"Too slow!"
"Ugh!!"
With a painful grunt, I faced the ground with my face, all the while under the watchful eyes of a certain glassed man obsessed with justice.
Yep, it's Kunikida, and he's currently handed me a basket full of pain for the past hour by now, all for the name of "training".
It's been a few hours after the night between me and Aya, where I expressed everything with her and somehow calmed her down from the trauma I re-emerged in her. And while all of that seemingly resolved, I now pay my attention to the next moves against the Guild and Port Mafia, who have started to acknowledge my importance by now.
How much they valued you may ask? Ask Akutatga who's been following my tail since last night for further information, although I doubt you guys can get out of that alive without losing a limb or 2.
Clearly Kunikida already knew that, but he decided to keep quiet to keep his life intact along with me, as we trained some martial arts against each other to strengthen the strength. The result pretty much shows itself, with Kunikida handing my ass the whole time.
In all honesty, it's not like I'm just a sitting duck the whole time, as I did manage to land some hits on him, it's just that the number of strikes I landed on this guy is vastly less than those from him on me. Well, it's not like I bear any grudge on him for that, since this is my original idea.
"Well, I guess this is it for now."
"Already…?"
Let out an exhausted sigh, I look up at the guy now adjusting his glass who just casually ended the training with an indifference look.
Not gonna lie, I quite enjoyed the whole training, as Kunikida showed some sick moves for me to see during the time. As expected from the chairman student, even his moves are fluid and elegant, in contrast to his strict demeanor most of the time.
"Since this is your first day, and that you have already been through a lot, I won't press it for too long."
"I see…"
I slowly stand up and look all over the place, a wide empty field with small houses around the edge, overall nothing special in the slightest. I then look down on my clothes, now filled with dirt and sweat from his training, and grunting gibberish words.
"Well then, it seems like I have to get some new clothes… May I borrow some money, Kunikida-san?"
"Hm…"
Kunikida then started to think about my request, based on his expression as of now, and after some minutes he reluctantly agreed with that.
"Fine, I'll buy you some."
"Much appreciate, Kunikida-san."
With that, we both left the empty field and headed for the commercial center nearby, with the guy still on my tail.
"Say, Kunikida-san, what do you think of Dazai-san?"
"I hate him"
While walking behind Kunikida, I casually asked him about that since the whole walking in silence is quite boring for me, as the guy immediately responded with a grumpy atmosphere.
Welp, Dazai's still a jerk isn't he?
"The guy always gets on my nerves, never bringing back anything besides trouble, and always disappears when needed…!!!!!!"
Kunikida then proceeded to ramble about all the bad things involving Dazai, as if to let out his frustration he hid inside all that time, as I just listened to his words with no emotion on his face as I already knew a fraction of Dazai "prank" on this man.
Frankly, like this guy, I also have a slight grudge against Dazai for almost putting everything at stake when he sent off Atsushi. Not as much as Kunikida though, but it's still something…
"… My apology, sorry for breaking out like that."
After expressing his anger for about 30 minutes as we approached the clothing shop, Kunikida lowered his voice as he apologized to me, now realizing his own action.
"It's nothing, Kunikida-san. In fact, I also hate that guy."
"Hm?"
"It is, Kunikida-san, I hate the guy for sending 2 of our member straight in enemy lair, so it's not just you who bear some grudge with him"
With a bright smile I ease Kunikida, as the guy expressed a dumbfounded face with my assurance. Without paying attention to him, I then get past the guy and enter the clothing shop, as he still looks at my back with a thoughtful look.
"Huh…"
Letting out a weird confusion sound, he then entered the shop and went over to the shirt area, as I casually strolled through the jean section.
Hm… wasn't that varied compared to my world… kinda disappointed not gonna lie.
As I started to feel a bit down with how good these jeans are, I then picked up some mundane looking ones and hung them on my back, not even bothering to keep them in my hand as some people looked at how I handled them in confusion.
Next I take a glance at the shirt section, but most of them look horrible for my taste. In short, all of them are too outstanding for nobody to like to wear, so I skip them entirely and move to other sections…
After spending half an hour in this shop, I can confidently draw a conclusion…
… That all of them are too eye-catching for me to wear.
Seriously, why are most of them so stylish?! Even some house clothes have too many details for something to wear at home exclusively!! Is this how clothes work in manga work or something?!
Damnit!! Seems like I have to seek some new stuff at a second hand shop or something…
As I scratched my head in confusion yet angry, Kunikida finally came up to me with a serious look while holding some clothes.
"Newbie, try them on."
"Eh…?"
I looked down at his clothes and immediately wanted to face-palm myself, as the clothes he picked for me are all eye–catching ones…
The newbie is weird, to say the least.
Since he came into contact with us, he has been making such impressions. First is Ranpo willing to go out with him, still a stranger at that time, and came back in two after an effort to save the other newbie. Next, he face-off against the Guild member and came out victorious, all without possessing an ability himself.
He then got captured by the Guild for the whole day, and somehow bailed Atsushi and Kyouka, who decided to risk their life for him despite knowing him in less than a day, out of their own lair, even facing the big boss himself.
Not only that, he seemingly hides some facts about everything, even himself, and rarely speaks up about anything until further notice.
And because of that, I have no other choice but to keep him in my watch… And now, I wanted to try the guy that's been bugging me since we came into the store.
After a few minutes of waiting, the newbie walked out with new clothes I picked, consisting of a red hoodie, white tank top and a brown short while expressing a disgusted face.
Hm… as I thought, the clothes fit him perfectly. Despite looking so unimpressive, the clothes truly make him shine brightly, as I can clearly see everyone else started to whisper about the newbie new look.
"… This is horrible…"
The newbie mumbled with disgust and tried to go back to the chamber, as I started to raise my eyebrow in confusion.
"You don't like it?"
"Not a bit! I prefer more mundane looks… This is too much for a background like me…"
"Hm…?"
Weird, but not that I can judge him clothing wise. Everyone has their unique favourable after all, and I'm not Dazai to begin with…
[Ding ~]
As I fell into deep thoughts about his preference, my phone suddenly rang with an unusual sound, one that only sounded in one case…
"Newbie, follow me!!"
"Hm?"
I immediately paid for the clothes and ran out of the shop, as the newbie ran just right behind me in the new clothes. As I run through the crowd, I check the phone and go toward the signal of the Kyouka phone, one that was forcefully activated without anyone ordering…
Damn it, the Mafia has taken action already…?!
After a longful 5 minutes of non-stop running, I finally reached the park near the building of Kyouka mission, and the sight of a certain individual fell into my view.
"You…"
It's a beautiful young woman with short-hair, wearing an elegant kimono holding an umbrella despite it being sunny. But the most bizarre, and more concerning for all of us, is the sight of a certain figure floating right before her, fighting with another similar figure of Demon Snow, Kyouka ability.
[The Matchless Poet]
Instantly, I manifested a handgun from my note paper and shot it towards the lady. But then, as already foreseen, the figure effortlessly pushes away Demon Snow and blocks the bullet like nothing.
"You rotten Agency…"
She looked at me with a despise expression, but I didn't at that one bit. I then quickly go to Demon Snow side and look down on Atsushi, now laying down on the ground with some serious injury with Kyouka by his side all worried.
"So it's an all-out-war between our organization…"
I leer at her with a disdainful gaze, and she also returns the same look back at us with the figure, all the while ready to attack each other at any given moment…