"Link Start"
Those two words started a new chapter in my life that day. From then on, for over two years, I had dropped the name John Smith, and became the katana wielder "Slasher."
I should start from the beginning, I had moved to Japan in early 2022 to work for the Japanese branch of a construction company I had worked for back home. They told me that it was a fairly new branch, so there wouldn't be much competition for job placement for a while.
With a guaranteed spot for transfer, I decided to take it. After arriving, I was listening to a popular stream online called MMO Stream. It had been out for a while, but this was the first time I got interested about this product. The "Nerve Gear." When I heard of the new VRMMORPG, that was to be released in October of this year, I got out and bought the Nerve Gear to get myself used to being in the "Full Dive."
Waiting three days outside the gaming store was nothing, it was the anxiety that I wouldn't be able to get the game that had me shaking. But the long days had passed, and finally, I had gotten my copy of Sword Art Online (SAO). I had asked for a week off from work just to play this game for a few days before getting back to work. Little did I know, that one week would suddenly become two years...