The Emperor Quest English Version

It was already four in the afternoon.

I had previously withdrawn money from the Emperor Quest game into my PayPal account while I was in class earlier.

I had planned to invite Farhan to an internet cafe to buy some Bitcoin.

Farhan took me to a place he said had the best internet connection in town.

The city streets brought back old memories. I remembered a vague image of this city from the past. It used to be so clean and beautiful, I thought.

As we walked along the edge of the city, we passed many electronics stores.

The internet cafe wasn't far from the city center. This area used to be known for selling electronics. But if I remember correctly, in three or four years, it will become a fancy area with hotels and apartments.

One of the real estate developers here is the Vivian Halim family. They're also planning to build a five-star hotel here.

However, there will be some trouble when they try to buy the land.

This land used to be a big plantation owned by the Dutch. So, the shops here don't have official ownership papers. This will cause some violent protests for over a week.

Farhan led me into a small alley.

At the end of the alley, there was a shop with its door half-closed.

This wasn't a good time for internet cafes.

There weren't many internet cafes around.

In the whole city, there were only about twenty.

I guess it's because not many people used the internet back then. It would be different ten years later.

Farhan and I went inside the shop.

Inside, there were small cubicles made of plywood. The walls were not even a meter tall. Each cubicle was about one meter wide and one and a half meters long.

There were maybe thirty cubicles. Some of them were occupied. There were quite a few people there.

At the front, there was a counter with a big, cream-colored computer monitor.

A young man sat at the counter, watching us as we came in. He smiled when he saw Farhan.

I guess they knew each other.

Farhan went to the counter, ordered two computers, and paid. Then, he took me to our cubicles.

I got number twenty, and Farhan got number nineteen, right next to me.

The computer in front of me was really old.

It had a big, bulky monitor. The mouse used a ball to move the cursor.There was an ashtray next to the monitor.

The internet cafe provided a cushion for the customers to sit on. An "Arashi" brand fan was blowing air loudly on the wall.

I turned on the computer and went to the search engine.

There were only two search engines: Safari and Internet Explorer.

I wasn't sure if Internet Explorer was fast enough.

Safari was probably better.

I searched for information about Bitcoin on English websites.

There wasn't much about Bitcoin. Just a few articles. And on eBay, there were some suspicious ads selling Bitcoin.

After about an hour, I found a familiar username, Sirius, on a forum called "New Liberty Standard."

He was selling his Bitcoin on the forum.

This forum would still be around for a while.

I was pretty sure that the people on the forum didn't know how much Bitcoin would be worth in the future.

Some people were even making fun of Sirius for selling Bitcoin at such a low price. They thought it was a scam.

"These guys have no idea," I muttered.

@Philantropist: Hi, Sirius. I read your post. Are you really selling 5,050 Bitcoins for $5.02?

@Sirius: Yeah, I am. Are you one of those guys who think I'm crazy or a scammer?

@Philantropist: No way. Why would you say that?

@Sirius: I don't know. I've been getting a lot of messages from people who just want to insult me. I thought you were one of them.

@Philantropist: Lol. Sorry, I'm not. Can I ask why you're selling them?

@Sirius: Lol. I guess I misjudged you. Sorry. I believe Bitcoin will be worth a lot someday. Why do you want to know?

@Philantropist: If you believe in Bitcoin, why are you selling them? Wouldn't it be better to keep them and sell them later when the price goes up?

@Sirius: I have a lot more Bitcoin. I'm selling some now to get some money for something I need. Lol.

@Philantropist: How much Bitcoin do you have?

@Sirius: Not much. I only want to sell a small amount right now.

@Philantropist: Would you sell a lot more?

@Sirius: Why do you want so much? How do you know I have that many?

@Philantropist: Lol. I need a lot for someone I know. Don't you have more?

@Sirius: Yes, I do. But I don't usually meet people like you. I can sell you more, but not a hundred times more.

@Philantropist: How much can you sell me?

@Sirius: 110,000 coins for two hundred dollars. Are you interested?

@Philantropist: What if you add a few more coins?

@Sirius: Okay, I'll give you 115,000 coins. Deal?

@Philantropist: Deal. I'll send you the money now. Do you accept PayPal?

@Sirius: Okay.

@Philantropist: Can you send me your PayPal address?

@Sirius: You're really trusting me, huh? But okay. Here it is: [email protected].

@Philantropist: It was a pleasure doing business with you.

@Sirius: Me too. If you need anything else, just email me.

@Philantropist: Thanks.

The transaction went smoothly. I couldn't believe how easy it was.

I checked my wallet on the forum and saw that I had 115,000 Bitcoins.

In 2023, Bitcoin would be worth $44,000. That meant my Bitcoin would be worth over five trillion dollars!

That's thousands of quadrillion Rupiah. It's like a hundred years of Indonesia's national budget!

"Hello, life of luxury," I whispered to myself.

I immediately secured the Bitcoin in the safest way possible at the time. Then, I stored it on a floppy disk, which was the most common way to store data before flash drives were invented.