114 – Growing Friendship, Cutting Friendship
Countless beads on the floor…
Among them, find 7 different colors.
The act itself was not so difficult for the hunters who had excellent eyesight that transcended humans, taking a little time.
But the problem is, it has to be done as quickly as possible.
Even though they may have superhuman bodies, their minds are ordinary human beings, so it was easy to fall into confusion if they were momentarily confused or overly aware of the fact that they were being chased by time.
In such a situation, even if they find an orange orb, it is easy for them to lose their balance and fall due to the marble beneath their feet.
Of course, since they are hunters who have far surpassed the durability of ordinary humans, they are rarely injured by a big fall, but it was unavoidable that time was delayed due to this.
And now…
A ‘newcomer’ hunter taking this test.
Talos was observing his surroundings, remaining as cool as possible.
The orange balls begin to catch her eye easily with a familiar feeling.
But. Regardless of that fact, she began to retrieve the balls, deliberately adjusting her speed and focusing on avoiding falling as much as possible.
‘It’s not just speed that we look for in this drill. The number of times you fall is also subject to deduction, and if you lose your balance and roll once, you may miss the ball you found again. In that respect, rushing clumsily is rather poisonous.’
Accurately determine the location of the target. and read the path.
A way to retrieve the ball with minimal movement while increasing safety by stepping on the white ball as little as possible.
Originally, she had been confident in this test since her days as a hunter, and since becoming an Abyss, her physical performance has also improved, so honestly, if she wanted to, she could even surpass the record that Are achieved just before this.
However, apart from that fact, she still wasn’t doing her best.
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Just like the previous tests.
Originally, until the beginning of this promotion test, she had the idea that she wanted to do her best to measure her skills, and she proceeded with that thought until she actually did push-ups.
However, as he progressed along the way, Talos’ thoughts changed.
It wasn’t just because you had to be noticed by the people around you to avoid being too conspicuous.
‘Even though I couldn’t help it during the push-ups, but… if I get ahead of myself here, I’ll give these people a bit of a rough feeling, right?’
Talos returns as a human from the Abyss.
However, Talos, who had returned to human form, no longer had his old colleagues and friends left.
At least there is Joggs, but now that the other people have changed their identities, she has virtually no choice but to reset all of her previous human relationships, and most of her closest friends and colleagues have been killed in Pyongyang. .
Although Glas and Are were good people through Joggs’ introduction, Talos wanted to connect with as many people as possible and make as many friends as before.
In particular, the nightmare of that day, which was repeated countless times while being used as a tool of the Abyss, left her with a deeper thirst for colleagues and friends.
For Talos, Iro and her colleagues who were willing to reach out to her first in this test were a great harvest that could not be compared to trivial things like measuring their skills.
‘Anyway, what I absolutely need here is to win the A-level qualification, not to be number one. I don’t have to work hard to create a sense of incongruity, I just need to do it to the extent that there won’t be any problems.’
With that thought in mind, Talos began to produce grades that were literally just above the average level of Iro and her colleagues.
On the other hand, the three Harim Iro, who had no way to know her thoughts, were feeling closer and closer as they watched Talos, who had almost the same personality as them.
‘It’s similar to ours or a little more advanced. I had a crush on him from the first time I saw him, but looking at him like this, he really seems like a perfect fit for us.’
‘It’s been great, but there was a feeling that the three of us were a bit lacking when it came to forming an A-class combination, but if we find the right teammates in this way, it will definitely have a great synergistic effect.’
‘With this kind of looks and this kind of skills.. Really… the more I look at him, the more I like him. really..’
The girls, who quickly became close during the short time of taking the test, naturally promised to be together as much as possible in the actual test tomorrow.
Meanwhile…
Unlike Talos, who is building a warm friendship with a new person like this.
At this moment, she…
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Joggs was experiencing a deep sense of defeat once again because of her ‘friend’.
“… ”
“Five minutes and twenty seconds. You worked hard, Joggs.”
“… Yeah, thank you.”
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Jinhyun smiles as he receives the 7 orange balls he gave him.
However, there was a dark shadow on the face of Joggs, who was actually handing it over.
Despite all her efforts, her record was about 10 seconds behind Aare’s.
Of course, this was great enough, and it could be said to be close to S-class, but that fact had nothing to do with Joggs.
At this moment, the only thing that matters to her is to beat Are and win first place.
She was thinking now that a second place position was worth nothing after all.
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Just like that, right after all the basic exams were over, full of regret from Joggs’ point of view.
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Jinhyun raised his voice while looking at the hunters.
“Everyone worked very hard today. As an adjutant, I am very happy that everyone showed excellent results in the basic test, and I also want to thank everyone for their hard work. Driven by this momentum, I hope you will achieve good results in the real-life ability test tomorrow. Once again everyone worked hard. Disband with this.”
Like that, the hunters disbanded according to Jinhyeon’s order and started to scatter by themselves.
Among them were Talos and Iroharam, who were on their way to a simple meal with their new friends.
And, while watching Talos try to avoid pretending to know himself as much as possible while hiding his identity.
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Jaws began to feel a strange feeling of loneliness, even though he knew why.
‘Still, it’s definitely a good thing that Talos quickly adapted and even made new friends…’
However, at this moment, in this situation where there is a slightly chilly air while expressing a competitive spirit to Are.
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Joggs suddenly felt a cold sensation in a corner of his heart.
‘..Is this flow.. really.. a good thing?’
The beginning was simply to attract the attention of Lieutenant Jinhyeon Lee.
However, in the process, Joggs felt that his jealousy and rivalry with Are gradually increased, and at the same time, his feelings towards her began to change.
‘Although from my point of view they’re like rivals, they’re still my best friend.
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Joggs quietly leaves the training ground feeling so bitter.
On the other hand, seeing her like this, Are had a quiet but slightly hardened face.
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Just like Joggs, at this moment, she too is worried that her relationship with her best friend is going to break out.
But even so, she had no intention of giving up on this meaningless battle of pride.
‘If you start, you should see the end.. That side will be good for you, Joggs..’