Red is in a good mood on the way home.
Exercising helped him to feel better. Excluding the health benefits, it calms his mind when he is busy performing his routines.
It made him regret his decision to quit exercising before because he deemed it a waste of time.
Alas, before he doesn't have a choice, time is money, and his work also extends outside the game.
Organizing his thoughts, Red began to consider the route he will take in the game.
He definitely will not choose to work for a guild again. It seems to be the best choice for a solo player like him but his past life experience working for guilds made him clear that it was not the case. He doesn't want to mine gold only to be rewarded with silver coins.
Plus, because of his situation in his previous life, he values his freedom even more and guilds are not the best at giving freedom.
Creating his guild is also a no-go.
First of all, it will require enormous resources to run a guild. He's afraid that his accumulation will not be enough.
Secondly, the competition is very brutal. Every famous guild from his previous life is at least backed by an organization or big corporations. In a battle, they will swallow him whole.
"It seems that I can only take that path." Red smiled as he thought of his third choice. Since he doesn't want to be tied up by a guild nor is he fond of creating one, he decided to be a freelance mercenary.
"This way I will earn money without being bound to any organization. It will also be much easier for me to do things without the risk of exposing my identity. After all, money is not entirely the reason why I will play this game. If that's the case I might as well bet on the lottery.", Thinking up to this point, Red's face became solemn and a strange light couldn't help but flash in his eyes.
Receding from his thoughts, Red took a bath and ate his breakfast.
He remembered that at this time he was still working at a convenience store near a school in the Inner District of City H. It saves him the effort of applying for a job.
He still remembered complaining about this job because of the low pay, but since he is broke now, he doesn't have that much choice.
It also helps that he is paid after every day of work or he will have to wait for days. God knows if he could survive before getting his pay.
Just like that, Red spent his days exercising in the morning, attending work in the afternoon, and sleeping once he got home.
One month later
Summer has come and many people are either on vacation or break.
Red is pacing back and forth as he checked the time for the nth time. His heart is beating wildly because of anticipation and nervousness, but mostly anticipation.
One month had already passed and Red did everything to make sure that he was prepared for the game's launch. Compared to one month ago, Red looks more muscular and fit. Adding that to his already handsome face accentuate his charm even more.
Seeing that the time has come, Red lay on his bed and put on the VR headset.
Turning on the headset, Red is suddenly assaulted by a wave of sleepiness. He didn't panic though as he knows that it is the function of the headset inducing him to sleep.
The explanation is that VR games played awake have low realism so game developers find a way to play the game in sleep to bolster realism in VR games. The advantage is that controls and senses in the game are much better, and the players won't be tired of manually moving in the real world, they can play while sleeping and it won't affect their sleep one bit.
Furthermore, the method of inducing sleep is already tried and tested by professionals and is concluded to be safe.
At this moment, with a 'ding', a line of text appeared in front of the now-asleep Red.
[Welcome to Overworld, Player 2222!!]