Before the seventh day of training began, an empty slot appeared on Class D's internal chart.
The new time slot for the second-row applicant had been confirmed. The first row continued with short-segment observation, while the third row's reserved status remained unchanged.
Yet she stood beside the table.
"Can I try the first round?"
Sudo looked at Horikita first. Horikita did not answer. Instead, she pushed the chart toward her.
"Which time slot can you confirm?"
"My original time slot."
"The first round has already been moved back."
"Then I can adjust once."
"Can you keep it continuous after adjusting?" Gu Heng asked.
She fell silent for a moment. "I can't guarantee it." "Then you can only remain reserved."
Sudo frowned.
"At least she's willing to try."
"Being willing to try and being able to take responsibility for the first round are not the same thing."
"But she's always been written in the third row."
"The third row isn't for empty people," Gu Heng said.
He turned the reservation column toward her. "It says the times are still incompatible, not that it's a judgment of ability."
The third-row applicant looked at those two lines and did not pick up her pen right away.
The first-row applicant came over from the side. "What if I give her my short segment?" "Then you'll have to reconfirm the handoff," Hirata said.
"I can handle the first part." "She can only do her original time slot."
"Then split the window," Sudo said.
Gu Heng looked at him. "What would that create?" Sudo froze. "Two time slots." "Two people in charge." "And a new handoff," Hirata added.
Horikita ran a ruler across the empty slot. "We haven't confirmed that window."
The first-row applicant's hand stopped at the edge of the paper. "So even if I'm