Chapter 8: What a Hero Is
"Teacher, let's stop reading it, I'm sorry."
Ding Qianye tucked the paper bag back again, but Ouyang Ruoxue had already taken the first step.
"It's nothing, now that you're my student, I have to be responsible for you."
Ding Qianye covered his eyes in despair, my God, I actually showed that thing to my beautiful homeroom teacher, what should I do, wait online, I'm in a hurry.
Ouyang Ruoxue looked suspiciously at the first student she met this morning, and then looked at the contents of the paper bag.
"Isn't it just a book of martial arts secrets? As for being so embarrassed. ”
it.,My photo.,No.,Why am I still thinking about the photo now?
Ding Qianye opened his eyes, and he didn't know when the beauty photo actually turned into a blue-background lace martial arts cheatbook, and when he looked at it, there were three big characters on the book "Wild Ball Boxing".
Handing this secret book back to Ding Qianye, Ouyang Ruoxue put her mind at ease, the causal content of this kind of secret book is much less, and it is easy to deal with.
After taking the secret book of the tanuki for the prince, Ding Qianye was also confused, a good photo, phew, why am I still thinking about the photo. Taking advantage of Ouyang Ruoxue's lack of attention, she turned the first page and saw that a string of small numbers was written on it, and a line of small characters underneath.
"The junior tastes good, this secret book has been changed with you, you don't lose anything, contact me if you have something--- Han Meng."
Who is Han Meng? In my impression, one of the people who enforced the law with Sister Yan also praised this photo, and said that it had been lost for many years, I went, how did this guy get it, and when he got it back from them, he sealed it with a paper wrapper as soon as possible.
Looking at Ouyang Ruoxue as if she hadn't paid attention to this, Ding Qianye let out a long breath, Senior Han Meng, although the process was not too pleasant, I really owe you a great favor.
"Hey, what's the fuss in a thousand nights? We're here. ”
When he came back to his senses, Ouyang Ruoxue had already gotten up to open the door and was beckoning him to get out of the car.
An unknown white stone carved gate towered in front of the two men, and the two words "Hero" were still red on it.
"Welcome to Hero Academia, I'm sure you'll love it too."
Ouyang Ruoxue looked down-and-out and generous, seeing the familiar word hero above, she also felt a lot of emotion, when she left here, everyone said goodbye to different groups one by one, and now she is back here, are those people okay?
"Is this where I'm going to study in the future?"
Ding Qianye looked at the gate of the academy, there were bushes of trees inside, and a wide avenue led to a square, and in the center of the square, a humanoid sculpture closed its eyes and arms open, as if it was silently shouting something.
"Yes, here it is. I miss it a lot, and I haven't been back for a long time. ”
Looking at Ouyang Ruoxue, who was still a girl in front of him, Ding Qianye suppressed the idea of asking his age, although he was curious about how old Ouyang Ruoxue was when he graduated, but if he really asked, he always felt that he had set up a big FLAG.
"Let's go, go to the cafeteria first, and then go pick up your equipment, so you should be able to catch up in the first class."
Patting Ding Qianye on the shoulder, Ouyang Ruoxue strode forward, Ding Qianye felt bursts of ripples rushing by, and Ouyang Ruoxue disappeared like the gate of the Hero Academy.
Is this a plane like that over there?
Ding Qianye also followed Ouyang Ruoxue's example and walked forward, fortunately, there were no moths this time, he felt bursts of water waves rushing by, he felt as if he had passed through a cold water curtain, and when he came back to his senses, he already saw Ouyang Ruoxue looking at him with a smile.
"It's amazing, only people from our academy can get in, and if the others don't have that pamphlet, they might be transported to some inexplicable alley."
"Well, it's amazing."
Ding Qianye looked at his body, and then looked at the cat in his pocket by the way, this little guy is still sleeping soundly.
A few empty school buses were parked in the yellow line on campus, looking around, feeling similar to their own university, with a sign, a guardhouse, and a large map with several locations marked on it.
He saw Ouyang Ruoxue wave his hand, and an unmanned school bus drove out of the yellow line, stopped in front of the two, and watched Ouyang Ruoxue get into the car, so he followed.
The school bus moved slowly, and Ouyang Ruoxue looked at one place after another, probably thinking of her past life here, Ding Qianye didn't bother, and watched around.
After passing through several wooded areas, he finally saw the huge statue this time, it was a majestic man, * with a scarred upper body, bones and flowers under his feet, his hands open as if he wanted to embrace something, but his face was blank.
"That's the hero, and his name is called the hero."
Ouyang Ruoxue was also looking at the sculpture, and explained to Ding Qianye by the way.
"The age of the establishment of the Hero Academy is no longer exquisite, but the origin has been recorded, in the first plane conflict, when the rulers of other planes tried to break through the plane barrier and invade our plane, in the face of endless alien invaders, most people chose to surrender, and he was the first to resist, you can go to the library to find the origin of the Hero Academy over there, the book is more detailed."
"Later, someone created this academy in his name, and that's the origin of the Hero Academia."
Ouyang Ruoxue continued, and pointed to the bottom of the statue, on the base of the sculpture, carved a few words, what is a hero.
"What is a hero?"
Ding Qianye unconsciously read it out, how does the name of this sculpture feel weird, what is it, why is it a question?
When the school bus turned, following the direction that Ouyang Ruoxue's finger pointed, Ding Qianye saw the appearance behind the man.
The breeze seemed to have stopped, and a few leaves slowly slid down Ding Qianye's body along the trajectory, and suddenly an emotional resonance seemed to infect him, and he suddenly became a little angry, even Ouyang Ruoxue turned his head, it might be a scene that no one wanted to see.
Behind the broad shoulders of the tragic hero, a group of scrawny little men were cowering on it, holding rusty knives and forks in their hands and carrying out a gluttonous feast, they brushed off the skin on the hero's back, scraped off his muscles, gouged out his heart, sucked his blood, some were laughing, some were singing, and some were smiling at the corners of their mouths although their eyes were full of tears, although they were just talking about a few people, it seemed to outline all the ugliness of this world.
The school bus did not stop, it still drove forward, and for a long time, Ouyang Ruoxue comforted.
"Don't look any further, this statue was carved by the founder of the academy, and the word is also, it was originally intended to be a symbolic building, but I never thought that one day the back of the sculpture would fall off, and the true face of this statue would be revealed in the world, and even changed the minds of many people."
Ding Qianye was a little silent, he hadn't recovered from the impact of that statue, what did those humans who fed on the flesh and blood of heroes behind them mean? Is it a betrayal? Or what?
"Teacher, what do you mean by changing a lot of people's minds?"
As the school bus turned past a building, the huge statue was getting farther and farther away, Ding Qianye looked at Ouyang Ruoxue, saw that look, and then thought of Ouyang Ruoxue's words, Ding Qianye couldn't help asking.
"The original intention of the academy was to guide those of us who are capable, not only to help us build an environment where we can live, but also to cultivate heroes who can resist the invasion of the plane."
Ouyang Ruoxue reached out and took a leaf from the air, put it in the palm of her hand, rubbed it gently, and continued.
"In the past, the academy has gone through a road, pure military management, that is, the mode of command as a vocation, everyone must obey orders unconditionally, it can be said that even if we give up our lives, we will take the completion of the task as the best purpose, we take this as glory, and even regard the protection of peace as our vocation."
A trace of coolness permeated the two of them, and Ding Qianye saw that patches of frost had condensed on the leaves in Ouyang Ruoxue's hands.
"But when the disguise behind this sculpture fell off, and the academy also confirmed that it was really the founder's handiwork, many people's minds changed."
"We know how to think about whether it is worth doing this, obviously having the ability to do a body, but doing unknown things, even if you die, your name will not remain in the history of the world, and even a hundred years later, no one will remember you, which caused the academy at that time to almost split."
"What? Split? Ding Qianye was a little stunned, but suddenly he understood what the teacher meant, he may be the person who can best understand the thoughts of those people, working hard to guard, and even paying, but in the end he may not be known by the world, so he will be quietly annihilated, and even if he is still a capable person, he may be better than this in a different way of living.
"Yes, it's a split." Ouyang Ruoxue accentuated her tone and gently blew the leaves on her hands away from her palms.
"But the result is still good, most people did not choose to leave, and the gate of the plane at that time has finally stabilized, so the academy has changed the kind of militarized education, and more resources are inclined to the improvement of personal ability and the progress of the ability field."
No, the meaning of that statue is already obvious, but there are so many people left, stupid?
If it is changed to Ding Qianye's own thoughts, he finally has the ability to be a body, of course, to enjoy a good life, fresh clothes and angry horses, happy life, it is better to live than to die in vain,
"Then why did you stay at that time, teacher?" Ding Qianye's cold words made Ouyang Ruxue fall into a slight pause, but immediately looked at Ding Qianye meaningfully, and then smiled slightly.
"Because this is my home, and I don't know where to go except here."
As soon as the words changed, Ouyang Ruoxue said another sentence.
"One day, you will be willing to do something, and in your heart, you will no longer care about gains and losses."
Maybe it was Ouyang Ruoxue's mysterious words, or maybe it was because he reluctantly joined the Hero Academy, Ding Qianye didn't speak, he looked at the scenery flying backwards on both sides, and he looked a little lacking in interest.
Seeing that Ding Qianye's mood was a little low, Ouyang Ruoxue pointed to one building after another next to him and introduced it, and occasionally saw some students wearing the same uniform, all of whom also pointed to him one by one.
"Now your uniform is gray striped, in the academy it represents crash course students, first year students are green, second year students are red, third year yellow are yellow, fourth year students are purple, but now it is rare to see third and fourth year people, most of them go to various groups for internships, after all, plane conflicts have aggravated a lot in recent years."
"Yes."
Ding Qianye nodded, and the aroma of food came from a building, and even the cat pet shook in his pocket, and his head came out of the collar of his clothes, meowing.
"The cafeteria has arrived, let's go eat first."
Walking in the direction of the cafeteria with Ding Qianye, the students passing by along the way seemed to be in a hurry, even with different pendants on their bodies, and two girls with green stripes in uniform could be seen walking with their eyes closed.
"Come, let's let them go, they are exercising their perception ability, this is the basic training of first-year freshmen, you must first adapt to your own ability, if you can control your ability well, then it will be considered a first-year graduate."
Ding Qianye looked at Ouyang Ruoxue, who was talking about the explanation next to him, and the image of the red-eyed woman on the bus in the morning who was completely different from the current one slowly overlapped, and the sense of disobedience became more and more serious, and he couldn't tell which was the true form of the teacher.
A sharp pain came from his feet, Ding Qianye didn't pay much attention to it, and looked at it in surprise, just now he took a few steps to the side and deliberately avoided the two girls.
It wasn't until a strong push pushed him away that he didn't feel good, and he turned around with difficulty while floating in the air, and saw a mushroom head getting farther and farther away in his eyes, and before he could make any movements, he was slammed into the wall with a bang.
"It hurts. It hurts, it hurts. ”
He hadn't woken up yet, he was a little dazed, he was dizzy for a while, and when he fixed his eyes, it was really the two girls who were walking with their eyes closed, Mom, I avoided you, why didn't you let me go.
Two little girls less than 160 tall, one with a mushroom head and the other with two long braids, looked somewhat alike.
"Ah, Ran Qiu, did I bump into someone?" The mushroom-headed girl turned her head nervously and asked the girl with long braids next to her, her long eyelashes trembled, but she didn't open them.
The pigtailed girl opened her eyes a little impatiently, and looked at Ding Qianye who was slowly sliding off the wall, looking very disgusted, as if she had interrupted their business.
"Ran Xia, it's okay, a crash course student, let's continue to practice without he."
Then he didn't look at Ding Qianye, who was getting up, his steps sped up a lot, and he wanted to pull the mushroom-headed girl and run out.
However, a white figure blocked the direction of the two little girls going out, Ouyang Ruoxue looked at the two first-year freshmen in front of him with a smile, but her tone was not so polite.
"The two first-year Ran families, do they need to apologize before leaving?"