That was a small dream that was sleeping in the young man's heart.

It was small, insignificant, unthought, and unscrupulous.

But it still grew stubbornly in the bottom of his heart, yearning for the day when it would break out of the ground and see the light of day.

(— I want to be a hero like my brother.)

…

…

…

[Shangming Electric: Everyone, you're not asleep yet, right?]

[Minoru Fata:?!]

[Setsuke Fanta:??]

[Hyōka Erlang: You scared me … There's suddenly a chat room.]

[Ruijiro Seishima: Sorry, sorry. It happened so suddenly that I didn't have time to discuss it with everyone.]

[Ruijiro Seishima: We're leaving for the professional experience tomorrow, right? We won't be able to see each other for about a week, so I want to create a class chat room so that we can contact each other if anything happens.]

[Takeshi: You woke me up because of this (angry)!]

[Shangming Electric: No, no, no. It's completely Explosive Tycoon. Did you sleep too early??

What time is it now?]

[Takeshi: It's none of your business!]

[Setsuke Fanta: Well, calm down. I think it's good to have a class chat group. Who else didn't join?]

[Hyōka Erlang: There are quite a lot of girls here. Let me do it.]

[Ashito Sana: I'll help too!

I was unpacking my luggage just now and didn't see ww.]

[Midaya Dehisa: What's this?]

[Midaya Dehisa: Ah, is it the class chat room?

Then I'll help too!]

[Takeshi: Tsk, what can you do after wasting so much time?]

[Ruijiro Seishima: Explosive Tycoon, you're still here.]

[Midaya Dehisa: Eh!

That … like pulling Bang King in or something?]

[Shangming Electric: Are you serious? You have his line???]

[Takeshi: … That bastard Half Face …]

[Bombardment Scorch:?]

[Bombardment Scorch: What did I do?]

[Midaya Dehisa: Well, I don't think the problem lies with Bang King …]

[Bombardment Scorch: Really?]

[Senzaki Setsuna: Bang King]

[Bombardment Scorch: Chisaki]

[Senzaki Setsuna: Request, can it be approved?]

[Bombardment Scorch: Okay.]

[Minoru Fata: W-what? This mysterious conversation!]

[Sunny Day Misako: Setsuna will take the initiative to add people …!!]

[Hyōka Erlang: That's true.]

[Eight Million: And Student Hong agreed just like that …]

[Frogs Blow Plum Rain: Could it be that … their relationship is actually pretty good?]

[Midaya Dehisa: Is Bang King's line such a rare thing …?]

[Ye Yin Tu: Rather than rare, it's better to say that no one dares to ask him for it, right?]

[Ashio Sana: Little Tu is here too?

All the girls should be here, right?]

[Sunny Day Misako: Mhmm!

Setsuna just appeared too.]

[Shangming Electric: Wait wait wait wait, don't go off topic!!!

When did Little Chisaki and Student Hong get so close??]

[Midaya Dehisa: Huh?

But isn't this line's intention to build a class chat room …]

[Frogs Blow Plum Rain: Little Ascending Ringing is the one who's going off topic.]

[Shangming Electric: Aren't you guys curious!!!!!]

[Ruijiro Seishima: It's not to the extent where you want to get to the bottom of it.]

[Setsuke Fanta: And it's not bad. Chisaki is quite cute and has a good personality.]

[Shangming Electric: It's because she's cute!!!

If such a cute girl takes the initiative to line up with me, I'll die of happiness (* · ω ·).]

[Hyōka Erlang: It's none of your business. You can die now.]

[Ye Yin Tu: Seems like I hear the sound of a heart breaking …]

[Shangming Electric: Goo …!

Damn it …]

Regardless of the unreliable speculations in the newly built class chat room, the reason why Setsuna sent Student Hong's friend request was very simple. After two days of careful consideration, she accepted Andwar's request and was told by Aizawa that Student Hong would be heading to the same destination.

Since this was the case, if she didn't say hello in advance, it would be awkward if they didn't talk to each other when they arrived at the destination.

Student Hong's efficiency had always been very high. It didn't take long for her friend request to be accepted, and she even sent a [?]

Student Hong came over, obviously asking her if she had anything to say in private.

Setsuna breathed a sigh of relief. She wasn't a talkative person, so it was best to solve it quickly.

[Senzaki Setsuna: I've decided to accept the question about Bang King.]

[Senzaki Setsuna: Teacher Aizawa said that Bang King would be interning at the same firm, so I wanted to come over and say hello in advance. Please take care of me for the next week.]

After sending the two messages, she received a reply in a short while.

[Bombardment Scorch: Okay.]

[Bombardment Scorch: Although I think you should have already made preparations, if anything unusual happens during the internship, you must tell me.]

[Bombardment Scorch: I don't know what that guy will do.]

Setsuna was sweating profusely after reading the three messages. For a moment, she had the illusion that she wasn't going to intern at a hero firm, but was going to single-handedly challenge the Alliance's headquarters. She was going to die heroically at any time.

(Mr. Andwar … What did he do to Bang King …?)

That was what she thought, but she definitely wouldn't say it out loud. She moved her finger, and a reply popped up on the screen.

[Senzaki Setsuna: I got it. Thank you, Bang King.]

After sending the message, she exited the chat window and browsed through the newly created class chat room. The topic had already changed to what luggage one should prepare for a week's stay away from home. The conversation was quickly dominated by the group of girls who had a lot of personal belongings.

Setsuna smiled as she scrolled through two pages. She secretly lamented that girls living alone were indeed different. In the entire class, only Sunny Day's strategy guide was reliable and meticulous. It quickly won the unanimous praise of the girls.

She originally wanted to join in the discussion, but at this time, if she were to appear, she would most likely be asked why Bombardment's LINE was sent. She might as well pretend to be an ostrich until the end. She stuffed her phone under her pillow, turned off the lights, and went to sleep.

It was a dreamless night.

In the end, she was woken up by the vibration of her phone early the next morning.

Setsuna groggily took out her phone from under her pillow. She looked at the class group chat that seemed to be a conversation between primary school students on the eve of a school trip. She deeply felt that the chat room would be a trap for the next three years. However, it had already happened, and she couldn't turn back time. She could only go along with the flow and say hello.

[Senzaki Setsuna: Good morning, everyone.]

[Hyōka Erlang: Setsuna.]

[Sunny Day Misako: Setsuna, you're awake!

Wait for me, I'll go next door to find you!]

[Senzaki Setsuna: Okay.]

[Eight Million: The two of you … live together?]

[Hyōka Erlang: They're neighbors.]

[Minoru Fata: What!!!!

What kind of welfare is this!!!]

Regardless of what kind of delusions a classmate who knew too much about jokes was having, Setsuna and Sunny Day quickly met at the door. The place they chose for their internship was not close. It was inevitable that people who went in and out together every day would be reluctant to be separated for a week. In addition, they were about to face an unfamiliar environment. Before they left, Sunny Day held Setsuna's hand tighter than usual.

Setsuna smiled at her. She estimated the total weight of both of them, including their luggage, and led the way.

The internship locations of the entire class were all over the place. Naturally, the rendezvous point was set at a crowded transportation hub. Fortunately, space travel was online, so there was no need to worry about the road conditions.

When the two of them arrived at the assembly point, only half of the students had arrived. Hong was also among them. In a split second, they looked at each other from half a class away. Both of them tacitly moved their eyes away.

As the head teacher, Kota Aizawa, it was rare that he did not appear at the rendezvous point wrapped in a sleeping bag. Perhaps he still wanted to save face when he was out of Sunyoung's range. After everyone had arrived, he repeated the precautions again. When he was done, the first tram was about to enter the station, so everyone scattered like birds and beasts.

Cha Na followed behind Hong onto the platform. The platform was packed with people during the morning rush hour. The decelerating tram entered the track from the right side with the sound of the wind, causing the strands of hair on her forehead to flutter. She looked back at the direction where she had gathered just now, and then she heard the sound of Hong behind her.

"Let's go," he said.

She turned around, raised her face, and smiled.