After leaving the passage hall and going through the large two-door entrance made of high-quality wood, I arrived outside the orphanage dormitory.
As I exited the male dormitory, I was greeted by many teenagers my age, mostly guys since this area belongs to the male dormitory. However, as I entered the garden in front of me, I caught a glimpse of the female orphanage dormitory. The garden was filled with Cherry blossoms and served as a divider between the male and female dorms.
The female dorm had the same architectural style as the male dorm, but above its entrance, there was a significant symbol of a circle above a cross, representing the female residents.
While I was strolling toward the cathedral on a small paved road, I also noticed many girls emerged from the opposite side and made their way toward the cathedral as well, at that moment a few guys from my dorm who also happened to be walking at the same time as me gazing at the girls with their excited eyes and whispered to each other.
In modern days, girls and women in general were held to having the same rights as men thanks to body modification and the rise of technology however not only that, their beauty was also raised to a higher standard which led to many men becoming more easy to manipulate and control by their animalistic desire.
But some men like myself also embraced stoicism and not giving a fuck attitude. There were better things to do than chasing after temporary pleasure, but I must said I also admired pretty girl like Lasiv, nonetheless I could only pray she and her two friends escaped the explosion in the tower of Eternia.
Back to the topic, even though society said men and women had the same rights, it was obvious that women had more rights than men in this modern society, but hey I had no time to be mad about that since that was just how the world works right now, as long as it didn't affect me, I wouldn't bother to care about it either and moved on with my life.
Likewise, the same scenario I had seen over and over again of other women bullying other girls they deemed as not as beautiful or smart as them was a pretty common sight in their friend circle, public and privately.
Since most girls wanted to fit in, especially in this orphanage, it was a common sight throughout the society as well.
At that moment I saw one fat girl carrying a bunch of backpacks on her own as her other three friends carefreely walked before her, they chattered and laughed.
It was then another blonde-haired girl coming from behind with a wicked smile and throwing a bottle of water at her head as water splashed around her and made her hair all fussy and wet.
Shit, this Blondie bitch... This was why many people discriminated against blonde hair people. Couldn't you just be normal and live a carefree life like me?
The blonde-haired girl laughed and said with a wicked smile "Oh, I am so sorry. My hand slipped haha."
Some of the people stopped laughing, while others looked at the blonde-haired girl with rage and others just continued walking and minding their business.
Normally I always see this fat girl being alone, why all of a sudden she suddenly joined the group of this scum?
Usually, I would just walk past all of these bullies since there was no end to them and these people were so entitled that they wouldn't change their minds but now it was a completely different story, they used violence as a form of entertainment on other and I hated this kind of person.
Last time, I tried to act as a hero to saved Lasiv, the purple haired girl and was stuck with a demon lord but fuck it, my conscience had the best of me since I knew if I walked away now, the guilt would eat me from inside out.
I gathered enough courage when I looked around, no one dared to step in to help this fat girl, so I took my first steps toward the blonde-haired girl as the crowd of orphans and security guards looked at me, some with admiration eyes, others looked at me with annoying eyes as if I could hear their mind calling me another hypocrite self-righteous hero pretending to be good for attention but none of their negative opinions affect me.
I would do what was right in my mind, I would never betray myself since I also got physically bully when I was a child, walking away right now would put my younger self in shame.
As I got closer to the blonde-haired girl, I looked at her with a frown and said with a cold tone "I see you do it on purpose."
The blonde-haired girl maintained her innocent wicked smile and shook her head "You must be misunderstood, I have no such intention, my friend knows me as a kind and caring girl." She then continued with a hint of wicked smirk and quite voice "You are a Blondie like me, you understand my pain right?"
Perhaps she was bully in the past, but in modern era it was different. It was not an excuse to abuse someone just because you were abused in the past.
"It is in the past, I don't let it bother me. Moreover, what you did was obviously hurting other people. Two wrongs doesn't make it right." I said in a calm voice.
Suddenly she had a saddened expression and looked away as her sobbing voice could be heard "You are heartless, why do you accuse me of something I don't even intend to do? I am not hurting anyone, my friends can be a witness."
"She is our role model, she wouldn't do something like you. She is a kind and hardworking person."
"Blonde hair boy are full of toxic masculinity!"
"Mind your business Blondie boy." The red girl said in a mocking tone.
The words Blondie made the blonde hair girl looked at her friend with dissatisfaction, causing the red hair girl to flinch and took a step back.
Now I knew their friendship dynamic, it was base on attention from men and toxic hierarchy and not build on mutual trust. Typical highschool bully..
This blondie really knows how to put up with an act, even so, her friends as well as they began to ramble about her goodness and kindness and then accused me of trying to threaten her so I could have a chance to date this blonde girl.
For so many years I had avoided these four bitches since they were a well-known bully in the northern orphanage within the cathedral land out of fear that they might also bother me but now I no longer wanted to act like a coward who overlooked the injustice done in front of me.
I didn't do this to feel like the hero, I just wanted to see these bullies put into places.
Therefore, I ignored all of her friend's accusations and just stared at the blonde-haired girl with piercing eyes that saw through all of her facades, I could see her eyes were trembling with fear and she immediately took a step back while looked up and down out of nervousness.
Immediately I noticed a footsteps, and turned to saw three guys were walking my way, then they halted beside the blonde haired girl and one of the guys with short brown hair and a tattoo around his neck who also had modified arms, wrapped his robotic arms around the blonde-haired girl.
"Is that weak blondie bully you, Tiana?" The guy with the tattoo said with a smirk, his eyes gazed at the blonde girl then he briefly glanced at me.
I knew this guy who was part of a gang from the western dormitory of the cathedral orphanage. The Western orphanage dormitory was left to its own devices. As a result, the orphanage had many troublemakers who couldn't be reasoned with.
To address this issue, the Divine Light priest decided to house them in the western orphanage and restricted their access to the cathedral.
The church didn't want to abandon any orphans, as it would tarnish their public image. Hence, they had no choice but to let these misbehaving orphans stay in the western dormitory, where troublemakers were strictly being watched.
The blonde girl didn't say anything and immediately acted timid, while her friends suddenly backed her up with false accusations.
"That blonde hair guy attacked Tiana because she rejected him."
What?
"Yes, I see it with my own eyes. It seems like blonde guys are a bunch of toxic masculine."
Toxic masculine? Me?
"Kick his butt, Loran! Blondie like him think he is on top of the world, he needs to know his place."
I looked ridiculously at the blonde hair girl, Tiana. She had the same blonde hair as me, so why does she just stand by and let them lie in a broad daylight?
Her wicked smirk as well, who hurt this blonde girl in the past to cause her to be this sick?
All of her friends shouted at my face, and at the same time more and more people began to gather around as if they saw an interesting show they couldn't miss.
The guy Loran raised one of his eyebrows and slightly tilted his head at me indicating two of his guy's friends rushed toward me, but they didn't intend to punch me but rather to push me onto the ground.
Due to my training in various martial arts, I easily dodged their attack while stretching my feet to make these two guys stumble onto the ground causing most people to laugh at them, the two guys immediately tried to stand up with a shameful look.
They then decided to truly try to hurt me by throwing a punch, but I deflected it with my left arm and then used my other hand to punch him in the stomach resulting in him groaning as his Silva spilling out of his mouth.
His sloppy footwork and slow jab was really predictable, an amateur like him wouldn't stand a chance against someone who trained kickboxing for many years like my life depends on it.
Another guy tried to use this moment to kick me aiming for my left ribs while I just knocked down one of his friend since my left side was wild open. However, my instincts kicked in, and I turned around to catch his leg then slammed him into the ground causing him to lie down for a while with paralyzed body.
Now, Loran looked at me with widened eyes as if he didn't expect me to easily beat two of his friends in such a short time.
At the same time, I heard people telling each other to call for the priest and sister of the church to stop my fight, few people also called out for me to stop the fight.
But I just ignored them and stared at Loran waving my hand to lure him into combat with me.
Immediately he fused his eyes brow then switched to maintain a smile, perhaps to bring out a sense of false confidence within himself.
"You are an experience fighter, why don't we raise the bar higher by fighting on AR world, placing 5000 coins on it? Moreover, I have modified arms, do you think you can win me in a real fight? I am giving you a chance to win against me." Loran said with a calm tone.
This was clearly a risk but I was confident in my ability to dodge his attack since he didn't seems like much of a fighter. Compare him to the Orc demon lord I had fought with, Loran was just like a frog in a well.
He thought he could beat me in a real fight, but he also wanted my coins which was why he challenged me in the AR fight.
TWOD was not only restricted to the VR world, there were also AR versions however we couldn't use real magic in real life, it was obvious. But the Bio-Data-Chip in our body would make sure we obey the rules of the AR games, so by inviting someone to fight in the AR version, we could use our foundation skills in real life but it was all just flashy holographic effect but dealt the same damage to the health bar like in the game, and the winner would still obtain rewards like in the PVP version of the VR world.
If I was to be defeated, I would lose 5000 coins as well and maybe sustained a heavy injury. Therefore, losing wasn't in my direction at the moment since I knew I wouldn't talk sense into this guy.
I nodded my head and raised my right hand, a straight and cross line began to glow in blue from my hand indicating the chip was ready to change my surroundings without the use of VR, the Bio-Data-Chip would have the capacity to produce real-time fantasy surrounded and magical effect overlapping the reality environment. Of course, only I saw this AR effect as the bio-data chip was directly linked to my brain neurons.
In the modern era, it was a common occurrence for everyone to possess a bio-data chip. Those unfortunate enough to lack this essential technology were swiftly condemned to imprisonment without delay.
In that instant, I saw a holographic displayed before me with the words [AR vision activate] this display could only be seen by me since it was just an illusion made up in my brain by the command of the Bio-Data-Chip. However, it looked so vivid as if it existed in a real environment.
Loran, the bulky guy, smiled and released his arms from the neck of the blonde-haired girl, he then stepped forward and also raised his hand which emitted a glowing blue line as well, indicating he had activated his AR vision.
Another screen pooped up with a message [Someone is inviting you to a match, do you want to accept?]
I said, "I accept."
Logan stepped forward then halted his step before me, his distance three meters away from me, and snapped his finger and tilted his head from left to right with a warm-up posture indicating he was ready for a battle at any moment.
Then another screen pooped up explaining the three golden rules.
[System: Please remember the absolute rule that is to encrypt your DNA and brain activity, any
resistance against the rule will lead to damage to your nervous system.]
[System:
No.1. Once you are in a PVP mode, you will be transported to an AR field within the range of 100 meters long and 100 meters wide, any attempt to escape this PVP field will result in you losing the game. And all of the coins that you bet will automatically transfer to the winner.
No.2. When you are engaging in PVP mode, you will not be able to harm another resident who doesn't participate in the PVP, doing so will make you classify as a criminal and the law enforcer will have the right to arrest you on the spot and your body will be temporary being paralyze.
No.3. After the match ends, you can't physically harm your opponent, doing so will classify you as a criminal.
Enjoy the match, all the residents can't harm you, and doing so will classify them as criminals.
Just be aware, the pain is real and your life might be at risk. The world government isn't responsible for your injury.
Noticed: The only one who can stop the PVP field is the authority of the area, law enforcers, and prosecutor.]
Everyone in the world was born with an implanted Bio-Data-Chip, therefore the rule of this system was absolute to us, breaking this rule wouldn't be a wise decision for obedient low profile citizens. I was sure, Loren wouldn't break it either.
"Are you ready, Blondie? " Loran steak out his tongue at me and gave me a middle finger as if attempt to trigger me.
"Immature." I murmured.
The countdown echoed in my head "10 9 8" while I heard Loran mumbling something.
He continued with a smirk "My rank is diamond, and my archetype is pretty practical in real life."
At that moment, everyone who passed by began to gather around since it was against the rule of the church to do a PVP in it but I knew I must pay a price later, but first I must defeat this bastard.
The fat girl approached me and pulled my sleeves, then she said with a timid tone "You don't have to get into trouble for me."
I gently shook her hand off, then removed my backpack from my back and gave it to her by saying "Look after it for me."
There was a foldable guitar within it, I couldn't afford to let it be destroyed.
She was hesitant at first but then she nodded her head once she saw my sincere expression and removed all of the bully backpacks from her hands to grab mine and step aside for me to initiate the battle.
Now I turned to look at Loran with a serious face and stretched my body to warm up for an upcoming battle, I didn't care even if he was a diamond ranker with modified arms, if he lacked a brain to think then I could easily beat him with my strategy and tactic in martial arts.