The next day, they came to school almost all in bandages.
The classmates looked at Yun offended.
Someone spoke up.
"I didn't do anything, I didn't even say a word to you. Why did you beat me?" He was offended.
"Just so you don't feel left out, it's so painful to be excluded…" Yun gave him a tender gaze.
Lima:...
Limma patted her head in disgust. Of course, he had his share of Yun too. The whole class turned their gaze in the opposite direction, grumbling.
The outcast Yun:...
He cheerfully waved his fisted hand, no one could bother him anymore!
Having achieved his goal, Yun spent the entire school day sleeping almost all the time.
***
January 30th.
The days passed quickly.
Sunday.
The Ji family was quite busy.
A successor election will be held today.
All successors were sent to the military zone early.
Each successor stood at the front, his group standing by behind him.
Military salute was given, everyone looked at Hofan with a determined look as Ji Hofan stood in front of them in military garb.
"Comfortable!"
The standing bodies relaxed.
A black formal military outfit made their bodies and sharp looks even stronger.
Their blood was boiling, the exception was Yun at the very back.
Long hair was cut. Short hair scattered on the forehead. He eyed the group the successors had trained with a lazy look.
The exam was divided into 2.
Written and applied.
The first exam was written.
The successor himself, not the soldiers trained in the written exam, should have attended.
All of them, including Yun, were placed in one class. The questions asked far exceeded the size of high school. He focused more on company management etc situation than lectures.
Economy, leadership, decisions to be taken in special situations...
After all, they weren't exactly soldiers. It was a military family, a mercenary. As such, they were affiliated with a company, not a state.
For Yun, the questions were not difficult, but interesting.
After answering in a short time, he handed over the papers and left.
After the first exam was over, it was time for the practical part of the job.
War of groups, not of successors anymore.
The task is simply explained.
Each person will be given 1 coin. These tokens would prove identity.
They will be dropped into the forest with some supplies and vehicles.
Whoever collects the most coins in 3 days wins.
Those who lose their token are eliminated directly.
The exam has begun!
***
Yun was nostalgic as he looked at the forest.
When he first served, he also spent years in the woods. It was a wilder and more dangerous forest than here.
Involuntarily, his memories came back to life.
While throwing a few branches into the fire he lit, he gnawed at the fruit he had gathered from the tree branches.
He was acting like his home, he was not having any trouble.
The fire melted the snowflakes, warming his body.
***
"Tuzuru's group is quite talented"
"So are Lian and Gesha"
These people were Yun's cousins.
Tuzuru, Lian, and Gesha looked at their own group on the screen with the joy of boasting in the room.
It was the group they trained themselves, how could they not be proud?
"In today, Yun was truly amazing"
"Yes, he was just lazy. I guess his only purpose is to protect the coin he has?"
"Really..."
Another day has passed.
Each movement was recorded by the drone.
There were about 30 successors participating in the competition. Of these, only Tuzuru was Gesha, Lian, and Gin Yun's closest relatives. The rest were distant relatives and cousins.
"Did you notice anything? Yun is burying bones and animal remains"
Yun was not standing still. He managed to hunt several species of rabbits and birds in these few hours.
After eating, he would bury the leftovers and leave.
"Apparently has experience with survival"
"Just woke up 1 year ago but clearly better than some people"
"Is this the talent?"
***
The last day.
February 1st.
Contrary to his laziness for two days, Yun took action on the last day.
He found people as if he had placed them with his hands. This surprised everyone who watched.
Climbing trees flawlessly was like walking on a ladder.
Everyone even thought that this was not a test, but a holiday for Yun.
It was pretty clean compared to the other candidates.
On the last day, only 14 groups remained.
Within a few hours, 6 more groups were eliminated.
Number of people present: 60
Total number of coins:301
February 1, around 6 pm.
***
20.00
Number of eliminated people: 253
Remaining: 48
***
Number of people remaining: 17
Time: 22:00
***
23.34
Number of people remaining: 8
3 of them are from Gin's group.
2 person Saltwater.
1 person is from Lian and the other is from Gesha's group.
The last person was predictably Yun.
Everyone has met somewhere. No one dared to make any sudden moves and launch the first attack.
Yun calmly looked at the seven people on the ground as he sat comfortably on the tree branch.
He was holding his coin in the air with a faint smile.
Then he threw his coin!
The only coin he had on him was his own. He played cat and mouse with other people, chasing them, but not taking away their coins.
7 people jumped towards the coin and fought each other.
Even one extra coin can affect the outcome of the competition.
It was the members of Gin who won after a long fight. Yet each one was worn out, battered, and unrecognizable by his family if he went home.
On the other hand, after fighting them for a coin, the person in the tree has a bright face, his hair is combed in a stringy manner, his head is neat and there is no trace of fatigue.
Each of them glared at Yun with hatred.
It was already dark, the lanterns in their hands glowing faintly, as if they were about to run out.
The last remaining lantern suddenly went out, plunged them all into darkness.
The seven people on the ground tensed. In this darkness, it was impossible to know what danger would come at any moment.
Unlike the others, Yun had no trouble seeing the night as well as the day. He had night vision and could see his surroundings quite clearly.
So he calmly waited for 12 o'clock to arrive and the attendants to come to pick them up.
You know...
The main character always encounters a problem in the plot. This is a stepping stone, a test to strengthen it.
Oh, so that he can brag and look cool.
Yasa, who was interested in the main character, had his eyes on Yun right now.
So in the darkness of the night, a pair of eyes silently approached.
-To be continued-