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The thrilling Sports Festival was finally over.
Other than the result of the "Strongest in the Whole Level" competition,
Another "result" was also particularly nerve-wracking — that was,
The result of the "Firm Designation".
If the Sports Festival was a place for students to show their strength, then the designation of the workplace experience was actually another result table of the Sports Festival — the number of firms' designations and the number of development opportunities one could get.
It could be said that Xiong Ying students who were determined to become heroes were most concerned about this.
Although the designation every year fell on mature and outstanding third-year students,
However, ever since the year they were expelled, there were quite a number of law firms that had set their sights on the first years.
"Everyone should carefully choose the place for the workplace experience. This is a good opportunity for you to practice all the skills you learned in Xiong Ying."
Teacher No.13 distributed the application form to the students in the classroom and repeatedly reminded them, "Students who didn't get the designation don't have to worry.
There are already many firms waiting for Xiong Ying to assign students to internships. If you have any problems, you can come to me or other mentors after class to discuss it. "
Teacher No.13 looked at his students with joy. After the Sports Festival, he witnessed the rapid growth of his students' strength, especially the bottom three.
Especially the bottom-ranked group, there were actually so many people entering the third round, which really made him overjoyed.
"I … want to go to the workplace that Frogblow senior participated in last year," Yuko Uchikai said to Chiku Saito, "It's about the shipwreck."
"I want to join the field search team!" Chiku Saito blinked.
She just happened to get the designation in this area, so she should be able to fill in this place without much consideration.
"Ahn Chiu-chan … you seem to get a lot of designations." Prunus glanced at An Qiu's invitations. Almost all of them were celebrities and male firms.
The purpose was clear at a glance.
An Qiu's eyes were dead, "I don't know how to choose."
On the other hand, Daoqie danced happily in the class. "I've been appointed by the Tidal Bull King! Oh yeah!"
Shadow Hill said, "It is said that the Tidal Bull King is particularly interested in students with improper behavior."
Knife-cutting: … This is really an injustice.
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Prunus, who understood Shadow Hill's meaning, twitched the corner of her mouth.
She looked at the "designation list" in her hand again — there were a few female hero firms in it.
There was one that she was particularly concerned …
Andwa's Hero Firm — The No.1 Hero Firm.
She had actually been appointed by this firm. It felt like a dream.
Just being in the top eight was enough for Andreva to notice him?
As an inconspicuous little Hero Chef, Bai Jian knew quite a bit about Andwa's Hero Firm. She knew that Hero Andwa was a person with an outstanding personality, rich experience, and perfect talent. His pursuit of perfection made him stronger and stronger in the current Hero Society, because of his perfect ability …
This allowed him to be competent in all kinds of on-site rescue work. Even more than ten years ago, when her parents were killed, Andwa also participated in the rescue.
She remembered how she felt at ease when she saw Andwa's reliable back when she was young.
"… I really want to go and learn." Prunus murmured.
An Qiu turned her head and noticed Prunus's hesitant gaze. She added fuel to the fire, "If you are interested, you can choose this one."
"Yeah."
Bai Jian scratched the back of his head, picked up a ballpoint pen, and carefully wrote down the name of Andwa's Heroes Firm on the application form. "I'm just afraid that it's not up to my ability." If he only found out that he was lacking in something that didn't suit him, he would be very sad.
"It's okay. You have improved your strength during this period. You can work out more before the workplace experience."
An Qiu patted her head. At the same time, she filled out her application list and was about to hand it in with Prunus.
"An Qiu, what does the firm you chose do?"
"… It is said that it mainly patrols around here."
"Wait … don't tell me you …"
"The others are too troublesome."
"… I knew it." Prunus reached out and shook An Qiu's arm, "An Qiu, you have such an excellent personality. There are many good firms in the list."
"I know."
An Qiu flicked Prunus' forehead and said calmly, "… but I'm not interested, so this one is fine."
"Okay … QAQ."
At least this firm was close enough to the school. An Qiu's chances of waking up in the morning were greatly increased.
"… by the way, do you know Almond?" An Qiu suddenly stopped walking in the corridor with Prunus.
"Meow meow meow?"
"Andwa is Hong's father."
"I … I know this."
"You must have forgotten about it until just now."
"… I can't refute that."
"Then, I felt that he had a special reason for naming you."
"What?!"
"I don't know the details."
# Or maybe he wants to compete with you to see who has more Bombardment Scorch SSRs.
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In the blink of an eye, it was the first day of the workplace experience.
To Prunus's surprise, other than her, all the students from Shadow Hill were named by Andwa.
But in fact, there was nothing wrong with the number one hero firm being chosen as the winner of the sports festival.
Instead, it was her appearance here that was the problem.
"I didn't expect you to be here." Even the cold-hearted Shadow Hill couldn't help but speak.
"… perhaps Mr. Andwa's hand slipped, Shadow Hill -kun."
Bai Jian raised her head and looked at the Ying Shan Hundred Ghosts who was half a head taller than her. A height of 1.8 metres, a muscular body, an outstanding personality, and a confident gaze … Wuwuwu, no matter how she looked at it, the person Andwa needed was the one beside her!
"Call me Ghost Hunter," Shadow Hill reminded her, "the hero name we chose a while ago is for use in the workplace."
"Yes, yes … Ghost Hunter."
Bai Jian nodded her head submissively and entered Andrewa's office with Ying Shan. That's right, they were here today as' heroes'. No matter if it was the hero's attire or the hero's name … In short, this was a place where 'professionals' worked. She had to keep her spirits up.
As he thought of this, Bai Jian tugged at the hem of his hero's attire, then raised his head and puffed out his chest … and followed behind Ying Shan.
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Andwa's private office.
"Hello, Mr. Andwa the Hero. I'm Ghost Hunter."
Shadow Hill lowered his head slightly. His eyes were distant, but his tone was respectful and polite, "… Thank you for your invitation." After that, he glanced at Prunus thoughtfully.
"… I'm White Tara!"
After receiving the friendly reminder from her classmate, Prunus immediately straightened her back. She looked at Andwa with her red eyes and bowed politely, "Thank you, Andwa the Hero, for naming me. I'll work hard this week!"
Andwa, who had his arms crossed, stared coldly at the tall and short first-year Xiong Ying students in front of him. One of them was the winner of the competition. Of course, he would invite her. As for the other girl … she seemed to be someone his son cared about.
He had secretly investigated. Before the sports festival, his son seemed to have frequently trained with this girl.
He knew that Bombardment Scorch cared about this girl.
Especially after the competition that day, Andwa saw her talking to his son alone.
Therefore, Andwa had this thought process: Bombardment Scorch was his proudest son, and Bombardment Scorch cared about this girl. Then …
Care = appreciation
Appreciation = strength
This girl = strength that made his proudest existence think of as a strong person.
This girl = very strong.
— So, he noticed and sent out the name.
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Andwa, who was a natural, accidentally forgot about the excellent Shadow Hill. Instead, he stared at Prunus with a sweet gaze, "I'm looking forward to your performance, White Tara."
Prunus:?????
Shadow Hill: Hello, I'm here???
However, it was impolite to be confused in front of a hero. Thinking of this, Bai Jian immediately forced a smile and lowered his head. For the time being, he still answered, "I understand. Please advise me!"
Shadow Hill, who was ignored, nodded innocently and made his presence known.
In the face of the two polite children, Andwa did not immediately respond.
Because in fact, he was a person who did not adhere to etiquette. He would not ask Prunus and Shadow Hill to be respectful to him. So, on the other hand, he would not force himself to say anything to encourage the newbies. He focused on strength and what he could teach the two children in this short week. So, he even felt that the time spent with the children was a little redundant. He had to get to the point immediately.
"… Understood. Start patrolling immediately."
Andwa's expression was a little serious. His eyes fell directly on Prunus's face. He whispered to his secretary, "Analyze the information from HN."
"Yes, Master Andwa."
A slender female secretary wearing a pair of goggles walked in gracefully. She held a tablet in her hand and quickly searched for some information in front of Andwa.
"… HN?"
On the first day of work, an unintelligible word had appeared in the first ten minutes. Bai Jian blinked his eyes, and softly asked Student Ying Shan, who had a calm expression on his face. He looked very calm, as if he knew what HN was.
"You don't even know what HN is?"
Andwa, who was focused on HN, caught her confusion at that moment. He even scolded her in a serious tone.
Prunus's heart tightened. She quickly lowered her head guiltily. Her scalp was numb, and she did not dare to reply.
On the other hand, Andrew glanced at Bai Jian, who looked like a child who had done something wrong. His gaze remained emotionless. Then, he turned his gaze towards Ying Shan and ordered coldly, "If you know, then explain it to her."
Shadow Hill finally met Andwa's eyes. He nodded and explained to Prunus in a good mood, "… HN is the hero network.
Hero Network is only used by people with professional hero licenses.
In HN, the activities of heroes in the country can be seen at a glance. Heroes can also invite heroes with 'personalities' suitable for the case. "
"Professional heroes can also analyze HN's movements and find the areas where crimes are likely to occur, thus preventing them from happening before they happen." Ying Shan's answer was clear and logical. Bai Jian was suddenly enlightened and thanked him with a smile.
As for Andwa, he calmly looked at Prunus's smile and said, "… If you don't even know this, what did you learn in the Bombardment Scorch's time?"
The expression on Bai Jian's face froze. He immediately retracted his smile towards Ying Shan and stared fearfully at the fiery and unsmiling Andrew. He was so nervous that his palms and back were sweating, "I …"
Prunus felt like she was being scolded by an elder. She was as nervous as a small animal exposed to a spotlight.
The capable image that she had worked so hard to maintain since she entered the firm collapsed at this moment. She instantly revealed her weak original self.
After thinking for a long time, she still couldn't answer Andwa's question. She lowered her head in frustration, "… I'm sorry, Mr. Andwa."
Andwa's eyes looked like he could see a hole in her. He noticed that the girl had nothing to show, so he turned his head and looked at the investigation results, "Shinjuku, right? Let's go."
"Both of you, follow me," Andwa said with a blank expression.
Shadow Hill looked at Prunus and patted her shoulder, indicating that she should follow him immediately. He probably meant: don't mind it.
Prunus was crying. How could she not care?
Prunus realized that Andwa was targeting her for no reason. She looked at Andwa's broad back and let out a long sigh.
They had only met for ten minutes, but she felt like she had used up all her energy.
And this stressful workplace experience was just the beginning.
"… Let's do our best," Prunus said to herself, a little annoyed.
After all, this was the place she chose.
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Prunus Almond, 16 years old.
It was her first time participating in a hero activity as a hero.
Although they were still students, the eyes of the citizens didn't know the difference between a professional hero and an intern. Since they were all wearing a hero uniform, they had to adjust their mentality to that of a professional hero at work.
This was the basic ability requirement for Xiong Ying students.
"So, Baidala, raise your head and patrol!"
"Baidala, you're wrong. You should help the older one first!"
"You're following a Phantom Master everywhere. You look unreliable."
"Don't show a confused and weak expression."
"You're already panting?
Don't you usually exercise? "
"You're eating too slowly."
"You're moving too slowly."
"… I, I'm sorry!"
Prunus, who had been reprimanded for the umpteenth time, subconsciously lowered her head and apologized respectfully. When she raised her head again, she found that Andwa and Shadow Hill had left her behind and walked far away. She panicked and jogged to catch up with Shadow Hill.
Shadow Hill looked at her sympathetically, and then looked at Andwa, who was obviously very strict with Prunus. Today, rather than a hero patrol, it was more like a Prunus observation session.
Andwa pointed out all the flaws that could be seen with the naked eye about Prunus. Although Shadow Hill would occasionally make some minor mistakes, Andwa's target of criticism was still Prunus.
He knew that Andwa was a top hero with a low EQ, so he probably did not consider how much his reprimand would hurt Prunus' self-esteem. He picked at every mistake he saw. From Shadow Hill's point of view, Prunus had many arrows stuck in her body.
She was probably in a high-pressure state.
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After half a day of patrolling, it was already dusk.
"… He's right in front. Hurry up and keep up."
Andwa said sternly. Prunus was shocked, but she tensed up and kept up. She did not expect that because she cared too much about Andwa and walked too quickly, she tripped on a stone on the road and fell to the ground.
She fell directly to the ground, and her body was burning with pain.
Shadow Hill, who was walking slightly ahead, quickly went over to help her up. When he saw that Prunus's knees were scraped, he asked worriedly, "… Prunus, can you still walk?"
Shadow Hill even forgot to call her hero's name for a moment.
"Yes!"
Afraid of being reprimanded, Prunus hurriedly nodded. When she was about to look at Shadow Hill, she found that her vision was very blurry, "… Ah … I lost my contact lens!"
Her voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzzing, as if she was admitting to a terrible crime.
In fact, if it was an ordinary matter, she might have tolerated it. However, she could not tolerate contact lens. She had been deeply myopic since she was young. If she lost one of her contact lenses, she would immediately be unable to balance her vision.
If she did not find her contact lens, she was afraid that she would make more mistakes in the future.
Ying Shan regained his senses and immediately started searching for her.
Seeing Bai Jian fall to the ground, Andwa's expression became more and more serious. After enduring for an entire day, he finally could not hold it in any longer and said, "You are really … not cut out to be a hero."
There was no joy or worry in Andwa's eyes. Even though his tone was harsh, to him, he was just stating a fact.
The setting sun coated Andwa's body with a warm halo, but in Prunus' eyes, this warm scene still stung her.
She was not cut out to be a hero at all. That was what the number one professional hero said about her.
Thinking of this, Prunus lowered her head and replied reflexively, "… I'm sorry."
'I'm sorry that I fell.'
'I'm sorry that I was not cut out to be a hero, but I shamelessly chose your firm.'
'I'm sorry that I still wanted to get up.'
Prunus endured the tiredness and pain in her red eyes and gradually clenched her fists.
Shadow Hill did not dare to say anything, nor did he dare to comfort Prunus in front of Andwa. He only knew how to smooth things over, "… Mr. Andwa, I will accompany Baidala to look for her contact lens here. The firm is just in front. Mr. Andwa, you can go back first."
"Hmph, okay." Andwa did not nod. He coldly replied and turned around to leave.
When Prunus heard Andwa's footsteps getting farther and farther away, she sighed again and began to look for her contact lens.
"… You've really been targeted."
Shadow Hill focused on looking for her contact lens. Although Andwa was asked to go back first, the two interns could not let Andwa wait for too long, so Shadow Hill did not waste any time.
To be honest, when he saw how much Andwa cared about Prunus this morning, he felt a little jealous.
But now, that trace of jealousy had turned into sympathy.
Even though he did not care much about what happened in class, he knew that Prunus was a little slow and fell behind the others. Even so, she still worked very hard. Seeing Prunus, who worked so hard to climb up the ranks, being ruthlessly rejected by others, Shadow Hill's heart ached.
Prunus's eyes were dead, and her face was full of fatigue, "… Maybe Mr. Andwa will not hesitate to give me a failing grade. It is also possible that he will give me a 0."
After all, she was "completely unsuitable" to be a hero.
Shadow Hill, who had always been expressionless, had a change in expression. Failing in the workplace experience was a big deal. There were very few cases in history, but once the student was judged to have failed, it would greatly affect the student's future career. Therefore, even if the law firm was not satisfied with the student's performance, it would generally be inclined to give a low grade, not a failing grade.
"Although I want to comfort you …" Shadow Hill finally found Prunus's contact lens and carefully handed it to her, "it is not impossible."
After all, according to Andwa's standards, an unsuitable student was an unsuitable student. He really could see Prunus getting a failing grade after this week.
Prunus forced a smile and took out a water bottle to clean the dust on her contact lens. She reluctantly put it back on, "So, let's go back quickly." She nodded and smiled at Shadow Hill, "This is only the first day, right?
I can still continue to work hard. "
Shadow Hill was startled, but nodded and followed her.
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What Bai Jian didn't know was that her heartbroken expression had been seen by Hong Jiao Leng without reservation.
Just now, he also needed to go through the workplace training, so he rushed back to Andwa's law firm. After this year's sports festival, he received more internship invitations than last year. Considering that he had worked in his father's law firm before, he boldly chose another top hero law firm.
Then, on the first day of the workplace experience, he received a call from his father.
On the phone, Andwa's expression and tone were as simple and crude as usual, "… Bombardment Scorch, the kid you have your eyes on is completely unsuitable."
Bombardment Scorch:?????
Then, he found out from his law firm that Andwa's law firm had named two people this year. One was the first-year sports festival champion, and the other was Prunus.
Boom felt that Prunus and his father were definitely up to no good, especially after his father's phone call … He could not be more anxious, so he immediately rushed to his father's law firm after work.
The secretary did not think much about it. Knowing that Andwa's favorite son had come, she directly asked Boom to wait in Andwa's office. Boom had been waiting for his father to come back through the floor-to-ceiling window in the office. He saw Prunus fall to the ground.
At this distance, Boom naturally could not hear what his father said to Prunus.
But based on his own experience, Boom felt that based on his father's personality, what he said to Prunus would not be far from "that phone call".
His eyes became more and more serious until he heard the office door open behind him.
"… Oh!
Bombardment Scorch, I just came back and heard from the secretary that you are here. "
Andwa, who came in from behind the door, saw Bombardment Scorch standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in his hero suit. His eyes were filled with unconcealable joy. After all, the son that he was most proud of actually took the initiative to come to him.
Boom and his father were not on the same channel. He slightly frowned and went straight to the point, "Dad, why did you choose Prunus?"
Boom: … Dad, do you know how big of a hole you have dug for me?
Stupid teammate.
Andwa: Haha, I am so happy that Bombardment Scorch came to me. _ (: з) ∠) _
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