บท 6: Virtual Reality

It was late at night, I was working on a project that I came up with. It used the experience of my previous life and the knowledge of this life.

"This should work." I let out a satisfied smile. It was a small bug-like drone, it looked like a common fly.

Now small drones were easy to find and make with the current technology as long as you had the programming and engineering knowledge.

So, why was I so proud of this little thing?

It was because this was an important part of my three part plan to create the perfect assistance.

The second part was creating a control for this thing. I yawned. "I'll just connect it to a smart watch, no point in making a separate controller."

I looked at my watch, [2:00]

"I should probably get some sleep." I headed to my bed and drifted away to dreamland.

-Scene Break-

I was currently sitting in the class of molecular anatomy.

It was a compulsory class unlike Engineering.

"So…" The professor was going on about the anatomy of beasts and things like that. 'You expect me to be interested? Even in my previous life I hated biology, this is just biology but much more complex.'

As the class continued, one of the main events of the lock arc happened. It was the moment when Ren would reveal his knowledge to the rest of the world at least a shiver of it.

The whole interaction happened with the professor calling Ren as he escaped the class with the bell.

I shook my head and left the room.

"Hey Ace." Kevin called me. "What do you think about what he said?"

"You mean that theory of his… I suppose it might have merit." I looked at the ceiling. "Even if what he said works, it would be inefficient and take a lot of time but.. the fact that external forces can affect the beasts mean that better solutions are possible." Look at me, talking like I know shit. I said it aloud for everyone to hear.

The professor fell into deep thought because of my words. Melissa also seemed like she was pondering some things.

"Eh.. but it's just a theory." I shrugged.

-Next day-

I was currently in my dorm. 'Ren didn't lie when he said this dress was uncomfortable.'

I was currently preparing for the 'tactical cooperation' class.

I wore an uncomfortable dress and made my way towards the class.

It was amusing to see others struggling to walk in a skin tight suit. As for me, I already had plenty of that in my own dorm.

A man stood in front of us. He had a sharp look and a gentle smile as he looked at his register.

"Ren Dover, To capsule 55" he said.

A boy who was clearly having a hard time walking excitedly walked towards VR. He looked like a kid in an amusement park. Excitement oozing out of his steps.

No wonder people called him a bumpkin. He wasn't the only one though, as more and more people entered VR, some people even acted worse than Ren.

"Ace Scepter, Capsule 2" He called.

I made my way towards the capsule and sat inside it. "Is everything ready?" Professor asked.

"Yeah" I said. Contemplating my plans.

As the world around me turned black and my senses disappeared for a moment, I thought 'Screw it, I'll just use this event to get used to killing.'

The world around me reappeared, this time I was in a white room. I saw six people inside, some familiar faces as well.

"Hello." I greeted them. I wanted to make my character a well mannered but laid back guy. I did this so that I wouldn't antagonize any one by seeming arrogant but also so that people wouldn't bother me like Kevin.

"H.. hi." A girl with black hair and brown eyes enthusiastically replied. She was wearing a small glass that complemented her narrow eyes.

"Selina Ferns" she introduces herself. "Rank 301" she added.

"Ace Scepter, Rank 2" I said looking around. Besides her there was really no one who wanted to introduce themselves.

I sighed. As the message from professor Thibaut.

[Hey, Group 10 can you hear me?]

[If you can, say check]

"Check"

[1,2…..6 every one's present. So, You all will be sent to a remote area, there are certain hidden tasks you can complete to achieve extra points. Each surviving member is one point.]

[Good luck, you have 5 minutes to come up with a plan]

The message ended, it was shorter than I expected. My team didn't seem particularly interested in planning and such so, I just passed my time making small talk with Selina.

Suddenly, we got another message,

[the simulation will start in 5, 4, 3, 2… 1]

The world around me blacked out once again.

When I next opened my eyes I felt a cold breeze brush through my hair. As the other senses of my body began to return, I felt my feet slightly sink in what felt like sand.

I opened my eyes, The sound of gentle waves crashing against each other and the sight of the blue ocean before me gave away my position.

A halberd in hand, I quickly rested it on my right shoulder and took in the view before me.

While many people in my position would refrain from killing as much as possible in order to not let Thibaut's plan come to fruition, my plan was slightly different.

Killing was something I would have to get used to sooner or later, though the memories of Ace will prevent me from having a mental breakdown after killing someone, I still wouldn't be able to do it easily.

So why not use this opportunity to get used to tearing through flesh. "In a place where I wouldn't be in any guilt, Before the real deal."