High School Soldier
35. The crushed instant noodles

April 20, 2321, at 14:19 WIB.

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The last test has already started, which is the survival test or the cool word ‘survival’. Some residents stood by the roadside to see the test taker soldiers running towards the destination point.

Some of the residents also encouraged the soldiers with various forms of support, except consumable materials.

Regarding the consumption materials, Nio even had to think hard to hide the instant noodles he brought in the test. Because it could be at one point that the backpack trainer that belongs to the test takers will be searched.

The route that each Squad will go through is of course different from each other, but still pay attention to the distance to stay the same with each other.

There were no road leads to the first point, the Commander of each Squad had to be responsible about this.

But unlike Nio, he was quite familiar with the path to the first designated point. The points that participants have to go through as many as 12 points and each point is guarded by several coaches who are ready.

The distance of Jumapolo Subdistrict to the top of Mount Lawu is about 52 km. All test takers must arrive at the site within one week.

Although the time given is fairly long, the tests that will be undertaken include high risk. Because that is something that special forces must be prepared to deal with.

They are at high risk because they may encounter enemy forces, or worse. It was also if there was something worse than just meeting 1 Squad of enemy troops.

Trainers wearing fully equipped and armed equipment were already deployed at designated points to create obstacles that the test takers would face.

As it neared the first point, Nio gave a hand code for the entire Squad member to stop running.

“Take out the entire contents of your backpack!” nio's command answered the astonished gazes of the entire Squad members.

“For what?” ask Sima.

Nio then took something out of his backpack, which is a plastic wrap that is often used in stalls to wrap purchased items.

Nio got the plastic for taking him while he was leaving for this training. Surely the one who told Nio to bring plastic was Arunika.

“Just take it out, we have to hurry to the first point!” said Nio while taking out the entire contents of his backpack.

The entire squad also followed what Nio was doing and brought out the entire body of the chimpanzee onto the ground.

After that Nio distributed plastic to the members of the Squad, each person got 5 pieces of plastic.

“Then put all your luggage into plastic!” nio said while doing the same as he said.

Some people just look at each other because they are surprised, some without the direct chatter to follow what Nio did.

One by one the luggage carried was put into the black plastic. Including 2 hand grenades brought by one of the Squad members to guard from the appearance of the enemy.

The members also bring change of clothes if needed. Each member is also equipped with 2 matches and 10 grams of salt, excluding cooking utensils. Because exercise helmets can be used as a substitute for pans because they are made of materials that easily conduct heat.

However it seemed that Nio was disobeying it as he brought along a few packs of remaining instant noodles.

Nio hid the instant noodles by wrapping them in a change of clothes and coated in a few more clothes. He did just that until the entire instant noodles he brought ‘ were perfectly protected’.

Some members murmured some kind of ‘emang can bring extra food?’ ‘if caught excerpt how is he?’ and all the talk that led to Nio's act.

A few more were seen holding back laughter as it was possible that only their Commander would dare to do so. Including Sima and Rio who looks between awe and shame with Nio's nature.

“Alright, everything is done?” ask Nio.

Some members shook their heads because they had not finished putting the luggage that had been wrapped in plastic into the backpack.

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At the first point there is already Squad 4 who arrived first from Squad 4. The first point is a rice field area that seems ready to be planted with rice.

After that the two coaches guarding the first point told the entire soldiers in both squads to sit down crouching.

“Take out the entire contents of the backpack you carry!” orders of one of the trainers.

All the soldiers took out the luggage and placed it on soft ground directly without protection. But for Squad 3 it is not a problem because all their luggage is wrapped in plastic.

After the luggage of all the soldiers had been removed from their respective backpacks, the two trainers unceremoniously took their luggage and threw it into the mud puddles of the rice fields.

Of course what the trainer did surprised all the test takers. Because all luggage becomes dirty caused by the mud of the rice field, except rations containing food are not thrown into the rice fields and grenades.

However, the test peseta soldiers cannot do anything to save their luggage, unless they want to be ordered to do a 10-serving push up.

(Note: 1 serving push up\= 10 times)

Not only thrown into the mud puddles of rice fields, the trainers also stepped on –tompak the luggage of soldiers in the form of changing clothes and other peting equipment.

Even so, the entire members of Squad 3 remained calm as their luggage remained safe from the mud and thought it had only been slightly damaged from being trampled on.

But in contrast to Nio who expression is not calm when the plastic package containing clothes and noodles instant trampled by the coach. The cause is clear, because there are several packs of instant noodles belonging to Nio.

But Nio tried to remain calm even though his heart was not.

In the heart Nio said while holding his chest tight because he had to be willing his instant noodles to be destroyed, “Oy, someone. Please stop them.”

When looking at the luggage of the entire Squad 3 which was entirely wrapped in plastic looked astonished and more led to a feeling of annoyance, as well as the two coaches.

After finishing ‘puas’ trampling on the luggage belonging to the participants, the coach then ordered the test taker soldiers to take again their luggage.

The female soldiers who were about to take their luggage were seen almost crying and kept her from being sent home.

The soldiers chose what they thought was their own.

All members of Team 4 whose luggage was so dirty with mud had to put it in their clean backpack.

The same thing was experienced by all members of Squad 3, but at least their luggage was safe and not dirty.

Squads 1 and 2 had already arrived at the first point and were looking wonderfully at the members of Squad 3 and 4 being in the middle of the rice field.

The trainers upon seeing the arrival of the 1st and 2nd Regions ordered all the soldiers of the 3rd and 4th Regions to creep in the mud of the rice fields to the limit that had been prepared.

Although the soldiers were forced to do the trainers' orders and immediately crept on the mud and keep the rifle from being exposed to mud.

Boundaries are installed on the edge of the river with the next clue, namely all soldiers must cross the river without using a bridge.

It benefited the soldiers who were in a state of filthy whole bodies due to mud. Because crossing the river can all clean themselves from the mud.

Meanwhile, Squad 1 and 2 look like members of Team 4 when ordered to pull out the contents of their backpacks.

But the difference is that the members of Squad 1 and 2 must throw it themselves in the mud puddle.

Nio and the rest of Squad 3 members look ‘miris’ with it. But they ‘must’ if this is one of the mental forming of soldiers who will be part of the special forces.