VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

"He was pretty famous in the editing industry, I mean among us players who used to play various games, were used to the YT game videos, and the VR games around three years ago."

Miss Aloha first covered their faces with a warm towel and wetted their hair before applying some special oils and a unique shampoo to their hair.

Her long, strong black hair was one of her favorite kinds of hair.

She can tell they had faced a lot of turbulence in their long life and though they were not maintained, she can tell they were trimmed from time to time with good sharp objects.

Not a scissor though. The cuts were too sharp and too unprofessional for them to be something from a professional.

"He was new, but he got famous with his work for various famous players.

Among the many games of that time, <NO> as well as the older games that were still famous back then, the players who saw the kind of transitions he could make, the choreography of the whole product and of course the precise on point editing that even the creators of the video could not fathom, were all instantly mesmerized by his work."

Miss Aloha wasn't quite active in the player community since, well, she was old. All her interest was in this town and her work.

She enjoyed all that she did here more than enough so, she wasn't really that interested in these player matters.

She can surely understand what Alex was talking about, but her knowledge was limited to just that.

"I shall show you some of his works later."

"I'd be happy to see them."

As Miss Aloha combed through her thick black hair, she was reminded of her younger days.

Her hair right now were still pretty attractive, but they did not have the kind of shine that they used to have.

Looking at Alex's pretty, strong, and thick hair made her a little envious as well.

But she liked these hair more than she envied them. There was a lot that she could do with them so, right now, many ideas were filling her head as she listened to their story.

"Back then, I was just starting out so, don't take her words seriously Miss Aloha. The old ones are too flashy.

If anything, you should see the later ones-."

"Shuddup you dumbass. The older ones had a kind of rawness-."

"Don't move please."

"Oh, sorry." Miss Aloha was still not done prepping her wet hair.

"The older ones had a kind of rawness that's just too good. Something that one can tell is pure work of art.

Yes your later works got better with time and experience, but they became more refined and serene.

The imperfections the earlier ones, and some unique ones have are just too good."

Those early ones were exactly the reason that she sent him her first Email as not a creator, but as a fan.

She expressed her awe at his work… but she was ignored.

He never saw that Email of hers until much later.

"I'll show you the old ones and the new ones. You will understand what I mean as well, miss Aloha."

"Sure. I'll be happy with anything you believe will be better."

She was finally done preparing her hair for the cutting, but before moving on to the cutting, she first pulled a unique looking machine that had a special kind of energy emitting jewels embedded on a ring.

They resembled a ring light, but they were a lot more unique than simple LEDs.

"Now, Elio, relax your shoulders."

She moved to the side and sprinkled some water on Elio's shiny light brown hair.

Though not long like hers, they surely looked longer than they should.

They were even, so she can tell they were maintained properly. But, since she could also tell they were never cut until now, she was going to work with a raw specimen.

And these hairs were pretty strong and thick as well.

She liked these quite a bit as well… they were a rare kind among the men these days.

"So, I sent him an Email expressing my fangirl admiration and was thoroughly ignored. Later, when <NO> came and I started playing, I sent him a video of one of my plays-."

"You started playing when the game launched?"

"...there are some circumstances, but yes. I was one of the beta-testers as well."

"Oh wow… I knew you were special, Alex. But a Beta-tester? My niece calls those special people Extraordinary on par with top rankers."

She did not dwell deep into why someone so extraordinary was in a starter town.

In fact, now that she knew Alex was an old player that had been around even before the normal players, the fact that she was so good and knew so much made perfect sense to her.

Everything that she was confused about until now clicked at this moment. And a new smile appeared on her face.

"Please keep this to yourself."

"Of course, silly."

Alex didn't mind telling all these to her only since she believed she could keep secrets.

She was Their barber now, so it was her duty to keep their secrets.

"Alright~. So, as I was saying…"

Their first meeting did not happen until three months after she sent her second Email with her first video.

"Huhu, you two have quite a unique start."

"Right~?"

What happened in these months was some of the best days of their Friendship.

They exchanged many Mails in the era of short messages and emojis and stickers after that.

Many of them were related to their work, but many of them were just casual chats that friends have.

"When we worked on our first project, I didn't even know she was such a pretty lady."

"Oh right! Hahaha! For three months he thought I was the agent of the person that he was editing the videos of.

On our first date, he was looking for a man and I was enjoying his confusion in a cafe full of lesbians."

She wanted to laugh out loud as they remembered those old days.

She teased him a lot… but then when they actually got to know one another, many things changed.

"I still get chills thinking back to that day…"

He was attractive. And he was dressed as he usually does– attractively.

The way those ladies were looking at him with various emotions was one hell of an experience for him.

He also owned shops like that cafe, but this one… it was different. He never went near that place after that day.

Some things were just... not for him.