Chapter 151: Smart Friend I
I’m Chalk, a veteran otaku.
My job? Reselling all sorts of gaming equipnt.
I must say that I’m gifted at gas.
That wasn’t just a brag; there’s a reason why I’ve been blacklisted by all mainstream gas.
Before this, I was a world-class athlete.
Event? eSports.
Be it first-person shooting gas or multiplayer online battle arena video gas... heck, even card gas, I’m always at the top.
As such, I’ve been banned from competing for 30 years.
I only have myself to bla, of course.
To tell the story, I’ll have to go back to the year 2046 when electronic gas officially beca the world’s ninth art.
The Olympics added a video ga segnt that year as well. There would be one additional competition day before the closing ceremony, where athletes would engage in the top three hottest gas that year.
The gas were split into two categories, one suitable for Olympics and the other not.
Ever since gas beca an art, the panel of audits beca stricter.
Gas where players have to spend real money on earned more but were becoming less popular.
All gas had to be vetted and rated by the Olympics. A ga’s rating would determine its future, and to get a good rating, the ga would have to focus on skills and teamwork. The ga would also have to emphasize friendship, unity, and fair competition.
Because these virtues represented the spirit of the Olympics, paid gas did not make the list no matter how fun they were.
Only the top three gas selected by the judges could be used for competition.
The competitors would then represent and claim glory for their countries.
The traditional system had compromised a little for electronic gas to take a big step onto the world stage.
This was also the period where gas were no longer separated into PC, mobile, or tablet versions.
It was a basic requirent for all gas to be made suitable across all devices, and because of that, the complentary businesses started to peak, too.
In 2046, I was 16 and a pro-gar of six mainstream gas.
My talent made it easy for to master a ga and its shortcuts.
Ever since monetized gas stopped appearing, many math geniuses started joining and attacking based on careful calculations and analyses.
I was gifted in another way, however, since I made no computations whatsoever.
I could easily judge and identify the key within stages.
There were only three placings for each ga in the Olympics, and all top three gas, as chosen by the judges, involved teamwork.
The gas had solo mode as well, but the mode was excluded in order to accommodate more participants.
This made it awkward for since my standard was as good as any pro-gar, but not when it ca to cooperation based gas.
I joined team battles but failed even after three torturous months of training.
Even the pro-gars couldn’t understand my battle techniques and couldn’t keep up with my strategies.
Whenever they felt that my strategy wasn’t viable, I would ntion going solo.
That’s right. I’ve yet to lose even once.
Because of that, the barrier between us grew bigger and accommodating them beca unbearable for .
I played according to my own tactics, which should work, but we lost more than we won.
We won mostly when I had to face an enemy alone and we lost mostly when I was outnumbered.
I got isolated by the other players a few tis.
I understood that diocrity isolated excellence. It was sothing that appeared constantly within gas.
After half a year of becoming a pro-gar, I had clinched gold for my club in all solo-mode competitions.
However, in the actual competitions, gas were all team-work based.
Three years later, when I turned 19, I retired completely.
I had found a new path – selling ga accounts.
I would push an account up to the top five in only three days’ ti before selling it to interested buyers.
I started my own live streaming channel, which earned many fans and a lot of money.
Despite that success, I still had no friends and was isolated by almost everyone because selling ga accounts was against the rules and it threatened sportsmanship.
I was banned from competing for 30 years, no overruling.
Many people saw this as an end to my career, but they don’t know that I’m still gaming.
I’m very happy as well because I get to earn much more than the athletes.
While I have a bad reputation, I’m still coined the number one gar.
Whatever new gas that we put our hands on, I’ll always get into it quicker than most.
A few days was all I need to enter the charts. If I choose to play a little more seriously, getting to the first position was not an issue at all.
But because I was banned, the number of people mocking increased.
Having earned enough money, I decided to buy a small condo in the city center.
That day, I switched on the television and saw Lei Jun, the founder of Xiaomi.
Famous for his ‘are you okay’ song, the 70-year-old Lei Jun stood smiling on stage at Xiaomi’s news conference.
I did not change the channel. Instead, I thought about how Xiaomi was no longer just a mobile company.
I seed to have played quite a few Xiaomi gas.
“This year, our company has invented the 63rd generation smart housekeeper,” Lei Jun announced with a smile and a wave.
“Our 3D holographic projection can interact with any smart house electronic appliances. Voice detection, instantaneous heart rate monitor, ergency police service, automated grocery shopping... As compared to other smart housekeepers, don’t ours produce a lot of value for money? We have our very own designer to revolutionize your ho! Buy now and get a Xiaomi 6 silver edition for free. It’s double the price of the normal edition. Want a friend? Xiaomi smart housekeeper! It will be your best friend and it will always stay by your side,” Lei Jun finished his speech before walking down the stage with his walking stick.
I stayed tuned for the whole conference.
To be honest, I did not really understand it, but his last line left a deep impression.
“Want a friend? Xiaomi smart housekeeper!”
I went to the Xiaoi website. The smart housekeeper was up for advanced sale.
Could money buy a friend? I had no lack of the forr.
One model cost a few hundred thousand dollars and all ho installations could be replaced.
I made a reservation and waited patiently.
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