17 Operation Anti-D: Part 11 (1/2)

Tininit tininit, that was the sound from the alarm that always rang at 4 a.m. Patrick was sleeping on his bed with an unplugged headset on his head to cover him from impurities.

He woke up from his bed, 'Is it morning already?' He looked outside at the dark sky. He had changed into loungewear. 'I think the morning gaming session should give me the energy to wake up, ' he sat down in front of his desk and turned on his PC.

He checked on his phone and he had a message from Lima and Charlie from the armory system. He checked the message on Lima first.

Lima: ”Hey, thanks for saving my life.”

Delta/Patrick: ”No sweat partner.”

Lima: ”Thanks, but don't expect me to join your next debut. Charlie can help you, but be aware that she only excels in sniper support.”

Delta: ”She can't do CQB?”

Lima: ”Sort of.”

Delta: ”Ok.”

He switched the message from Lima to Charlie.

Charlie: ”Lima told me that you might need a hand. I think I can help with that. Though, I will only provide sniping support or rear echelon support. Is that clear?”

Lima: ”Yes, yes, that is clear enough for me.”

Charlie: ”See you next time then.”

The computer finally booted up. It was the time for a morning gaming session. He wanted to try the [Combat Simulation] in the Armory System PC version.

[This system will turn any game into a combat simulation? Do you want to proceed?]

He clicked the yes button and chose his game that was installed on the computer. 'What should I play? EFT, BF4, COD, or GTA?' He scrolled through his steam account.

He chose Escape From Tarkov, a looting shooter game with a normal amount of realism. The game background was in eastern Europe in a fictional place called Tarkov.

He chose his equipment which was an Ak-74 with a Gen4 assault armor. He wore a Fast MT helmet with ballistic glasses and headphones. He was deployed in a place called The Factory. It was one of the places on Tarkov.

As he pressed the start button, his vision went blurry then replaced by a dark factory. It was messy with rubbles everywhere and a lot of scavengers were there to kill him if they saw him.

[Bullet wounds will be felt by the user as if it is real. However, injuries won't be transferred to the real world]

'That will make the immersion better,' he started walking to a room in that dark factory. He would search for loot on that factory.

He stopped for a second, there was the sound of footsteps from another direction. He put his rifle in front of his body as he moved slowly and he listened to that footstep that was getting closer and closer.