Chapter 2

Location: A gymnasium in the city.

"Midaya Dehisa."

The staff member's voice was muffled in the noisy waiting room.

Seeing that no one responded, he raised his voice and shouted again, "Midaya is..."

"Yes!"

"Sorry, teacher, I'm late!"

Two voices sounded at the same time. The latter's shout made everyone in the waiting room stop talking and look in the direction of the voice.

They saw a white-haired girl standing at the entrance, panting. Everyone remembered what she had shouted and understood what was going on. Then, they continued talking and the waiting room became noisy again.

The staff member did not forget that he was taking attendance and shouted again, "Is Midaya Dehisa here?"

"Yes!" The green-haired boy responded and raised his hand.

The staff member made a tick on a piece of paper and walked towards the white-haired girl. "Your name?"

The girl stood up straight and wiped the sweat off her nose. "I'm Saya Kazusawa from Smart Junior High. I'm a second-year student.

I'm really sorry for being late. "

"It's okay." The staff member waved his hand and smiled politely. "It's not an important competition anyway."

Zoe stepped aside and let the staff member out of the waiting room. She turned around and wiped the sweat off her face with her long sleeve while scanning the people in the waiting room. Then, her eyes met the eyes of the green-haired boy.

Midaya hurriedly turned his head away and pretended to continue writing his hero analysis to distract the white-haired girl.

Zoe tilted her head and thought for a moment. Ah, she knew this guy. Half an hour ago, she bumped into him in the crowd at the tram stop where the villain accident happened. She even knocked the book in his hand to the ground.

After thinking for a while, Zoe affectionately called out to the green-haired boy who seemed particularly lonely in the noisy waiting room. "Student Midaya, right?

Hello, we meet again. "

When Green Valley heard his name being called, he was so shocked that he jumped.

Zoe sat down on the empty seat beside him and started talking to herself. "I'm Saya Kazusawa. Nice to meet you. Haha, I was called by my teacher to participate in this competition at the last minute. As I arrived early, I went to McDonald's to eat, but I fell asleep and was late. How embarrassing, haha …"

"Hmm …"

Midaya rarely interacted with heterochromia. Although he didn't reject heterochromia, he still couldn't get used to this kind of situation that made his heart beat faster and made him unable to speak clearly. Whenever he encountered this kind of situation, he would be at a loss. Most of the time, he couldn't speak. When he was finally able to calm down and speak, the other party had already turned and left.

Seeing the girl who called herself Saya Kazusawa stop talking, Lin Sanjiu was worried that she would leave. At the same time, she let out a sigh of relief and heard her continue, "Did Midaya join voluntarily, or was he pushed here by someone?

Do you have any friends coming with you? "

He turned his head and looked behind him. It seemed that no one had come with him.

She spoke naturally. Clearly, she didn't care about Midaya's clumsy social skills at all. She just threw out a few questions and had a normal conversation with him.

Unconsciously, Midaya began to respond to Zoe's questions. He answered softly, "No, there's no one else. It's just me …"

"Oh …"

"I didn't come willingly. It was my classmate who told the teacher that I wanted to participate …"

"Oh … that person's personality is really annoying." Zoe, who had never met that "classmate," said this.

"Haha …" Midaya didn't comment.

Zoe asked curiously, "You have been writing all this time. What are you writing about?"

When Midaya heard this, he subconsciously put one hand on the book. This was a habit he had developed after bullying a certain "classmate" for a long time.

Zoe saw his action and knew that he was a little sensitive to this question. Therefore, she just moved her eyes and glanced at the words on the cover without leaving a trace: Analysis for the Future of Heroes.

"Oh …" She asked curiously, "Midaya wants to be a professional hero?"

"Uh …" Midaya paused and lowered his head slightly. "Yes, yes."

From his tone, Zoe knew that he wasn't very resistant to her asking him about this.

When talking to someone for the first time, the best way to make a good impression was to discuss things that interested them.

Since he didn't care much, Zoe immediately followed the topic. "That's amazing!

You're preparing for the future so soon. I don't have such a goal. Until now, I still don't know anything. I don't even have a dream. Ahh, it's really time to sit down and think about the future … "

She then sighed like an old man.

Midaya listened to her. The more he listened, the more the joy of being recognized was replaced by a sense of inferiority. Childish Ran's mockery this morning was getting louder and louder in his ears. The fist on the book clenched tightly.

[You're just a person with no personality!]

"What kind of hero does Midaya want to be?"

[Stop daydreaming. That's impossible!]

"Have you thought about which school you want to enroll in next year?"

He slowly lowered his head.

Zoe saw his strange behavior. "Midaya?"

Midaya didn't raise his head. At an angle that Zoe couldn't see, he forced a smile and pretended not to care. "I am a person with no personality."

"…"

"…" Midaya raised his head weakly. When he saw Zoe's emotionless face, he lowered his head again and repeated, "I am a person with no personality …"

"Oh …" Zoe didn't expect that the conversation between them would develop like this. Her brain suddenly worked quickly to find a way to ease the sudden awkward atmosphere. She took out a candy from her trouser pocket and gave it to Midaya, who had lowered his head.

Midaya took the candy with trembling hands and asked himself distractedly, "Does she have candy with her?"

Zoe crossed one leg on the chair. If she told him that he didn't need to worry about anything and just wanted to move forward with his dream, it would only give him unrealistic hope.

But if she told him that he'd better give up his dream and end it here, that would be too sad …

"This is … a very difficult topic.

How can I convey my thoughts to you … "

Midaya waved his hand. "No, don't worry, Fengze!

It's not a big deal … "

Zoe interrupted him with a smile. "What are you talking about, Midaya? This is your dream, right?

It's a very important, very big problem! "

Midaya was stunned. He didn't expect that a person he met for the first time would be so concerned about his affairs. "But …"

At this time, the staff came in and announced that the game was about to start and asked everyone to get ready.

"Oh!" Zoe pulled her sleeves and waved to Midaya. "Let's go!"

"Okay."

Midaya followed her in a daze. He walked side by side with Zoe and glanced at her from the corner of his eyes. She still looked like she was deep in thought. Just as he was about to speak, she interrupted him.

"This is a very complicated and important matter. Can you give me some time to think about it?"

Midaya wanted to say that she didn't need to be so nervous about his affairs. They might not see each other again after this game, and their relationship was … not deep at all.

At this time, the referee asked the students to stand in front of their respective tables. Before Zoe and Midaya separated, Zoe said, "Give me your hand." Midaya subconsciously reached out his hand obediently. Zoe patted his hand. Midaya didn't understand what she was trying to convey.

Midaya didn't know how he finished the calligraphy competition that day.

Forget it, it wouldn't affect his resume anyway.

He turned his head and saw Zoe shouting at the girls of her age in the auditorium. "Who do you think I was called here to fill in for?!"

He thought to himself, Well, Fengze is a good person.

After the competition, Midaya packed up and walked out of the stadium. Not far from the exit, he saw Zoe hesitating.

Zoe also saw him. She waved and jogged forward. "Midaya!"

Midaya jumped. "F- Fengze …"

"You're going to the bus station, right?

Let's go together! "

Midaya's eyes flickered. "Uh, okay."

The two of them walked side by side in the fiery red sunset. Zoe broke the silence again. "Midaya, why do you want to be a hero?"

At the thought of this, Midaya couldn't help but smile. "I want to save people in trouble. I want to save them with a smile."

"Huh?" Zoe didn't understand. "Can the police and doctors also save people?"

"No, that's not it," Green Valley corrected her. "What I'm looking forward to is the figure of Olumet saving people …"

"Oh …" She turned out to be Orumit's fan. "Is it because of the film he debuted in?"

This time, it was Midaya's turn to be excited. "Fengze also knows about that film?

Then Fengze, do you know about Orumit? He … "

Once an otaku found a friend with similar interests, he couldn't stop talking. Zoe listened to Midaya's endless chatter and carefully sorted out what she heard.

Midaya was halfway through when she suddenly interrupted him.

"Midaya."

Midaya realized that he had been talking for ten minutes. He kept bowing. "I'm really sorry. I couldn't stop talking. I'm really sorry, Fengze!"

Zoe didn't care at all. She looked at the back of Midaya's head and said, "Midaya, this is about what we were talking about before."

When Midaya raised his head and looked directly at her, she continued, "The world has never been fair."

Hearing her first sentence, Midaya's heart twitched. He thought … he knew what she was going to say.

"Some people can achieve success without working hard, and some people can't get close to the finish line at all.

To be honest, I personally think that you will be the second kind of person.

To be more cruel, your life's efforts may be overshadowed by other people with strong personalities. You will be buried in the ground forever and never be seen by others. "

When he finally heard this sentence, Midaya subconsciously held his breath.

He forced a smile as usual and clenched the hem of his clothes with both hands.

It's really, really … cruel …

But that golden figure that always appears in my mind, I can't help but want to get closer to it ….

"Midaya, that's a good expression." Zoe didn't know what Midaya was thinking. She reached out and patted his tense shoulder. "I understand. Even if the world is cruel, Midaya, you still want to be a hero!"

"Huh?"

She said loudly, "When you get the hero license and officially have your own office, I will be your first fan!

That's if you don't mind that I may be the only one in your fan club. "

"But …"

"No buts. I don't have any dreams, and I don't know what I want to do in the future. So to be honest, I envy you …" She laughed and patted Midaya's shoulder. "Rise up, young man!

Even if you only have one fan, so what?

Our goal is: the hero course at Sunyoung University! "

"Huh!?" Things unfolded so quickly that Midaya couldn't accept it!

"Either you don't want to do it, or you want to be the best one.

Sunyoung University has already announced that they will not accept anyone without personality. Go there! "

"Huh!?"

However, Zoe ignored Midaya's roar and said to him, "Give me your hand."

Midaya obediently opened his palm.

"Our great baseball coach, Kusanagi, once said, 'When a person doesn't want to do something, he can find a thousand excuses for himself. But when he really wants to do something well, he doesn't even need a single excuse.

Being a hero is your dream, right? Then go.

Although it's just me now, there will be more people in the future. Your efforts will not go unnoticed. We will all support you. "

"You will be a hero!

Don't let me find out that you're slacking off! "

Zoe clapped her hand down and high-fived Green Valley. The resounding clap overlapped the fates of the two people at that moment.

"… Fengze."

"Yes?"

"That sentence wasn't said by your coach …"

"…" Zoe looked away. "Don't worry about these trivial matters!"

"That's it!

We'll keep in touch. Goodbye! "Zoe waved the phone in her hand vigorously and then turned to go home.

Midaya looked at the figure in sportswear and muttered, "By the way, where have I heard the surname Fengze before?"

On the other side, Zoe, who had successfully squeezed into the tram and became part of the sardines, suddenly had a thought: If she could control her personality, maybe she would also want to be a professional hero, right?

The word "hero" on the billboard above her head shone brightly.

"Anyway, my whole family is heroes. It doesn't matter if I'm one more …"

.

That night, a stack of Sunyoung High School's hero class application and related materials were slapped on the tatami in front of Zoe by the elder.

The elder, who recognized her face but could not remember her name, said to Zoe, "Zoe, you are going to Sunyoung High School's hero class. After graduation, you can work at your uncle's firm."

Zoe maintained her usual smile. If you looked closely, you would see the stiffness at the corner of her mouth.

After the form was delivered, the elder began to talk at length about how to become stronger and how to bring glory to the family.

Zoe wanted to say: If you really care about Fengze so much, you won't leave the company's business to your father alone and live like a rice worm at home every day.

Although Fengze was a hero family, that was only their side business.

Fengze Company, which had branches in China and abroad, wholesale medical equipment was their main business.

Fengze was not particularly strong, but they had always been in the top 15 of the hero ranking list because they had the advantage of numbers.

Every generation of Fengze seemed to want to contribute to the aging population of Japan. Although this generation's head of the family was an exception and only had two children, Zoe and her brother, each head of the family would have at least five children of the same generation. This caused Zoe to run around in circles because she could not remember their names during the holidays.

After a long time, about five hours, the elder finally took the last sip of her family's top-grade green tea. She coughed to indicate that she wanted more of this tea and left with a big bag of tea leaves.

Zoe, who had lowered her head to send the elder to the door, raised her head and rubbed her still weak feet. She hastily ate her dinner and washed up before going upstairs.

Her mother, who was watching a TV program, stopped her. "Sanami will be back tomorrow. You have to get along well with him. Also, ask him …"

Zoe laughed out loud. "Mom, I just talked to my brother on the phone last night and asked him if he had a girlfriend without telling us. He said no, not yet."

She emphasized the word 'not yet'.

Her mother immediately showed a conflicted expression and did not know whether to be sad or happy.

Zoe giggled and went upstairs.

After closing the door, Zoe muttered to herself, "Sunyoung, is it …"

Ourumit, who was shining brightly on the TV, must have graduated from there. There were many other powerful professional heroes.

The elders had asked her to enroll in there … It was not that they had not thought of this possibility, but they did not expect that they would be so persistent about her. Even today, they still believed that there was room for her to become stronger and had not given up on her.

"They have more confidence in me than I do in myself."

Zoe lay on the bed and took out her phone to send a message to Tenya to tell him about this. She thought to herself, 'It's already eleven o' clock, that guy must be asleep. '

Looking at the 'Send Successful' notification, Zoe sent a message to her new friend.

Ty Cobb: Midaya!!

(???)

Midaya Dehisa: What's up, Fengze classmate?

Ty Cobb: I think I also applied for Sunyoung's hero course.

(_;)

Ty Cobb: My family decided on their own … (_;)

Ty Cobb: Anyway, I don't have anything in particular that I want to do, so this is it.

()

Midaya Dehisa: Fengze classmate?

Ty Cobb: Hmm?

Midaya Dehisa: Let's, let's do our best together!

Let's enter Sunyoung together and become classmates!

Ty Cobb: …

Midaya Dehisa: No, no!

I don't have any strange thoughts!

I just hope … I hope …

Ty Cobb: Pfft, hahahaha!

Okay!

(??)

b

Midaya Dehisa:?

Ty Cobb: Let's do our best together!

Good night!

(_)/

Midaya Dehisa: Good night?

Midaya Dehisa: D

"Pfft … There are people who use this symbol?"

Zoe tossed her phone aside and casually washed up. She lay on the bed and fell asleep in a daze.