Video Game Tycoon in Tokyo-Chapter 886: Caught in the Act

In Takayuki's heart, Final Fantasy VII Remake was a love letter to the players who had once loved this game.

As the game ushered in a new era, it also gave old players a chance to make up for the regrets of the past.

This time, perhaps, history would be rewritten.

And this game was also the hottest one in recent times.

The situation at Micfo wasn't rare.

When the release day of Final Fantasy VII Remake arrived, many places around the world saw players calling in sick en masse.

Their reasons were, naturally, varied. Few dared to directly admit that they were taking the day off to play a game.

Among them, especially adults in their twenties and thirties.

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They had experienced the charm of Final Fantasy VII during their youthful and energetic years, leaving a deep impression on them.

And when the game was officially released, seeing high-definition versions of characters like Cloud, Tifa, Aerith, and others, some were so moved that they shed tears.

It was their youth.

It was their childhood.

In a bustling city, a man in his thirties practically rushed out of his company. He drove his car quickly out of the company parking lot.

"Hey, honey, I'll be home a bit later today, I'm swamped with work, go ahead and eat, don't wait for me."

"Yeah, yeah, I'm just working with some colleagues."

"Don't worry, I won't be hungry. Love you!"

He hung up the phone and turned a corner down the street, heading in the opposite direction of his workplace and home.

"Aerith, Tifa, I'm coming!"

The man's eyes were full of determination.

It was the second day since he got Final Fantasy VII Remake. On the first day, he had completed the first five Chapters and had already reached a major plot point.

He was already very familiar with the game's background.

It was set in a magical world where an energy called Mako powered the world. The megacorporation Shinra controlled this energy, much like how humans extract oil in the real world, using Mako as a power source.

However, unlike the real world's oil, using Mako in the Final Fantasy VII story would gradually push the world's civilization toward destruction.

The protagonist, Cloud, was a Shinra soldier who had gone through many trials. Eventually, he chose to leave Shinra and become an independent mercenary, working for money, accepting any job as long as the pay was good.

As the story unfolded, Cloud would uncover the secrets inside him and meet some great friends.

Among them were two key female characters, one named Aerith, and the other Tifa.

The man remembered when he first played Final Fantasy VII, he had considered Aerith and Tifa to be his personal goddesses.

At the time, he thought that if he could have one of them as a wife, he'd be happy for life.

However, reality was different—he could never find a woman like those goddesses in the game.

Still, he loved his wife now, though perhaps, due to the seven-year itch, it had become harder for him to recapture the feelings of the past.

It wasn't until Final Fantasy VII Remake was released that he suddenly felt that youthful excitement again.

So, to play the game without any distractions, he specifically rented an apartment just to play it.

This apartment was his sanctuary, a place where he could forget all the mundane worries of life and immerse himself in the joy of gaming.

Of course, he couldn't tell his wife the real reason.

So, he lied to her, saying he was busy at work, when in fact, he was off to his rented apartment to play the game.

He was even considering whether he should rent this apartment long-term, turning it into his permanent hideout.

Yes, that was settled!

Excited, he drove to his rented apartment.

However, little did he know, every move he made had already been observed by his wife.

When his wife noticed he was late coming home for the first time, she became suspicious. She called one of his colleagues, asking when her husband would be back.

What she found out was that her husband hadn't been working overtime at all, and had been leaving the company early every day.

Her heart sank. Her husband had been lying to her.

But... why was he lying?

Could it be... that he was having an affair?

She couldn't think of any other reason.

This hurt and angered her.

But she held back, not wanting to destroy the family.

Yet, her husband continued to escalate things.

He had been lying for several days now about coming home late.

Finally, encouraged by a friend, she decided to follow her husband. She was going to expose his lies herself.

Even if it might completely destroy their marriage.

"I told you, when a man gets money, he goes bad. Now that he's just become a department head, he's definitely starting to change!"

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"I've always had a bad feeling about him. Sorry, my good friend, I didn't tell you this, but don't worry, I'll get to the bottom of it today!"

The wife's figure was following her husband's car from behind.

When she overheard her husband mentioning names like Aerith and Tifa in the car, she couldn't hold back anymore.

She angrily smashed the eavesdropping device.

"I've worked so hard to maintain our family, but you're doing this for two women... two women..."

"Wow, this guy is really a playboy. He's got the money to secretly meet with two women at the same time. And it sounds like this jerk can handle both women at once. This is unforgivable!"

At that moment, the wife and her friends had already placed the man in the "dead zone."

Now, they were just waiting for him to slip up!

"Divorce is a must! And I will never forgive this bastard!"

The man had no idea he was being followed, and that his car was being bugged. His mind was completely consumed by Aerith and Tifa.

In the second Chapter of the game, when he saw the high-definition version of Tifa, he was so excited that he trembled.

She was so beautiful! This was probably the only place you'd find such beautiful women—in games.

As expected, Japanese games were just so much better than the ugly characters that often appeared in Western games.

He had made up his mind—going forward, he would only buy Japanese games. As for those Western games? Ha, if they didn't have a female main character, fine, but if they did, he would never buy them.