Life Mission Chapter 137:
Volume 5 / Chapter 137
TL: LightNovelCafe
Editor: Stealth
The rankers inside the conference room stare at Nine Tails . Because she is pretty? In looks, Koharu, Kyoko, and Violet do not fall behind either . They are staring in wonderment .
“It’s a pleasure to meet you . I’m Nine Tails, Eurasia! This is my partner, Alfonso Spen! He’s Swiss and his nickname is Light Shooter . ”
“Why are you introducing me? You’re driving me nuts . It’s a pleasure to meet you . I’m Alfonso . ”
They bicker endlessly . They were always together in the virtual game, and have been together in reality as well . Rankers really have been in contact with each other .
[She’s a very unique woman . ]
[She is unique… . . ]
Nine Tails is free . She is not free because she likes to do solo missions and plays . Her personality itself is liberal .
She is a very open woman . Excluding Violet’s aggressive nature, they have a lot of similarities . They can tell what kind of person she is just from the way she comes here without a battle suit as though she is taking a walk in her neighborhood park .
[He’s Light Shooter?]
[Yeah . He’s the only sniper of the 36 rankers . He’ll be a lot of help if you get on friendly terms with him . ]
Everyone wants to become the best . Park Jin Hyuk is the same . If he wants to become the best sniper, he needs to beat Light Shooter in Life Mission .
“Strategist, you’re the only ranker in the world federation . Who is everyone else?”
Nine Tails smiles brightly and looks at Cha Jun Sung’s group and the new people . The way she looks at them is not rough .
“As you said, I’m the only person here who is in the world federation . This is a separate meeting for just the Lifers who are not in an organization . ”
Strategist introduced each person in turn . It is right that each person introduce themselves, but it is better for him to do it so that they can move along quickly .
Nine Tails’ eyes brighten . Light Shooter looks on with interest as well . There are people they ran into in the virtual version, but they have a few relationships with others like Cha Jun Sung and do not know a lot of other rankers .
“Wow! Overload, I always wanted to meet you . ”
Light Shooter spoke in a friendly manner . Most of the 36 rankers are equal, but Cha Jun Sung is the only person who succeeded in a level 9 raid .
It can be said that he has more experience than others in Life Mission . It is evident that people will jump through hoops to try to get into his party when he takes on the Evil Queen raid in the distant future .
“Lastly, this is Ms . Violet, who is called the Empress of Light . ”
Violet was introduced last because her seat is the farthest .
Nine Tails had already guessed who Violet is because they were all showing their faces . She has not changed her appearance . Her face is the same in the virtual and in reality . There is no way she could not tell who she is .
“You’re the same . ”
“I’ll take that as a compliment . ”
They are familiar with each other because they were both active in Europe, but they do not have a friendly relationship . They never had a big fight, but they could be compared to water and oil .
They are strangely awkward . Nine Tails has the personality where she tries to get over things without much thought . Even today, she was late . She did apologize, but it was natural in passing .
“I’ll be short . I had all of you gather here so we could separate into teams . ”
“Teams?”
“The world federation rankers have grown accustomed to working together over time . It does not look like it, but there is a strong cohesion . If we mix them in with you in this mission, there may be things that don’t fit . ”
Strategist will make adjustments in the middle, but close rankers will have each others’ backs .
“A force has 10 parties . We’ll have 100 people . There are 10 people gathered here now – it’s 1 party . ”
“Aha!”
“I see . ”
The rankers reacted in understanding . Cooperation among forces? It is important .
If a party is lacking in collaboration, however, having a force spread wide does not matter . Even when constructing a building, the bricks are not laid first . A foundation is laid down and pillars are stood up .
“90 people are in the world federation, meaning they have already formed an alliance . Exactly 10 people are independent . You need to help each other . ”
It is too difficult to try to mix in with the Lifers within a short period of time . Putting people who do not know each other together to get them on friendly terms is a time saver .
Strategist continued to talk . There are things that he already said and new things .
Most of what he had already said was regarding the description of Public Underground . Nine Tails and Light Shooter needed to get familiarized with it .
“So for the remaining month, what do you think of creating a party and going into missions to form teamwork?”
These 10 people would not be able to complete a 1 million point mission even if they combined their strengths, but the purpose of it is not to try out high levels of difficulty on their own .
Strategist’s intent is for them to become familiar with each other before going into Public Underground .
“It doesn’t matter for us . ”
“That’s the same for us . ”
Cha Jun Sung’s group and 3 rankers spoke up . They would have thought about it if it was a continuing party, but it is a temporary party for advancement . They are willing to sacrifice a bit in order to succeed .
Light Shooter takes a glance at Nine Tails . He is secretly agreeing as well . The problem is what Nine Tails will do .
“I’m against it . I have the kind of personality where I don’t get along with strangers . ”
“But don’t you think it’s a good idea to try out working together since it’s something where our lives are on the line?”
Strategist interfered to convince her . He had thought that everyone would agree to it . He had not guessed that anyone would reject it .
“I’m sorry . Instead, I’ll follow whatever you tell me to do in the mission well . I’ll work for the group rather than for myself . ”
Nine Tails looks at Cha Jun Sung . She noticed that everyone including the Strategist looks at Cha Jun Sung when they say something about the party . She is looking at him because she has realized that he is the tacit party leader .
“Alright . ”
“Thank you for understanding!”
Strategist retreated . Pressuring someone to do what they do not want to can cause averse reactions . Light Shooter’s expression shows that his thoughts are different from that of Nine Tails, but they will not separate as long as they are a team .
After this, they did not discuss much and spent the rest of the time creating amity . Lifers always begin to bristle when it is time for them to advance .
Advancing is a type of judgement . If they fail, they die – it is a judgement where their lives are on the line . 1 month is what you make of it, but it is not a short amount of time .
It is a fair amount of time where they can do whatever they put their minds to . But as said previously, it is what you make of it . Time flew by like a bullet as they were anxious about the advancement .
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100 Lifers are waiting for the entry time as they check their equipment .
Their expressions show their anxiety . They are fully armed, and everyone has a battle suit . 19 rankers have come together to complete Public Underground .
Honestly, the boundary between regular Lifers and rankers is ambiguous until they remodel their battle suits .
This is because their gear is similar . Even if Cha Jun Sung uses his battle suit, he cannot take on 2 . He desperately needs to upgrade . He must advance .
Lifers who have gone fairly high even if they are not rankers, have their own methods of modeling their battle suits . Remodeling is achieved by combinations . They apply various parts and abilities to the battle suit .
Up to 10 combinations are possible, and Cha Jun Sung’s battle suit has 10 while the other of the 36 rankers have 9 . He will need to wait and see if he will be able to go through with all 3 in the reality version as well .
“Is everyone ready?”
“Yes!”
Strategist yells from the center of the Lifers . Everyone responds with power . There is a slight tremor in their voices . It is not good to be too nervous, but appropriate anxiety gives people the strength to make it out of unexpected situations .
It means that they are ready for anything to come out at them at anytime from anywhere .
“Please stand with your parties . We will enter in 5 minutes . ”
Strategist commands the force . There is a 10 person party of world federation rankers that the Strategist is in, and the party of Cha Jun Sung’s ground and the 5 additional rankers . These are the 2 ranker parties . The rest of the members like medics and snipers are occupation Lifers .
Papat!
The Lifers move in coordination . Since they are the world federation, there is less individual behavior and they focused on the group . It is like watching well-trained soldiers .
“We will enter . ”
Beep beep!
Strategist applies for admission on behalf of everyone . They hear a notice and confirmation of group entry comes up on the Lifers’ PDAs . They press ‘yes’ and everything in front of them disappears .
“Let’s do well, party leader!”
“Let’s all come back safely . ”
Nine Tails speaks affectionately as they enter . The rankers wished for safe returns before they entered . With that, the Lifers next to Cha Jun Sung also disappear into the mission .
‘Let’s go . ’
Cha Jun Sung also accepted entry . The scenery he is looking at is Mechanic City . When he closes and opens his eyes again, it will be Public Underground where they will need to fight fiercely for their lives .