Abandoned by my Childhood Friend, I Became a War Hero chapter 72

72 – Lecture #3

“Ha….”

Ion lets out a deep sigh and recalls how things came to be like this.

Of course, the situation was clear. Dr. Brown’s earnest request, whom I hadn’t seen in a while, drove me into this situation.

‘No.’

‘Please, just once! It’s not someone else, it’s between you and me!’

‘No. And there is no relationship.’

‘People have to be so mean! Even if you stab it with a needle, not a single drop of blood will come out!’

‘… ….’

Actually, no blood comes out even when I am stabbed with a needle. Because the needles can’t penetrate my skin.

Anyway, the reason why I had no choice but to accept Dr. Brown’s request was not because I had been bothering him for about an hour, not because I had been constantly pestering him, but because of the “It” He promised to give me if I gave him a test demonstration.

The reward promised by Dr. Brown was quite unconventional to refuse the demonstration due to my personal feelings.

And when I saw the prototype with my own eyes, the fact that the exterior looked quite plausible also played a role.

It was a feeling of déjà vu, but….

I held the steering wheel of a vehicle developed by Dr. Brown called the mana Bike for short.

I don’t know how the two-wheeled horse-powered chariot came to be called a bike for short, but it was said that the first person to name it was Fillion the Great, so I just accepted it.

“Hmm….”

Dr. Brown only asked me for one thing.

It was to bring out the performance of this machine to the limit.

In order to test the machine’s limits, it had to perform various extreme movements such as rapid acceleration, rapid deceleration, and driving at full speed. In this case, it is difficult to guarantee the demonstrator’s safety, but Dr. Brown seemed to believe that if it were me, I would be able to escape safely in any situation.

It was rather fortunate. I rode the Airship because I didn’t know it would explode, but it meant that it was okay to treat this bike thinking it would explode from the beginning.

I am now in the plains outside Sangria.

It was a perfect place to run with peace of mind because it was a flat land with nothing around.

I said release the brake and pull the throttle to go forward….

As I pulled the throttle hard, a roar erupted from the mana bike’s engine.

– Boaaang!

I felt as if I was being pulled back by the rapid acceleration, and my body jumped forward in an instant.

***

People gathered in the lecture room could not take their eyes off the images on the screen.

It looked as if a huge machine made up of two wheels, reminiscent of a horse, was running fast, then suddenly lifted the front wheel and started driving with only one wheel.

When decelerating rapidly, the rear wheel lifted and stood completely horizontally, so it was dangerous that it might fall over, but Ion rather seemed to be balancing in that state, and then ran forward at an even faster speed.

It quickly ran across the plains at a speed many times faster than that of a horse, and before I knew it, Ion was running toward the wooded forest.

“Ugh!”

“Dangerous!”

Despite the dangerous situation, where even the slightest mistake could cause a crash into a tree, Ion did not slow down and pressed his body close to the machine and bent his steering wheel. Every time that happened, people couldn’t help but admire the way they ran through the forest, barely passing trees.

“Ohh… !”

“How could that be?”

It is surprising that the first machine runs at high speed, but the jockey’s amazing maneuvering skills and courage also aroused admiration.

No matter how excellent the performance of the machine is, it seemed that no matter who rode it, it would not be able to show as much piloting skill as that of the rider in front of me.

The speed at which they were still running through the forest was so fast that the zegglers that were flying after Ion missed the screen in the middle.

Dr. Brown was equally impressed.

He focused on the screen, clenching his fists in an excited voice like a child’s.

“Uh hee hee! Also, I wasn’t wrong! Whoa, that kind of movement over there? Even if you do such a radical movement, the drivetrain will withstand it? Then you can skip the stability test! Good! Show me more, phew- keuhmm!”

The doctor was so excited that he had obtained valid experimental data that he almost uttered a mistake, but fortunately no one noticed his mistake.

It was because everyone was immersed in the scene in the video.

The ride gradually ran toward the end. Ion thought he had shown most of what he had to show, so he stopped his acrobatics in the woods and sped up to get out of the woods.

However, people who watched the video were shocked and surprised. It was because in the screen the camera was projecting, I could see a cliff waiting in the direction Ion was heading.

In the end, Ion and the bike fell off the cliff without slowing down.

“Kyaaa!!”

“No! Dangerous!!”

Everyone was shocked and focused their eyes on the screen. The only people who weren’t surprised to see that scene were a few people, including Marian, who knew that the rider was a malevolent star.

But in the next scene, even they couldn’t hide their astonishment.

After jumping off the cliff, Ion snapped the handle of the machine and rotated it 180 degrees in the air, changing the direction of the fall. The direction was the wall of the cliff.

With the engine roaring as I pulled the throttle all the way, the wheel of the bike touched the slope of the cliff. Soon the bike started to slide along the sharp cliff.

“Crazy….”

“Does that make sense?”

Ion quickly descended the cliff, using slightly protruding rocks and pebbles as a stepping stone. If he made the slightest mistake, he might fall straight down, but Ion, without hesitation, continued his acrobatics by leaning over and bending his steering wheel.

Everyone was tongue-tied at the phenomenal driving ability. It seemed that even a mountain goat living in an alpine area would not be able to perform such feats on a cliff.

Even Dr. Brown wondered for a moment whether Ion had already ridden it several times, even though he had provided the bike himself. It was a fantastic acrobatic drive that is hard to imagine that it was the first time I rode it.

In the end, when Ion and Bike arrived safely at the bottom of the cliff, everyone cheered and clapped.

“Wowaaa!!”

“This is crazy! Crazy!!”

“I thought my heart was falling, really!!”

That was the moment. Ion took off the goggles he was wearing on his face.

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Marian, who recognized Instructor Ion from the beginning with his hair and facial features, was not too surprised, but Gwynn, who was next to him, recognized Ion only then and opened his mouth in surprise.

“Huh? Instructor?”

But Gwynn wasn’t the only one surprised among the students in the classroom.

Nearly half of the cheering students stopped cheering and held their breath. All were female students.

The only time Ion appeared in public was during the entrance ceremony. However, the entrance ceremony was a crowded place with more than 1,000 new students gathered, much less the number of students who visited the entrance ceremony.

So, this was almost the first time the seniors saw Ion’s face properly.

“This, Instructor Ion-!? Oops!”

“Kyaaah!!”

“What happened!?”

“Rosé-senpai suddenly collapsed!”

Rosé von Kruger, a senior in Diamond White, collapsed unconscious with sudden breathing difficulties.

Other girls had similar reactions, albeit under different circumstances. Some students focused their eyes on the screen with hazy eyes, while others uttered admiration in a daze.

The male students were enthusiastic about Dr. Brown’s new machine and the thrilling driving using it, while the female students were enthusiastic about the demonstration for other reasons.

“What is this….”

Anyway, Marian, who was watching, had to admit that Dr. Brown’s lecture was a great success.

***

After a short ride.

I had to admit. That being said, this show was pretty fun.

The maximum speed of the bike was similar to the maximum speed I could achieve while running myself. However, because running and moving on a bike are quite different feelings, I even felt refreshed when driving through the woods, cutting through the wind.

I even jumped off a cliff at the end to overload the machine as much as possible, but the bike survived even that.

In the end, I had to admit this time that Dr. Brown’s prototype was a pretty good one.

While I was thinking that it would be easy to move around with one of these, a magical communication came through the communication tool I put in my inner pocket.

The sender, of course, was Dr. Brown.

[Uhehehehe! Thank you very much for your hard work! Thanks to that, I was able to extract a lot of useful experimental data!]

“How was the lecture?”

[It’s a great success! Really perfect! It seems that not only the students but also the sponsors are satisfied. Based on the data we have gained thanks to you, we will be able to introduce the bike to the general market next year along with the airship!]

“I’m glad that’s the case. Where can I return this?”

[Huh? Ah, a prototype? Hmm….]

Dr. Brown said cheerfully after a very short thought.

[Just keep it for yourself.]

“Can I?”

[It was made considering that it would break from the beginning anyway. But it didn’t break, so this must be something. I showed you a much better driving than I thought, so I’ll do it in return.]

I said with a small nod.

“If you say so, I will be grateful.”

[Uh hee hee! It has proven once again that my design skills are the best on the continent. Then, if I need anything else next time, I’ll contact you!]

“… ….”

I hope I don’t have to contact you again.

Anyway, with one favor, I got a bike along with the things I was going to receive later.

This was good enough for a short time spent.

I turned the steering wheel in the direction of drafting and pulled the throttle hard.

Soon the bike started to race towards the islands.