Chapter 4

In simple terms, I have nothing to do.

To spin this gacha, I need gacha coins or tickets, but I don't have any.

The only way to get them so far is through login bonuses from the game's management. I don't know any other way.

This is very bad. After all, even the login bonus doesn't guarantee gacha coins.

This time, it might be something like water or other necessities, or it might be something trivial.

At worst, I might end up reading the accounting textbook for several days without being able to spin the gacha.

Oh!

That's right, last night I went to the vending machine to buy a drink because I was thirsty!

I put in a 100-yen coin and a 50-yen coin to buy a 140-yen drink and got 10 yen in change.

Where is that 10-yen coin? In my pocket, I put it in the pocket of my pajamas!

When I searched the pocket of my pajamas, I felt something hard. It's the 10-yen coin. I put the 10-yen coin into the gacha coin slot and turned the knob.

Come on, give me something useful.

Clunk

C Life Game

This time, the Life Game appeared.

It was written in large red letters on a white cardboard box, "Life Game Reiwa Latest Edition," and there were many people who looked like a family depicted next to it.

The company that made it is Takara Tomy, a Japanese company that I know. The production date is January 2022. How did the management get this? Did they buy it from a store?

[The bug has been fixed. Only gacha coins can be used from now on.]

...Okay, but I don't have any money anymore.

I opened the cardboard box, spread out the board, set up the pieces, the roulette wheel, the properties, and prepared the stacks of money.

Hmm. Am I going to play this alone? Normally, this is played with multiple people, right?

I spun the roulette wheel and moved the spaces according to the number that came up.

Rattle rattle~

The number that came up is 9. Great, it's a big number.

...But what does a big number mean? There's no winning or losing, after all.

I moved the car-shaped piece and read the text on the space.

"You dropped your New Year's money. Minus 10,000 yen."

My initial money was 5,000 yen, so I took a 5,000-yen IOU.

I ended up in debt right from the start.

Rattle rattle~

The number that came up is 4.

"The person next to you has a birthday! Give them 1,000 yen as a celebration."

...I'm playing the Life Game alone. What am I supposed to do?

I feel empty, lonely. I almost cried.

I ended up as a single fisherman. I managed to pay off my debt and increased my funds, though I don't know by how much.

When I counted my money at the end, there was a thud, and it appeared.

Prize: Sashimi of Salmon

A piece of salmon sashimi wrapped in plastic and placed in a styrofoam container, with soy sauce and wasabi, appeared. The expiration date is tomorrow.

Could it be that I got fish because I finished the game as a fisherman?

What would I get if I finished the game as an oil tycoon or a CEO?

Okay, my goal is to be royalty, let's do it.

...It didn't work.

No matter how many times I finished the game after that, no prize appeared. It seems it only happened the first time.

Since I have nothing to do, I read the accounting textbook casually.

I was hungry, so I ate the salmon sashimi. I ate it with my hands because I didn't have chopsticks. I ate all the soy sauce and wasabi too; it's precious calories. I can't waste them.

I spread out the cardboard box filled with plastic bottles and used it as a futon to sleep.

Today, I only ate chicken, oranges, and salmon.

I'm hungry.

This is bad. If this continues, I'll starve to death. I have to do something.

C Life Game

A board game and a type of Snakes and Ladders. It is usually played with about four people.

Basically, you spin the roulette wheel and move your piece according to the number that comes up, and you gain events written on the spaces, such as college entrance exams, employment, marriage, and childbirth, to increase your assets. The player with the most assets at the end of the game wins. It's fun to play with family during the New Year or with friends, but be careful, as one game takes quite a long time.

This game originated in America.

Everyone uses the abilities they are given.

A Russian person used the skill to manipulate plants and ecosystems to form a large forest in one day.

An American person rapidly deployed an army and built a makeshift base.

A Japanese person summoned many beautiful girls and formed a harem.

A British person built factories and started producing supplies.

A certain Japanese person produced junk from the gacha.

The whole world gave up on him, was amazed, laughed, watched, cheered, and sympathized with him.