133 The Mistakes (1/2)

*FWOOOOSH*

The pod slowly opened up. Linri got up while trying to make sense of what just happened. Wasn't he dead? How was he still alive then? Was it just another dream?

\”Okay everyone, how was your first time in the Virtual Combat Simulation Room or VCSR for short\” said Ms Snow. She was uncharacteristically excited. Linri tried to establish his connection with the Togk deities and felt relieved when it was a success. Okay, at least now he was sure that he wasn't dreaming anymore.

\”Let's look at your individual assessments. All of you will be graded from 0 to 100 depending on the choices you made\”

While Ms Snow was speaking Linri pieced everything together. This was the emergency response class. Yeah, this highschool actually had an emergency response class. The content of the class was that they would be thrown in a multitude of situations with life-threatening events and part of their memories would be blocked to make it seem like the events were happening for real. After all the simulation was so realistic that Linri couldn't notice a thing. Well, except for his connection with the deities being lost that is but that even make him think the situation was even direr. He wouldn't be this serious if he noticed it was just another zombie apocalypse. He ate those for breakfast! The scenarios of the simulation might range from a zombie apocalypse to getting kidnapped. They might even be given brand new identities! That certainly sounded interesting. It was a bummer that they didn't have this in the club. It would have been so popular and everyone would always want to use it. The VCSR they had in the club could only create monsters to fight and you would know it was a simulation. Definitely not as fun as this one, that was for sure.

The best part of the thing was the fact that you were not aware of it. So from your perspective, it was real and you really could die! Honestly, it was actually the best way to teach someone how to respond in those situations since you would gradually learn what works or what doesn't.

\”So we will be going to analyse your final score and your mistakes. Is there any volunteers?\” Almost everyone in the classroom seemed dazed. They had just died and they were having a hard time coming to terms with it. The fear was pretty much real, they could still feel as if a zombie was biting off their flesh. Linri, on the other hand, was fine since dying for him was just another Tuesday. Be it his initial transmigration or his dreams he almost always died like every day. Actually, now that he put it into words that seemed pretty psychotic. What kind of nutcase would be alright with dying every night? Maybe he should visit a psychiatrist to talk about this stuff.

\”Since we have no volunteers Linri and Natsumi we will start with you two. As the Class President you should set an example for others, don't you think so too, Mr Harclaw?\” Linri just rolled his eyes and walked to the stage along with Natsumi who looked out of it. She had just turned into a zombie and the feeling of it was pretty fresh in her mind.

\”So Mr Harclaw what do you think your score will be?\”

\”I don't know 50?\” He was not a humble person but this was the first time he did something like this so he didn't wanna embarrass himself by saying something high and then getting something low. 50 was a good number just right in the middle.

\”Don't sell yourself short, you actually got 72 which is pretty good for your first time. Then can you tell me what were your mistakes?\” Linri thought for a second before answering.

\”Helping her?\” he said while pointing at Natsumi who looked offended.

Ms Snow seemed interested in his answer.

\”Why do you think so? After all, we paired you up so that you would learn how to work well with others but now you are saying that it was a mistake on your part to help her. Can you elaborate more on the subject matter please?\”

\”I can't remember where but I once read these words somewhere which can sum up my situation. You shouldn't fear godlike opponents but pig-like teammates instead\” Linri said while looking at Natsumi's eyes. She looked like she just swallowed a fly.

\”Oh, so you are comparing Ms Fujisaki to a 'pig'? Is that correct? Why is that?\” Linri frowned. He didn't like how she just worded her question.

\”Because she withheld valuable information that could have resolved our situation\”

\”No, I-\”

\”Silence Ms Fujisaki!... Mr Harclaw please go on\”

\”Well, first of all, she didn't tell me she was infected. At first, I only thought it was just a normal necromancer attack and everyone in the school was already dead. If I knew it was a zombie virus outbreak I would have reacted much more differently\”

\”So you are blaming Ms Fujisaki then. Natsumi is there anything you might want to add?\” Linri could not help but feel like Ms Snow wanted to make them fall out with each other but he didn't know the reason why. Could it have anything to do with The Game event? I mean in there the students were going to fight each other to death so I guess it kinda makes sense. She was sowing the seeds of discord now so that they would feel more inclined to kill each other rather than to work together.