280 – [5] Identifying Competencies
#280
The front of the World Gate is now in disarray because it has been flooded several more times.
People related to a lecture, from the professor to the students, gathered in front of him.
“Now I know, there were quite a lot of students taking this course, right?”
“To begin with, the number of students taking the course alone exceeded 100.”
A bustling sight.
The number of people increased significantly as the academy sent instructors and safety guard hunters.
Everyone who sees them will ask where they are going to rob the village.
Because they were all heavily armed, it was even more deserving of being seen that way.
“What will the people of Charelletea think if they see this?”
“Well, I don’t know. “Wouldn’t they think that the Palaist Academy bastards were coming to get revenge on us?”
“It would be great to have guys with that kind of intelligence.”
Anyway, I headed beyond the gate.
In the aftermath of the floods in Arecibo, the Chareltea campus also had traces of the floods.
“At this rate, most of the gates would have been closed.”
“You mean everything is closed?”
“Angry bosses drown. “Just looking at him, it looks like he died because the water reached his head.”
“Ah, of course. The bosses would have drowned that way and the gate would have closed…….”
However, it was not all that good.
The cadets were cleaning the gates in the first place, and a more serious problem arose.
“But even though the gate was cleaned, it’s so dirty.”
“…… “There was a lot of trash again.”
Trash and all kinds of debris scattered on the streets.
People had a hard time cleaning up throughout the first semester.
The results of all my hard work were in vain.
There were probably some cadets who worked hard to clean up after receiving points.
For such people, there is nothing worse than this.
It was truly unfortunate.
And what was even worse was that restoration of the Arecibo campus became even more difficult.
It might have seemed that way to the general eye.
“Hey, I think the Arecibo Campus recovery period will be longer if this happens.”
“Um…… On the contrary, wouldn’t it not increase?”
I responded to Shannon’s lamentable words.
She tilted her head.
“Yes? “It’s not increasing?”
“No, everything was submerged due to the flood anyway. “Wouldn’t it be difficult to utilize existing buildings anymore?”
“It’s not hard anymore…” … “Wouldn’t that be worse?”
“No. “There are already a lot of wooden buildings, so if they are all locked like this, won’t they just rot?”
“Right? “So it’s worse.”
“It may seem that way in the short term. But what if it’s confirmed that everything will rot?”
“No way.”
“Wouldn’t it be faster to just raze the entire city and start over?”
The logic is that rather than rebuilding a vaguely destroyed city, it is better to tear it down and start over.
It is not a small town, but a big city. I wonder if this is true, but the Arecibo campus was not a suitable area for Earthlings in the first place.
From the beginning, Arecibo was a place where the planet itself did not have proper internet access and modern technology did not work properly.
Even if we roughly repair the collapse and destruction, how many people will come back?
It’s already been half a year, so everyone must have already found a new place to live.
Due to the lack of resettlement people during haphazard reconstruction, a huge amount of manpower and capital would have been consumed to normalize urban management.
Of course, rather than causing such chaos, it would have been better to destroy everything and gradually expand from a small area.
At least you only have to cover the demolition costs and construction costs for a small area.
I don’t think there will be anyone who wouldn’t move into that small area anyway.
The cost of demolition was relatively high, but this could be easily destroyed by asking the cadets to destroy everything using their grades as bait.
Grades are a serious issue for cadets.
Therefore, I will not pass up a request that is perfect for relieving stress.
“Ah…… ! Well, that’s right. Maintenance costs will also be much lower here.”
“That’s right. Of course, we have to do our best to prevent flooding again.”
That was basically my thought.
And I nodded my head as if this was also the case for Shannon.
Of course, the Academy could have acted only by looking at the short-term future.
As we talked about this, we continued moving toward where the professor was leading.
I passed a place that had collapsed in vain.
I passed through a place that was endlessly destroyed.
Sometimes I passed through sections that I thought were dangerous.
However, places that are inherently dangerous tend to be fast.
A goal that I thought would take a long time was reached early.
It was a forest near the academy.
It wasn’t a major forest, but it was still a fairly large place.
On the other hand, it was also a place where many cadets went hunting at one time.
“Oh, there’s a tombstone here too.”
“So-and-so came and went here…” … It seems to be quite an old item.
Is that why it is like that?
Evidence was revealed that many people once came and went.
This means that it is a verified route.
Because of this, I felt reassured in many ways.
Anyway, it won’t be taken over by the other world’s version of the tiger.
Of course, it is possible to get hit by the other world’s version of the meow punch and become dismembered, but that is the fault of the person who did not run away dexterously.
I guess the professor also knew this and went into it quite deeply.
No matter which way I looked, there was only a forest, and it seemed like I wouldn’t be able to return to Arecibo.
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“Let’s start the first practice now! As I wrote in the notice earlier, this is an exercise to understand each person’s capabilities!”
Some cadets swallowed their saliva harshly when they heard the words “Identify capabilities.”
It seemed like they were quite lacking in cooking skills.
“I’ll give you exactly two hours from now on! “Catch any game within two hours and cook it properly!”
2 Hours.
It was neither long nor short.
For someone familiar with this kind of thing, it might have been a long story, but for someone unfamiliar with it, it might have been short.
Luckily, I was closer to the former.
I had done a lot of hunting in high school, and even if it wasn’t in the dungeon beyond the gate, I had done it enough in the far north.
And since cooking had been sufficiently strengthened in the first semester and had even been divided into divisions, there was no need to be afraid of time.
“Dan! There will be a big deduction if you don’t serve the dish at all, or if you make the dish with non-game meat! So, even if it is somewhat incomplete, try to practice with sincerity! “Do you understand?”
“””I understand!”””
“Of course, don’t overexert yourself and cause death or serious injury! I will personally deduct even more points from the person who did something like that!
“””Yes!”””
“Good! Then everyone can leave with the goal of completing the dish! Exactly two hours later, you can bring the finished dish here!”
With those words, everyone dispersed.
We also had to leave.
But I just silently watched the people leaving.
“Mr. Xian, is there anything you are looking for?”
“That’s not true…” … Wait.”
There was something I was looking for.
Nothing different, I was looking for my goal.
Of course, this was not only my goal, but also Shannon and Ines’ goal.
Even if I didn’t tell the Junghwa Three Musketeers, I needed to tell the other two what I was looking for.
I made a small gesture.
They said they were looking for someone we need to keep an eye on.
“Aha~”
“Well, it was like that. But just because they’re looking for me like this— ugh!”
I covered Inez’s mouth.
I immediately glared at him and told him not to spit it out.
“Ah, I understand. Shit… ….”
“Uh-huh!”
“It’s a mistake. Sorry.”
Only then did Ines nervously nod her head.
How nervous would you be to make a mistake?
Anyway, the three of us continued to look around at the cadets.
Of course, the Chinese Three Musketeers, who knew nothing, asked why they weren’t going.
“I’m going to look at where a lot of people go and go to a place where not many people go.”
I accepted it as an appropriate answer.
The Junghwa Three Musketeers nodded and said, “Ah,” To the plausible answer they reported.
I was glad that I was convinced.
And it didn’t take long.
“Mr. Xian…… ! There…… !”
Shannon pointed to one side.
There was a person there with a scar that now felt familiar.
The person headed deeper into the forest with his acquaintances.
It was the direction that most people weren’t heading towards, but it was nice because there were fewer people to notice.
“Let’s go that way. Just by looking at it, it doesn’t seem like there are many people over there.”
“Oh, really?”
“I guess it’s because it goes deeper into the forest.”
“Well, there may be more difficult monsters or animals… ….”
“Then I think it would be best to move quickly. “If people hunt at least several of them, we may not have any of our share.”
We headed in that direction with overwhelming support.
Of course, if I followed too closely, it could be noticeable, so I moved at a reasonable distance.
It just gives the feeling of someone following you from afar.
Or it just gives the feeling of a person moving around aimlessly.
So we followed them into the forest.
But, did they notice our tracking early on?
Suddenly it moved to the side.
The feeling that it couldn’t possibly be true rose up to my chin.
I kept repeating that it wouldn’t be true and stood at the point where they started heading sideways.
I was able to breathe a sigh of relief in my heart.
Because we had just lit a bonfire and were sitting down with our belongings in the corner.
Because he looked like that, it didn’t really matter if he noticed our gaze too late.
I’ve already unloaded all my luggage. What should I do?
You didn’t even put it down properly, you just flipped the bag over and poured it out, right?
You can move all of this?
It is possible, but I don’t think it would be a good choice.
Considering the time, it was possible to move it nearby, but it could never be headed far away.
Whether I’m being monitored or not, I have to be in this position considering my grades.
The location was so appropriate that it seemed like a perfect place to watch.
Because of that, he smiled softly.
“Huh? Mr. Xian, have you seen any good game?”
“I found something similar.”
“…… Yes?”
“Anyway, there is. First, let’s go straight over there, sit down in a suitable place, and make a fire.”
Things went smoothly.
I walked with a lighter step.
It would be nice if you could make some appropriate remarks.
I wonder if it won’t come out.
* * *
“…… Hey, did you guys see that earlier?”
“What?”
“Familiar faces appeared in the direction of the road we walked.”
“Ah~ them?”
It was truly unfortunate.
Of all the many, many cadets, they are.
“Like at the table, there were five women with him, and he was such an incredible bastard.”
“Okay. How on earth are you doing this with five women? ….”
“Didn’t they even look down on us? “I don’t know if it’s because it’s Bbangz, but it feels a bit like that.”
“Is that so? “I thought his eyes were strange for some reason.”
“The women were very heavily armed. “I guess they all have a certain level of skill, right?”
Someone’s plan was suddenly revealed.
But there was nothing they could do now.
“This is truly unlucky. “We are doing this right now, with six men.”
“That’s right. “There are cases where paths overlap like this.”
“That bastard doesn’t do any work, I’m sure the women do everything, right?”
“Maybe so. Ha, are there any good German friends out there? “I’d like to tell you to catch some of those concubine buns over there.”
“Then wouldn’t we also be captured as 1+1?”
“Probably not. “I know something, but I heard they aren’t people with that kind of personality.”
Mentions about Kang Xian and his acquaintances.
However, it wasn’t a very long conversation.
“What the fuck?! Hey! “Vegetables are on fire!!!”
“Guys, can I eat these mushrooms? “I saw it on WeTube the other day and it said you shouldn’t eat anything that looks like this.”
“They say to grill the meat at ‘medium heat’ for 10 minutes. How much is medium heat?”
“I accidentally added 3 tablespoons of salt instead of 1 teaspoon of salt. Is it okay?”
It wasn’t long before they had to focus on cooking.
At some point, it seemed unimaginable that someone was looking around the bush.