Chapter 23: Take Responbility
Haru searched for the name of "Yuri Nakamura" for a while and found a Twitter account with that name.
"Yuri Nakamura."
Haru opened that Twitter account and saw her profile. He looked at the picture and didn't see any information about the school of this girl. Looking at one of the pictures on the account, he saw the picture of "Yuri Nakamura" with a uniform. Thinking for a while, he remembered what school this uniform came from, but he had to admit that this girl was pretty cute. However, he needed to do something rather than flirting with this girl for now.
Haru had found out about her school and decided to visit her tomorrow. He took out his smartphone and opened the "group chat" to report his result.
Haru: "I've found her. I'll visit that girl tomorrow. Hopefully, she will follow me since it is pretty hard to ask someone to go to the house where their siblings were killed"
Gintoki: "Good luck!"
Kuroneko: "Good luck! +1"
Yajima: "Good luck! +1"
Tsunade: "Good luck! +1"
Closed his smartphone, Haru continued to browse the internet and opened a general forum. He was about to start his training but decided to play for a bit searching for something interesting on the internet. Then he found it. He found someone had asked something interesting.
'I want to beat a tall mountain in front of me, how can I do it?'
Haru looked very interested in this thread on the forum. He thought for a while and answered this thread.
"Try to beat a higher mountain than the one in front of you."
Haru had enough to play and decided to train with his swordsmanship since he was sure that it would be a great help for the quest of the "group chat" in the future. Taking off his shirt, he grabbed a wooden sword from the table. Swinging it one to two, he entered a strange state which made him able to think various things within his head.
Thinking about light magic, he felt that it could become a very powerful magic in the future. He imagined that it could become a lightsaber from the Star Wars or beam saber from Gundam. He felt that he needed to train that magic further after he had done with his swordsmanship training.
For other things such as flat magic, chakra, or medical knowledge from Tsunade. He thought about learning it later since his time and stamina were limited. He also wasn't a superhuman and only a normal human after all.
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"124,125,126..."
Haru knew that he needed the experience to fight with someone rather than training indoors to get stronger faster. But he knew that fighting against a thug was too easy for him. He was wondering whether there was something that couldn't be explained with logic in this world such as monster, esper, magician, etc.
But he knew that thinking about such a thing was useless and his target was to become strong enough to protect himself first.
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After finishing his workout, Haru went to the bathroom to take a bath. He felt tired, but his spirit was very lively after he had done his training. Earlier, he had tried a lot of things with light magic such as healing the wound on his body and it was successful. He knew that light magic was awesome and it had very versatile use. Entering the bathroom, he took off his clothes, but when he was about to have a shower he heard a familiar voice.
"It is troubling that you ignore me."
Haru was startled and turned his head.
"Megumi!"
Haru looked down and realized that he was naked. Covering his private place, he took a towel to cover his lower half. Looking at this girl, he was wondering why he didn't notice her earlier.
"Why are you here?"
"I've been in the toilet earlier and you suddenly entered the bathroom. But you didn't even notice me and started to take a shower."
Megumi's voice was slightly annoying, but her face was reddened since she saw his naked body by accident.
Haru looked at Megumi and saw a blushed face. He blinked his eyes several times and saw that her face was back to normal.
'Was it only my imagination?'
Haru shook his head and said, "Why don't you come out? Do you want to take a bath with me?"
Megumi shook her head and said, "No, there is Sora on the outside. I can't come out." She knew that it would turn into big trouble when Sora knew that she was inside the bathroom with Haru.
Haru suddenly became pale when he heard that Sora was right outside the bathroom.
"Megumi, are you inside?" Sora asked from outside the door.
"Yes," Kato answered.
"Do you see Haru? I can't find him inside his room," Sora asked.
Megumi turned toward Haru and looked at him with a bland expression. She looked away to hide her blush and tried to calm herself. Even though she always maintained her calm expression, and had good adaptability, she was a normal girl and it was normal for her to feel shy when she saw a man's naked body.
But Megumi was also annoyed when Haru entered the bathroom without even noticing her. But she knew that it was also her fault to not lock the door. But it was too late since she had seen everything from his muscular body to his anaconda which made her realize why a lot of girls kept talking about him in the past. Taking a deep breath, she calmed herself and thought about the countermeasure of this problem.
Calming herself, Megumi wanted to go out but it was hard when Sora was right on the outside. Looking at Haru again, she felt a bit annoyed by this guy since he had shown her something that she shouldn't see.
Haru, who heard Sora's voice, looked at Megumi with a pleading expression.
'Please don't tell her that I'm here.'
Megumi took a deep breath and nodded since it would also turn into big trouble for her. Thinking for a while, she said, "I don't know, maybe he has gone to the convenience store or somewhere."
"Hmm, okay."
Sora walked away and Haru sighed in relief. Looking at Megumi, he felt quite strange since she didn't feel that nervous with his girl. He also saw this girl was also looking at him which somehow made him want to tease her. He covered his nipples and said, "You pervert!"
"................."
Kato twitched her lips and looked at him with a blank expression. She didn't expect him to call her a pervert but he wasn't wrong since she kept looking at his body.
"Alright, I'm starting to feel shy if you keep looking at me. Why don't you come out, Megumi? I'll take a bath in the meantime and please don't tell Sora about what has happened here," Haru said.
Kato nodded and said, "Your body is quite nice." She decided to play cool and praised his body. She felt quite satisfied, but she took a glance once again before she came out from the bathroom.
"....Thank you."
Haru was speechless and felt that he had been violated. He was wondering whether she wanted to take responsibility for peeking at him.