Book 2: Chapter 42

Book 2: Chapter 42

Chapter 42.

The meeting was in front of the Red Brick Warehouse, and the regular members of the Chariot came out from the doorway of the warehouse.

The participants could also see Godo, Numata, and Ushiro, and their stately walk made the participants involuntarily shout "Oh!"

"Wow, is that Godo-san?"

"Hey, isn't that Numata-sama!"

"I can tell just by looking through that if they are regular members of Chariot. That's very exciting."

The participants, perhaps seeing the chariot explorers in the flesh for the first time, expressed their impressions as they went along.

All of them were full of respect for Chariot, and a few, but not all, of the participants were bullish, saying, "They don't deserve this much."

At that moment, Godo looked at Tenji and smiled gently.

"My uncle's looking at you, Tenji."

"Yes, I know. I knew that Godo-san was so kind as to give me a glance. I honestly long to be an adult like him."

"I understand why you admire him, but I'm afraid you're going to have to surpass him," he said.

"It bothers me when people expect so much of me."

Rui had a tendency to be somewhat dreamy about Tenji.

Then the Commander of the Chariot picked up the microphone connected to the speaker and coughed.

Seeing this, the participants quickly shut their mouths and began to listen to the Commander's voice.

"Well gathered, promising future explorers. I know a few of you have seen me in the interview room, but once again. I am Kirie Kujo, founder of the guild [Chariot]. Everyone calls me Commander Kujo or Sister Kiriei. You can call me the former."

The real leader of the major guild [Chariot], and one of its founding members, was Kiriei Kujo.

She was younger than expected, having just turned 29 last month.

Her brown hair was loosely and softly curled, and her bangs were elegantly brushed back, giving her the air of a strong woman. She has a beautiful face and is so charismatic and popular with women that she even works as a model for a magazine.

Her height was in the low 170's, which was very tall for a woman.

She looks around slowly as if she were assessing the faces of the participants.

She then looked at some of the participants with very amused eyes.The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

"This year seems to have a good mix of participants. Is it thanks to Godo-san?"

Kujo changed the subject to Godo as if she was teasing him.

Godo said, "Do not say that," and flapped his hands with a smile.

At Kujo's words, the regular members of the Chariot, who were lined up side by side, began to move.

Some were running to the gates of the sub-dungeon, some were adjusting items for rationing, and some were staring at other participants as if assessing them.

The participants saw this and knew that the test had really begun, and they began to be careful. There were people doing mental training, stretching, yoga, reviewing swords, and so on.

With each and every action, there is an air of being judged by a chariot member somewhere.

"Now, we'll start with the first group."

A few minutes later, Kujo was speaking again with a microphone in her hand.

Seeing this, everyone gulped and strengthened their hands while gripping their weapons.

"Riko Hayashi, Soma Keiji, Aida Kousuke, Aika Asagiri, all four, please enter the tent in front of the gate. Participate in this test only if you want to."

Kujo told them that much and put the microphone down again.

Then she sat down elegantly on a chair and started eating Hawaiian shaved ice under a parasol. By the way, this shaved ice was brought from somewhere by Ushiro.

"Ah, it seems to be me. I'm off then."

"Go for it."

"Asagiri-san! Good luck!"

Aika called out to them, looking a little nervous, and immediately walked towards the sub-dungeon gate that appeared along the coast.

The gate was about five meters tall, and in front of it were a number of tents that Chariot had built.

After about five minutes, Kujo picked up the microphone again.

The next group, I call your names. Hikaru Watanabe, Rein Oono, Rui Inagaki, Namie Yuki. The above four should enter the tent as well!

"Oh, it's me."

"Good luck."

Rui didn't look surprised to hear his name called and headed towards the tent, answering Tenji's cheer with one hand.

His posture was imposing and showed no signs of nervousness.

Tenji was still standing after some time.

Tenji waited impatiently for his turn to go, looking over at the participants who were being called one after the other. Almost everyone had been called and there were only four of them left.

Already nearly an hour had passed since the first people had been called, and still not a single person had reappeared in this plaza.

"Now, for the last time. Rikka Tachibana, Kusatsu Gouta, Mizue Katsunari, and Tenji Amagi, these four, please enter the tent!"

In the last 26th group, Tenji's name was finally called.