My Iyashikei Game Chapter 2: Friendly Neighbour

“Perfect Life is a casual Iyashikei game that will comfort your soul and ease your tension. Here, you will find plenty of laugh out loud scenarios, and heart-warming familial life waiting for you. With hope and bliss as our central tenets, we strive to bring positive energy into every player’s life…”

Time ticked by until 23: 59 when the mechanical voice, that seemed to echo from deep inside Han Fei’s brain, silenced.

“Now you are free to choose your own perfect life.”

A hard, icy surface stimulated Han Fei’s facial muscle. The young man slowly opened his eyes and realized he was lying face down inside an unfamiliar room. The room was about 70 cubic metres in size. The furniture was covered in a thick layer of dust. The wall was mottled with some dark red stains.

“Jesus Christ, the headache. It felt like someone had drilled a hole into the back of my head.”

A light scent of mould filtered into his nostrils; Han Fei could detect everything around him clearly. His senses of smell, sight, hearing, touch and taste were all intact, this gaming world was no different from real life. Sitting dumbly on the ground, Han Fei studied the empty and dilapidated room around him. The room’s layout and furniture style reminded him of an old home. Dust was everywhere which suggested that the place had been vacant for a long time. “So this is my in-game house?” Han Fei stood up, rubbing the back of his head. “Based on the game intro, this should be a life simulator game in the Iyashikei genre. It is an open world game with no fixed plot. It is my freedom to increase my personal level or farm resources. I can even find a virtual girlfriend, to pursue virtual love and relationships.”

Just as Han Fei was considering what to do next, a knock came from the door. Walking through the living room, Han Fei pulled open the anti-theft door. The dim voice-activated light from the corridor filtered into the room, chasing away the silence and loneliness.

“Young man, you’re our new tenant, yes?” A friendly voice travelled from outside the door. A g

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