Instantly, the smug smiles and smirks on the other one thousand kids disappeared.
The sense of superiority and the satisfaction of achieving what most of their peers failed to do evaporated into thin air like a shallowyer of water under the withering heat of an afternoon desert sun.
"Stones. I''ll be damned." Muttered one student.
"Always, always utilize the environment to aid you in your mission objective." Instructor ck Kong said softly as he picked up a stone and flicked it towards one of the ss instructors expertly.
SMACK!
"OWW!! ck Kong! What the hell??" Savage John shouted as the stone hit him urately on his arm.
Instructor ck Kong merely red at him without saying a word. He already knew that the "dry humping" fiasco would probably cause a wave of angry parents to call up the academy, and was expressing his displeasure on Savage John.
But the main target of his anger wasn''t Savage John. It was us!
"With long range capabilities, and multiple targets, the "casualties" of today''s lesson should not exceed more than half of you. Bruce Pang said that you guys are the best he had ever seen. I call bullshit. YOU GUYS ARE IDIOTS! IDIOTS!!" Instructor ck Kong''s ferocious roar thundered down the entire field.
Almost all five thousand kids flinched at his words.
"Because, lesson number three." At this point, his voice dropped low. "You were five thousand going up against one hundred." Instructor ck Kong said quietly.
"None of you stepped up to coordinate with the other sses. All of you fought for yourselves. And as a result, almost all of you "died". Did our Principal''s words yesterday not mean anything to you? What would it take for the lessons on unity and teamwork to sink into your minds? The deaths of your team mates? Because let me assure you, without proper teamwork, your friends. Will. Die."
Once more, he paused to allow his words to sink in once more.
All five thousand of us remained silent and began to carve his lessons in our hearts.
Introduction to Combat was not a ss onbat techniques or fighting skills.
It was a ss onbat philosophy!
After a few minutes, he continued.
"The lessons you have to learn today are very simple. One. Listen to instructions carefully. Two. Utilize the environment. Three. Always work as a team.
For those of you who failed tond three hits on your ss instructors, I expect to see fifty MOREps done. The rest of you, you may be dismissed." With that, Instructor ck Kong and the rest of the ss Instructors turned around and left the field.
We were five thousand ten year olds, stunned at the severity and the imbnce of the punishments given.
A total of one hundredps around the giant field for merely failing the objectives of the first lesson of the second day?
Insanity!!
A few of the one thousand kids who managed tond hits on their ss instructors stood up and started to walk away from the field.<novelnext></novelnext>
It was just after twelve noon and the sun was beating down on them like an angry old man with a stick.
They wanted nothing more than go back to their rooms, take a cold shower and then have a nice, sumptuous lunch with a couple of ice cold drinks!
However, Eliana Wang immediately stood up as well and called out to them.
"Do you guys really think that the ss is over?" She said loudly.
"What are you talking about? Instructor ck Kong said it''s over. He even left with the ss instructors! What, you think he left you in charge? Are you going to teach us now, O princess of the mighty Wang Family?" One of the kids who was about to leave sneered at her.
"Hey there, four thousand of our buddies here still need to run fiftyps." I said. I didn''t bother exining the exact situation to him.
If he''s still too dumb to learn the lesson, then maybe he''s too dumb to be a part of the academy.
Instructor ck Kong didn''t say the ss was over. In fact, he just gave four thousand kids a near-impossible task!
And he did so right after saying that we needed to listen to instructions carefully and we needed to have teamwork.
? He also didn''t send the thousand of us who managed tond hits on the ss instructors away. He merely said we MAY be dismissed!
Permission was given to dismiss IF we wanted to!
For those who took his lessons to heart, one thing was clear. The fiftyps around the giant field for the four thousand half dead students who JUST did fiftyps were definitely a final mission objective for us.
"Yeah? Let them run fiftyps then. It''s none of my business. I''m going to have a nice shower and a nice lunch before the next ss. Bye suckers!" Heughed loudly and walked off.
"That''s your attitude towards your team mates? Then don''t expect anybody to help YOU the next time you get into trouble!" Sherry Lin shouted at him angrily.
He merely scoffed at Sherry Lin and continued to walk away. However, most of the kids who were leaving with him had the good sense to return to the main group.
All in all, we only lost a hundred of them.
"Alright guys, let those losers go. For now, let us review his instructions. Lesson one. Listen to instructions carefully. The real parameters of this final mission must be hidden unsaid within his words!" Elise Wang, ever the diplomat, immediately stood up and tried to lead the ss.
"He expects to SEE fifty moreps done. But he''s not here. How will he see the fiftyps done?" Hailey Long spoke up from within the crowd.
"Geolocation tags." Victor Long said immediately.
"That''s it! As long as all four thousand geolocation tagsplete the fiftyps, we should be done!" Sherry Lin shouted excitedly. "Where are the geolocation tags? I don''t remember receiving one when I get here."
"The geolocation tags are embedded on our EduLink devices, dumbass." Sheera Lin scolded her cousin with a sigh. "Thepulsory wristwatch we have to wear that contains all the textbooks and video projections of everything we need in this first year."