He was finally crossed over and spawned into the game.
Takeshi opened his eyes to the beauty and first sight seemed perfection of the world.
As if the star gazing field was just a preparation for this astonishing sight.
He turned and saw the portal that brought him in disappear right before his eyes.
He looked around and stared into the distance which felt like it went on for eternity.
He continued to stare in surprise of how well the game was. Beautified with all nature's wonders and how real it felt was frightening.This feeling was a completely different one as compared to the other one's he has tested.
The graphics seemed out of this world.There were so much beauty in his visuals that he could not comprehend.
Finally,he saw like a town ahead,but directly he could see many stalls located closely together filled with people jampacked way out in the open.This was not the first time he has seen this as he quickly concluded it was one of the game's open market.
He got to the market and the people there looked too real also,and at that point the game was uncomprehendingly immersive that his eyes fell for all he could see around him.
'You dumass keep your guard high, trust no one',the voices in his head got louder.
'hey,hey ,Aimi saw caught him staring awkwardly and began waving to snap him out.
Oh...,he sighs as he tried keep his focus.
I ...am sogy?,Takeshi replied
'You mean sorry'
She stared at the tall handsome boy wearing a white shirt and blue jeans obviously too casual for a true gamer boy.
'Yh never mind,my name is "Aimi".I know you must be new here,welcome to this world.She continued enthusiastically.
'Hey,I am Takeshi',he said as he bowed briefly.
'Hmm....., a well cultured man',she smiled at him.
'Man.....',he smiles
'what ...wait man?',he thought as he came to realization and dashed away to a window and saw that he was like in a man's body but his face was still normal.
The game processes and creates their characters in relation to the age they signed in,thereby making this game having no restrictions as it is suitable for all ages.
Amazingly, after just a month of game release, it was estimated that over 67% of the world's aged population uses the game as a means to while away time and some to bring back their joy of feeling young again.
"Hey where are you going",Aimi said as she ran after him to the side window of one the town's people's house.
'Wow.....you run so fast for a man your age', she said still trying to catch her breath watching him staring at the house.
"Stop saying that"
'Well,sorry but it's true'
'uhhhhhhh.....'
she smiled watching his childish movements.
'Ahem...Um...If you are looking for a house to stay you can come later to me and my friend's',she continued as she tried not to look in his deadpan eyes.
'just open to make new friends'
'oh...thank you', Takeshi bowed briefly again.
'ok,I have to first send you a friend request before I can invite you',she said opening her menu by tapping an accessory already attached to her wrist as she tried to calm down her odd excitement.
'Do not trust anyone,do not fall for their traps',his voices continued yelling again and he was forced to close his eyes briefly trying to keep himself sane.
Since when he could remember, these voices began fully when he was 8,and after that,he futilely struggled to stop them from speaking out but the more he tried ,the more it drives him nuts.He thought he was going insane and was actually weirdly excited that atleast something interesting but lo and behold,here he is now, still alive and well,and weirdly sadly,not insane.
He even decided to stop reading during his school days, as any slightest information he learnt or could get, will lead to sleepness nights of devious creativity.
'um... what's that on your wrist and how did you do that ',he stared at her puffed up cheeks still trying to make his usual first observations on her.
This was a trick his father thought him as he was thought to be the craziest psychologist of his time.It became a usual thing for him to do as doing this he can deduce a person's weakness and decide to use it against them as he wishes.
'oh, it's really simple',she continued as she quickly grabbed unto his wrist.
She tapped his wrist and and a quick look at his details made her chuckle.
"Oh...so you are a noobie"she stared smiling.
Takeshi could not really say anything to that as he didn't even care about anything in game wise.His own work was to find flaws in the game and swoop out and even the only thing he cared most about in his life was a dog and he doesn't even have one.
The usual pay for his work was pretty low but surprisingly his friend is paying him unexpectedly high for this.Being a game tester isn't all that bad as the pay is really high as since the development of VRMMORPG's,the government as made it a compulsion for the game to be tested and even put under close inspection for days by professionals, before the game can be released to the general public but since his friend is like a middle man between the developers and him it reduces his pay a long way.
"O man,will he be strong enough,or I better look for another",Aimi thought.
'This is your own menu containing all of your details,levels, inventory,friends and all those stuffs',she continued ignoring his previous silence staring into his eyes with his face still looking quite expressionless.
"Yh I have copied your user Id now, I can send you the friend request",Aimi continued quickly leaving his hands alone awkwardly.
'So,Aimi bushida,right...'
'Nice, another eagle eyed one.You saw mine when I opened up my menu right.she continued and that easily made him smerk with a somewhat satisfaction.
Suddenly, everywhere turned dark right in their presence
and all the light that came from the market stalls were all dimmed in an instant as if day turn to dark night speedily.
'um....is this part of the update'
"No! Silly,she smiles.You must be really new to this"
"But this is kinda weird though",Aimi replied again this time with a faint smile.
Immediately,the light were back on again.
'okay,enough talk,my house is just down the street,but....asking for a friend are you good at parkour',
'ah ahahah ah ah........'
"Nope",He replied.
'what the.....,uhhhhh ...',her face began to spill anger.
'so what was the point of you wasting a whole eight seconds of my precious time, just to laugh like a maniac.Aimi's short-temper could not take much of his silly jokes.
'just let's go',she said with a crooked up face as she tried to fake a smile calming herself down.
Finally,they were out of the town,on the open road leading to her house.
'This way',she turned leading him to the front of a seemingly abandoned gate.
Takeshi could see her sweating in cold day and hear her heavy gulps as they stared at the the gate.
"Here stands the flower dragon"
Takeshi reads an inscription on a large stone beside the entrance.