Pada tahun 20XX, sebuah perusaha'an game terbesar berhasil membuat sebuah terobosan baru. Game yang selalu dinantikan oleh para gamers di seluruh dunia, yaitu Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online, atau biasa di sebut dengan VRMMO, akhirnya tercipta.
Free World Online, adalah game VRMMO pertama yang bertemakan dunia yang bebas tanpa hukum.

For my family I will bear the pain

For the humanity I will become the ruler

In face of my enemies I will learn how to kill

because I am ready to devour everything to survive

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Free Empire Online was a game created by God to test 100 humans for the upcoming changes on Earth.

Transported to a world of swords and magic where a year is equivalent to a minute in earth, Jake struggled to live and at the last mission (mission 10) he was the only one who survived.

join Jake in his return to Earth as the only human who survived the test from God.

Zhang Zian decided to continue the pet store until he couldn’t support it anymore. His parents had loved pets very much. If they were looking down from heaven, they would be sad to see the store go.

Although it was a good wish, he knew nothing about running a pet store. There was a first time for everything, though; he believed he would find a way, one step at a time. 

His first goal would be relatively small—to establish a solid footing in the city. 

He had a big breakfast at a street vendor and felt energized. He returned to the store, moved the cages and display cases out, dusted with a broom, soaked the mop in disinfected water, and mopped the floor until it was nice and shiny. He moved the cages and display cases back after the floor had dried.

He also wanted to renovate the store, but he gave up on that thought after realizing the shortage in cash flow.

When he was cleaning the store, some neighbors walked by and expressed their sympathies for his loss. Some neighbors didn’t know him and just looked at the cages and display cases with curiosity.

When the sun started to rise, he finished cleaning. All the dust and odors were completely gone, leaving only the fresh scent from the disinfecting water. It smelled just like before.

His parents had always taught him to keep a clean mind and live a clean life. 

He had gotten all sweaty from cleaning the store. He moved the reclining chair to the door and rested for a few minutes. 

Now that he had decided to take over the pet store, there had to be some paperwork to handle. First, he needed to change the owner’s name from his parents to his name on the business license. He was not familiar with the procedure, so he started researching online using his cell phone.  

"I have to go to the notary’s office. So much work!"

In order to inherit and transfer the pet store to his name, he needed to get an inheritance notarization using his ID card, the deed for the pet store, and his parents’ death certificates.

Zhang Zian always tried to avoid dealing with troublesome matters like that because he hated them. He was not even sure how he made such an irrational decision like inheriting the pet store.

He wanted to have a fresh mind and pull himself together. No matter how sad he was, he should not show his tears to the customers.

He opened the app store in his cell phone and started a search with "pet" as a keyword. He wanted to see if there was an app which would teach people how to run a pet store, although deep in his mind he didn’t think he would be able to find it.

Umm, what was that?

A game with a "limited time download" sign showed up in the search results.

Some apps and software were free for a limited time, but this was the first time he ran into something tagged "limited time download."

"<Pet Hunter>?"

[Game Description]: This is a magical game! You can capture real or virtual pets in this game. You can even capture mythical creatures and turn them into your faithful friends or partners! Download now and run towards the sunset, young man!

Ha!

He laughed. He achieved his goal to freshen up his mood. 

Exaggerating! This was way over the line!

It might be possible to capture virtual pets, but how was it possible to capture a real pet with a cell phone? It even mentioned capturing mythical creatures... Unbelievable!

There was a countdown next to the game, showing that there were only 00 hours, 00 minutes, and 49 seconds left to download.

"Let’s see if this really is a ‘limited time download’!"

He hit the "download" button, and the download shortly reached full speed. 

This game was pretty large. Hopefully it wasn’t a virus!

He hesitated. When he was about to cancel the download, it showed "download completed!" on his cell phone.

Almost at the same time, the downloading page disappeared. The app store went back to the home page automatically. 

He put the keyword "pet" in the search bar again.

"Oh really?! Nothing?!"

The result showed nothing was matching his keyword. 

He didn’t want to give up yet. He added "hunter" after "pet" as keywords, but still nothing came up.

"This game is really a limited time download… What does the developer want?" he murmured to himself, confused.

Developers made games for marketing. The more players there were, the broader the influence. The broader the influence, the more money the game would make. Even free games earned reputation for the developer. Limiting the time to download meant limiting traffic. Who would do something like that? 

A dialogue popped up on his cell phone: Install? 

He chose "Yes."

Installing…

Installation completed. "Confirmed" or "Open"?

He chose "Open."

Initiating game…

The logo of "Pet Hunter" showed up on the screen.

[Game Hint]: This is an augmented reality game. It requires you to turn on your mobile camera and needs your location information. 

[Game Hint]: This is your first time entering the game. Please register an account. 

[Game Hint]: "Register for free" or "Have an account? Log in immediately."

He chose "Register for free."

[Game Hint]: To ensure user uniqueness and login safety, we need to record your fingerprint. Please place your finger in the fingerprint recognition area and record from different angles as per the instructions. 

"Record fingerprints?! What if it’s a scam…" He frowned.

He used the fingerprints on his right hands for online banking. Just in case it was a scam, he used his left hand to record the fingerprints. 

[Game Hint]: Fingerprint recorded successfully. Logging in automatically…  

The background looked like the deep dark night. A shining white light was jumping lightly.

[Navigation Elf]: Hello! Welcome to Pet Hunter’s World. I am your navigation elf.

[Navigation Elf]: I will try my best to assist you throughout the game. I hope that we can experience an extraordinary adventure together. 

The sudden voice caught him off guard. He almost threw away his cell phone. 

[Navigation Elf]: If you encounter any problems during the game, feel free to contact me!

"Ugh, is it the customer service representative? How do I contact her…I don’t see where to input words…" Zhang Zian was speaking to himself, feeling confused. 

[Navigation Elf]: You may speak to me!

"Really?! You can hear me?!" he asked, once again surprised. 

[Navigation Elf]: Yes! I can hear you nice and clear!

"OMG! This is a 24-hour one-on-one customer service representative! No wonder the download was limited…" He shrugged his shoulders and thought, "This game must be high in costs. How come I didn’t see the developer’s name… What is it? Hiding from fame?"

[Navigation Elf]: This is your first login. Before launching the game, would you like to go through the beginner tutorial? Alternatively, you may skip the tutorial and start immediately.

"What’s your recommendation? Is this game difficult?" he asked.

[Navigation Elf]: You are unable to save your state during the game. For a better experience, I recommend you take the beginner tutorial. 

"Okay, whatever you say. Let’s start the beginner tutorial," he said. 

[Navigation Elf]: Beginner tutorial starting, retrieving data…


1. Download a suspicious game
2. Catch a few magical pets as partners
3. Go through interesting daily routines and lead the pet shop to a whole new level

"So where is he?" Why is he being all concerned about Matt all of a sudden, why was he even asking me about him, why was he even talking to me?

"Shouldn't you be with Tess or something, you don't want to become an outcast just because you're caught talking to me right?" my mouth blurted before my brain could catch up, that was the most I've ever said to anyone. 

"Of course that'll never happen, almost everyone has left school already, I was waiting for Tess to be done in the library so I decided to pick on you," 

"Oh really?"

"Yeah."

"So why don't you go screw your Tess then, I'm off," I snapped and marched towards my bike. I jumped when he appeared beside me again.

"I actually came to you because I need your help," I stopped abruptly.

"Mark Stoner, most popular kid in Eastwood high suddenly needs the school outcast's help?" I blinked hard, this had to be a dream.

"I'm not a kid okay? And don't feel too big I asked for your help," wait was he serious? Did he really need my help or he was just messing with me all over again?, I decided on the latter and hopped onto my scooter.

"Wait, you're not leaving me here, you have to help me," I stared at his frantic expression, he really needed my help, but why me? I mean, he barely even notices my existence or maybe it was because I was the only one left in the whole school?

"Fine, It has to be really important to have you risk your popularity and talk to me in public," he nodded indifferently and I suddenly noticed I wasn't tongue tied anymore, in fact I was actually having a civil conversation with a normal person without one-worded replies or stutters and that too my crush….woah, is that supposed to be a good or a bad thing?

"Tess has been in the library since lunch hour," He started, snapping me out of my daze.

Okay….

"I haven't laid my eyes on her since then," Why was he telling me that, did I seem like a cop or security guard to him?

"Okaaaaaay…." I prompted when he paused for more than a minute with an expression that I couldn't decipher.

"So I want you to check out the reason she's still in there," really, like that was the help he went through the trouble of talking to a mute aka me for?

"And why can't you do that yourself?" Security got the better of me, I just had to ask.

"Well that's none of your business, just go and check the library out already," he snapped and I raised a brow, does he think he can order me around so easily?, I don't think so.

"That's no way to ask a favour politely, if you don't mind, I'd like to be on my way," I secured on my helmet and turned on ignition to my scooter. I was about to zoom away but he grabbed my hand, like our skins came in contact, I experienced this giddiness that I've never felt before.

"I can't be seen anywhere close to the library, the populars are not supposed to….you know read books or even worse go to the library, it'll be an instant ticket to outcast land," oh, really? Why were they attending school if they weren't going to learn then? And why was I pondering over it like it was any of my business?

"But you're their boss, you make the rules so you can as well break them, I'm really sorry but I can't help, if Tess is important as you make her out to be, then you wouldn't care about your very weird rules, see you in school tomorrow Stoner." Okay, that officially takes the medal for the most words I've said in a sentence, and it felt good, really good.

I zoomed away before the egoistic loverboy had the chance to recover from it's shock.

 I stopped over at a proper library to borrow actual books for a change, I've been reading a lot of ebooks with my free time which was like every hour apart from school and my part time job at a diner three blocks away from 'home', sorry you're just getting to know that I have a job, I kind of rushed the introduction earlier. 

 So I'm officially informing you that I have a waitress job at a family owned diner, I work there all the days of the week excluding Mondays and Thursdays so today was my off, that was why I borrowed books earlier on why way home, with hopes it was going to be good books. 

 After getting to an empty house and warming up a proper meal for lunch-slash-dinner, I washed up the day's stress and unusual happenings and settled down to take a look at my PC. I didn't have a phone, as far as I was concerned I needed a phone for absolutely nothing. Parents and work can call the house line if they needed to get in touch which was next to never and I didn't have friends, not in real life, not online either, I didn't even have a Facebook account, pretty over the top but I'm contented with online reading apps that are strictly for reading and nothing else.

 After reading through updates of my favorite ongoing novels with 'awww's and 'ewww's, I settled down with one of the paperbacks I borrowed from the library, it was an ancient version of Charles Dickens' Olivier Twist. After a while, I slept off with my head on my desk, face buried in the book and earphones plugged in my ears.


 

All is not what it seems," I whispered with my fingers crossed and everything changed, literally everything....

Have you ever wondered if there is a world of imaginations and imaginary friends and characters?, well here's a spoiler; there is and it's up to Joanna Coopers to get sucked into it so she can rescue her friends/enemies and by rescue, it means living through and maybe changing details of a number of novels to unravel a very unusual mystery.
But that might seem farfetched as Joanna is a timid,shy,highschool loner that barely talks and does nothing but read books, is that going to be a blessing or a curse?, would she be able to handle the seat of leadership being dumped on her by fate?, would her long time crush finally notice the beauty and strength she has under the nerdy facade?
Find out in this adventurous story of abnormalities where nothing is what it seems.
Notice: A few books highlighted in this work has nothing to do with me, they're solely works of authors I love and adore, a link to their work(s) would be indicated in the author's note. However, the general concept is my intellectual property and I wouldn't tolerate plagiarism, if you notice anyone copying my story without reference to it, kindly DM me.
✌illusionistic

Dalawamput limang taon na ang lumipas ng matapos ang Ikatlong Digmaang Pandaigdig, United Nations laban sa pinag samang puwersa ng Communist at Soviet Union. Dahil sa digmaang iyon ang mundo ay nahati sa dalawang panig. Ang United Nations kaanib ang may isang daan at labing limang bansa na pinangungunahan ng America at ang Soviet Union na may kaanib na pitongput-walo na bansa, pinangungunahan naman ng Russia.

May mga bansang nawala sa mapa, maraming namatay at na ulila, nawalan ng tirahan, at nagutom ang maraming tao, kahit isang taon lang ito nagtagal. Matapos ang digmaan, napag-isipan ng mga nagkakaisang bansa o mas kilala sa tawag na UNITED NATIONS (UN) na gawing open country ang mga bansa na kabilang dito upang magtulungan at mabilis na maibangon, mapaunlad ang kani-kanilang bansa. Hindi naman sila binigo ng bagong sistema, dahil sa loob lamang ng limang taon ang bakas ng world war III ay makikita na lamang sa pictures and history ebooks sa library or museo.

Nang sinimulan ang open immigration sa lahat ng bansa na kaanib ng UN, ang mga tao ay malaya ng nakakapagbakasyon, nakapag-aaral at manirahan sa gusto nilang bansa ng walang kahirap-hirap. English is still the Universal Language na ginagamit sa mga paaralan at in form of communication pero hindi pa rin nawawala ang local language sa mga native citizens o mas kilala sa tawag na pureblood, uso na kasi ang halong lahi o highbreed nang maging open ang mga bansa.

Wala kanang makikitang pera ngayon lahat ay thru card at ang currency ay UN Dollar. Sa panahong din ito bagamat hindi nawawala ang mayaman at mahirap ang buhay ay pinagaan na. Ang lahat ng bata ay nakakapag aral ng libre mula pre-school hanggang kolehiyo. Sa edad na 18 obligado ka ng magtrabaho sa ayaw man nila or gusto. Walang ka ng makikitang pulubi or homeless sa kalsada. Kung wala kang sariling sasakyan ang mga city bus ay libreng masasakyan sa bawat terminals.

Ang internet ay kasing halaga na lang ng hangin sa panahon ngayon, halos lahat ng bagay na ginagamitan ng teknolohiya ay nangangailangan na ng internet kaya ito ay libreng magagamit saan ka man naroroon. Para ma preserve ang natitirang mga puno, ang newspaper, books, magazines at lahat ng klase ng papel ay matagal ng pinag bawal, pinalitan ito ng mga gadget tulad ng e-notes, tab, cellphone and the must have na DOLL, ito ay isang voice command android doll kung saan pwede mong makausap at magtanong ng mga bagay-bagay.

Tulad nang mabilis na pag-unlad ng teknolohiya. Ang larong ONLINE game ay mabilis din nagbago. Mula sa unang labas nito na ginagamitan ng desktop at keyboard, hanggang sa virtual reality 2D to 10D gamit ang headset at gaming remote.

Dahil laging in-demand ang Online Game sa mga tao, ang mga kilala sa larangan ng computer graphics industry, software advertising, programming, engineering, and video game development ay walang tigil na hinahasa at pinapaganda ang mga bagong labas na laro. At sa taon na ito, 25 years of continues researched at sa tulong ng mga batikang syentipiko sa lahat ng panig patungkol sa sensya pinapakilala sa mundo ang DREAM GAME CAPSULE, ang device kung saan ang iyong consciousness ay ipinupunta sa mundo ng laro at ang kauna-unahang reality based game na naka kuha 100% compatibility rate sa nasabing device, ang UTOPIA online.

Years went on to their lives. After graduating from college, Lee Shin went back to their province and managed their small publishing company. She applied everything she learned at the university and innovated the company to be aligned with the modern technology. They focused more on printing novels from both ebooks and hard copies. She even wrote her own novels and published it online and once it gets noticed and on high demands, they released a hard copies and it is guaranteed sold out. After few years of dedicated work on their company, it is not safe from bankruptcy and thriving better than before. With the help of her mom and Lee Shaina, they managed to have few branches on the nearby provinces and everything is smooth sailing for them.

She just finished having a business meeting from another city to be the official printing company of the books for the whole university. Lee Shin felt good that they managed to survived those times when they thought they are going to fall down. There were times were it was really hard and can't help but cry in her room where no one can hear but seeing things now, everything is worth it.

Until her 28th birthday...

"Happy birthday sis!" Its just a small gathering with their families and few friends and everyone is happy.

After the party and everyone left, Lee Eung talked to her while she's cleaning the dishes...

After finishing college and decided to take over the small family business everything seems like depressing for Lee Shin. Ever since her father died, she have no choice but to be the head of the family. She did all her best until she managed to remove the bankruptcy status on their family. After few years of constant work, everything seems perfect for Lee Shin. All her siblings are finished with their degree and busy with their careers too but she felt that she missed a lot of things during her younger days. She loves adventure and traveling which she set aside to take responsibilities to manage their business ever since their father died. 
Lee Shin thought "I will be 30 in few years. I need to do something adventurous" So she decided to pack her bag, take her passport and ready for few months of backpacking and everything changes when she met Kiel Jungye: a young, adventurous, reckless, careless and not to mention handsome backpacker. 
They started their adventure together without any plans. 
What will happen if a strict, careful, calculative woman will be partnered with a happy-go-lucky, live the moment and don't mind about the future attitude kind of man?
Will love be enough for them to keep each other?
What will happen if the adventure and travel ends?

"Hitman"?
Never heard of the game. Is it a mini-game made by foreign developers?
Ren Suo glanced at the clock. It was near noon. He ordered food to be delivered, then peed and washed his face. When he was done, he settled on the couch in the living room and started playing the Mini Worlds Gaming Console.
The apartment his uncle rented out to him was well-designed, furnished with a sound system, a 4K TV, couch and other furniture. It was a haven for a single inhabitant. And even more so with a girlfriend.
So Ren Suo bought his dream girlfriend – the fourth princess, a.k.a. Hell4PRO.
Having washed his face, Ren Suo felt fully awake. Only then did he recall that he had bought his games separately from his gaming console.
The order confirmation in his mobile phone showed that his "Unparalled Hero 8" and "Curse of the Evil Spirit 2" was still on the way. It would probably take a couple more days to reach him. So, even though he had the console, it was useless.
"Unparalled Hero 8" was the latest arcade game, while "Curse of the Evil Spirit 2" was a hardcore action RPG. Ren Suo had taken a long time to decide on these two games. He was ready to throw a few months into them till he became a platinum player and till he started work.
Because buying these two masterpieces had nearly emptied Ren Suo's gaming fund, he wasn't intending to buy digital copies of games on the Hell online game store. Digital copies were typically more expensive than physical copies. Unless there was a discount, Ren Suo would not consider them, not to mention the collectible nature and resale potential of physical copies.
If he were to become rich in the future, Ren Suo would collect game discs as trophies of his glorious days;
If he were poor, then he would sell them away to recoup his losses. After all, these games cost him quite a fortune.
Because of these two reasons, Ren Suo chose to buy physical copies despite their long delivery time.
Without the games, Ren Suo had no choice but to leave the Hell4PRO in the garage and play "Hitman" on Mini Worlds.
He clicked on [Free Game of the Month]. The game description of "Hitman" introduced the game was an action RPG – an immersive assassination game. The gamer played the role of a modern hitman who had the skill "Bullet Time" and was a master of all weaponry and combat styles. He could even pick other assassin characters. It looked pretty impressive.
After selecting to download the game, a message popped out:
[Player has chosen a free chapter. The free chapter of this month is Hitman's "Bloodied Banquet". Difficulty of game: 1 star.]
[This free chapter has a difficulty rating of 1 star, hence the exclusive reward is canceled (exclusive rewards are awarded only to 2 stars or above).]
[The time left in this free chapter is 14 hours 23 minutes 51 seconds. This game will be deleted when the time is up.]
"What? I can only play one chapter in the free game, and I'm left with less than 15 hours?" Ren Suo complained. But having seen the likes of too many freebies in Xuan Nation, he wasn't too surprised.
Yet, the download speed of this game was crazy quick. In less than five seconds, Ren Suo received the message that the download was complete. That took away any hopes Ren Suo had about the game. Although the apartment boasted Xuan Telecom's 200M fibre optic cables, a game that could be downloaded via WIFI in less than 5 seconds couldn't have been more than 100M in size.
Even if it was just a single chapter, the music, software, images…etc. had to be downloaded still. Such a small game was either cut to its bare bones or tiny in scale to begin with. Although size didn't equate to a game's quality, it limited how impressive a game could be.
"Looks like it's just a mini game… Wait?"
Ren Suo suddenly realized that he had not connected the Mini Worlds Gaming Console to the apartment WIFI.
But this Mini Worlds Gaming Console was omnipotent the moment it appeared. It could connect to Hell4PRO's game controller and the DaMi TV. It wasn't too much of a stretch for it to be able to connect to the apartment's WIFI automatically.
However, the moment he entered the game, Ren Suo's slain expectations revived immediately!
On the screen, rain drops fell off the roofs of the buildings on either side. Pitter patter, they hit the murky alley floor. In the distance, the lights on the skyscrapers and the streetlamp outside the alley became the only source of light in the alley.
And in that dark abysmal alley, a figure shrouded under a black umbrella stepped leisurely through puddles of water till he occupied the center of the screen. He was dressed in a suit, his bearing straight, like an aristocrat in the rainy night.
Just then, the camera zoomed in under the umbrella, giving the player a clear view of this man's face-
[Please configure the hitman's appearance.]
"What the-? This isn't CG, it's the actual graphics in the game?" Ren Suo was stunned. Even now, the rain-soaked alley was visible behind the character. The play of light, the rain drops, the buildings, the details, the ambience, the character… they were unmatched even by that so-called highest-performance game "Log Horizon"!
"No way this is a mini game. This is definitely a triple-A heavy-hitter!" Ren Suo's interest was piqued. He noticed that the character in the game was automatically set as a fearsome looking bald man. After he selected to change his appearance, a series of face-changing options popped out, intimidating Ren Suo.
Although he liked to control cool-looking characters, Ren Suo was really not that interested in changing their appearance, especially when appearance attributes are so finely calibrated now that a single facial adjustment involved changing a dozen of digits. As a terminal patient of laziness, Ren Suo wasn't going to waste his time on this.
Typically, one who liked good-looking characters but didn't want to waste time like Ren Suo would simply search for other players' records, copy their facial attributes and paste it into his game to make a character he liked. At most he'd adjust the pupil colour, hair style and hair colour. And voila – that'd be Ren Suo's character!
But when Ren Suo searched "Hitman" online, while he did find other games with the same theme and title, none of them had graphics like Ren Suo's version. And none of them allowed the player to change the character's face. So Ren Suo's lazy tactic couldn't work.
Thankfully, in the menu there were options like [Recommend a face] and [Recommend a character].
In [Recommend a character], apart from the initial 'Bald Hitman', 'Clown Hitman', 'Demon-Hunter Hitman', there was also [For more characters, please purchase Characters DLC].
Ren Suo looked and realized that apart from the looks and voice, the choice of characters would affect their skill and abilities. For instance, the Bald Hitman's skill was [Bullet Time], which affected the speed of time;
Clown Hitman, who sported make-up on his face, had the skill [Shapeshifting], which needed 30 merit points to unlock;
the white-haired wrinkly-faced Demon-Hunter Hitman's skill was [Abyssal Wolf Sword Art], which needed 30 merit points to unlock.
Not only that, even their starting expertise were different. Bald Hitman's was [Combat Master] and [Weapon Master]. Clown Hitman's was [Weapon Novice] and [Throwing Expert]. Demon-Hunter Hitman's just [Grandmaster of Sword]. 
Among the three [Recommended Characters], only Bald Hitman was recommended for first-time players and free to use.
Till now, Ren Suo had not figured out how he could top-up credit in the game. Regardless, he was not going to burn cash on a game that would be deleted in 14 hours. So he picked Bald Hitman.
But of course, he wasn't going to use the default face settings. In the [Recommend a face] option, he picked a sharp-looking Xuannese face and added a teardrop shaped red mark on his forehead to make him look even more sick.
[Please name the hitman.] The message popped up after he confirmed the character.
Ren Suo just named him "Hitman". In the next instant, the image on the screen moved as his controller vibrated. The hitman smiled at him under the umbrella; he could now control this character.
Just then, a homeless drunkard appeared in front of the hitman. Stepping through murky puddles of water, he lifted his bottle like he was looking for a fight.
Through the process of subduing this drunkard and walking out of the alley, Ren Suo learnt the basics of the game. After knocking out the drunkard with his combat skills, the message popped out: [Find a way to enter the Lamperouge banquet on the 8thfloor of the Blackthorn Tower using a legitimate identity by 2000HRS.]
The camera moved upwards. In the screen, a bright majestic tower right in front of the alley rose up into the sky. A green inverted pyramid mark appeared above the tower. Looks like that's the target destination of the player.
Ren Suo controlled the hitman to walk out of the alley. Branded sportscars and lamborginis lined the road outside the tower. Ushers holding umbrellas came greeted and welcomed guests outside the tower.
He walked nearer to take a closer look. Those finely dressed social elites would produce an invitation before entering the tower. Only after the ushers had verified their invitations could they enter. Moreover, these ushers had impeccable service and manners; their eyes stayed on the guests all the way up till the point when they entered the elevator.
For example, Ren Suo saw a young gentleman who had parked a distance away and had filthy water splashed onto him. When he approached the building and flashed his invitation, the usher immediately said, "Mr. Ricard, we have spare suits and dryers up in the tower. Allow me to take you there."
"Thank you."
Truly, the usher's service was faultless. He led this young gentleman all the way to the elevator and told the usher inside the elevator about the gentleman's needs. Throughout the whole process, at least three ushers had their eyes on him. Looks like it was absolutely impossible to sneak in.
Ren Suo controlled the hitman and made him attempt to enter the tower. Naturally, he was stopped by an usher. The usher spoke a few lines of English and simultaneously, a dialogue box popped up beside his head, "Sir, please present your invitation."
At this moment, four options appeared at the bottom of the screen. Ren Suo could pick them using his direction pad, but he had only 10 seconds to do so, otherwise the first option would be picked for him by default.
①"I left my invitation at home."
②"I'm one of the people in charge of the company up above. I need to ride the elevator up to pick up a document."
③ (Attack him) "Since when do I take instructions from you?"
④ (Take out 5 pounds) "Cousin! It's been such a long time…"
Wow, he could pick a response? Ren Suo wasn't all too alien with this sort of gameplay. These options basically decided how the player would get past the obstacle. Based on Ren Suo's many years of watching gameplay videos, he believed that ① was pretty much a useless option;②was a tactic of talking his way through the obstacle;③ was surely charging through with brute force;④ was an option to bribe his way through. 
Tentatively, he picked the seemingly cost-free ② - "I'm one of the people in charge of the company up above. I need to ride the elevator up to pick up a document."
Usher: "Oh? Unfortunately, the tower's been closed since 1800HRS. Please come back tomorrow."
Ren Suo: "What gives you the right?"
Usher: "The fact that this tower belongs to the Lamperouge family."
Ren Suo: "..."
So his first attempt failed. Ren Suo decided to try again with the other options.
But this time, the usher frowned. "Why are you here again? Security, take this man next door so he can cool down."
Two nearly two-meter tall security personnel, dressed in blue uniforms, strode over and grasped the hitman, one on each side. Ren Suo assumed that the mission had failed. Soon, however, the hitman was taken to an alley.
"Don't start trouble, kid," the security guard patted the hitman's head, then turned around and started to leave. Subconsciouly, Ren Suo pressed a button on his controller and the hitman automatically seized the guard's neck and snapped it with a crack.
Ren Suo was momentarily stunned. But not the other guard. He immediately pressed something in his ear and shouted, "A hostile has appeared. Position – Palen Alley. Terry's been killed. Send reinforcements, send reinforcements!"
He pulled out his baton and pointed it at the hitman, retreating out of the alley slowly while he reported the hitman's deeds to his superiors.
Ren Suo watched as the security guard exited the alley. In the screen, the dead body of the guard began to glow a faint yellow. He made the hitman turn and examine the body. Three options appeared above the body: Search, Drag and Handle.
[Search] allowed him to strip the guard of his clothes and equipment and use them himself; 
[Drag] would mean to move the body; but when Ren Suo clicked [Handle], the game prompt appeared: [You do not have any tools to handle the body.]
Just then, a dozen men in black armed with guns appeared outside the alley and started shooting at the hitman. Blood burst out of the hitman and the game screen turned into black and white.
[You died.]


The extraordinaire has disrupted the silence of the world and ever since then, technology has taken a different path. 
When humans find a path for evolution in the dark, I’ll remove my ribs, burn my heart and burn the midnight oil to become their pioneer. 
This is the process of a gamer manipulating the world.
Mini world of endless fun awaits.

Liu Mang wakes up after being struck by lightning. He feels dizzy in his head. Looking at his surroundings, he realizes that he is no longer in front of the imperial palace. Everything he saw was very strange and new. Suddenly the door opened. A cute loli enters the room. She ran to him while crying.

"Big brother!! Finally, you're awake. Thanks, Gods!" She hugged him while thanking God.

Of course, he was startled. Who is she? Why does she look happy when she knows I'm awake? After some consideration, he decides to pretend amnesia. 

He hung a confused expression and asked her, "Who are you? Uh, my head hurts. Right, who am I?"

"Big brother! I'm your sister, Diana! How could you forget about me? wuwu." Loli called Diana start crying when she realized that her big brother didn't remember anything about her. 

"You are my little sister?" he asked.  The hope sparked inside his tiny heart. Finally, he has a family again.

"Yes! Are Big brothers really forgetting about me and yourself?" she asked again.

"En."

"Wuwu, wait a bit. I would call the doctor."

After the doctor examines him, the doctor concludes that he is suffering from amnesia. His brain parts may have been damaged that made his memory lost temporarily, or perhaps permanently. But the doctor also gives good news. His body is completely healed, so he can be discarded. While the doctor explained his condition, he secretly learned his new name, Tejo Kusumo. As for his little sister, her name is Wulan Diana. Although he feels strange about names without a surname, he won't question his name.

Because he didn't have any relatives who could be his guarantor, he decided to discard immediately. With his new little sister's direction, he manages to arrive at his apartment. Before they enter the apartment, Diana runs toward the red box in front of the apartment. When she opens the box and picks the letter inside, she looks curious. But when she read the content, she started crying. 

"What up, Diana?" He walked beside her and asked. 

"Wuwu, big brother company, decided to terminate employee contracts. My big brother doesn't have a job anymore. How can we live on?" She weeping and hug him.

He pats her head and said, "Don't worry about the job. Big brother will find another job. Have faith to big brother, okay?"

She nods and wipes her tear. Then they enter the apartment. Her sister explains all the things inside the house. After a long explanation, he becomes interested in kitchen, TV, and internet. Fortunately, he can read character in this world.

After familiarizing with the kitchen, he decides to start cooking. With his sister help controlling electric stove, he begins to cut the ingredient. He wants to create a simple soup. With his memory from a previous world still intact, he can perform the cooking skill on par with the high-class chef.

"Big brother, you are amazing!!!"

"Haha, thanks to Diana help, big brother can create a delicious soup. Let's eat in the dining room."

"En."

***

"Delicious! It's extremely delicious!!" She exclaimed. Her adorable expression almost heals his previous heart wound.

"Then eat more." He smiled and feel many flowers bloomed inside his heart. He hopes this will last forever. 

"... all of you should try the online game [Martial Lord]! It will launched globally and Platypus LLC invite all of you to play this online game!" The loud advertisement comes out from the TV on the living room.

"Diana, what is the online game?" he asked.

"Huh?! Ah, little sister forgets that big brother suffered from amnesia. The online game is a game that can be played by all people, hmm... as long as that person has the device and has an ID." She explained it with a cute gesture.

"Is it can make money?" he asked again.

"It can, but Big Brother needs real skill to create wealth in that game. The Martial Lord online game is a game that emphasizes martial arts. Little sister doesn't know concrete information about Martial Lord because big brothers don't permit little sisters to play a game." She becomes slightly sad when she mentions that he didn't permit her to play a game.

"Uh... I'm sorry. Can you help Big Brother to buy the preparation?" He steeled his heart to play this game. Maybe he can implement his martial arts in the game.

After they finished the launch, his sister guided him to buy a virtual reality helmet. But after looking at prices that are not overly expensive, he decides to buy two helmets. As for Martial Lord game clients, it was free to download and install.

After just 30 minutes, the helmets arrive. The courier helps them install the helmet in the room. As the apartment just has one bedroom, Diana also sleeps in the same room. The courier also helps them install game clients into helmets. It's very convenient.

After the courier goes, he and his little sister immediately wear the helmet and go online. Tejo slightly panicked when he suddenly lost his body control. But he remembers what the courier said, this is just a process transfer conscious to the game. In no time, he opened his eyes and saw a white environment. A beautiful lady sits on the chair in the middle of the room. She smiles at him, waving her hand.

Arriving at her front, she starts explaining about the game. The explanation is simple and even otherworldly people like him can understand.

First, this game is free. The players can do anything and create anything. For example, a player is a martial arts practitioner. that player can implement the movement set in the martial arts in the game. As long as the A.I. acknowledges it, that set movement will be a skill.

Second, no class is available. There are no restrictions like class specific skills or class-specific equipment. As long as the players meet the requirement, the player can wear or use it. As a former warrior, he knows about shaman using staff and warrior using ax, hammer, or greatsword. So, he understands what the lady in front of him explains.

Third, no equipment slot. As long as the player's body can wear it, it's good. For example, the player can use unlimited weapons. Right-hand use sword, left-hand use spear, then the player hugs an electric pole, it's okay. He manages to understand the third explanation after the lady gives an example.

"Please state your name."

"Liu Mang."

"Thanks, player Liu Mang. Your stats in the status will be blank. Everyone gets free 5 stats points. You can distribute now." the beautiful woman kindly guide him.

But he doesn't even know about stats and status!!

Because of his family massacre by emperor faction, he devoted his love become Asura. Then, he kills one by one emperor faction members. 

After 30 years passed, he successfully kill emperor and his family. But after he manage to kill all people behind his family massace, he feels empty inside his heart.

Deep inside his heart, he just wants a family. Surrounding by people who love him, it was his dream.

It's been ten years since we met and she still looks the same.

Maybe, she really is a ghost.

I stood in front of my bedroom mirror and adjusted my tie.

"Is this some sort of fancy private school?"

"Yup." I answered.

"And you're going to be gone the whole day, everyday?"

I buttoned up my shirt's collar and pulled up my tie until it was a snug fit. 

"I'll be free on weekends."

I fished my shoes from under my bed and looked up to see that her supple lips were pursed and her mesmerizing eyes were filled with apprehension.

Hamu was lying on top of my bed. She had already put on my high school uniform, as if to  encourage me. 

Her pants looked really baggy and the shirt she wore was so big it was downright comical.

"What's the point? You might move away tomorrow. Might as well study on the internet. If you ever need to know something just Moogle it."

"I can't live off the internet."

"Tell that to your mom. Isn't she doing online spamming now?"

"It's Marketing. Online marketing. C'mon don't make fun of her. She's doing this for us."

Hamu batted her pretty eyelids mischievously and said, "You mean she's doing this for you. According to her I'm just an imaginary friend that you won't get over!"

I ignored her provocative words and packed some exercise books, a couple textbooks and my laptop into my backpack.

"Why are you carrying all that junk? Are you aiming for a retro vibe? Can't you just download the textbooks and record the lessons with your smartphone?"

I sucked in a few nervous gulps of air and tried to steady my thunderous heartbeat.

"I'm really nervous." I confessed. "This is the first time I've gone to school."

Hamu knitted her brow. "But didn't you register just last week? Or did you go to city hall to do that?"

"Ha." I laughed lightly. "I'm going either way, you can't stop me."

"Why would I want to stop you? If you want to become a cog in the machine and allow private industry to turn you into a mindless wage slave, have at it."

I sighed, deeply.

Last week, when I received my admission letter, I had nervously begun to fill out the registration papers when Hamu floated behind me and started chattering non-stop.

I gave her the book, 'Capital' by Karl Marx, hoping that it would keep her busy. Having little to do in the lead up to my new semester, she practically swallowed it in two days and I've been regretting it ever since.

I went into the bathroom and picked up my comb, but Hamu plucked it out of my hand.

She expertly styled my hair until it was not as ruffled as it was usually. She then straightened my tie and properly zipped up my bag.

"Thanks mom." I said with a silly smile. 

"Your welcome sweety." She crooned and shot back an impish smile of her own.

I laughed quietly, and then hesitantly asked, "I thought you didn't want me to go?"

"Who says I don't want you to go? You're so annoying! You know what? I think I'll take a vacation. I've been babysitting you for ten years. If you add up all my off days I should get at least half a year of downtime."

Tomoya was only five years old when he learned that his father had died in a freak car accident.

Torn by a mixture of grief and confusion, he ran away from home only to return late in the night, to the relief of his teary-eyed mother.

But he was not alone.

The ghost of a teenage girl had somehow drifted into his life and over the course of ten years the unlikely duo had grown to be inseparable.

Together, they stumble across a series of clues that shed light on the truth of his father's disappearance, only to have their desperate search overshadowed by another, more dangerous conspiracy.

Tomoya couldn't help but ask himself, 'If she is a ghost, then how did she die? And why has she never left my side?'

*bzzt* *bzzt* *bzzt*

My phone starts to vibrate as my alarm goes off in the morning. The soft morning light filtering through my bedroom window. I slowly wake up and reach for my phone under my pillow and turn off the alarm.

As I get up and stretch my body still a little tired from waking up. I look at the time on my phone only to be confused as to why it's 7 am, much earlier than I usually get up. As if to answer my question a reminder goes off on my phone.

Reminder: Ingenuity Online release today.

It took me a second to process the reminder, but as it sank in I was ecstatic. Today was the release date of the most awaited immersive VR game in history, Ingenuity Online.

I rush out of bed and grab a pair of jeans and then a blue blouse out of my closet. Thankfully I had the foresight braid my hair last night to minimize prep time in the morning. I undo the braid and let my wavy snow white hair cascade down my shoulders. As I look in the mirror I see pale but delicate skin, pink lips, and a pair of stunning amethyst colored eyes (purple). The only makeup I decide to apply today is a tube of black lipstick and some mascara.

I go to the kitchen of my two bedroom apartment and reminisced on how I got here as I made breakfast. When I was seventeen a friend said that since I was good at seeing patterns, and that I should look into trying penny stocks. So I learned how to analyze penny stocks and earned $10,000 by the time I graduated high school. So a few months latter I found this apartment and have lived there ever since. Soon after I purchased a VR game cabin and had it installed in the second room, because I have always loved video games.

At 7:30 I finished up my breakfast and cleaning up. I went out to my car and triple clicked the lock to remote start my BMW 8 series Coup. I get in the car and drive to the nearest game shop to pick up my preorder copy for Ingenuity Online.

As I get out of my car I start hearing catcalls all around me, to which I rolled my eyes and kept going. I walk up to the entrance and wait for the shop to open.

A little before the shop opens a bulky guy, about half a foot taller than me at 5'9", walks over to me with an unveiled look of lust in his eyes.

"A small girl like you shouldn't be..."

Before he could even finish speaking I grabbed his arm, twisted it, kicked the back of his knee and pushed him face first into the ground.

"Don't worry jack ass, I can take care of myself," not veiling the disgust in my voice for a second.

As all this happened the game shop employee came and unlocked the store. As soon as the store opened I walked in to avoid further conflict. I walk around the shop as I wait for the register to get ready.

"Morning Winter, I'm ready for you over here."

"Hey John, sucks that you have to work today right?"

"It really does, I'm gonna have to set up really quick to start as soon as servers go up for Ingenuity, you here to pick that up?"

I confirmed and scanned my thumb chip. After the facial recognition the game was sent directly to my game cabin and started to download. With a dazzling smile I said bye to John wishing him luck for when he started the game.

I look out the glass doors of the shop to make sure jack ass and his friends were gone, thankfully they were. No matter how skilled I am it's only possible to take on that many people alone in a game. So I head back to my Coup and go back to my apartment.

It's 8:30 by the time I reach home and since I have a while before the download I go to my computer. I've always loved playing those retro games from the early 2010's. I play until the my phone tells me the download is complete and quickly found a save point.

I get comfortable and change into some sweats, before I get into the game cabin. I go and check the nutrient solutions to make sure it's full. After all this is done I jump into the cabin and close it over top of me.

-"Welcome Winter Jenson, what game would you like to start?"

"Start Ingenuity Online"

-Ding "Only character creation is available right now, servers come online at UTC - 5:00. Would player like to continue and start character creation?"

"Start Ingenuity Online."

"Booting creation server... Ding, Welcome to Ingenuity Online."

In 2083 a revolutionary VR game was released to the world. The game allowed players to create their own skills making a unique class to themselves. The game was called Ingenuity Online and encouraged ingenuity and innovative character creation. Winter Jenson has always loved VR games and played them most her life. With the announcement and release of the game she prepares the become the best in the game as Tess Cryo.


Disclaimer: the cover is not mine I found it on photobucket. All picture rights go to scott_101-prince

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