Chapter 35: Puppy

To become a Hound’s apprentice—what they call a Puppy—you have to pass an exam. I don’t recall ever taking one myself, but apparently that’s how it’s usually done. If a rookie seems promising enough, they sometimes get evaluated during their registration test for Doggie House. By the way, the benchmark for being “promising” is having a Rank 3. And so, several Hounds were assigned to oversee Shinzo’s registration exam. If they saw potential in his movements and deemed him fit…