A guy was sitting Infront of a monitor. He had long golden colour hairs that would easily reach to his neck. Under his eyes there were pitch black dark circles. He was holding a gamepad resembling that of a ps4 controller. All his attention were on the monitor. It's as if only that monitor mattered in his life. Everything all around that monitor were motionless to him.
He was playing a battle game. There were 5 against him. It's 1 v 5 or rather solo vs squad. Yet this guy had enough confidence of winning.
The frontier of the team rushed while getting backed by his teammates.
" The opponent is alone so it's the best time to rush. "
The solo guy threw a grenade on the floor stairs and ran backwards to another room.
The frontier noticed that and stepped back. Behind him, the backers did the same.
One of the teammates were giving health to the frontier as his task as a healer.
The grenade had blasted.
" Boom !!"
A huge sound had echoed through their headphones.
After the grenade blasted, the frontier and all 4 of his teammates rushed.
The solo guy was in corner.
Suddenly the vision of all 5 players became white. They couldn't see a single thing. But they were shooting endlessly while being blinded by the stun grenade of their enemy.
" A stun grenade ??!!!"
" I didn't hear a single sound of enemy opening a stun grenade. "
They first thought it was their headphones which caused them to not hear the sound of the stun grenade being pulled. But suddenly they'd realised that their enemy pulled the stun grenade when the sound of the first grenade ( on the floor stairs) engulfed the area. In between that sound of the blast, their enemy pulled the stun grenade, calculated their position and threw it to blind all five of them. Because of the sound of the blast, they didn't hear their enemy pulling the ping of the stun grenade.
As they were blinded, they couldn't but shoot helplessly.
But not a few seconds had passed, they all died.
" Damn it !!"
" Why we could never kill that guy ??"
" That guy feels like batman who pulls a master strategist move out of nowhere."
After they had died, they saw the reply of their death cam.
Their enemy was lying under them making that military prone position when they got blinded. That's the reason when they shoot blindly after the effects of the stun grenade, not a single bullet had hit him.
Their enemy was sharp .They all got defeated for the 11th time.
On the other side, their enemy, the guy who was sitting Infront of a monitor the whole day , smiled . His name was Ronin.
Ronin, 19 years old , professional gamer, #1 in 198 mainstream games with unbeatable records.
In battle royale games, none can kill him even though he plays solo.
" Ahh ! What a boring life ."
He calmed himself. Earlier he pulled an 1v5 . It was a competitive match. The enemy he was facing were all from the top guild's best combination. Yet their performance was like of an amateur's gameplay.
They played 11 round and Ronin won all of them.
It's been 11 hours since Ronin had sat to his position to play video games. Now while stretching his back, he stood up and went to the fridge.
Suddenly a phone rang inside his pocket.
He picked up the phone from his pocket and saw the screen to see who was calling.
" Monika "
A named spawned on the screen and there were love emojis behind and after the name.
It's like **emoji** Monika **emoji** .
It was his lovely girlfriend.
Ronin picked up the call and took the phone closer to his ear.
" Hello !"
Ronin spoke.
A scream came from the other side ,
" Where are you ?????!!!!!????"
Ronin immediately distanced his phone from his ear and turned on the speaker.
Monika kept shouting,
" You son of a ****** . How many times do I have to remind you about your schedule. How could you forget such a thing ?"
" Hey hey ! Miko, calm down. I remember the schedule. I'll be there in 5 minutes. The ceremony will begin in 10:30 . I still have 20 minutes of time. "
Miko was nickname for Monika. Ronin gave this name to her as his and only his lovely nickname. Ronin often calls Monika Miko as a way to reveal his love for Monika . It's like Ronin owns that name and it's only his claim.
" Come and hurry. If you miss this one, I'll surely kill you ." Monika shouted.
" Okay babe . Love you ."
" I'll put love under your butt. Hurry the hell up !!!!!!! "
Ronin cut the call. She was clearly angry. But Ronin ??
He wasn't. He just loves to tease Monika. He clearly knew about her anger issues yet he would boil it more to make her angrier.
There's a saying,
" Men find it cute when their girl is angry ."
Ronin is a ordinary human with ordinary desires . He was surely ordinary but his exceptional gaming skills would delete that fact.
He hurriedly put on his clothes and went outside of his territory.
He and Monika met 13 years ago. Ronin was 6 at that time. Monika's father got bankrupted. Monika didn't see her mother from birth. And Ronin was an orphan.
At that time, because of money, Monika's father got in the street alongside with Monika.
They were like poor beggars suffering the ruthless blows of reality. Until they met Ronin who promised to give them shelter, food and a few clothes.
Ronin was also on the same street but he didn't beg to anyone. Instead he would earn his own money through gamblings using video games as the board.
Around that time, Monika was 5, one year younger than Ronin. Ronin saw them at the street begging to the people who passed nearby. When Monika's father begged to that children, named Ronin, Ronin had promised them.
After that, Ronin earned a huge through his gaming skills by gambling with other players. That's surely a gifted one there.
And Ronin gave all those money to that man, Monika's father .
That money was huge. A lot. Not even Monika's father could guess where that money came from until he found the truth.
However, Monika's father didn't even know how could a child like 6 years participate in the dark contests such as gamblings.
Monika's father however accepted the money .
Using that money, Monika's father had paid his debt, got his hands back on his usual business and few years after, he had bought his house back. Went from poor to rich !
Monika's father himself admitted that he could never pay the debt of that boy he met on the streets. But because his condition became better, he wishes to visit that same street in hopes of meeting with that boy once again.
He went there. Monika was with him beside the seat .
He, Monika's father , waited in the car, looking at the same street they were begging a few years ago.
There were snow everywhere engulfing the whole street and alleyways.
Monika's father saw a few men receiving money from a kid. He immediately recognised that kid. He was none other than Ronin.
Monika's father quickly went to that kid after closing the door of his car. Monika was inside of that car seeing the whole scenario.
Monika's father came closer to Ronin and touched his shoulder.
Ronin looked back and said ,
" Damn ! Old man , you got a car just after 2 years. "
" You recognized me ??"
" Of course. I remember giving you money that I earned from a few gambles. You were with your daughter at that time begging hopelessly. "
A tear of water was flowing through the cheeks of Monika's father.
" Hey boy ! You don't know how many people you're helping. "
" But can you help me ???"
Monika's father looked at the deep pitch black eyes of that kid . Those eyes were so deep that one could jump in and wander endlessly. He even noticed the dark circles under his ( Ronin's ) eyes, the slap marks at Ronin's right cheek, the cuts at his collarbone.
Monika's father guessed it correctly.
Ronin even though he was an orphan, he was adopted by a foster father who would often abuse Ronin to participate in gambles . The father of Ronin saw through the talent and the immeasurably high gaming skills Ronin possessed. Thus he would use Ronin as a player to earn money through gamblings. It was like Ronin was the horse and his father was the gambler who would bet his chips on that horse .
On the other hand, using that opportunity, Ronin as a horse would make small gambles with the other horses ( Players who are controlled by other gamblers such as Ronin's father ) benefiting himself.
Ronin would often steal money from his father's box to help the poor people and feed himself.
If Ronin refused to play for his foster father he would get beaten.
If Ronin got caught stealing money for his survival he would get beaten.
Monika's father found all the truth and decided to free Ronin from that abuse.
But would Ronin's foster father let this happen ??
Ronin was the goose who laid golden eggs for his foster fathers . Because of his exceptional gaming skills, his foster father would never let Ronin go.
But Monika's father was a businessman. He surely knew how to cover this problem.
Soon, Ronin was bought into an apartment that belonged to Monika's father.
After so many twists and terms, they got into a relationship. Although Monika's father didn't stay that long to witness their marriage but he knew about their secret relationship, even preferred Ronin for Monika . But good things don't last long. This applies for Good Humans too.
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After about 17 minutes, Ronin had reached Infront of a convention hall.
He was wearing a black suit, a black pant . His frame was decent. Not too huge not too skinny.
He had black circles under his eyes but he wasn't ugly either. He would good look from any direction possible. It could be said that he was gifted in terms of looks . Even at his worst situations, he would look like a star a bit similar to the combination of Micheal Jackson and Jhony Depp.
His height was 5 feet and 11 inches. A bit shorter than 6 feet which he'd always dreamed of.
He had a pair of contact lenses in his eyes. Because of his excessive gaming, he had a low vision who couldn't see things far away from him. That's why he always needed contact lenses whenever he goes out. His vision is so bad that without contact lenses, he can only see upto 1.5 feet and rests will be blurry. So, blurry that he couldn't even read a big sign board Infront of him that distant more than 1.5 feet.
That's why contact lenses were something like his survival weapon.
With those eyes, he saw the convention hall where the ceremony was happening. The convention hall was huge. It was in the middle of a field. The entire field was rectangular shaped. In the center of the field the convention hall was established. The field surrounding the convention hall was designed as a garden where people could take a walk anytime . It was beautiful. Behind the convention hall, there was a building used for business purposes under a specific company. On the right side of the convention hall, there was a bit of field and a parking area of the convention hall itself. On the left side of the convention hall there was all field designed like a garden. In front, there was the gate . It's a marriage ceremony of a friend of Miko, opps! Monika; Miko is only for Ronin to call.
Ronin looked here and there. Under the right side of the hall, there was a place for parking. A few cars just entered the hall through the huge gate over there.
Ronin was on the entrance stairs while he was observing this. The distance was a bit far.
A man in army cut, wearing blazer and pant, 6 feet 6 inch in height, an astonishingly handsome yet an adult who would age about 35-40 got out from one of those cars. He was wearing a golden frame glasses.
The distance between parking area and the entrance stairs were lot. Not too much but enough to cover up at least 70 meters.
Upon seeing that man from a distance, Ronin immediately recognised him.
He was Chris Tomaz. A businessman who was in a partnership with Monika's father. He was more like an uncle to Monika than a business partner of Monika's father.
After his death, It was Chris who took the whole business on his shoulder and tried to help Monika to clear up things although she didn't need that. ( Due to Ronin himself being a rich guy)
Chris was completely aware of their relationship. Chris after getting out of the car, immediately saw Ronin and lifted one of his arms to signal Ronin.
" Wait "
That's what Chris was trying to indicate.
Ronin understood this .