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Rated M for Strong Language
Chapter 2: Personality of a Certain Cynical Esper
Personality
It is a set of characteristics that form an individual. From one's behavior, cognition, and emotional patterns that evolve from biological and environmental factors. at least that's the psychological term.
In sociological terms, it is the PATTERNED set of routines, thoughts, ideas, and behaviors that are organized into roles and statuses in society. Meaning, that the personality the individual created is based on his/her social status that influences the said individual's mind. Many people would always say "be yourself! You are you!" or something along the lines. When in reality, we can't be our true selves because of one problem; standards
In order to form a society, there needs to be an agreement among a group of humans which then becomes a source of human interaction and communication. And then they form groups by traits such as race (as offensive as that is), gender (as sexist as it sounds), occupation, status, roles, and yes the most important part; PERSONALITY, all to form a community. Through human interaction, people find common ground towards each other and use that to form a society; an organization full of people living together who share a common culture and social background. If you are outside of that common ground and different from the others, you are automatically considered an outcast among the society you live in. No matter how kind you are to others, or if you are a goody-two-shoes, people will judge you for your difference. Whether it's your ideas, way of talking, role, or your appearance (ESPECIALLY, your appearance). That is called social norms or standards and their penalties of not following them.
Did you know that the term personality comes from the Latin word persona meaning 'mask'? THAT'S RIGHT! We are all wearing masks to hide our true selves from the public to avoid being shamed and ostracized. So in the end, you are all bunch of fakers littering around society with your plastic shit (both figuratively and literally). And to all you fuckers, the 'good people' as you like to call yourselves, who keeps saying " You gotta have good personality man! Give them a good impression or something!", you unintentionally told them "Wear a mask because we don't want to see what's behind it!".
Yeah, that's a piece of good advice you gave, you dumbasses...
What's that? I'm also wearing a mask in a way?
Well, yes there are some secrets I hide like my stash of *AHEM* *AHEM* treasure...they are in my laptop by the way, so good luck unlocking my super SECRET password. Definitely better than the old cliche 'TREASURE collection that is hiding under the bed'. Anyways, yes, I do have some secrets so in a way, I'm also wearing a mask like those raijuu assholes.
But there is one difference. The mask I'm wearing represents myself. Unlike them, who hides their true selves with another self called 'personality', I show my true self without being too subtle and show it with pride. Like wearing a mask with symbols that have obvious messages.
So why am I talking all of this? Well let me tell you by explaining my current situation
I'm now currently lying on a bed in some room with nothing but white walls and a TV at my top right. Apparently, Komachi called the ambulance which I'm a little relieved. I thought my little sister pissed herself looking at my state and ran to change her fucking underwear. Was that how you really treat your brother during our first encounter? Are you wearing a 'personality little dipshit?...who am I kidding? During our first encounter, she suddenly pulled me into a hug crying that she got to see her big brother for the first time. She said mom and dad kept telling stories about my childhood along with my 'recruitment' in Academy City. She also said that they told her while having a sad face, sometimes crying even. While Komachi was hugging me I looked at my parents; my mom is crying loudly, clinging to my dad who has teary eyes. A memory I won't forget. And yet I did.
It wasn't exactly long til the ambulance arrived. After I was carried into the hospital van, I was starting to lose conscience as I feel a sharp pain in my arm
"Where the hell am I?"
"So you're awake" spoke a man beside me. I look at him with a sleepy expression. He is bald-headed with his remaining grey hair, wearing a labcoat and a stethoscope around his neck. His body appears to be fat and his face looks like a frog. That face somehow always reminds me of a certain plushy that the damn brat and third-rate love. And I know who this doctor is...
"Heaven Canceller" I mumbled. I guess they injected me some anesthesia. That would explain the pain in my arm back then. I look down on my chest to see wires. I traced them until I realize it's going around my neck.
"So you noticed the choker. And by the way, good evening". Heaven Canceller said
"Evening? How long was I-"
"Not that long. About 30 minutes after we gave you anesthesia. It's still Sunday if that's what you're worrying about" Heaven Canceller said that while looking at his wristwatch. I look at the wall clock and I see the is 5 pm.
"Am I in Academy City?" I asked, now fully conscious
"Nope, you're in Chiba Hospital, Accelerator. Or should I call you Hikigaya-kun now?" He said that with a warm smile on his face. Not gonna lie, calling my real name makes me happy too. During my childhood, the only people who called me by name are my parents. After I got sent to Academy City, those bastards only call me Accelerator because that's the only title that got their attention, like it's the only thing worth remembering for them. I forgot my name and my family because I did something stupid in my brain and no, I'm not talking about that time I saved Last Order and got shot in the head. No... It's something that I did.
"Wait, 30 minutes? I was knocked out and you put my choker in 30 minutes?" I asked, stunned at how fast he successfully did the operation. It's not just any choker. The choker is connected to my brain and by that, I mean wires literally attached to my sides of my head. So seeing as how he's able to do it
"Hahahaha of course! My title isn't for show, after all. For your information, it's 10 minutes of operation and 20 minutes of you resting." He said it proudly. Fuck, how does he do it? It's like he can do magic!...wait.
"I'm not a magician, though your magic friend is here to help with something but I didn't allow her to assist me in the operation. The surgery is just that easy, really." He said deadpanned.
Wait! How did he read my mind?! I thought it's for only women with their special ability telepathy or as they like to call it a 'woman's intuition'. I conclude that they are all espers with dormant powers of telepathy and that there should be a special system where there is a certain limit to the extensive use of powers. And also...
"Magic friend?" Is Bayloupe here?
"Yeah, and it's not your girlfriend but her friend."
DAMMIT AM I THAT EASY TO READ? Or is it because this man is drinking Dr. Pepper(1)? I heard that drink is for smart people so that would also explain why he's so fucking good at his job. He is wearing a labcoat.
"Bayloupe's not my girlfriend" I said
"Ah so your first love is Bayloupe huh? Understandable. She is beautiful and mature-looking." He said while nodding. I'm an idiot. My time here in Chiba as the King of Loners made me too fucking braindead to hide my feelings.
"shit..." I swore quietly
"Hahaha it's okay! That's what teenagers do. You gotta live the life of youth without being pessimistic about it. Love is something natural for everyone whether it can be heartwarming or painful." He continues to laugh.
He's starting to sound like Hiratsuka-sensei. Fuck, it must be because of second-hand smoking. Stop smoking you damn Christmas cake! You won't be able to get married at this rate and I can't help you anymore. Plus, he's not exactly doing as good as her in terms of counseling.
*BAM*
I suddenly got punched in the stomach by Heaven Canceller.
"What was that for?" I said between grunts of pain
"I feel like you just insulted a lady just now"
"WHAT!? ARE YOU A MIND READER?! DID YOU TWEAKED MY CHOKER TO LOOK INTO MY THOUGHTS?!"
"If there is a thing called 'woman's intuition' then mine would be called a 'gentleman's instinct.'" He said while closing his eyes.
BULLSHIT!
"Or should I call it an 'elder's wisdom'? Nah It makes me feel old" He shakes his head
You're already an old man you shitty feminist doctor!
*BAM*
"AW! NOW WHAT!?"
"You just called me old, didn't you?"
"Is that one of your so-called 'gentleman's instinct'!"
"No, now it's the 'elder's wisdom'."
"*Sigh* so you came all this way just so you could treat me? wouldn't it be better to carry me back to Academy City?"
"Circumstances deemed necessary" he explained
I'm not convinced at all. Especially, since he's close to a few of the Board of Directors along with the biggest asshole on the biggest chair. But I decided to trust the doc as he cares more for his patients, and always looks out for kids if he feels like it.
After that, he gave me a brief description of my situation. My brain is now back with the brain damage I had after I got shot in an attempt to save that brat from spreading a virus. Apparently, he knows about me upgrading my choker that includes not relying on the Misaka Network to perform my calculations.
"Who told you?" I asked
"Kakine told me." He said with an indifferent expression
Kakine Teitoku. The number 2 esper in Academy City, which means he's one rank below me but even then I still beat him with ease. Although he did gave me a few hits here and there as he took advantage of his ability Dark Matter which supposedly doesn't follow the laws of physics. To an extent, yes it doesn't but if I redefined my view of this world as it is made up of elementary particles, I can control Dark Matter with my vector manipulation. It's simply impossible to create something that has literally nothing inside. After all, he can control over 2500 types of energy so there's that.
Kakine hates me because I make him look like a weakling. A spare plan by Aleister and I honestly didn't give a single shit about his problem once he told me that during our last fight.
I was trying to take his reasoning seriously but I kept failing. And I'm sorry for that. It's just that I was so agitated, because that blonde little shit just strolled into my ass, destroyed my 70-inch PLASMA TV! And he's trying to impress that fucking chairman like he's his alcoholic father! Helpful tip jackass; be a sport and grab your daddy another beer, would you?(2)
Well, I don't have a plasma screen TV but if I do have one and he breaks it, I'll break all of his fucking body before he can recover with dark matter.
Kakine would go so far as to learn magic just so he could beat me. He can use magic by altering his dark matter inside of him until he finds the right formula to prevent the drawback. Heh, I see why Aleister would label him as an alternative plan for me but that's all he is, An Alternative. I can do that too by manipulating the vectors on magical energy without its drawback as long as I have the right formula.
I heard it from the fucking hero and fourth-rate that they had a hard time dealing with him even with fourth-rate's level 6 transformation. His high-level attack spell literally put them in a tight spot until I came to the rescue and stop the spell by killing all of the clones in an underground room since that spell required a certain number of casters. And Kakine can do that by creating them with dark matter with bodies that can withstand the drawback of using magic.
In our final confrontation, he was with HIM. No, not Aleister, not Adam, nor even a magic god, but HIM. I swear that fucking bastard doesn't get enough punishment other than being imprisoned, we need to give him some real payback not fucking jailtime!
Kakine and I fought with him using dark matter and magic attacks and me just redirecting all of it as if it was nothing. By some miracle, I convinced him that power won't gain the things that he wants as a human. That being an esper is not everything about him. I was remembering Bayloupe's words when I said that to him. And since then, one of our worst enemies became my loyal friend. to be honest, I would put my trust in him more than the hero. That's how close we are now.
Anyways, how did Kakine knew about my choker upgrade? Because he helped me with that.
...
"You want me to help you with what?" Kakine asked. Confused and shocked about my idea.
We are now sitting across each other in my apartment. Bayloupe is taking care of Last Order outside at some park, Yomikawa and Yoshikawa are working on their jobs, and Worst is doing God knows what tomfuckery she's about to do to her victims of mischief.
"Did your head lost a few fucking brain cells that you can't hear me Kakine? I said I want you to help me in upgrading my choker. A choker that doesn't rely on the Misaka network." I said in a deadpanned expression.
"But why? aren't you fine with your current power? Besides it's not like you need the network to 'awaken'."
"I can't transform anymore"
"What?"
"After we defeated Adam and Eve, and stopped their plan, I can't transform for some reason. I've been trying everyday with no luck. I can still do magic and my vector ability is fine but my transformation is gone for now. None of us don't know if a threat as big as them might charge at our asses, nor when. So..." I said with a serious expression while resting my face on my interlocked hands.
"So you want to upgrade your choker to increase your advantages huh..." he said with a thinking pose.
"it's not just that"
"Huh?"
"I don't want to burden the brat. I know she's strong and I'm not doing this JUST because she's a kid. I just want to get rid some of her weight once in a while. Few of my enemies knew about the Misaka network, which made their first target on defeating me is her. I can't allow that". I said this while drinking a can of Maxx Coffee. It's a bit too sweet to my liking but it's not bad. Not as good as my usual black coffee though.
"hahaha" he giggled
"What's so funny?" I asked with a confused and a little angry tone
"Nothing. I'm just imagining you in the past and comparing him with the you I know today. You really changed a lot. So much so that you're now that kid's goody-two-shoes big brother".
"Whatever."
"I'm serious. The kid is lucky to be under your care. You did your best to find what makes her happy, even if it's not the normal sibling way of doing it. I don't think anyone would be better suited than you. Even if it's Kamijou". He said with a warm smile
"...pfft...hahahahahaha" I laughed and not it didn't sound like an evil hyena. It's just a happy laugh.
"What's funny?"
Nothing. I'm just imagining you in the past and comparing him with the you I know today." I copied his previous statement and now he laughed along with me
"Hahahahaha well anyways, I can't say no to a good friend but one question. Why me and not someone like Heaven Canceller, or Mental Out. Or even that siscon double agent". He asked
"Heaven Canceller suggested using the Misaka Network for my condition but he didn't make the choker, he's a doctor, not a technician. As for the fifth-rate, same thing, she's just a blonde psychic bitch who just wants to ride on the fucking hero's dick"
"That's a rude way of saying she's deeply in love with him" He said while smirking
"Tch whatever, what's the damn difference? And as for Tsuchimikado...well, it's him we're talking about"
"Point taken" he nodded
"So you're the only one I can trust on this. You created those robot 'beetles' in compensating for your dark matter clones, and your ability will be a safety measure if it goes to shit"
"I understand the safety measure part but aren't you smart enough to make some kickass gadgets. Or did the kid messed up your head along with your IQ?" he asked between laughter.
"That's not it you fucking moron. *Sigh*. The inside of a human body is delicate along with its organs, especially the brain. There might be a slim chance that I can do this myself but I don't want any loose ends." I explained. There is also another reason I'd rather not tell because it'll make me sound too much of a softy.
I'm also afraid that I would damage my brain that will make me lose my memories...Like how I lost my memories of my family and my name. I can't risk losing my memories of that brat and all the things we did together. Memories of that damn hero and how he saved me from my problem being a villain. Memories of Yoshikawa and Yomikawa and how they became my guardians. Memories of my friendship with Kakine. Memories of all that fiasco on the magic side. Memories of Bayloupe and how she's there for me throughout the magic crisis, how she takes care of Last Order together with me, how much she means so much to me now...
Oh yeah, and...there are also the others but whatever.
"hmm... I get the logic on that one. Alright, I'll help" He said with an extended hand forming a fist"
"Thanks, I owe you one". I bumped his fist with mine in return.
...
"Well, he brought me the newly-upgraded choker and I put that one instead of the old. I still can't believe you would place your trust in Dark Matter to that extent. Weren't you two at each others' throats back then?" He asked with a concerned expression
"Kakine changed. He is now my best friend." I told him with a smile
"Awww, Imagine Breaker might get jealous that you didn't pick him as your bestie." The door slid open and I see a girl with short blonde hair almost touching her shoulders, white skin, a sports shirt under her white jacket with red sleeves, blue miniskirt, white with red stripes stockings, and her most notable trait; small dragon wings on her back.
"Forest." I grunted.
"IT'S FLORIS, YOU DIPSHIT! CAN YOU GET IT RIGHT FOR ONCE!?" she screamed with her face red with anger
"Whatever Floor List, so you're my 'magic friend' he's talking about? What the hell are you even doing here?" I asked with a deadpanned expression.
"That was on purpose. You're messing with my name on purpose AREN'T YOU?! YOU SEMEN SKIN COLORED FUCKER"
"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU CALL ME?! YOU RIDLEY(3) PUSSY BITCH-ASS WANNABE! AT LEAST DISCORD(4) HAVE BETTER WINGS THAN YOUR SHITTY STAGE PROP!"
Now I'm not into kid's shows. It's just that the little brat always watch THAT show (heard it was popular worldwide) along with that stupid magical girls series. I was just lying on the couch while she watches so I saw a few bits of them.
"WHA-"
*BAM*
she was about to say something until she got interrupted by a smack in the head by Heaven Canceller.
"No fighting in the hospital. Also, she's here because she's taking care of the last remnants of that Fallen group you kids are meddling with" he said with a calm tone.
The Fallen. An evil magic organization whose goal is to 'kill' God and reshape the world by collecting the 12 wings of Lucifer. With 2 strongest magic leaders, Adam and Eve, literally the first humans created on Earth, the organization was the world's number one enemy. Adam is cold, calm, ruthless, and cunning. He is straight to the point and wonètt hesitate to grab an opportunity when he sees it. He's not playing around, he's just gonna kill you if he thinks your an obstacle or even an insect. On the other hand, Eve is sort of childish, mischievous, but a sinister schemer. Yukonishita Haruno doesn't hold a single shit of hair against her when it comes to manipulating others to her whim. Eve is very hard to read. Her mask is impenetrable until the hero saw through it. Yeah, she can use the mask better than Skull Kid(5) I swear.
"Oh, and I have someone with me" Flower walked aside the doorway to reveal who's behind her.
"ONII-CHAN!" Komachi runs towards me, giving me a tight hug.
"Stop it!... you...brat!...can't...breathe"
Her hug is so strong I can feel how Clementine died while Papa Bones Daddy gave HER the hug.(6)
"Ah sorry onii-chan. Tee-hee!" She sticks her tongue out and lightly bump her head while saying that
"Thanks for visiting me Komatsu"
"IT'S KOMACHI! You're now back to that!" she screamed in anger.
It's a funny story actually.
After our first encounter, I stayed with them for a few weeks. We were already comfortable with each other quickly and get along like a real family. During one of those days, I got pissed so much at Komachi for throwing away my Maxx Coffee and black coffee that I used my powers and wreak havoc inside the house (without breaking anything which is a miracle). Komachi ran and hide while I chased her and found her she's outside the backyard. Hiding behind the bushes with a small fake pine tree on her head. I'm no dumbass so I lightly tapped the ground
*DING*
A familiar sound along with my tap meaning I used my vector ability. As I did that, Komachi got launched in the air, falling down towards me and i caught her by grabbing her head with one hand.
"Why are you hiding Komatsu-chaaaaaan"
If you look at the kanji of her name Komachi, 'ko' means little and 'machi' means town. If you mess up the last one and write it 'komatsu', a different meaning will be 'little pine tree'.
"hehehahahahaheehehahaha" I did my signature evil laugh while giving her punishment
*SLAP* *SLAP*
"AAAAAAWWWW! I'M SORRY!"
And that's how I give her the nickname and learned a purification spell. Although I did give her another name
"Whatever, Komako"
"mmmnnnnnnn!" my sister pouted hard
If you write her kanji name a little differently and change to 'ko' at the end, Komako means 'pony child'.
"HMPH! That's low on Onii-chan points!" she crossed her arms and looked away with puffy cheeks
"Yeah yeah, sorry. Don't be mad at me alright?" I said with a weary tone while giving her a head pat.
"hmhmhm! Komachi forgives you with 10 Onii-chan points." she said
"Just 10? Can't you add a bit more?" I asked
"Nope!"
"I'll buy you your favorite snack"
"Bribery will get you nowhere!" She put her arms to form an X sign
"Favorite meal?"
"Uuuhh"
"Favorite everything?"
"Everything?!" She shouted. Thinking hard at my suggestion while shaking.
"OKAY! You get 100 Onii-chan points!" She said with a happy expression.
"...what the fuck am I looking at?" Meanwhile Far West was watching the whole thing.
"It's a normal sibling bonding. Who are you? And What are you to Oniichan" Komachi asked.
"I'm Floris. I'm just... *HUMPHGH* his friend."
Is she about to vomit just by saying she's my friend? pfft.. If something like that is enough to make you spit your fucking digestion, I wonder how weak you are in battle.
"Yeah, I knew you aren't his girlfriend, you look like a childish tomboy who thought it's cool to cosplay..." She pointed at the blondie's wings.
"You...you little.."
"Hahahaha. Anyways, I gotta go now. Need to make a phone call." The doctor left the room.
"Anyways Komachi...why didn't you tell me the truth?" I said with a serious tone.
"Eh?"
"Let me change the question. Why didn't you try to make me remember who I am?"
"...Because we want to experience a normal life with you." She said feeling guilty
"You mean you're scared of me as an esper?"
"No! It's just that...mom and dad haven't heard of you ever since you got into Academy City, and I never got to see what you look like until months ago. It's like they were holding you captive. We thought they were treating you like an experiment and nothing more..."
She's about to cry
"Even if you said that life there is fine. And you made good friends, but the fact that they took you away from us is still lingering in our minds. So we convinced Heaven Canceller to not tell anyone about it and let you stay with us until your memories come back since he said that it's not a permanent condition."
They convinced Heaven Canceller...That would mean he convinced a member of the Board of Directors to keep quiet about this situation. I can only think of one member who we both can trust... Yeah, it's that old lady.
"Are you mad?" She asked as she slowly backed away
"I'm a little mad...But I'm mostly happy."
"Eh?" both Komachi and Blondie are surprised and confused by my response.
"While I am mad that you hid my identity from me, I'm also happy that you all would go this far just to be with me. To be complete. To be part of a normal family. It makes me relieved that my family loves me that much." I warmly smile to my sister.
Komachi is crying while smiling. Blondie here is...blushing? Why is she- Oh fuck no. I'm not like that fucking hero with his bitches crawling all over him.
"Thank you...Onii-chan" She said between sobs
I looked at the clock and it's nighttime
"You better go home now. It's getting late"
"Eh? But, it's not that late."
"Komachi...Did you finished your homework." I asked with a terrifying tone
"Uuuuhh... Well..."
"Do. It. Now. You lazy, fucking, brat. Plus, we got school tomorrow so sleep early" I ordered her.
"YES SIR!" She towards the doorway until she stopped.
"Wait? We?" she asked with light on her eyes.
"Well, yeah. I can't just go hoodini and leave now can I?" I said while closing my eyes, and crossing my arms.
"Onii-chan..."
"Besides, I'm gonna have shit loads of fun at school hehehehe. Wait til they get a load of me" I smirked and start to laugh sinisterly.
"Uwaaaahhh forget Gomii-chan, you're a devil." Komachi said deadpanned.
"Shut up brat, and go home."
"Okay! Bye-bye!" and with that she left, leaving me and Foreleg alone in this room.
"Now then, I wanna ask you a question."
"Eh? ah..." I snapped Blondie out of her tranced, still blushing.
"...You're not my type and don't expect me to go for a gangbang like that fucking hero." I said deadpanned.
"Wha- As if I would fall for an asshole like you!" Her face is now fully red.
"Anyways, what's the current situation with The Fallen?"
"We wiped out those rats fairly easily. Their movements are too out of order. Too wobbly. It's not that hard finding most of their hideouts. Now the last remaining members are hiding somewhere in Japan. Maybe here Chiba or somewhere close." she explained with a serious expression.
I nodded in understanding.
"Also, we think that there is a different magic organization crawling here in this city. We thought you might know since you're the first and last person to encounter them."
That magic cabal she mentioned was the one that caused my memory loss and transformed my personality into the 'Loner Persona'. The leader carries a huge shit of magic power and I got knocked out with one hit.
"Yeah, I know who they are. They're not together with The Fallen, nor will they think to form an alliance with them. That cabal thinks they're a lost cause so they don't want to kiss those Fallen ass."
"Do you know what they're after?" she asked.
"Yeah, and she's not that far."
"She? That magic cabal is after a woman?"
"Yeah, and a fucking bitch one." I said indifferently
"So where is she? We have to protect her from those assholes."
"Don't worry, she's a lot closer than you think. I can handle the bodyguard job while you find their hideout."
"If you say so... Oh yeah, how are you gonna tell Bayloupe about your situation?" she asked.
"Well, just gonna be blunt and tell her what happened, that's it."
There's nothing wrong with that. Although she might hit me first...then do something stupid to me...That brat might cry and Worst would do what she does best when we meet...
*SIGH* This is gonna be a fucking drag but whatever. Gotta do what I have to do.
"Y'know she's not gonna take that lightly and end up beating you to shit." she said while smirking.
"Pfft...Like that's enough to scare me." I gave a smirk of my own and said that with confidence.
"Good luck with that. See ya, I'm going home." she walked away and was about to reach the doorway until I asked her.
"Where are you staying?"
"Oh, just a little cheap-ass apartment. Gonna stay there until this mission is done"
I nodded.
And with that, she left. I am now pondering my thoughts on another problem.
"What am I gonna do about school?"
It's not like I'm gonna have a hard time with the activities there, lectures are easy, and I don't need to listen to math and science since I'm good at that. The problem is how should I act. To them, I am the King of Loners. A cynical bastard who hurt a girl's feelings in a certain cultural festival and cheated on the athletics festival. The Most Hated Man in Sobu High. And also a friend to Yukinoshita and Yuigahama. Even though my 'Loner Persona' said to himself that they're not his friends, he feels comfortable with them, in the peaceful clubroom of the Service Club. There is also Totsuka, Kawa-whatever, and even Zaimokusa. I decided I will stay here for a while because I'm important to them, especially to my two clubmates.
So should I act the 'Loner Persona' and keep things normal?
...
No. That's not what the King of Loners wants. One thing I can respect about my other self is that he's honest, blunt, and doesn't go willy-nilly to get along with just anybody. He wears a mask that represents himself unlike others wearing a mask to hide their true selves.
I'm the same. I never trust anyone since their purpose would be to use me for some project or try to beat me because I'm the strongest in Academy City. We both stay clear away from others, not being goody-two-shoes to just anyone so we won't risk ourselves getting kicked in the ass. We didn't want anything from others but in reality, we are searching for something inside of them. Something that is hard to grasp but still possible. Something that is not a mask. Something that is not fake...
Something genuine
I learned that when I first met Last Order. During those times, I was annoyed by her, running around and doing as she pleases. I thought to myself that I took her in because she's my responsibility in the Level 6 Project. A punishment of sorts. But after I saved her a second time from Kihara, I realized that she is important to me. That we found something that we would both cherish. And then I have Yomikawa and Yoshikawa as our guardians. Same thing with Bayloupe. Even though our first encounter is that we were once enemies which involves me beating her up in an underground subway during the British coup d'etat attempt, we got rather close on the afterparty. She became very important to me and then realized at my first fight with Cain, The First Vampire...That I'm in love with her.
So, what is my answer to this question? Be me. My 'Loner Persona' would agree that pretending to be someone else is the pinnacle of falsehood, and I agree as well.
When I go to school tomorrow, I'll show my true self but not the esper and magic part. That's a topic for another time. I need to take that part slow and steady, or else their brain might shit all over me.
I am Hikigaya Hachiman. The Accelerator. The Number One Level 5. The Strongest Esper In Academy City. And currently a Student at Sobu High.
"Mhm, that's the gist of it, just calling you all to inform you that. Bye." A certain frog-faced doctor hung up and closed his phone, smiling at what new things might happen.
"You deserve all of this, Hikigaya-kun. Treasure every moment here."
Meanwhile, in Academy City
"Finally! And I thought he was such a NEET he would just disappear like that." A girl with short brown hair said while smacking her fist with her palm
"Ara ara. Do you have a crush on him? I guess that's one competitor down. My chances with my sweet prince are getting bigger" Another girl with blonde hair, big breast, and have stars in her eyes said with a teasing tone.
"No, I'm not! And I won't let you get chances with that idiot either!"
"Moouuu... You should just step down already. you little ugly tomboy, teehee!" she makes a peace sign close to her eye.
"Why you I'm gonna-"
"Onee-sama! Please calm down." said a girl with tawny, curly pigtails with two red ribbons tied to each side.
"Well, It is heartwarming that he's with his family. I wonder what they look like." a girl with short black hair and a flower headband formed a soft smile while looking up the sky with eyes closed.
"I bet his parents are secret agents who wear black suits and supervises on aliens!(7)" said enthusiastically by a girl with long black hair with a small, white flower on the side.
"That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. They're probably stockbrokers in New York messing around at Wall Street.(8)"
"So he's with his family!? I'm so happy for him! Come on, we should have a long prayer for this!" a small girl with long, silver hair, green eyes, and wearing a white nun's habit was pulling hard an arm of a certain misfortunate level 0
"NO! I'm doing my homework. I was already done until it somehow flew out of the window!" said a black spiky-haired boy while his right arm is writing on a paper and his other arm being pulled"
"Let him be for a while, dinner is ready." said a girl with long blonde hair who has with an eye-patch over her right eye, and a green eye on her left, and wearing a white apron.
"YAY! I'm hungry!" said the nun grabbing a spoon and fork
"I'm happy for you, Accelerator." thought the spiky-haired boy.
"HAHAHAHAHA! So he was gone for shit months just to play a fucking game of house!" said a girl with long, soft, tea-colored hair, tall and beautiful figure.
"Heeehhh, I guess I'll pay a visit there." a short-statured girl with short brown hair was resting her chin with her hands and closing her eyes.
"Pfft basically, his parents would kick you out and send you to the police thinking you're a missing child." said another short-statured but with long blonde hair while giggling.
"SHUT UP! Why don't you make a move with that guy already then mock me." said the short brown-haired.
"...Congratulations." said a girl with shoulder-length black hair with a tired expression, resting her head on a man's shoulder
"Huh." said man has a messy blonde hair and sat beside her.
"Not bad, Accelerator." he thought
"Hahahahaha family is a way to get a good heart! Having a good heart means having guts!" a black spiky-haired boy with a white headband on his forehead and wears a jacket over his Rising Sun shirt, is standing on top of a building's edge. Looking at the sky.
"Hahaha not bad, friend" said a man with shoulder-length hair. His entire body is full of white, glowy substance including his clothes. He is standing on top of the Windowless Building also looking at the sky.
"Take care of yourself. There are enemies in your area. I'll be with you when I'm done with things on my end" He thought.
1. Steins Gate reference
2. Hellsing Abridged reference
3. Metroid reference
4. My Little Pony reference (it's not like I watched it because it's that good b-baka)
5. Majora's Mask reference
6. Overlord reference
7. Men in Black reference
8. Wolf of Wall Street reference
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