Emile was confused as to why Lucifer would interrupt his training routine. Even though he was confused, he still listened to Lucifers words.

"What happened, do you need help with something," he said as he approached Lucifer who was stroking his gray beard.

"Do you know what Virtual Reality is?" Asked Lucifer as he ignored Emile's comment.

"Yeah, why?" Emile replied.

"I ordered a gaming cabin for you," Lucifer said.

"You know how in VR games, people fight sword to sword and magic to magic and well etc." He continued.

"Yeah," said Emile feeling even more confused than before.

"Well, virtual reality will be a practical tool to fight opponents who could potentially be stronger than you, and you will be able to fight to the death since you can respawn in the game," Said Lucifer excitedly.

"Don't gaming cabins cost, like a lot of money?" Emile asked.

"I saw this game a few years ago, and it was set to be released this year. So I have been saving up money for the game. The game is called Nirvana. I'm pretty sure you've heard of it." Said Lucifer proudly.

"Nirvana!?! Isn't that the game which was set to redefine the VR experience." Said Emile in a shocked tone.

Emile knew that governments around the world worked together to create the game. This made the game have extremely high quality almost life-like.

"It's the very popular one, I've sent your gaming cabin to your apartment. It should have arrived by now," said Lucifer.

"Also one last thing, I better not hear that you've been chickening out of fights or..." Lucifer cut off his words and gave a menacing look towards Emile.

Emile felt shivers run up his spine.

"Yup, I will never cower out" replied Emile in a fast tone.

"Well, that's my boy, I expect big things, so don't disappoint me. Now leave and get your set up ready." Said Lucifer as he walked away to prepare for his class.

Emile left the dojo at a fast pace, not forgetting to give a farewell. He left at a time that was much earlier than he would normally leave since he didn't have any classes today. He chose to take a bus home. Buses have all transferred to using solar-powered energy which helped out the atmosphere.

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The atmosphere has been slowly recovering to what it used to be like. There were many more technologic advancements throughout the world. Phones must be solar powered. This made people's lives a lot easier since the phone can charge during the day and it stores that charge for usage in the night.

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Emile didn't have one of these phones since he couldn't afford it. The bus wasn't very crowded since buses came at 3-minute intervals. The buses were this common since many people live in his city.

As he went into the elevator to go up to his floor he noticed his neighbor running towards the elevator. She was beautiful young-adult with a pretty white face. She had black hair that went down her shoulder.

"Hold the door" Lily yelled at him as her boobs bounced up and down.

He could see her charging at the elevator door while holding a purse in her left hand, so he decided to be a nice person, and press the button to keep the door open.

She entered the elevator.

Thanks...I owe you...something" Lily said as she was gasping for air.

"You owe me a lot of things but you never give anything back." Said Emile with a hint of annoyance.

After the polite talk, he pressed the button to go to the 4th floor. The elevator moved up extremely quickly. The doors opened and Emile and Lily both walked out. Emile used fingerprint scanning to enter his home and gave a farewell towards Lily. She entered her home using the same method and didn't forget to respond to his farewell.

When Emile stepped in, he immediately noticed the gaming cabin which took about a quarter of the room's total space. The wires weren't connected.

Ever since teleportation was invented, delivering anything was extremely easy and efficient. Teleporting humans costs a lot of money since they would need to create a stable wormhole. Most normal people will never be able to teleport anywhere and only the rich had access to human teleportation. The average person would only experience teleportation when an object is delivered to their home.

Emile asked Azure to set up the wire since doing it manually would be very time-consuming. Azure took 15 minutes for it to completely set it up.

To enter the virtual world he would have to lie down on the inside of the cabin. He said "start". He thought nothing happened but it took some time for the cabin to respond.

[Voice recognition activated]

[Please say your name]

"uhh... E-Emile" he stuttered with some shock as he realized that it sounds like an actual person. It wasn't normal for an object to have a voice, usually, it would be a robotic voice but this a genuine human voice.

[Emily? Will you confirm this name]

"no... it's not Emily, its e-me-el, Emile" He quickly corrected the common mistake.

[Emile? Will you confirm this name]

"Yes," he responded back.

[Welcome, Emile, the game server is disconnected. It will reconnect for the first time in 12 hours, 12 minutes and 14 seconds. Please wait patiently]

It was 7:48 am when this announcement was made meaning that the game would go online at 8:00 pm sharp. At this moment, Azure his robot said with a robotic tone, "There is someone standing in front of your door."

Robots were in wide circulation as they could do basically anything with ease. Emile was 20 years old, with Azure living with him for more than half his life. Azure was a gift for his 7th birthday and it stayed with him ever since then. Robots usually didn't cost much but Azure was a robot with voice recognition which costs a lot of money.

Emile walks to his door and checked the peephole to see who it was. It turned out to be his neighbor Lily. He opened the door and asked "What do you need?" confused as to why she was here.

"Can't I just come over, do I really need something to come to you?" said Lily as she pushed him out of the door's way and entered his room. She quickly noticed the gaming cabin.

"You play games? I never knew about this" said Lily with a hint of shock.

"Not really, m-my dad wanted me to gain fighting experience in the game and wanted me to defeat strong opponents," said Emile.

"That does sound like him," said Lily while nodding her head.

"I have one as well so don't forget to add me as a friend" continued Lily.

"Since when did you play games?" Emile said realizing that they barely knew each other.

"I've been playing games for a long time, I'm also kinda famous for being good at games, so I bought the Nirvana gaming cabin as well," She said proudly.

"Hey you want to help me write an essay," asked Emile as he ignored her remarks of being famous.

She sighed knowing that he thought that she was only good at doing school related things.

"Fine" she replied.

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A few hours later...

Lily finally left Emile's home after helping him write an essay for an English class. Emile wasn't very good at writing. It was the complete different for his math knowledge since he is widely acknowledged as a math genius.

He went out to have a meal for lunch and returned with some lunch to give to Lily. He knocked on her door until she opened it, and gave her the lunch.

"You still have a heart, thank you," she said in a happy tone.

"Your welcome" Emile replied back and left as soon as he arrived.

Emile entered his home after that exchange. He wanted to try out the gaming cabin. He said open, in which the thick glass moved out the way leaving an entrance to enter the cabin. He entered and the cabin closed on him.

[There is 6 hours 23 minutes and 16 seconds before the server is reconnected. Please wait patiently]

It said the same thing as the first time so he left the cabin as there was nothing left to do.

He went on his computer to go research the game known as Nirvana. The google searches showed only the hype surrounding the game and had no other information. There was a website for the game which only showed the countdown timer and how it would be a completely free roam game. This would be the first true free-roam virtual reality game.

All the previous VR games had set storylines with PVP arenas being the only multiplayer feature. Creating a game where everyone attempted the same story was extremely preposterous but Nirvana had managed to do it.

The website also mentioned how all player could create their own unique skills. All these claims were unheard of in previous games since it would take an enormous computer to compute different skills and also add skills that were never seen before.

Over 2 billion people bought the gaming cabin meaning that there will be a lot of competition.

All this research took a few hours to find and it was almost time for the server to be reconnected. He entered the gaming cabin with a hint of excitement.

[There is 0 hours 14 minutes and 31 seconds before the server is reconnected. Please wait patiently]