Chapter 13

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Chapter 13 - New World (New Make Town)

After school.

I managed to return home in good shape, had an early dinner, and logged on to Real World Online.

My destination was "New Make City," a large city in the center of the sixth area, "New Make, New World.”

Since this was a city that can only be reached by clearing the dungeon called “Urugand, the Iron-Blooded Castle", one of the most difficult dungeons in Real-On, all the players in this city would inevitably have a certain level of skill.

By the way, the so-called "carriage carry," in which an advanced player protects a novice player while proceeding, was being prevented.

There was a forced event that separates you from your party members in the middle of the Iron Blood Castle, forcing you to play solo until you reached the rendezvous point. There were also powerful mid-bosses along the way, so all novices who were carried would be crushed at this point.

Well, I've been through all the dungeons by myself, so nothing happened to me.

...... I'm not sad about that, you know.

“Sorry to keep you waiting, Sora-san.”

I was greeted by a voice as I waited in the plaza in front of the main gate of New Make City. When I turned toward the voice, I found that it was not Ginjo-san..... but a strange woman.

“Uh, who are you......?”

"Oh, right, you're not on my friend list yet. Please wait a moment.”

Then the strange woman put her right hand in front of her and made the menu screen appear. Then, after operating the screen two or three times, the woman's face suddenly changed and became Ginjo-san's face.

“Does this change anything?"

“Oh, I see. You were wearing a mask?”

“Yes. A lot of people already know my face, so the mask function has been a big help.”

The mask function was a way to avoid exposing your face to other people.

In Real-On, the shape of the person's face was scanned through the VR device, and that became the character.

However, this created a privacy problem. This function avoided this problem.

As the name "mask" implied, you could paste a face that was different from your own, and there was also a setting that allowed you to show your real face only to your friends.

Using this feature, you could show your real face only to your friends and your fake face to others.

“I initially played this game with my real face, but I kept getting invitations to party like they wanted to have a relationship with the Ginjo Corporation......”

“No, that was a pickup...... No, never mind......”

Since you create your own face for the mask, it would inevitably look more fake than your scanned face. Therefore, people who were used to using the mask function could tell if they were using it or not. Especially those who picked up girls paid close attention to whether the other person was wearing a mask or not.

I'm sure there are a lot of guys who would be interested in such a beautiful woman playing a game.

By the way, I changed the appearance of my equipment according to my ninja skills, but I didn't use the mask function, so my face remained the same. Unless you were a celebrity, it was kind of customary for men to play with a real face.

"Yes, I sent you a friend request. Can you confirm it for me?"

"...... You look mature but you're so pushy, aren't you? Yes, yes, I'll sign up.”

I accepted the friend request by clicking on the "Received a friend request" window that appeared in front of me.

Then the name "REINA_Ag" was added to my friend list. Wow, I feel so strange. After all, it was been eight years since I started playing Real-On, and my friend list was still completely empty.

The reason is simple, you look more like a ninja without friends, right? It's not because I'm a loner, yes.

Well, that thinking was easily broken today.

"Fufu, thanks for the approval."

"...... That's not fair of you."

All it took was a faint smile from her to make my petty thinking go away.

Even the cold-hearted me was like this, so the men in the world would fall in love with her at once. I was sure that ryo, the professional Re-sports player, was aiming for Ginjo-san before he signed the contract.

“Now that we're friends, I'll invite you to a party.”

“Okay, okay, do whatever you want.”

I pressed the "Party Invitation Received" window that appeared in front of me. When you form a party, you could share quests with other party members and fight boss monsters together.

There were also many other benefits, such as being able to monitor the health of your party members. However, as a person who preferred to do rare quests alone, I rarely use it.

"Let's go then, our destination is the 8th area, [Toto Dragon Canyon]. Do you need an explanation of the location?"

"Heh, don't be silly. That's my backyard, my backyard.”

"Oh, I see. That's a relief then.”

She started to walk away without taking any notice of my words.

...... It was true that my response may be somewhat subtle if you asked me whether it was funny or not, but if you were this salty, it was a bit of a letdown.

“Hey! Wait!"

But I couldn't let myself get discouraged at this point. I regained my composure and ran up to her, who was already a long way ahead of me.

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