I Live To Play VR-MMORPG

"Not bad, you managed to answer twenty-three out of fifty correctly."

"What? Only twenty-three? I was confident that I could get at least thirty."

Well, I could say Old Man is not bad at learning things. Most important was his willingness to learn, if not I doubt he could even answer ten of the fifty.

"You've done a great job but sadly, still not enough."

"First is number three, why did you answer this?"

"Why? Is it not a subset?"

"Of course it's not..."

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Correcting Old Man mistakes one by one, afterward, I asked him to study again.

Time passed so quickly that I barely have the time to write the code for the Super AI program but it's fine, as it'll be a while before the Items I ordered arrive at James' house.

The store was closed and Old Man went home to continue his study.

At the same time, Father got home and I ate my dinner.

I then take a bath and go to sleep.

Just like that, a day passed.

Waking up the next morning, the same thing happened as yesterday except that I didn't wake up as early as yesterday.

It's raining outside.

I took an umbrella with me and start heading to school.

With the rain pouring hard and strong wind, my clothes were getting wet even with an umbrella.

I tried to walk to school as fast as I could, avoiding getting too wet.

By the time I arrived at the school, most of my clothes are wet.

Without any choice, I can only go to the classroom with my current clothes.

Sitting on my seat with my wet uniform, I noticed that the seat of Micheal was empty.

Hm? He's late?

The rain shouldn't have stopped him as he arrives here by car.

Didn't put my thought too much into that matter, I calmly wait for him to arrive.

Time went on but even after the class has started, there's still no sign of him.

Is he sick?

The next day, it was the same. Micheal was nowhere to be seen.

Unfortunately, even it's next week when we were having a final exam already, Micheal was still not be seen.

I tried asking Teacher if they know about his whereabouts but they don't know either.

They're also worried about Micheal as they have noticed the sudden absence of him.

They tried to contact his parents but no one is picking the phone.

Eating together with Yulia at the canteen since we got out earlier than the others as we finished the exam.

"Where did Micheal go?"

Yulia asked while eating her lunch box.

"I don't know either. He suddenly disappeared."

"Why don't we visit him to see if he's okay."

Hmm... visiting him is a good idea but his place as too far, public transport can't reach that place.

Well, if we pay extra money, he should be willing to bring us there.

Currently, money was not a problem for me as my game "Hero" could produce over two thousand dollars a day, my game isn't dying yet. It'll take a bit more time for them to get bored.

"You want to come? Or I'll check on Micheal myself."

"Well, I could tell Mom to bring us there, you can also come with us."

Hmm... that's a good idea.

"Then we'll go after today's exam over."

After we talked about Micheal, we then ask each other questions regarding Science as the next exam was Science.

This was the benefit of finishing the exam early, you could relax as you eat slowly in the canteen and also spend your time preparing for the next exam.

As time was over, we returned to our class and quietly wait for the Teacher to arrive.

After we're handed the question and answer paper, the exam started.

The questions were easy if I'm not careless and pick the wrong answer without knowing it, I should be able to answer everything correctly.

Double-checking my answer to confirm everything, I then submit my paper.

Since there's no more break time, we're forced to sit inside the class quietly until the exam was over.

Ding dong*

As the bell rang, everyone whether they answered all of the questions or not, they have no choice but to submit their papers.

Once we submitted the papers, we then could go home.

Following Yulia, she then explained to her mother, that she wanted to visit one of her friends.

"Little Micheal haven't returned yet?"

Shake, Shake.

"We'll try to visit him then. There must be a reason for him not coming to school."

Hopping on the motorcycle, we then went to Micheal's place to visit him.

With me and Yulia guiding the way, we easily arrive at the place.

"Woah, this is little Micheal's house?"

"It is beautiful and large but it'll be troublesome to clean and take care of everything."

While Yulia's mother was admiring the giant mansion, I went over to the gate and press the doorbell.

After a while, a maid which I didn't recognize came, bowing politely toward us.

"I'm sorry, May I help you?"

"We're looking for Micheal."

The maid was hesitant for a second, she frowned when she heard Micheal was mentioned.

"I'm sorry but Young Master is busy, he cannot meet you right now."

"If that's all, I'll be leaving."

The maid left without turning back, not even a second to look at us.

"Wait!"

She's not responding at all.

I tried to ring the doorbell again but there's no response whatsoever anymore.

"So, what to do right now? There's no way Micheal is busy."

Yulia is correct. The maid didn't seem like she's telling the truth but then what exactly happened to Micheal?

Sigh*

"There's nothing we can do. We can't barge in to see him or anything."

"So, we're not going to do anything?"

Sigh*

We're not special agents that could jump over the fence, use hook and fly over to the rooftop of the mansion to find Micheal.

"Let's go home first, meanwhile I'll try to come up with an idea."

"Andy, trespassing is a crime."

Yulia's mother warned me, thinking that I want to barge in without permission.

How would I do it anyway, the wall was like four meters tall.

While I couldn't barge in, I could try and search for something.

As I dropped off by Yulia's Mother in front of my house, I thanked her as they left.

Arriving inside the store, I could see Old Man was handling a customer while at the same time, focusing on the book on his hand too.

"I'm back."

"Brat, I'm ready!"

"Alright, I hope this is your last time or else you really have to re-write the entire book without looking at the original book."

For the past few days, the test wasn't going well for him. He got better but my questions got harder too.

In the end, the number of questions kept increasing until three hundred and fifty of the questions right now.

"Got it."

"I'll go get the papers."

Going upstairs, I went to my room to fetch the papers which I have prepared for him beforehand.

A total of over twenty pages that have four hundred questions prepared just for him.

Giving Old Man the papers, he went upstairs to do the test while I watch the store for him.

It'll take him the fastest two hours to finish those questions.

"Welcome!"

While I was watching the store, I also opened the computer using it for my own purpose.

Checking my email, the condition of Hero, and continue writing the code for Super AI.

While writing code, I was constantly thinking about Micheal's situation and what to do about it.

There are a few explanations that I could come up with.

The first possibility would be simple, he was grounded by his mother for some sort of reason. Second, was an unknown family problem. The third would be that Micheal really disappeared.

Wait...

I suddenly remembered the uncomfortable feeling when I heard 'Goodbye' from Micheal.

Don't tell me he really left without telling us the reason?

Closing the notepad, the first thing I did was breach into Balai's harbor computer to get all the information of passengers.

Checking on the day he disappeared which is Sixteenth February, checking the lists of every ferry, I didn't find Micheal's name.

How come? Am I wrong?

Checking one more time but this time, not just normal ferries but private one too.

There I finally found Micheal and it said he's going to Singapore, why?

Breaching into Singapore security then I also found out that he's flying over to Jakarta through Singapore's airport.

I don't know why he went to Jakarta but I know he's currently staying at Jakarta as I can't find him the information about him leaving there.

Either way, It's good to know that he's perfectly fine. It's probably an important family matter that he needs him to be there.

With this information, Yulia shouldn't worry about him anymore but how do I explain to her where do I get the information...

Thinking of a good explanation to fool Yulia, after a while, I can't seem to find a good excuse.

Shaking my head as there's no use thinking about it any longer, I'll just wait until the moment I tell her.

With my uneasiness was gone, I can peacefully write the code for Super AI.

"I'm done!"

Or not...

Old Man has finally finished the test I gave him, it'll take a while for me to check his answers.

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"It's 6 P.M already, you should check them tomorrow and take a rest."

"Yeah, you should go, I'll give the result to you tomorrow."

Old Man returned, and I continue to check another ten questions before I stop to rest.