"Your eye? How the fuck?" Keigo made a Pikachu face.
Shigure's eyes looked completely normal—no injury, no hint of damage.
"I don't know. I was unconscious. Anyway, did your manager ever come into the room?" Shigure tilted his head.
"He didn't." Keigo furrowed his eyebrows. Putting aside his confusion, he asked, "Why do you ask?"
Sniff Sniff.
Shigure used his nose. "I smell a very specific perfume—definitely feminine." Given that nurses and doctors wear the same uniforms, I am fairly certain that a lady was here. Also, my hot-nee-chan radar is going off. Someone was definitely here!"
Keigo looked at him, half in disgust, half in wonder. "What are you a dog?...Saya left more than 10 hours ago."
"Hmph." Shigure snorted. "It's my secret technique from the Nadeko era."
"The what?"
"Anyway." Shigure clenched his fist. "Saya. This one will remember the name." He made a determined face.
"..."
'Is he intentionally doing this? Or is this really his real thoughts?' Keigo still couldn't decipher the walking anomaly that was Hatsune Shigure.
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"Didn't you say I would need to stay for one more day?" Shigure asked.
"They discharged you earlier. However, it was troublesome to prevent them from seeing your eye. Luckily, my manager's excuse of having a family doctor worked." Keigo sighed.
They were currently floating through the sky.
"You're moving into my place. Super secure—rich people live there."
"Is that a way to show off your wealth?"
"N—No. Didn't even buy it." Keigo shook his head.
"So you're just flexing your connections now?"
"Yup."
"..." Shigure didn't expect Keigo to agree with that.
"Jelly?" Keigo grinned.
"No."
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Shigure had moved into the flat directly opposite Keigo's in apartment.
"Why would rich people live here? Don't they usually have, like, giant mansions?" Shigure asked, slurping noodles.
"Probably personal offices or just a quiet place to manage their company. Dunno how rich people think." Keigo shrugged while scrolling through the news on his phone.
"Aren't you rich?"
"Fair. I meant the ultra-rich, like billionaire-tier."
"Anyway, don't you have a job to do? You seem jobless to me." Shigure said, looking at Keigo.
"I'm on New Year's vacation."
"It's the 5th already. Aren't you the number 7 hero? Not worried about losing your position?" Shigure asked, curious.
"Not really. It's pretty hard to rise now unless I improve my mastery of my quirk. So yeah, climbing the ranks is slow now. As for dropping? I would be easily able to take care of it when I start working again."
"Hmm, I see. You seem quite laid-back. I am curious whether you have permission from your agency. Even if you are the leader, that sounds kinda sus, not gonna lie." Shigure narrowed his eyes.
"Actually, the reason I got this vacation is that my second-in-command—Arisa wanted to gain some experience running the agency on her own. So, she took it as a chance and shooed me out."
"Second-in-command? Wait—you mean Striker Wing? I have seen her many times in the city. Even got saved once. Damn. Now, I think about it. You really are a famous person. I sometimes forget seeing you like this."
"What do you mean like this?" Keigo's eyebrows strained.
"You know, like a weeb. Like a full-on weeb-gamer hybrid. Dunno how you have so much fame other than your age and quick rise in rankings."
"Bruh. It's not just due to that. I've got what the kids call... Aura. Have you seen the articles about my time in hospital? Acting cold skyrocketed my popularity. I've got people rizzed up just by breathing."
Shigure's eyes widened. "Rizz? From where did you hear such... unique word?"
"I was just looking at some anime recommendations on Redd*t. Learned some new terms." Keigo shrugged. He got up and put the bowl in the dishwasher.
"You shouldn't use such forbidden language. You're bleeding Aura points every time you talk like that." Shigure sagely said.
Keigo tilted his head, "Is that so? Anyway, are you getting saved by Arisa? She came to this city a year ago. Your need for help is surprising." Keigo was shocked at that fact.
'Though he is pretty inexperienced, due to his quirk and his unusual mind, he already qualifies as being a pro hero... Well, if we are not talking about personality, that is. If he keeps himself professional... I would have to work him on that.'
"Actually, there was a bank robbery, and I saw her in the area. So, I quickly sneaked in and even provoked the guy with the gun. I got rescued by her then. It was a pretty good experience."
"..."
"Anyway, I have a meeting at 5. It's already 1. I need to get ready. Gotta check the address." Shigure also got up and put the bowl in the dishwasher.
"Do you need me to call somebody to 'escort' you? Can't let you get killed again." Keigo asked with a chuckle.
"No. Don't need a babysitter. I would be fine. Didn't expect it last time. Will keep my domain always active from now on. Even though my calorie burn's gonna go through the roof." Shigure shook his head. He dropped down on the couch, opening his phone.
Keigo's face paled. "Calories increasing?... You are not going to eat in my house from now on... right?"
Shigure tilted his head. "No. I rarely eat normal food. Just chocolates."
Keigo didn't know if he should rejoice at not needing to spend money or be concerned about Shigure's food habits.
"I was going to have this meeting earlier, but got it postponed due to that incident."
"Are you really sure you are going to be okay? Maybe I can ask Saya to accompany you?"
"On second thought, I think I might get assassinated. It would be pretty good to have somebody with me." Shigure flipped faster than a cat spotting a laser dot.
"Jeez. So predictable." Keigo shook his head.
"Intentional. I tell you." Shigure defended himself.
"Why is it taking so long for you to check the address?" Keigo asked, annoyed.
"I refuse to believe this address is real. Can you check it for me?" Shigure gave the phone to a confused Keigo.
"What's the prob—" Keigo paused. "That's creepy."
"I know, right?" Shigure got up from his seat, opened the door and stepped out.
Keigo followed him.
They walked a few steps to the other side of the floor.
There were 4 rooms on each floor. Each was pretty big.
2 of the adjacent ones belonged to Hawks.
"Think I should just ring and ask?" Shigure mused.
"I can get where you are coming from, but won't that be pretty awkward?"
"I thrive in awkward conversations," Shigure reassured him. "Or if you're chicken, you could always sneak a feather in," Shigure smirked.
Keigo deadpanned. "You do know that somebody could potentially hear us."
Step Step.
Suddenly, both of them heard footsteps getting closer towards them.
CREAK
The door opened, and a person, who was going to come out, froze midway, like a deer caught in a headlight.
'We didn't ring the bell. It's just bad timing. She would get the wrong idea.' Keigo internally frowned.
"How can I help you?" The girl, who looked around Shigure's age, asked.
"Actually, I needed to confirm if this place is the correct address." Shigure gave her the phone.
"Yeah, this is correct. Though I think Mom said the meeting was in the evening." She tilted her head, confused.
"We live on the other side." Keigo pointed his finger at the other side. "Seeing this address was kind of shocking."
"Oh. That's an unusual coincidence." She gave the phone back to Shigure.
After exchanging a few words, both of them retreated to Keigo's room.
"Well... that could've been worse." Keigo flopped onto the couch.
"Yeah. Though, aren't Yaoyorozu super rich? Why would they be operating in such a small flat?" Shigure asked.
"Dude, didn't you say this flat was so much bigger when you came? Anyway, she did say "Mom", so her mother probably sometimes works there, seeing how her kid was there. Maybe a base of operation? Anyway, the security here is quite tight. A lot of pro heroes in the top 100 live in this apartment complex."
"Is that so? Anyway, guess I won't need a babysitter. Guess I should start getting ready for that meeting."
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A/n- (What does A/n even mean? Author-nim?)
Anyway, I was reading a novel recently.
A peak novel.
My daughters are Regressors.
Oh man, it was so much fun.
Like... I always loved the tropes where a future character or a character from the future comes and interacts with a current character.
Some ancient readers might have seen this in my Naruto works. (NCE + TMHLU shoutout wink* wink*)
Anyway, to give you some more relatability, imagine Shigure meeting his daughter from the future.
We are already around 30k words in the story, so you guys might now be a bit familiar with Shigure to imagine this.
Like, from what I have planned for Shigure by the end of this book... She is going to be OP.
Like a kid born with Tier 0 quirk or beyond.
Kyaahhh~ I want to write it... lol.
Hmmmm
Though, It's a bit too early to introduce that shit.
Maybe around ch 40 or something? Or 50? It would depend on what route I want to take for this.
What do you guys think about this?
Some people will take it as filler, and it probably would be... or not? Like, the theme of this book is around time, but Shigure's powers don't really involve time-hopping... for the scope of this book.
Hmmm, Dunno. Tell me your thoughts. It would be around at most 3-4 chapters if it's filler... Though, if I want to make it more integral to the story, that could have lasting effects on the story, I would probably intertwine a lot of characters so far...
...Decide, whether to make it filler or non-filler.
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