Chapter 0: The Prologue.

Just a little bit more... I need to shoot this ball at the Goal. If I shoot this, we win!

[All right guys!! There is barely any time left! With a Keeper remaining defending the Goal. Can the Perez High win? Or will both teams enter Injury time?]

Damn it! The time left is barely a minute. If we enter injury time there is high chance we will lose! Must shoot! Must shoot this ball!

The keeper leaped towards me and tried to catch the ball. I jumped to jumped to evade the keeper.

There's no one left guarding the ball.

I made a header to make a score.

Did I made make it? Did I made a score?

I looked at the referee and waited for the whistle. The referee looked at the watch. After confirming it, he blows the whistle.

"HEELLLLL YEEEEAAAHHHHHH!"

We won! We WON!!!

[Gooaaallll! Perez high wins today and will advance to the semi-finals! Congratulations!]

After the awarding ceremony, I, Robert Tennyson, walked back home with my little sister who had been watching with the audiences.

"You were so great Robert! No one could defeat you on soccer. If you train hard, you could not only become the team's ace, you could also become the team's captain."

"What are you talking about Anne? There are many players in the world who are greater than me. Besides, you do know that I still have "him” as a rival on those two positions right?"

"He could match you, sure, but could never defeat you."

I patted my little sister's head as she replied like that.

We were about to cross the road when my little sister run off the road saying "Come and catch me!". The traffic lights were red of course but I saw a truck that continued speeding. I noticed that the truck was not slowing down and the driver was about to hit my little sister.

"NO!"

By the time I noticed myself, I was already running to save my little sister. I pushed her so that she could be safe.

Thank God I was able to save her.

Anne looked at me, terrified, and I smiled as I looked at her. I was blinded by bright light but after that, it was suddenly dark.

Running on the field with my friends we all laughed because of winning that last game.

However, they were suddenly picking up speed and I was not able to catch up with them. I tried to shout up "WAIT!" but no voice could be heard

I was gradually swallowed by the darkness while my friends were running into the light.

I awoke in an unfamiliar place. My shirt was soaked with a large amount of sweat.

"Where am I?"

I tried to stand up from my bed but I couldn't move my legs so I fell down in my bed instead.

"Huh? W-what happened?"

I tried to raise my leg but it was no use.

I can't couldn’t move my legs. Damn it what happened to me? Is this a dream? If it is, then I better wake up.

The door was opened. A nurse finds me and carried me back into my bed. (The door opened and a nurse walked into my room. She found me and helped me back to my bed

"What happened ah you are awake. Are you alright?"

"I guess so. But wait, what happened to me? Why can't I move my legs?"

"Two days ago, you saved your little sister from a truck, remember? But by doing that you've paralyzed your leg and cannot move."

I remember what happened to me and my little sister.

But wait is she alright?

"Is my little sister alright?"

"Yes she is, though she only has scratches when you pushed her. Other than that she have has no major injuries"

Thank God. At least, at least she was saved.

"Just take some rest for now. Your parents will come back here later."

She continues doing her Job by cleaning my room.

But... I'm paralyzed huh. With this feet this leg of mine, all of my dreams are over.

I continued to look outside my window until my little sister came to my room.

"Ahhh... You came. How are you Anne?"

She starts crying after I asked her.

She must be feeling guilty after what happened to me.

"I-I'm s-so *sniff* sorry Robert *sniff*. Because of *sniff* me, your *sniff* body is *sniff* paralyzed."

"Don't worry about it. At least you're safe."

"B-but It shou-"

"I told you not to worry about it right? Come here and I'll pat you in the head."

She hugged me while crying. I'm patting her head to calm her down.

"So you've awaken."

"Dad..."

My dad went in my room after my little sister calmed down.

"How are you feeling?"

"I'm feeling weak on my upper body. And I can't feel anything in my leg."

I don't even feel the weight of it.

"Let me get straight to the point. Quit the soccer club."

"Huh"

It's not me who was surprised but my little sister.

"Don't worry Dad. I was already planning to anyway."

"Good."

"Wait! Wait! Why so suddenly? Is it because of Robert's injury?"

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My little sister starts her outburst.

"Isn't obvious?"

"Father, let me handle this."

My little sister looks to me.

"Robert, why aren’t you not shocked about this?"

"Because... A soccer player's life is his legs right? If a soccer player damages his or her leg or any part of the lower body, it might as well be the end it’s life."

"Can't you just go into operation? We have lots of money right? After all, father is a tycoon."

She's right. We're rich. But, there are some things that money can't buy.

"Even if I undergo therapy and managed to walk and run again, I cannot continue my career as a soccer player."

"But-"

"There's nothing I can do about it. If you want to make me happy then you should become a successful person."

I smiled at her and tried to hug her but she ran away while crying. But as she open the door, she bumped into a man in a brown suit who is our brother, Gary. She then continued running

"Gary! Why are you here? Didn't I told tell/ask you to handle the meeting for today?"

"The meeting ended early today. Besides, is there a problem in visiting my little brother?"

Gary looked towards me.

"How are you?"

"I'm fine."

"Did you and Pops already talked about quitting?"

"We did."

"Good"

Gary was searching something in his pockets

"I have a proposition to for you. Why won't you try this?"

He handed me couple of papers and I read them one by one.

The contents are were basically:

The Capsule, a capsule like place where you can enter the VR world

VRMMORPG Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game

Royal Road. VRMMORPG a place where you can could be a king or even an emperor.

Thousands of different classes. More than a hundred races. And millions of different Jobs.

"Do you like it?"

I played RPG when I was a child but since I started to have interest on soccer I stopped playing it so that I could have more time in soccer.

"Not bad"

The game was not bad so far. VRs makes VR made all games more excitement exciting.

"So do you want to have it? I will guarantee you that your money will not be used for this."

Geez I do not worry about money... Why are you always like this?

"Before I make the deal... Why are you doing this for me?"

It's not really suspicious but I just wanted to know the reason.

"The answer will be pretty much the same why you saved Anne two days earlier."

"Ahh."

I just wanted to. That sums why I saved Anne that day.

"OK I'll take it."

At 6:30PM, I saw my door opening

"Hey."

"Alex, you came..."

Alex was in the same year as me; we grew up together, played in the same team and for the same position. We had similar interest. He is the “man” whom I could call my greatest friend yet my strongest foe, my childhood rival/friend Alexander Anderson.

"How are you Robert?"

"I'm fine. But if you ask me if I can still continue soccer, well I cannot."

He became serious when he heard my answer.

"....Is your injury really that serious?"

"I would be lying if I said no. My legs were paralyzed to the point that I need to undergo therapy. And you know that therapy cannot return the state of the body before, like me, after an accident."

He get got quite for a time then...

"I see.... Then I'll quit too."

Huh? Did I heard hear that right.

"Care to repeat what you said?"

"I will say it as many times as you want. I'll quit too."

"Are you serious about this about this?"

"Dead serious."

"Why?"

"Because the only reason I joined soccer was to compete and to also play with you."

"Aren't there more people who are better than me? Why don't you play with them?"

"Why would I? Besides, I already said that I will quit to coach if you can't to continue playing."

"You did? When?"

"While you were still sleeping."

That "sleeping" probably meant about that time while I was still out.

"I see... *Sigh* I can't do anything about that."

I slapped my head with my hand

"That's right so don't bother wasting your energy."

Oh yeah... He said that he want to play with me right? So why not recommending "that"?

"Do you still want to play with me even if I'm like this?"

"Of course"

Tch... This stupid guy... He said yes without even thinking about it.

"Why not play with this?"

I handed him the couple of papers my brother gave to me. He read it thoroughly after getting the papers.

"Hmmm."

"What do you think?"

"If you think that this is fun... Then why not?"

"All right! Alex, let's have some fun!"

I raised my fist to him

"Sure!"

And he raises his fist to me in return.