Charles expected something a bit more agitated to become a Chaser, something with a little spice that would make his jaw drop out of sheer awe. No such thing really happened, though he was impressed no one of significance got killed in the crossfire, because let's be fair here, some of these people were more dangerous than the units dispatched to stall the candidates. Stall being a very loose word for some, of course. All Charles had to do was abuse his Impersonator ability, giving the optical illusion that he was an entirely different
thing. Because the form was merely a vision based illusion, smell, hearing and even certain advanced radars could betray out slick friend, but being inconspicuous was easier than he thought when the whole ruins were plunged into chaos, many explosions here and there. If need be, he'd take the appearance of a bush or a drone if need be, after all these machines apparently operated through visual sensors. Not that he couldn't handle the few that went after him.
The sneaky young man took his time, there was no need to hurry after all, once you start making haste you make a lot more mistakes. Though it wasn't like he was taking this all too seriously, there'd be other academies to join anyway. But eventually they'd all be called back, and just when he was about to return his special card. Oh well, may as well hear what his superior had to say about all this.
'
What a charming young woman.'
He'd think upon receiving Reiko's scolding as did the whole bunch of wannabe Chasers that participated. Charles wasn't even being sarcastic, he found some form of delight by hearing such a need to belittle the newbies like any good adjutant would do. Though if he were to be fully honest, he was almost certain this was going to turn into some good cop, bad cop scenario where there was always this uptight, angry superior and the more laid back one. Efficient marketing strategy to recruit only the most useful, at least that's what he thought.
The obvious did happen and the midget of Headmaster cooled the playing field. Charles, sitting far at the back of the mass of people still whining about what they just took to the face. As many left, he'd notice one of the more outspoken males manifested his discontent for what the four eyed lady had to say. Now that was interesting, Charles didn't get to see any of this boy's abilities yet, plus despite his ridiculous macho demeanor, he appeared to have a soft side for a girl he adopted as his teammate. And as adopted, he meant having the girl being put directly on his shoulders.
"
Oh I absolutely agree with our loud friend here, do not let the scare tactics get to you! They're not that good anyway~"
He emerged from his little corner, now fully exposed as Charles Anderson, and not random bush in the battlefield. Warming smile accompanied with eyes that didn't quite go with a smile, almost as if he was just forcing it. Though that was his curse, he did try to be decent with these people. At the end, he'd hide his mouth with his hand from the Headmaster's general direction in order to whisper that last bit to the armored, cute young lady.
"
Besides, if only one is considered good enough to be a Chaser then it appears humanity is doomed. They're stuck with us so joke's on them, right?"
A little too much positive energy oozed out of his being there, having his fist in a jolly manner as he tried to encourage this woman he knew absolutely nothing about, let alone the fact that any of this was unnecessary to his purpose here. Well, not quite, being friendly did help in actually surviving in this rat hole of a world. Hopefully these people actually had to assets to spare. Swiftly, as if a bubble just popped over his head, he snapped his fingers as he remembered something important.
"
The name's Charles, by the way. Pleased to meet you guys."
As he proceeded to offer handshakes to both warriors he had just met, Gyuuki having not captured his line of vision yet, expecting them to send back the same greeting, the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of the leading figures having their attention clearly captivated by this guy's stunt. This was going to be interesting, and convenient too, for Charles had to give a little something to the child-like Esper chief of the establishment.