The flutter of a butterfly's wings could trigger a storm across the ocean. —The Butterfly Effect.
Many people had not expected that, because Virtual Games had been banned from entering their countries, protests in many nations would only grow more intense.
Protests erupted one after another in Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Israel, South Korea, and other countries. They spread across multiple cities, and the number of participants grew explosively. The largest protest marches had as many as four or five thousand people.
Toronto, Canada.
Over a thousand people took to the streets. Many held signs and kept shouting slogans.
"We want games! We want the Virtual World!"
"Prime Minister, step down! No young person will ever vote for you again!"
"Please pay attention to the rights of the disabled! Give us a future!"
Many reporters held cameras and camcorders as they filmed and reported the news. People found it bizarre that anyone would protest over a game console. They had never heard of such a thing.
But for those who loved it, those reasons were enough to bring them into the streets together.
A reporter interviewed a deaf-mute person.
Oh.
The reporter's choice was truly bizarre. She had actually chosen a deaf-mute person for an interview. Fortunately, the deaf-mute boy's father was beside him and helped communicate with the reporter.
"We specifically took our child there. We had to make an appointment three days in advance before we could experience the Virtual Pod. My wife, my child, and I entered that world together, and it was incredibly moving."
"Our child was born deaf and mute. He had never called us Mom or Dad. But in the Virtual World, he called Alice and me Mom and Dad. We both cried at the time. It was the first time since