EX rank supporting role’s replay in a prestigious school - Chapter 2

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I don’t dream. 

There was a time when I didn’t even understand the concept of a ‘dream.’

My parents told me that when I was very young, I used to talk about dreams.

Maybe I stopped dreaming by the time my self-identity was formed.

I don’t have any memory of seeing dreams.

But right now, I can’t be sure if this situation is a dream or a reality.

 

‘It’s a school uniform……!’

 

I’m wearing a school uniform.

A yellow name tag was located on my left chest, and I wore an awkward-length jacket and a red tie.

This old-fashioned design is a school uniform from my middle school.

 

‘I was throwing up blood in my gym clothes in the goshiwon just now…. Why am I wearing a school uniform?’

 

I donated my school uniform after graduation.

There is no way it would be in my room.

 

‘It seems like my arms and legs got shorter.’

 

I stretched my limbs while looking at the school uniform,

I almost lost my balance and tripped.

It seemed somewhat awkward as if I weren’t in my own body.

However, the most awkward feeling came from something else.

 

‘I’m not coughing.’

 

The pain that pressed on my chest and all the coughing disappeared.

It seemed like my body returned to its healthy state, long before I had lung cancer.

 

“Jo Euishin?”

“Huh.”

 

I was surprised.

There were three other people besides me.

 

“I’m Yoo Sanghoon.”

“I’m Son Minki. Nice to meet you.”

 

The guys who talked to me all pointed at their name tags.

These three people were all wearing different uniforms, and I don’t know if they were middle schoolers or high schoolers.

It was strange that they were talking to me casually.

Do they think I’m their age because I’m wearing a school uniform?

No way……

 

“Were you spacing out? Wake up, there’ll be a test soon.”

“A test?”

“Cooperation is going to be tested, so let’s work hard. I’m Jang Namwook.”

 

The one who talked to me just now was the tallest kid with glasses.

After the three introduced themselves, it was my turn.

I just said my name.

 

“I’m Jo Euishin.”

 

Everyone introduced themselves.

There was an awkward atmosphere and silence, just like when strangers are meeting for the first time.

Namwook broke the silence.

 

“Let’s warm up. We shouldn’t get cramps during the test.”

 

Namwook’s suggestion made the three people stretch.

The three people were moving lightly and they seemed to have good athletic skills.

They were all flexible like gymnasts.

They demonstrate air time while running.

The sound that it made while they punched the air… sounded like ripping wind.

The sight of them warming up astonished me.

 

 ‘Are these three people professional athletes?’

 

I don’t know what it is, but I’m screwed.

After receiving the expected date of my death, I haven’t exercised at all.

I don’t even go outside.

I ate and drank what was offered in the private room.

 

‘There is no way I can move my body all of sudden.’

 

However, I need to take a skills test with these guys.

Even if this is a dream, it wouldn’t be good to see people getting screwed because of me.

So, I stretched like those three guys.

 

‘Strange……!’

 

There was that awkward feeling again.

My body felt way too light.

It felt like someone removed a metal plate attached to my body.

My body size decreased, but I felt way better than when I was still healthy.

 

‘Is this really a dream?’

 

Three people began to chat without me while I spaced out again.

 

“The test seems difficult. Will we be okay?”

“When we do simulation, it’ll be fine as long as we don’t make any visible mistakes. I heard the test here and the military school is similar and the test there wasn’t difficult.”

 

Minki seemed nervous.

Namwook seemed nervous but still tried to talk calmly.

Sanghoon seemed relatively relaxed.

The three people carried out a conversation I couldn’t understand.

 

“Right. Eungwang High School uses a simulator as well.”

 

Sanghoon’s comment almost made me fall.

 

“Eungwang High School?”

“……Are you okay?”

“Yes.”

 

I was a terminal lung cancer patient, but I’m not sick at all right now.

My thoughts are becoming clear.

Eungwang High School.

There is no way I would forget.

It was the name of a school that I heard about a lot for more than 10 years.

Eungwang High School, the school where the national failed game ‘Player Master High School’ took place.

 

<’Euishin’, the two-dimensional future transformational subject recognized in the current dimension. ‘Euishin’ skill and exclusive menu for the two-dimensional future transformed object will be used.>

 

Beep.

 

There was a notification sound.

Thinking that it was a familiar notification sound, a familiar design window popped up. 

This gradient and design…

There’s no way I wouldn’t recognize something that I’ve been seeing for the past 10 years.

 

‘It’s a system notification window from PMH!’

 

Automatically, I looked at the category at the top.

 

<Viewing information on ‘Euishin’.>

 

Beep.

 

A blue window appeared in front of my eyes.

The gym was dark so it seemed like it was only visible to me despite it being in the open.

Perhaps using and looking at this window is a skill for <’exclusive two-dimensional future transform object menu’.>

 

[Name] Jo Euishin

[Title] Two-dimensional future transform object, 8th grader

[Order] (Failed to load)

[Light Skill] (Locked)

[Status] Normal

[Overall ability] Lv. 10

 

It’s very similar to the game.

The window design and components are the same.

If you choose the overall ability menu, it’s the same as the game as it showed the HP, MP, Power, Magic, Defense, and Agility details.

Also, the ‘failed to load’ bug was identical.

There was a similar message like that in the game and it was common to see nothing appearing on the screen.

As a failed game, there were always bugs that consistently existed.

 

‘Is there a skills menu?’

 

I scrolled down the menu to see the skills.

 

[Skill]

Using objects Lv.1

Exclusive menu for two-dimensional future transform object Lv.1

Communication with transcendent universe Lv.1

Destiny Lv.3

(Failed to load)

 

There were skills and terms which didn’t exist in the game.

Some of them, I remember hearing before I was engulfed in the lights.

 

‘Perhaps this is related to the reward for clearing the final chapter?’

 

I heard things after opening the gift box for rewards for clearing the final chapter.

I recalled my memory.

 

‘Completed connecting with the transcendent universe.’

‘Checking compatibility for the accessed player.’

‘Selected Jo Euishin as a two-dimensional future transformed object.’

‘Processing synchronization and transformation for information and dimension.’

To speculate, this phenomenon was caused by some transcendent universe.

I came to the PMH world by becoming a two-dimensional future transformed object.

 

‘It doesn’t make perfect sense.’

 

It felt like I was missing something but I couldn’t figure it out.

I skipped the observation and tried to read the detailed skills. 

Other than ‘using objects’, I didn’t know what my skills were.

 

<Accessing skill information>

[Skill name] Using objects

[Rareness] SSR

[Skill level] 1

[Effect] Skilled with using all weapons and defense tools.

[Explanation] A skill that is closer to talents rather than techniques

 

[Skill name] Exclusive menu for two-dimensional future transform object

[Rareness] EX (Not able to measure)

[Skill level] 1

[Effect] Able to access information and transcendently interfere with objects in the same dimension.

[Explanation] Skill exclusive for someone who has passed compatibility in the universe. The range increases based on adjustment and understanding of dimension.

[Skill name] Communication with transcendent universe

[Rareness] UR

[Skill level] 1

[Effect] Communicating with transcendent universe

[Explanation] Multi-dimensional, multi-space. Multi-universe communication gives a huge burden to the skill user. If the result of communication exceeds the subject’s capability, the skill is canceled automatically.

 

[Skill name] Destiny

[Rareness] EX (Not able to measure)

[Skill level] 3

[Effect] Causes surreal interference.

[Explanation] Leads the user’s destiny based on experience, expectation, ideology, goal, and faith.

Based on the skill user’s life and future, destiny may increase or decrease.

It occurs randomly.

 

Unmeasurable other than the standard size, 2 EX rank which is unknown.

1 UR rank and 1 SSR rank.

In terms of the rareness of skills, it’s the best rank of all playable characters which I developed.

 

‘I’m an EX-level character based on the skills.’

 

However, it seems like there is no skill usable other than the menu at this point.

 

‘How do I test these?’

 

While I was pondering, I felt slight pressure from the situation that I was faced with. 

If it is true that I did enter the game, then there is something strange.

If I entered the PMH world, why am I wearing a middle school uniform instead of a Eungwang High School uniform?

 

‘By the way, if the test is for Eungwang High School…..’

 

I reviewed the ten years of my gaming life.

Middle school uniform.

Four children including myself.

The entrance exam for Eungwang high school.

Dark gym.

Something came to my mind.

 

“Which group are we?”

 

I ignored the cold atmosphere and engaged in conversation.

Nevermind my lack of manners, I had to find out what was happening right now.

It was an event that happened a long time ago so it took a long time to recall.

I hope it’s not group 13.

I can fix things easily if I’m not in group 13.

Namwook pushed his glass and replied.

 

“Group 13.”

 

Damn it.

I tried to go outside.

However, as soon as I grabbed the gym door, there was a spark and I heard a warning sound.

 

<Warning, contacted with N+ level block ‘Block for testing’. If you contact more than twice, abnormal conditions will apply. Currently contacted once.>

 

I felt my blood turn cold after seeing the system window.

 

‘It started already……!’

 

N+ level blocks can be deactivated with N+ weapons or skills or the equivalent.

Also, this block is more special so it’s not possible to deactivate using a rare weapon.

We are trapped here.

 

“What, there is a trap already.”

“There is no damage inflicted on the player by contacting it, but there is a strong penalty so try to avoid it. That’s what I heard from my tutor.”

 

The other three didn’t sense the danger and continued chatting.

Anyway, it’s impossible to escape.

I opened the item window.

 

<Opening possessed item list.>

[Possessed item]

1 Student ID

1 Test ID

1 Copy of Test Commitment

…..

…..

…..

 

Luckily, the last row contained an item that I wanted.

When I found the wanted item, I heard a warning system message.

 

<Warning, enemies are approaching.>

 

“Guys, take out the items you received before arriving here.”

 

They ignored what I suddenly blurted out.

 

“Shouldn’t you only open it with the proctor’s permission…..?”

“It’s not cool for a guy with an old-fashioned uniform to act seriously.”

 

The system alarm sound became louder.

Soon, the enemies will be here.

 

“Enemies will be approaching. There is no time. Open the item box!”

 

About 100 years ago, ‘Enemies’ came from a collision between worlds, and the human race had to become players to combat the enemies.

Also, the world is made up of dungeons, towers, castles, gardens, mazes, and others, with items that have special effects.

Items acquired from the other world.

Items made with special skills.

Players must make items into a card, and they also have the ability to transform the card into a physical item.

Eungwang High School wanted to check if the students had such an ability by providing them a box with an item card addressed to the students during the test.

 

“I have no choice but to have it here.”

 

That was the ‘random item box for students’ provided before entering the test center.

I looked at the black box located above my hand.

Out of the random boxes, the black box was the lowest in rareness.

A gamer like me would dispose of or destroy these without putting anything inside the item box.

 

‘This is the only way to fight against enemies.’

 

Although I only had a useless item, I can’t reinstall the game after deleting it or start the game over again.

So, resetting and restart won’t work.

I have to choose a good item in one go.

 

<Using random item box for students>

 

The box opened and the item card started to spin in front of my eyes.

 

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