Chapter 63 Playing for the first time (2/2)

”No need to explain how good the game is. I will find out for myself. So first I need you to find the game, and then install it.” When the maid heard Alex's request she immediately found the game from the massive library and started to install it.

When Alex saw how fast the maid found the game, he was surprised since that means there was a pattern to how the games where arranged in the shelf.

”How did you arrange the games? It's not chronological or anything simple like that... So how did you arrange them?”

”Huh? I arranged the games depending on how much I love them. The best games for me, are placed near the center. Since Perfect Soldier is one of my top 10 favorite games, I placed it near the computer. This way whenever young master felt like playing he could enjoy the games I like.” The maid happily replied.

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The game was now finished installing and the maid taught Alex the basic controls. Once she was done explaining she wanted to stay and watch her young master play, but since she had other duties she reluctantly left.

When the game started, Alex was given the option to start with story mode, or multiplayer. Since Alex didn't know much about games, he started with the story mode.

The game started with a cutscene, a man was in the middle of a war zone. The man who seems to be Alex's game character was hiding in the trenches. Suddenly another soldier pops up out of nowhere, Alex reflexively pulled out his gun, then he remembered he was playing a game.

Alex put away his gun and continued watching the cutscene. The soldier that approached him seem to be an ally, he then proceeded to teach Alex the basic controls of the game. When that was done, he gave a mission objective, it said give support fire to allied troops.

It was a simple enough mission, and Alex had done it numerous times in real life. So when he headed to an ideal position, he was blocked by something like an invisible wall. He tried as hard as he could but failed to go through the invisible barrier. So when Alex tried to turn his character around he got shot in the head and died.

MISSION FAILED

Alex stared at the screen dumbfounded, he couldn't process what had happened. He couldn't hear the enemy coming, since the game had too many background noises, he couldn't feel the killing intent of the enemy since it was a game. All in all he couldn't notice the enemy approaching him before it was too late.

Worst of all he saw in the screen words written in big letters, the words were MISSION FAILED. Those words struck him the most, he who had a 100% completion rate in real life, was bested by a game. Even though this failure wouldn't reflect his actually record, just seeing the words MISSION FAILED made Alex feel like something wanted to come out from deep inside him, and destroy everything in sight.

How could he accept such a result? Ever since, he had become a mercenary this was the first time he was told he failed, and the feeling he got from it was not pleasant.

Alex proceeded to press the restart mission button and this time, he will win.