Chapter 3 – First Hour (2)
“Hello. This is the 3rd 500 Kim Joo-seong. The ability is like this, the ability to strengthen the body.”
“Is it really 3 vs. 500?”
A friendly conversation was going on. The man answering was the man sitting next to me at the entrance ceremony. He showed off his skills by lifting the desk in front of him with one finger. The enhancement ability was a good value for money personality that was treated wherever he went.
Teacher Jung-ah also asked Kim Joo-seong if he was interested in him. He shook his head at the question and said.
“500 was the goal. After waking up, I still don’t know.”
He nodded his head along with an ‘oh’ sound from all around him. The response was that good. Kim Joo-seong was a handsome man with tanned skin, short hair, and distinct features. There were also women whose eyes twinkled as he spoke. Kim Joo-seong looked around, and when he ran into me, he averted his eyes. At the same time he averted his eyes, I also averted my eyes.
It was a self-evident fact that he would boast a very high popularity in this jojo. The other freshmen also showed off their charms by showing off their special awakening abilities. There were those with the ability to shoot beams from their hands, and those with the ability to heal others. Whenever each person was introduced, I focused my eyes on Chunbae Kim, who was sitting in front of me.
“Hanagawa Misaki” Kim Chun-bae. To be honest, I was hoping that this friend of mine, Kim Chun-bae, would have very strange or stupid abilities. The class capacity is 30 people. ‘1’ Ichigaya Because Ichie was absent, one of the class members was left alone without being able to form a group.
What kind of abilities does Kim Chun-bae have? Surprisingly strong? Or hypnotic abilities? When Kim Chun-bae stood up raising his round glasses, everyone focused their eyes as if they were really curious. His chubby belly, checkered shirt, and sweaty neck were stimulating people’s synesthetic images.
“Hello! Hanagawa Misaki! This is Kim Chunbae! I will show you my ability with my body, not words! Aaaaa!”
Chunbae Kim exclaimed and took out something like a highlighter from his pocket. I knew what that was. It was a light stick. It was the cheering stick that was waved when idols appeared on TV. What’s the relationship between abilities and light sticks?
He grabbed a cheering stick and ran out to the front of the classroom. Teacher Jung-a seemed slightly surprised by Chun-bae’s behavior, and then took a step back, then looked at him again with a stable gaze. Chunbae Kim shouted as he got down on his knees with cheering sticks in his hands like claws.
“Come out! Misaki-chan!”
A blue light began to flow from his chest. The light became a wide hole like a tunnel, and a glowing human form emerged from it. She wore long blonde twintails, eyes sparkling like the Milky Way, and was dressed in a beautiful dress full of frills.
Flowers were flying all around her. Professor Lee Jung-ah was looking at Kim Chun-bae with her bewildered face. My classmates and I all opened our mouths and looked at Kim Chun-bae.
“Hi! Nice to meet you all! I’m everyone’s idol, Misaki-chan!”
The woman, who introduced herself as Misaki, began spinning and dancing with a colorful greeting. Kim Chun-bae started a bizarre dance while calling out Misaki behind him.
“Uh, Ki, student Chunbae Kim?”
Kim Chun-bae, who was dancing like a flame with Misaki, danced and answered Mr. Lee’s question.
“Why! However! Ten! Are you! After! Whoa! Downpour! Under!”
“Summoning-type abilities are not very rare, but this is the first time I’ve seen this type. What can your Misaki-chan do?”
“On my behalf! Downpour! Whoa! Downpour! Fight too! Do! Remain! Whoa! Downpour! It can even cure you! There is! The more I cheer! Downpour! Whoa! Be strong!”
It seemed that the dance was cheering. The classmates, who were shocked at first, changed their gaze subtly. It was because it was quite a fraudulent ability if you look at the ability and Kim Chun-bae’s cheering visual. It was a very highly regarded ability because the summoning system itself exerted more than one person’s ability in search.
However, they can communicate with each other, heal, and have powerful summons? Teacher Lee Jeong-ah was also looking at Kim Chun-bae’s ability with quite interesting eyes.
I decided to just give up hope at this point. I checked my abilities.
Awakener: ‘Ada Bomber’ Jeong Su-hyeon
Strength: 9
Agility: 8
Intelligence: 6
Luck: 14
Ability
Phalanx LV. One
Absorbs 10% of damage from the left hand.
With his right hand, he emits shockwaves equal to the amount absorbed.
Phalanx. It might be a powerful ability for all workshops later, but it was an ability that had no merit to use as a team member right now. The absorption value was too low, and it wasn’t the ability to deliver a powerful blow right away.
While I was fiddling with the status window, the time of hardship was right in front of me. When I got up from my seat, I saw students already buzzing and chatting quietly.
Some were looking at me with expectant faces. They were all waiting for a moment. Teacher Lee Jung-ah looked at me with her sharp eyes and said.
“Yes. Suhyeon student. Please introduce yourself.”
“Oh, how are you?”
I took a deep breath. It’s just a nickname, but it took a lot of effort to recite my nickname.
“My name is Jeong Su-hyeon, the Ada bomber.”
“Put.”
“Pooh!”
“Turn it off…!”
Laughter was heard from all directions. The atmosphere of embarrassment and contempt on the first day of the entrance ceremony was now overflowing with ridicule and humor. In this crucible of chaos, the only ones not laughing were me and teacher Lee Jung-ah. She asked, looking at me with a sharp gaze.
“Student Suhyun Jeong.”
“Yes.”
“Your nickname is like a business card. Do you understand?”
“Yes. Sorry.”
“I won’t say more if you understand, but please be careful.”
“All right.”
The atmosphere that had been laughing turned cold again. The demonstration of my ability began in the worst atmosphere. The ability introduction was also clumsy.
“The left arm absorbs some of the impact, and the right arm releases that energy.”
“Are you absorbing and discharging all the shock?”
“No. Right now, only about 10% is absorbed and emitted. However, I think it is an ability that can be applied in various ways if it grows a little.”
When I explained that, it seemed like a sigh could be heard among the children. I didn’t like the slightly upturned corners of the mouth. Anyone can make mistakes. I thought that the opportunity to undo the mistake I made while drinking must be given. But it seemed that the opportunity was not here. I took a deep breath and sat down.
Already, it became clear to me that there was no one who would pair me up.
After all self-introductions, electronic pads were distributed to everyone one by one. It was said that it was an item distributed under the Hunter support policy. Teacher Lee Jeong-ah said while opening the program screen on the pad.
“Go to the [Hunter Competency Building Program] Item in the pad menu and write down your student number, name, and nickname. We will do it through this program.”
I typed in my name and nickname as instructed and took a deep breath. I could see people making eye contact as if they had already made up the group. I entered quietly and waited for my turn. Teacher Jung-ah’s explanation continued.
“Then, go to the grouping section in the top right corner, select the name of the team member you want, and click Match.”
Matching was completed in an instant and there were students who turned red. While I was doing it, about half of the students completed matching. I hurriedly picked someone and started pressing Match. However, whenever I clicked Matching, there were only people who sneakily turned around and looked at me, but no one tried to team up with me.
It took less than 5 minutes for the matching result to be determined. In the matching results that popped up on the screen, only my name was far away at the bottom.
Teacher Jeonga looked over her matching results and nodded her head. And so she said.
“Jung Soo-hyeon, I will try to team up with Yang at Ichigaya Ichi. Miss Ichie says she will be studying in Japan for about a week, so please live alone until then.”
“All right.”
Maybe it was fortunate that I was in the same group as Ichie, who hadn’t faced such a ruinous self-introduction. Wasn’t there a saying don’t be new? On the contrary, this could have turned into luck. When I thought so, I looked over at the other groups.
Kim Joo-seong was forming a team with Kim Chun-bae.
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“Then let’s start mentor matching. A friend who plays the role of ‘leader’ among the members of the group, please click Mentor Matching. After today’s class, we plan to receive proofreading guidance and brief class contents from the mentor.”
After the jogging, it was time to meet with the mentor. Mentors are not decided by us, but it is a way for the mentors to choose the new students they want. If you look at the pad, the mentor will contact you where to come, and I was really curious about who would be the mentor in the combination of the Japanese and the Ada bombers.
Kim Chun-bae, who showed strong ability performance, and Kim Joo-seong, who had simple strong ability, received a call as soon as mentor matching started and started. After that, the ability to use ice and the team members escaped, and in that way, one by one, they escaped.
I stayed and waited for my mentor to contact me. Teacher Lee Jung-ah was looking at me with an expressionless face as I bit her nails.
“Oh, come!”
“Where are you? Let’s hurry.”
“It’s the gym.”
The two boisterous girls who were occupying the seats in front of me were finally called and stormed out of the classroom door. I was really the only one left here. I was overcome with a strange feeling. Could it be that mentor matching is not possible?
Even when I openly expressed my anxiety, Lee Jung-ah just opened the book and started reading without saying anything.
Tring!
The bell rang. It meant that someone had chosen our group. I urgently checked the name.
[‘Kim Yoo-jung’ Kim Yoo-jung: Please come to the library.]
The library was in the building next door. I got up from my seat.
