0007: A family reunion of sorts

Izuku's alarm began to beep flashing '07:00' into his face as he squinted at the harsh red. Knowing he had to get up he jumped out of bed and stretched his joints clicking in response. Getting up he headed to the bathroom greeting Inko who had begun to make some breakfast for the both of them.

"Morning Izuku, breakfast will be done in a second. Just clean up and we can eat." She chimed from the kitchen.

"Okay, mum." He said groggily.

After brushing his teeth and taming his hair into a slightly less unruly bush he sat down and ate his breakfast. Checking his watch he realised opening was in about ten minutes and he needed to get to the store.

"Mum, I'm going to head down to open up for the day."

"Okay, I'm going to head to call Hisashi. He should be off the plane by now."

With that he headed downstairs watching the room illuminate and unlocked the front door. With it being so early in the morning it should be pretty quiet so he decided to play some Resident Evil, afterall he needed to refine his knife skills.

Once he was Chris he felt the knife in his palm and began to go through a few drills till he was mentally ready. Then he began to play slicing zombies and hounds that lunged at him by ducking and weaving through. As they lunged or swung at him they would be his for the taking, getting in close to deal a fatal blow. Sometimes he would switch to his pistol aimed only ever at the head to conserve bullets and make his fights a little easier. That was till he faced his first hunter. The beast was burly and much taller than him and it came towards him with speed. It's claws slashing the air infront inches from his face as spit flung from it's maw. Fear shook him look at the reptilian creature he went to get in close and was simply greeted by…

'GAME OVER' He just was not fast enough to even hit it.

Taking his headset off for a breather he was greeted by a smiling face of a man with a stature almost as tall as All Might, ivory curls like clouds, ruby eyes and a face littered with freckles like his own.

"Dad!" Izuku shouted, jumping up into his father's arms.

"How are you doing, little sprout?" His father teased.

"I'm not a sprout. But I'm doing good." He replied back jokingly pouting at his father's nickname.

"Now, is this the little cafe you've been working on? It's nice and from what I see that's Resident Evil."

"You know Resident Evil?"

"Of course I do. Me and your uncle used to play it when we were little." His father chuckled. Uncle Yoichi apparently died when he was young because of his health according to his father. "I remember when I got my hands on a copy when our parents told us we were not allowed it. He adamantly chose to play and was left unable to sleep that day. Acting like I was a teddy bear he clung to me so he could actually fall asleep."

"All I knew about Resident Evil was that it sounded like Resident Villain and that the game was super realistic in this version."

"Really?" His father sounded amused. "Let me try the game."

Izuku scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "You still need to pay."

"Cafe Policy?"

"Yea."

"How much is it?"

"Well I'd recommend the Iron if you are trying out but if you want to play for a while then Silver at least since you get some hours at a discounted price."

"Always the salesman, good to see you have my qualities in making deals."

"Thanks Dad."

"I'll get a Gold Membership. Afterall a good father supports his son's endeavours and I have more than enough money to spare at this point."

"Okay, 1 Gold membership and 1 game activation is 28750 yen."

With that Hisashi swiped his black debit card on the scanner and paid.

"Now let's see what it's like." He said sitting excited in the chair.

"By the way dad it is really realistic as in you can feel pain and also a lot of close quarters combat."

"Izuku, I'll be fine. I was watching you play so I should have this down."

"Got it."

With that he watched his father place the headset on with the eagerness of a child on Christmas Day.

Hisashi had entered the game and was greeted by the same screen as Izuku but chose his own character. The character was a mirror of himself in reality but with tactical gear and a knife in his hand alongside a pistol in a holster.

To say his father was good at the game would be a gross understatement. It was as if he had held a knife his entire life; the fluidity of each slice held precision a surgeon would be tough to beat and had the agility to duck and weave each attack. At times his father would stutter or trip but it seemed more as if his father expected more out of the body than it was performing. Almost as if he was limited by the body and not himself. Within an hour of playing he hacked and slashed his way to an explosive finale with the Rocket Launcher. It all took no more than maybe fifty minutes.

Taking his headset off he had the smuggest grin alive. "Not my best time for Resident Evil but that was amazing Izuku. It felt real and my senses tingled at the sensation of the environment. You really are lucky to have scored this."

"Dad, how?"

"Son, did you forget your old man is a certified professional in CQC. I trained in it to better analyse fighting skills to apply them to my analysis works. Also I've played the game before, it's good to see it ironed out the bugs and kept itself true to the original. I wish your Uncle could see this."

"Hisashi?" Came a voice from the back near the stairs to the upper floor.

"Sweetie, I'm here. Surprise!" He waved his hands at the end. "I got a little excited trying out the game."

"I missed seeing you so much." Inko cried, tackling her husband who fortunately braced himself for it.

"Now my dear, how about we go out on a date today. We can go shopping for some clothes for my stay and then grab lunch. Maybe a movie and then some more shopping along with finally grabbing dinner."

"That would be lovely. Let's head to the apartment so I can grab something nicer to wear."

"Darling you would look wonderful in anything you wear."

"Oh shush. I'm not as great as I used to be."

Izuku slowly began slinking back to his desk while they flirted. However it seemed his parents realised he felt awkward and started laughing.

"Okay Izuku we will be back later. Anything you want us to grab for dinner to bring you?"

"Some Katsudon, please?"

"Izuku, you need to learn to like more things. You've loved Katsudon since you could eat it. But that's fine, we will be back around ten tonight."

Izuku waved them off as he watched them head out. Checking his phone he was greeted by a few notifications from his friends. With a smile he opened up the app.

Greenmight is now online…

Splitter: Green, see you at 1 pm.

ScalesandBlades: May run a little late but around 1pm too.

Dustyboi: I may get there a little early but yea same here. See you at 1pm.

Shocks420: I'm so jealous. Guys make sure to post a selfie in the chat so I can see what you all look like.

Splitter: Got it.

Greenmight: See you at 1pm.

He glanced at his stat sheet marvelling at its growth.

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Name: Midoriya Izuku (User 0002)

Current Privilege Rank: Tier 1

Privileges Noted:

Can View Stat Page

Renovation Access (T1)

Access to Resident Evil

Can add stat points to Stat sheet

Current Accessible Game Library:

Resident Evil 1

STATS: [0 points to add]

Strength: 14 'Can do push ups, easily'

Dexterity: 17 'Can thread a needle all of the time'

Intelligence: 18 'Smarter than most without intelligence quirks'

Constitution: 15 'Can run a full of a mile with ease'

Realm: Early Body Forging 'Beginning of this Sprout'

Realm Progression: 15.3 'Just starting out'

Skills: High Speed Speech, Rapid Analysis, Low-Mid Tier Parallel Processing, Mid Level CQC, Mid Level Knife Combat, Mid Level Firearm Usage

Inventory Items:

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Then his current quest progression.

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Hello, Izuku Midoriya (User 0002)

Mission(s) Pending:

Mission Name: Opening Week

Time Remaining for completion: 5 days

Description: You now have a store which the system will be renovating tonight. Open the store within a week and ready for business.

Criteria: [ 1/1 ] Obtain 1 paying customer

[53000/60000 ] Earn 60000 Yen

Rewards: 2 stat point

Drink Unlocked: Coca-Cola Price: 400 yen per bottle

Penalty for the denial or failure of the mission: User will lose allocated stat points.

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Grinning, he was so close to unlocking his first drink. Afterall killing zombies and dying is thirsty work. Then he might begin getting more quests as well.