Accel World Vol 1 Chapter 1 (1/2)
Chapter 1
On the virtual blackboard’s upper right corner, a yellow e mark flashed
Haruyuki, as daydrea class, involuntarily shrunk his head and shi+fted the focus of his eyes
At that ht beca in rows, and the teacher beyond them became sharp
The classroom, classmates, and teacher existed in the real world, but the transparent blackboard and the closely packed math formula on it was not so The nu in mid air were sent to the «Neuro Linker» worn on the back of his neck and directly into his brain as a picture
The elderly er that held nothing on the blackboard that only he can see and continued to explain the formula in a subdued tone of voice That voice too, was not at a volume that can reach Haruyuki’s ears in the real world, the teacher’s Neuro Linker worn around his neck increased the volume and clarity, then sent it to Haruyuki
When he focused closer again, the blackboard with more math formula than before became solid So it see out a compressed homework file That lobal net, the sender must be a student at the same school
Soe – that kind of expectation, he threay long ago in the half year after enteringthe e box in the lower left corner of his view, but if he did that, he didn't knoould happen to him afterwards
Not really wanting to, seeing the gap when the teacher turned his back, he ht hand up (this movement is not virtually, it’s real world er
Instantly, Bubibaborobubiro! A sound without character and a graphic with the priht Continuing, a voice e instead of written words started on the body of the e
“Pig-kun, this is your cohter in the background) Two fried noodle buns, one crea them within 5late willwill hter)”
- He turned to the sticky stare he felt on his left face, his concentration solidified after his turn After looking, without a doubt it’s Araya and his underlings A and B sneer-sent threat
Recording this kind ofclass of course is impossible, so they must have made this ahead What a bunch of leisurely people, and what’s this “co is doubled, idiots!!
He started abusing the it in aHaruyuki could not do If Araya was soo extinct no ot bullied by him would be a fool that was tied to the wheel
Actually, if he had a little courage and willingness to take action, then he could use this ive it to the school, then they would easily be punished
However, Haruyuki could not stop thinking of ould happen next
Even if the Neuro Linker is said to be as common as one per person in the country, and that life is said to be half lived in the virtual network, humans still had a «physical body» as a shackle and continued to exist in a low level setting We are hungry at everyhit will hurt, crying while hurt will be miserable like death
Linker Skill will determine school advancee network coy What determines a person’s value is after all appearance and physical strength, that kind of primitive parameter
That was froht of over 60kg, during 50 o below 10 seconds, and eventually became the 13 year old Haruyuki’s conclusion
Every ed his Neuro Linker with 500 yen for lunch roup used up all of that He had around 7000 yen of allowance savings left, but if he used that he wouldn’t be able to buy the Linker-only ga out this month
Haruyuki’s huge body had especially bad fuel consumption, if he skips even one meal, his empty stomach would make hi lunch break when he can use «Full Dive», there’s a special means left to him
Shrinking his round body as much as possible, Haruyuki headed toward the second school building that was lined with specialty classrooms Currently, fro, lessons are done with virtual classesthese rooms useless, so not many people cale student to be seen
On the side of a dusty hallway is the men’s toilet, it’s Haruyuki’s personal hidden sanctuary He totteringly fled inside, stopped to catch his breath, then looked at the mirror above the washstand
What was reflected frolass, as if seen in a TV draht «bullied fat kid»
His uneable hair bounced here and there, the curves of his cheeks didn’t have any sharp angles Around his fat neck, his uniform necktie and silver Neuro Linker ate into it as if he was being hung
He had to do so about this appearance, he once went on an al like crazy kind of forward thinking period However the result was, during lunch tiend of several fee was created
Afterwards, Haruyuki threay his real self - at least while he was a student - he decided
He removed his eyes from the mirror after 01 of a second, then went farther inside the room, into a cubicle He made sure to lock it, then lowered the toilet seat cover and sat on it He was already used to the plastic cutting into his lower body He laid his back against the water tank, relaxed, and closed his eyes
His chanting was like a ic spell to release his soul from his heavy body
“Direct Link”
When the Neuro Linker received the voice coht and sound ht and the squeezing of his stoer disappeared
The toilet seat’s hard surface, and his school uniforht fit also disappeared The joyful sound of students froents in the toilet, and the door that was right in front of him, melted into darkness «Full Dive»
Even the sense of gravity was cut, Haruyuki fell into the depth of darkness
However, soon a soft floating feeling and rainbow light covered his whole body From the tip of his hands and feet, the «Avatar» used for Full Dive was being formed
Black hoof-like hands and feet Plump limbs, the ball-like body with a fresh pink color He can’t see it himself, but there should be a flat nose in the center of his face, and big ears hanging down That is, to say in other words, the shape of a pink pig
The comical avatar shape, with a thuh education scientist recon, it was still a fairy-tale forest
Huge ht sun shone on circular grass field, and in the center a crystal like spring gushed
At the outer edge, like a huge tree with empty center, many wheels stacked above, those were for conversation and relaxation use, many levels were separated and connected by stairs
This virtual space is the local network of the Suginami district’s Umesato Middle School that Haruyuki attends
Those walking or talking in the forest by twos or threes while producing laughter, wereon two legs, the rest inged (but flightless) fairies, tin plated robots, and robe covered ic users They were all avatars of U in the local network
The student’s avatar can be freely picked from many source selections, and can be customized If you have the perseverance, you can even use the provided editor and start a fully original avatar froh it was a middle school student’s skill and sense, the self ht that he debuted in April attracted a lot of attention
- That was just a fleeting hed and looked down at his current shape Within the tiht avatar, so Haruyuki was forced to use this default pig
Naturally, this pink pig didn't lose in the point of being unique, because no one illing to pick this self-degrading body Similar to the real world, Haruyuki shrunk his round body astoward a tree
Then, on the spring's banks, he noticed a re he looked at the In the center of the group of students, he saw a rare avatar that was seldom seen
It was not so in the default set A deep black dress studded with transparent ge a black parasol On the back, black stail butterfly wings with rainbow-colored lines running in them
A snohite face shaded by long straight hair, it was such a perfect beauty that was hard to believe that it was self made Haruyuki too couldn’t possibly coht use
Leaning her delicate body slovenly on a hugeavatars talk with a listless expression, Haruyuki knew her as the 2nd year student as also the vice-president of the student council The surprising thing was that this beauty was an almost perfect replica of her real self, that’s why her offered street name was -
«Snow Black» «Kuroyukihime»
That kind of existence and himself, their only common point was that they were both Umesato Middle School students, he felt like it was so with virtual view like thisa dwarf increase, so he forcibly turned his head to face forward
His full strength dash destination was a tree set with relaxation roole ames It’s filled with quiz, puzzle and other educational types, with healthy sports ga cheering sounds
They were all in Full Dive fro that ti tricks on someone in a dive is obviously a violation ofin the local network from the classroom, when he returned, his school unifor that happened to hi school
Hiding his real body in the toilet, fleeing from people’s eyes in the virtual space, he went up the stairs carved in the tree trunk The higher up it went, the less popular the games became
He passed by baseball, basketball, golf, tennis, and what he arrived at after ignoring the soccer floor was the «Virtual Squash Game» corner
There was not a single student The reason it was unpopular was clear Squash is similar to tennis, but where you hit the ball to with a racket was a square space with hard walls on all sides, you silently continue to return a bouncing ball, it’s a very lonely sport
Norenre Haruyuki liked was FPS[1] where he held a un and ran around a battlefield, there he had skills that were above par even coenre even in japan, but there was no way a school network had that kind of gaun to kill a that left very painful aain
He walked to the right side of the empty court and touched the control panel with one hand He entered his student ID, then his saved level and high score was read out
During the first school seame to waste ti nuet bored of it, but there was no other place for hihtly onto the racket that floated up from the panel
After the words ‘Game Start’, a ball dropped fro it with today’s glooht
Leaving only a flash, the ball flew like a laser, hit the floor and front wall and then returned His reaction was faster than sight, following his brain’s automatically led opti a backhand
The real Haruyuki of course could not do this movement But this was the electronic world which released hi the ball and nal communications between the brain and Neuro Linker
The ball slowly lost substance and beca trajectory paths Pon Pon effects soundedEven so, Haruyuki’s pig body freely ju to twist in all directions
shi+t - I don’t need reality
His ame speed at its limit, but his mind full of resentment still shouted
Why was shi+t like real school and classrooms still necessary Humans can live just in the virtual world, and the adults who actually did that ay too many In the past, experiments were done where the human consciousness holly converted to electronic data, and they built a real different world
Even so, for learning group living, fostering sentiment, and other idiotic reasons, children were thrown into the cage of reality together For people like Araya it’s probably fine, they can release stress moderately, and save their allowance But, for me - beyond this, what can I do
With a Pipon sound, the game level in the side vieent up
The ball suddenly sped up Its angle of reflection beca at a path that was outside of his prediction
Haruyuki’s reaction slowly started to become late
More - more acceleration!
The virtual world, real world too, break past all the walls, go to a place with no one -
Hurry!
Cleanly, his racket cut through the air The ball that becarazed Haruyuki’s cheek, passed behind him and disappeared With a miserable and comical sound effect, the words ‘Ga, and bounced in the court
Without looking at the high score shown, the droopy Haruyuki headed toward the panel to restart the game
At that time, a sudden voice shook Haruyuki’s holy sanctuary
“Ah - !! You were hiding in this kind of place!!”
A high pitched yelling sound numbed his ears, no, his brain with a shriek Startled, Haruyuki with his back tense turned to look, he saw a similar animal type student’s avatar
Even so, it didn’t have a particle of hu Supple and slender, a purplish silver fur covered cat An ear and the tip of the tail were tied with a deep blue ribbon It was not ons from scratch, but many of its parameters had been customized
Angry colors floated in its golden iris eyes, the cat’s ain
“Haru has always been ! Gao play with everyone below!”
“It’s my choice, leave me alone”
That was the only thing he could reply with, Haruyuki turned back to the court However the silver cat extended its neck, took a glance at the Gah pitch voice
“What, what is this Level 152, Score 2,630,000!? You”
- Are awesome!
Even if shameful, Haruyuki momentary expected this kind of speech, but the cat unceremoniously betrayed him
“Are you an idiot!? What were you doing without eating lunch! Disconnect right now!!”
“No way, there’s still 30 o away somewhere”
“I see, if that is your attitude, then I'll have to use force”