Chapter 124 - 117

The loud alarm within the train cabin that they were staying at reverberate inside the place. It caught the attention of the performers who were resting in their quarters.

Chun poked out her head outside her room as she curiously listened to the outside announcement. The robotic female voice continued its statement.

"Game Map 35, Beach Tahiti. Difficulty: B. Mission: Survive."

The silver haired young man was in deep thought as she heard that. Concluding in the announcement, it indicated about a simulation game and it was only for the first years as currently there were no present higher-leveled performers because even Chun's snob roommate had been nowhere since yesterday.

She found out as well that the others except for her fellow first years wasn't back.

Chun had been suspicious about their concurrent disappearance which this sudden announcement was in her scope of expectation. 

The mechanical female voice repeated its announcemeant again but there was an added information.

"…Departure; Immediate."

Some first years were woken up from the booming alarm which made them to be unprepared about the occuring situation, as the mechanical female voice finished its statement, it instantly sent out the oblivious first years. Only those like Deter who had been a senior first year were able to realized the system announcement.

This was the secret selection for the promotion for a higher level. In fact, it depended in a performer's play in the field which determined their tier level up, if they performed satisfactorily then they could directly put into the third year performer's level and if they just survived in a moderate manner, they would go through the judges evaluation if they should be allowed to accelerate from their current level.

The blondie young man Deter had been ignorant that he was still not in that satisfactory level which could make him accelerate a year level. Although he passed the simulation games that were suddenly launched by the main system, it was still in a bȧrėly passable feat.

Chun wasn't interested with her fellow first years as she had just noticed them when they were booted to an unfamiliar environment. There were ten new recruits this year and five senior first years that was recruited last year. A total of fifteen players.

The silver haired young man wasn't the only to have weird aesthetics like wearing a half mask designed in a fox style as the others had a more bizarre taste than her. A guy in red blazing hair with orange higlights had swirling tattoos patterned in cherry blossom petals half of his face. There was even a short haired beauty who was carrying a certain instrument half of her size on her back, she was wearing a traditional clothing which was called kimono.

Chun was lazy to describe each of them as she observed her surroundings. They were by the shore and infront of them was the most bluish sea that the silver haired young man had ever laid her eyes on.

It was afternoon time as the slightly hot sunlight was hitting on their skin and if they weren't in a simulation game at this moment, they might already enjoyed this ideal relaxing view. Though, it calmed their tense nerves.

The calming splash of the deep blue sea hit against the land as it created smoke aftereffects. 

'A B-grade difficulty huh.' Chun thought as she had no plans in bathing such dangerous water.

She heard the mechanical voice.

"Launching protective emergency chip." 

As it stated, in the far view from their position, the bluish water started to rise up as metallic non-corrosive platforms emerged out from the sea. It was a total of twelve platforms.

The siver haired young man narrowed her eyes as she saw the scene.

"A single protective emergency chip for every player. Duration: Two days. Failure to accomplish the task is equivalent to elimination."

After that, it went silent.

The serene atmosphere became rigid as they realized something. There were fifteen of them and there were only twelve protective emergency chips, even without using math, they could conclude that only twelve players could survive.

A lean young man who was was wearing a track suit suddenly declared, "I will be the first one to get that chip!" His nose went up as he confidently neared the calm deep blue sea.

"A sacrificial lamb," The silver haired young man whispered as she light an incense for this ignorant person in her mind. She looked at the track suit guy with dead eyes.

Her kind of type. 

The kimono girl subconsciously thought that as the tips of her ears reddened. She tightened her hold to the straps of her bag as she erased her debauched thinking while chanting back to back her grandfather's reminders.

"Men are wolves. Handsome ones are dangerous wolves."

That repeated silently as Chun turned to the chanting lady beside her while looking at the other, strangely. 

'He might thought I am weird!' She was alarmed to this as her ears reddened into beet red.

Chun thought that the closer looked to the kimono girl, she was a bit familiar to her but she forgot where she had seen the latter.

The shrieked of the proud young man awhile ago, caught their attention as they were scared to see that the other was being burn by the innocent-looking bluish sea. He immediately shouted for help as the other helpful ones stepped forward to help him but they were a second too late because the earlier unperturbed sea was somewhat alive as it engulfed the crying youth with its scary waves.

Instantly, the violent waves turned back to its calm state as if nothing happened. 

The red haired young man with orange highlights suddenly cursed as he witnesssed the most scariest thing that happened in his life.

Deter who knew what would happen to that eaten person calmed the crowd as he said, "That is automatic elimination but don't you worry, this is just a simulation so he isn't dead but… he will have to pack up."

At the first-half of the explanation was truly relieving to them as they sighed but hearing the latter half made them more tenser and agitated. It was known that half of the performers' population were mages who were orphan or homeless and deciding to join the Circus wasn't only for prestige but it depended with their living situation as well. 

Even though, the Circus was a famous organization that could rival continents but it had life-threatening performances (like what Chun had experienced in her possession of the body but that was only for beginners as there were more dangerous performances that only those higher levels could do). Though, they had abilities but their performances had restrictions as well, in short, getting in the Circus was easy but one should know the consequences, you could leave anytime yet no organizations or sects would accept you due to your reputation for being a coward.

Why would one enter the Circus and left by its own as they couldn't handle the challenges? It was like hitting your own foot.

Only the brave or in-need mages would afford to apply as a performer.

Chun sighed as she could compare that it would be more less hassle if she was in a martial practitioners' sect than being in here. Her lazy life was needed to be left after she settled her situation.

Realizing that they couldn't just brazenly swim to the acidic water, they gathered in their own groups as they planned for their next action. There were two to three groups gathered while some were on their own and the silver haired young man was one of those players with the kimono girl.

Despite this was an individual competition, it was still inevitable to do it in solo.

Yet Chun ignored that fact as she started to walk as she saw her ideal resting spot, it was under a coconut tree. Chun couldn't help but to treat this simulation game as a vacation trip while she laid in the white sand.

The island was well-created as it truly enclasped the essence of a scenic view. 

The short haired kimino girl was perhaps curioused to what the mysterious fox mask guy woud be up to as she moved in an opposite direction but the former didn't think that Chun would only find a spot to nap on.

She somewhat pitied the foolishness of the lying silver haired young man as she blocked the sunlight the was bathing the other. 

Chun opened her eyes as she curiously looked at the culprit who was blocking her from sunbathing.

The kimino girl felt the inquiring gaze of the other as the scarlet red eyes was looking at her intensely. She couldn't help but clear her throat as she tightened her hold to the straps.

"I am Yu In Na and you are?"

Chun was astonished as the girl infront her introduced her real name with no hesitation and why did Chun knew that it was her real name? 

Well, Yu In Na was an 'iconic' name.