Basic course

Velo follows a blue line into an empty room. The white wall still makes him feel uncomfortable. It feels like someone is watching him at all times.

"We'll do all of our training here. First, we'll test your skill. Shoot down 10 targets. This will test your accuracy, reflex, and timing. We'll start when you're ready"

A rifle appears in Velo's hands. It is a black gun with a rectangular design. The gun's length is about 1 meter when it appears. And it quickly resizes to fit Velo's tiny body. The room changed to look like a wasteland when he looked at it. It peak Velo's interest.

"Is this another simulation?"

"Yes"

"What can you do with this simulation thing?"

"You don't have...."

"OK... I know"

There is an idea that Velo is thinking about. But he put it off for now.

"I'm ready"

"Affirmative, the test will begin in 3...2...1... START!"

The target appears one by one. Some hide behind obstacles while others walk in the open. Velo, try to shoot at it. The sound of the rifle fired off for around 10 minutes. Despite his best effort, he only hit one target on the foot by an accident.

After the shooting started, Velo found the gun has more kickback than he expected. Normally Velo can only get his hand on a pistol that the gang distributes to their members. Velo only got to shoot it once before it got taken away from him. The accuracy of his shoot disappoints both him and the A.I.

"Your upbringing is worse than we thought. Don't worry, this program can make you better.

The A.I word doesn't cheer him up at all. It is his dream to wield a rifle, but after doing it fell like he can't do it. Velo always looks up at these hunters wielding big guns. He thinks it they cool.

"Don't be sad about the result. You are better than 95.83% of a cat population"

The reassurance word of the A.I. made his mood even worse. Roughly 5% of cats are better than him.

"Let's start our training program."

To make you he doesn't fall in his sorrow. The A.I change the room back to the default white room, but now it has targets of different ranges.

"We have equipped you with a laser sight. It will help you get an idea of what you're shooting. Try pointing the gun that way."

Velo did as asked. The gun he points at it now has a red line shining straight to the target that is 10 meters away. The red sight shakes violently.

"We need to fix your shaking hands first. To hit the target consistently, you need to get this right. Start holding your breath and take your time to aim. We will move on to another activity when you can hit all the shots at 10 meters consistently. "

The training begins. Velo starts shooting the target while taking the A.I.'s advice. Slowly start getting better. He's so focused on the training he lost track of the time.

"Stop! it's been 8 hours since you started shooting. You're going to die at this rate!"

"what....u"

The A.I. breaks Velo's focus. He felt nauseous, his head hurt. It felt like his head got boil in hot water. Soon, he loses his consciousness.

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He woke up in an unfamiliar room. A white room architecture doesn't look like a slum house to him. He comes to his sense. Velo is still in the training facility.

"Hello there. It seems like you got a rare talent for training. Your result is really impressive for a beginner. But first take this nutrient bar it's chocolate flavor so it should really be delicious.

The A.I sound more friendly to velo but he shakes it off as his drowsiness playing with him. A brown bar drop from the ceiling. They wrapped it with translucent material that's easy to peel off. The smell of a chocolate touches his nose.

"This chocolate thing!! Isn't it the luxury item that the inner wall has!?"

Velo says with a sparkling eyes. He often heard about the mythical chocolate bar from the hunter that walk by. They say that it will be sold out the moment their any in stock. The price on one of this dessert is though the roof. Velo never thought that in his life he would get to taste it.

"We advise you to quickly eat it before it lose there nutrients"

Velo slowly put the bar in his mouth. The chocolate taste divine. It's the single best thing he has ever tasted in his life. Up to this point, he only tastes a cheap bland nutrient pack with questionable ingredients.

"Is it ok to give this for free?"

"This is a common chocolate flavor nutrient pack sold in batches of millions. It's cheap to produce, so we still have a ton of them in stock. But because of recent disconnect to global network we can't contract any producer. We can't buy more of them at the moment."

After listening to the A.I. random information Velo can gather. The old world is an insane place where they give out this kind of item like candy.

"We can put one of these as a reward for completing a section of training."

"Yes, please!!"

Velo's motivation is through the roof with the A.I. proposal. It looks like the kid is easier to control that it previously thought.

"You have completed the 10m exercise now. We will change your target to 100m. This time you only need to hit on average 7 of out 10 shots. Please refrain from focusing too hard like last time. You can suffer serious injury or even death."

Velo is scared. He doesn't even know what he did. Last time he got lose only his consciousness next time he could lose his life. But the result is excellent. His training that normally takes days to achieve only took him 8 hours. He doesn't know that.

After a while, the A.I. told him it's bedtime and lead him there. Velo enter a room with hundred of bed lining for a hundred roll. The A.I. assign him to one and turns off the light.