The Sports Festival was finally over.

No matter how much reluctance, how much passion, how much luck, and how much strength, the moment the three people stood on the podium, the Sunyoung Grade One Sports Festival was over.

Setsuna didn't have too many complaints. It was true that with her strength, if she hadn't met the champion halfway, it wasn't impossible for her to fight for the top four. However, compared to her original goal of being the champion, it wasn't enough.

Not to mention other things, just in terms of endurance, after resting for so long in the first round, she was tired in the second half of the match against Bombardment Scorch. The closer it was to the second half of the match, the more intense the matches were. Bombardment Scorch directly went on the field less than ten minutes after the semi-final and didn't have any restrictions in the end. That was the difference.

The entrance exam had bonus points for rescuing, the usual combat class had bonus points for analyzing the situation, the cooperation of many people, and the complex terrain bonus. This Sports Festival just happened to expose her biggest shortcoming at the moment — her lack of individual combat strength.

A hero couldn't only have a strong combat strength, but without a strong combat strength as a backing, you couldn't be a hero.

This thought had been haunting her, and she couldn't stop thinking about it even when she worked on the weekends. Even when feeding the cat, she was distracted several times. Kota Aizawa, who couldn't stand it anymore, quickly grabbed the cat in her hand that was almost fed a third time. After asking her about her plan, he straightforwardly gave a conclusion.

"Impossible."

"…" Setsuna felt that her soul was crying. "Mr. Aizawa …"

"Your personality isn't specially made for fighting."

After letting go of the cat in his hand, Aizawa took a breath. "You don't have a strong attack method, and the attack range and scale are very limited by your own state. The match against Bombardment Scorch is very clear."

Setsuna lowered her head. That fight with Tycoon was indeed aiming for her weak spot. Since she needed to rely on her brain to calculate, every attack was aimed at her head. If it wasn't for the fact that she had been bombarded repeatedly before, just the last hit alone wouldn't have been enough to cause her to make such a big calculation error.

"Boom! They are different from you," Aizawa said, suppressing her arrogance. "Even if one of their hands is crippled in battle, they still have their feet and their bodies. Their attack methods are not limited to a certain part of their body. Even if their brain suffered the same injury as yours, not only will it not affect their attack efficiency, but they may also erupt with potential that they would not normally have at the critical moment."

In other words, the longer the battle lasted, the braver the others became, while the more she fought, the more terrified she became.

"Different states …"

She muttered to herself, her heart in knots. However, this was not a problem that could be solved by worrying. Some things were born this way. Did you not see that 20% of the world's population was born without personality? Among them, there was only one Midaya Dehisa. How could the rest of the people be reasonable?

"It would be great if I could install a chip or something in my head to help me calculate."

In the end, she gave up thinking and blurted out, "In that case, the increase of the limit of weight and distance would not be a problem."

Aizawa was too lazy to talk to her. He squatted down to play with the cat. "If you don't aim for those few people, and simply want to strengthen your combat ability, it's not completely impossible. After the sports festival, the list of professional heroes from the professional heroes is almost finished. If your result is in the top eight … hmm."

According to the experience of previous years, he calculated. "There should still be some room for choice. Think carefully."

Well, think carefully.

The next day at school, Setsuna was still impressed by the teacher's foresight when she heard the list of names. The list of 320 + names basically covered most of the Kanto region, from the mountaintop to the seaside, from the suburbs to the city center, covering all kinds of geographical environments and social situations. It fully proved that "Space Movement has a wide range of applications" was not just a definition in the textbook.

Choosing the most suitable one among so many options was indeed an activity that required a lot of thinking.

Then, she saw the list of names handed to her, and all the above thoughts disappeared in an instant.

The three-page list was very considerately arranged according to the influence of the firm, so she saw the name at the top at first glance.

— Andwar Firm.

(…)

(… Wait a minute.)

(… Where???)

Holding the unreliable idea that the second-ranked hero's firm would lower itself to invite the top eight of the first-year competition, Setsuna repeatedly confirmed with the teacher's office that it was not a statistical error. Then, she went out and stood at the door of the office in a daze with the list of names in her hand. Everyone knew the situation of Andwar Firm. It was said to be the second-ranked hero's firm, but the first-ranked hero was a lone wolf. Except for Night Eye a long time ago, when did Ormet have anyone following him?

Since the first-ranked hero didn't recruit assistants, was there a need for the second-ranked firm to be ranked second? It was better to say that it was the first-ranked hero's firm that was open to the public.

Now, the first-ranked firm was inviting the top eight of the first-year that the top ten didn't care about.

No matter how she thought about it, it didn't seem right.

He was afraid that he would not be able to solve the problem even if he kept his head down for a long time. Fortunately, after the Sports Festival, there were some signs of the initial melting of the glaciers. Cha Na hesitated for a long time and finally came to him.

"That guy's firm?"

Boom's expression was even more dazed than Setsuna's. He probably didn't know what his father was up to, but from his personal experience growing up, Andwar's abnormal behavior was worthy of him raising the highest level of vigilance. But what did inviting Senzaki Setsuna to the firm have to do with him?

After weighing the pros and cons for a moment, Boom spoke again.

"I'm not close to that guy, so I don't know his specific plans, but what I can be sure of is that his goal is definitely not simple …" After a moment of silence, he added, "Although that's the case, he also has the strength to be a hero and a guide. Qian Qi, you … can consider it."

So the ball was kicked back. Setsuna hid in the depths of a sparsely populated park with the list of names and sighed heavily.

Then she saw someone.

When this person appeared, she couldn't help but laugh. It was always like this. This person always appeared when you needed him, extended a helping hand, and left without a word. After all, the whole world needed him, and the whole of Japan was waiting for him. He was so busy that taking up a second of his time felt blasphemous.

"Teacher Ormet …" Halfway through her laughter, she felt a little regretful. Her voice lowered by half an octave. "… I'm sorry that I didn't win the championship."

Ormet was a little speechless. He didn't know why he felt sorry for his children who didn't win the championship. Previously, he comforted Midaya, and now he bumped into Setsuna.

Midaya was fine. After all, he put pressure on Setsuna before the competition. But he really didn't have any special hopes for her … But he was a good person after all. He reached out his broad palm and patted the girl's head to comfort her.

"What's wrong?"

He sat down next to the girl. It had been two or three days since the sports festival. Even if she really felt sorry, she wouldn't be in a daze in the park now. He thought about what had happened recently and guessed, "About the workplace experience?"

Setsuna was actually a little embarrassed by the question.

Putting everything else aside, it was a miracle that Andreva had taken a liking to her results. No matter what reason she had in her heart, the words that came out of her mouth sounded like she was trying to take advantage of the situation. "Yes … I received it. It was a surprise that you mentioned me."

After a moment of hesitation, she still felt that she couldn't say it out loud. She handed over the name list in her hand.

Ormet reached out and took it. He had a headache just by glancing at it. When Midaya Dehisa received Glantino's name, he was stunned. Before he could recover from the shock, he found out that Andwar had mentioned Senzaki Setsuna. This … Although Setsuna was a top student and was rated as stable and full of potential by the teachers, there was a huge gap between her and the proud second hero.

"As for myself, although I know that I'm not good enough."

Setsuna was a little hesitant. Her words were also intermittent. "But after all, it's a rare opportunity to observe the second hero's fighting style. Even if it's not very meaningful for me to learn, the rest of the team … Well, if my personality can be used, it can be used more or less. But I don't think there's anyone that I really need or is very suitable for … If that's the case, it's better … But …"

"— — Chisaki girl!!"

A sudden deep voice interrupted her illogical explanation. She looked up in shock and saw the real Oermatt in his inflatable form standing in front of her. His white teeth shone dazzlingly under the setting sun. "Belittling yourself like this is not something that the top student of the entrance ceremony should do!

Indeed, there's no one you can refer to as a professional hero at this stage. So, you might be lost and unable to find your way!

But to find your way out of a lost and hopeless situation, isn't that what a hero should do?! "

Unreasonable encouragement, clichéd lines, and a conclusion that was not supported by any data at all.

However, Cha Na had unknowingly changed his gloomy expression to one of helplessness. "Master Ohrmatt …" he said.

"… Believe in your own judgment."

His tone gradually softened. He became the thin Ormet that she was familiar with. His clear blue eyes were gentle and tolerant. He was very reliable. "It doesn't matter if there's no precedent. It doesn't matter if you can't find the right answer. Even if you take a detour, I, Aizawa Kun, and all the teachers of Sunyoung High School will be here to look after you."

He smiled and handed the name list back to her.