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Chapter 3
Am in the WHAT!?
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It felt cold...
Everything was hazy and I couldn't move, as if something is holding me down.
As I struggle to stay conscious, I hear a heavy footstep of someone heading towards my direction.
I tried to speak but no words come out from my mouth as I felt something touch my head.
"You... You are a Masterpiece."
When I regained my conscious, my eyes quickly snapped opened as I let out a noiseless gasp.
Blinking my eyes, I panted as I tried to stable my breathing.
Looking around me, I noticed I was laying on some strange soft bed that kind of reminded me of the human size capsule back in my past life.
As familiar as it is, seeing that there is some faint smoke in the air, I briefly panic and sat up without putting much thought to it.
Noticing someone was here other than me, I raised my head and opened my mouth to say something despite how it stung my throat, but before I could say anything, what I saw immediately made me froze with my eyes widening in shock.
The words had died in my throat as I saw they were large buffed men laying on the ground all over this place that look like some lab, unconscious and my mother, oh my dear sweet beautiful mother who look like she could never hurt a fly was holding a damn large dagger pointed to a middle age man wearing a white lab coat and sharp glasses.
"You son of bitch!" Mother snarl with a terrifying glare as her grip tighten on his collar, "Why in the fucking hell did you messed with the Program!? The test was clearly stated this will be all but a fucking simulator! Not a goddamn experiment!"
'Holy shit!''
I almost shrink back as my mother voice continue to get louder each word she spoke to the man. I never seen her like this before, not even once at home.
However, seeing her like this as if she would murder that man if he even spoke a word gives me goosebumps in my skin, especially with those large buffed men unconscious on the ground.
I literally have no idea what going on and what I should do.
The last thing I remember was standing on the field with the other kids before everything started to get dizzy and before I knew it, I woke up in this... Dark place and mom look terrifying as shit right now.
Between the desire of interrupting them and my mother's wrath, I decided.
'Fuck, I'm still the kid here so... I'm just going to lay back down here, quietly and let the adults do their thing. I'm sure... Mother won't kill that man?'
Unfortunately for me, that man already noticed me before I could lay back down to pretend, I'm still sleeping.
With a casual smirk curling into his lips, he looks at Mother and says in a relax manner, clearly unafraid of the dagger pointed to him, "Normally I would have long called the H-security to those who invade inside my own lab but, I pretty sure you would just tear those apart even if the inner members punish you."
Ignoring the boiling volcano in front of him, he pushes his glasses up, "As for your question, I have my own reasonable reasons for doing this but, before I answer those, your daughter is awake Mrs. Avalyn."
"What?" Immediately turning her head towards my way without letting go of his collar, mother's eyes widen as soon as our eyes meet.
"Uhm... Hi?"
The moment I blinked, my mother was suddenly in front of me, hugging me quite tightly.
"Uh..."
It kind of hurt but it was a bit understandable as something must have happened to me for her to act like this.
"Thank goodness." Mother whispered, relief relaxing her shoulder as she pulled away, looking at me with pure concern in her eyes.
Putting her palm against my cheek, she asked softly, "How do you feel sweetie? Do you feel any pain? Headache? Do you know who I am?"
Putting a hand in front of me, I stopped her from giving me any more questions than it is.
" Ma, I think I'm alright?" Giving a quick glance at my body who is perfectly fine, I reassure my mother, "Yes, I'm feeling really fine, see." I emphasis with my hand.
"How marvelous." The man whom I almost forgot that he is in this room as well, spoke with great interest in his tone, looking at me as if I just did something amazing.
"I... I don't get it," I squinted my eyes at him, clearly confused at what he's talking about.
Before he could make another step forward, my mother stood between him and me, glaring at him at the corner of her eyes with her arms crossed underneath her chest, "Back away from my daughter, Albert."
So, his name was... Albert.
Rubbing the back of my neck, I glance between, hesitating a bit before I finally asked what the heck was going on.
"So, uh...Why am I here? What, exactly happened...?"
The two adults stared at me with different expression.
Mom eyes was widening, and the man suddenly looks thoughtful.
"Tsuki," My mother uncrossed her arms, "Don't you remember?"
"Remember what?" I asked, furrowing my eyebrows as I look at her, "The last thing I remember was standing at the field before... I fainted? Um... I know I wasn't that nervous mom, I swear."
The promised I made to her flashed in my mind, suddenly making me want to cry a bit. If I really fainted there and didn't manage to pass whatever test this was supposed to be, I be doomed.
'Hold on, didn't I just heard mom saying something about the program? Like... Simulator or something?'
My mother expression twisted that almost made me flinch, oh boy, she's getting really angry again,
"Dr. Albert, explain." She twirled around, this time, her expression was control but, the way her eyebrow twitches as she glared at Albert... Wait, doctor?
Dr. Albert hums with a slight smile, rubbing his chin, he eyed me from his position much to mother's annoyance.
Seriously if he doesn't start explaining now, I would really think of him as a pervert.
"This must have been the side effect of using that serum while she is still inside the Program." He explains, slightly tilting his head to the side, looking directly to my mother's eyes.
" You should know I'm not the type to messed with those codes however," His glasses shone as his eyes trailed towards a large strange machine that is attached to the wall,
"My guesses right now are that while I gave her the reward for winning with the highest rank among them, her mind that was still connected with the program must have made those codes glitches a bit... Making the memories she made inside the program removed." He finished.
It was silent... Too silent for my liking.
Staying still, I comprehend what he just said to us.
'Serum...? Program? Winning the highest rank? Memories... removed?'
It didn't take that long for me to connect the dots.
First off, from the information I had gathered, my memories before this... Program was somehow removed while I was inside. From the way he said about me winning the highest rank, I won on something and the reward was given to me while my mind was still connected to the Program.
'Dang, this is kind of confusing but... This serum, as disturbing as it is to know they injected me something but, what is it? I mean, to the point it made some, program glitched or something, what the heck did they do to me?'
"Do you really think I'm an idiot to just accept that explanation?" My mother clicked her tongue, gritting her teeth as she narrowed her eyes, clearly not believing him, "I been through this shit along with my husband years ago, I know full well what its effect could do, but this? The other top nine went just fine with the injection serums so why, is my daughter the only one that had her program glitched?"
Okay... I think I sensing a back story here... And, there were others?
Mother stepped closer to him, despite being a bit shorter than him, she looks scarier in my eye.
" I'm not asking again Dr Albert, what serum did you use?"
Her words were low and calm, but with how quiet this room er, lab is, I heard her pretty much loud and clear.
Either in instinct or subconscious, I felt fear to the point it made me gulped as I feel the chills crawling on my back.
It was kind of miracle in how I still managed to stay calm, or at least calm enough for me to think what's going on.
Specially in this tense atmosphere in the air that feels like a knife being pointed towards me.
The way they continue to stared at each other made me nervous but, thankfully Dr. Albert answered before I do something reckless to get out of here.
"I am well informed of that Mrs. Avalyn. As you must know, this is the latest serum I created months ago." Pushing his glasses up, he continued, "This had been tested many times already and the percentage was quite high. When I presented this to the organization, this gave me an approval to give one of this to the lucky kid who's mental and physical strength is high enough to handle."
Spreading his arm to his side with childlike smile on his face, "Out of all humans I know of, your daughter was the most astonishing human I ever seen in my years of life."
'Okay... It's a fact, this guy must be a mad scientist.'
"You should be thankful Satome, with the serum having the latest version, I made your daughter stronger and even her talent than all those around her age... She might even surpass the older generations."
Out of the things he had said, one caught my attention than the other,
'Stronger?'
It was kind of unsettling, whatever they're talking about, it somehow reminded of a certain movie, who changed a thin man into a super soldier who save the world.
Jesus Christ, just what world did I end up reincarnating into?
"You should know full well what the benefits of this for her future. As a former Super High School Level, she will need this if she wants to keep up."
"Super High School Level?" While I was deeply analyzing their conversation, I subconsciously said out loud the thing that also caught my attention.
Well, it was somehow familiar to me. Too familiar for me to passed it up just like that.
The adults paused and look at me, as if they just realized I was still with them... Well, to my mother as I saw Dr. Albert smile widening.
'Shit, was he trying to gain my interest on whatever he's doing? And... Where have I heard this before?'
Mother look at me with mixed emotions, mostly conflict within her eyes, as if unsure whether she should involve me or something like that.
"Yes, in shorter term, an ultimate." He put his hand against his chest, "At the age minimum to 16, people who are the best in a certain field of talent could be scouted in Hope's Peak Academy."
Hope's Peak Academy...
Like a thunder bolt shooting through me, memories from my past life suddenly flashed back before my mind, reminding me of the old days.
Danganronpa, a famous visual adventure game that I had once became obsessed with because of own attachment with those characters.
"Ah... I see." I lower my head to my expression as right now, I wanted to dig a hole to scream my disbelief as I almost couldn't believe it.
The game that I finally let go when I was about to turned eighteen has suddenly become real and not only that I am living inside it!
My thoughts were cut off when the door suddenly opened with a loud bang and multiple steps echo throughout the lab.
Jerking my head up, I blankly stared at the dark deep uniformed soldiers that stood there with literally guns in their hands.
"Hands in the air Satome Avalyn!" A tall good-looking dark red-haired man with large physical body walks out behind the group of soldiers, flickering the cigarette in his hand, he narrows his green colored eyes at mother.
"As understandable of what your action have been, you will be given of disciplinary punishment of isolation to reflect upon yourself!"
Well shit...
