Return to School

Jason woke up in a grumpy mood. It was the beginning of the week and he did not feel like waking up this early.

Courtesy of Boops screaming and banging random stuff in his headspace, Jason had woken up precisely on time. He dragged himself out of bed and groggily walked to the bathroom.

Perseus opened the door to Jason's room and walked in yawning.

"Master, I have come to wake you up.. oh nevermind, you're up, go make us food"

Jason turned to see Perseus with half-closed eyes and an extremely tired expression on his face. His long blond hair was sticking up in all directions and his clothes were unkempt and messy.

Boops let out a small snicker at Perseus's state as Arjuna also wandered into Jason's room lazily. He too had bad bed hair, his long raven black hair, was now like an afro that stuck out in all directions.

Arjuna half-opened his eyes to see Jason and Perseus both up, seeing that he didn't need to do anything he slowly walked over to Jason's bed and collapsed in it.

Within seconds Arjuna was fast asleep.

Jason looked at Arjuna in disbelief for a few seconds and then turned around to look at Perseus with an expression of "you seeing this?"

But Perseus was already gone, walking towards the kitchen awaiting Jason's food.

Jason shook his head in exasperation and got ready for school.

He looked at himself in the mirror. He looked a bit similar to Arjuna with the same raven black hair and brown eyes. But any person could tell who was who.

Arjuna took after Jason's anti-social side. He wore a cold expression on his face almost all of the time and only acted freely with Jason, Perseus, and other people he trusted.

Jason on the other hand had a more neutral expression that could burst into a more active expression sort of like how Perseus was. Or a colder more expressionless one like Arjuna.

Jason raised the sides of his lips with his fingers. Poking and squishing his cheek to look at the various expressions that were in his arsenal. Jason didn't notice it for some reason. But everything about him seemed much more real after he added points into charm.

His skin looked glossier, his eyes seemed more bright and eye-catching. His hair looked soft and fuzzy while also sleek and cool.

His entire figure seemed taller, lean, and more upright and seemed to hold a tremendous amount of energy.

Jason looked at himself for a few more seconds before stepping into the shower.

Meanwhile, Perseus was sitting with Arjuna at the kitchen table impatiently tapping his left foot while Arjuna attempted to fall asleep again after his twin had dragged him over.

Perseus checked the time on his phone. It was 6:13 his master still had time to make them food. He then scrolled through the news. All of the headlines besides a few about some political scandal were discussing WOW.

Perseus read the introduction to one of the articles

WOW, or world of wonders is a VRMMO game that has a full-dive system, sensory connection features, and many other groundbreaking features. Millions of people are playing this game and millions more are joining. The company behind this new craze the MH company. Has disclosed valuable information about the game recently.

The CEO of the MH company Eom Jii himself has stated that "there are numerous secrets kept in the world of WOW, all of which have been made and generated by the governing AI of the game G.A.I.A. We have no gms or beta testers that know more than the average player. In fact, even we don't know all of the secrets in this world. And that is what makes this game a land of opportunity."

The article continued

As droves of millions flood the stores to buy themselves a capsule to enter this new world. Companies and other well-known esports groups have expressed interest in joining WOW. In fact, the captain of the reapers esports team herself has stated that she and the entire team will be transferring to WOW as their main platform. Streamers of WOW are also jumping up the streaming ranks and the price of the in-game currency is steadily rising.

Perseus scrolled through the rest of the article which detailed the statistics of WOW and how the MH company had steadily risen to become one of the largest mega corporations in the World.

One thing did catch Perseus's eye though. It was a question left by the article writer.

"will WOW become a new reality for us?"

Perseus smiled and clicked the follow button on the article writer's profile. Perseus already knew the answer to that question, and after playing in the game himself. He believed it even more.

As Perseus put down his phone, Jason walked in shirtless and with a towel around his neck. If any person besides Arjuna and Perseus saw Jason's upper body they would have been beyond impressed.

Since Jason's status matched his in-game character's status. His body was at superhuman levels.

Arjuna and Perseus were also in the same state though. Their skills and status were also the same in reality. That was probably why they were sent to this world in the first place. To build up their status and learn how the system works.

Perseus's thoughts were suddenly interrupted by an empty feeling in his stomach along with a loud death cry from his stomach. He pointed to the white fridge where a pack of eggs sat safely nested inside.

He looked at Jason

"food"

Jason chuckled to himself and opened the fridge to grab some eggs and toast. He immediately put the on the pan and a delicious armor filled the room as he delicately added salt and pepper into the eggs. Jason didn't know why Perseus and Arjuna were so adamant about him making the food. But he saw it as a little way to repay them for all of the hard work they did.

A few minutes later breakfast was ready with Jason bringing to the table while Perseus and Arjuna who had woken up at the smell of food banging on the table with their silver wear excitedly.

The moment Jason set the plates on the table, the two attacked them like vicious beasts of prey.

Jason took dug into his food with gusto and the entire table settled into silence except for the occasional loud chomp or crunch.

After breakfast, Jason walked back into his room to change into the school uniform while the twins walked to their capsules with an energetic bounce in their step.

He put on the black school uniform and put on his red tie. He combed his black hair a bit back and set out as the twins gave him a faint goodbye as their capsules slowly closed and they entered into the game.

Jason stepped out and slowly walked down the streets. The small narrow streets with the occasional student biking or walking down just like him or somebody taking out the trash.

A few plants could be seen hanging off of the balconies and the streets were well paved.

The sun was blue with tins of red still in the sky and the morning sun slowly rose up.

Jason walked at a normal pace and leisurely looked around. He did feel some stares as he walked down the streets. But after checking that he didn't have anything off on his appearance he continued.

He had a sudden thought as he walked down the streets.

"This is pretty relaxing huh," he said to himself quietly as he walked next to a small brook which had the joyful sounds of a stream running down rocks and dirt.

More and more students in the same attire as he started to appear in his view as he walked closer and closer to the school.

His eyes were on the small brook most of the time though. He watched as it got bigger, he watched it as small fish appeared and how it tumbled down in a mini waterfall. He smilled as he saw a few handmade small leaf and stick watermills left by kids still turning over and over again.

'Jason'

Jason responded to Boops's call to see that he was standing a few meters away from the gate. He looked up at it to see the large words on the top of the gate. A few piles of leaves were on the sides of it. And a few were also on the sign itself.

KANTO PREFECTURE HIGHSCHOOL

Jason gave the small brook that accompanied him on his trip one last look. He noticed as he let his gaze follow its path, that it dumped into the man-made river that he had spent a few nights relaxing at. He gave a light chuckle and walked through the gate.

It was a new day, a brand new one. The wind started to blow making the leaves that covered the bits of the sign blow off. One of the leaves resisted the wind but under the winds, fierce pushing flew off and into the brook floating on top of it like a boat.

If one were to take a look at where the leaf-covered they would see a small doodle of a triangle with what could only be seen as an animal inside of it. That animal seemed to be small four-footed giving off a feline aura and for some reason. It was abnormally tall.