Public Pool

"The sea, sunbathing, bikinis!" Wearing only shorts, Minoru Mineta arrived at the top-floor public pool of the Voyager. Looking at the bikini-clad women sitting in small groups on lounge chairs and frolicking in the middle of the pool, he spread his arms wide, a blissful smile on his face. "Beautiful girls, let me, Minoru Mineta- sama, use my eagle-like hands to help you apply sunscreen!"

As recorded in the email, Kaminari and Mineta did not have a heavy workload. After half a day of training yesterday, they finished all their work by 2 p. m. today and were free to do as they pleased before the banquet in the evening.

Denki Kaminari, dressed only in shorts and wearing a staff name tag, stroked his chin thoughtfully. "Grape," he said, "Don't you find it strange? We're waiters, yet we get so much rest time, while I see the senior staff on those ships still working."

"What's so strange about that?" Minoru Mineta turned around, patted himself on the back, and chuckled. "Do you remember what I told you before we came? This is a privilege we students of the U.A. High School. Hero Course have, or rather, it's our duty!"

"What do you mean?" Kaminari was a little confused and looked at him suspiciously. "Grape, are you hiding something from me?"

Minoru Mineta glanced around to make sure no one was watching, then quietly pulled Kaminari aside. "Since you asked, Kaminari, I'll tell you the truth. Actually, our main role isn't that of waiters, but rather like bodyguards!"

"Who are the bodyguards protecting?" Kaminari suddenly felt a chill. "Could something have happened?"

"It's not about protecting any specific person, it's about insurance, insurance!" Minoru Mineta Kaminari, you know, each cruise ship has a limited number of Pro Hero it can hire; it can't hire indefinitely. For some ordinary ships, that's more than enough, but..."

"This is a ship bound for Island II. Many of the people on board are high-ranking officials, company directors, and wealthy individuals. If anything happens, these few Pro Hero won't be enough!" Minoru Mineta pointed proudly to himself. "And we are the unsung insurance!"

"To others, we're just waiters, but actually we're aspiring Pro Hero. When trouble strikes, we're the saviors of this ship!" Minoru Mineta declared righteously, a lecherous grin spreading across his face. "Maybe we'll even be able to rescue damsels in distress and have a romantic encounter with the girls!"

At this Kaminari remained quite calm, hands on his hips, and said helplessly, "Grape, why didn't you say something like this sooner?"

"Well, this is just in case. After all, cruise ships are known as the safest way to travel, so don't worry about it." Minoru Mineta waved to Kaminari to reassure him, "Just treat this as a vacation. If anything happens, the Pro Hero will take care of it. We'll just be playing along."

Indeed, two years after the Titanic disaster, the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS Convention) was established. Through continuous revisions and supplements, it now provides comprehensive protection for cruise ships, fundamentally preventing a repeat of the Titanic incident.

Furthermore, with the emergence of the system of Quirk Pro Hero, maritime rescue by Pro Hero has been incorporated into the SOLAS Convention. Ships patrol every sea area 24 hours a day. As long as the radio is turned on in time, there are dedicated personnel Search rescue channels around the clock, and rescue ships and Pro Hero like Asui who are skilled in maritime operations will rush to the scene of the incident.

There's a saying at sea, "Titanic is gone." The sinking of the Titanic was their misfortune, but it also led to the creation of treaties that spared future ships from maritime disasters. Whether this was ultimately a stroke of luck or misfortune remains to be seen.

Seeing that Kaminari was still a little worried, Minoru Mineta poked his stomach and complained, "What's there to worry about? Don't forget there's a mandatory lifesaving drill tonight. That's much more useful than our insurance."

Kaminari considered what Minoru Mineta said for a moment and nodded in agreement.

That's true, thinking too much is useless; it's better to do something that can be seen in the present, such as --

Denki Kaminari could even begin to act, Minoru Mineta had already dashed out like a gust of wind, a can of sunscreen appearing in his hand without anyone noticing. He knelt down on one knee in front of a woman lying on a recliner, wearing a very sexy white bikini.

Damn it, they beat me to it!

Minoru Mineta turned and smiled smugly at Kaminari, then said solicitously to the person in front of him, "Miss, to protect your skin from the sun's rays, please allow me to apply sunscreen for you!"

The woman tilted her black sunglasses up and uttered a single word. "Get lost."

"I understand!" Minoru Mineta replied instinctively, tears welling in his eyes, and Kaminari back towards Kaminari!

Hahahaha!

Minoru Mineta glanced at Kaminari Denki Kaminari, who was laughing so hard he was squatting on the ground clutching his stomach, and squinted at him, saying, "Can you stop laughing? I know it's embarrassing."

"Indeed, what I admire most about Grape is your courage!" Kaminari stood up, panting, still laughing, and gave him a thumbs-up with a trembling hand. "Although you tumbled back and looked quite disheveled, the way you rushed up there was really cool!"

"What's so funny? Kaminari, why don't you go too!" Minoru Mineta said through gritted teeth.

"No, no, no, I can't," Kaminari quickly waved his hands, "After all, I don't have your fearless heart that can ignore ridicule like you, Mineta."

Minoru Mineta was about to retort when suddenly his eyes Kaminari's arm with one hand and pointed in that direction with the other, "Kaminari, look! That person at one o'clock!"

"Is that a pretty young lady?!" Kaminari instantly perked up and looked in that direction. However, he quickly said with disappointment, "What? There's only a guy in a floral shirt there, probably just another perverted old man."

Minoru Mineta shook his head vigorously, excitedly saying, "No, look closely, that guy is the class monitor!"

The press conference for Dark Shadow was scheduled for the third night after boarding the ship. Before that, Jilan didn't have anything particularly noteworthy to pay attention to, so after thinking it over, she decided to take advantage of these two days to relax and let her tense nerves rest.

He asked Ibara Shiozaki, who was sitting on the balcony facing the potted plant, if he wanted to go out. After receiving a negative answer, Jilan changed into his beach outfit in the bathroom, put on the slippers in his room, donned sunglasses, and casually went to the public swimming pool.

His image was ubiquitous on the cruise ship; no one paid attention to his appearance. Along the way, several United States dressed like him smiled and greeted him.

Hamon are essentially a form of energy that mimics the sun. Sunbathing at sea and breathing in the salty sea breeze made Jilan, who possesses the Quirk of Hamon, feel extremely comfortable. The speed of the Hamon seemed to have increased out of nowhere. So, in this warm atmosphere, Jilan closed her eyes and stopped thinking.

Until I was awakened by two noisy voices.