Tokyo: Simulation Begins with the Big Sister Next Door

[Current simulation level: 1]

[Simulated Time Corridor: One Year]

[Experience value: 8/10]

[Career Points: 165]

After washing up, An Zeliang dried his hands and looked at the points tally.

165 points. Looks like I can only do one simulation today.

But once is enough.

Do it once today, and again tomorrow. Once you have enough experience to reach 10, the system can be upgraded!

Anze Liang is looking forward to the upgrade.

"I don't want to think about it too much, let's start the simulation." An Zeliang found a comfortable position to lie down and began today's simulation.

After the simulation, I still need to go to school to accumulate points.

Please select your personality type for this career development.

[Option 1, Positive and Upward-Looking: Striving for excellence and having a great mindset]

[Option 2, Detachment from Fame and Fortune: Detachment from fame and fortune, living a simple life]

Option 3, prioritizing profit over righteousness: putting profit first, where profit outweighs righteousness.

[Option 4, Lazy and unwilling to work: Enjoys good food and drink, cannot endure hardship or work hard]

Shuang's current personality has been replaced, and a new, positive personality has emerged.

This personality seems pretty good based on the description!

Compared to the other three personalities, this one is positive and upbeat, and exudes positive energy.

This is the one I'll choose!

[You have chosen a positive and optimistic approach; you will begin the simulation with your current personality.]

Today is Saturday. After you finish washing up, you can leave for school.

You met Nakano-kun, and you went to school together.

In class, even though you already understood the material, you still listened attentively again and actively answered the teacher's questions.

[After the second period of English class, your English teacher, Hayano, called you out and told you not to leave after school, but to go to the arcade to compete against each other, and you didn't refuse.]

After school, since you had no classes in the afternoon, Nakano invited you to a club activity. You were planning to go, but then you remembered that you had just promised Hayano-sensei you would play a game together. So you declined Nakano's invitation and apologized to her.

You waited for a while at the school gate, and then Hayano-sensei came looking for you. You went to the arcade together, and along the way, Hayano-sensei kept bragging about how good he was at gaming.

The arcade was crowded and lively. You and Mr. Hayano looked for a few other arcades, but they were all basically packed.

Looking at the crowded arcade, you think to yourself, "Maybe I could open an arcade too? This industry seems very profitable."

So, what do you choose?

【1: Pool money to open an arcade】

【2: Queueing service, selling seat numbers】

[3: Report this arcade to the police for being unethical]

[4: Drive away a few people, grab a spot, and play games with Hayano-sensei.]

"Hmm? You can choose this option?"

An Zeliang immediately became interested and carefully read through the four route options.

First, we can rule out scalpers.

Reject scalpers, starting with me!

The three options are a bit confusing. Judging from the simulated memories, the arcade didn't have anything illegal, so how could it be considered improper?

The simulated personality might be educated as a crime of making a false police report.

The four options were a bit amusing, and An Zeliang's left hand was starting to go out of control—he wanted to choose!

But if you choose this option, you'll most likely get arrested.

Although four is fun, Anze Liang still chose the more normal one.

Although it's normal, it's actually quite abnormal!

It's outrageous that a high school student would pool their money to open an arcade!

This is Tokyo after all; renting an apartment here costs a lot of money.

An Zeliang wanted to see how this personality would raise the money.

Selection complete, simulation continues.

After you thoroughly humiliated Ms. Hayano, she wasn't satisfied and wanted to challenge you to another round, but you refused and went home to start thinking about opening an arcade.

You think arcades are a good business opportunity because there are very few arcades currently, and each one is very popular.

However, based on your research, you've discovered that opening an arcade requires a significant amount of capital, and you're short on start-up funds.

You didn't get discouraged; you started thinking of ways to raise the money.

You called Chizuru and borrowed money from her under the pretext of buying study materials.

You called your parents back home and asked them for money.

You called your sister and lent her your savings in exchange for granting her any request.

You calculated the money; you were still a little short, but you weren't discouraged. You started staking out other arcades, extorting protection money from people entering.

If anyone doesn't pay you protection money, you won't let them play games, and you'll beat them up.

[You always wear a helmet when collecting protection money, and you're very flexible in your methods, changing arcades every day to collect it. Even if the owner calls the police, they can't catch you.]

[You ran into your classmate Saya while collecting protection money. You discovered she was working a part-time job and guessed she might have a lot of money. So, under the pretext of protecting Saya from being taken advantage of, you collected protection money from her.]

You borrowed money from Nakano and Hoshimiya at school again.

You also borrowed money from Mr. Hayano.

After piecing together the money from various sources, a month later, you finally met the minimum requirements to open an arcade.

"This 'positive and uplifting' attitude is... well, it's like this." An Zeliang was speechless.

I thought being positive and optimistic was a great personality trait, but I never expected him to go to the entrance of someone else's arcade to collect protection money. What a character!

The most unbelievable thing is that they can even collect protection money!

Is Tokyo really that unsafe?

However, considering that someone could be ambushed and killed by a male gunner while under the protection of bodyguards, that does seem a bit suspicious...

[After some time, your arcade opens for business.]

When you first opened, your arcade had many customers and was quite profitable. But after a while, the number of customers decreased.

[After investigating, you discovered it was actually a prank by a competitor.]

They not only solicit customers in front of your store, but also leave strange little notes outside your store and even vandalize your game consoles.

[You were furious, so you started competing with your peers, stealing their customers. And then, under the cover of night, you secretly poured hot water on their money tree, smashed the head of their lucky cat, and destroyed their arcade machines.]

After you were discovered, you got into a fight with their boss offline, and even a dozen of them couldn't defeat you alone.

Your business battle was exceptionally fierce, resulting in bloodshed, and it was only through police intervention that you were able to bring peace.

But you still don't want to let each other go.

After discussing it, you arcade owners decided to hold the competition in a legal way. Whoever loses will have to give up some of their customers and will not be allowed to cause trouble in other arcades.

The competition you've chosen is legal; it's a game competition where we see who has the better gaming skills.

"Is this the legendary business warfare? It's really simple and unpretentious..." An Zeliang exclaimed.

Pouring hot water on a money tree, destroying a game console, real-life bosses having offline solo battles... What a down-to-earth business battle!

However, it is quite effective.

An Zeliang was curious about where the plot would go next.

then.

The simulation continues.

Chapter 56, Section 55: Emphasizing Positive Energy

After arranging a match time with the other arcade owners, you begin practicing the game diligently.

[You stay up late practicing the game, and since you've already learned everything in class during the day, you use your class time to practice the game as well.]

Although the teachers noticed you were playing games during class, you consistently ranked first in weekly tests, so they stopped interfering. Your math teacher even encouraged you to play games, believing it helped stimulate your thinking and relax your mind.

[Ms. Hayano caught you playing games during her English class. She was very angry and taught you to study properly and not to daydream in class... But after watching your gameplay for a while, Ms. Hayano realized that you were really good at it.]

Because your English grades are very good, Mr. Hayano stopped scolding you and even frequently asked you for game strategies.

You are an excellent student in school, excelling in both character and academics; your teachers and classmates all think you are outstanding.

[But after school, you're the little tyrant of the street; nobody dares mess with you, and you're always ready to stand up for others.]

You are a very trustworthy person. If others are bullied, you will step in and teach the perpetrator a lesson.

[Once, Saya encountered a customer who tried to rip her off and even slapped her. After finding the customer, you broke his leg and made him pay ten times the amount of Saya's medical expenses in addition to the original payment.]

Saya was very touched and developed a sense of admiration for you, and she often comes to the arcade to support your business.

"Not bad. This personality is much better than the previous one, at least in this respect," An Zeliang remarked.

The previous personality not only freeloaded off Saya, but also made her pay for the room; it was simply outrageous.

This time, the person's character is much better; at least the protection money won't be taken for nothing.

Indeed, being positive and optimistic is quite inspiring!