The Tutorial Is Too Hard - Chapter 243

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Chapter 243

Editor: Tide

It resembled modern Earth in many ways . Sturdy buildings soared into the sky, lined up neatly . Roads and sidewalks paved the way to different places .

Except for some minor differences, the style of clothing was also similar to Earth’s . I thought my armor would stand out, so I took a thick coat out of my inventory and put it on .

It was fortunate that the weather was a bit chilly . My coat was not much different from the coats these people wore, so I could wear it without standing out . Also, the armor was light and thin, so it was comfortable to wear a coat over it . The soul sword on my waist was mildly uncomfortable, but I decided to let it be .

I adjusted my clothes and looked around again . People were still looking at the black sphere that hovered in the sky . I had no idea what it was .

Occasionally, the sphere would squirm, and the people closely followed its movements . Like everyone else, I peered curiously at the black ball .

After convulsing for a long time, the black sphere finally flashed . It was only for an instant, but the people on the street who witnessed it held their hands together and prayed . I thought that they might be praying to a god in this world, but when I heard their prayers, I felt that it was not the case either .

I could make out a few words .

His sacrifice for us . Great . Peace . Heroic . End . Salvation .

It sounded more like nonsensical rambling and less like praise for God . A god wouldn’t sacrifice anything for humanity .

Then, a message popped up .

[The 57th floor begins]

Description: Two years ago, there was misfortune on the Arahabi planet, which was known for its unusually high frequency of superpowers, along with its high level of civilization . An asteroid and an alien species from outer space landed there, making the people face a death crisis .

Fortunately, a hero saved the planet . The superhuman sealed the entire asteroid along with their world in the sky, to prevent the alien species from causing more destruction . The seal has been intact for two years, but no one knows what’s going on inside it .

We want to investigate what’s going on inside the seal . The planet has officially rejected requests for vaccination, and we have sent you, a secret investigator, to the planet . There are new items in your inventory .

[Clear Condition]

– Death .

Hmm… What could I say? It was quite a silly stage mission . What did it want me to do? Waiting for me at the end of the lengthy description was the condition of death . What even was this?

Did it mean that once I died, I cleared the stage? It seemed unlikely . Maybe it was a stage where the second clear condition appeared only after your first death .

Oh, my . Now the system was telling me to die . First, I took out the newly received items from my inventory .

They were easy to find because they were all inside a bag that I hadn’t seen before . An ID card . Clothing and combat uniform . A watch . One pill and an ornament that looked like a bracelet .

My ID card appeared to be forged . My face and my frequently used alias were on it . It seemed that I’d be addressed as Ho here .

Information about the combat clothes was displayed in the explanation window . They were the clothes worn by the superhumans of this planet during combat . I hastily put them back into my inventory and made a note to change into them later . Roughly, I fastened the watch to my wrist .

The pill was said to be able to forge superpowers . As soon as I saw that the retention time was more than two months, I swallowed the pill .

Finally, I looked at the bracelet .

[Fluid escape assist]

[Description: An aiding device that helps you abandon your body in an emergency and let your spirit escape in the form of fluid . The soul will remain intact for two hours, even if the body is entirely dead or destroyed . ]

I’d been given all sorts of strange items .

“What do you think?” I asked Ahboo .

[Well…] Ahbooboo didn’t give me a clear answer, but we continued to talk and hypothesize about this stage’s mission .

“I don’t know what it is that makes me say so, but I feel that there’s a high risk of dying or getting hurt during the investigation . That’s why I’ve been given these items . If I can, I’ll abandon my body and continue the investigation for two hours . ”

[Yes, that sounds reasonable . If the mission states death, it would be better to collect as much information as possible before or after death than to keep preserving the body . ]

Ahbooboo and I came to this conclusion, but I couldn’t help but dislike it . I couldn’t believe I was about to die . It was apparent what danger laid ahead from seeing the ominous message that seemed to foreshadow my death . If I were a normal creature, I wouldn’t be able to survive . As of now, I decided that I’d try my best not to die .

[Don’t worry too much . I’ll resuscitate you in the meantime . ]

Thank you, but there’s no need . Ahbooboo, without a doubt, had the power to resuscitate me, but in the end, it was the God of Sky that bestowed Ahbooboo power . I didn’t want to owe anything to a god . It was too risky .

The watch on my wrist suddenly began to ring . When I lifted my wrist, there was an exclamation mark in the middle instead of the time . Wondering what to do, I raised my right hand and touched the exclamation mark .

The wristwatch had sent a holographic message . I looked closely at the holograms, amazed by the function that I saw for the first time . I thought it was a civilization similar to Earth, but it seemed to be a little more advanced than Earth .

<Please convene at the Superpowers Association’s Office before the opening .

-The Way to Go>

I touched the holographic item, “The Way to Go”, with my hand, and it showed me the way from where I was standing to the association’s office .

It had navigation abilities .

[Wow . Let me make one of these . ] Ahbooboo muttered in fascination . Ahbooboo would be able to create similar functions by magic and embed them into anyone . It was clear that navigation was a useful function, but Ahbooboo would already know the way, so it wasn’t of much help to him .

If we were going to convene somewhere, why did the mission start in the middle of a street? Haah, so annoying . All we could see at the beginning was the level of civilization and the bypassers on the roads . The level of civilization, architecture, and the style of clothing could also be seen in the script office . Then, what the stage wanted to show me would probably be the bypassers in the streets .

Were they praying to the black sphere? That black sphere was said to be the seal, consisting of an entire asteroid and a superhuman . The sphere and people’s prayers appeared to be related . What kind of hidden information about the faith was here?

“Hey, Ahbooboo, do you feel anything?” I asked Ahbooboo .

People seemed to be paying great attention to the sphere, so I asked him in my mind .

[Well, I don’t feel any divine power . ]

Right? Although the people were praying hard, it didn’t give rise to any divine feeling . It was a strange thing .

It was even more so because I remembered gathering the faiths of just a few people on the 56th floor and wielding divine power . Did the power of the source have such a significant effect? So much so that one can exert high strength even with just a little bit of divine power?

There were still many unsolved questions . One by one, they were being resolved, but more issues appeared in place of them . I wondered if the day would come when I’d find out all the secrets . I scratched my head for a moment and deeply sighed .

“Let’s go and do as I’ve been told for now . ”

What else could I even do? I had no choice but to go .

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When I arrived at the office, people were gathered at the entrance . At first glance, every one of them seemed to have superpowers . Adorning the combat suit, I had previously received allowed me to blend in with them .

No matter how much I looked around, it felt as if I was wearing ordinary clothes, not combat clothes . I wondered if everyone would battle together .

There was a line in front of them . I, too, got swept up in the crowd and headed there . I didn’t know why we were brought here, but I would gladly welcome it if it were for a militant or dangerous purpose .

It looked like they were checking our belongings, so I asked Seregia to excuse us and put the sword in the inventory . Then there was an ID test, and finally, an x-ray machine of sorts . Every time a person passed the device, the level and ability of that person as a superhuman would be examined .

Beep-

Name: Ho

Certification number: 21400

Grade: B (1400)

After passing the examiner, my name on the ID card was marked . If you can get a name and a designated number with this machine, why bother checking the ID? I was tempted to complain, but I suppressed the urge and went ahead .

I continued to follow the crowd and walked down a seemingly endless corridor . In the end, a large hall came into sight . It was a conference room, but its size made it look more like an indoor football field . The people coming into the conference room looked at the hologram of their watches and went to their seats, so I followed suit .

Seat number: B112

Fortunately, I was able to find my seat quickly, and I sat down and looked around .

Perhaps it was because this was a conference room that could accommodate more than 10,000 people, that an endless number of people had been entering for a long time . I felt like I’d have to wait a while for something to start .

A tall man was sitting next to me . He turned and asked, in an amicable manner . “1,400?”

I thought for a moment about his question . Recalling that the number 1400 was attached to mind, I answered, “Uh, yes . One thousand four hundred . ”

My reply was greeted with a big laugh . “Hey, there’s another person besides me who didn’t get an A grade because he’s 100 points short . ”

He gave another hearty laugh . The ignorant-looking giant had a longer name than I thought, and I quickly gave up memorizing his name .

I asked how he knew I had 1,400 points .

“It looks like this is your first time in the conference room . ”

The giant pointed to the seat, saying that one’s grade and score determined positions . Therefore, I could quickly know my score by sitting in the chair designated for grade B’s .

The giant seemed to feel a sense of homogeneity since I, like himself, had an ambiguous score of 1400 . He was probably excited to meet an unfortunate comrade who narrowly fell from grade A and ended up in grade B . From the seating arrangement and the giant’s attitude, I could see that the rating meant a lot here .

“Well, even with the same grade, I would be much stronger . ” the giant muttered

I turned my head to frown at the giant . ‘Much stronger’? That wasn’t a phrase I could overlook .

“What?” I questioned .

When the giant made eye contact with me, he smiled and asked, “What are you going to do?”