After Xin Hui, Zi Qian, and I accepted the mission, we rushed to the Discipline Room located on the ground floor of the Central Administration Building.
In this virtual game, a player's physical fitness level is determined by their Agility stat (AGI). A player's AGI can be increased by leveling up their character, changing equipment, or using items. In other words, even if you are slow and can't jump high in real life, if your character's Agility stat in the game is high, you will definitely be able to run like the wind and move swiftly in the game.
Opening the door to the Discipline Room, the first thing that caught our eyes were the blue words "Observe Discipline" on the wall behind the inquiry counter. The Discipline Room was a bit smaller than a regular classroom. Upon entering, the Prefects' duty counter was directly ahead. To the right was a reception area, and to the left were two rooms. One room had a closed black door with a plaque reading "Head Discipline Teacher"; the other room had its door and windows open, with a plaque that read "Assistant Discipline Teacher".
Inside the Discipline Room, a male NPC wearing a dark green jacket and a green striped tie was sitting on a black sofa in the reception area. He looked at a female NPC standing beside him and asked: "Vice-Captain, regarding the appearance of robots in the school, have the dispatched teams made any new discoveries?"
"Reporting to the Prefect Corps Captain, although we haven't yet determined the reason for the robots' appearance, the squad led by Ong Kar Hee discovered a book of Grimm's Fairy Tales in the library. Hidden inside the book was an energy card capable of controlling the robots' actions," the NPC Vice-Captain, also wearing a dark green jacket and green striped tie, paused, blinked her eyes, and continued, "...Unfortunately, their squad was ambushed by robots during the operation and couldn't retrieve the card..."
After entering the Discipline Room, the three of us stood there listening to these two NPCs talk.
From the moment we left Classroom 1-1 all the way here, we hadn't spoken a single word. The atmosphere was a bit awkward.
"Vice Class President, don't you think the Prefect Corps Captain's hairstyle is a bit funny? It looks like a coconut shell..." I randomly found a topic to discuss with Zi Qian beside me.
Zi Qian looked at me for 2 seconds and said coldly, "Not funny."
I was stunned, not knowing how to respond. Fortunately, Xin Hui, standing next to him, saw this and stepped in to ease the awkward situation.
"I think it's quite funny, haha!"
After Xin Hui forced a few laughs, I didn't know how to continue the conversation.
The situation cooled down again, and the atmosphere became even more awkward.
"...Boon Fong, the only lightly injured member from Kar Hee's team, has already gone to the library to find that book. We believe there will be good news soon."
After the female NPC standing finished speaking,I followed Zi Qian and In Hui as we silently left the Discipline Room and headed for the library.
Isn't the point of playing games to relax and have fun? Why were these two making the atmosphere so serious?
Perhaps it was because I had just joined them,and we weren't familiar with each other yet, leading to this super awkward situation where we barely exchanged half a sentence.
I thought about it for a long time along the way. Finally, when we arrived at the library entrance, I decided to take the initiative to break the silence again: "The design of this library in the game is so similar to our school's library, right? On the left are rows of shelves with physical books, on the right is the multimedia browsing area, the materials room, individual study rooms..."