Chapter 115 Nakamura-san is very curious
In the chattering classroom, even the highest level hero academy cannot erase the restless nature of the young boys and girls. While waiting for the teacher to arrive, they chat freely with their friends about topics unrelated to studying.
The girl’s entrance did not attract the attention of the classmates in the classroom, not even a single person looked up to greet her. However, Kazumi was used to all this, or rather, this was the situation she wanted.
Kazumi’s eyes met Sato Shinichi, who had just taken his seat in the back row. Seeing the boy’s silly smile, Kazumi quickly pulled out her chair and sat down, fearing she would do something strange again.
Calming down, Kazumi, uncharacteristically, did not take out a book to review. Instead, she propped her chin with her hands, looking like she was seriously thinking about something.
The reason for all this was the words the boy had said to her before going to school.
At first, Kazumi thought that the courses taught by Professional Heroes were just a benefit of Shikoku High School for the regular class, and it would also allow those who were destined to join hero agencies to get an early contact with what a true Professional Hero was.
However, it was only after hearing the news, which was almost common knowledge, from the boy that Kazumi was truly awakened from her naive fantasy.
It turned out that this so-called wilderness survival course, taught by active heroes, was not just a benefit for Shikoku Gakuin students. Or rather, it started that way, but slowly, it began to change.
Due to the shortage of excellent Professional Heroes, there were only a few hundred heroes who could get certified by the association and climb the ranking. They all had their own responsibilities, and it was already difficult for them to find time to come to the academy to teach classes, let alone conduct practical classes with these ordinary students who had no abilities.
Basically, the Professional Hero course for the regular class was scheduled once a year, and it also depended on whether the heroes were available. However, like the hero code of conduct class that “Lightning Ghost” gave to Kazumi and her classmates in the first semester, it was quite boring, to be honest.
So Kazumi was quite interested in the wilderness survival class that “Kagemori” was going to teach. Although her abilities in this area were somewhat weak, being able to feel the power of a Professional Hero up close was already a very good thing.
But according to what Sato Shinichi told her, this class would probably not be a normal lecture. Simply put, according to internal information from “Inu”, this class would be conducted in the form of a survival test, testing everyone’s ability to respond to different situations.
At the same time, for this test, there would be senior hero department students, and even Professional Heroes, to observe and discover suitable or excellent regular department students to join their agencies.
It was normal for senior hero department students to pay attention here because, as those who aimed to become Professional Heroes, they would eventually have to form their own hero teams. And the students from the regular department of Shikoku Gakuin, who were their peers, were the best candidates to choose from.
So, basically, the results of this wilderness survival exam would determine the success of their future internships, and even those who performed exceptionally well would directly receive an invitation from a major agency.
Kazumi was not particularly concerned about whether she could gain the favor of the heroes, as with her physical condition, it would be difficult to get a good score in such an environment.
The problem was that there was one very important point: students from the regular department of Shikoku Gakuin would not be awarded a graduation certificate if they did not get an internship at an agency before graduation.
Without a graduation certificate, not only would it be difficult to join an agency, but it would also be difficult to find a job. And it would mean that all the time and money invested over the years would be wasted.
“Damn Sato Shinichi, why didn’t you tell me earlier!!”
Kazumi was a bit embarrassed at this moment. Having lost her parents early, she clearly had no connections to know about this. Thinking about it, Ishiryu Daito seemed to have mentioned this matter to her predecessor, but her predecessor did not place much importance on future planning, so her memory was vague.
Kazumi complained about “Inu” twice in her heart. After all, even if Sato Shinichi had told her a few weeks earlier, she wouldn’t have been able to do much anyway…
Tapping her chin with her right hand, Kazumi began to carefully consider how she should perform in the wilderness survival course. Even if she couldn’t be noticed by any agency or aspiring hero, she at least shouldn’t get too low a score, so that she might still have a chance in the graduation selection.
“In that case, I should show my theoretical knowledge, the knowledge of wilderness survival…”
“And also my personality. Although my physical fitness is not strong, I must not show fear. I must be decisive when encountering problems!”
“But I still don’t know the specific content of the exam!!”
After careful consideration, Kazumi’s mood eased up a bit. Perhaps she was a little too anxious. In fact, in the career assignment of agencies, the physical fitness requirements for civilians were not that high.
After all, no matter how strong a civilian was, they couldn’t use their mortal bodies to confront villains with abilities, right! (Here, ignore the “Sergeant” who became a hero through his own training.)
So, what seemed to be a choice of scores, was actually more about how you responded during wilderness survival. As long as you performed well, the shortcomings in physical fitness could be covered up.
Thinking of this, Kazumi’s tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed. She glanced back at Sato Shinichi, who was also chatting with the classmates next to him. She reached out, tore off a piece of a sticky note, picked up a pen, wrote a message on it, carefully folded the paper, and turned around to hand it to Nakamura Yū in the back row.
“Nakamura-san, could you please pass this to Sato-san? Thank you.”
Nakamura Yū, who was staring at her phone, was startled by the voice from the front. Then, a ambiguous smile appeared on her face, and she took the note handed by Kazumi.
“Are you guys already this lovey-dovey so early in the morning, Shimizu-san?”
The girl’s teasing words made Kazumi unsure how to respond, so she just chuckled twice as a reply.
Nakamura Yū knew Kazumi’s personality and didn’t care about her reaction. Instead, after handing the note to the back, she leaned her head back towards Kazumi, calling out to Kazumi who was about to turn back.
“Shimizu-san!”
“What is it? Nakamura-san?”
Seeing that Nakamura Yū seemed to have something to tell her, Kazumi stopped and asked.
“Emmm, considering that I’m working hard to deliver notes between Shimizu-san and Sato-san, could Shimizu-san answer me one question?”
The girl looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to her. She curiously leaned in front of Kazumi, her eyes sparkling with the flames of gossip, and asked eagerly.
“Uh, what question? You can say it.”
Seeing the girl suddenly excited in front of her, Kazumi was a bit unsure what she wanted to ask. However, what she said was not wrong. “Inu” always had to trouble her every time he passed notes, so she indeed owed her quite a bit of favor. She nodded, as if agreeing.
“Then… Shimizu-san, please don’t be angry. I’m just a little curious.”
Nakamura Yū looked around again, as if she were a little hamster stealing nuts, curling up adorably. Then, she lowered her voice the most and spoke to Kazumi in front of her.
“Shimizu-san, did you… do it with Sato-san yesterday?”
