Chapter 28
CHAPTER 28
It had been a month since I started The World, or in other words, since Yasuhiko became comatose .
Besides playing the game, I surfed the Internet to gather information . I tried to find out more about the word “fragment” that Mr . Tokuoka mentioned .
But I didn’t learn anything in great detail .
I was only able to find out about superficialities . This word probably referred to the prototype of The World called ‘fragment’ . A beta version of The World, released three years prior in 2007 . It was in operation for less than three months . It had 1024 players .
But when I was asked what it had to do with what was happening right now, I had no idea .
This was the limits of the Internet . The only way to go further was to actually take action and move around . Like Mr . Tokuoka .
I had no such luxury . After all, I was only a junior high school student who still had compulsory education . After studying each day, there wasn’t much time left to play a game .
“The right person in the right place,” Mr . Tokuoka had said .
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That was certainly true .
I had to do what I and only I could do .
The immediate problem was that my parents were becoming skeptical about me .
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They started telling me that they don’t like me spending so much of my time in the game .
“It seems like you’re playing on the computer very late at night,” my father said . “You don’t have to keep playing all night . It’s just a game . ”
“Have you been studying? Don’t you relax after tests?” said my mother . “It’s an important time, so study carefully . ”
I think they said it was because of a jump in the electricity bills . I think they felt sorry about it, but I was dumbfounded by their manner of speaking, as though I was being gradually encircled and constricted .
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I couldn’t help but choose my words carefully .
“Everyone is playing it . If I don’t stay up a little late, I won’t be able to keep up with the latest news,” I said innocently . “It’s hard to adjust to a whole new class . ”
They averted their eyes as though uneasy and said nothing .
I’ve realized that this is a psychological weak point for my parents because of the burden placed on me and my sister over the school transfer . The words worked better than I thought . My parents’ rant about stopping the game was over .
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