Episode 2
"Hey, Jinhun."
"Huh?"
"What's wrong with your brother?"
"I don't know."
Mother and Qin Hun couldn't keep their mouths shut when they saw Qin Sheng.
For a few days he looked starving.
Aside from scooping half a bowl of rice in one drink, you can also tease your chopsticks to snatch your favorite side dish?
"Oh! Delicacy!"
Swish!
Mother and Jin Hoon wondered if Jin Sung had eaten four of them and that the eldest son had been caught in the night.
I knew him to be a big man who had mastered all kinds of martial arts, but he didn't eat breakfast very well, and he didn't eat your air overnight.
"Mom, Bob is really good. It just sticks to my mouth. Is it because of your mom? After all, Mommy's rice is the best in the world!"
!
A burp erupted from Qin Sheng's mouth. The rapid-fire line was a bonus.
How long is home-cooked food?
Ten years ago, before my mother lay down, I could only eat home-cooked food.
By then, my mother had been in good health, and she had been feeding her two sons all the time.
That was why he was able to empty the air of your rice.
"Hey, Jinhun. Turn on the TV."
"Huh."
Tiric!
Then Jin Hoon turned on the TV.
[What makes your blood boil!]
[What makes your heart beat the most!]
[Sword, sorcery, endless adventure!]
[A one-of-a-kind epic just for you begins right now!]
[The world's first virtual reality game!]
[Get started today!]
When the ad played on TV, Qin Sheng stopped spooning.
It was a familiar advertisement.
The very ad that at the time was more than just that, but that quickly stole his heart.
And looking at the date written at the end of the advertisement, Qin Sheng couldn't help but doubt his eyes.
[July 2020, 7]
[Open Beta D-1]
The game hadn't even started yet.
"What? That's it."
"...."
Qin Sheng didn't respond to Qin Hun's words.
Instead, he focused all his attention on scraping up the remaining grains of rice.
Kimchi stew, delicacy, rice, and fried eggs.
After shoving it all into his mouth one after the other, Qin Sheng immediately muttered to himself, not even paying attention to the TV.
"... AC(Arsia Chronicle)."
It was the
"What?! Did you swear now?!"
"Huh?"
"I just called A.C. X...."
"What do you mean, that's the name of the game. Name!"
"Ack! Crazy!"
Qin Sheng shouted, and Qin Hun screamed.
Grains of rice had spilled out of his mouth.
and Jinhoon's headlock that followed.
"Let go, really. I told him to let go."
"If you're like a big brother, let go... Keruck!"
While Jin Sung showed Jin Hoon his dignity as an older brother, he recalled the now-defunct TV commercials in his mind.
'Arcia... Chronicles....'
Qin Sheng clenched his fists.
* * *
"I'll go up, Mom."
"Don't overdo it, son, keep in touch often. You know?"
"Well, my mom is good at taking care of her health. I'll go."
Qin Sheng closed the taxi door and waved.
It was a return to the room.
Twenty years old, he saved as soon as the ink on his national ID card ran out.
Jin Sung earned a lot of money to play the role of head of the family and moved to Seoul to start working.
I hadn't done anything I hadn't done.
Sashimi restaurants, chicken restaurants, fish parlors, convenience stores, loading and unloading, delivery, cafes, large grocery store fruit and vegetable parts and parking carts.
Jin Sung even set up a food seasoning factory and an apartment park, so the spectrum of work was wide.
It was because of his father's teaching that money should be earned honestly.
"Driver, I'll ask you to get to Geumjeong Station. As soon as possible."
"O~K."
And the taxi carrying Qin Sheng quickly headed to the station.
'That was 10 years ago.'
Qin Sheng looked out the window and pondered.
It was a very different landscape.
July 2020, 7.
In the meantime, Jin Sung was able to think about what happened to him and see how the world had changed through his smartphone.
That was 10 years ago.
A world where
I don't know what happened, but when I opened my eyes, the world was back 10 years ago, and I was back in the hardest days.
It was hard to accept.
The days when he was making money like crazy on behalf of his father.
A time when I couldn't bear that weight and wanted to throw everything away.
After that, he fell in love with the game and even broke the kite with his family.
It was the most intense trace of Jin Sheng's life that could never be erased, and it was also a memory he could never forget.
This was the reason why Qin Sheng couldn't just be dismissed as a dream.
[Notice: Activate the Ovo system.]
[Reminder: Countdown begins.]
[Time remaining: 167 hours, 59 minutes, 58 seconds]
[Reminder: Please note that failure to access the game will result in death.]
"What, what?"
Qin Sheng rubbed his eyes at the message in front of him.
It was a strange thing.
I haven't even logged into the game, but I see the system window in front of me?
Even though he didn't have a sense of circumstance, he wasn't stupid enough to be unable to distinguish between dreams and reality.
It was a real reality.
However, the system window in front of you is not enough, and if you do not log in to the game, you can die...
- الانتقاما ... تضربني ... الآن....
- الاستيلاءعلىتقدمالشرالقديم...!
"Argh!"
And with the voice in his ears, Qin Sheng felt a terrible headache hit his mind for the first time in his life.
"Student! Why yes! Are you okay?!"
"Off... Ugh...!"
It was a voice he had certainly heard.
* * *
"So... Looking for something you can ship today?"
"Yes."
Garosu-gil, Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
Staff member Kim Mi-young tilted his head at Jin Sung's words. It was the first request I received since the store opened.
Evertail's only three directly managed stores in Korea!
Among them, the flagship store located here in Sinsa-dong was the largest virtual reality device store in South Korea, offering a variety of high-end options and customized capsules.
It was also the only store where you could experience virtual reality games.
But....
'Looking for something that can ship today?'
Miyoung questioned Jin Sung's request and thought about how ridiculous it was.
Every capsule handled at the flagship store in Sinsa-dong suggested the optimal capsule for the user, and it took weeks to model the customer's capsule.
"Sir, we are very sorry to say this, but due to our policy, all capsules are available for pre-order. If you don't mind, why don't you take a personalized test?"
While Jin Sung was looking around the store, Miyoung spoke to her.
It was a no-brainer.
Typically, buyers go through dozens of inspections conducted by the Evertail Store, choosing the capsule that suits them, deciding on additional options, and placing a pre-order.
Evertail's capsule was a device that integrated various high-technologies, and its price alone boasted a huge price, reaching tens of millions of won.
It wasn't something you could buy just like picking up sweets.
"You don't have to give me a discount, so please show me the item that is shipped today. Right now."
"Yes, then goodbye... Yes?"
At Jin Sung's words, Miyoung lowered her head.
He didn't seem to understand the words.
Even if it's a sensationally popular virtual reality game, would you buy a capsule worth tens of millions of won without any discount?
Of course, there were not many such people, but Miyoung never thought that Jin Sung was that kind of people.
Sweaty T-shirt.
Part 3 Training Shorts.
He could only see a wrestler who had just finished a fight or a hel chang who had just finished a non-divisional workout.
"Uh... Would you like to come this way?"
Jin Sung followed Miyoung's guidance to the inside of the store.
He must have had preconceived notions when he saw how he dressed, but it didn't matter.
What went back 10 years, and what happened in a taxi.
With a terrible headache that felt like his head was about to explode, he needed to check the system message that popped up in front of him.
The content was too bloody to ignore.
"This is a refurbished product that another customer booked and cancelled. The settings are reset by default, and it is an exhibition product that is used for store experience..."
"I'll do this. That's the math."
'... What, is it really a rich man?'
Jin Sung held out his debit card, and Miyoung tilted his head.
It was as if he had bought something like this time and time again.
Nowadays, the third generation of chaebol houses doesn't pay much attention to how they dress.
Mi-young wondered if Jin-sung was a weird girl who cosplayed as a commoner, and inserted the debit card into the card terminal without saying a word.
Although he was quite a strange cultivator, the situation of the people in the other world had nothing to do with him.
"The delivery and installation will be visited and installed by professional mechanic teams, if nothing else happens, it will be delivered this afternoon, are you okay?"
"Yes, that's fine. Please contact us in advance of your arrival. Well then."
Then Jin Sung left the