It was 4:17 PM.
I was coming back from the work, i had no energy left in my frail body all I wanted was to just reach my home quickly and crash on the bed.
The city was beeming with life , but my place was far from the city to the outskirts of it.
My name is Zeke and I'm only 17 years old.
Life is full of difficulties and it's even more difficult for the people like us who are poor , but I ain't that poor i have been saving money working 3 to 4 odd jobs everyday , I have saved a large sum of money if I take this money and go to the city I may be able to live a decent life for a while.
It's out of the question for me to go there because when someone sees a kid with a lot of money moving alone they target him and rob him completely, I learned it the hardway.
Ah! I really miss my days at the orphanage sometimes ,Zeke thought.
But quickly disperse the thought and said ' I don't regret running away from there , I wanted to live freely on my own and thought how hard can it be ' , but reality was far more cruel than I thought it's been 5 years since I ran away from orphanage.
During this time I who thought that the world is a safe place had to learn it in a way I never intended it to .
The once shy and innocent boy was now smart , clever and selfish. I learned that only the strong survives so I had to become to strong in my own way , I had many brushes with the kids of the society they all are wild , I learned how to fight by seeing them , it really hurts when I had to fight someone with this frail body but what can I do .
Even though I have saved a larhe sum of money I never ate lavish meals , I'm just surviving on plain bread, if I had to estimate how much money i have is then it's roughly around 1 million won , it's too much money for a brat who lives in the outskirts , because the work I do was simply illegal , it was to supply drugs and due to that everyday I get a hefty amount here on the outskirts selling drugs was a piece of cake and for the past 2 years I have been doing it , but now I have no interest in doing it anymore.
The reason for this is that tomorrow the first virtual reality game PANDORA will finallybe launched, although I don't know what that game might hold but the creator of this game only said that ' It will be real ' and there will be a proper academy where they will be nurtured.
No one understood what thay mean but they were ready to venture in it.
The biggest surprise was that even the CEO of the big companies around the world were so invested that they officially announced that their children's will enter and explore it.
Zeke thought that with the money he saved up he would be able to buy the gaming capsule but reality was cruel , a single capsule was far from what he could afford and that was the reason for his sour mood.
Zeke wanted to enjoy the game just like the children of the rich will be able to but it seems he will have to think again and save even more so he could afford to buy that capsule , it was 7 times the amount he had .
Zeke was lying on the bed it was at this moment he heard a loud voice of crashing outside , he instantly got up to see what caused such a loud voice in the night.
Zeke was living in a single room flat which was located on the 3rd floor of the building , so he peeked through the window and saw a truck had crashed straight into the nearest street pole.
The driver was unconscious because of the impact , but what caught Zeke's eye was a big parcel on which it was boldly written PANDORA Gaming capsule.
The moment Zeke read that he didn't react although he wanted a gaming capsule for his own , strangely no one from the neighbourhood bothered to check what was the cause of the noise in the night.
People in the outskirts never cared for each other , they already have too much on their plate to be dealt with.
Zeke whose thoughts were in a mess at that moment was quickly thinking that should he go and steal the gaming capsule , Zeke knew it was an opportunity he didn't know where that capsule was going to be delivered .
Zeke quickly went outside he was cautious of his surrounding's he didn't want anyone to see him carrying that capsule back to his room , Zeke was makimg sure that there was no witness .
Zeke slowly approached the driver making sure he was unconcious , Zeke carefully started dragging the capsule back to his room , he was making sure no harm came to the parcel .
Zeke was finding it hard to drag it because of the weight , still he kept dragging he knew that this would completely change his life .
After what felt like eternity Zeke finally reached his room and placed the capsule at the corner and quickly he peeked tbrough the window again.
Zeke knew that he had to move quickly because if anyone appears and saw it will be reported the police.
Zeke quickly took a lighter and a can full of fuel which was kept under his bed and moved out quickly, he carefully approached the truck and dragged the driver out of the vehicle and put him aside.
After that Zeke approached the truck and started pouring fuel on the vehicle from the can he wanted it to look like that it was a natural accident and after that the vehicle caught fire .
Zeke quickly emptied the can and then lit a fire with the lighter and ran away from the scene , now he only had to worry about if the police will investigate.
It was a very crucial and turning point of his life with the help of gaming capsule he will be able to earn a lot more money than before.
Zeke didn't think much and quickly opens the parcel , seeing the Pandora gaming capsule in front of him he was very excited and happy .
Now that the capsule was out all he had to do was connect all the cables accurately and wait until tomorrow when the game will be launched.
It wasn't hard to connect the wires after all there was a guide book which came along so it was done pretty easily .
After assembling the gaming pod Zeke laid down on the bed but his eyes were glued to the Pod , he still couldn't believe that he had one , not that it matters how he got but what matters was that he had one.
Zeke inwardly thought ' he might be one of the luckiest person who will dive in to the depths of PANDORA the moment it is launched ' and that thought made him happy.
When the creator of this game announced that he will create a virtual game where everything will be a reality and will be full of countless adventure's every big and small company laughed and mocked him because this whole project would cost him billions of dollars and it wasn't guaranteed that it will succeed so no one helped him.
After a couple of years passed he revealed to the world his ultimate work he really created a game no on could fanthom , it caused a huge chaos in the world every company around the world wanted to become his patron when he achieved everything because he showed them what can be done in the game.
A realm filled with mysteries , the creatures a human can't fanthom and superpowers with which all the humans can transcend the limits .
Big people around the world started preparing because in the upcoming years this game will decide who will be on the top of both worlds.
Zeke kept staring at the pod until he finally slept and before he knew it was morning and on this particular day Zeke was up he didn feel tired or anything he just wanted to play PANDORA , he didn even make breakfast he wasn't feeling hungry only excotement could be seen on his face.
Zeke kept checking time again and again , 8:00 AM in the morning PANDORA will be launched and only three minutes remain .
Zeke just wanted the time to arrive quickly and soon the time arrived, Zeke open the pod and carefully laid down in it , from the guide book he learned how to operate it so it wasn't hard for him.
Zeke in a careful manner said ' START '.
With that a bright light engulfed him and voice could be heard in his head.
' WELCOME TO PANDORA ' .