章 7: Elevate

Entering into the building, the magnetic pull led him straight into an elevator. The force from his imprint seems to change directions according to his situation.

At the entrance of the elevator, he suddenly remembered something and paused. He turned back, only to see that Nihyuh had climbed into another elevator.

He finally sighed in relief, he was finally alone and not feeling like he was being watched.

David threw the thoughts to the back of his mind.

He went inside the elevator already containing several people inside. The elevator was almost five to seven meters wide. More than enough to contain ten people.

Ignoring them all, David stood at the edge and resumed contemplating. Since he had transmigrated, there must be a reason for that. It was obvious that someone would just place him in this world selflessly to just exist to fill up the numbers.

Shaking his head, every time he thought too deeply about something he always felt this strange headache striking his brain.

He stood quietly and was expecting the elevator to start moving upwards.

He missed the part where the other students each held onto the iron rod horizontally connected to the sides of the elevator.

Although, he had no idea how he would get to his exact floor through the elevator since there wasn't even a single button to push.

But since no one was panicking, he decided to follow he crowd and stood still.

Ding! Ding!! Ding!!!

David frowned, seems like a warning sign.

He closed his eyes softly to ease his headache, about to lean sideways at the elevator when suddenly,

Shua!

The elevator swiftly moved upwards without warning at least for David.

Bang!

The acceleration speed was up to 50 miles per hour. David's butt instantly kissed the floor.

The teenagers inside the elevator stared at him in surprise.

They all had a single thought in their minds as they watched David fell as the elevator continued rose upwards with increasing velocity— had he never used an elevator before?

Gradually, the elevator began slowing is ascension. David quickly noticed it.

David quickly stood up, ignoring the stares he received from his fellow students.

It stopped, but David didn't get out yet due to the fact that his imprint was still pulling upward.

Someone else left the elevator but not without staring at David.

David ignored him completely, holding on to the iron rod like the others did.

After which, the door to the elevator closed and then resumed moving upwards.

'Seems like the elevator knows where we are to stop. How do they even do that?'

David thought while looking around curiously but soon enough, he got tired after a few seconds.

Feeling the magnetic pull changing its force forwards instead of upwards like before, David left the elevator since the door had slid open.

Not willing to be intimidated by the odd stares from his fellow student.

And before he left,

"See you all next time."

David said with a smile, then he exited the elevator. The moment he left the elevator, everything that happened already left him too, since it wasn't important, he forgot about it.

But he didn't forget counting the floor he was in.

After walking for a few seconds, David found his room.

Staring at the written number on the door. 13248.

He felt really happy, he could finally get to his room after so much trouble.

Now the only problem is getting in to the room. There was no door knob, button or anything of the sort. It was just plain steel door.

He knocked the steel door, hoping for some kind of reaction, but he was bound to be disappointed.

"Open." His voice sounded hesitantly.

"Please open?" but there was no reaction.

He was now getting frustrated, he was getting really tired now, he just wished he could get into his room, have a nice bath and sleep soundly for the whole free week off. He had been mentally drained from everything that had happened already.

But it seems like the door had other plans for him.

Bang!

Hitting the door in frustration

"That won't work you know."

A little startled at the familiar voice.

He turned back, facing the person who spoke.

"Do I know you? I feel like we've met before." Dav asked, really puzzled as he scrutinised the fellow before him. He felt the voice was familiar but he forgot who the person was.

"What!?" The guy was obviously stunned at David question. Not expecting David to ask that type of question from him.

The boy's face turned red from anger instantly when he thought about the fact that someone he was starting to call a friend didn't even really recall talking to him.

He gave David a cold stare before saying. "If you do not recognize me, do you at least remember talking to someone a while ago?"

David thought while staring at Nihyuh for a bit then hesitated but still he shook his head. "I don't think so."

Nihyuh was livid this time, he breathing turned rapidly but before he could leave from anger, he heard David say,

"Come on, I'm Just messing with you. Don't take it seriously." David chuckled but in his mind, he was panicking. He seemed to have lost some of his memories of a few moments ago. He didn't understand what was going on.

Nihyuh's angry expression faded a way like smoke as though it wasn't there from the beginning.

"Do you by any chance know how to open this door? It's really giving me a serious headache."

David said to Nihyuh asking for his help.

Nihyuh glanced at David oddly after most of his anger left.

"Why are you asking? You didn't read the students guide, did you?"

Nihyuh asked the obvious question.

David stared at him like he was a fool, "And why the hell would I read something like that? Who does that anyway?" he obviously wouldn't ask what or where he could get the student's guide. It would instead arouse Nihyuh's suspicions more.

"Can you just tell me how I can open this door?"

"It's actually really easy, you just have to hold your imprint facing the door for 3 seconds, then that's it."

"That simple? Nothing else?"

David said while placing his hands In front of the door.

A lightly audible voice rang out to him.

"Scanning please wait a moment... Welcome David, we've been expecting you."

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章 8: The Empty Room

"Oh, really now?" David didn't seem startled by the voice. He had experienced a lot right now, he wouldn't be startled by pretty much anything as of this moment.

What surprised him was the fact that the voice seem to have been expecting him.

The steel door opened widely for him to enter and after saying his thanks to Nihyuh outside, he closed the door.

He didn't wait for Nihyuh's reply as he was too preoccupied with his thoughts.

He really had to rest otherwise, the side effect from either the transmigration or the transplant would get worse.

When he checked the interior of his room, it was really simple.

"Who are the 'We' you are referring to?" David said, speaking to the voice in a casual manner while observing the place he was going to stay for more than a year.

The room was Square in shape and had one thing in common, the four walls sides are pure white in colour but there wasn't a single bit of stain on it.

It was just pure white emanating white lights, illuminating the room.

The room had nothing in it.

There wasn't a particular source of illumination.

The four white walls of the room was the only source of light.

But it was by no means obvious at first sight.

Except if somebody explicitly wished to discover where the lights were coming from.

That really surprised David as he thought the wall of the room was a type of screen itself.

Walls as screens, Things in this world are still surprising to him.

It was very stunning, yet the colour white its self was an exceptionally exhausting and dreadful shading which made him think about the underground research centre he came out from.

It likewise made him consider himself been a trial subject, he shuddered. Clearing the terrifying contemplations from his head.

"Who are you and why are you expecting me?" David asked the voice which spoke out earlier when he opened the door.

"My name is s-" David interrupted it.

"Just stop right there, I don't actually care who you are nor what your name is, I just wanted to know how you accessed my room which is an invasion of privacy anyhow and why?"

David said with folded arms while frowning in displeasure. He hated invading other people's privacy and likewise, he hates others invading his privacy. But his eyes kept on searching through the room for something.

"That is quite harsh but since it's your first day in the institute, you are pre-empted for now. And as for your questions, we are the AI responsible for this floor. Which grants me a one time authority to override every student room audio frequency which I've used already to speak with the others, you are one of the few left."

David feigned exacerbation. It appears this AI simply needed to flaunt its authority towards them.

He lacked the capacity to deal with such things.

David filtered his room with a peddle like eyes.

Be that as it may, Once David didn't see any significant thing to an individual in the room, David frowned and asked.

"What is up with this?" he looked a bit surprised as he asked.

"Oh, that's the rooms default wallpaper. To change it to any colour of your choice, you will have to pay a specific sum of mon—"

The voice replied, but wasn't able to finish her sentence and was rudely interrupted by David

"No, I'm not talking about that, I meant to ask, why his my room empty? There isn't even a bed."

"Oh, that. It's made like that so as to keep enough space for the students to practice with. Hmm, as someone who didn't read the institutes guide. You would have to pay a certain sum of amount for that informati-"

David didn't even wait for the voice to continue speaking. He immediately left the room.

Nihyuh was just a few feet away. His face was as cold as ice and he was in deep thoughts with furrowed eyes brows.

Suddenly, he could feel the wind behind him stirred up, as he was about to check what was happening out if puzzlement, he was suddenly grabbed by the shoulders from the back.

Glancing at David with confusion in his eyes.

"Hey, how can I access the my stuffs in my room?" David asked, how were they supposed to survive with basic amenities.

"Just lightly tap on your imprint for about three seconds, then tell it to detach the bed and the other things in the room . That's all. They were just hidden behind the walls." Nihyuh answered straightforwardly.

"You should really check out the student's guide. As there would be more things more complicated than this." He advised David while lightly patting on his shoulders.

"Hmm, I would do that. Thanks a lot. Would make sure to repay you. Don't wait up for me, I will be leaving."

David laughed awkwardly and waved, making a beeline to his room.

Again, not waiting for Nihyuh's reply. He entered the room, closed the door.

Pressing the imprint for three seconds, before he could speak to the imprint, David heard a voice In his head.

"Welcome David, since you are new to the system, it is advisable and compulsory to read the students guide, would you start n-"

He would have really wanted to scroll through the manual but he wasn't in a good condition to that right now.

"Can you detach the bed for me?"

"Detaching the bed now." The voice instantly reported.

Shua!

Light sounds of a machinery instantly rang out in the white room as David saw a part of the wall in the room immediately flipped over, revealing it's content. In a span of two seconds, the roll of metal quickly assembled swiftly with astonishing speed.

His eyes immediately lit up in as he saw the scene. It was a still a bit surprising and almost everything in this world seem to remind him that he was in another world.

But for now, he needed enough rest, as that seem to be the only way the side effects he was experiencing could clear up. That was what his intuition told him.

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