At the training ground,
On the floor of the training ground black cases of all sizes.
"Now, each of you should have received a number just now. Go to the spot with your number. Those will be your weapons. You will have a free period until lunchtime, so you may try out your weapons until then. You are allowed to spar, but don't do too much damage." The teacher announced. All the recruits walked to their weapons and picked them up.
Zane also went and found his weapons, he took 3 cases and went to the seating. First, he opened the larger one, It was his sniper rifle. The modal was an M40 rifle. Next, the guns.
He opened the smaller case. It was two Glock 19. Both the rifle and Glock are grey. Finally, the bullets, 20 magazines for the rifle and 40 for the Glock. Half of each we're training bullets which were made of rubber.
'Scan.'
[Name: MR12
Type: Firearm (sniper rifle)
Durability: 100%
A long-range mana rifle with an effective firing range of 800m. ]
[Name: MP9
Type: Firearm (pistol)
Durability: 100%
A mana pistol with an effective firing range of 50m.]
[Name: 7.67x51mm MB
Type: ammunition
A bullet imbued with mana.]
[Name: Rubber 7.67x51mm MB
Type: training ammunition
A bullet imbued with mana. Made for training.]
[Name: 9mm MB
Type: ammunition
A bullet imbued with mana.]
[Name: Rubber 9mm MB
Type: training ammunition
A bullet imbued with mana. Made for training.]
'Mana bullets. Are they different ?' He thought. Just then, the teacher came to him.
"Recruit Felix."
"Sir?"
"Are you sure you don't want to change weapons? I'll let you change it free of charge."
"Thank you, but I'm quite alright," Zane replied and smiled.
"Suit yourself, come to me if there are any problems."
Zane nodded and he went away. Zane then went to the shooting range.
At the shooting range, there are only about 7 other recruits.
'Seems like firearms aren't really popular.' He then went to an empty firing lane. He loaded his pistol and shot at a target.
*Swoosh*
As the bullet shot out, it didn't make a sound. Even without a suppressor, the only sound that could be heard was the bullet piercing through the wind.
The problem with guns is that they are loud. Seeing that it didn't let out a sound, Zane was excited. He took out another pistol and reloaded it. With one pistol in each hand, he shot at the target, hitting the bullseye every time.
Within seconds, he finished two rounds of bullets. As he was reloading, he remembered his skill, his Innate skill [Absolute Vision] might be useful.
'Right, I haven't used that. What is it anyway?'
After reloading his pistols,
'Absolute vision.'
As he activated the skill, he was astounded. Everything but lifeforms turned black and white. It was like looking into a picture before colour was invented.
For forms like humans, animals and trees, they had a green glow.
He looked towards one of the recruits who was shooting. As the bullets hit the shot out of the barrel, a wave pattern appeared. As the bullet hit its target, another wave pattern appeared.
'Vibrations…... Sound waves?' Yes, he sees sound waves.
[The smaller the range, the more details you see.] Just then, he remembered these lines. Slowly, he shortened the range.
190m
180m
150m
100m
70m
50m
He stopped at 50m. What he saw shocked him.
'Is that the heart? And….' The first thing he noticed was something beating.
Yes! It was the heart. Not only can he see the heart, but he can also see veins, muscles, and organs. To put it in simple terms, he sees the whole body structure. Heartbeat, blood flow, muscle movements... He sees it all.
'I need to try something.' He picked up his sniper and removed the scope. He expanded the range to 200m and aimed towards the sky without even looking at it.
*swoosh*
*thud* a bird fell from the sky.
"I guess I don't need this anymore." He looked at the scope in his hand and muttered. With his skill [Absolute vision], there's no need for a scope anymore.
He couldn't contain his excitement, so he shot a couple more rounds. Finally, he stopped, but the shooting range had at least 10 dead birds. Just then, someone came into his range — the teacher.
'I'd better run.' To avoid getting in trouble, he ran away from the scene.
Back at the training ground,
Most of the recruits already left, even though there's still about an hour before lunchtime. The remaining ones are either sparing or playing around. Just then,
"Look out!!!"
As if on instinct, Zane activated his skill [Absolute Vision]. With the skill, he sees an arrow flying towards him. The arrow's velocity, trajectory and wind speed. Taking all of these into account, he predicted the course of the arrow and slightly moved to the left, dodging the arrow by an inch.
"Did he just dodged that without looking?"
"Must be his luck."
Whispers could be heard from the other recruits.
"I'm sorry! Are you hurt?" A female recruit holding a bow ran to Zane and bowed 90 degrees.
"I'm fine. It didn't....." He was interrupted
"Let's go to the infirmary." She said as she dragged him to the infirmary."
In the infirmary,
"Where's your injury?" She asked
"As I said, I'm fine!"
"Really? Then why didn't you say anything?"
"I did!"
"Really? I guess I didn't hear it."
"Guess?"
"I'm sorry!" She bowed again.
"It's fine." 'Why does he keep bowing, is it a thing here?'
"I'll treat you to lunch as an apology."
"Isn't that free?"
"Free?" she pondered a bit and continued, "isn't that only for the first day? How could you not know?"
"I didn't have breakfast today. So..."
"Really? Then you must be hungry. Let's go!" Again, she dragged him away and went to the cafeteria.
On the way, Zane was deep in thoughts.
'The food isn't free. Do I still have enough?' He remembered that he still had 30 000p after spending 20 000p on Nova.
"Umm, how much does the food cost?" He asked
"Cost? I think it was 5 000p for a meal."
'5 000p… doesn't that mean I only have enough for 6 meals? I need a job.' He thought.
'I should head back.' Zane decided to go back to his dorm.
On the way, he was deep in thought.
"By the way, I haven't introduced myself. I'm….. "