CCG (Commission of Counter Ghoul) · Investigator Training Camp
At this moment, the sky outside had been dyed red by the sunset, but it was still a bit noisy inside the training camp. Countless young people who volunteered to become investigators were being trained here. Generally, aside from a few formal investigators stationed here, it was rare for formal investigators to come here. But today, two people who were clearly not trainees appeared here.
"Amon, I remember your grades in school should have been pretty good, right?"
"I guess they were pretty good? But, Mr. Mado, what brought you here today?"
Although he hadn't been assigned to his superior for long, the two weren't too familiar yet. But because the other party's personality was so 'unique,' he felt that the other person didn't seem like someone who would come here, so he asked a question in return. Kureo Mado, who was walking in front, stopped and gave him a strange smile.
"That's right~ I usually don't come here, but a while ago, I found a good 'seedling,' so I specially came here to take a look~"
Although his expression was a bit distorted, Koutarou Amon was sure that the other party seemed to be in a good mood at the moment, which made him a little curious. In his impression, this superior seemed to have no other hobbies besides exterminating ghouls. Could someone have actually sparked his interest?
But seeing Kureo Mado not saying anything, Koutarou Amon simply followed behind him without a word. Soon, the two arrived at the training ground. Koutarou Amon was very familiar with this place, after all, the school also had a similar training ground, and he often worked up a sweat there. But at this moment, the two clearly noticed something unusual on the training ground.
Dozens of young people were training on the training ground, but a clear area near the east was empty, and only one person was using it.
Koutarou Amon intuition told him that the person they were looking for this time was the one there. And at this moment, he noticed that Kureo Mado, who had also stopped, had an expression of 'excitement' on his face at some point.
When the two got closer, they saw a figure that was not considered strong, with his left hand against the butt of the spear and his right hand dragging the shaft, standing there quietly like a statue.
He didn't know what the other person was trying to do, but Kureo Mado next to him seemed to be watching with great interest, so he also began to observe carefully.
Although the other person was motionless, the fully soaked training suit showed that maintaining this posture was not easy for the other person. At the same time, the muscles on his arm were tightly tensed like a drawn bowstring. He gave a general feeling of a weapon waiting to be unleashed.
And just as he was trying to continue observing ————————
"Puff~!"
Accompanied by a strange sound, the other person's left hand pushed forward suddenly. At the same time, the right hand that should have been under the spear shaft had turned over at some point, and the target in front of the other person was instantly pierced through.
"Whoosh~!"
Lancer, who exhaled a mouthful of air, looked at the pierced target in front of him and couldn't help but show a satisfied expression. Although he didn't check with his phone, his intuition told him that the level of his 'charged attack' had definitely increased after that strike.
"Clap clap clap~"
The sudden applause from behind made Lancer a little stunned. After all, he had been in the training camp for almost two months, and he had been training this move for almost a month. Logically, no one should be applauding out of novelty anymore, right?
But when he saw the man with the strange smile, an excited expression appeared on his face.
"Mr. Mado? Why do you have time to come here today?"
"It's nothing, I just heard from Taniguchi that your recent training results are very good, so I decided to come and take a look."
"It's alright..."
Looking at the other person's satisfied expression, Lancer felt a little embarrassed and scratched his head. After all, in his opinion, learning only three skills in over two months was nothing.
"Alright, Lancer, you go take a shower first. We'll talk after you're done."
Although he didn't know what Kureo Mado wanted to talk to him about, hearing the words of his savior, he nodded very simply and prepared to go take a shower. But before that, he had to pull out the spear that was stuck in the target...
"You go first, I'll have Amon help you return the training spear."
Lancer was stunned for a moment, then he nodded very simply at Koutarou Amon and walked towards the training ground's shower room.
And although Koutarou Amon didn't know why his superior said that, he still obediently walked to the target. But when he grabbed the spear shaft and exerted force, he was stunned for a moment, because he couldn't pull it out at once.
No matter what, doing this in front of his superior was quite embarrassing, so he took a deep breath...
"Pfft~!"
After a strange sound, Koutarou Amon was also stunned looking at the dust everywhere. He originally thought it was just an ordinary brick wall, but he didn't expect that what was inside the target was not ordinary bricks, but large pieces of stone.
It should be known that artificially fired bricks are generally no match for natural stones in terms of hardness, and if he were to do it, he would not be able to do it with just a training spear.
And Kureo Mado showed a smile after seeing the surprise on Koutarou Amon face.
"His name is Lancer, he's 22 years old, just graduated from college. He's an ordinary person I saved on my way to report to headquarters two months ago. To be honest, I was shocked when I first saw him. Guess what I saw?"
Kureo Mado words made Koutarou Amon a little stunned. After glancing at the stone wall with a hole in it next to him, he guessed an answer.
"Did the other person kill a ghoul?"
"No, on the contrary, at that time, his physical fitness was much worse than it is now, even worse than that of an ordinary adult. When I found him, he was almost eaten by a ghoul, and at that time, he was covered in blood, but there was a rusted metal mop handle stuck in the ghoul's abdomen..."
Alright, there was no need for an explanation after that. With Koutarou Amon understanding of Kureo Mado, the ghoul he encountered would definitely not have survived. So, that means Kureo Mado saved the other person? But listening to the other person's words, the rescue was two months ago, which means that the other person trained into what he is now in just two months?
"He's almost not human..."
It should be known that Koutarou Amon had been exercising persistently for several years to have his current body.
"That's right~ The instructors at the training camp even thought he was a ghoul and did several tests. The result was undoubtedly 'human.'"
At this point, there was also some laughter in Kureo Mado voice, because the other person was brought in by him. At that time, when that instructor suspected the other person's identity, he specifically called him.
And just as the two were chatting, a somewhat hurried sound of footsteps came over. Then they saw Lancer, who had changed into a set of casual clothes, walking quickly towards them with a backpack on his back.
"Let's go, let's talk over a meal."
And looking at the energetic Lancer, Kureo Mado was also in a good mood.