren"

Welcome to Ascension player Ren!

Beep! Character generation successfully! Would you like to edit?

"No" Ren replied.

Its not like you can greatly customized the character, its just minor modifications and Alan doesn't feel like altering anything about his looks, he believed his looks are good enough.

Name: Ren

EXP: 0/100

Level: 1

Title: N/A

HP: 50

Energy: 30

Damage (DMG): 25

Agility (AGI): 5

Magic: 0

Gear equipped: N/A

Skills: N/A

"That's pretty good" Ren thought after examining his level 1 character interface.

Suddenly a blinding light exploded causing him to squint and the next moment, he appeared in the midst of a bustling street. 

You have been transported to a starter village, Greenhaven.

After the system notification, a warm breeze washed over his senses giving him a pleasant surprise as he stared at his own hands, clenching and unclenching his fists.

"No wonder the world is going crazy for this…" Ren muttered to himself, after all the game is a fully immersive visual reality with all of the five senses engaged. This level of immersiveness is something the past century could never imagine!

All around him, players roamed about, some going out for adventures while a few are just going about their normal activities, and there's people like him, the newbies that just spawned and marveling at the level of realism.

"Map" With a word he summoned the map and with a slight smile of excitement, he began walking towards his destination which is clearly marked on the map.