192 Elimination (1/2)
”Whaaaaaat?!”
Many who just stepped down from the challenge called out dumbfounded, not really believing that Ash ended the challenge just like that. Not only them, those who stayed behind and decided to risk their points couldn't believe it either.
Ash only smirked and assured, ”I know it might be confusing but I can promise you that I'm not joking. You can look at the notification on your cards.”
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Congratulations, you won the Advance Challenge!
Please claim your reward from your instructor.
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Everyone who stayed received the same message, including Wuxing and the rest.
Naturally, after everyone confirmed the truth behind Ash's words, they cheered, walking forward excitedly to claim their reward while the rest could only stare at the bitterly.
Were they mad, wanting to complain and curse? Absolutely yes.
Would they actually do it? Probably not.
The selection was not a joke. If you complain, you might not live till tomorrow, getting kicked out of the base. Living together with beasts wasn't easy.
”The point of this challenge was to show you that you should never give up, always pushing to complete your mission, no matter the price you have to pay. Completing the mission is more important than getting injured, especially if your mission requires you to protect someone important. Would you rather get shot or lose your client? The success of the mission is the most important, even more than your life,” General Clark spoke up first before passing the megaphone to Ash.
”According to our current company policy, we guarantee the success of any mission. If you fail, contribution points will be deducted from your account to pay for someone else who can repeat the mission. Because of that, we don't tolerate failures. We are Seven Stars Special Forces, the best mercenary organization in the world,” Ash explained further. ”Also…”
She paused, pointing at the ten wounded participants. At her call, they stopped being dressed up by the medics and walked forward as if nothing happened.
Where they even shot? The question everyone asked themselves in their mind.
Ash seemed to enjoy the confusion on everyone's faces but she grabbed one of the bandaged hands and unwrapped the bandage.
To everyone's surprise, there was no hole. Nothing. The hand looked like it wasn't even cut by anything.
”No one got wounded in the process of the challenge. All ten members that got ”shot” were our undercover staff members with small explosives attached to their hands. All guns had blank cartridges with no sharp ammunition. In short, everything was planned from the very beginning.”
Chatter…
Many had something to say about it but obviously, they kept it to themselves and at most, shared it with their friends. It was obviously a scam to trick them which made many participants feel dumb.
”Big bro, did you know?” Scarlet looked at Wuxing with shinning eyes but he had to shake his head this time.
”Even I didn't figure their plans beforehand but I knew something was up. They wouldn't shoot half of their candidates on the first day so it was a safe bet to make,” Wuxing said confidently. ”It would eliminate a lot of people and create many problems for them as well.”
”Mhmm, true!” Scarlet nodded happily and then they moved with the queue, getting their points recorded.