Is this really a game?
Summary: He entered a contest and won a free VR system. Except there seems to be something wrong with it. The world he finds himself in, feels too life like and soon one his mission's is to save a kid that looks like his Avatar. Is this really a game?
I do not own Skip Beat.
Enjoy!
There was a knock on the door.
"Special Delivery!" Shouted a man's voice.
Hikari Hoshi got up from his bed and scratched his stumble on his chin before trying and failing to get to his glasses.
Once they were on, he made his way to the front door in a vest and boxers, he was a writer so it was completely normal for him to do this.
Special Delivery?
He didn't order anything recently.
He opened the door to see a man in a normal postal uniform holding a very large postal, a popup streamer and a camera right behind him.
Wait, a pop-up streamer and camera?
Suddenly it was let loose and the streamer flow in his face.
"Congratulations on winning this new Ai system!" The man said, who wasn't really a post man while the camera shoved itself in his face. "With this new AI system, you can upload yourself to your favourite world of your choosing!"
His announcement only got silence.
AI?
Hikari suddenly remembered that while walking the street last year, he entered a competition because it was free, what grabbed his attention was that one of the worlds was apparently a world full of busty women.
So he had won...
"Thanks" He said, grabbing the box before slamming the door behind him and walking away.
He was not interested in conducting an interview.
He just wanted to insert himself into a world of beautiful AI girls.
He unwrapped the package, feeling annoyed by how much packaging was being used for something that was smaller than his computer screen.
He read the manual as he held the high-tech helmet in his hands.
It was always good to know what to expect and how technology this advanced worked but damn it, was where there so many plugs!?
And like everything these days, it had to be hooked up to the internet.
He finally got it running after 2 hours since the process was so complicated, during that time, he didn't notice it glitch.
Then he took a breather and put the helmet on his head, pressing a bottom at the side to turn it on, he was going to trust technology to take over his brain.
Then the world seemed to go dark.
He found himself floating in absolute darkness.
Soon he heard.
"Welcome to ExplorerWorld Tutorial Page, would you like to make your avatar?"
Then a light came from nowhere making him shield his eyes and his eyes opened to lots of figures, ranging from Human, beast, plant and monster floating before him.
"Each of these looks incredibly well done" He said, he felt like choosing Elf, he wasn't the type to be something boring like human.
"Wait" He said, "Do you have Fairy?" he asked the voice.
Suddenly the dozens of species became only one.
He saw a copy of himself naked however there seemed to be something magical about it.
"Seeing myself like this makes me really see that have an average face" He said, depressed, before saying. "Let's see myself with blond hair and hazel eyes like a foreigner."
He instantly regretted it when he was slapped with how good looking he was with the blond hair and hazel eyes despite his face not changing.
"...Maybe I should dye my hair blond and get hazel eye contacts?" He said, before scrapping the idea. He was 32, stuff like dying his hair and changing his eye colour, suited teens best.
Then he said.
"Can you make me look younger?" He said, "Maybe 14 or something?" he know that his face was a lot cuter back then and he remembered lots of women pinching his cheeks.
And instantly the clone de-aged and he looked innocent.
"Still something's missing..." He said, "Can you make me prettier. So much that I'm irresistible to ladies?"
He didn't expect the long silence that followed before the voice said.
"Creepy old man"
The remark understandably alarmed him.
Then his clone face changed to become prettier.
"SO CUTE!" He said, walking around the clone. "Perfect."
Again, he could feel something in the air that was negative as if he could feel a person's distain.
"I choose him" He said, then his avatar was lifted a few centimetre in the air showing a platform and lots of boxes began to show up.
"Please choose special traitors and enter name" said the voice.
He rubbed his hands greedily together and began to pick all of his traits that were similar to appeal and magic.
After all, he might need to wow a beautiful woman with magic.
"Pervert" said the voice, reading his mind.
"SHUT UP! YOU!" He yelled, since when were AI's like this!?
His thoughts were perfectly healthy for a grown man to have!
He named his avatar 'Necro Spell', knowing full well that he was the worst person to name something, but he really liked magic.
"Where would you like the be born?" the voice said.
Suddenly his avatar disappeared and he was given options.
Human world
Fairy World
Glamourous World
Hell
Heaven
Somebody's toilet.
His eyes understandable want to the last option.
Now he was convinced that the system was trolling him.
"Glamourous World! Do you even need to ask!?" He said, he needed to see some beautiful women!
And that's when the glitch happened.
"You have selected Earth World 20321439. Birth in 3...2...1."
"WAIT-WHAT!? THAT WASN'T WHAT I WANTED AT ALL!" He yelled.
However, it was too late.
His consciousness merged with his avatar and he woke up to somebody shaking him.
"Hey, Kid. Are you okay?" Said, a man voice.
He groaned feeling like somebody crashed their truck.
"I-I'm fine" He said, in a voice much younger and beautifully then his own.
He got up and turned around to find a crowd had gather around him and they were shocked.
Dressed in old worn out clothing was the prettiest boy they had all seen.
Wait.
They had seen that face before!
Meanwhile Necro eyes widened seeing the title on each of their heads.
"Innocent Bystander Lv3' and 'Innocent Bystander Lv4'
Those who looked more stronger and richer had a higher level but they were few in the crowd.
Now to remember how open the menu. He thought.
"Menu" He said, and then suddenly the world froze as a hovering screen appeared before him, however when he saw the contents, he said. "Damn, you, AI"
In front of him was the most depressing stats he had ever seen, seeing his title was another blow to him.
'Homeless Poor Fairy'
The words struck him in the head.
He didn't have one single penny to his name and his inventory was like a Ghost Town.
"Menu close" He said, and the screen want away however he got his first missing alert.
Do you enjoy Sleeping on the floor?
Sleeping on the floor is no place for anybody let alone a fairy. Go and find some shelter unless you
prefer to live out your days as a bum.
Reward: 20 Dollars
Skill-Survival
Consequence: News's will get around that a kid is living on the streets, Child Services will soon be called to take you away.
Freedom Taken away (Permanent)
The quest was cruel and want out of its way to mock him.
We'll...
He didn't feel comfortable missing out on money even if it was digital.
He might as well do this and then log out later to see if he could get the helmet fixed.
The Quest disappeared and the world started moving again and so did he.
A Shade should be just what I need. he thought, it never said that he actually had to rent a house or something.
His assumptions proved to be correct when he found a tree and sat under it, suddenly trumpets could he heard and he began to sparkle as actual cash appeared in his hands.
"HOLY SHIT! IT LOOKS REAL!" He thought, feeling it however with his outburst, got him stares and he quickly hid the money.
Then a new quest came.
Own Average Clothes
So, you decided to not be a bum and want a better life? Use the Money to purchase some clothes so you do not alert child Services.
Reward: The Opening of Daily Spin.
A Loaf of bread
Skill-Keen Eye
Appeal+5
Consequence:
Concerned strangers will notify the police.
Freedom (restricted)
Well, he had no choice in the matter, his clothes weren't exactly practical to be seen in.
He began to walk amongst the crowd, people were amazed by his beauty before being horrified by his lack of quality clothes on him.
It wasn't long until he reached a clothing shop.
Who would have guessed, that some of the employees would see him and say. "Welcome. Mr Hizuri"
"I'm sorry you got the wrong person." He said immediately, calm and collected and mature for somebody who looked so young, making the employee have a heart attack. "I just want to get some clothes. I don't have a lot, so can please show me to your cheapest selection of clothes?"
The employee stared at him before saying. "My mistake. Please come this way"
The media would have a field day if they saw him.
Necro followed after the worker and saw the cheapest clothes in the male section.
However, he did not feel ashamed to be selected clothes from this part but looked at everything with a critical eye that could only belong to an adult on a tight budget and wanted to make it last.
He got 5-dollar shoes that were donated, a 10-dollar t-shirt and 5-dollar jeans.
There was nothing about what he picked that was shining but it did it's trick in covering him up.
He then paid like an adult in cash.
"Excuse me" Said, one worker before he left. "Can you give us your name? The store owner is wondering if you could model some clothes for us. We will pay you 40 dollars per hour" showing him the card.
Necros eyes almost popped out of his head at the price.
However, it wasn't good to beg.
"I'll think about it... My name is Necro" He said. "Necro Spell"
Then he received a shocking notification.
SIDE QUESTS UNLOCKED: Become a model and have the whole town know your name.
Rewards: 100 Dollars
40 Dollars p/h (On the Job)
Fame+15
Key to the World Class model Route
Consequence: N/A
His eyes filled with money and he almost took the job.
No.
Self-control.
"Let's say... I take the job. Will it only be me modelling?" He said.
"We have other models as well. It varies in age group." The worker said, wondering if his answer helped to make him feel better.
"What about females age 20-25?" he said.
"Yes, we have then as well" The Worker said, finding that there was just something wrong with that statement as a whole.
"I'll do it." He said fast, making the worker shocked. "Tell me where I need to be and at what time"
"W-Well, we can go to the shop owner now and he can give you details" The worker said, Necro followed him and met a man, who stared at him for a good ten minutes before finally opening his mouth.
Both of them were extremely surprised by how he read the contract and even started to make changes as if this wasn't his first time seeing one.
Was he really a child?
"I'm not going to sign this until I have my own copy" He said, after making drastic changes.
"..." The man said, before calling for somebody to photocopy it.
He finally walked out a few hours later with his own copy in his inventory and decided to log out.
Everybody who was watching, was shocked to see him mysteriously vanish into thin air.
"Damn. What a messed-up AI" Hikari said back in the real world, before saying. "I didn't know that you can get modelling contracts. Maybe, I just look up this system."
However, just then his editor called and the helmet was forgotten as he rushed to meet the deadline.
He pulled a whole week of all-nighters before he was finally released from the slavery and found the helmet once again.
He decided to rest while playing the game.
Necro was back in the virtual world and immediately he was assaulted by quest and the Daily Spin which he got from food out of.
He was more than happy to do the quest's because the rewards were money, skills and increased stats.
There was no point in getting rich if even a dog could whoop his ass.
However, as he was running around, his presence was being noted by not only the people he helped but by the surrounding people as well.
However, if there was one kind of people he quickly learnt not to stand, where the teenagers who wore expensive uniforms that show up in the middle of the day.
He had already kicked several asses but they just kept on coming, he also did not appreciate the pictures being taken and the crazy threats of exposure.
However, after a while thing's became quite weird.
Like somebody asked him what his name was and even a journalist came over to do an article on him.
They wanted to know everything.
They wanted to know his name, who his parents were and why did he go to school after watching him for days.
And it wasn't just one that showed up which was annoying.
Even the people he beat up in broad daylight or night, started calling him boss or mad dog.
He had no choice but to take in underling's and somebody finally told him about his apparent double who went to their school.
The reason why he was being harassed was because they thought he was this other guy named Koun who got rich through his parents working hard.
They all thought this way until somebody confirmed with proof that they were actually two separate people.
After all, how can one person be in two places at the same time?
The only local conclusion was that they were two separate people.
It was also the reason why the news's wasn't going crazy about the 'Hizuri' guy, beating up people in broad daylight instead they were going crazy about a person who looked exactly like him, beat up people and helped them and did not attend school like he should.
Sure, people had called the police on him to drag him to an orphanage or public school but when they arrived he was long gone, which the student who were forced to attend, thought was cool since they always saw him living so freely.
In fact, he was quite cool in the eyes of the young, young female girls would come up to him and give him their number and it only increased when they saw him modelling.
He tried not to think about the lack of legal breasts put in front of him.
And then when he finally got enough money to get himself a phone and received his highest paying mission yet.
Help out your Double
You are finally aware of a person who looks like you. You are smarter then you look.
Your double is currently in trouble. Help a brother out.
Reward: 5000 dollars
Become acquaintance with Double.
200XP+
10+ Exposure
3 MP increase
Spell-Summon
Skill-Savour
Reducing the number of scars on Doubles heart.
Consequence: Double will get his ass kick and the darkness will grow within him.
Duration: 1 hour.
Necro was used to the tone but his eyes shone on the rewards.
Just by saving one person he would get 5000 dollars!?
And his first spell!
No.
Calm down!
What is this scary consequence?
"You!" He said, seeing somebody in a familiar school uniform, surrounded by three others.
"What the hell?" The person said, who was this weirdo?
"Give me your school uniform" He said.
"Are you crazy?" The other person said, then all three guys rushed him.
He merely sighed and cracked his knuckles.
#2 minutes later#
"S-Sir, we had no idea it was you" Said, the person who 'voluntarily' stripped, in fact all three of them stripped to their underwear and were covered in bruises, the surrounding people looked but did not interfere since it was common to see this sight.
Necro now wore the uniform even though he didn't need the two other and took some of their cash as well.
"Call, everybody you know. We're going to the school" He said, surprising all three of them.
He did this because he didn't know the way.
"Y-Yes, sir" All three of them said, crying.
Apparently, their young rich assess couldn't handle being beaten and stripped of their pride and money.
He sighed.
They were going to be terrible as adults so that's why he needed to punish them while they were still young.
And scene!
Next chapter, Necro meets his double Koun Hizuri and is surprised to see how high his level is compared to the bullies beating him up. He rescues him but soon learns that his double is too ashamed to face his parents injured and agrees to take him to a friend's who happened to be named Rick who does nothing but stare. Review/fav and follow!