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Chapter 123 - 123

Mid-June.

Rena and I hadn't yet started raiding the Grade 6 dungeon in earnest. In fact, we hadn't entered a dungeon for about a month and a half.

Training Naoto and the others was just too much fun.

They perfectly master everything I teach them. I only need to give them a small hint and they understand the full scope of what I want to say, growing in their own unique ways. I found myself eagerly awaiting the day I could hold the Hayate-Style Dungeon Raiding Course.

Mr. Smith noticed my enthusiasm and increased the number of days I could teach. I suppose it was also thanks to everyone's rapid growth.

Before my class begins, everyone always looks so gloomy. But the moment it starts, they all tackle the tasks I give them with vibrant energy. They might complain to me when they get a handle on the combat, but it doesn't seem like they genuinely dislike it.

By the way, I've been telling everyone that this is hard mode, but that's actually a lie.

The graduation trial for hard mode is to defeat a Fake Hayate with a small group. The S-rank students have possessed that level of skill from the very beginning. That's why I was running the 'Hell Mode' of the Hayate-Style Dungeon Raiding Course.

It was training designed to push beyond human limits, just like my own ninja training. I would gradually increase the difficulty, and before they knew it, they had acquired what could only be called superhuman strength.

To be honest, I never expected all of them to keep up. My plan was to stop if anyone dropped out. Then, I would give separate, even more specialized training only to those who could still follow. That's what I had intended.

But somehow, every single one of them kept up.

Am I a better teacher than I thought, or is everyone else just abnormal? For the record, I'm betting on the latter.

I've heard that Japanese people have long harbored a divine power within their bodies. Everyone born in this country has it. The only difference is how much of that divine power one can draw out. People like me who have gained ninja powers don't have special bodies or anything of the sort. Apparently, we are simply more adept at using divine power than the average person.

Anyone born in Japan can release their divine power if they have the aptitude or if they undergo proper training. The entire population has the potential to awaken their abilities as ninja.

If we call the ability to use divine power an Awakening, then all of my classmates are already awakened at this point.

I was the one who forcibly awakened Naoto, because I wanted to enter dungeons with him.

Sakinon somehow managed to awaken on her own.

And Rena had been by my side the whole time, so before I even realized it, she was already standing on this side of the line.

It was also fortunate that with the implementation of Aura Release, using divine power was less likely to get you labeled as superhuman. Even if tons of people on social media call me out with 'You're not human!', I won't actually be captured like a monster and subjected to human experiments.

My master used to say it would be a huge problem if it got out that there were people in Japan who had awakened to the special power of ninja, but apparently, I don't need to worry about it so much anymore.

Now then. What should I plan for tomorrow's training?

The engineers at Shinonome Academy use various methods to create any combat training monster I request. Perhaps because they have the Goddess's cooperation, they've never once told me something was impossible. I can do whatever I want.

I do feel the urge to resume our dungeon raids, but I'm torn because training everyone is just too much fun.

"Seriously, what should I do?"

How long? No, how strong do I need to make them before I'll be satisfied myself?

Just as I was wrestling with that thought.

【Helloooo, everyone in humanity~♪】

"...Is this..."

A woman's voice seemed to echo inside my head. It was a sound I could hear no matter where I was or what I was doing.

The voice of the Goddess who made the dungeons appear in this world rang out.