Chapter 9 Hero Mask

"I want to take an aptitude test" said Bubbles Up

"Hey you can't" Horseman grab him out of the hall.

"What with those two heroes doing here?" Someone asks.

At the Heroes Academy Hall, the second largest infrastructure of the Heroes Academy next to the Heroes Academy Arena, the testers of a thousand were gathered to take test. The teacher of Heroes Philosophy who is the SS class hero Memo-rise came down from above as the Emcee of today's event.

"Why are you here gathered today? Is it to watch a show? Is it to watch a fight? Is it to relax like a vacation away from home or is it to become a hero?"

"To be a hero!" The thousands candidates replied in unity.

"The question is, are you worthy?" Continued the Emcee." Now, let me ask you, Are you worthy enough to become a hero? Some anwered yes and the others are uncertain. Those that don't reply because they are uncertain are the ones that are correct. You are not sure if you are worthy or not that is why we will be conducting a test. But before the test, as you can see there are at lest 50 tubes infront. You go inside the tube and no one will see you even our system or even me is forbidden by the Gods to read your memory or omit them and once you go out your a different person."

"Really?"

"It's unbelievable"

"No one will really know our real name Am I right?"

The candidates began to discuss each others doubts and felt of surprise. They just can't believe that will work. Geo just stay quiet in the crowd.

The Emcee started to explain again.

"I know you have doubts and that is a normal reaction but is a normal reaction for someone who is born on a family of heroes or a follower or an apprentice of a hero not to doubt what I said. But if it happens you don't have doubt, yet your parents are not heroes nor your not a student a disciple or apprentice of another hero it's an abnormal reaction. It means you are a reincarnation of a hero. You've taken this test before so basically knows everything about this. Instead it's you telling everyone about this. Oh yes, heroes do reincarnate. We have one reincarnate in this Academy but he was a samurai reincarnated as a hero. He is teaching history not sword anyway.

Now, I will explain how this hero mask works. This mask will be your eternal face as a hero, no, not eternal but a face until you die as a hero. You will also choose your hero name today. Once both are choosen, the mask will fuse with your DNA that means you can't fuse another masks or change a masks and a name. If you can't choose a name for yourself you can just hit the choose automatically button and the system will choose a name that suits you"

"I have a question sir" Geo raise his hand.

"Ok you proceed" said the Emcee allowing Geo to asks a question.

"What if a participant is undecided of a name but he or she don't want to use the Auto selection of a name, what will happen?"

"That was a good question, well if you are undecided and did not make any name for yourself the system will still give you a name to hide your identity and you should put your mask on. Once you decide for a name you have to change your mask settings too it must be the different from the previous one. I mean totally diffent because the system won't accept it being the same masks as before. By saying, totally different I mean changing your whole face.You can change it anytime anywhere, and when it's done the mask will fuse with your DNA."

"Do we have to pay for the masks?" Someone asks.

"You don't have to pay for your mask because the truth is you are been paid for it. Remember there is a fee to be an illegible candidates and that is actually given back to you by the Heroes Academy by converting it into merit points, so each of everyone of you has 3000 merit points. You can use it to buy a mask and a name thier inside those tubes." The Emcee answered.

Someone raised her hand and asks, "Is it true that you can manually design the mask like changing your face.?"

The Emcee answered him. "Yes, you can choose already made products masks or you can manually design them. It's advantageous for those people who don't have good looks, now it's your opportunity to look your appearance attractive

No more questions? Then each of you form a line of 20 people per tube.

"Excuse me, I-I I'm sorry I'm late" said the girl who just arrive.

"So you're the patient of Dr. Fatty" the Emcee said.

Geo turn around to see who was late but his vission was blurry. In the same way Jasmine also can't see thier faces.

"Avoid looking at somebody and if necessary you close your eyes. This place is being protected by the God of the Blind. He is one who makes the blind sees and those who see become blind."the Emcee explained.

" Why my vission is blurry?" Jasmine asks.

"Need an explanation here take this" then the hero Memo-rise throw a copy of the memories of the discussion just lately discuss into Jasmine's head. But then Jasmine noisely reacted.

"Woah!"

"Wow!"

"It's so cool!"

" I can't believe it, this is unbelievably insane"

"It's amazing!"

"I don't think she has a problem" the Emcee almost lamented for her. He was like seeing the tamer being tamed by him. Then he told her to go to the 50th tube line...

He just hopes that she is doing fine lest the God who sponsored her will be dismayed.

Everyone turned out that they understand everything they discuss and it's going smoothly.

"Listen Up, It's okey if you forgot something once your done" the Emcee continued to explain once more.

"It's normal if you forget where you seat before and who was your seatmates because you will initially forget the moment you exited from the tube. The Heroes Academy and the Gods are just doing this for the protection of our world's future heroes."

"Too bad I really hate being forgetful" Geo muttered, he was still in the line.

Ruperth has entered the tubelike container.

"Welcome Hero" a machine voice said.

There was a monitor inside the tube.

It says

Buy a mask

Price: 1500 merit points

Choose a Hero name

Price:1500 merit pints

There was a blank button just below the choose a Hero name option. There, in that blank is where you write your choosen name.

Ruperth click that blank button then the machine told him to choose a mask first.

Then the Emcee speak again. "As a hero your money is only through merit points, You earn merit points by completing and gaining points by completing a hero's task and a mission. You can sell items too. The system is installed within your mask, it is through it where you can buy anything like boosters enhancers and weapons using your merit points."

Dynna had choosen a manually made mask for her and she was feeling nervous after all she had done it's design all by herself but she is int sure if she go for it or change the design. Outside of her tube, others are already complaining because she has taken so long and never come out.

Dynna just finish another design but she just ignore it again and create another one. Onething she don't know, one of her design was been choosen by another applicant, but for her that was not the perfect one.

"Don't loss patience, we still have a lot of time left so take your time to choose your mask, remember you can't change it anymore the moment it fuse with your DNA, and it's a lifetime opportunity so take your time and choose wisely." Reminds the Emcee, then he look at tube number 12 that has more than ten participants on the line..

"That line, it's really too slow" he muttered.

Well, blame Dynna for that. She was still making masks and then tried another one and make again. She is selling masks while taking the masks choice.

The system is already asking her if she buying or selling which Dynna don't understand. She thinks it was an error, she knows she is here to choose a mask for herself, until she was finally able to make a perfect mask for her.

"This is awesome!" She was literally jumping inside the tube as she look how beautiful and astonishing is the mask that she had created for herself and she is going to used this face beggining today.

She click buy and then it's time to choose her Hero name.

First she entered: Might of Dyna and erase it.

"I also reminds you not to choose a name that expose your ability and true identity. It's no longer allowed today. On later years,we allowed it, but now there are changes." Said Memo-rise.

Dina heared about it as she had type another Hero name: The Mighty Dyna

"Oh no!" Sye sigh

She erase it then

"I should avoid using my name in my hero name then" Dynna said to herself.

Dina-might, she type it and press buy.

"Finally she's done!" Said the participants in tube number 12.

They all got a sigh of relief. But when they look at her they can't help but be amaze and appreciate her. They can't help thier eyes from staring at her pretty face though they knew it's a mask.

"Wow, She's so beautiful"

"Sometimes it's good to keep it for yourself if you know the identity of another hero" the Emcee Memo-rise said.

Just then someone shouted at Dina-might, " Hey! Beauty what's your name? Can I marry you?"

"How bold!" Dina-might said and walk away.

"Is that Dina-might exposing her ability with her name? She should be banned already."

Said the woman who wears a mask her Hero name is Titania. She is big and a muscular woman.

Intruiged by the raising reaction the Emcee asks, "And what do you think is that woman's ability?"

"Ofcourse it's obvious that her ability is explosives" anwered Titanio.

"I'll memorize that one" said Memo-rise.

Back to Geo's tube, he had choosen a mask and bought it with merit points but he choose undicided for his name since he can't think of any hero name and he taught he is not even going to pass this test. Since he didn't generate an auto name for himself the machine did not make him leave like that. It generates a temporary name for himself and the choosen name for him is Null. His mask is a golden one with two horns and fangs sticking out of the mouth.

Ruperth on the other hand, choose a silver mask with wings on each sides, but was undecided for a hero name so the system choose a temporary name for him and it choose Damon.

Meanwhile, Jasmine choose the mask of a fox but when it comes to hero name she was undecided but she don't want the system to automatically decide for her name so before she left the tube the system give her a temporary name Fox Slayer.

"Why this? I love foxes you know that? I can't slay them" she complained.

"Now that everyone has done thier masks of choice and a hero name for themselves, we were now proceed on our first test."

The Hero Memo-rise clap his hand twice then all of the tube disappeared and what appeared are larger open cubicle. There are also 50 in all.

"Now heroes, let me explain to you our first test."he said.

"Sir wait" the hero Null raised his hand.

"And what is that?" The Emcee asks.

"I have a suggestion sir"

"And what is it?"

"Sir I think it would be better if the academy let the candidates and students only choose temporary names and temporary masks before they become a hero for real. If they graduate they can only have those permanent masks and a name." Geo as Null suggested.

" It would be an interesting idea but kid, your not suitable to make suggestions negotiations or proposals for the academy. Any idea that you have, you better keep it for yourself. This is a matter of the Gods. Do you all understands?"

Everyone falls silent.