Chapter 95 - Unsatisfied

Roan felt his vision turned dark after hearing the success of their mission. He smiled to himself despite his injuries.

'The pain threshold was actually similar to that in real life.' He thought bitterly.

With his current D-Class level physique, a throw as strong as that would really injure him severely. Although the injuries will heal through time, but it will take long for him before he was fully healed.

He then felt that he was back in the real world. He removed the headgear and placed it back on its original position.

When he came out of the capsule, everyone in the S-Class section was already there smiling brightly at him. He was surprised and he could not help but smile back at them. Even the usually cold Krystal was smiling at him. Roan could not help but scratch the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Roan, good job. It was reckless, but we accomplished the mission. Thanks to you."

Situ Kui glanced at Roan with slight smile. He then strectch his right arm and balled his hand into a fist. Roan bumped his fist and patted his friend's back. Both young men were happy, so as the whole class. They swarmed around Roan and complimented his bravery during the fight against th zombie boss.

They then saw their professor's silhouette moving towards them. The S-Class section was excited, but when they saw the dark expression of Santharus, they immediately shut their mouths.

Santharus stopped in front of his students and glanced at everyone of them emotionlessly.

"Do you think that your results were satisfactory just because you accomplished the mission?"

Santharus spoke in a calm voice, but the students felt that their professor was angry. 

"It was supposed to be the easiest mission and I expected no injuries from the S-Class section to happen. Why do you have to act like what you did? You could have used the environment to deal with that boss without getting injured. But you chose the most foolish route. Would you do the same in real life?" Santharus' tone of voice did not change one bit, but everyone felt the atmosphere getting heavier and heavier by the second. Santharus was calmly glancing at Roan, but the latter felt as if a monstrous beast was glaring at him.

"Professor, I... I... If it was in real life..."

Santharus raised his right hand which made Roan shut his mouth up. The former glanced at everyone and shook his head.

"Getting injured is normal in every war, but getting injured when you could have not gotten injured is plain foolishness. I want everyone in class to think the virtual world as a real world and to not think of it as merely a training environment. Let's treat every mission as if it was a real life mission.

Roan, next time I want you to think carefully before you move forward blindly. You are talented in both martial arts and sharpshooting, but you have to sharpen your decision making skills.

Situ Kui, as the leader of the class, you showed nervousness at the time when a leader was supposed to be calm. You could have avoided direct confrontation, but you were clouded by anxiety that caused your misjudgement.

And for everyone else, you are all the most brilliant students in the whole of academy. But why did you not use your talents during that mission, but instead placed all the burden of leading to Situ Kui?

Well, I cannot really blame everyone since it was your first time experiencing that kind of event. In fact, for young men and women, what you did was already good enough. But for the academy's standards, you did terrible.

Use this opportunity to learn from your mistakes. Assimilate all the things that you have learned and don't do the same mistakes over and over again. " 

Santharus glanced at everyone for one last time before turning around and leaving the room.

The whole S-Class section was silent and their previous joyous atmosphere became bleak all of sudden. Roan glanced at his downcast classmates, even the usually calm Situ Kui currently looked troubled. 

"Clap! Clap! Clap!" Roan clapped his hands loudly, which attracted the attention of his classmates. They glanced at him with a baffled expression while waiting for him to talk. 

Roan forced a bright smile at everyone before he spoke.

"My classmates, let's not continue blaming ourselves here. Even if we are the S-Class section, we are still bound to make mistakes.

Perhaps we lack combat experience today, that's why Professor Santharus was unsatisfied with the result of our mission. But it won't be the same for our next missions. 

If we want to become much better, then I suggest doing some extra training after class. Also, I will do some combat training every Saturdays and Sundays. If you want to join me, then raise your right hand." Roan glanced at everybody and the first one to raise his hand was Situ Kui.

Everyone else followed suit, which made Roan smile even more visibly. He clenched his fists and spoke in a confident tone of voice.

"Let's show professor Santharus that the S-Class section will always be the strongest inside the academy." 

"Yes you're right! Why should we mope here when we can practice instead?"

"Good! I was foolish, but now I know what to do."

The whole class' conversation became more animated as they excitedly thought of how they can train themselves even further.

A silhouette of a man dressed in professor's clothing was leaning on the wall just right beside the half closed door. His arms were crossed against each other as he listened to his students' discussion inside the room. 

"Roan, I never knew that it will be you who will rise the morale of your classmates. Now, I can't wait to see the future of everyone with you by their side."

He smiled faintly before walking away. 

"A tiger's cub shouldn't be complacent. They should learn how to hunt on their own."

His voice which contained an indescribable emotion traveled faintly outside the room, but no one was there to hear his words.