His mom woke up late from her sleep, "When did I fall asleep?"
She rubbed her blurry eyes and looked around her.
Got to do the laundry and clean the floor…. House chores are piling up like a mountain. But —
"Oh?"
The room was clean.
The untidy pile of clothes had been neatly folded and the floor had been cleaned without a single strand of hair left behind. The piling trash can in the living room had been empty as well.
"You're awake?"
His Mom turned around.
Zane was carrying a change of clothes and a bag. His Mom, in turn, spoke to Zane while she looked inside the recently cleaned room.
"You did all this?"
"The cleaning?"
"Of course, no. Lila and Bro Glenn helped me."
"Since you were sleeping, we didn't want to wake you up. we didn't know where to put the laundry, so we just left it aside. Please do it later. The toilet was dirty, so I cleaned it as well."
His Mom stared blankly at a loss for words. Although they did occasionally clean the floor and do simple household chores, she never thought that her children would clean up the house so neatly while she was asleep.
"There's nothing much left for me to do."
It seemed that she could sleep more before heading to work.
"But son, where are you heading at this hour? Do you have plans?"
"Yes, I do. I might stay at my friend's house for the night, too. My digital watch will be turned off, but don't worry."
Zane was just making excuses, but he didn't want to sound unreasonable.
"What for?"
"I haven't played with my friends in a long time."
In the end, it became a long excuse, but there were no other excuses that he could come up with.
Zane scratched his head and turned away.
"Well, I'll be back." With a white shirt and cargo short pants, Zane put on his low boots and headed out.
His Mom looked out into Zane's back at the same time her son opened their flat door.
"Oh my, what is going on?"
* * *
Zane immediately rushed towards the Legion Hall as directed by Lila and Glenn.
Since he didn't know what to wear, he wore what he was comfortable with
"Welcome to the Hall of Legions. How can I help?"
Zane stopped at the reception not far from the entrance. A receptionist girl around the same age looked at Zane in surprise.
"Um..."
Zane was speechless as he entered the Hall of Legion further.
It was very different from the time she gave food to Glenn and Lila a few days ago.
The large display screen is right behind the receptionist. It was certain that the screen did not exist in Arnold's world before.
A waiting room with a modern design is located in other corners of the room, and at the ends, there are several entrances whose contents Zane doesn't know.
In another corner, there were several shops selling goods, perhaps equipment for the city guardian.
"Sir…?"
The young receptionist's voice broke Zane who was looking at the amazing sight.
"Oh…I-I want to become an awakener…"
Zane seemed to answer haltingly.
The receptionist looked at Zane from head to toe. The receptionist seemed to tilt her head slightly.
"Okay, you can follow that hall and talk to a girl named Nikky"
The receptionist shows Zane where he should go next.
Zane just obeyed the receptionist's orders, he walked down the hall that the receptionist pointed out to him.
Until finally, Zane saw another room with a big marker on the roof.
"Awakener Examination Room, huh?"
There, Zane saw that he wasn't the only one who looked like he wanted to take the test. Old, young, small in stature, to muscular, male and female. Many people were sitting and several other people stared at him intently, it was even seen that several other people laughed when they saw Zane's appearance.
A girl approaches him.
Zane looked at the girl's name tag.
[Claudya Nikky]
"Do you want to take part in the awakener exam?"
Zane nodded his head.
"Is this your first time?"
Zane for the second time nodded his head again.
Nikky smiled slightly, then gave a laser-shaped marker to Zane's chest. Before long, a barcode appeared on Zane's clothes.
"This is just a queue marker. From here on out, you will be known as 1028. The marker will disappear when you clear the exam, whether you succeed or when you fail."
"But is that all your preparations are like? You don't wear any weapons or armor?"
At first, Zane didn't seem to understand what the girl meant. But now he knew why people looked at him in surprise and some laughed at him.
"Yes, just like this"
The girl exhaled.
"Okay, it's up to you. Good luck"
The line wasn't too long. Right in front of Zane, there is another screen that is quite a big showing queue numbers. On the other side of the room, there were many doors that looked like elevator doors that the guardian candidates used to carry out their tests.
Even though Zane was a complete newbie to this world, he immediately understood when he saw the testers coming out of their room.
"Many of them had their faces crumpled as they walked out the door. Is this the entrance test that difficult?"
"According to my mentor, like no. But when I look at you, I think it will be hard. After all, testers will be visible to other testers on that screen"
A girl suddenly answered Zane's question while pointing at a big screen right above the lift of each room. It seems that the screen shows how a tester is currently being tested.
From the tools and equipment she was using, it seemed that the girl was also preparing to take the entrance test.
"1024"
"Mr. Zane, did you see her face? I thought she looked similar to her."
From inside Zane's head, Asmodeus' voice sounded.
Summons that have been summoned before will reside in the heart of the caster. So, the summon can see and feel what the caster sees.
"You're right, Asmo. That girl really looked like her. However, there's no way it's her."
Zane watched the girl's back until the girl disappeared when she entered one of the lifts.
[1025, 1026,1027, 1028, Please enter your respective rooms…]
"Now it's my turn..."
Zane felt like all eyes were looking at him from all directions, including Nikky. The girl looked worried at Zane.
When Zane entered the lifts, Nikky seemed to be communicating with his digital watch.
[Participant number 1028 has entered, Miss Lila. However, like you said he didn't bring any equipment with him…]
When he entered the test room, the bright light made Zane's eyes close tightly for a few seconds.
When his eyes returned, he could see the room clearly.
A room with gray walls and a matching floor filled the room. Right above him, huge lights were shining on him. The room also appears to be surrounded by some glass that looks very thick. Right in front of Zane, there is another door.
Behind the glass is a room with several Legion leaders or Legion agents watching the test takers through screens or by looking directly at them. The windows are one way. Only part of the Legion leaders or agents can see the participants.
[Participant 1028, what's wrong with him?]
[Is he not taking this test seriously?]
[Although this is only a test, facing mutants and infected humans is not an easy thing]
Of the Legions present, one person who knew participant 1028 was there who was none other than Lila.
[Ugh, I thought he already knew. How could he not be wearing armor and not carrying any weapons? God, forgive me and bro Glenn for not telling Zane what he should prepare]
Lila accidentally bit her lip, her worry was surging. She wondered what to say to her mother if Zane got hurt again.
Another door right in front of Zane finally opens.
Zane finally knows what's inside the big door.
"Grr…"
Several zombie-shaped infected started to come out of the door in clusters.
[Hmm, they are exactly when I was in the tunnel]
[Time to prove who is the predator and who are the prey]