14 – Hero Proficiency Test
MT is over.
What that means is that the hero ability test is less than a week away.
I continued to investigate the hero ability test with a nervous mind.
ㅡ Is it that hard to pass?
Of course it’s hard.
The number of people who awaken to supernatural powers is increasing every year.
Correspondingly, the number of mutant monsters and villains is increasing.
So the competency test has no choice but to become more strict.
As a result, there were rumors that the test takers were very difficult to prepare for because the form of the test was different every time.
ㅡ According to my research, ‘we’ are on the side of people with fairly strong abilities, but are they having a hard time?
It’s still hard.
If it’s all done just by ignorantly being strong, even the villains will be doing heroic things.
I have enough strength to stop a running bus.
If you don’t properly control that ability, a disaster will occur in which you smash the other person’s hand with just a handshake.
Heroes appeared to fight monsters, but there are many cases where they fight villains.
You must capture the opponent who is weaker than the monster and resists fiercely without killing it.
A hero who cannot control his power is not a hero but a disaster.
So, the part called personality is included in the evaluation item.
It is difficult to become a hero with only beliefs or dreams.
ㅡ How do other heroes prepare?
Psychic training from childhood is used in places like this.
Strengthen physical abilities A person with abilities learns to control their strength.
Those with ignition ability train to generate only the desired amount of firepower in the desired direction.
In this way, the passing rate is relatively high because they are trained from a young age.
I don’t have anything like that, so I’m a little nervous.
It’s not something that can be solved by being nervous, but it’s like this.
I had an exam right around the corner, but I couldn’t prepare anything.
It was my first time doing something like this, so my heart was getting more and more stuffy.
So I played the video for “That”.
… The video of the event that made me decide to become a hero.
ㅡ This is the 237th.
Did you count that?
Dirty bastard.
Whether I was nervous or anxious, time passed.
Just like that, the last Saturday of March has arrived.
The hero ability test is conducted over two weeks.
On the first day, basic personal information is checked, and ability tests and physical abilities are measured.
And the three-day test is prepared in earnest to separate those who pass and fail, but it changes every time, so it is difficult to predict.
I can only guess based on the propensity of the hero who came as a supervisor this time.
The hero who came as a supervisor this time is a man who plays a hero by the name of Iron.
It has the ability to harden the body, and its strength is said to be harder than iron.
The most famous anecdote is the case of saving a citizen from being crushed by a steel bar.
The young generation who become heroes these days because they like old-fashioned heroes like hero movies are such heroes that are also called kkondae.
Still, if it’s a hero, at least he won’t choose a human like a villain with a broken personality as a hero.
I felt fortunate enough for that.
“Please register in order!”
The Hero Proficiency Test is held once each at the end of March, June, September, and December.
That’s why a considerable number of people came to take the test.
“Please present your ID.”
My turn came and I handed out my driver’s license.
“Give me your right hand.”
Fingerprint test.
“I will draw blood. It will sting for a while.”
Doping control.
“I will do a physical examination.”
Physical examination.
A general examination was conducted and only a small fraction of those gathered were filtered out.
Perhaps they were caught on doping control, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
After the basic test was over, the psychic test began next.
Here, different scoring methods are applied depending on which supernatural power you have.
In my case, it is registered with the national agency as the ability to prevent deterioration of substances.
So a re-examination of psychic powers was necessary.
“Body strengthening and hardening abilities?”
“Yes.”
“In the personal information, it says the ability to suppress deterioration….”
“I am newly awakened this time.”
“A man with multiple abilities….”
The person in charge of testing my psychic powers had a rather interesting expression on his face.
Revenge abilities are not common, but they are not very rare either.
However, it is very rare to suddenly awaken two abilities at the same time as an adult.
It’s really one of the few cases where it’s an ability suitable for dealing with villains and monsters in the field.
There was an interesting change in his expression.
“… Maybe Eunseong… No, nothing.”
He seemed to guess that I was the one who solved the bus incident at Eunseong Hospital.
But that was saddam, so the person in charge didn’t say it.
Because there could be favoritism in the prosecutor’s office.
If you appeal here, future exams can be easier.
But… I thought that was not so much.
You may think I’m naive and stupid, but I decided to take the test to the best of my ability.
ㅡ You are stubborn and stupid.
This bastard?
***
Measurement of body strengthening and hardening ability was made.
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In the case of body strengthening, there were simple tests on how much heavier weights could be lifted, and tests to check one’s agility.
After lifting a 500kg barbell designed for talented people with a squat, a hydraulic press developed for talented people was prepared.
Although the weight on the whole body was considerable, I found out that it was possible to strengthen the body to the level of an A-class person.
The eyes of the person in charge who was checking my abilities were full of interesting light.
The people who check their abilities here are people who are involved in the hero industry.
It is said that candidates with excellent grades will be contacted personally later, but that may be a sign.
What followed after that was the measurement of body hardening ability.
This was done in a simpler way than I thought.
It was a procedure to check how hard my body was by using a strength meter for skilled people.
The result also seemed to be at the level of an A-class person, so the person checking it looked quite surprised.
In the personal information I brought, the body strengthening ability was also A-class.
This is not an expected rookie, but a level of ability that allows you to play right away on the field.
As I moved with the measurement chart for the next measurement, he started talking through earphones in his ears.
I felt like my existence would be passed on to the supervisors of this test.
The next schedule for the multiple ability test was the multiple ability test.
Multiple abilities basically mean a person with two or more superpowers.
Usually, multiple powers refer to all superpowers who only need to possess two or more superpowers.
Even if two or more abilities are not displayed at the same time, it does not act as a deductible factor.
However, if two or more are expressed at the same time, additional points are added almost unconditionally.
In addition, in the case of abilities with good synergy, considerable additional points are attached.
“Then let’s begin.”
I endured the pressure of the hydraulic press with my body hardened.
At the same time, a device that measures the strength of my body has been added.
I silently endured the hydraulic press and applied strength.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“Thank you.”
The officer in charge of the multiple ability test smiled and handed over the measurement table.
In the measurement table, there was a sign that there was a synergistic effect with the revenge ability.
When using the revenge ability, there was a + sign meaning that corrections were written to the body strengthening ability, and there was a sign that the ability was stable.
This was enough to say that it received the highest score.
As I received the measurement table and started moving again, the person in charge secretly peeked at me and started talking into the earphones.
It seems that my abilities were quite out of the norm.
As a result, the way the people in charge looked at me began to change.
ㅡ It seems that everyone noticed that you were ‘that’ guy on the news.
The monster told me what the people in charge were saying to see if I could hear it even in this street.
The story is that I am capable enough to run on the field.
A story about how difficult microcontrolling can be because of the sudden awakening of abilities.
A story about how to test in the second test.
A story about why he suddenly awakened his ability.
A story about personality and so on.
They were talking through earphones as if they thought I couldn’t hear them.
I felt like I was hearing something I shouldn’t have heard, so I made sure that the monster couldn’t spy on me anymore.
ㅡ Who laughed heartily while watching the same video 237 times?
That is that and this is this.
***
The 10 supervisors, including the heroine Iron, began checking the test takers’ measurement charts on the first day.
“A lot of people stared at it this time too.”
When Iron said that in a rather hard voice, the supervisors around him nodded.
“Yes, because there are exams every quarter. Still, it is less than when I took the test every half year.”
The supervisors all nodded in agreement.
“As expected, I think working in the field is more suitable than this kind of work.”
Iron sighed briefly as he said that.
“Still, it seems that there are fewer people this time than last quarter.”
When one supervisor brought up such a story, the other supervisor who was sorting the measurement sheets nodded.
“Yes. I think it’s about 30%?”
The hero ability test, which is usually held at the end of December, comes with a risk of safety accidents due to the weather.
That’s why the number of test takers tends to increase in March.
Still, it’s very rare to get 30% more.
“Maybe… It must be because of the ‘bus incident’.”
“Isn’t it?”
Heroes are similar to idols in reality.
A dream, a romance, an existence that becomes an idol.
That’s why there are people who are influenced by heart-moving events like the bus incident.
Even when an incident in which a citizen was saved from a falling steel frame by an iron, which he participated as a supervisor, appeared on the news, it also had the effect of increasing the number of aspiring heroes.
“Would that young man also take this test?”
The supervisors laughed and started sorting out the paperwork.
Originally, they were supposed to be neutral to some extent, but they are also people who have been involved in the hero industry.
Unlike today’s heroes, they don’t ask for anything in return and like stories about heroes that seem to have come out of disappearing stories.
And that iron was no different.
Originally, he hates favoritism, but he was also a person who put his body into this industry because he liked heroic stories.
As they were sorting it out like that, the measurement charts kept coming in, so they decided to take a short break.
It was a moment when everyone let out a sigh at the thought of checking the first measurement table and receiving the second measurement table.
A supervisor has been contacted by the person in charge.
It was a report on personnel who had recently awakened to new abilities and needed to re-measure their abilities.
“Among the people who came to take the test this time, there are people who need to be re-measured.”
“What are your abilities?”
“It is called the ability to strengthen the body, the ability to harden the body.”
“… Are you a pluralist? Those are abilities that have good synergy.”
Iron tried to remain neutral as much as possible, but he couldn’t ignore someone with the same ability as himself and the ability to avenge.
The person who came this time was a person who had registered his psychic powers with a government agency and had been tested for what kind of abilities he had.
However, re-measurement of psychic abilities means that you have recently awakened.
This was a very sensitive issue because accidents could happen.
Just as a newborn baby cannot walk on two feet, a person who has just awakened to supernatural power has poor control.
As a result, it can lead to major accidents.
The reason why there are children who receive training to strengthen their psychic abilities from an early age is to prevent such cases.
Aside from that, if there is another problem, it may be that there is a problem with the personality.
A strong force drives a person crazy.
As an extreme example, there are reports of cases where a person who has been bullied or assaulted kills the perpetrator with his newly acquired psychic powers.
He is a person to keep an eye on because he doesn’t know what kind of accident he might get drunk with the psychic powers that suddenly opened his eyes.
Even if you’ve lived uprightly without having an accident, it’s because people change when things change.
“But with this ability and this timing, aren’t you a party to that bus incident?”
“hahahaha! Maybe.”
It may be, but the odds are small.
It’s a coincidence.
Everyone thought so and continued to classify the measurement table.
But it didn’t take long for their friendly laughter to stiffen.