Chapter 1: Where are the bananas? (1/2)
”Look what I've found, sister!” Michu shouted with the box in his hands! He held it above his head with a dangerously infectious smile.
But this kind of smile was often regarded as annoying and stupid for new people.
His sister, however, always smiled whenever she heard him in such an excited state.
She turned her eyes to him, then nearly lost those.
Looking at the box, her eyes threatened to fall from the shock, ”It's too big! What are you doing, big brother?!” If this box fell onto his head, then they would need to go to the hospital!
And hospital bills.. were scary! ”So scary, you know?!” She shouted out loudly and made Michu put down the box onto the wooden floor.
The floor cracked as if screaming from the burden.
”What's in the box?” Michu's sister, Nana, asked after looking over his body. Though she was sixteen years old and younger than her brother, Nana was more careful and mature than him already.
She first checked her brother, then looked at the box.
”Hehe, this is VR GAME!” Michu yet again shouted, but this time he could rub his nose. He often did that when he felt excited or just happy.
The VR Game wasn't a foreign term for the younger sister, but she instantly paled, ”This should cost… a lot… You are a student, big brother! You can't afford it! And if you could, then you should've bought food for us!”
”I know, sister! But I got this for free!” Michu put his hands on his hips and raised his head high.
He then began his story from today.
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[Two hours earlier.]
Going back from the school, Michu met with the old lady from the bazaar. She gave him free bananas that he loved, ”Thank you, grandma! Call me when you need help! Hehe!” Eating the banana, Michu immediately forgot about all his worries and became a little mischievous.
Instead of putting the peeled skin into the bin, Michu just threw it onto the ground!
A few seconds later, the sound of someone screaming could be heard.
This person was a man in his early twenties, kitted out in a suit. His appearance just reeked off with the prestige and money, so Michu froze and looked at him with jealousy.
”How many bananas could I buy?” Michu mumbled to himself, but the man didn't stop.
Once he stumbled, his loss of balance continued to last until he bumped into Michu.
Both of them fell onto the ground, but Michu was the one to hit the ground and mitigate the losses for the man.
Other than the loss of face, the man didn't lose anything else. His clothes were fine and so his body and hair.
But Michu's school uniform got dirty and he hit the ground with his head.
”Oh my god!” Seeing this, the man exclaimed in horror, then extended his hands to help Michu.
But the eighteen years old student just laughed, ”It's okay! I have a strong head! Sis says I have nothing to worry about here! Hehe!” Michu was all fine!
The man introduced himself, ”I am Yumikazu Kyotaro! I can't let you just leave after saving my face! Look around.” Yumikazu Kyotaro pushed his glasses and pointed with his eyes at the vicinity.
Some people were already talking about him, so he must be a big shot!
Michu didn't think much about it, though, ”You stupid? I didn't save your face, but your body and clothes too! Anyway, it's nothing much! Something good should happen later because of this!” Michu shouted.
But this was what Kyotaro had been waiting for, ”Exactly. It's karma, young man. So what do you want? I will give you anything you want for this deed.”
”Anything?” Michu asked quietly. It hit somewhat differently as from the beginning Michu had been pretty loud. But he instantly broke that image as he pursed his lips and rubbed these with his fingers as if he was a monkey.
He then said, ”VR GAME!”
”VR Game? Wise choice,” Kyotaro nodded, his glasses reflecting Michu's excited face.
The young man couldn't contain his excitement, ”We are too poor to have a computer, but we will be able to play VR GAME! Yeah! You can fulfill your dreams here, right? Haha! I will be the monkey god!”
”Hmm?” Kyotaro didn't miss these words, ”You don't have a computer, so you don't have the internet either… What about electricity? You…”
”Electricity?” Michu tilted his head.
”If there is night, do you turn lights on or-” Kyotaro got interrupted.
Michu replied, ”We have candles!”
”I see…” Kyotaro took out his phone, then made a call. A few minutes later, a huge track drifted its way to them. It parked close to the noble and made him seem even cooler as the wind pushed his hair up.
The person who drove it seemed particularly close to Kyotaro. It was a lady just two years older than Michu. Once she left the truck, she snapped at him, but Michu wasn't thinking much about them.
He didn't listen as it would be rude to eavesdrop on others!
”Hey, you…” Kyotaro called after he calmed down his sister, ”We can drive the VR Capsule to your house. Show us the way,” He said, but Michu shook his head.
He put his hands on his hips and declared, ”I can't bring unknown people to my house! It's dangerous!” Those were his sister's words.
Michu just put on a proud smile as if he was doing something righteous.
The lady next to Kyotaro uttered, ”What is this idiot? I can't believe there are people like him nowadays…”
But Kyotaro coughed and ignored her, ”Surely, you can tell me your address then? I have to pay for your electricity, bring you guys to set up the internet and some stuff. You will be able to play the game without any problems and get rid of poverty.”
”Address? Sure,” Michu didn't seem to mind telling the address.