The next day, I leave the hotel, and return to the apartment where I’d been living before.
It’s been more than 20 years in the other world, but for some reason I remember this route like it was but yesterday.
I step out of the station, walk through the shopping street, and climb up the annoyingly steep slope that leads to the residential district.
Only to find out that the apartment in my memory is no longer there.
It’s not that it mysteriously disappeared or anything like rather. Rather, one look is enough to tell me what had happened.
Where the apartment used to stand is now a brand new, asphalt-paved parking lot.
So it was dismantled and turned into a parking lot, huh.
Well…… it was quite rundown.
Incidentally, the reason why I’ve come looking for my old apartment is because I thought I might find something that can prove my identity.
I can do a whole lot if I only find a single license or insurance card.
At least, that’s what I thought.
“Guess things don’t always go that well.”
Smiling wryly, I turn back to retrace my steps.
In the time that it takes me to get back to the station, I pass by several people on their smartphones.
That in itself is an everyday sight. What caught my attention is that they were all playing the same game.
It’s a popular game with lots of animals on two legs where you can do errands or return loans within a miniature garden. Even I had played it back then.
“So that game has gotten a port to smartphones.”
When I returned to this world, I had already confirmed the date.
I spent 20 years in the other world, but on this side, it’s been only about 2 years.
I am honestly surprised that that game’s become a mobile game in just 2 years.
“Hmm?”
After glimpsing it several times, I notice something.
It’s the place where you return loans inside the game.
It used to be a house, but now it’s been changed into a car.
It’s a camping car, one of those house-on-wheels kind of thing.
…… Hmm.
Something that I remember hearing of has just popped up in my head.
I immediately act on it.
I buy a smartphone at an electronics store in front of the station and enable access to the internet (the SIM cards for tourists don’t require identification), then look it up.
Does what I remember still exist?
☆
Inside the building, I step out from the elevator, then approach the reception counter.
“Welcome.”
“I wish to meet your president, or the person with the highest authority.”
“”Do you have an appointment?”
Without answering, I place one of the attache cases that I’d brought along onto the counter, undo the clasps, then open it wide.
Inside is money. The attache case is packed to the brim with banknotes.
The entire case comes out to exactly a hundred million yen. After making sure that it’s grabbed the receptionist’s attention, I place more cases onto the counter.
“There’s something I want to buy.”
“Pl-, please wait a moment.”
She may be faithful to her duties, but this situation has far exceeded her authority.
Completely at a loss for what to do, she hurriedly dials up their in-company phone.
☆
After a short wait inside the company reception room that I was guided to, a man walks in.
He appears to be in his forties, and is wearing a very high-quality suit.
He shoots only a quick glance at the cases next to me, then comes before me.
“In representation of our firm, Maeda Shuuya at your service.”
The man who names himself as Maeda proffers his namecard.
I accept it, then place it on the table in front of the sofa.
“Sorry, I don’t have a namecard on me. Call me Kazama Shinji.”
“Kazama-sama it shall be, then.”
Maeda takes the seat across from me with a calm face.
As expected of someone in the president class. Unlike the receptionist, he is composed.
“And so, what is it that we can do for you today?”
This.”
I push over the smartphone that I had just bought.
A picture of what I want is displayed on the screen.
“This is our firm’s……”
“I want to buy it.”
“…… I’m terribly sorry, but it is only for exhibition purposes. Furthermore, it is not very convenient in Japan to——”
Bam!
I line the attache cases on the table.
A hundred million per case, for a total of 5 cases.
Five percent of what I had carried over as Clear Bonus from the other world, five hundred million.
Maeda’s eyebrows twitch at the sight.
“Cash, lump sum payment, up front. Sell it to me.”
Maeda’s brows draw together as he thinks for a while.
☆
After exiting the company, I am guided to a warehouse located close to a removed port.
When the shutters of the warehouse go up, a single trailer is revealed within.
Width of about 3 meters, length of about 10 meters.
That’s how huge the trailer is.
“This is the camping car that our company imported several years ago for exhibition purposes. It was made to resemble the one specially ordered by a Hollywood star, and then further customized. The name is patterned after the president’s personal plane, Air Force One, with the highest title that civilians can earn, Executive One.”
As Maeda continues his introduction, I walk towards the trailer.
The closer I get, the more prominent its hugeness becomes.
Its size is one notch above even that of a long distance truck, those so-called decoration trucks.
Standing right next to it makes me feel like a dwarf.
Maeda manipulates a remote, which causes a trap door to descend.
I step inside, then am caught off guard by the interior.
“This is……?”
“It is marble. The entire floor was made with marble.”
“This I didn’t know about.”
The way I learned of this camping car was through a news article on the internet, as a camping car for a wealthy socialite.
That article mentioned quite a lot of things, but did not mention what the floor is made of.
I walk up the trap door, and take my first step onto the marble floor.
The inside is exactly how I remembered it to look from the internet.
The first place when going in is the living room…… no, this space is more like a lounge with a bar.
The L-shaped sofa can easily seat 10 people, and there is a chandelier hanging from the ceiling.
The other side of the lounge is the driver’s seat. But to be honest, it looks nothing like a driver’s seat.
That’s true for the seat itself, and also true for the height of the view.
It seems more apt to call the driver’s seat the cockpit of a plane or even a spaceship.
Then I head towards the other side, and find two toilets and a huge bathroom along the way.
To my astonishment, there is even a washing machine and dryer installed. This I definitely did not expect.
Passing by, I next find a bedroom.
There is a bed that is king-sized — no, it’s even larger than king-sized — in the room. On the opposite wall is a 100 inch plasma TV.
And beside it is another smaller bedroom.
That is not all.
There is even a ladder that leads upwards to a rooftop deck lounge.
It is a room that feels exactly like the hotel room I stayed in last night, just a little bit more compact.
Now this is a car.
Yes, this is a car.
It’s a car, but——
“Where’s the car garage?”
“This way.”
Maeda manipulates the remote while replying.
I follow him to find the middle part of the car wide open, revealing a huge space.
This is the most prominent feature of the Executive One — the garage.
A garage on a car for loading a car in a car.
It is based on the idea that because such a huge car won’t be able to handle tight turns, how about enabling it to carry along a normal-sized car that can.
It’s an idea of sheer absurdity, but it has indeed been realized.
“It can stow away a normal-sized sports car.”
“I can imagine, with all this space.”
I’ve finished the complete tour.
It truly is exactly how I remembered it to be.
Last night, I had thought about buying a house.
Right after reaching the other world, the first huge purchase that I made was a house. Well, it was a mansion.
In the same manner, I had thought to buy a house this time too. But back in the other world, I wasn’t able to stay in any single place for an extended period of time, and ended up not being to return to my mansion that much.
That’s why when I saw that animal game, I thought of this. A house that can move.
The world’s highest class camping car, Executive One.
To be honest, I would have been fine with living in a jet too, but that would have been even more unsuitable for everyday use.
“Are you sure you wish to buy this……?”
“Indeed.”
“Understood. Let’s go back to handle the proce——”
“That was five hundred million.”
I cut off Maeda’s words.
“I’ll be paying with that.”
“This is not worth that much, however.”
“The person who bought this was not me. Process it accordingly.”
“…… As you wish.”
Maeda looks surprised for a moment, but immediately nods.
I remember that this here is worth about three hundred million. Yet I had prepared five hundred million.
The extra two hundred million is the labor charge for making certain things convenient for me.
Whichever world it is, there are always shortcuts. Even with a normal dealer, money can speak volumes in regards to delivery time.
It is even more so for purchases in the hundred million range, in the world of wealthy socialites.
This would definitely work. It would work even if I don’t have a family register.
It was with this assurance in mind that I prepared two hundred million more.
Money is powerful. Just like how I used 500 skill points right off the bat, I have no qualms about boldly using the money that I had carried over from the Clear Bonus.
To put it in a cruder way, this is slapping someone in the face with banknotes.
And it is extremely effective.
This is how I came into possession of the world’s best camping car, Executive One.
The next day, I leave the hotel, and return to the apartment where I’d been living before.
It’s been more than 20 years in the other world, but for some reason I remember this route like it was but yesterday.
I step out of the station, walk through the shopping street, and climb up the annoyingly steep slope that leads to the residential district.
Only to find out that the apartment in my memory is no longer there.
It’s not that it mysteriously disappeared or anything like rather. Rather, one look is enough to tell me what had happened.
Where the apartment used to stand is now a brand new, asphalt-paved parking lot.
So it was dismantled and turned into a parking lot, huh.
Well…… it was quite rundown.
Incidentally, the reason why I’ve come looking for my old apartment is because I thought I might find something that can prove my identity.
I can do a whole lot if I only find a single license or insurance card.
At least, that’s what I thought.
“Guess things don’t always go that well.”
Smiling wryly, I turn back to retrace my steps.
In the time that it takes me to get back to the station, I pass by several people on their smartphones.
That in itself is an everyday sight. What caught my attention is that they were all playing the same game.
It’s a popular game with lots of animals on two legs where you can do errands or return loans within a miniature garden. Even I had played it back then.
“So that game has gotten a port to smartphones.”
When I returned to this world, I had already confirmed the date.
I spent 20 years in the other world, but on this side, it’s been only about 2 years.
I am honestly surprised that that game’s become a mobile game in just 2 years.
“Hmm?”
After glimpsing it several times, I notice something.
It’s the place where you return loans inside the game.
It used to be a house, but now it’s been changed into a car.
It’s a camping car, one of those house-on-wheels kind of thing.
…… Hmm.
Something that I remember hearing of has just popped up in my head.
I immediately act on it.
I buy a smartphone at an electronics store in front of the station and enable access to the internet (the SIM cards for tourists don’t require identification), then look it up.
Does what I remember still exist?
☆
Inside the building, I step out from the elevator, then approach the reception counter.
“Welcome.”
“I wish to meet your president, or the person with the highest authority.”
“”Do you have an appointment?”
Without answering, I place one of the attache cases that I’d brought along onto the counter, undo the clasps, then open it wide.
Inside is money. The attache case is packed to the brim with banknotes.
The entire case comes out to exactly a hundred million yen. After making sure that it’s grabbed the receptionist’s attention, I place more cases onto the counter.
“There’s something I want to buy.”
“Pl-, please wait a moment.”
She may be faithful to her duties, but this situation has far exceeded her authority.
Completely at a loss for what to do, she hurriedly dials up their in-company phone.
☆
After a short wait inside the company reception room that I was guided to, a man walks in.
He appears to be in his forties, and is wearing a very high-quality suit.
He shoots only a quick glance at the cases next to me, then comes before me.
“In representation of our firm, Maeda Shuuya at your service.”
The man who names himself as Maeda proffers his namecard.
I accept it, then place it on the table in front of the sofa.
“Sorry, I don’t have a namecard on me. Call me Kazama Shinji.”
“Kazama-sama it shall be, then.”
Maeda takes the seat across from me with a calm face.
As expected of someone in the president class. Unlike the receptionist, he is composed.
“And so, what is it that we can do for you today?”
This.”
I push over the smartphone that I had just bought.
A picture of what I want is displayed on the screen.
“This is our firm’s……”
“I want to buy it.”
“…… I’m terribly sorry, but it is only for exhibition purposes. Furthermore, it is not very convenient in Japan to——”
Bam!
I line the attache cases on the table.
A hundred million per case, for a total of 5 cases.
Five percent of what I had carried over as Clear Bonus from the other world, five hundred million.
Maeda’s eyebrows twitch at the sight.
“Cash, lump sum payment, up front. Sell it to me.”
Maeda’s brows draw together as he thinks for a while.
☆
After exiting the company, I am guided to a warehouse located close to a removed port.
When the shutters of the warehouse go up, a single trailer is revealed within.
Width of about 3 meters, length of about 10 meters.
That’s how huge the trailer is.
“This is the camping car that our company imported several years ago for exhibition purposes. It was made to resemble the one specially ordered by a Hollywood star, and then further customized. The name is patterned after the president’s personal plane, Air Force One, with the highest title that civilians can earn, Executive One.”
As Maeda continues his introduction, I walk towards the trailer.
The closer I get, the more prominent its hugeness becomes.
Its size is one notch above even that of a long distance truck, those so-called decoration trucks.
Standing right next to it makes me feel like a dwarf.
Maeda manipulates a remote, which causes a trap door to descend.
I step inside, then am caught off guard by the interior.
“This is……?”
“It is marble. The entire floor was made with marble.”
“This I didn’t know about.”
The way I learned of this camping car was through a news article on the internet, as a camping car for a wealthy socialite.
That article mentioned quite a lot of things, but did not mention what the floor is made of.
I walk up the trap door, and take my first step onto the marble floor.
The inside is exactly how I remembered it to look from the internet.
The first place when going in is the living room…… no, this space is more like a lounge with a bar.
The L-shaped sofa can easily seat 10 people, and there is a chandelier hanging from the ceiling.
The other side of the lounge is the driver’s seat. But to be honest, it looks nothing like a driver’s seat.
That’s true for the seat itself, and also true for the height of the view.
It seems more apt to call the driver’s seat the cockpit of a plane or even a spaceship.
Then I head towards the other side, and find two toilets and a huge bathroom along the way.
To my astonishment, there is even a washing machine and dryer installed. This I definitely did not expect.
Passing by, I next find a bedroom.
There is a bed that is king-sized — no, it’s even larger than king-sized — in the room. On the opposite wall is a 100 inch plasma TV.
And beside it is another smaller bedroom.
That is not all.
There is even a ladder that leads upwards to a rooftop deck lounge.
It is a room that feels exactly like the hotel room I stayed in last night, just a little bit more compact.
Now this is a car.
Yes, this is a car.
It’s a car, but——
“Where’s the car garage?”
“This way.”
Maeda manipulates the remote while replying.
I follow him to find the middle part of the car wide open, revealing a huge space.
This is the most prominent feature of the Executive One — the garage.
A garage on a car for loading a car in a car.
It is based on the idea that because such a huge car won’t be able to handle tight turns, how about enabling it to carry along a normal-sized car that can.
It’s an idea of sheer absurdity, but it has indeed been realized.
“It can stow away a normal-sized sports car.”
“I can imagine, with all this space.”
I’ve finished the complete tour.
It truly is exactly how I remembered it to be.
Last night, I had thought about buying a house.
Right after reaching the other world, the first huge purchase that I made was a house. Well, it was a mansion.
In the same manner, I had thought to buy a house this time too. But back in the other world, I wasn’t able to stay in any single place for an extended period of time, and ended up not being to return to my mansion that much.
That’s why when I saw that animal game, I thought of this. A house that can move.
The world’s highest class camping car, Executive One.
To be honest, I would have been fine with living in a jet too, but that would have been even more unsuitable for everyday use.
“Are you sure you wish to buy this……?”
“Indeed.”
“Understood. Let’s go back to handle the proce——”
“That was five hundred million.”
I cut off Maeda’s words.
“I’ll be paying with that.”
“This is not worth that much, however.”
“The person who bought this was not me. Process it accordingly.”
“…… As you wish.”
Maeda looks surprised for a moment, but immediately nods.
I remember that this here is worth about three hundred million. Yet I had prepared five hundred million.
The extra two hundred million is the labor charge for making certain things convenient for me.
Whichever world it is, there are always shortcuts. Even with a normal dealer, money can speak volumes in regards to delivery time.
It is even more so for purchases in the hundred million range, in the world of wealthy socialites.
This would definitely work. It would work even if I don’t have a family register.
It was with this assurance in mind that I prepared two hundred million more.
Money is powerful. Just like how I used 500 skill points right off the bat, I have no qualms about boldly using the money that I had carried over from the Clear Bonus.
To put it in a cruder way, this is slapping someone in the face with banknotes.
And it is extremely effective.
This is how I came into possession of the world’s best camping car, Executive One.
