"Although the mission above is to prevent me from harming you, you shouldn't be appearing in front of me."
The boy spoke passionately, as though he were about to heroically face death at any moment!
However, after a long time, there was still no reaction from the hand he had placed on the tree, except for an occasional ant crawling on him.
"What's going on…?" The boy looked at his hands in confusion.
At this moment, Otosaka Yuu gave an explanation: "You probably want to activate this, right?"
Otosaka Yuu, mimicking the boy's posture, placed his hand on a nearby large tree. In the next moment, the spot where Otosaka Yuu's hand rested began to glow faintly.
In less than two seconds, the large tree in his hand exploded, as though it had been detonated by black powder!
"That's indeed a dangerous ability…" Otosaka Yuu said, looking at the tree that had been blown apart, "This kind of power shouldn't be in your hands."
Otosaka Yuu's activation of the ability had only produced less than 1% of the power of the original ability.
It was clear how incredibly destructive the ability was; its destructive potential was likely on par with Ayumi's breakdown.
"You... how did you know I was coming here?"
"I calculated it."
"What?!"
The boy in camouflage stared at Otosaka Yuu's clean-cut face and, without hesitation, turned to flee.
But as soon as he turned, his vision suddenly went dark, and the next second, he collapsed onto the ground.
"Aren't you just going to let him run off like that?"
"Wasn't that part of your calculations?"
"Well, at least put some effort into it..."
Hakuto appeared beside Otosaka Yuu at some point, looking at the unconscious boy at their feet and shaking his head.
"So this guy in his past life forced you to activate your ability just to stay alive?"
"It was just a memory jump. It doesn't affect me much."
"No, I was just messing with you, you don't need to answer me so formally."
Hakuto clapped his hands: "Call your brother, there are three of them still lying around in the factory."
Otosaka Yuu shook his head at Hakuto's nonchalance.
Except for Hakuto, no one knew that Otosaka Yuu had already experienced a memory jump once before.
In Otosaka Yuu's memory, on the same day in the previous life, he looked at the collapsed base after a loud explosion, feeling a bit lost.
With the help of the revolving lights, Otosaka Yuu activated the memory jump and returned to the day when he had just obtained his ability.
This was why Otosaka Yuu felt bored—because he had already experienced the same thing twice.
This was also why Otosaka Yuu had argued with Hakuto earlier in the afternoon.
Because that was part of Hakuto's plan.
After returning, Otosaka Yuu had told Hakuto everything.
And Hakuto, based on some clues, had calculated the entire future plan.
Hah~? Did you really think Hakuto didn't know that the one monitoring him at first was the surveillance system?
There was no need to test it with a stone.
It was all for show, to make some people think that the supercomputer had blind spots and flaws.
However, that middle-aged man in a suit earlier really left Hakuto puzzled.
The information he knew was simply too much, as if it was him who had the supercomputer, not Hakuto.
However, Hakuto attributed this to other superhumans; after all, the world is vast.
There could be a superhuman whose ability was to know the abilities of other superhumans. That wasn't too surprising.
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Inside the base
"The tail has already been caught. The rest is up to you now."
Hakuto sat on the couch, looking at Shunsuke not far away, and slowly spoke.
"Thank you for your hard work, I will take care of the rest."
Shunsuke, seeing that both Otosaka Yuu and Hakuto were safe, showed a slight sense of relief in his eyes.
After all, he didn't know that Otosaka Yuu had already returned once, so he had been worrying about the safety of both Hakuto and Otosaka Yuu every day.
Now, looking at them, he realized that this worry had been unnecessary...
"Alright, alright, leave the rest to you. These past few months have really depressed me."
Although Otosaka Yuu had gained the memory of the future, he still had no idea who the person behind all this was. He didn't even know who had blown up the base.
And Hakuto, who knew everything, had no memories about it, so the two could only wait, waiting for the person behind the scenes to make a mistake.
Now, this matter was finally coming to an end, and the next step was Otosaka Yuu's plan to seize the abilities of the entire world.
But that wasn't Hakuto's concern. He thought Otosaka Yuu wouldn't lose control, after all, they had been through life and death together.
Just as Hakuto returned to his room to pack and head back to his own home, a strange feeling suddenly surged in his heart.
By now, due to frequent use of the supercomputer, Hakuto's physical abilities had reached an unfathomable level.
His instincts had also been sharpened, and the moment he stepped into his room, he felt something was off.
"(눈_눈)? Tomomo-san, do you want me to grab a hose and go on a rampage?"
"I know you're here, and by the way, my surname is Tomori."
As soon as Nao finished speaking, she suddenly appeared on Hakuto's bed, her face filled with excitement.
After all, having been stuck in the base for months, it was exciting to finally be able to leave.
Hakuto walked over and sat next to Nao.
"I didn't die this time because I saved you..."
"Hah? So you know why I said those things a few months ago…"
"I don't know. Just calculated it..."
Hakuto shook his head and smiled. Being injected with drugs, losing abilities, and dying from it—once was enough.
If it happened a second time, Hakuto would think of himself as an idiot.
Maybe those people knew that Hakuto had realized something, so they switched from trying to erase him to cooperating?
But it wasn't really cooperation. It was more like coercion, tempting Hakuto with money and power, using the safety of people around him to force him.
Hakuto hated such things. But those people were probably already being tortured and prepared for the injection of truth serum.
If that didn't work, there were also hypnotists in the Hoshino Umi who could easily make them talk.
"President, do you want to know what happened over the past few months?" Hakuto looked at Nao.
"You're the president now... Also, what do you mean by that?" Nao frowned.
"I'm not sure if you understand, but Otosaka Yuu has already gone through this process before."
"Hah~?" Nao frowned: "Are you saying that Otosaka Yuu already activated his ability?"
"Yes, so from the beginning, everything was part of my plan." Hakuto proudly tilted his head.
However, just as he was about to accept Nao's praise, she suddenly pounced and sat on his shoulder.
"Hah? You're addicted to sitting on me? Again?"
"Does that mean you predicted this outcome from the start?"
"Ah... What's wrong?"
"When was this?"
"Probably when you told me..." Hakuto mimicked Nao and said, "Your life is more important than mine."
Upon hearing Hakuto repeat those words, Nao, who was sitting on his shoulder, got really angry.
"Hah~??!!!"
"Do you know how worried I was every afternoon after school, afraid you wouldn't come back and Otosaka Yuu would mess everything up again…"
"Oh~ no wonder you always sit at the base entrance at a fixed time every afternoon, I thought you were just enjoying the scenery…"
"Don't change the subject!" Nao tightened her thighs, warning Hakuto to stop talking.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? And every time it was just the two of us at night, why were you looking so worried, who were you doing it for? A ghost?"
"Sigh~! You've misunderstood me. I was just worried about those tails not getting caught in time."
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