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It's been 10 hours since we left America, and during those 10 hours, Cybele was teaching me and Tony how to speak and write in Japanese.
We struggled terribly.
"Hi, name Midas. What you name?"
"No, it's: 'Hi, my name is Midas. What's yours?'" she corrected.
"Mom, this is way too hard! Why is learning Japanese so difficult?!"
"Well, learning a new language is always going to be difficult, sweetie," she said gently.
Then suddenly, Howard came out of the cockpit and entered the living area of the private jet.
"Oh, I have a present for you kids," Howard said, an annoying smirk plastered on his face as he walked in holding two VR headsets.
"The hell? We don't want games, Dad. And who's flying the plane?" Tony asked.
"My smart but stupid son, did you forget we're in one of the planes I made? I put it on autopilot mode, so don't worry. And the reason I stayed in the cockpit was because Midas's mother was still mad at me for my obvious joke."
Tony shook his head while Cybele glared at Howard. "Well, what are those for?"
"They're for learning things faster. I made these for you guys before we got attacked by Hydra. I put my AI into them, and the headsets increase your learning speed by three."
"You bastard!! So you made me and Midas waste six hours struggling and failing to speak and write Japanese?!"
Howard chuckled, then burst into loud laughter. "Oh yeah, it was funny hearing you both struggle with the basics."
Cybele smacked him very hard on the head with a golden bat. "You damn asshole! You made me lose sleep just to teach them another language!"
"Ouch! Sorry, sorry! I was bored and needed something to—"
SMACK!!!
Howard saw stars as he collapsed to the ground, knocked out.
"Damn perverted prankster," she cursed.
"Alright, boys. Use the headsets and learn as much Japanese as you can. Midas, mommy's going to sleep. Wake me up when we land, okay?"
I nodded, and she went to the sleeping area, closing the door behind her.
"Alright, nerd, let's hurry up and use this thing. I'm way too tired to stay awake for another two hours," Tony said.
I didn't even wait for his response. I put the headset on and instantly sat down as my consciousness merged into the VR system.
I saw a void. Then color filled my vision, and a world appeared below me. A chair and table floated in space.
"So this is it?"
I walked over, sat down, and the wooden table turned transparent, revealing something like a Google search bar.
"Cool…" I said in awe.
I tapped the bar, and a keyboard appeared. I typed "Japanese language and literature," then hit search. An icon popped up labeled Learn, and I pressed it.
Suddenly, knowledge flooded my brain.
It was too much.
I blacked out.
[3 hours later]
I woke up in a bedroom.
"Where am I?" I said—in perfect Japanese.
"…What the fuck?"
"It worked…? Damn, it was that easy?"
I looked around the room—and froze.
Everything was gold.
"Fuck… not again," I groaned.
I stood up and sent a mental command to the pure golden door. It melted, then reformed.
I walked down the hallway, realizing I was in some kind of facility.
Eventually, I reached a lab area.
Howard and Cybele were talking, while Tony sat on a high-tech laptop, probably coding something.
"Midas. You're awake," Tony said without looking up, causing my mom and Howard to turn toward me.
"Yeah… and I'm guessing we're in Japan now? But what part?"
"Musutafu."
Cybele and Howard just stared at us, shocked at our perfect Japanese.
"I knew my son could digest all that knowledge," Howard said slowly, "but I didn't expect your son to do the same."
"Just because I don't build high-tech stuff doesn't mean I'm stupid," I said, glaring at him.
"Yeah, kid, like you've ever shown any signs of having a brain."
Cybele slapped Howard hard—right on the same bruised spot from earlier.
"For the last time, stop with your snarky comments about my son, pervert!" she snapped.
Now it was me and Tony's turn to be surprised at how angry she got over such a simple comment.
"Mom, calm down…" I said, sweat dropping.
"Midas…" she sighed.
"Anyways," she continued, "we need to go to our new house."
"Alright, Mom."
to be continued…
—Authors note—
Hey guys i apologize for taking so long well I was honestly busy with school and boxing.
And also im thinking of starting a patreon.
And im maybe thinking about making another fanfic of a mc reborn as a human in dragon ball but hes yujiro hanma. of course he'll have ki and will be the strongest and it'll not be a one shot.