Chapter 10: Phone Call
Su Jun looked at Sato Shinichi before him, momentarily speechless. Although they were now boyfriend and girlfriend in name, and this was Sato Shinichi’s wish, Su Jun couldn’t bring himself to eat his bento and leave Sato Shinichi hungry.
Compared to a boy’s appetite, Su Jun found his own had also shrunk considerably. After eating only about a third of the food, he already felt slightly full. While he wasn’t completely full yet, he estimated he could get through the afternoon classes and go home to eat.
“Kiyomizu-san, are you really full?” “Mm.”
Seeing Su Jun staring at him, Sato Shinichi scratched his head. After receiving Su Jun’s affirmation, he extended his hand and took the bento box.
“Then I won’t be polite!!”
But suddenly, a strange sound rang out. The gray bracelet on his arm flashed with a faint blue light, and then a glowing screen full of technology appeared before them. On the screen was an old man with a white beard?
“Aaaaaahhhhhh!!! Why is my bracelet broken?!!”
Su Jun could only see afterimages due to the incredible speed. In an instant, Sato Shinichi pressed the off button on the bracelet, and the semi-transparent screen in the air instantly disappeared, as if everything they had just seen was an illusion.
“What is this?”
Su Jun asked subconsciously. Speaking of which, why was he reacting like someone’s hidden collection of adult films was seen by a girl when it was just an old man with a white beard? Your reaction is a bit too strange!!
“Ah….. Ah….. It’s just, um…… a smart bracelet. It has many convenient functions, but it seems to have suddenly broken, hahahahaha!!”
Sato Shinichi put his hand behind his head, speaking while rubbing the back of his neck. However, the frequency of his rubbing seemed frighteningly fast.
“Who is inside?”
Sato Shinichi’s unnatural reaction made Su Jun even more curious. Also, wouldn’t his back of the head catch fire from rubbing it like that?
“It’s…. It’s Hamano Tsukasa!! It’s a photo of Hamano Tsukasa, and he’s my idol!!”
His head turned twice, as if he had finally figured out the answer, Sato Shinichi quickly explained the reason.
“Oh.”
Su Jun nodded. His bookworm-like knowledge reserves instantly brought up information about Hamano Tsukasa in his mind.
Hamano Tsukasa, Hero Name – Thunder, wielder of the Thunder capability. The third generation only son of a hero family. Both parents were active heroes in the last century. He was the leader of the last hero generation, hailed as the NO.1 hero of that era, surpassing other heroes of his time in both capability and combat record.
He single-handedly suppressed evil activities for more than half a century, reducing the crime rate in all of Neon by 3 percentage points. However, due to his advanced age and existing injuries, he retired a few years ago and is now reportedly working on teaching junior heroes.
[He accidentally exposed his idol and got shy, huh, hahahahaha.]
He didn’t expect this carefree boy to have such a shy side. But as the national hero of the current generation of youth, collecting pictures of Hamano Tsukasa is something all children would do. Many people have figurines at home, so is there a need to be this nervous?
Absolutely not!!!
There is indeed a problem! Wouldn’t normal people collect photos of the incredibly handsome young Hamano Tsukasa? Who would specifically collect photos of an old person?
This kind of strange interest feels dangerous!
Wait, if that’s the case, then I’ve become safer?
“Ah, um, Kiyomizu-san, I have something to attend to and need to take a phone call. I’ll have to excuse myself for a bit.”
Seeing Su Jun nod, Sato Shinichi breathed a sigh of relief. However, the ring on his right hand began to glow red restlessly, so he had to stand up, inform Su Jun apologetically, and walk towards the corner.
Watching Sato Shinichi’s retreating back and the lunchbox before him, Su Jun fell into thought.
He hadn’t realized it before, but now that he thought about it, his “cheap” boyfriend seemed to be an invisible rich second-generation heir!
Every day there were different high-quality ingredients, and the high-tech bracelet that was clearly full of technological strength just now, and he seemed to live in the wealthy district of Yokoo. Although he usually kept a low profile, he genuinely exuded wealth.
Recalling his own dilapidated house in the commoner district and the empty environment in his room, and the impeccable deliciousness of money he had just tasted, Su Jun couldn’t help but have a few dangerous thoughts, although everything was a bit strange overall.
[How about, temporary meal ticket for a while?]
“No!!”
He quickly shook off the dangerous thoughts in his mind. Perhaps due to the will of his original body, his heart strongly agreed when he reached this point.
He had only been in this world for four or five hours. Besides gaining a “cheap” boyfriend, his urgent priority was to understand his current state, the social environment, and integrate into this world as quickly as possible, as well as to survive.
In this world filled with superpowers, where there are heroes, there are also criminals. What’s more, due to the rampant use of abilities, ordinary people who suddenly gain supernatural powers can easily fall into crime due to issues like mental imbalance.
It’s possible that one day he’ll be walking down the street and a superpowered criminal will suddenly appear and kill him. Instead of relying on heroes to save him then, it would be better to rely on his own strength to protect himself.
Because as his memory gradually recovered, Su Jun also discovered that the original owner of his body—Kazumi Shimizu—her background was far from as simple as it appeared on the surface!!
……
Walking to the back of the rooftop, Sato Shinichi cautiously looked back twice and found that Su Jun was still sitting in his original spot. He turned his body away and activated his red-glowing bracelet.
The screen from before popped out again. This time, the old man within the screen had his eyes wide open, and the flames in his eyes seemed to burn through the screen.
“Teacher Hamano! I……”
Before Sato Shinichi could even speak, the person’s head in the screen stuck close to his face and yelled loudly.
“You brat!! Go to Anping City immediately to support Kimori Kage’s battle!! If you hang up my call because you’re dating your little girlfriend again, I’ll blow up your school today!!”
