Ch. 25 2nd Regular Meeting
by AfuhfuihgsTime flew by, and the collaboration date between LEORE and Moms Touch was fast approaching.
During that time, I cleared dungeons with the Arang Arang Party at a rapid pace. With each run, our equipment started to come together. My equipment stats were on a completely different level compared to when I first reached max level.
The equipment was satisfying just to look at. However, even this gear was considered trash compared to Raid equipment.
Raid equipment had additional options attached to job skills, or even skills attached directly to the equipment. Therefore, there was no single fixed setup; various builds were possible.
LEORE was said to be excellent at tailoring such equipment to one’s taste, which is why I was very much looking forward to the Raid.
Older Sister Anna said that she had personally resolved the Moms Touch authentication issue. So, on the day of the collaboration, I just needed to leave with Anna and the Doctor Unnie.
At this point, I was curious about what Anna Unnie’s family did. No matter how rich they were, I couldn’t imagine how Anna could solve the Endoflife terminal authentication issue in LEORE. Were they not just rich, but incredibly rich?
Whatever it was, it was a good thing, right? Anna said that I just needed to go to the store comfortably and wear the necklace choker she had prepared, and the authentication would happen automatically.
I diligently wrote a post in the Arang Arang Chatroom that Soonchu had created.
[Notice of Regular Meeting due to Moms Touch Collaboration Tomorrow]
Everyone, please gather in front of the Moms Touch Songpa District Branch by 8 PM tomorrow.
Please click the link below for the exact location.
(Link)
There is nothing in particular to prepare. Please everyone, don’t be late.
As soon as I posted in the chatroom, Soonchu read it and replied. It wasn’t a Guild Gathering, but a Party Gathering with those who had cleared dungeons together. On top of that, there was the Moms Touch collaboration, so it was a real feast.
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Regular Meeting Day. As soon as I woke up, I didn’t log into LEORE and waited for Anna and the Doctor Unnie.
Not long after I woke up, Anna and the Doctor Unnie arrived. Anna was as beautiful as always, and the Doctor Unnie came wearing everyday clothes instead of a doctor’s gown.
Come to think of it, it would be strange to go outside wearing a doctor’s gown.
Perhaps because we were going out, Anna came in pulling a wheelchair.
But what was that?
There was a large box-like thing on the wheelchair.
Anna greeted me, then shut down my Endoflife terminal and brought me back to reality.
First, Anna Unnie and the Doctor Unnie diligently washed and groomed me.
“Arang, these are prosthetic arms and legs. You know that, right?”
What came out of the box on the wheelchair was none other than prosthetic arms and legs. I was suddenly flustered when they came out, but they were quite nice-looking prosthetic arms and legs.
First of all, the prosthetic arms and legs looked like ball-jointed limbs. They didn’t just look like machines; from a distance, they really looked like human hands and feet. Of course, if you looked closely, you could see all the joints like a doll.
“This is linked to the choker that Arang will wear for authentication. So, if Arang thinks about wanting to move, you’ll be able to move. So, can you try to make an effort?”
As expected, it didn’t make sense that there wouldn’t be such prosthetic arms and legs in a technology with a virtual world.
Anna Unnie and the Doctor Unnie carefully attached the prosthetic arms and legs to my amputated parts.
Originally, prosthetic arms and legs were useless to Arang. Due to the illness, the nerves in my arms and legs were completely damaged, and even my brain knew that, so I couldn’t even think about moving my limbs, so the prosthetic arms and legs couldn’t move.
But what about now?
I felt the choker on my neck, and saw the appearance of the prosthetic arms and legs that looked like dolls.
“Do you want to try moving…?”
At Anna Unnie’s words, I tried to move my prosthetic arm, thinking about opening the menu window like I did in LEORE, but as expected, it didn’t move.
I recognized it in my brain, but it felt like something was blocking it. Perhaps what was blocking it was Arang’s remaining emotions.
Ignoring that, I squeezed my eyes shut and focused to move my prosthetic arm.
At that moment.
Twitch.
Very slightly, not even 1cm, but it did move.
“Ah, Arang…!”
“It’s a miracle…”
The problem was that my brain ached strongly with that brief twitch of less than 1cm.
It was a pain similar to when I was doing LEORE and excessively putting information in my brain, but also different.
“Ugh…”
“Arang, are you okay!? D, don’t overdo it!”
“Arangnim, take a deep breath.”
The Doctor Unnie slightly adjusted the choker on my neck, and the headache disappeared in an instant. Instead, the feeling of being connected to the prosthetic arms and legs vanished just as quickly.
“For now, it’s a good sign that you moved even a little bit. It seems like the pain is coming because Arangnim’s nerves haven’t completely healed yet. It seems like you still need more rest.”
Hmm… It seems like it’s still a long way off before I can use the prosthetic arms and legs as I want. I can speak relatively well, but I really can’t estimate when this will happen.
Still, since I have prosthetic arms and legs, I’m starting to look like a person now. Frankly, when I didn’t have arms and legs, I wasn’t human-like enough that bad words came to mind.
Anna Unnie put black opera gloves that came up to my shoulders and black stockings on top of the prosthetic arms and legs.
When I put on all the clothes like that, it became quite plausible. Now, instead of just looking like a person, I really look like a person.
But the last remaining problem is my face. Except for my face, I’ve become a person, but when I look at the expression on my face, it’s so expressionless that I think I’m a doll.
With much difficulty, the preparations for going out were finished, and with the help of Anna Unnie and the Doctor Unnie, I, in the wheelchair, headed out of the hospital for the first time since waking up as Arang.
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LEORE and Moms Touch Collaboration Day.
7:30 AM.
Kang Hangil, who had arrived 30 minutes early to the meeting place, checked his phone to find Soonchu, who had already posted in the chatroom that she had arrived.
Even though there were still 1 hour and 30 minutes left until opening, people were already lining up in front of the Moms Touch store, perhaps because it was in Seoul.
While Kang Hangil was wondering how to find Soonchu, someone tapped him on the shoulder.
When he turned his head, there was a very beautiful woman. He tilted his head for a moment at the subtly familiar face, then immediately realized who it was.
“Are you Soonchu-nim?”
“Hello~ I’m Yu Eunji! Please take care of me, Hangil-nim~”
“Hello. But how did you know it was me?”
“No. You look so much like your LEORE character, who wouldn’t recognize you?”
“But I was wearing sunglasses, a hat, and a mask.”
“That’s why I know even more! There aren’t many people here with Hangil-nim’s physique.”
“Ah… That’s true. You’re right.”
While Kang Hangil and Yu Eunji were talking, Pink Berry, Lee Hayan, approached.
“Ah, hello…”
“Ah! Hayan-a, welcome!”
“O, Older Sister, hello. Hangil-nim, hello too…”
“Hello.”
Kang Hangil bowed his head and greeted them, then looked at Yu Eunji and Lee Hayan. They were all beautiful people.
They looked almost exactly the same as they did in LEORE, with no difference. In particular, women often changed their appearance when playing LEORE, but they were the same in reality and in LEORE.
‘The viewers will be envious.’
Kang Hangil was famous as a streamer and Ryutuber, but he didn’t have that many relationships with women.
This was because the number of women who seriously created or joined a GuildRaid Group to play LEORE Raid content was very, very small.
Even this time, when it was announced that there would be an Arang Arang Gathering, everyone was so envious.
Ting.
Everyone’s phone rang with an alarm sound, and everyone checked their phones.
It was a message from Arang. But the author was Arang’s Older Sister, Lee Anna. The message was that they had almost arrived.
Kang Hangil and Yu Eunji swallowed their saliva and became nervous at the message.
This was because they had heard about Arang’s shocking situation from Lee Hayan after the gathering was confirmed. It was still hard to accept that Arang was still so sick and in that situation.
That a 15-year-old young girl was in such a painful, difficult, and terrible situation.
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Wow… As soon as I came out of the hospital, I felt both novelty and familiarity.
Even though there was a big difference in years from when I was around, the surrounding streets and people hadn’t changed much.
What surprised me were the various electronic displays attached to the buildings. They were neat and felt like a futuristic city. But other than that, not much had changed, and what I felt had changed were the cars?
All the passing cars were cars I had never seen before. Are those the cars of the future?
“We’re here, Arang.”
At Anna Unnie’s words, I looked ahead.
One man and two women in front of me.
There was Kang Hangil-nim, who looked bigger than I had seen in LEORE, Anna Unnie’s friend Soonchu Unnie, and Hayan Unnie, who I had seen at the first Regular Meeting.
I put on the brightest expression I could.
“H… el… lo… ev… ery… one…”
I greeted them while saying the longest words I had ever said in reality, and the expressions of the Arang Arang Party members distorted at my welcome.
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