Episode 106. Class Up (2)
2052. If I had to pick two professions that represent the present age, one is a hero and the other is a nerd tuber.
Passing the street, one out of ten are professional youtubers, eight are lazy youtubers, and the other one is outdated youtubers.
“good luck!”
I am Choi Mi-joo, I am 21 years old, and I am a lazy YouTuber who only works on weekends.
Kick, tick.
“Sister, are you going out today?”
My younger brother, Choi Ye-ju, who pushes an old wheelchair and sees me off.
“Yes, I will make a lot of money.”
Ye-ju knows that I am suffering because of her sick body and is always sorry.
“… Do not work too hard. anyway. no. Bye.”
After all, the word ‘I can’t live long.’ is omitted. If you can’t pay for your treatment, that might be the case.
I don’t want to lose my family anymore.
“I will be back.”
I went out with an old bodycam, which I borrowed thanks to the favor of my business tool and the owner of the photo studio.
“Mukbang was not popular.”
Last week, I filmed a food show. The topical comment posted there was, ‘It’s not like I’m eating bird feed, so who’s going to like it?’
“I don’t think there are any events like that.”
I turned on the smartphone, which was given to me for free when I signed up with a telecommunication company, and searched for events.
I was thinking of getting to the center of the topic somehow and getting hits, but I found a plausible article.
[Seoul Hero Academy, an unusual public test!]
[There are no restrictions on broadcasting. You tubers are crowded together. Deliberately making a star hero?]
[Seohia’s side, ‘Class A is no exception. All classes will be re-established.’]
The articles were written in multiple language versions and the views were unusual.
“Wow. Big Star commented.”
[Big Star: Endless competition. This is the vision of Seoul Hero Academy.]
Big Star. An elder hero who freely manipulates a star-shaped boomerang. Since I recently resigned from my current position, the number of battalions is considerable.
“Do you want me too?”
I hurriedly went to the Seohia broadcast right application page, entered information and pressed the button, and permission was immediately displayed, and the seating arrangement was made.
“Seoul Olympic Stadium? Wow, that’s big.”
It is said that half of the 70,000 seats were allocated for broadcasting. The other half is for family and related people.
“Start time, 9 o’clock?”
It’s a rural area, so it’s difficult to get there by train.
Somehow, when we arrived at the stadium, there were more people than ants without telling a single lie.
“There are ten thousand seats left, so why don’t you let them in!”
“I’m sorry, but that’s the policy.”
“Ah! You just wasted time!”
“sorry. … How did you get here?”
He showed the right to broadcast to a strong man who was guarding the iron gate that entered the stadium.
“Go up to the second floor and this is the last seat. next minute.”
When I found my seat through the cluttered hallway, high-end equipment including cannon cameras were lined up.
I work at a photo studio, so I know how much these equipments are, so I arrived at my seat, trying not to touch them.
“Hey.”
As I sat on the iron chair with the paint barely peeling off, the man next to me spoke to me with a wrinkled face.
“yes?”
“This is my seat so far, so I can’t pass it over.”
“Ah yes.”
I don’t even have the equipment to get there.
The man glanced at the space for the camera in front of me and continued.
“But what about the camera? Do you know that camouflage broadcasting is not allowed?”
“I have a camera!”
The man chuckled as he held out the body cam that was placed in the center of his chest.
“If you take a picture with that, can I use the stand here?”
“no!”
When he dared to remove the palm-sized cam and put it on the cradle, the man frowned and kicked his tongue and went back to his seat.
“There will be field settings soon. Don’t be surprised, it’s for testing. And you can start broadcasting at any time.”
As soon as the words are finished, you tubers who are seated in the same row start chattering with all sorts of bizarre greetings.
I can’t stand still
“Hello, this is Gane Choi. Today, I am at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul.”
After spending some time reacting to the sparse comments, the floor of the arena changes from grass to mud.
“Wow! Aka-chan, have you seen it? There must be a real awakening person.”
Aka-chan is a big hand who shoots 100,000 won every time as a viewer when he turns on a live broadcast from several months ago.
“The first test is ‘putting a bell on the cat’s neck’ to check its rescue ability. The rule is that if the students enter from the outside of the arena and hang this whistle necklace around their head, then it is a success.”
Afterwards, the students entered the board one by one into the huge hall of the stadium.
‘Wow, there’s a kid that looks like a dog.’
“miss.”
“yes?”
“Hey, I’m talking like a daughter. When you have equipment like yours, it’s good to focus on just one person.”
“okay?”
To be honest, I doubt if that’s a good thing.
“I don’t believe it. I wouldn’t tell you this if you brought good gear like them. But no, the more I think about it, the more ridiculous it is. Does it make sense to bring a body cam and broadcast it? … greatness. Sorry. I can’t stand the words inside me. So, we are telling our viewers because they feel sorry for them.”
As soon as the man’s words are finished, a mechanical sound is heard saying the mission is complete.
Then yes.
“yes.”
I just shook my head. The perky man went back to his seat and I spoke softly so no one else could hear it.
“I’m a little unlucky. But I don’t think it’s wrong. Who are you filming?”
[Aka-chan: Nam Man-hyuk.]
Nam Man-hyuk? where did you hear it
“Wait a minute, I’ll look for it. … Wow, he’s 17, he’s 18 now. Anyway, are you a student? My career is very exciting.”
The protagonist who revealed the corruption of the former Hero Association president, smoothly ended the hostage play at the bank, protected doctors, and even suppressed terrorists.
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Just thinking about it, it wasn’t something a student could handle.
‘How good it would be if our Yeju were healthy as well.’
There is no limit to comparison, but I couldn’t help but think about it.
‘The same age.’
The countdown began after the stadium’s large holo board lit all 60 students.
“Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I am working under the name of a hero named Tungsten Cow. Suck!”
With the spirit of the host, the shirt he was wearing was torn violently. But if you look at the fact that it wasn’t completely raged, it was originally made like that.
The copper-colored muscles exposed through the torn shirt are very dynamic because of the morning sun.
Okay, let’s take a picture for now.
“At the academy, we are taking trait fitness classes.”
[Test begins!]
Tungsten Cow blew the opening whistle as soon as the horse finished, and about 30 students raced through the mud.
The other 30 seemed to be monitoring the situation or seeking cooperation with nearby students.
“Wow.”
Among them, two flying students caught my eye. A bright blonde girl was approaching the tungsten cow with unparalleled speed.
A name tag ‘QUEEN’ was on the girl’s back, and a necklace with a whistle was in her hand.
“queen? Ah, it must be the name of a hero.”
“Hey, lady. How about getting to know other students? Right now, everyone is filming that girl, so no one can see it in body cam quality, right?”
The man next to me intervenes again. But again, there is nothing to say that it is a very true story.
“Oh, yes.”
Well, anyway, I was thinking of taking the student Aka-chan recommended.
‘Nam Man-hyuk, ah! Here you go.’
The position of a student named Nam Man-hyuk was the closest to me among the broadcasters. Should I say that it is within reach if I hold the pole and stretch out my hand? Anyway, when I put him into focus, Aka-chan, the only viewer, reacted.
[Aka-chan: You must keep Nam Man-hyuk on camera while the exam is being held. / Prize of 200,000 won.]
“Wow! yes! I will definitely do it!”
I did my best to react and filmed student Nam Man-hyuk.
Still, I did my best to capture his image in a way that I learned over my shoulder at the photo studio.
[Marlin has entered.]
[Marlin: Hello. Oh my, the composition here is the cleanest.]
“Oh, come on. Thanks for the compliment!”
While watching the gradually increasing number of viewers, I was reminded not to be nervous. An unusual sight caught my eye and mentioned it.
“By the way, Nam Man-hyuk has been quiet ever since. What kind of operation is it?”
Literally, unlike other students, I was surprised to see him standing still with his arms crossed, and comments immediately came up.
[Marlene: If it is the Man-hyeok I know, I think he is thinking about the purpose of the test.]
“What is the purpose? Isn’t it enough to hang a whistle around that host’s neck?”
Then, as soon as Marilyn’s comments came up again, student Nam Man-hyuk moved.
He built a small beach around him, pulled out a bunch of first aid kits from some sort of locker, and sprinted across the mud to the tungsten cow.
“What are you going to do with the first aid kit? ah!”
It wasn’t meant for the tungsten cow. Student Nam Man-hyuk approached the students who were knocked down or injured by the counterattack of a tungsten cow and handed them an emergency kit.
“And it turned out that this was a rescue test. Wow, that’s great.”
Student Nam Man-hyuk dragged the fainted or disabled person out of the muddy field.
“You draw attention!”
“Flame Thrust!”
“Wild Crush!”
The muddy center where the tungsten cow sits is a mess with students trying to hang a whistle around his neck.
All the splendid sights were concentrated there, so a rescuer like Nam Man-hyuk did not catch the eye nor was caught on the large holo board.
But I was sure.
“I’m going to get a lot of points.”
[Aka-chan: Nam Man-hyeok understood the intent of the exam well. Eyes that understand the essence are important for a hero.]
[Marlene: You are right. Man-hyuk’s default is to have an unconventional thinking like that.]
“I know it’s great!”
Only 19 out of 60 succeeded in putting a whistle around the neck of a tungsten cow. The first successful student probably got a lot of attention.
“Did you see it! Everyone, the student I took was the first kill. Oh, not a kill. Was it huge anyway? I’m going to have a power battle with that tungsten cow!”
The first place was the blonde girl. As the man next to me said, I endured a power confrontation with a professor who seemed to have superpowers even for a short time and hung a whistle around my neck.
beep—
“Exam is over! After a 15-minute break, the next test will begin. … Yes? Do you want to say hello too? Big, it was a tungsten cow! It was nice.”
After that, the giant hall in the stadium was ranked on the board.
[Structure Test Score]
[1st place: Nam Man-hyeok / Rescue – 26 people / Dropping a bell: X / Total score: 26 points]
[2nd place: Queen / Rescue – 5 people / Drop a bell: / 1st place] / Total score: 15]
[3rd place: Real Blue / Rescue – 2 people / Drops: 2nd place / Total score: 11]
“Wow, wow!”
The student I focused on was uniquely number one.