Chapter 4: The Future Monkey God's family support!
[My name's KongFu. The Monkey God was my title. In the past, I used to split the continents with my staff and laugh at them from atop my golden cloud! Although the gods are incredible existences with the long lifespan, my life was unfortunately finite-]
Slap!
Michu slapped the system window as fast as possible, hence the speech stopped.
The Monkey God couldn't even pass his will properly as it turned into the system whose sole purpose was to guide the new player.
It turned rather too fast, but Michu just noticed the KongFu's title and his hand moved on its own.
"Haha!" He laughed happily and returned to the old man's side.
It was surely rude to the spiritual will, but Michu was a good man with proper manners. However, he often acted rashly and in excitement. But the worst thing was that he never heard of the spiritual concept, so Michu just didn't know that there was actually a person behind that golden banana.
Now that KongFu was gone and his will became the system for Michu, the former monkey god could only pray in the yellow river for the future's success.
The old man Hao was here to help Michu, "You should check your status window now. Don't return to your work and properly check all the windows." He repeated the last sentence, then went to push the heavy basket to his magazine.
But Michu couldn't bear to see the old man doing all this work by himself, "I will help you!"
He used his natural and young strength to carry the basket, then the old man Hao passed him more free bananas with an awkward smile.
"Thank you for your help, Michu," The old man thanked with a bow.
"My pleasure! Hehe!"
After the night's carpet took over the sky, Michu sat down on the grass and looked at the moon with big eyes, "It's different." The moon was different and felt bigger than on Earth.
Under its light, Michu opened the system window, his eyes spotting 'Monkey God' immediately.
[Class: Monkey God's Will Inheritor.]
Since the old man told him to properly look over everything, Michu clicked on this name and the new information popped off.
All that information was related to the natural stats he would get by leveling up.
[Monkey God's Foot could summon the clouds! Any Agility increase gets an additional 10%]
[Monkey God's Red Gate Staff could shatter the continents! Any Strength increase gets an additional 10%]
[Monkey God's Heaven Rising Cultivation allowed him to face the heavens! Any Stamina increase gets an additional 10%]
[Monkey God's Mortal Skin could endure heaven's tribulations! Any Defensive increase gets an additional 10%]
"Cool!" More Agility! More Strength! More Stamina! More Defense! What else could Michu feel other than excitement? He already felt strong in real life, but he could even bring it further and enjoy more privileges such as golden clouds!
He enjoyed those stats, but it was already late in both the game and the real world. As Michu often got scolded by his teachers because of his naps in the class, his sister put a strict order on a proper sleeping schedule.
He left the game by clicking the logout button and appeared in the real world.
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"Mom! I didn't take any loans! I didn't do it because of jealousy! I am not like that!" Upon leaving the VR Capsule, Michu suddenly heard his sister shouting exactly these words.
Since she was loud and sounded rather angered, Michu quickly jumped off the capsule and closed up the distance.
"Little sister, why are you so angry?" Michu asked while standing before his sister!
He glanced also at his mom whose face was already wet from tears and pale from the shock.
Nana shouted angrily, "I am angry because a mother doesn't believe me! How could she think that I would get so jealous to take loans! I already know what those loans do with people!" She glanced at her mother with a mixture of anger and worry.
The mom just dropped onto her knees and uttered while stuttering, "You stupid... children… Who in the world would pay for electricity bills, give you all this stuff and even pay for delivery just to please you? They will soon come for money… I am sure of it…" Mom believed that those people would come to take back their stuff relatively soon.
They would also come for the interest made by these two by playing and using all those high technology stuff…
Mom just shook her head and let out more tears. She usually would just go to the bathroom, wash under cold water and just sleep on the floor for as much as she could before going to one of her three jobs.
But she just had no strength to continue, "You can't work… We are… We are…" As Mom was about to burst with tears, Michu quickly approached her, squatted, and hugged her tightly.
"Mom, it will be fine! I saw those people and they were okay! I didn't feel anything bad from them!" He reassured his mother.
"That's right! Michu has a good eye for people!" Nana chimed in. She then turned her laptop on and showed the picture of a handsome man, "Michu, is this the guy you met?"
Looking to the side, Michu nodded and confirmed, "Yes, little sis!"
Nana smiled with relief, "He is CEO of Yami Company. They are the ones that make those VR Capsules. I think they are one of the top three companies for that… Though I can't tell what's the difference between each capsule, I think such a person wouldn't have such a sadistic side to bully us. He also sounds like a guy who can throw some money around!"
"You can never know…" Mom wasn't convinced, but she felt better nonetheless.
Nana just puffed her chest out and said, "Believe it! Believe in Michu's good luck! We might soon change our life and have proper sleep and home to live with!"
"..." Mom just closed her eyes and prayed inwardly so that her daughter's words would turn true in the future.
She then stood up and said, "I will believe… That's all I can do."
"Mom, you should sleep in this capsule! It's really comfy here! Hehe!" Michu was glad that the bad atmosphere finally wore off. He happily laughed out loud and both ladies couldn't help, but smile faintly as well.
Mom replied, "It's yours, Michu. Just sleep here… Ah, are you playing The Four Leaf game?"
Michu nodded hearing her question.
His mother added, "One of my employer's children plays this game… Though he is from a wealthy family, his game experience increased his family's wealth by 20% in just one year… This game has a lot of potential and I often hear my employer and her friends talking about it."
Michu's mom's job was cleaner. She knew that the game could change people even more than Michu and Nana who didn't have much contact with television and stuff.
They could only hear a few things from classmates and news on the street.
"Awesome! I can do it too because I got Monkey God's Will Inheritor class!" Michu raised his thumb and reassured everyone in the house.
His sister raised her big eyes at him, "Really, big brother?!" She sounded so happy that Michu just awkwardly scratched his hair.
"Yes!"
"Then we have to make a profile for you on social media and hope you get as many levels as possible really fast!" Nana said, then pulled her brother to her laptop. She did some research to help her brother by scrutinizing the game's forum.
Seeing them two smiling and looking excited before the screen, mom's lips unconsciously curled up and she went to the bathroom with a warm heart.
So warm that the cold water didn't bother her for the first time.
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Chapter 5: The Monkey God's Banana!
"Look, big brother!" Nana pointed at the site called FlashKeep. It was the biggest social media platform used by everyone, including politicians and celebrities. Normal people used it to post stuff between each other's groups and chat here.
For her whole life, Nana had been jealous of her peers holding phones and doing photos with each other.
She also wanted to chat with others and do many other things that the majority took as normal.
Michu glanced at the site, his eyes looking at the posts that were featured by the site.
Most, if not every, were related to The Four Leaf World and its experiences. A lot of branding could be seen here, but also thrilling and exciting battles were featured on the main page.
A cool player was standing atop its prey's body with a sword and a tired, but content smile.
There was also a woman in a bikini using the water magic to make some cool photos too, "Look at those melons!"
"Control your banana!" Nana slapped her brother's cheek, then went to register his account. A faint blush already appeared on her face, but her brother was not the only one who had made such remarks.
In her class, her classmates often commented like that too, but those were high schoolers right here.
Her brother was already eighteen years old, but this still took her by surprise.
"Michu, we should make an account with your nickname! What nickname did you choose for your character in the game?" Nana asked.
"Michu." Mich was Michu. What more did you need?
"Oh…" Nana scratched her cheek, then decided to create her brother's account with the 'Monkey God's Disciple' nickname.
She filled every box with proper information, then even thought of a nice password for her brother. It would be hard for any outsider to spot and also easy for her brother to remember it.
"You can use it in the game too. There should be a feature for that. Will you chat with me during your game, Michu?" Nana sweetly asked and her brother didn't disappoint!
"Yeah, I will!" He also told her about his first day in the new game.
Hearing about the bananas made Nana laugh so much, but mom's voice made her stop, "It's already past 10 p.m!"
"Sorry!" Nana slightly raised her voice, then turned her eyes to brother, "You can take pictures, so send me one with the moon! I won't look for it on the net! But look, Michu. You can find everything here."
"Little sister, what should I do in the game?" Michu asked as he could tell that his sister made some research.
She had always been right and her words often saved Michu's ass.
Not only Nana taught Michu how to mitigate scolding from teachers, but she also helped him to avoid bad people that would bring problems to their family!
Michu was always thankful for her and swore to protect his sister until she found a great man for herself!
"It's good that you asked, Michu! Since you got a unique class, you should exploit it as much as possible!" Nana told Michu how influential those unique classes were.
People would gladly pay millions for those and even kill others in the game to the point where the person would throw his class and game away.
"It means that this class can be stolen! In this case, the guild's assistance would be the best." Nana's face slightly changed. She lost her initial excitement.
"What's wrong, little sister?" Michu asked.
"It's because you would end up signing a contract… Those guilds are more like companies…" Nana hasn't read much, but she already paled when she learned of those contracts.
For a poor family, Michu's mother wouldn't take another bet and Nana was also scared of those contracts. If Michu somehow ended up losing his class, then they would use the contract clauses against him!
She was scared of such scenarios the most.
"Contracts? In the game?" Michu tilted his head, but Nana just nodded.
"This is another world. You shouldn't think of it as a game only." The siblings continued to talk about other ways.
The best way would be for Michu to play like a solo player and learn more about the world. He would know the value of his class later in the future and learn more about players by spending time with them.
It wasn't like solo players played just solo, they often teamed up for dungeons and other unique events.
Nana also added, "Unique classes have a lot of flexibility, so don't just follow the quests from the class. Try to force the system to fulfill your wishes!"
"Hmmm…" Michu closed his eyes tightly and crossed his arms.
He did his best to think about it, so Nana smiled and turned the laptop's camera at his thinking face. He looked cute, funny, but also charming. She giggled and took a photo, then put it on his avatar.
By then, Michu opened his eyes, "I got this class from doing work on a banana farm, so I should keep it up and make the system give me the unique bananas!"
"Yes! You will be able to sell those unique bananas for a hefty sum! Remember to not tell anyone how you do it or about your class!" Nana reminded.
And Michu nodded brightly, "Little sister, it's already late. Let's sleep. Today is mom's turn to sleep in a VR Capsule. You will be tomorrow!"
"Okay… Thank you, Michu." Nana smiled and the siblings soon wrapped themselves in a thin futon on the floor.
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"Hello, old man Hao!" Michu entered the game after school.
For the first time in his life, Michu didn't struggle to keep himself awake in the classes. It made many laugh at him, but his teachers were amazed. They believed he finally decided to focus more on the studies, but Michu was just too excited inside.
His heart pounded so loudly he had been hearing it for the whole day.
"Welcome back, Michu. How was your day in another world?" The old man smiled and asked. Though some people played with the NPCs by telling them about phones, the internet, and stuff, NPCs just looked at them with amazement and yearned for more knowledge.
Some even were trying to create their versions of those technologies by using magic and other supernatural things exclusive to this world.
Michu just smiled brightly, "It's been great! But I was thinking too much about this world! Hehe!"
"Haha! This is what most new players feel. You aren't alone with this feeling, Michu. Are you going to help me today?" The old man asked, then soon gave the same quest as Michu just nodded with a wide smile.
Both of them worked on the banana farm like yesterday.
By the end of the work, Michu suddenly got a message from his system.
[The Monkey God's banana.]
"Oh… Ohhhh!" Michu raised his hands atop the herb, throwing them at the sky! "I did it! I really did it! This is a flexible class! I am flexible like a monkey!" Michu nearly fell from the tree with how loud and excited he was.
He opened the system window and read the content…
"Eh…" Michu rolled his eyes at this message, "Three zeros…"
"Michu, what's wrong? Did you fail your quest? This can't be, right?" The old man Hao worriedly probed.
But Michu's words froze him, "I need a thousand bananas… Can I get a quest for a thousand bananas?"
That was quite a lot...
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