Chapter 8: 0008: Meeting with Friends
Eagerly he waited for his friends by killing time doing some light revision for his exam. Thankfully he had already covered the curriculum in his own time due to the absolute incompetence of his teachers. It irritated him and annoyed him to no end but it atleast allowed him to become better.
Soon he heard the door open and was greeted by a taller teenager who almost looked a little too much like dad. Honestly if he had freckles and did not have eczema he could pass off as a younger version of his dad with long hair that was tinted light blue. On his hands were a pair of specially made five point contact gloves that covered his pinky and middle finger. Then it struck him, Dusty had a five point contact quirk.
"Dusty?" He asked curiously.
"Rude." The teen snorted, making Izuku panic. "Greenie, it's me."
"You ass, scaring me like that. God if I called an actual customer dusty they might smack me."
"Wow, calling a paying customer an ass, how professional."
"Shush. Anyways my name is Izuku Midoriya AKA Greenmight."
"Midoriya, that's almost too perfect a last name. Well my IRL tag is Tomura Shigaraki. But that's a little too edgy so call me Tenko."
"Got it, Tenko." Izuku said with a grin. At that moment the door opened again and they were greeted by a girl with green hair and a sharp grin.
"Green, Dusty, you guys?" She asked in anticipation.
"Splitter?" They both asked.
Her smile widened as she tackled them both in a hug. "It is you guys. The name's Setsuna Tokage."
"Nice, I'm Izuku and he's Tenko."
"Are we waiting on Scales?" Almost as if by magic the door opened again.
Greeting them was a lizard with purple hair tied into a ponytail wearing jeans and an Edgeshot T-Shirt. "You guys who I think you are?"
"Yep, Dusty is Tenko, Greenie is Izuku and I'm Splitter AKA Setsuna." She finished by pointing at herself.
"Well the name's Shuichi Iguchi but I do go by the nickname Spinner."
With that they began to talk for a little while getting to know how old everyone was and what they did. Tenko was under an apprenticeship with his 'Dad' and Iguchi was a medical student having been taking a break after getting his medical degree and looking for a job, which was quite difficult for him as a complex mutant. Setsuna was a middle schooler like Izuku about to go into her recommendation exam having been recommended by her Uncle Eco who she liked to hide his identity because he was fond of his private life staying private. She was staying with him as she prepared for the recommendation exam in a couple weeks.
"So Izuku can we try out the games then?" Setsuna asked.
"Yeah, we currently have one game available. It's a single player game called Resident Evil. The first hour is 2250 yen if you choose to get a membership."
"I'll probably just get an Iron membership and an hour." Iguchi replied, heading to the counter to pay.
"Same here," Setsuna responded.
"I'm going to get a Silver Membership. If this mis any good as the original I'll probably be here for a while." Tenko remarked.
"You played the original?" Izuku asked.
"Yeah, only a little though. The game scared me as a kid and I accidentally destroyed a controller and Dad suggested I play when I'm a little older. Mainly because the controllers are super rare."
"That's fair. Did you not have gloves back then?"
"I did but if I got scared enough my quirk could trigger through gloves. It's a stress factor thing because of how I developed my quirk before my dad found me."
"Found you?"
"I'm adopted."
"Cool."
With that they ended the conversation and the three having paid all sat at their respective booths and put on the headset.
As they loaded up the game and got comfortable Izuku looked happily at his menu and saw his quest.
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Hello, Izuku Midoriya (User 0002)
Mission(s) Pending:
Mission Name: Opening Week
Time Remaining for completion: 5 days
Description: You now have a store which the system will be renovating tonight. Open the store within a week and ready for business.
Criteria: [ 1/1 ] Obtain 1 paying customer
[60000/60000 ] Earn 60000 Yen
Rewards: 2 stat point
Drink Unlocked: Coca-Cola Price: 400 yen per bottle
Penalty for the denial or failure of the mission: User will lose allocated stat points.
[Completed]
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"Congratulations Host you finished the quest and the secondary objective as well." The system chimed.
"The secondary objective?" Izuku questioned.
"Fill all three seats at once."
"Can I see the quest for that?"
"Of Course." The system then displayed it infront.
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Hello, Izuku Midoriya (User 0002)
Mission(s) Pending:
Mission Name: Full House
Time Remaining for completion: 4 Days
Description: You have opened the cafe, now try and get all seats filled at once at least once this week.
Criteria: [ 3/3 ] Seats Filled
Rewards: 2 x Hyper Tech Certified Immersion Rigs
Membership Discounts: Drink Discounts
Game Unlocked: Destiny 2: HyperTech Edition
Penalty for the denial or failure of the mission: No Penalty
[Completed]
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"A new game already?" Izuku asked.
"Of Course, variety is needed to make the cafe enjoyable. This one you can play with friends as well."
Izuku's eyes shone. "That's so cool! Wait, how are we gonna sell the coke?"
"Simple the cooler by the reception. People can pay at the till and take a bottle. It's also only 300 yen for members. Also I updated the board. Aren't I great?" She remarked.
"Ahh!" Screamed Setsuna taking off her headset. Her face pale with shock looking over at Izuku. "The hell was that?"
"I forgot to mention. The game is calibrated to be as realistic as possible. That includes dying. Though you did last quite a bit longer than I did, do you feel any different?"
She clenched her fists together and her eyes shone. "I feel stronger."
"Bingo, basically in order to get that realistic feeling it also stimulates the body and that leads to it getting stronger."
"Izuku, that is so overpowered what the hell?"
"It's how it is. Now you wanna play or watch Spinner die?"
"Shit!" Spinner shouted, taking his headset off. "What the hell man? Could you warn me."
"Surprise!" He said snarkily.
"Spinspin you feel any different?" Setsuna asked.
"Spinspin? But wait." With that his eyes also shone. "Dude, I feel stronger. Not a lot but I can feel it."
"It's so cool. Izuku said it's how the game works to make you feel the realistic sensations."
"That is unnaturally overpowered. What the hell but hey I'm gonna get another hour and keep playing." With that Spinner jumped back in.
Tenko was still focused and Izuku was surprised he kept his focus even after dying. Whenever he started to focus he went silent and all he thought about was winning. So Izuku chose not to disturb him.
Everyone was focused on their own games and Izuku chose to try and fight the hunter like his dad had. Slowly sinking into the game for an hour. Until he was notified that Spinner wanted to talk to him.
Taking his headset off he looked at him. "Sup, Spinner what's wrong?"
"I'm going to headout since I need to get a train. But I want us all to take a selfie quickly."
"Definitely."
With that Izuku got the others' attention and together took a selfie posting it onto the group chat to Shockz envy.
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