June 1st. The day the game, OtherWorld, gets released. If you still haven't noticed, it's the MMO I've worked on. Of course, I'm also excited for the game, not only because I wanna see my name in the credits, but also because I get to go to another world! I'm the only one, besides the devs, that knows about it though. Although Ryouta never gave me a straight answer, I'm already sure of it; just look at that name! With the release of the game is also the release of the first ever full-body "VR machine". Of course, I already preordered mine and had it delivered as soon as possible, so it just arrived this morning. After eating and taking a bath, I immediately dive in to my new machine.

"Fuuuu! I'm so excited for this! I don't think I'll be getting out after going in! Should I take a whole year vacation? Yeah, let's do that!"

With work literally out of the way, I immediately dive in (again) to my new machine. Let's do this!

When I open my eyes, I'm standing in a white room. Huh? This didn't happen before. Oh! This must be like that scene in K*nos*ba where the main character is bestowed a wish by a goddess. Although I doubt the same is gonna happen here. This is probably where you can create your own character with the help of a guide or something. Speaking of the guide…

"Welcome to OtherWorld! I am Alyssa, your gui- wait a minute! You already have a character?! Next!"

"Wait what?! That's it?! What if I don't like my character?"

"Then remove your wristband and try again! Next!"

"But I can't remove my wristband!"

"Then suck it up and play your character! Next!"

"Ugh, why are you so rude?!"

"Look, kid! I'm tired of whiney bastards like you. I've been dealing with you lot for the past 2 hours and I can't bear it anymore!"

"Who are you calling kid?! For your info, I'm already 25 years old! *buffs chest* I bet I'm even older than you! And if you hate this so much, why do it?!"

"Hahaha, 25?! Try 240! And I do this not because I want to, but I get paid to. Life is hard, y'know."

"You're a ghost! What could they possibly pay you?"

"I'm not a ghost, I'm a high elf! This is just my projection! And for your info, they pay me in gold per hour! Per hour! Not per day or per month, but per hour! You know how much that is- you know what, you won't understand. Why am I trying to argue with a kid?!"

"You know, you don't have to argue if you quit your job…"

"You know what, you're right! I quit! To hell with this! I already earned enough money anyways. I'll start a new life somewhere else so I don't have to deal with you lot! Rose, take over for me from now on!"

Fufufu… she's cute when she's angry. Wait, did I just say cute?! Oh no! What's happening to me? What did she do to me?! Did she awaken my hidden lust for elves? But she's old! But she's cute! But she's annoying! But those… *boing* Oh no! Noooo! I'm really changing! Someone help me! I'll never be the same ever again! Noooooooo!

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With that, I start my adventures in another world.

"Ahh… I can never get tired of this view."

I am once again at the spot where I logged out last time. Speaking of last time, my character is still the character I created. Wait… does that mean?! I quickly check my Character screen.

"It is! It's still my character with all the OP stats! I don't know what to feel about this! I mean, wouldn't anyone be happy being immediately strong in another world?! But then… wouldn't I be going against what I am? I find exploits to prevent these kind of things, but I then use exploits to get ahead of everyone else. Isn't that just dishonest? … Nah, it should be fine! It's the devs' fault anyways; they forgot to purge their servers before release! Or do they even have servers if it's a real otherworld instead of a virtual one? Well, it doesn't matter. Now, let's see what max stats can do."

I go to a fairly remote area in the plains to test out my powers. By the way, even though I already have max stats, I'm still level 1, so I don't have any skills yet. I don’t have any magic skills either. The only attacks I can do are only everything I can do in the real world, like punching. So I try punching the floor to test my strength.

*BOOOOOMMMM*

I'm now standing in a crater I created just using my fist. You wanna know how big it is? To put it into perspective: Imagine a big salad bowl used for serving salad. Now put half a peanut at the bottom in the middle of the bowl. That peanut would be me, and the bowl would be the crater. And that's just with a punch, an attack considered really weak in any games. Imagine if I instead use a skill, say a fireball, or even a high-level skill, like a meteor! Would it even be possible to destroy the whole planet?! I shiver just thinking about it.

Anyways, I really want to, if possible, tune down my strength. And I want it fast! I can't keep going like this when I can destroy everything just by fighting monsters. I especially like this place!

So, what are my options? Well, if I remember correctly, there's a function in the CharacterManager code to edit any character. Maybe I can use that? Since my character was brought here through my wristband, maybe my Dev Mode would also be with me? I click on the wristband to open the main menu and click the Options… Nope, no more dev options anywhere in the menu.

Am I really gonna be stuck this powerful? Would I be like that king with the golden hand but can't touch anything? No, I won't let it be like this! There must be a solution! Or, better yet, an exploit! If there is an exploit, I can and will find it! I probably won't find any exploits with the wristband (since I've already found and reported all except one of them) so I must find exploits of this world. But first, I must gather some information. That first town that I visited should be a good start.

I run back to the top of the hill I spawned in and down to the town entrance in less than 5 secs.