Endless Adventure - Chapter 39
Today is September 6th, 1999. Shalnark realizes that Greed Island is not a game, but a real world in September 15th, 1999. The same day Feitan and Phinks start to kill other players. I could play till September 14th and safely tell the secret to others. Then they would most likely try to enter the game illegally, so that they can take all the goods from here. But they would get teleported by Razor.
I looked at Feitan and Phinks and asked, “Do we have a deal?”
“Prove us that you’re from Meteor City!” said Feitan.
I took out the ID given by the Organization and gave it to them. I followed by saying, “This is my ID.”
After looking at my ID for a second, Feitan returned it to me and said, “You have an ID given by the Organization but you’re now just a bird. I can’t just believe you. You could’ve just stolen it.”
I looked at him and answered, “I showed you who I’m. If you don’t believe me then I would just leave. You’re not the only people with a game. But remember the secret I hold is helpful to you. It’s not me asking for help but I’m helping you for a small price!” After saying those words I started to fly slowly upwards.
Feitan looked at Phinks and ten looked at me and said, “Wait! You can join the game.”
After hearing those words I landed next to Feitan and said, “Let’s go then!”
Three of us arrived at Phantom Troupe’s hideout pretty quickly. There I said “Hi” to everyone and joined a game. Surprisingly after wearing a ring and connecting with a game card. I could join the game as a bird, after I perform Hatsu in a gaming console.
When I looked around I saw that I was in introduction space. There a young woman with a slim figure, big azure eyes, and long, silver hair parted in two ponytails by a helmet. She wore a black, sleeveless robe decorated with eye motifs: one right below her collarbone, one in the middle of her ċhėst, and one on the upper part of her abdomen. Each of them has an azure clear and a blue pupil without iris. She was one of the G.I Game Master, Eta. She started introducing me to game mechanics such as specified slots, unnumbered slots, book, and gain.
All players will have a ring that allows them to use two keyword spells in the game (and is also required to join the game):
1. Book – by saying the keyword “Book”, it will cause a Card Binder to materialize for the player’s personal use to stash cards.
2. Gain – by saying the keyword “Gain”, an item in its card form will turn back into its material form but can’t return to its card form again.
The goal of the game is to collect 100 specified cards and fill binder slots with the properly specified cards. There are also a total of 45 unnumbered free slots in the binder for storing “undesignated” numbered cards. The binder can also be used to check the names of players met on the island.
I really have to praise Eta’s professionalism. Talking bird is not an everyday thing but she kept explaining the game mechanics like I’m a person. It’s actually a praise worthy.
After the introduction I arrived at the game. I exited the Shiso Tree(starting point of the game). And started to explore the game. My mission was to enter and play the game. I don’t know what system meant by playing so I took a safe road.
I flew towards the badlands. Badlands: A series of hills (composed of eroded sedimentary rocks) in dry terrain with minimal vegetation and inhabited by many monsters. It is where Gon and Killua were trained by Biscuit. I would just go there kill few monsters and see if system counts it as playing the game.
When I arrived at Badlands I saw my first prey. It was Hyper Puffball. It looks like a small black round fluffy puffball with a tail and skinny legs. The Hyper Puffball’s ability to bounce at high speed propels it in straight seemingly random trajectories which actually has a pattern, through careful observation it is possible to anticipate Hyper Puffball’s moves and catch the creature; then turning it into a card. After I received the card I summoned the book and put it inside the binder.
After that I again started to search for a prey. I looked around and finally I spotted a Bubble Horse nearby. The Bubble Horse releases white and red bubbles from its mouth, and shakes them off with his tail. The bubbles spread around and act as a diversion. White bubbles will burst if they come in contact with aura. On the other hand, red bubbles will burst if they touch anything other than aura, if it’s a person in a Zetsu state, or any other object. To counter against this tactic, a player needs to keep track of all bubbles, diverting from them or switching quickly between Zetsu and Ten when contact is inevitable, until they reach the horse and grab it.
Like that I started to hunt the monsters. Next day I already hunted every type of monster found in Badlands. After that I looked at my system and surely it stated I completed the mission.
Now I had to wait till September 14th and then leave the game. I found a tree branch and started to take a nap.