Chapter 2 - Coughing
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Select your infection type
1. Bacteria
2. Fungi
3. Plague
4. Parasite
5. Virus
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What is this? Why am I in a room? Didn't I just apply the poison.
I stare blankly in front of me, attempting to recall the past events.
*Please select your infection type*
I jolted back to reality as I realised the screen was still before me
Infection type?
*PLEASE SELECT YOUR INFECTION TYPE!!!*
I jumped back a bit, it was as though the screen was screaming at me.
Nonchalently, I tapped the screen.
My hands were still shaken by how I was still awake
*You have selected the 5th option*
*You have selected Virus*
Not long after, the screen disappeared from view. I looked around the apartment room I appeared in, it was cramped and clothes were all over the place.
Instinctively, I made my way to the toilet.
The mirror before me displayed a completely different appearance from what I used to look like and by the sink, a card could be seen with my credentials
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Name : Shiki
Date of Birth : 30/08/04
Occupation : Student
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Beside it a note read - Your school uniform is in the closet next to your bed, make sure you go to school. It starts at 10am
A phone was placed by my bed, it was the exact same model as the phone I used before I was hospitalised.
Turning on the phone,
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9am
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My eyes widened as I rushed towards the closet, looking at the freshly ironed uniform inside of the closet.
The crest on the left breast pocket of the shirt read - Xiao Ming High School
I changed into the shirt and grabbed the readily packed bag and rushed out of the front door.
A large billboard could be seen at the building in front,
--XIAO MING HIGH SCHOOL--
It turned out that I had found myself inside the school's dormitory.
Turns out... the was no need to rush because I was already on school campus.
Why did I even rush....
Everything that happened so far was so surreal
I walked back into the apartment to calm down before going to the unknown school.
Curious, I attempt to call for the screen which I saw earlier.
Screen
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Sign
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Board
...
Ah yes, it is not coming up
Panel
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Profile
Leaderboards
Genetic Progress
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I tapped onto the "leaderboards" subcategory.
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Infection Count
Kill Count
Infectivity (r0)
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Followed by "Infection Count"
The rankings were as displayed,
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1. Kruz Virus - 208193
2. Regnis - 199192
3. King's Plague - 186821
4. Pneucosis - 127895
5. Giorno - 126290
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8. FOV-2 - 65043
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999+. You
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FOV-2? Wasn't that the virus that caused me to kill myself?
I stare at the screen for a while before I clench my first tightly and swing at the name, missing it as my fist goes past the holographic panel
After staring for a while, it was nearing 9.30am so I made my leave towards the school entrance.
It seemed that no one suspected me for who I am? Strange...
Now let's see... the note said class 1A.
Ah! There it is!
I walk towards the classroom and open the door, only to have a shit ton of water dumped over my head.
The class laughs as I slip and fall to the ground.
"LMAO NICE JOB RYU. YOU ACTUALLY DID IT."
Everyone was applauding the one that sat in he middle of the class
Oh... so he did it
"Do you want to select your first target" a voice rings in my head
Target??
*Ryu has been selected as patient zero*
Ryu??
"Yah what do you want Shiki? Me to apologize?"
N-Nothing
I stare at him, the person named Ryu now had a Green outline around him
As I sat down by the only remaining seat at the corner of the class, the same Panel popped up
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You have one skill point, what do you want to upgrade...
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Then, a table popped up listing different types of names
I looked around to check if anyone could see this screen but no one has realised...
I don't get it... Why am I here? Still breathing and alive?
Why am I the only one that can see this screen, and why the hell am I an entirely different person
Today, school had a early dismissal due to the growing FOV-2 epidemic in Japan
So I went back to my dorm...
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Panel
I take a second look at the skills that the panel had.
The more I take a look at it, the more I think I am in some sort of game
My profile is similar to that of a game
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Name : Unchosen***
Type : Virus
r0 - 0
Infected - 1
Killed - 0
DNA Strands - 1
Evolution - None
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I guess I haven't really picked a name yet... I'll just go with Black then
I look closely and remembered that I had just recently selected Ryu as my first target..
Now, let me take a look at the possible skills I I can go for
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Coughing - (Author : Do I need to explain this) (Infectivity increases by 0.3)
Regeneration - Virus cells in a host body have a higher survival rate and life span (Recovery from virus 3 Days > 7 Days)
Total Organ Failure - Causes infected's entire body system to fail (Fatality Rate 0% >20%)
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Now.... I shouldn't go for the 3rd option, I can't even infect anyone yet... And I shouldn't go for the regeneration option either, I'd die off before infecting someone else
I tapped onto the first option
*New evolution - Coughing*
*4 People have been infected*
Huh?? Wasn't it just Ryu?
That's when I remembered overhearing Ryu talking about going to karoake with his friends
Serves him right... going out during this epidemic
*You gained 10 DNA points*
Oh and what do I use that for?
*Drug store location has been revealed
Store?? You mean like those shops that offer you gear when you get isekai'd to another world?
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Name : Black
Type : Virus
r0 - 0.3
Infected - 5
Killed - 0
DNA Points - 11
Evolution - Coughing
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