Three months passed.
And this day was the Cosmic Ranger selection exam day.
Garret rose from his bed at half past five and completed his daily quest.
Push-up x100 ☑
Sit-up ×100 ☑
Running 5 hours ☑
Read 100 pages and be able to summarize it. ☑
No need to stick to your plan that much; you can apply it all the time.
A slight minute passed, and he opened his mobile phone.
Seeing the time, it was
7:00 o'clock.
"This day has come, the day of the Cosmic Ranger selection exam. Can't miss it, cubie!"
Garret said, his hand patting at Cubie-chan's core.
"Howwww, good morning, Garret Kung! So today's that day?"
She said, her voice sleepy.
"Yes, Cubie. Let's head to the academy."
Hearing Garret's word, she raised her holographic thumb.
――✧ Chamber of the Exam Day ✧――
After Garret and Cubie-chan traveled by the teleport centre, they arrived the academy.
To check in for the exam, he walked to the glass stadium.
The atmosphere now was more lively than usual.
People crowded the booth on the stadium, decorated with ribbon and vibrant balloons.
Near the booth, the television, showing the examee scene, now blank.
Garret, standing in the queue, saw a parade of students.
He smiled at the parade before the head waved to him with a beaming face, cheering him on with silence.
Good luck, Garret! You can beat it, my little rascal junior!
After Garret scanned his name, he overheard some chatter.
"Look! It's garret! I once played chess with him, and even he got no queen, I still lost!!"
Said one of the male students.
"Yeah! He's for real top tier.
I'm on the same soccer team as him, and he carries hard."
"Totally! Strong, skilled, genius. The definition of this blue-haired boy."
Hearing the compliments, a smile blooming on Garret's lips.
"Garret, are you ready for exam?"
A long-haired cheerleader in the academy's sportswear asked with a bright tone.
"Indeed, senior."
Garret replied.
"Want a water bottle? I will hand it for you. And don't forget to follow my interstellar box.
She said, leaning her body towards her friends.
"Okay, I'll follow your account."
Garret assured her.
After walking for a while, Cubie-chan spoke, her eyes sparkling.
"Wow, Garret, you're super popular!"
"Not that much. I just like having lots of friends," he replied in a calm tone, gently adjusting the ribbon on Cubie-chan's core.
"Okay Garret~"
"By the way, Cubie. They don't allow you inside during the exam. Can you wait for me outside?" Garret took a small sip of water before continuing, "Here's 20 ICD. Buy yourself something to eat."
"Yep!"
Cubie chan replied, accepting the card from his hand.
Before heading straight for the cafeteria.
At the same time, Garret approached the exam room.
The desk in the exam room arranged in a grid of 6 columns and 6 rows.
And Garret sat down at desk A1, according to the list of examinees.
When the room was full, the proctor walked in.
"Hello, students. This is Cosmic Ranger selection exam. It will ne a written test," he said in a stern voice.
"There is only one question.
If your answer is incorrect, you'll fail. And if no one can do it, everyone will be struck here.
But if you pass, you can proceed to the next stage of the exam."
Leon, sitting behind Garret, trembled upon hearing that announcement.
His hands flying up to grip his forehead, while muttered to himself.
The heck! Are we really going to be struck in this room? Garret, Asami, help mehhhh
Not long after, answer sheets placed on each examinee's desk.
Just as the televised broadcasting the exam room.
The examinees gaze at them with intense pressure.
While the students on the field watched with amusement.
"Fighting, Garret!" The long haired cheerleader, eating a food bar with Cubie-chan, shouted her support.
Even though Garret didn't hear it.
As the proctor gave the signal to start exams, Garret opened the question paper. The text written on it read :
รัตนโกสินทร์ศก ๑๑๒ สยามประเทศ ในน้ำมีปลา ในนามีข้าว
อยากรู้ว่า เกิดอะไรขึนในรศ ๑๑๒
Seeing this passage, his eyes narrowed.
Goodness.. what language is this?
Not only Garret, but the other students also stared at the test with furrowed brows.
Their hands, clutching pens, trembled.
A throbbing headache began to form for some.
Couldn't understand why the protector used a nonsensical passage in the exam.
The student in the field watching the situation on the screens, not even blinking for some.
They wondering if anyone would pass.
"Looks like everyone's going to be stuck here after all," the proctor's word, intensifying the tension.
Couldn't to bear the pressure, one of the boys craned his neck to glance at Asami.
She was scribbling something on her exam paper, as if just writing random things.
He thought no one detected him, yet—
BUSTED!
The proctor had already taken a picture of him, pointing a finger at the cheater.
"You! You're expelled! Get out of this exam room right now!"
"But..." His voice stammered, choked with shock.
"No buts! The cheater doesn't have the qualifications to be a Cosmic Ranger! You'll only ruin the academy's reputation!" the proctor barked.
Hearing the command, the boy's face fell, walking out of the exam room.
"If I catch anyone else cheating, I won't let it slide!"
Seeing this, a heavy sigh escaped Leon's lips.
His hand pressed harder against his forehead.
When science don't work. Occult is the way!
He thought, clasping his hands together, and muttering some unheard incantation.
The viewers who saw his reaction, burst in to loud laughter.
"Leon, I know you stress but don't forget to pay my money back."
One of them said.
"Alright, I know you guys can't do it. So, here's the deal," the proctor's words, though insulting, brought a relief to many in the exam room.
Including Garret, who had been randomly write the answer.
"You'll all get to leave this room, but you have to send one representative."
"And what will that representative have to face?" Garret asked the proctor.
"The worst-case scenario? Well, that would be the fate worse than death," the proctor replied, a smirk playing on his lips.