A presentation.

Going back to my house that day was strange, not only because I killed seven terrorists, but also because I saved everyone on the bus, it felt rather nice helping everyone even if I was not thinking about them when I did it, it may sound kinda cruel but I genuinely don't care about any them.

I mean I am not some emotionless psychopath, it's just that I would choose myself and my family first before any of them, so is really that bad that I think like it? I guess it is something fairly normal even for someone as bizarre as me.

Reaching home I set to do my things and cultivate for the night, soon I will reach the [Second Step] of my Ki training and would have to start doing some physical exercises while I cycle my technique.

The night passed relatively fast, I even decided to stop cultivating a bit and sleep for some time, in the end, the strength for the mind is just as important as my Ki, and after the things, I did today some sleep could undoubtedly be a good idea.

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The sleep was indeed a good idea, I woke up feeling a whole lot better. Did I felt more light? I guess, also that's range pressure I had at the back fo my eyes disappeared, Guess it was just a build-up of exhaustion due to using [Sharingan] too much whiteout resting properly, But that is also a good sign, it means that my eyes and nerves are getting more used to the [Sharingan].

But after the whole terrorist ordeal from yesterday, I just want a calm and peaceful day today, maybe I can enter soccer practice in the PE classes. Soccer sure brings me some good memories with my father... I guess it's nice that my first thoughts about him aren't as depressing anymore and just some genuine good memories...

Smiling remembering some good times, I went to the kitchen to make a good and hefty breakfast, today I will be a bit lavish with myself and eat some things that are absolutely delicious and are almost certainly bad for my health.

The good news is that there was a bus for me to ride to the school, I thought after yesterday incident they would be closed or something, but either the murim alliance is extremely good at hiding their shit, or the CEO of the bus company is a complete Chad and said "fuck it" to the terrorists. Is it wise? most certainly not. Does it sound absolutely cool in my head? heck yeah.

Reaching school I finally took some time to appreciate what a nice and beautiful day is today, with all the things I have to deal with in my life, I guess just appreciating a simply nice day fell short somewhat. When was the time I last saw the sunrise? I... simply can't remember. Something so trivial and that we take for granted like sunrise, it's so beautiful and we simply don't take 20 seconds to look and appreciate it, sad but true, and I can't complain much because I am the same.

I just can't simply imagine not having the sun every day there, it simply doesn't register in my mind how it could NOT be there you know. The same as space... The universe should be infinite right? but it is also in constant expansion too, how can something be infinite and be in constant expansion at the same time, doesn't you need clear boundaries to "expand"?

Talking about expansion I should try to examine my mother before her disease does it, I may not have the sheer experience and dedication of a normal doctor but maybe a fresh outlook can give me a lead to a cure? Worth checking it out. I can also try to research things on my own, but the fact that I don't own a laboratory and neither I am close to one is a pretty bummer on this plan, maybe the [Sahringan] can help? it can see at a cellular level so maybe I can analyze her cells? I know I am grasping for straws right now, but a man can dream, right?

But I guess I shouldn't fill my head with my usual thoughts, my objective today is to enjoy my day and relax a bit. Sadly my overactive mind just looked at the sun and made all sorts of weird connections and philosophical thoughts, sadly I can't decide if that is a good or a bad thing.

Entering my classroom I simply sat on my desk, getting comfortable on my desk I finally took note of the letter on my desk, it looked strangely like some love letter, the paper was colored pink and there was a heart-shaped sticker on it, and if this isn't a love letter i don't know hat it is.

Opening the letter I start to read, there was actually a lot of thought into it, whatever who wrote this really did put a lot of effort into writing this, heck there was even a handmade poem. Sadly it didn't have any names written on it, it only said to meet me close to the school field after classes.

I honestly don't know how to react to that, but I guess I should at least met this person, principally after whatever had all this work on making this letter. It just feels kinda strange for it to not have any names or things of the sort, but maybe the girl who wrote it is just shy?

The class soon started and right now the Sociology teacher is passing a group assignment to us, he basically separated us into groups of four and asked for us to choose a genre of media we like and talk/convince the class to search for it. We would have some time between the group to decide the kinks and details of the presentation, but the objective here is not to make something spectacular. It's just an activity to incentivize the students at reading books and maybe found something they could like.

Joining four desks I looked at my group, a red-haired glasses-wearing girl named Chung-Ae, she is quite a good student by what I was able to tell, close to her is a blonde black-eyed girl with sharp features named Bo-Bae, and at my side is the soccer team captain Bong Chin, he has fairly broad shoulders and his hair is cut very short, he eyes are black and possessing an intensity fo someone who truly loves what he does. I guess introducing myself to them would be a good and polite start.

"Hello people, My name is Yang Jin. I hope we can work together nicely."(Jin).

"Hello, my name is Chung-Ae."(Ae).

"Sup, my name is Bo-Bae and I just want to finish this assignment soon."(Bae).

"Hah, my name is Bong Chin and I am sure we will fucking rock this assignment."(Bong).

"So... Have any of you thought of a preferred genre you want to present?"(Jin).

"I would like a mystery or something, they are always my favorites. But I guess I could set for a romance, maybe one of the classics could be an example?"(Ae).

"Nah, that is too boring... We need some action here, we could even expand to something crazy like steampunk or cyberpunk, they are my favorites."(Bong).

"I don't have any preferences, for anything you all decided I can work with. As long as it not stupid of course."(Bae).

"I like fantasy the most, so as long as it isn't those normal boring things I could probably accept anything."(Jin).

"Hah that's not fair... This basically excludes everything that I like."(Ae).

"Not necessarily, there is a lot of those elements you like in both the cyberpunk and fantasy genre, it's not the focus sometimes but you surely could find some works with them, sometimes even both."(Jin).

"That... I guess it makes sense? I never thought by this angle to be honest."(Ae).

"Hah, that is normal. I also always hated both cyberpunk and steampunk before get to know them, I would always look at those weird things and avoid them, but when I really did decide to read them I became a huge fan."(Bong).

"You got me a little curious, to be honest. Is it really that good?"(Bae).

"I won't lie to you and say it all good, like every genre there is the bad and the incredible in there if you want I can recommend some works of it for you, it's definitely worth a shot."(Bong).

"Yeah, and there is also a bunch of RPG games centered around the theme."(Jin).

"Games? Like those you play on a Playstation or something?"(Bae).

"Nah, tabletop RPG is called Role Playing Game, It basically a game where you interpret, act, and play as a character. There is also the DM who controls and guides the history, it's pretty interesting and totally with a shot."(Jin).

"Wow, you learn something new every day."(Bae).

"... something got me curious. Why are you in a hurry for this Bae?"(Bong).

"It that I already passed in sociology, so I just wanted to play on my phone until the classes end. But I never thought it could lead to something so interesting here."(Bae)

"Hah, that is one of the beautiful things about life, it's always changing and always full of surprises."(Jin).

"That is indeed true. But for me the biggest surprise was you Jin."(Bae).

"Me? Why?"(Jin).

"Wait you don't know?"(Bae/Ae/Bong).

"Know what? I don't have some dirt on my face, right?"(Jin).

"No, it's not that. It's because you are super duper scary."(Bae).

"Wait really?"(Jin).

"Yeah, you have all that serious, heavy, and unapproachable aura around you."(Ae).

"Besides you are fucking huge dude, and also ripped as hell, heck even I fear you a bit. How tall are you 2.00 meters?"(Bong).

"I am 1.95...*sigh* I didn't know I was so scary like that."(Jin)

"Do you know I first thought you worked for the mob, I mean... you literally got the body for it, liking it or not that is a huge intimidation factor."(Ae).

"Yeah and the fact that you scare absolutely everyone, heck you even scared Chang-Ho gang with just a look. IF that shit isn't scary I don't know what is."(Bae).

"I... don't know what to say, to be honest. I never had this problem in my previous school, or just simply didn't care enough to notice."(Jin).

"Hah, don't worry as scary as you may be, you are a pretty cool dude when someone's talks to you."(Bong).

"Yeah, that really surprised me, to be honest."(Bae).

"A pleasant surprise if I do say myself."(Ae).

You could almost see the tension in the air left, and it's quite funny that I simply grew used to such a thing that when it leaves its quite glaring what I was missing this whole time, I didn't think this group would turn out to be such a pleasant surprise. What a nice day indeed.

"...So I was thinking about his old RPG called Cyberpunk 2020, it's pretty old but the guy nailed some pretty cool elements on it, and it's definitely something worthy of talking about."(Bong).

"That could work, I also have something I like particularly very much. The Elder Scrolls series."(Jin).

"Isn't that about magic and stuff?"(Bong).

"Yeah, but it also has some steampunk elements on it, The Dwemer principally is based on these concepts, it may be a bit of a stretch, but I am a fan, so maybe we could just give it a mention, or as some kind of example how it permeated other genres?"(Jin).

"That sounds interesting... I will search for it a bit on my cellphone, just give me a minute."(Bong).

"So... It doesn't need to be specifically the genre itself?"(Ae).

"I guess you at least need to focus on your genre, but giving some nitpicks on other things with just some elements of steampunk and cyberpunk should be enough."(Jin).

"Does Sword Art Online counts as cyberpunk? Maybe Star Wars does?"(Ae).

"I don't know... those sound more like Sci-fi to me... Maybe cyberpunk is something more like Blade Runner or Metal Gear Rising."(Jin).

"I know Blade Runner, but the other one..."(Ae).

"Don't worry it's game, a quick google search and you could already get the gist of it."(Jin).

"Huh, At least the name sounds cool."(Ae).

"Well... I was looking at it on my phone and I never knew cyberpunk was such a huge thing. I mean, it literally millions of works that I didn't even know existed... It surprising."(Bae).

"I know how you feel, it was the same for me when I discovered the Lit-Rpg genre, I never thought such a huge community existed... It was extremely surprising, that just showed that sometimes the bubble where we live could also be a bad thing."(Jin).

"I guess you are right."(Bae).

After that, we discussed some more about our theme, with some incredibly enlightening searches on google and a lot of enthusiasm we were able to create quite a good presentation, and I had to admit that I had quite a good time with it, it was a fun and nice experience where I went and explored the tip of the iceberg of what cyberpunk genre is. Now I am diving into which part will present by which respective person.

"Can I make the introduction?"(Jin).

"Fien by me, but I want to make the conclusion."(Bong).

"I will talk about the body. "(Bae).

"An I will talk about the extras."(Ae).

"Let's do this."(Everyone).

We patiently waited for the teacher to start calling the groups for the presentation, we were fairly pumped up, even Bae who at the star didn't give it much thought, right now she seems pretty excited for the presentation, guess she ended up liking the genre more than I thought. But that is a good thing, maybe she can even become a writer in the future, who knows?

After two group presentations, it was finally our time, our group went to the front of the classroom. We had already told our time to the teacher so he simply looked at us and announced.

"Now for the third group, a presentation about Cyberpunk. Check this out."(Teacher).

"Good morning class, my name is Yang Jin and our presentation is like the teacher said about the cyberpunk genre. Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting that tends to focus on a "combination of low-life and high tech" featuring advanced technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and cybernetics, juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order. Much of cyberpunk is rooted in the New Wave science fiction movement of the 1960s and 1970s-"(Jin).

I continued talking and making the introduction of our presentation, of course, the content is heavily simplified, we just made the presentation after all. But the group flowed pretty smoothly, all things considered, we were able to say our piece and I could easily tell there are some people interested in the crowd. Heck, even the teacher looks curious right now.

After Bong finished the conclusion there were some questions by the other students, so we stayed five more minutes to answer some curiosity they may have, and when it really ended the teacher said.

"Good, very good. I could clearly see that at least one of you is a huge fan of the genre. You most certainly got the maximum on my evaluation. And you bet I will check some of these books."(Teacher).

After that, we went back to our seats and waited for the last groups to finish their respective presentations, it was nice, as it also appears that we aren't the only ones who got pumped up doing the presentation, the teacher looks remarkably satisfied with the results. Sadly the class eventually ended.

"So class, we are ending here for today. Be sure to not run on the hall towards your PE classes. See you all next week."(Teacher).

After that, the teacher exits the classroom making most of the students start busying themselves with getting ready for the PE class. When I was doing my things my group came towards me.

"So... We thought that even if you look kinda scary you are a pretty cool dude, so we decided to create a group chat for us. And you are of course invited."(Ae).

"Thanks, my number is XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. See you guys in PE."(Jin).

"You are going to play Soccer right?"(Bong).

"Sure, why not? It has been some time since I played any sports."(Jin).