...I'm not that impressive, compared to my classmates. I still have a lot to learn.

[But he won't deny he has smarts and skills now - he's grown past that. They're just...different from skills that are useful in day-to-day life, skills his classmates have. But then, the base is hardly day-to-day life, and he still might get out of here.]

It won't stop me, though... I'm going to get as many people out of here as I possibly can. [Even if he has to break his promise to sensei to do it.]