Air Hero

Enforcer of Justice badge

The next day, the group packed up the tents that they have been using for the past month. Looking at their camping ground, they feel some kind of attachment to this place, but this is the time to leave.

Looking at the faces of his companion that showed the same expression, Max knows that they will also miss this place. After all, they learned so many things in this place as they poured their sweat, tears, and blood on this place. The reason for that is none other than the figure that is now looking at them with a smile while waving his hand as he bid them goodbye.

“Now, just go and don’t look back. You’re all heroes and old enough to start a family. Why are you all standing there for?”

Despite Master Tenshi’s farewell, Iki ignored it, and he approached him for a hug. Soon enough, the rest followed, and it turned into a group hug. Being in the middle of the sudden showers of affection, Master Tenshi smiled once more.

“Okay, you need to go now. Otherwise, Muto will be waiting for too long.”

Hearing that, the group finally released Master Tenshi from the group hug, and all lined up in front of him. Suddenly, they are looking serious, which is 180-degrees compared to their earlier expression.

“Master Tenshi, thank you very much. We won’t forget this.”

All of them then give Master Tenshi a salute as they are conveying their gratitude to him. After that, they turned their body and didn’t look back anymore. Looking at that, Master Tenshi feels proud as the group has transformed compared to the first time when they come to this place.

Aside from the increase in their ability, their mentality also went through a transformation. It is even more apparent for Elica, who usually stands aloof and looked down on everyone else. After learning of their ability, she started to accept them as reliable allies and doesn’t mind cooperating with them. that is also because teamwork is another hidden training course in Master Tenshi’s menu.

Nearing the tunnel entrance where they come from, Max could see his motorcycle still parked there. Looking at the blue metallic beauty, everyone almost forgot about it due to their attention being fully focused on the training.

“Max, now that I think about it, can I come and try out your bike later?”

“I would love to lend it to you Iki, however, it uses biometric recognition and couldn’t be used by anyone else.”

“Aw, that’s too bad. Where did you get this one, though? I want one for myself.”

“Didn’t your agency provide you with a vehicle to use on mission?”

“Yeah, but having one on your own just hits different, don’t you agree?”

“I get mine from Hyper Garage. I can give you their contacts if you’re interested.”

“Sure, I want one.”

“Me too, I want one too.”

As Max give the Hyper Garage contact to Alan and Iki, they saw Muto already waiting for them at the tunnel.

“Congratulations, everyone. I’ve heard the details from Master Tenshi, and you all passed with flying colors. Okay, the ride to take you back home is waiting outside the tunnel. As for Air hero, you can go back home directly with your bike as it is here already.”

“Everyone, I’ll take my leave first then.”

Max then hopped to his bike and left the area after waving towards the group. While he is on the way back, he suddenly remembers that he hasn’t checked his phone for a while. That is because, during the training, all kinds of communication isn’t useable. His phone is out of battery, but his bike is connected to his number, so he checked his messages there.

There aren’t any messages from Kalina. After all, Max wanted to hear from her mouth about how she suddenly become one of the candidates to be rising to the S-rank. Max figured out that Kalina might be on the way home after having a training camp just like him, so he decided to contact Marie for now.

*beep beep*

The call rings, and it didn’t need to wait long before she picked up the call.

“Marie, how are you?”

“Max, everything is good. Did you finish the training camp?”

“Yes. I’m on my way back now. Is there any mission that I could take?”

“Aren’t you tired and going to rest?”

“No, after training for one full month, my body is aching for some action. I feel like I will be rusty if I didn’t take a mission now.”

“Okay, I’ll look for a mission and send the details to your bike.”

“Sounds good. Anyway, is there any news that I should know of? After all, one month is long enough for anything to happen.”

“Well, nothing much. The association suffered some negative views from the people after the incident at the Olympics, but it wasn’t a big deal. The aftermath is being taken care of, and surprisingly, the association is approving Enforcer of Justice badge.”

“Enforcer of Justice badge? What is that?”

“Throughout history, this is the second time that the badge is taken out. The Enforcer of Justice badge is the symbol of hope for all heroes. With the badge, anyone can use any resources they want and command any heroes from the association.”

“Wow, such item actually exists?”

“Yes, if it is fallen in the wrong hand, the person can even bring doom to the association.”

“Why I never heard of it before?”

“Because it has been too long since it is last taken out. The first occasion it is taken out is to capture a villain named Drago. A villain that managed to decimate a whole city in one battle and killed more than 20,000 civilians. The association then creates the Enforcer of Justice badge. After it is created, the holder of the badge at that time commanded that all heroes to stop their activity and drop whatever they are doing in order to kill Drago. It is a battle on another whole new level.”

“I can’t imagine how big of a scene it was.”

“In the end, more than 8,000 heroes showed up and engaged Drago in the battle.”

“Then, what is the reason that the association takes out the badge now?”

“I think, finally, the association is going all out against the evil mastermind.”