CHAPTER 12: Virtual game

"Yeah, it overheated way too much."

Steve came up with a bad conclusion after inspecting the burnt out corpse of what once was a standard set of streaming equipment.

The box is used to let the streamer see and interact with the viewers in her stream room, now it looks like a burnt out marshmallow.

The cooler is hotter than the damn sun, while the camera lenses couldn't stand the heat and cracked.

Not to mention the damage caused by the flame's heat towards the room itself. The backdrops were heavily destroyed, half of her bed is burnt out as if it was chomped by a nasty flaming dragon.

"Suggest you buy a better set, it is quite an outdated model, actually."

Steve reminded. "Well, we aren't very liquid right now."

Rey sighed. He is broke, and Yuki is at the verge of it.

"Well, you do have a nice face." Steve inspected Yuki with that signature weird eye once more.

"Stop it" Rey stood in between the two. "I wanted you to focus."

"Alright, alright, what do you want to ask." Steve rolled his eyes with a tone of impatience.

"You are a computer engineer, a coder and a genius." Rey gave an kiss in the ass first. "Do you have any way for me to earn some quick cash?"

"Well, she could've cost at least a thousand dollars for a night at the pub..."

Steve return his topic back to Yuki. Which was a bit disgusting, and even more for the fact that he is a fucking boy.

"Come on, I want ideas!"

Rey urged.

"Oh, I got one for you." Steve finally get his head into the game as he tap onto the screen of his bracelet.

Instantly, a hologram display emerged in front of the two.

"This, is Doom Kingdom." He chose one of the tabs and tap it open. The hologram started to show footage of what seems like a medieval themed, princess and unicorn world. "You two ever heard of it?"

Rey shook his head, and so do Yuki.

Yuki had never been into the Isekai world before, she is just a streamer outside of that zone.

Meanwhile, Rey wasn't that into games. The only reason he enters the Isekai World is to gather information regarding his targeted client as well as doing researches and plannings for them, just pure work.

"Hear me out, it is the trendiest game nowadays, and the gear inside? Boy, it is worth true gold in real life!"

Steve exclaimed. "So, you wanted us to try?" Rey seems a little concerned by his idea and he isn't buying it though.

He didn't want a steady rolling income, all he wanted is a huge amount of cash so that she could purchase a brand-new set of streaming equipment and get Yuki's back to her job.

"Yeah, but I have good news for you two."

He swipe to the left; a digital poster immediately appears right in front of the two. "Huh."

The duo lean closer for a better look, before both raising an eyebrow and mumble beneath their breath.

"A tournament?"

"A tournament?"

"So, you never entered Isekai World before?"

Rey help Yuki to set up the contact lenses and the nerve impulse as he asked, quite a disbelief.

"Y-yeah, I don't really like it." Yuki spoke, even till now she is a little hesitated.

"I will sync in with you later on to help you with the log ins, so I want you to sleep in right... Now" As if on cue, her eyes shut up before falling asleep on top of the dining table.

"Guess I should've follow up right now." Rey put his finger on the button, but seeing the looks of her face while she slept soundly make his halt for a moment.

"Gotta say, you do kinda look like a girl..." He reach his hand out and touched her cheeks. She let out a grunt in her dreams, before smiling softly.

That damn smile, Rey felt his heart is going to fucking melt.

"Gotta meet her before she suspects anything." Rey jolt back from his seat as he pressed onto the button.

An urge causes him to close his eyes, the same shredding pain, and when he woke up, he is already in the void. He immediately key in the code he'd just set up for Yuki, pulling her into the room with him.

"Alright, I need you to set up your name and avatar first."

Rey spoke at the figure in front of him, which is still a guy filled with question mark. "You key in your name first, the virtual keyboard should be right in front of you."

Rey taught.

"Y-yeah?" After a moment, the word [ButterNChocolate] pop right on her head. "T-then?"

"The tutorial is supposed to show you the way to the changing room." Rey continued. "Tap it open, get change, before let me see the product."

"O-oaky." Rey could see her reaching her hand out to tap something. Then a changing room suddenly appears out of nowhere, the curtains enwrapping her into it.

"Must've take some time..." Rey remember how he done the change just below a minute, but girls will be girls, it will take at least fifteen minutes.

So Rey decided to take his time and use his bracelet to do some researches about the "Doom Kingdom" as well as the tournament.

In Isekai world, aside form watching streams, you could also play various other games. Ranging from romance, to shooter to horror, it is an all you can eat buffet.

And none of it is as well received than the Doom Kingdom. In this game, you are reborn in an Isekai World, in the "Isekai World".

The Doom Kingdom is actually more like a multiplayer battle simulator, with all sort of different biomes, weapons, entities and beings.

The game really brings the game of the fantasy genre to another level. Since most of the supposed NPCs like the boss and mobs are played by real life players. So interaction is a lot more sureal and interesting.

The man objective of the players is to climb up the billboard ranks, but that isn't important for now.

After knowing the basic depths of Doom Kingdom, Rey switch his attention into the so call Annual Swordship Tournament.

This tournament is held in game, in the Arena of Blood and Metal.

And according to the map, it is located quite afar from their spawn point: Beginner's Village, so they may or may not need some time of walking before arriving there. And the gears, weapons that they needed to stood out during the matches, all those are problems too.

If he wanted to get the grand prize, which consist a full set of the latest streaming devices, he needed something great.

And the tournament is held tonight, so he didn't have much time left in his hand. "Gotta plan a safe and quick route..." Rey spoke thoughtfully.

"Ring!"

While he was deep in his thoughts, an incoming unknown number video call breaks it all.

Thinking it was Yuki meeting some problems in the process, Rey accepted the call, but it was not her.

"Hey!"

It was Steve, His face took out the entire screen, he is wearing a sophisticated earphone like device. Rey knew it is used to hack in and mess up with the gaming system, he made it himself and show it off to the two.

According to what he say, it is able to transform everything in the Isekai World into codes and digits.

Enable him to change everything within it, remove or add in, it is hacking, or in Steve's word:

"Pro Gamer move."

"What do you want?" Rey asked out, a little bit surprised by his sudden appearance.

"I got something for you homie." Steve let out a sly smile followed by a series of quick types. "I manage to enter into the main system of Doom Kingdom."

"Wait you hacked?" Rey felt a bit uneasy, is this legal?

"Yeah, technically I hacked." Steve spoke as if what he'd done is simple as breathing. "So once you enter the beginner's village, go to the medic for a present I left for you."

"A present?" Rey spoke suspiciously.

"Yeah, just find it quick alright. The second shelf from the right, the top deck in a wooden box." Steve checked the remaining clock. "Alright, Imma leave first, the firewall is getting back up. Your welcome." With a blitz, he was ejected.

"What the hell?" Rey stare at the [call ended] message, still confused by the situation. "R-Rey?" He heard someone calling and turn his head back, just to see her head poking out from the curtains of changing room.

"What?" Rey closed the bracelet up as he turn his head responded.

"I, I can't change m-my gender..." She spoke as if she was whispering. "Y-yeah, s-so you should stick to the original clothing."

Gender is the only thing that is unchangeable in the Isekai world, since relationship is going to get real confusing once it does.

"A-alright, I am done." After a moment, Yuki excited the dressing room. She is still she, still that oversized jacket, still that golden hair and chocolaty skin.

Looks like she didn't have much thought of changes, just like Rey himself. "Alright, hold my hand." With one hand, they grasped while with other, Rey open the menu and set the transmission location to Doom Kingdom.

"You done?" Rey make sure. She seems quite nervous, but nevertheless nodded. "Alright then." Rey softly tapped the tab.

"Here we go"