"Speech"
'Thoughts'
Have you ever been told that the world was a fair place?
A world where everything is directed and governed so that it was fair for everyone?
Many people would agree as they think every person is given an equal right to everything that the world has to offer.
If you were told this...
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Then someone lied.
This is my story, a boy who had been transported to another world where everything is decided by games. My name is Ryo, and I'm Apex.
Sitting in a room that seemed to have all the lights off, was a young boy no older than twelve. Sitting at his desk that had a computer which was wired to multiple screens, he was sitting on a black cushioned chair that had green sections.
His hair was black and his eyes dark blue in color, his skin was slightly pale and his body was lean, but did have a good amount of muscle. This was Ryo, a professional gamer, someone who had never been beaten in any games which he has ever played.
He wore tight black jeans along with a light blue t-shirt that had a loose black short-sleeved vest over the top, the vest had reached down to halfway down his upperbody. Finally, on his head were a pair of black headphones that had glowing blue lights on each of the sides.
While Ryo was considered a Gamer NEET, he did take the time to make sure his body stayed above the average level, not too high and not too low. He wasn't exactly a normal child either, not including the fact that he was a world champion in all games, he had a unique ability.
Some people call it a cheat, some people see it as a miracle. Ever since he was born, he had this ability to see into the future for a couple of seconds. Think of it as him knowing what his opponent is going to do before they even do it, something that he had never really known why he had it.
To add on to this miracle of an ability. He was also extremely intelligent, knowing many things that people his age don't and had a major gift in learning.
"Boring..." Was all that Ryo muttered. He leaned back in his chair and cracked his neck making an audible noise. "There's still no one capable of challenging me."
He gave an unsatisfied expression towards the computer screen in front of him, he was playing an FPS game and seemed to be dominating easily.
"This guy's obviously new, he's stopped moving and just standing in the middle of the damn map..." Ryo sweatdropped. He sighed as the game ended with him being the number one person with a huge lead ahead of second place. "Let's see..."
Ryo moved his attention to the right side of his room, on it was a calendar of different things. "What a pain... already finished all those assignments, and it seems that I have a soccer game tomorrow. I don't wanna..."
He gave a big sigh of frustration as he finished reading over the calendar, no matter what game it was, let it be a video game, or a game in real life like sports. He was good in all of them, consider him a prodigy.
"All I want is a challenge, is that really so hard to ask for?" Ryo groaned. Just as he was about to get up from his seat, he sat back down as he heard his phone go off.
He didn't even look as he slapped something on his desk which resulted in his phone flipping into the air as he caught it.
"I'll send an email to you on the computer..." Ryo muttered. It belonged to an unknown user and he then sweatdropped. "If you were going to send an email on the computer, then why the hell didn't they just do that? There's no point in telling me on my phone."
Ryo put his phone down back on his desk before looking at his computer, a notification popped up on the screen which he clicked.
"What the crap?" He read the email.
Come at me, bruh!
At the bottom of the message was a link to some kind of website, he narrowed his eyes at it in suspicion. "I don't know... this thing might give me a virus, and the last time wasn't such a good experience..."
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"Oh, damn my curiosity!" Ryo clicked onto the link that he had been sent, when the website loaded, he just gave the biggest of all deadpans. "For reals?"
He had expected something grand to happen, but that was certainly not what happened. In front of him now was a chess simulation game.
"After that message, it's just a chess game?" Ryo groaned. He never really liked chess, it was really boring to him, he liked more fast pace games, but that didn't make his skills in the game actually suffer at all.
He looked on as the welcome text appeared, he narrowed his eyes at the screen before giving a small smirk. "Alright then, I'll humour them. I'll show you who's Apex!" Ryo declared. That was when the simple yet long game of chess began.
Ryo was focusing on his opponent's movements and knew for a fact that they most certainly weren't a computer program. "As I thought, this person isn't following a specific procedure, they're adapting to the situation that they are in. But, I can adapt as well..."
As the game went on, it was staying quite even as both sides seemed to have an equal number of pieces taken out. Ryo knew that if he wanted to win, he had to get serious, whoever was on the other side was definitely no pushover.
He placed a lollipop into his mouth as he gave a small smile, it was coming to an end as a small drop of sweat ran down his right cheek and down to his chin.
His eyes widened as glowing blue rings appeared around his pupils, he saw his opponent moving a piece two turns ahead before his vision returned to the current time.
With two more moves...
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Winner!
"Finally!" Ryo cheered. He slumped back onto his chair as he gave a sigh of relief and satisfaction. "What a rush, never thought a game of chess would be so difficult. At least got some fun out of that."
Ryo blinked as another notification appeared on his screen, he hesitantly clicked on the email that had been sent and narrowed his eyes as he read what had been sent to him. He didn't know who the other party was, but he was certainly curious.
I'm impressed.
If you're this good at playing games...
The world that you currently live in must be difficult
Am I right?
What is your opinion about the world?
Is it exciting? Is it easy to live in?
Tell me, if I were to say that there's a world where the simplest of games decided everything...
A world that was on a board, with rules and goals which are clear and simple...
What would you say?
Ryo just stared at the screen for a second as his eyes flashed blue for a second before he began to type. "If I'm being honest... if a world existed the way you had just described, then it was a mistake to put me in this world."
Before Ryo could even click the send button, his screen flickered off as he quickly jumped back as he noticed a pair of hands reaching out his computer.
"I knew you'd think the same! Someone like you should have been born in a different world!"
Ryo widened his eyes as he heard the voice of someone who sounded male coming from the screen. "What...?"
"How about this, I'll let you be reborn into a new world! In a world in which you should have been born! And you won't be alone!"
"Wait, what?"