The Anti-Hero
Chapter 20: Internship I

Van looked at his father who was still covered in blood even though the wound had closed

"And you're alive?" ask Van flatly

Van's words made Van's father pause for a moment

The father looked at his son for a moment with a strange look

Do you want to see your father die?

Van's father then shook his head and smiled at his son

"Although this attack has ended, stay alert. I also want to say goodbye to you because there is business in the office" said Van's father and turned towards the door

"You'll receive a lot of letters for internships later. Remember to choose me!" father Van's voice sounded after he came out of the door

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3 Days later

A 3-day leave is given to students to recover from both physical and psychological wounds

For 3 days, the academy wasted a lot of money to recover the entire damaged facility

Although half the academy was destroyed due to the attacks of [Red Blood] and the vampires

The intact sports field is then used as a place to gather 4th to 7th year academy students

Although a 3-day leave can ease the tension caused by the incident

However, there was still trauma on the faces of half the students who had gathered in the field

On a podium, Uncle Javier or known as Hero #3 [Disaster] was standing and staring at all the students

He could only sigh when he saw all the students who still had traces of exhaustion

He also stared at his right hand covered in bandages for using his strength excessively

"Good morning everyone, I know that you are still exhausted from yesterday's incident!

Although because of the incident 3 days ago caused us to lose the students we respect

But we must not grieve for too long! We must grow stronger to take revenge and honor our dead friends!

So, leave your regrets and be strong!"

Uncle Javier's speech managed to make the faces of the students better

Uncle Javier smiled when he saw the faces of the academy students who became better than before

"Our next activity is an internship program for 1 month while waiting for the academy tens to return. You're gonna do an internship at one of the heroes

Please use this opportunity to learn what it means to be a hero and use this opportunity to learn to be stronger"

After Uncle Javier finished, the students of the academy finally got back excited and the gloomy atmosphere returned to being cheerful

"Hey, who would the hero choose me?"

"I wish I could intern with hero #1"

"All right, everyone, go back to your dorms. The apprentice invitation letters from the heroes had been in the mail post of each room"

After which, the students that were swarming up instantly split into each direction

Everyone ran very fast and could not wait to see the apprentice invitation letters from the heroes

Van just walked slowly to his dormitory

During the trip, Van sees parts of the academy being badly damaged

Inwardly, Van was convinced that there would be a lot of money coming out during this time

After a half-hour drive, Van finally arrived at his dorm room

Van finds that his mailbox is empty and the door to his room opens slowly

When he opened the dormitory door, Van saw a lot of letters

With careful eyes, Van estimates that there are about 99 million letters

With the number of heroes in the world reaching 100 million, Van is convinced that almost all the heroes sent him an apprentice invitation letter

And the one who did not send him a letter was most likely just a hero who became a newcomer

...[.Good. Student Van]...

Then all the invitation letters are discarded and leave the invitation letter hero #2

"Can" muttered Van

For a long time, Van had been making his apprenticeship choices

That's hero #2 [Shinigami]

So far no one has ever seen his face because [Shinigami] is dealing with the underworld

All this time [Shinigami] lived wandering from city to city and the information was highly classified

If other heroes work to protect society from villains, defeat monsters, or fight other races

So [Shinigami] is different, [Shinigami] is a killing machine that specifically kills humans

[Shinigami] kill humans who could potentially threaten the peace of the world

Normally, [Shinigami] did not send out an apprentice request because it did not want to cause any problems during the process

However, Van was confident that [Shinigami] would receive an internship this time because Van saw him on the podium during the [Academy Tournament]

And there's one thing Van knows, but nobody else knows

That is, [Shinigami] does not have [Skill]

All this time [Shinigami] fought by relying on his physique, intelligence, experience, and instincts

This information Van learned from the hero database when he visited his father's office as a child

"It just so happens that [Dark Shadow] doesn't have intel yet" Van muttered

Van then opened the envelope containing a map

The intelligent van since childhood has memorized all sorts of knowledge, including world maps

At first glance, Van is sure that this is a map of the City plan #1

There is an emblem of [X] on the map located in the suburbs

Van then rolled up the map and placed it in [Infinite Castle]

Van comes out of the dorm room and reports to the administration section of the academy that he will be doing an internship at hero #2

The administration staff who heard it were a little surprised

He thought that Van would do an apprenticeship in his father, the hero #1

But reality is different from expectation

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On the other hand, Van's father is currently investigating reports of an attack at the academy

*TOK

*TOK

*TOK

The sound of knocking on the door rang out and Father Van placed the investigative report on the table

"Instead" he said

The door opened and a male worker who looked like a secretary walked into the office

"Sir, this is the tea you want" the secretary said

"Ahh thank you. Any word on my son, by the way?" asked Van's father while sipping tea served

"There, Sir. Young Master Van seems to be doing an internship at hero #2 [Shinigami]" the secretary reported

*PFFFTTTT

Van's father immediately spouted the tea he drank when he heard the secretary's report

"What?! He ignored his own father?!" said Van's father doesn't believe me

"VAN" Father Van's screaming voice rang out throughout Hero's Headquarters and City #1