I Live To Play VR-MMORPG

Chapter 38 - 37

[Helna's POV]

"So, tell me. Where did you get this?"

"I don't know his name, but it's one of your classmates. He's the one that gave me that doc.u.ments."

"One of my classmates? Is it a girl or a boy?"

"A boy."

"Tall or short?"

"Taller than me."

"Is he like, very scary?"

Nod.

Wow, it's actually Andy who was behind all of this.

"Why did you help him though? You're a senior, don't tell me he threaten you do things for him?"

"A-actually... he offered me a huge sum of money."

Hearing the word money, my eyes brighten up. That word never disappoints me, ever.

The only disappointment is that I don't have it.

"How much are we talking about?"

"Five hundred thousand."

"What?!?"

That's a lot of money. It's almost three months worth of my pocket money.

Since when Andy is that rich? I thought he was as poor as me.

"What did he ask you to do again?"

"Um, talk with you and the other girls as described in the doc.u.ments."

I wasn't convinced at all, growing up in a poor family, I know how hard is it to earn that amount of money.

Is there a job which was that easy and earns you a lot of money?

"Did he tricks you? Does he even have the money?"

"He does! He even handed me a hundred thousand already. Once I finish the job he asked me, he'll hand the rest over."

My bait succeded. Gelvin even innocently showed the hundred thousand rupiah paper to her, afraid that I don't believe his words.

Hmm... giving one hundred thousand to a stranger in advance. It really feels like he doesn't care about that amount of money at all.

Or maybe he's just pretending to be rich?

Either way, this is a good opportunity to earn some easy cash.

"How about we split half and half? You don't tell anyone and I won't tell anyone either."

"Eh?!?"

"Or would you rather me give this doc.u.ment to a teacher?"

"A-alright, I'll split it with you. So, please return the doc.u.ments, please?"

Gelvin pitifully pleaded at me, but there's no way I'm returning it.

Do you think I'm stupid? It's the only thing I can use it against you.

"No thanks, I'll return it to you once I receive my money."

"Understood."

"Good boy. See you later."

I deviously smiled at him, leaving the area as I humming happily.

Honestly, he's very stupid compared to what I imagined.

What top student? He still got outdone by me.

In the end, not only I secured easy money for myself, but I also found out something interesting about Andy.

It's either he's pretending to be rich or he's really rich.

Either way, I have found another guy to leech off at.

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[Andy's POV]

Achoo*

"What's wrong?"

"N-nothing. My nose suddenly got itchy. Do you have any questions left?"

"I think we'll stop here, because of you, we have almost finished reviewing a semester worth knowledge for the past few days."

Yulia was holding her head in stress while she was processing all of my explanation in her head.

Well, they're all basics of the basics.

Unfortunately, it won't be long that I could explain everything.

After we finish primary school and entered high school, I'll be doomed.

I've never gone to high school in my past life so it'll be a new experience for me.

New subjects and knowledge will be introduced and they'll be unfamiliar to me as I've never studied them before.

I won't be troubled with human anatomy, basic physics, and basic chemistry as I've learned them before.

Oh yes, English should be fine too.

Math... I'll be fine as long as there's no big number involved.

Other than all I've mentioned, I will have to really study them.

Ding Dong*

Ah, the break-time is over. I hope he finished his job already.

He should have met all of them already even if he tries to find one of the girls.

They stick together like glue during the break-time.

Let's see, Helna has returned.

I looked at her expression but I noticed something that's familiar on her hand, switching attention on that, Helna's lip slightly curved forming a devious smile.

At this time I realized that the one she's holding should be the doc.u.ment I gave to Gelvin.

He screwed up, didn't he?

Pretending to not notice there was something amiss, I only smiled back at her.

Meanwhile...

'What's wrong with him?! I've been seeking your attention for so long, but never I got your attention.'

Andy was too busy, keeping an eye on the girls and Helna that he didn't notice someone was glaring at him.

Well, it's not Andy's fault, to begin with.

She's the one that kept being stealthy despite wanted the attention of Andy.

'S-She only smiled once and you notice her?!'

"What's wrong Sheila?"

"Nothing!"

"Eh? Why are you suddenly mad. You keep staring at someone, do you like him or something?"

"What? No! I wanted to hit him so badly. He actually ditches me when I try to help him. Now, I'm very furious at him!"

"I-I can see it. How about you speak with him directly instead of secretly staring at him?"

"I definitely won't forgive him if he doesn't talk to me himself."

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Sh*t, I hope that only Helna discovered Gelvin's ulterior motive or else my plan will be ruined.

That idiot how did the doc.u.ment ended up in her hand.

I should have given him more warnings so that he would be careful with his surroundings.

The school proceeds as usual. I listened to the lecture as attentive as possible so that I spend less time on studying when the exam arrived.

After the school is over, suprisingly Helna didn't come to find me. I expected her to confront me, asking me a bunch of questions.

I guess she's not that simple-minded? or maybe she's planning to give the doc.u.ment to a teacher?

It's much better if she does that. I can just deny that it's mine as there's no evidence that I own it.

Arriving at home, Old Man was busy drawing on paper.

It's been two months? Anyway, many things have happened since my arrival.

Old Man who was supposed lazing around, sleeping while waiting for the customer comes to his store was now diligently studying something he's interested in.

I'm wondering if he should keep this store running.

I doubt he's lacking money, even though he is I'm more willing to help him.

He helped me a lot in my past life how could I not help him?

"Oi Old Man, I wonder. Why do you keep this store open? The earnings of your internet cafe are not enough for you to use is it?"

"Huh? Why suddenly ask such questions?"

Old Man didn't even spare his attention to see me, his focus on his drawing was amazing.

"This store doesn't even have many customers? How long has it been that you restock things on the shelf?"

"Many customers or not, even though there's no earning, I'm keeping this store running no matter what."

"Why?"

"Someone told me to."

Eccentric answer as always. As long as you're happy with it then.

"Want to use the computer? I'll move to another place."

"Y-yeah, thanks."

I just wanted to check if James replies to my mail though.

...

Still no response from James

How about I break into his house this Saturday after school.

Yeah, I'll try anything that's possible.

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The next day after club activities, I directly took an oplet and asked him to bring me to James' house.

This time I won't make the same mistake.

I asked the driver to stay. To tempt him to stay, I said I'll pay for his food and even pay him extra money for his time while he enjoys himself at the beach.

There's no way he would reject my offer.

Finally, I can work on the supercomputer. I have been waiting for a long time for this.

Engineering wasn't my best suit, but that exactly what interested me.

Using what I've seen and know from my past life I tried to create my own version of a supercomputer.

To be precise, a vessel for the Artificial Intelligent program I have created.

Anyway, time to break into the house.

Checking the surroundings was the first thing I did, making sure there was no one around.

After confirming there was no one around, I climbed over the gate.

Hopping down on the other side, makes me feels like I'm doing something that I shouldn't do.

Just so you know, this is the first time I tried to break into someone's house.

Walking to the door, I tried to open it. Obviously, it was locked.

Sigh*

Is ramming the door open the only option left?

Looking around to see if there's another place I could enter from, I've found nothing. The windows are locked from inside and there's no way for me to open it.

I can't return back empty-handed. Eventually decided to solve the problem with force by ramming the front door open.

I know how to fix door so it'll be fine.

One...

Two...

Three...

Bang*

The door didn't budge.

I tried again and again.

The door still remained perfectly still.

...

I think I expected too much from this body.

Despite having muscles, a kid was still a kid. It's a fact that cannot be changed.