Book 17: Chapter 3: Part 2
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Part 2
A large tatami room.
At the far end of the room, a bamboo curtain was hanging, and a man was sitting there.
“──Come in.”
“Excuse me.”
Following the man’s instructions, the person who entered the room was someone with androgynous features.
“Yuzuki. I have a mission for you.”
“A mission, you say?”The person called Yuzuki tilted her head at the man’s words.
Ignoring Yuzuki, the man continued.
“That’s right. From now on, I want you to infiltrate the Ousei Academy.”
Yuzuki tilted her head even more at the unfamiliar name of the school.
“Ousei Academy…? Could it be that a strange phenomenon has appeared in that school?”
“No, that’s not it. I want you to contact a certain person.”
“Eh?”
Yuzuki was confused by the unexpected order.
This had never happened before.
“I-is that all?”
Yuzuki was so confused because, until now, whenever the man summoned her, she almost always received orders to eliminate strange phenomena.
Despite Yuzuki’s confusion, the man nodded.
“That’s right. And… if you can, go and form a deep bond.”
“A-a deep bond, you say… Could it be that the person in question is the son of a famous family that rivals the Komyoin family?”
Yuzuki made such a guess based on the conversation, but the man gave an indescribable reaction.
“Well… the person you are going to contact this time… is, as Yuzuki said, a descendant of the strangeness-killer clan that was called the strongest in the Heian period.”
“S-such a clan existed…”
When Yuzuki was surprised to hear this for the first time, the man continued.
“No wonder you’re surprised. After all, that family lost its power quickly after the Heian period, and now they’re no different from the common people. Recently, however, a descendant of that family has awakened.”
“Awakened?”
“That’s right. I don’t know the details, but it’s as if they’ve gained a powerful spiritual power, almost like a return to their ancestors.”
“I-Is that so… W-who is that person?”
When Yuzuki asked, the man solemnly told her his name.
“──Yuuya Tenjou. Listen, Yuzuki. From now on, you will infiltrate the Ousei Academy and make contact with this boy named Yuuya Tenjou.”
“──Understood.”
And so, in a place unknown to Yuuya, another plot began to unfold.
***
“W-what do you think?”
I was now being guided by Kazuya and the others as I went to buy a battle suit.
A battle suit was a kind of futuristic-looking combat uniform, like the ones Kazuya and Akane-san wore.
While Kazuya wore a blue suit and Akane-san a red one, I tried on a black one.
When I asked Kazuya how it looked, he smiled.
“It looks good on you!”
“R-really? Is there anything special about this suit?”
When I asked, Akane-san replied.
“The battle suits we wear are mainly for armor. In this day and age, but in Yuuya-san’s time, I think it would be able to nullify most heavy weapon attacks.”
“Huh?”
This suit had that kind of power?
I looked down at the battle suit I was wearing again.
The battle suit was made of a stretchy material, so there was no problem moving my body.
However, I couldn’t imagine that it would be as durable as Akane-san said.
“This suit, which is made of a special fiber, is very resistant to impact. For example, even if you fall from a height of several dozen meters, you’ll be unharmed.”
“Also, the suit is equipped with nanomachines that automatically repair any damage to the suit, and the special electromagnetic waves emitted by these nanomachines also improve your physical abilities.”
“Th-that’s amazing…”
The more I hear, the more incredible this thing is.
It’s almost like the technology on Merl’s home planet.
While I stood there stunned, Kazuya continued.
“Don’t be so surprised yet! This suit is made to adapt to any environment, so whether you’re in a blazing inferno or in the middle of a freezing wasteland, it will always maintain the right temperature for the wearer!”
“Th-that’s really amazing…”
Listening to Kazuya’s way of talking, I felt like I was listening to some kind of TV shopping channel.
“By the way… say the word storage.”
“Eh? S-storage?”
The moment I said that, the suit I was wearing flashed for a moment and then was sucked up, centered on my right index finger.
And then, I noticed that a black ring was attached to my right index finger.
“W-what is this…?”
“As you experienced, the suit can be contained in the ring like this. Now say equip.”
“E-equip!?”
As prompted, I said equip, and the black ring glowed, instantly equipping me with the battle suit.
“Whoa…”
“This is the function of the battle suit! How is it?”
“…I don’t know what to say, I’m so impressed.”
Without this kind of equipment, it might not have been possible to fight the mechanical knights properly, but more than that, I was impressed that such an incredible thing could have been invented over the course of time.
In the midst of all this, I suddenly remembered something.
“Ah, but with such an amazing suit, it must be expensive, right? I don’t have any money from this era or anything…”
When I said this, Kazuya and Akane-san looked at each other and smiled ironically.
“Don’t worry about it. We’re the ones who called you here, so there’s no way we’re going to ask you to pay for it.”
“Really?”
“That’s right. And Awakening users can buy suits cheaply, so please don’t worry about it.”
“Ah, thank you.”
“Well, now that we have bought the battle suit, let’s go back.”
“Huh? Go back where?”
When I asked that, Akane-san looked apologetic.
“…Well, come to think of it, we still haven’t told Yuiya-san where he’ll be staying.”
“Oh, that’s right! I’m really sorry!”
Kazuya also seemed to have just remembered and bowed his head…
“That’s fine, but where am I supposed to stay?”
“Of course, at my place!”
“Eh, is that okay?”Nôv(el)B\\jnn
“Of course it is! I’m more worried about whether it’s comfortable for you…”
“Well, we’re special awakened people, so we get good treatment, and I think the place we live is the best in the city. But I don’t know how it compares to the time when you were around…”
Apparently, Kazuya and Akane-san are both excellent Awakened people. They get good treatment and live in a luxurious house.
Well, considering the population Kazuya told me about, it’s understandable that the awakened ones, who could be said to be the fortress protecting humanity now, get preferential treatment…
Anyway, Akane-san was right─there was a possibility that the luxurious houses of this era and the luxurious houses of my era were completely different.
“Anyway, let’s go. I’ll show you this city on the way.
Thus, Kazuya gave me a battle suit, and while I was on my way to his house, I was shown around the city.
***
At that time, after Kitaraku had successfully proposed the idea of the recreational trip…
“I’m so glad they accepted my trip gift! I’m so happy!”
He was in a very good mood because his proposal had been accepted.
“After all, thanks to this, I can start preparing for the next promotion.”
The trip that Kitaraku had proposed this time was to reward Yuuya and the other members of the School Idol group.
However, there was actually another motive behind the trip.
“If we can get a feature on Ousei Academy’s School Idols in some media, it will raise our profile even more, and most importantly, it will be interesting. I’m sure the media will jump at the chance to follow the trip of the school idols who are in the news right now! Let’s start the preparations right away!”
Kitaraku said happily as he called the president of Star Production.
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