Chapter 195: Reaching the Heavens Part 2
「Yes?」
「Hello, I have a package to deliver.」
「Ah, please wait just a mont.」
A package? Did Rumi ordered so clothes again? Or maybe Dad ordered a new set of fishing rods? Please don’t tell that Mom ordered a new set of insects specins……? Are we going to redo this whole ‘World’s Moth Selection’ horror we have been through this early spring? The horrifying possibility was always there, but it did not make that much sense to .
「Ah, you can leave it there. It’s no problem.」
「No, no, no, we’ll have to carry it inside. It’s quite big, after all.」
「…… Quite big?」
Looking behind the courier standing at the door, I could hear two more n talking to one another. One of them said ‘Alright, lift it up!’, followed by the noises of so huge package being taken off a large truck.
The hell is this? A package that is so large that two grown-up n need to carry it? What was in that package, anyways? Did mother buy a whole terrarium of so crap?
I rember how last Christmas Mom tried to recreate a South Arican ecosystem around the house, but was blocked by the neighbors who were scared that so of her ‘pets’ might actually break loose all over the block. She was supposed to abandon that project completely, but what if she was working on it in secret all this ti? No, Mom would never be so stupid to do sothing like that. Probably. …… That’s right.
「Umm, excuse but…… What is this package, anyway?」
「Oh, yeas, it should be right here…… ‘To Hizuto Rakuro-sama.’ ‘UCE. Chair-Type Full Dive VR System Pro’. That’s what is says here. And I must say, it’s the first ti I see sothing like that being delivered to a private user, not so shop or company…… Umm, hello? Hello?」
---- DUE TO A CRITICAL ERROR ‘SANRAKU.EXE’ HAS SHUT ITSELF DOWN.
---- RESTARTING ‘SANRAKU.EXE’.
---- ONE NEW UPDATE WAS DETECTED BY THE SYSTEM. ‘SANRAKU.EXE’ WILL RESTART UPON THE COMPLETITION OF THE UPDATE.
---- THE FUCK IS THIS?
「Umm…… I don’t want to be rude, but who actually sent this?」
「Hm? Oh, umm, one second, please…… Cyber Battalion. Is the VR chair so sort of a prize for being a part of a professional gaming team?」
「Ah, I see. I see how it is. Now, please excuse for a mont.」
「Umm, where would you like us to carry the package?」
「Please take it to my room, I an onto the second floor. …… Sorry for the trouble. Yes, that’s right.」
Right, as for …… I HAVE A SEVERAL QUESTIONS!
Subject: Yo, what the fuck?
From: Sanraku
To: Modorokatsu
Body: What the frick is that supposed to an? What gives, dude?
Subject: RE: Yo, what the fuck?
From: Modorokatsu
To: Sanraku
Body: Nice attempt at Kansai dialect. Made laugh a bit. But it seems that the package has arrived.
Subject: RE: RE: Yo, what the fuck?
From: Sanraku
To: Modorokatsu
Body: Right, but what the hell is that supposed to ? And I’m warning you, if they ask to pay for this sh*t, I’m going to sue your ass. Huh?
Subject: RE: RE: RE:Yo, what the fuck?
From: Modorokatsu
To: Sanraku
Body: For now, please try to calm down. Let’s say that we have sent if for business purposes? Consider it a gift from our sponsors. A token of gratitude for a ‘No Face’ for participation in GGC. And it’s completely free!
Subject: RE: RE: RE: RE: Yo, what the fuck?
From: Sanraku
To: Modorokatsu
Body: You do realize that there is nothing scarier than a free gift, right? They are traps in waiting most of the ti, aid at making the life of the Main Character miserable. You can’t even trust people’s good intentions anymore these days!
Subject: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Yo, what the fuck?
From: Modorokatsu
To: Sanraku
Body: Please stop overthinking things to such an extent. No need to be on the lookout for traps everywhere at every mont. Why not stop for a minute and take a deep breath? How about this: consider this an investnt on our part. Who knows? Maybe you’ll get an official e-mail soti later?
Subject: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Yo, what the fuck?
From: Sanraku
To: Modorokatsu
Body: Anyways, how the hell do you even know where I live? I don’t rember ever sharing my address with you.
Subject: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Yo, what the fuck?
From: Modorokatsu
To: Sanraku
Body: Ah, if you are wondering about that, it’s simple really. All I had to do was to ask Pencil Warrior in my spare ti.
Subject: You BITCH ------!!!
From: Sanraku
To: Pencil Warrior
Body: I’LL SUE YOUR FUCKING ASS ----!!!
Subject: RE: You BITCH ------!!!
From: Pencil Warrior
To: Sanraku
Body: Why, it’s good to hear from you, too. Besides, why are you so angry? Shouldn’t you actually be happy about it? And rest assured, I have made sure that your private information were kept strictly confidential. Probably.
Subject: You Guys, I just Can’t Even……
From: Sanraku
To: Pencil Warrior, Modorokatsu
Body: Think about my feelings for once! What do you want to do if all of a sudden a package like that arrives at my doorstep!?
Subject: RE: You Guys, I Just Can’t Even……
From: Pencil Warrior
To: Sanraku
Body: Anyways, today’s supper seems to be especially delicious.
Subject: RE: You Guys, I Just Can’t Even……
From: Modorokatsu
To: Sanraku
Body: Smile, my dear Sanraku. You are never fully dressed without a smile, you know?
「Those stupid bastards……!」
Isn’t that your private information are legally protected!? Have they all went and forgotten all about that?
Oh well…… I would be lying if I said that the contents of this package was not making feel happy, at the very least. At the very least, it made that three days and three nights trip to GGC all worth my while. Umm……
「Would you like to open it here, right now?」
「Ah, no, that’s alright. I’ll arrange it myself later.」
「Right, now I just need you to authenticate it with your finger print, if you please……」
In this day and age, fingerprint recognition can be used instead of ID when you order things online. So I pressed my thumb against the small device that was presented to , and after a second or two of the data being loaded, the identification process was finally complete.
「Right, that completes it. Thank you very much.」
「Thanks a lot.」
Now, then…… I see the courier off, lock the front door, take off my shoes and return to my room on the second floor. But now what? Receiving this thing is pretty much equivalent to being scouted by the sa team that Katsu belongs to. And although he said to treat is as a gift…… And I know that I have promised my family that I would go to University, but with this…… This calls for a family eting…… No, more like family interrogation? More like family torture, I daresay.
Though my thoughts were going into a pretty dark direction, my body was filling with excitent. With shaking hands I open up the cardboard box and take out the VR system that was inside.
「Oh wow.」
I let out my voice from my throat. But that’s weird. My voice sounded strange. As if it belonged to , but at the sa ti it belonged to soone else entirely.
「I feel like my hands won’t stop shaking……」
What erged out of the box was the newest type of Chair Full Dive VR system. Machine parts of the device were covered with reinforced plastic exterior, and there was a folder attached to it, with illustrations presenting both Cursed Prison and Prison Break inside of it. There was also one more file: an illustration of a rcenary wearing a tal pumpkin-like helt with a logo with words ‘No Face’ written on it. Looking closely, the back rest also had a logo of Cyber Battalion engraved on it.
Subject: Post Script
From: Modorokatsu
To: Sanraku
Body: Those illustrations attached are the handiwork of the artist that designed the characters for the ga. They are one of a kind, attached to only one specific VR system in the entire world.
「It surely makes happy, but…… It makes happy, but……! Why does that last line sounded more like a threat than anything else!?」
The mont I have found those illustration, it was like I just signed a pact with the Devil himself. I don’t know how else I could be able to put it.
---- Ahh, but still.
This thing will surely co in handy once the ti to fight against Kutanid arrives.
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