Versatile: Alternate World

It's been a long while since I have a good and proper sleep. I know that I have been sleeping in the game but that still doesn't have the same impact as sleeping in the real world. I know that sleeping in Alternate World is closely similar to sleeping in the real world but there is just a big difference in it that I can tell what made sleeping in the game a bit underwhelming compared to when you go sleep in real life.

But even so, I don't want to continue lazing around until the time I needed to go back to the game. Currently, I don't need to hurriedly go back to the game. I want to spend a bit of my time to be away from the game until this nighttime when I will go back and log in to continue the quest.

I went to the bathroom and took a bath, making myself a bit refreshed. I also started cooking food for breakfast but no one else came down so I decided to just put the food in the fridge and if someone is hungry, they can just pop it into the oven and reheat it. I made a note and stick it on the refrigerator so that they will know.

Once I am full, I returned to my room and changed into my casual street clothes, and pulled out the bag that is containing the scales and some of the bones. Today is the day I will be making something. With my level of blacksmithing, I am confident in my skills now.

I went to use the car instead of my motorcycle this time around since I will be purchasing lots of things that I will be using for later and the trunk of a car is much more spacious and it will be easier for me to transport them compared to the motorcycle and it makes much more efficient in fuel and time for me.

The place where I am going in the same building that I rented before in the past timeline. Why am I going there? To recreate the workshop in the past timeline.

In the past timeline, I also did have my own workshop. I used that workshop in the past timeline to practice blacksmithing in real life to increase my understanding and proficiency drastically in the game. Since my time in the game in the past timeline is occupied by raids, dungeon runs, and material gathering, I can't concentrate on practicing if I am in the game. Not only that but some players are just tending to be quite annoying and always disturb me whenever I am about to make a time to practice.

Now that my time is not that tight and I already have plenty of experience, and with fewer *ssholes to disturb me, that only makes things much easier for me in progression alone.

When I arrived, it was a coincidence that the owner of the place is currently putting the [For Rent] tag on the shutters of the building. I went out of the car and looked at the building with a smile on my face. Just looking at it made me remember all things that have happened when I have rented this place. But compared to before, this place is much cleaner compared to the past timeline. Perhaps because the time I rented before in the past is a few more years away. I am renting this place at a much earlier time.

The old man who just put the tag on the shutters noticed me and looked at me from head to toe. I still remembered this guy back in the past timeline and although he looks younger right now compared to the past, he still is one big grumpy guy. He is around 40-50 years old. He is a tall man with big muscles and I thought he was a guy who likes to go to the gym and do some workouts. Never expected that he isn't even a guy who likes to go to gyms and is just born that way.

Still, despite that, I know he is a good man. He might be grumpy but he isn't someone that is too grumpy that even you would feel grumpy with his attitude.

"What's your business here?" he furrowed his eyebrows as he crossed his arms.

"You put a "For Rent" tag on the shutters and it was coincidental that I am looking for a place to rent out. Can I rent this place out?"

"As long as you have money to rent this place out, then I have no qualms about you renting this place. For how long are you planning to rent this place out? It's gonna cost you 50,000 yen per month."

"Hmm, then I will rent it for 1 year. I will pay in full cash."

When the owner heard how long I will be renting the place, his eyes went wide for a second before he looked at me like I am a bit insane for doing so.

"Are you sure you are going to rent this place for a year? I don't know what you are about to do but if you plan to open some sort of business then I highly discourage you to rent this place out. Business is slow and any kind of business that opens here will go bankrupt or be forced to close due to the bad location for business. Not only that, but if you plan to live here, it would be much better for you to rent in other places that have a much comfier place than this place. It's more like a dumpster here and it's a bit dangerous here at times since some ruffians and gangsters like to hang out around here. Better spend that money elsewhere, kid."

"Heh, don't worry about it. I am not gonna use this place to open up some business. I am not some entrepreneur and I don't have any expertise in doing any kind of business the reason I am renting this place is for personal reasons. I will be coming here from time to time and I am not gonna live here anyway so everything is fine."

"Are you really sure about this?"

"Yeah, are there any sort of complications in any kind of way?"

"Nothing of that sort. And since you are so adamant on it, then go ahead."

The old guy gave up and he handed me the keys to the locks. I also paid in the full worth of a year of rent.

"If I like it here, then I will extend my rent then."

"Alright, alright. I will get going then."

After that, I went back to my car and put the key on my key chain. With the place secure, the next thing I needed to do is buy the necessary items I needed for recreating the workshop. Since money is no longer an issue, I will buy all the necessary equipment I needed. Just the thought of it made me a little bit nostalgic. Perhaps I am too old all ready for me to be this nostalgic.

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It took me around 3 hours to get all of the equipment I needed to create the most basic workshop. Yes, only the basic workshop. I don't need to go to the advanced workshop for now as I needed to work more on renovating the place for now. That is the main focus for me right now.

When I arrived at the place I rented, what I found instead are some rough-looking guys that seems to spell out trouble. Currently, they are smoking and leaning on the shutters while chatting with one another. They may look like thugs but I am not afraid of them as I am already used to dealing with them. I am not even worried in the slightest about them so I park the car in front of the place and went outside the car while reaching out for the keys for the locks of the shutters.

The guys outside the place are already staring at me and my car with some sort of hostility in their eyes. However, that technique will not work for me. It takes a lot more than that to make me intimidated in any kind of way.

"Oy, brat. This is our turf, what are you doing here?" one of the older-looking thugs is the first to confront me. From the looks of it, he looks like he is the leader of this ragtag group.

"I rented this place, what about it?" I looked at him without showing any hostility. Perhaps I can make some negotiations on them.

"You rented this place? This is a place out of nowhere and a very secluded place, why would you even rent this place?"

"Boss, perhaps he is sent here by one of those "guys" to mess up with us?"

"Yeah, it is close to impossible someone will rent this place just for that!"

The guy who talked first turned to look at me with furrowed brows as he decided to reveal his hostility to me.

"You better turn your back or you will be sorry. I am gonna say that you will regret everything if you continue to go and offend everyone."