Virtual Reality

The old man thought for a second and immediately agrees.

The next day, they start living in a house that is given by the old man.

This house isn't really given since Rize needs to help the old man for a year with his research.

And that's what happened.

After one year, she was able to get the title of the land and the house.

Meanwhile, the man is attending school.

However, he only try this for half a year and didn't attend after that.

The main reason is the people who bully him.

But not because he is helplessly being bullied, but because, he fights back against bullies and accidentally stabs them all.

The man doesn't want to become a heavyweight in Rize's life so he decided to help her.

Despite his quietness, he is also a smart person.

So after being a Hikikomori, he start seriously study about physics, biology, and other books that have been spread around the house.

It didn't take that time and he was able to memorize every book.

He is undoubtedly a genius but his confidence is lacking.

Still, while Rize fall asleep while working, he was the one who continue her work.

This continue until one time Rize got awake in the middle of his typing.

Rize didn't announce her being awake but instead, she pretend to be asleep.

At this moment, she feels very fortunate to have a little brother like him.

However, her perspective of him being a little brother changes as time passes by.

A year later, the man became an official member of her research team.

Their present project is about the new upgrade in a car for a company.

It takes 3 years before they could create a research, a year for practical research, and finally, the last stage.

It takes 5 years for another car to get out on the market.

The man is happy for being successful in his first project.

However, in the last five years, he is secretly researching another thing.

Moving forward to 3 years later. (5+3)

8 years later, present.

He was able to make a blueprint for the full dive VR.

This idea starts when he becomes a Hikikomori.

While isolating himself, he started to watch anime.

The year 2012, Month of July, day 8.

This year, the anime called "Sword Art Online" got out its first episode.

Seeing how the world is wide inside the VR despite only being in a room in real life, he is fascinated by this idea.

This is another reason why he wanted to be a researcher like Rize, he wanted to make this.

This NerveGear, he wanted this.

This became the second reason why he pursue this set of circles.

And today, October 31, 2022.

The day that the VR MMORPG game called "sword art online" was released in the story.

He decided to let it have the same date of the release date in real life.

With the help of the B*nd*i company, the creator of the story, and his research team, they were able to recreate the world known as Aincrad.

Finally, the world knows this game's existence.

Humanity will enter the new era of entertainment and that is only thanks to this man and the man who give the funds for this project.