Chapter 184 Ryo Weihara
Anyone who returns home and suddenly finds a stranger in the house, and this stranger is holding important things in the hands of the owner - anyone with a little bit of blood in their veins would be angry, right?
So after being confused for a moment, the young man immediately rushed in angrily!
"Who are you? Give it back to me!"
He snatched the photo from Kawahara's hand, then swung his fist at him without hesitation, but the latter easily dodged and caught his fist, then smashed his head on the bed.
Bang!
The young man felt dizzy after being hit on the head.
Kawahara then let go of him and took a few steps back.
"Is it Ashihara Ryo?" Kawahara asked.
"you……"
Awihara Ryo covered his dizzy head and looked up, looking at him blankly: "Who are you?"
Why does he want to fight this person as soon as he sees him?
If it weren't for the fact that Shoichi Tsugami was temporarily unable to communicate, Kawahara actually didn't want to contact him right now.
After all, compared to Shoichi Tsugami who evolved according to the process, the "power of light" in Ashihara Ryo's body took a completely different evolutionary path.
He did not evolve into "Agito", but first stimulated the potential of human beings and became an extremely rare type of "Gills". Therefore, although Ashihara Ryo can transform at this stage, the "Philosopher's Stone" representing the power of light has not yet condensed in his body.
Although both are in the form of awakening the power of light.
But the evolutionary properties are completely different.
It is worth mentioning that when other people evolved the light force, they used kryptonian spirit power, but when Gills evolved it, it was kryptonian life...
This causes Awihara Ryo to consume life energy every time he transforms into Gills.
Moreover, Gills, who has not fully evolved, can easily lose control, just like Shoichi Ashikawa in the past, who would be more easily aroused by the "dark power" in his body and fall into a feral outburst.
Therefore, Kawahara decided to find Awihara Ryo, and naturally decided to beat him up.
But Ashihara Ryo was not stimulated to transform.
Kawahara was very satisfied with this. It seemed that his practice with Okamura Kana in the past few days was somewhat useful. The aura in his body could now be suppressed quite well!
"I know about your physical condition, and I came to see you about this matter. Can we talk about it?" Kawahara said with a smile.
"..."
Hearing this, Awihara Ryo was stunned for a moment, then frowned, his eyes full of suspicion.
He looked away with a cold face and said, "I don't know what you are talking about."
*
Ryo Ashihara was originally a capable member of the Johhoku University swimming club. However, after he was in a car accident, this normal and hopeful life was gone forever.
His body began to mutate.
Although he still looks like a normal person on the surface, his body has actually been suffering from unimaginable pain since the car accident. Finally, not long ago, he completely turned into a monster.
Awihara Ryo is afraid of his own condition and doesn't know what he can do in the future.
Because of the mutation, he could not control his body and could no longer maintain his hobby of swimming. After being ridiculed by other members of the swimming club, Ashihara Ryo, who thought he could no longer swim, simply dropped out of school.
But the swimming coach, who had high hopes for Ashihara Ryo, didn't understand.
He wanted to enlighten this adolescent boy, so he took the initiative to approach him and said that he would help him with any difficulties he encountered!
Awihara Ryo also trusts this coach who guides him like a father.
So in response to the coach's earnestness, Awihara Ryo carefully closed the door and showed the coach his transformed monster form.
Then the coach was scared out of his wits...
The coach escaped.
Today, Ashihara Ryo tried to find the coach again.
However, the coach was terrified of having anything to do with him and didn't even want to see him again.
In the blink of an eye, Awihara Ryoya, who was deserted by everyone, became even more confused. He was confused about the changes in himself and even more confused about how to live in the future.
Therefore, Ryo Awihara, who had just suffered a blow from his coach, said something strange like "I know your body" to the stranger who suddenly broke into his house - he said he didn't want to get involved at all.
Kawahara sighed: "Why are you Agito so unconfident?"
The last person who turned from a human into a monster put on the belt on his own initiative!
Moreover, that person was not shaken at all by the fact that he had become a monster. In fact, he could even comfort this super ancient monster.
Now the tide has turned...
Seeing that Awihara Ryo was introverted and refused to communicate, Kawahara thought for a moment and found a pen and a notepad on the table.
He left the contact information of PolePole Cafe on it (because he hasn't bought a new phone yet).
"You should adjust your mood first. I really want to help you, and I know that you can turn into a green thing, so you can come here to find me after you think it through." Kawahara put down the paper and pen and said.
When he heard the latter sentence, Awihara Ryo's originally suspicious look changed immediately, and he looked at Kawahara with shock in his pupils.
But he still said nothing, just watched Kawahara walk around him and walk out of the apartment.
Ashihara Ryo half-lay on the edge of the bed for a long time. When he felt his body, which had been out of control, returned to normal, he immediately stood up and picked up the note paper on the table.
PolePole Cafe...
Looking at the phone number and address thoughtfully, Ashihara Ryo raised his other hand and looked at the photo of a man and a woman.
Before becoming the captain of the swimming club, Ashihara Ryo was a bad boy who was addicted to motorcycles and had a gentle and beautiful girlfriend.
However, because he became more and more obsessed with his dream of swimming and wanted more personal space, Ashihara Ryo took the initiative to break up.
He looked at the photo and suddenly missed his previous life.
……
……
Kawahara rode away again.
Although he suffered setbacks in succession from the two Agitos, he felt that there was still some hope of communication with Ashihara Ryo.
After becoming Gills, Ashihara Ryo's life journey began to become extremely miserable, but at the same time his will was extremely strong. Although he was confused about the future, he was quite persevering.
after all……
A man who has experienced his father's suicide, his own transformation, his coach's abandonment, his girlfriend's escape, and the death of his loved ones...
Later, he was tortured to death by the people he saved, hunted down by the people he trusted just after he was resurrected, and made a new girlfriend who died again just after he made it.
After all these explosive life experiences, Ashihara Ryo did not turn evil at all!
The more Kawahara thought about it, the more he felt that this person was really pitiful...
Therefore, such people will quickly make up their minds to face everything even if they want to escape.
……
Kawahara returned to the PolePole Cafe.
The sky was dark and the PolePole Cafe had passed its busiest time. When Kawahara came back, he found that Kana Okamura had not yet left work.
And she avoided his eyes when she saw him.
Although the girl didn't like to have anything to do with him before, she seemed to have done something wrong this time.
Kawahara looked at him and raised his eyebrows slightly.
The jewelry store manager who saw him immediately said, "Ayuan is back. By the way, your cup was accidentally broken by Kana-chan. How about I make you a new one next time?"
On the tray that the jewelry store manager was holding up was the corpse of a coffee cup.
This was a birthday gift the store manager had given him.
Kana Okamura beside her lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry, I heard that this is a birthday gift from the store manager. You can repay me by anything you ask me to do."
Kawahara didn't say anything, but just walked over, picked up a relatively complete piece of debris and looked at it.
Although the wall of this coffee cup was broken into pieces, the bottom plate with the pattern printed on it was intact.
"Can you do anything?" Kawahara said with interest.
"...I know there's no way to compensate for this." Kana Okamura glanced at him quickly with a stern face, her clasped hands tightly grasping her apron.
After accidentally smashing so many things, she finally smashed something that shouldn't be smashed. After knowing that this was a birthday present from the jade store manager, she was indeed desperate to find out that there was no way to compensate for this thoughtful gesture.
If I had known this earlier, I would have just left the empty coffee cup there!
Kawahara glanced at the jewelry store manager and said, "Manager, is it time to get off work?"
The jewelry store manager, who was completely unaware of the tense atmosphere, nodded and said, "Yes, but Kana-chan felt that she should apologize to you in person, so she waited until now."
He sighed helplessly: "Come to think of it, this cup was made by Yusuke. He said it was his... Let me think, it seems to be the 1349th skill?"
It's amazing that the jewelry store manager can still remember the skill code of Yusuke Godai.
Kawahara only remembered the opponent's first and last skills.
He didn't say anything else, turned around and sat down at the coffee table in the corner with the cup in his hand. After hesitating for a moment, Kana Okamura walked out of the bar and followed him.
The jade store manager saw that they might want to discuss a solution, scratched his head feeling ignored, then turned around and went to clean up the kitchen.
……
Kawahara sat in his usual seat.
Okamura Kana looked at him who remained silent. She gritted her teeth and thought for a moment, then asked tentatively, "Can I make a new cup for you with the store manager?"
"no need."
However, Kawahara refused calmly, which made Okamura Kana's expression suddenly become very embarrassed.
She was racking her brains to think of what to say when she saw the person in front of her raise his hand to pick up the piece of broken cup bottom, and then the other ceramic fragments on the tray began to float up.
Kana Okamura was dumbfounded when she saw this scene.
This is……
A person with super powers?!
There seemed to be an invisible force spreading, and Okamura Kana's brain suddenly felt a buzzing and stabbing pain. She whimpered in fear, hugged her head and squatted down.
Her breathing seemed to be held back, but she still subconsciously stared at the scene on the table.
I saw the fragments being reassembled in the man's hands, and then the cracks on them disappeared without a trace, and in an instant, it became a perfect coffee cup again.
Kawahara turned the cup with his fingertips, playing with it, and it felt nice to hold in his hand.
"clatter…"
He placed the cup on the table, and it made a crisp sound when it collided, and there seemed to be no sign of it having ever been broken.
Okamura Kana went from squatting to sitting on the ground. She looked at Kawahara with trembling pupils, her expression still showing unconscious fear, and her trembling lips could not make any sound.
"you you……"
"You just said you can do anything, right?"
Kawahara interrupted her and spoke.
Okamura Kana looked at him at a loss.
Then the next moment, Kawahara snapped his fingers, and the coffee cup on the table fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
"Bang!"
Okamura Kana looked at the coffee cup that fell beside her in astonishment. She couldn't understand it for a moment and then looked at Kawahara blankly.
Kawahara said with a smile: "Then do as I did just now, and restore this cup completely - I want you to do this."
Okamura Kana: “…”
It would be better to let her apply to Kyoto University.
Okamura Kana finally came to her senses. She quickly got up from the ground and her face returned to its tense and somewhat cold expression.
"Why should I do this?" Kana Okamura said with her head down.
"If you must compensate, then do this. If you think you can't do it, then I won't ask you to compensate anything." Kawahara said, supporting his chin.
“……”Then I won’t compensate you!
After hearing this, Kana Okamura turned around and wanted to leave.
Just as she turned around, she paused and after a while turned back to look at the man who was picking up the fragments.
Perhaps because she was often reckless and was criticized and alienated by others, Kana Okamura was really not used to dealing with people and gradually developed a rather introverted personality.
It seems like I can escape everything this way.
But this time...
The information she had heard during this period flashed through her mind, and she thought of the changes in herself this afternoon. Finally, she set her eyes on the broken coffee cup.
Okamura Kana asked stiffly with a stern face: "Mr. Kawahara, do you think... people can turn into monsters?"
Kawahara answered almost immediately: "Sure."
Okamura Kana: “…”
Maybe because he answered too quickly and too casually, Okamura Kana's expression suddenly became a little confused, and her eyes blinked.
Kawahara pointed at the bar and said with a smile: "That No. 2 is me. You should have seen me. If you think of that as a 'monster', that's about right."
Okamura Kana suddenly widened her eyes and looked at him in astonishment: "...Huh?"
Is this kind of thing just said out loud?
Kawahara seemed to know what she was thinking and said, "You don't have to believe it. The manager never listened to me anyway. But if you really want to see the monster with your own eyes, maybe you can see it tomorrow."
Let Awihara Ryo change one for her tomorrow!
It was not easy to get this girl who was determined to escape to speak up. Kawahara had never avoided talking to her when talking about "unconfirmed life forms" and "superpowers" before.
Just like he never shied away from the jade store manager.
Fortunately, Kana Okamura did not catch the jewelry store manager's habit of listening half and forgetting the other half.
The girl really listened to it all.
Just pretend not to hear.
"Tomorrow...monster?" Kana Okamura asked hesitantly.
"Of course, but the important question now is whether you want to compensate me for this coffee cup?" Kawahara pointed at the fragments on the ground.
"..."
Kana Okamura pursed her lips, and finally she squatted down and picked up the fragments back into the tray.
Although she did not refuse this question again, Kana Okamura still didn't know whether she could do it. She just... found that her body became strange.
Suddenly it will cause a reaction from the surrounding things, and suddenly you will foresee something terrifying.
Just like the super powers this person often talks about.
And this afternoon, she suddenly fell down and was arranged by the jewelry store manager to rest in the back. Kana Okamura discovered from the mirror that she was mutating.
The flickering phantom of the monster frightened her greatly.
Therefore, she would wait until Kawahara came back. Okamura Kana herself couldn't tell whether she wanted to apologize for breaking the cup or she subconsciously wanted to seek help.
Just because this person said that he could ask for help...
Today, Okamura Kana went home carrying the fragments on the tray with a thoughtful look on her face.
At ten o'clock in the evening, after Kawahara helped clean up before closing the store, he thought he would receive Ashihara Ryo's decision tomorrow.
As a result, the other party called that night.
[“Can we meet tomorrow?”]
He called me so late, it seems that he made this decision because he didn't want to stay awake all night~
Kawahara, who answered the phone, thought maliciously, if he refused at this time, Awihara Ryo would definitely not be able to sleep all night, right?
...(End of chapter)