Joining the Reborn group in some way had brought back a bit of normality to Zain, and everyone else's life. They were able to feel safe and not witness what was going on in the outside world.
At the same time, everyone was learning more about each other. Now that Skittle could speak, often Skittle would speak about stories from when they were at school, or at the University. They were nice to hear, even for Kelly, as she remembered what the school was like, and for Kun it reminded him of his younger days as well.
Pink was a bit upset, she was younger than the others and hadn't gone to University yet, but with most of her family gone and away from her, she just liked being with everyone else, as this was, in a way, her family now.
When speaking, there did seem to be one sore subject for Zain though, and it was memories containing Buke. Skittle was still speaking of him quite highly, and although Zain didn't stop him from doing so, he would quiet down once the name was mentioned.
After all, Zain could only imagine that Buke was out there somewhere walking as a zombie, or more likely having already been killed by those trying to survive.
Regardless, they focused their time on the Reborn group. The newcomers, as they were described by the other Reborns that were there, spent most of their time together and away from getting to know the others.
This was quite normal, and nearly everyone did it when they first joined the Reborn group, sticking to those that they did know.
There was another reason though, since they were newcomers, they didn't get sent on missions so often, or sent out exploring like the other groups. They needed to settle in, and learn more, such as fighting techniques, paths, information and so on.
In the meantime, Kelly was also constantly being monitored by Sarah. She had told Zain that she wished to solve her problems before getting to the bottom of Zain's visions, and since he hadn't had any in a while anyway, he was okay with that.
One thing that they did have to take part in with everyone else though was training. There were many types, learning how to build makeshift bombs, how the basics of electronics worked, making a makeshift battery and so on.
Zain was interested in a lot of it, and Skittle seemed to pick up things to do with electronics fairly easily. Whether it was because his intelligence was now higher, or because he was smart before this he was unsure.
Out of all the things, there was still one thing that he wasn't interested in, and that was the physical training. A lot of it was conditioning training, to improve one's fitness and there were also combat lessons, but for Zain, the lessons weren't advanced enough.
It was just a waste of time in his eyes, so he performed the actions half-heartedly, and this had caught the eye of the instructor Wix.
"You need to put in more effort, Zain!" Wix shouted. "I was told that you were a talented one, that managed to defeat a demon on its own, but if this is all you can do, then I can only guess that you were lucky."
Wix wasn't a bad person, but his body frame, and military style uniform reminded him a lot of the faceless man, and that was someone Zain didn't like, so at times a bit of his anger would come out.
The other Reborn had heard the comment Wix had made, and those that had met with demons before couldn't quite believe their ears.
"That has to be a lie right, he took out a demon on his own?"
"Is there anyone in the facility that could even do that?"
"Maybe Mr X, or Sid... not all demons are the same strength but still, if he was able to do something like that, it would make him one of the strongest in here."
Based on their experience, they could only imagine one of them defeating a demon if it was heavily injured but either way one would still have to be quite strong.
"I'm sorry, but I don't like to waste my time." Zain replied. "I think it might be better if I was to train on my own, or maybe be allowed to go outside during this time."
For Zain completing quests was most important for gaining exp, or gaining crystals. The only upside was while he was inside, he was gaining passive exp from the territories he had on the outside.
"You really think you have nothing to learn from this class, is that what you have observed after these few days?" Wiz asked.
Zain nodded in response, staying honest, because he really did want to get out of there.
"Fine, we needed to do this at some point anyway. There will be a change of lesson for today!" Wix shouted to them all. "In this facility it is important to know our place and where we stand in terms of strength.
"This is a group where you will need to rely on the person by your side, and we need to pick the right people for the right tasks, so it's important we evaluate everyone's strength, so we will have a spar, but you won't be going against each other.
"Since Zain says there is nothing for him to learn, then you are to show him he is wrong. One by one, use your skills to show to Zain what you have learned in your lessons to defeat him in sparring." Wix smiled.
"Danny, you're up first"
A man, with a sleeveless shirt and a bullet proof vest came forward. He had a large bite mark in his arm, where he had been bit. He was also a Reborn student who had been at the facility for a while now, so it was quite clear that Wix wanted to teach him a lesson with the first student.
[New quest received]
[Win the sparring match against the Reborn]
[Reward: Bronze card]
'Oh, now this might be something worthwhile after all.'
"Let's hurry this up." Zain said.
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