3 Back to the Past! (1/2)
*Kriiiiiing... Pedro noticed his phone that started ringing. He grabbed the phone and saw the name of who was calling. It was Annie.
'Why is Annie calling me? didn't they cut ties with me 6 years ago?' He was a bit hesitant on answering the phone call from Annie after remembering what had happened after the ”God Dragon” killed them 6 years ago. (After that incident, Annie and the other players were so furious that they blamed each other from what happened. This resulted in ruining their friendship and separating in their own ways. This incident gave Pedro a hard time during the start of Bearth and in establishing the Ares Guild despite having a company supporting and sponsoring him.)
'Maybe.. they got the news about me being electrocuted? well... It's kind of them to remember me after everything that had happened.. I guess past is past and we leave it at that.' He was thinking inwardly as he pressed the answer icon on his phone...
”I finally got through!!” Annie muttered with a relieved voice.
”... What's up, Annie?” He asked
”What's up??? ... How can you be so calm, when you almost died in-game?” Annie replied with a confused expression.
”Died in-game??” Pedro was confused and shocked by the reply Annie gave. 'How would I die in-game? From the gist of it, I don't even see a VR Box here in my room. Besides, I have never encountered Annie in Bearth..'
”Is your head kicked by a pony that you lost your memory or something? or you are just messing with me guild leader?” Annie started to become annoyed to Pedro's answers, unsure if he was messing with her or something.
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”...?” Pedro was rendered speechless to the annoyed response of Annie. Analyzing everything that is happening, Pedro became quiet for a moment. 'Died in game?... As far as I can remember, I only died once when I was playing the AVR game that I played with Annie.. and that is the ”God Dragon” experience... However, if that's the case, Annie won't even bother calling me... Else... If I remember correctly, there was also one time when I almost died, luckily I was able to force log out of the game after stalling time for Annie and the gang to escape the ambush by a group of unknown assassin players. and this was around 7 years ago.'
”Hello!? Hello?! You're still there? Hello?!” Annie kept asking as Pedro became quiet...
'It can't be.... ' Still unsure of the current events, Pedro deduced that this is the event where he almost died on the AVR game he played with Annie and the gang 7 years ago.
”Annie, I need to hang up, something just came up!” Pedro immediately ended the call and checked the calendar on his phone. To his surprise, he really deduced it right. It was apparently 7 years ago.