2 Graduation Exam

' Reincarnation, I actually died in the accident ' contemplated James Alpucci, as he began to digest all the information he got from the predecessor.

Seeing her dazed son, worried Marie wanted to say something to ease her sons worries.. but she also did not want to give him false hope.

Creak...

Pushing the Door open, the on-duty doctor walked in but seeing the crowded ICU he frowned, seeing the frown form on the Middle aged doctors face the nurse hurriedly said " madam please wait out side, we will get back to you later "

Marie did not want to leave her son's side but she thought she would be nothing more then hindrance by her son side so she choose to quietly walk out the ICU with her daughter and patiently wait outside.

The Doctor start to flash his medical torch light at James eyes , mouth observing signs of recovery, then turned to the monitors in the ICU.

As the doctor and nurse were doing their thing, a screen suddenly appeared in front of James eyes,

' Ding, Hosts Passive ability "Linguistic Assimilation"[1] has meet the condition for upgrade! '

' Would you like to proceed with the Upgrade? [Y/N] '

Seeing the screen James was not confused or startled, as he already knew about it from the information he got earlier. what made him curious was why did the passive ability meet the condition to upgrade now, previously the predecessor tried very hard to upgrade his passive skill but was never able to. James subconsciously chose to upgrade the skill.

' upgrading passive ability "Linguistic Assimilation", please wait this may take some time. '

All those who return from the Terror Multiverse are gifted with this so called stat screen by The World Terror, For those of us who have never been to the Terror Multiverse we have to go through the Initiation ritual at the age of six to get it. It is like signing a Devils Contract with The World Terror that we will willingly enter Terror Multiverse after 10 years, as they say ' if you stare in to the abyss, abyss stares back at you'. At the lower right corner of the screen a 10 yrs marked stop watch is visible, as the reminder of the deal they signed with the Devil. the stop watch on James Screen read,

9Y: 11M: 27D: 17H: 45m: 59s

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9Y: 11M: 27D: 17H: 46m: 00s

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Along with the stats screen everyone is also gifted with a passive ability, some lucky ones are able to awaken 2 passive abilities. because of these passive abilities the Initiation Ritual has been made mandatory in all 2500+ cities of Human kind no matter who you are, you have to go through the ritual, this ritual not only gives the Human kind the power to fight Terror minions but also enough time to prepare for the Terror multiverse, which is way better than the alternatives.

"Linguistic Assimilation" is the passive ability which the James's predecessor gained after the Initiation ritual. this ability gives the user the ability to learn any language through physical contact, even though it is not a combat related passive ability, it is better than a low level combat ability, because In the terror world the scenario can be of any language, and in order to increase the chances of surviving a scenario it is important to have good relation with the scenario's natives or you may call them NPC's in gaming terms, so this ability will come very handy in case we are dragged into a ancient or foreign scenario.

Even though the predecessor was not happy about the ability, but this ability satisfied his needs. he wanted to upgrade it so that he could not only learn any language through physical contact but also teach any language through physical contact, Just imagine the market value of a ability which can let others learn any number of language just through a single touch. the predecessor had great plans for his future, if only he .... alas shit happen.

" Ok, everything is fine. you can discharge him after observing him for another 3 hours, he just lost conscious from suffocation. I do not understand why those people insisted in keeping him under Intensive Care" said the middle aged doctor to the nurse and turned to James and said " young man, you have your reasons for committing suicide but ah! ..... just think of what will happen to your family before attempting again, this people are not so easy to mess with, if you have enough courage for suicide than you should have enough courage to do what they ask of you. think carefully "

Doctor and the nurse left after seeing that James condition were normal, soon the mother of the predecessor entered the room. seeing their revealed but tired faces James couldn't help but sigh, coincidentally the predecessors name was also James Alpucci, as for the Mother and sister of the predecessor, Marie and Tina Alpucci and the predecessors father Joseph Alpucci, he never returned from his 65 mission 4 years ago.

" the doctor said that there is nothing to worry about and will discharge you in next 3 hours. " said Marie affectionately to her son.

" you look tired, especially Tina. you guys head home I will get home using cab. " said James with concern, even though they were not his own mother and sister he could feel their genuine love and concern for him.

" No!, we.. " before Marie could complete her sentence a rowdy female voice interrupted her.

" Auntie, you head home. we will bring James home safely " said Trisha O'Hara standing 148 cm (4'11") tall clear small for her age, she had golden brown eyes with a horizontal scar just above her left eye and her golden-blond long hair were tied in a braid that hanged down below her shoulders. she wore a red lumberjack shirt on black rugged jeans. she had younger facial features compared to her age and also her left arm felt artificial in its movements, color and texture.

" Mom big sis Trisha and big sis Ava are here to visit big bro. " said Tina as she walked inside the ICU with two other girls.

" Oh! Trisha you are visiting again, my son is really lucky to have a friend like you " said Marie looking at the little Rowdy girl who was dressed like a boy, then turned to the other girl and said. " Ava you came too "

" I had little work earlier and could not visit James with others in the morning, so I decided to come by now" said Ava Mellon a beautiful young girl with green eyes and chest-length chestnut brown hair that was tied into a side ponytail. She wore a lavender one piece dress.

" this is must auntie, what kind of Captain will I be if I do not visit my Comrade in hospital. " said Trisha.

Hearing Trisha's statement the temperature in the lively ICU dropped by several degree, the culprit did not seem to realize her mistake, with her bright untainted glowing eyes she added, " James get your ass healthy soon, we have our graduation test in three days, what will I do with a sickly Intelligence officer in my team."

The Sudden awkwardness is because everyone thinks that the predecessor attempted suicide under the depression due to the upcoming graduation test, as the graduation test will be held in Terror Multiverse.

Looking into these bright untainted eyes, James seem to feel that all the negative and depressing thoughts he had from his death and reincarnation were lifted and he felt a urge to look at the current situation with a positive outlook. suddenly James realized something, is this the legendary protagonist aura.

" enough about that Trisha, I and Tina will return home earlier, there are many chores to tend to. so, I will leave James in your and Ava's care. I will be preparing his favorite Key Lime Pie do you guys want something with that? " said Marie, trying to control the damage. many would think Marie was being careless but they did not know Trisha as good as she did, and her trust in Trisha was that high.

" do not worry auntie, James is in good hands, but I want my pie extra creamy " said Trisha, Ava wanted to refuse Marie's invitation but seeing Trisha agree she decide to go along with it.

" Thank you Trisha call me if there is any thing urgent, son do not worry yourself to much. " said Marie as she walked out of the ICU.

" big bro take care " said Tina as she followed her mother.

Soon After the Mother Daughter duo left, the ICU once again fell in awkward silence.

" James look at this cute cat video " said Trisha, while projecting a screen on the wall with her smart watch. Human Kind's 2/3rd population was wiped out but but somehow cat video's still continued to plague the internet.

" Guy's, you do not have to walk on egg shell near me. I am fine, it was a stupid mistake in a movement of weakness. I am fine now." said James, even though he did not personally know them, but the information from predecessor and the Trisha's protagonist aura made him feel close to them.

" finally ... I am so pissed at you, you idiot I was so worried. Ava tell him how much worried I was. " said Trisha folding both her arms across her chest.

" she cried for two hours straight, after visiting you in the morning" said Ava.

" wh-aat! I asked you to tell him I was worried not this, and you also cried when I called to inform you.. " said Trisha as she glared at Ava, Ava just sneered " I did not "

" do not lie, I could hear choking in your voice. " retorted Trisha.

" I am really glad to know that two beauties will cry for me in my funeral, I never knew I was so popular among you girls " said James humorously.

" popular my ass!, since you can joke about it already than you do not mind if I teach you a lesson or two for the stunt you pulled earlier. " said Trisha cracking her knuckles.

" Captain, Please show mercy! " said James in a apologetic tone, Ava watched the two in amusement.

" well, isn't it lively here. Captain, this shorty wants to teach our team member a lesson . what do you think Captain? " said a female voice filled with contempt.

The trio looked at the source of the voice, two men and one female seemed to have entered the ICU without them noticing. Seeing these people Trisha went towards them and shouted " Leon Barnard I Trisha O'Hara challenge you for a duel, winner gets to keep James in their team. do you dare to accept it?"

The three people brushed past Trisha but the female while passing by Trisha sneered and said "move it shorty."

Mira Meyer, the girl who mocked Trisha is a fairly tall and beautiful woman. She has narrow mauve eyes and long black wavy hair reaching her lower back along with her slender yet voluptuous build, and pale soft skin, she will have no problem making opposite sex lust and obey her.

Leon Barnard, the boy whom Trisha challenged is a relatively tall and muscular young man with a wide frame. He has short dark brown hair, with a serious yet calm expression. seeing how he is positioned in the middle of three anyone can tell he is the captain Mira refereed to earlier.

Luca Splot is a tall well-built young man with short, somewhat shaggy dark hair, with the sides of his head being shaven along with his trendy short beard he seems older than his actual age.

These three are James new team members, James originally belonged to Trisha's team but seeing the potential of James passive ability, Leon had James transfer to his team a day ago using his families influence.

Since that day, Trisha has repeatedly challenged Leon for a duel and Leon has always ignored her like earlier, no matter how much Trisha taunted and ridiculed him. It is not because he is weaker than Trisha but because of the wild and reckless fighting style Trisha uses, he is worried that even if he wins he will not come out unscathed out of it. If it was a normal day he would not care about this little injury but the graduation test is in 3 days, Even after all his preparations, his chances of successfully passing the graduation test are below 50 percent, as Terror Multiverse is too dangerous and unpredictable. he is not foolish enough to get injured three days before the Graduation test.