Chapter 379

Chapter 379

Reincarnated User Manual.

Episode 379: W-IFSS: If This Were A Childhood Friend Story Instead (1)

(The Following Chapters are a What-If Side Story)

What could have made someone who didn’t even like games decide to work for a game company?

Because she majored in programming at university?

Because the gaming industry is a promising field?

Because the employee benefits are rumored to be excellent?

No, none of those.

For Shin Yura, none of that mattered.

Twenty-three years old. A third-year early graduate of Korea University. A woman who, after being unilaterally cut off by her first love, had spent four miserable Christmases alone… None of those reasons meant anything to her.

“Ugh, cigarette smell. Do you smoke? Well… since we’re friends, I won’t tell your mom…”

“What nonsense? I just went to a PC café.”

“Ah…?”

The reason was simply that the person she loved was into games.

Cha Hyun-jun. A boy her age. The childhood friend who lived in the same neighborhood.

And, due to unfortunate circumstances, her first love whom she broke up with. He would always head straight to the PC café after exams.

Back when she first caught an unfamiliar scent on him, Yura was just a middle school girl with no particular interest in games.

Her first thought was: What’s so fun about games, anyway?

She couldn’t understand what was enjoyable about hammering away at a keyboard and mouse, breathing heavily, with bloodshot eyes.

Of course, since so many people were passionate about it, there had to be some kind of charm. But to Yura, holding hands and watching a movie together seemed far more fun than gaming.

“What is it with games, really?”

What was it about games that made them more fun than spending time with a pretty middle school girl like her?

“No matter how I think about it, hanging out with me is way more fun…”

“Can you just leave me alone for a bit?”

“Are you a psychopath?”

“Fucking bitch.”

“…”

Sniff—

Amidst the crowd wearing similar office attire, Yura rubbed her stinging nose and lowered her gaze. She held the employee badge that had recently arrived in a package.

[Peaceton]

She didn’t particularly like the gaming industry’s infamous overtime culture or its nerdy, otaku atmosphere. But this time, she was willing to understand.

Because she never knew what was so fun about games.

Because she absolutely hated the games that stole away their time together.

Shin Yura joined a game company for one reason and one reason only—her first love, whom she could never forget.