Chapter 2: 02 - First Title
Chapter 2: 02 - First Title
It was not long before Derrick's sudden joy was taken away and he was sent into despair again. When the guards nearby saw him awake, they took him for some treatment and onto the beating room.
For the past two months, Derrick had wanted to escape this lab and live freely again. He wished for some kind of god-sent angel to help him every day.
Derrick, who had seen the Deadpool movie, knew the true face of this institute he was in.
With the temptation of curing incurable diseases, they especially attract a group of patients as experimental subjects for research.
The unknown medicine that was injected into Derrick's body at the beginning was a special serum that needed the adrenal hormone secreted by the human body as a catalyst to stimulate mutations in the mutant genes that might exist in his DNA.
The mutated genes are very special.
They can endow the human body with various inconceivable abilities, enabling the wielder to have power beyond human comprehension.
And these kinds of power users who had their powers obtained like this were called - Mutants.
Even for the experimental subjects whose genes were successfully mutated, the fate waiting for them at the end was not freedom as they wished but to be forced to wear collars that can suppress their self-awareness slowly and eventually become obedient Mutant slaves. They are then packaged by the research institute to be sold in auctions.
To put it simply, this research institute was a mutant-slave processing factory and all experimental bodies are their raw products.
For the past two months, Derrick had been frantically searching for a way to escape from this lab.
Finally, a few days ago, he got the Danganronpa game interface in his mind, as well as the achievement system that came in the game.
Derrick currently sat on his bed after being beaten. He wailed in pain from the wounds on his body and the internal damage to his organs.
'System,' Derrick said in his mind as the achievements and title panel opened right in front of his eyes again. The sudden appearance of this mysterious blue panel in front of his eyes right after he only says a word in his head never ceased to amaze Derrick.
[Title: Super High School Level Lucky (Unopened)]
[Title: Super High School Level Fighter (Unopened)]
[Title: Super High School Level Sharpshooter (Unopened)]
Most of the densely packed texts were titles that Derrick was familiar with.
They were all super high school-level talents from Danganronpa.
But sadly, most of these titles are in grey colour, meaning that they were not unlocked yet.
According to the mobile game settings, players need to meet the various conditions of the achievement or task to be eligible to unlock the corresponding title.
In Danganronpa's worldview, the super high school level represents the top-most talent in a certain field.
This means that people with the title of super high school level, whether it is any ability or strength, completely crush anyone and everyone in this field.
Derrick cast his gaze to the last column on the panel, only to see bright red colour displayed at the bottom.
It was the title he had been waiting for a long time to unlock, he didn't know what it did but it was the only title he could get in his current situation.
[Disliked by the Death God: Completed]
[Unlock condition: Escape fifteen near-death situations (15/15)]
[Title awarded: Super High School Level: Stuntman]
[Do you want to unlock the title?]
"What? For real is it finally done?" Derrick's heart burst from joy and the corners of his mouth rose crazily.
The scene in front of him was the reward for Derrick to persevere recently.
If it weren't for the emergence of the achievement system, which gave Derrick the hope of living to a certain extent, before Derrick's body would break physically, he would completely die mentally. He could simply not bear the pain of the torture anymore.
In this closed environment which was like a prison, there were a lot of experiments who had been broken mentally and became lunatics.
Fortunately, the unlocking conditions for this title were surprisingly convenient to unlock with Derrick's current situation.
After each torture after getting the system, the progress bar for the achievement would increase a little.
But the wait was finally over. The progress bar has finally reached the end.
"Yeh, give it to me." Without the slightest hesitation, Derrick directly chose yes.
[Title gained successfully! ]
[Title: Super High School Level: Stuntman]
[Description: A stuntman who can complete all thrilling shots, a person who is hated by Death God, even he hates you. He never accepts you so you can never die.]
[Characteristic: Immortality]
"That's awesome!" Derrick said. He felt his heart skip a beat from joy.
Before this, Derrick had no idea what this Stuntman title did. He just assumed it was something good and unlocked it, after all, in a lab like this, he cannot make 20 friends for some other achievement.
As for the specific effect of the titles, Derrick did not know about most of them.
In the world of Danganronpa, super high school-level talent itself was a very illogical existence.
Even something as mysterious and unexpected as luck was a talent.
One of the most famous characters having such a talent was Nagito Komaeda
Nagito's talent could affect everything around him just so that he could be the luckiest.
As long as it is something that Nagito wants, fate itself would take the initiative to send it to him.
However, even the luck of the super high school level is not enough to shock Derrick so much.
What really shocked him was the characteristic of this title he obtained Immortality.
Although he didn't understand why the stuntman's talent was immortality. It could be like since he survived so many near-death situations, he was gifted with the blessing to always make it out alive?
Derrick couldn't understand it.
"Oh well, it doesn't matter right now!" Derrick said as he felt warm in his body, which quickly spread along the blood.
His body was undergoing drastic changes.
The first thing that ushered in the change was his eyes. The myopia that had troubled Derrick for many years gradually disappeared, bringing his eyesight back to perfect.
The second was Derrick's dilapidated body. These days of high-intensity torture had left him with many hidden diseases in his body. Derrick had to endure its pain along with the torture without any treatment.
However, at that moment, a warm current penetrated deep into Derrick's body. He felt as if he was once again under the sun, sitting on the green grass after a morning jog.
His body was repairing itself at an extremely fast speed, returning to its original healthy state.
Ever since crossing over, Derrick had never felt his body so fresh and relaxed as right now. He felt like he was reborn with a healthy body.
"Fuck Yeah," Derrick yelled at the top of his lungs while lying on the bed, momentarily forgetting the fact that he was still in the lab.