Chapter 14: Progression (1/2)
I take a seat on a sofa nearby and begin my explanation,
”When I was chasing the man who was able to use your abilities, a glow suddenly enveloped my arm. The next thing I knew, the glow disappeared and in its place, there were veins extending from the tip of my fingers all the way to my shoulder. I moved my hand, and the building in front of me collapsed...”
I proceed to describe the rest of it as such. I make it seem like I had no awareness of my powers, which is true in a sense, but I don't explicitly state it.
After several minutes of contemplation, Nao looks at me in the eye and says in her usual tone,
”It doesn't matter how you got the ability, but you need to try to restrain it so that it doesn't do any more damage than what its already done.”
That's how our gathering comes to an end, and we set out to take care of the guy with telekinetic powers.
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Once we reach our location, we find the guy we are looking for practicing baseball with his friends. We call out for him, and he responds in kind. He says as he approaches us,
”You don't seem to be from our school. I hope you can hurry up because we are currently practicing.”
Nao remains unperturbed and says in a calmly,
”I'll be blunt with you. Do you use telekinetic abilities during your matches to turn the tables in your favor?”
The guy just winces slightly before responding in a mocking tone,
”Telekinesis? As in psychic powers? I don't have such a thing. What are you, occult research club members?”
Nao appears to be quite irritated as she points her finger at him and says,
”Listen here. That ability of yours is only a disease and is only there during adolescence. It will go away in due time. If you're striving to become a pro through the use of that ability, think again.”
”There's also the fact that if someone notices that you have such an ability, you will be captured.”
The guy seems to be wholly unconvinced as he responds harshly,
”Be captured? By whom?”
”Scientists who wish to study your power and dissect you.”, she replies.
”And you expect me to believe such an idiotic thing?”, he mocks.
Nao seems to think of something for a moment, then steps back a little and says,
”Fine then. Observe.” ()
The guy then begins to freak out over nothing, is what it seems like from an outsider's point of view, but I'm fairly sure Nao has used her ability. She then asks him,
”Do you believe me now?”
The guy just looks at her, perplexed. Unable to hold herself back, Misa takes over Yusa's body and moves towards him while summoning flames on her palm as she states,
”How about we make a whole roast out of him?”
That look on his face is perfect. Oh well. I place my hand on Misa's shoulder and say,
”Stop it.”
She glares at me as questions me.
”Don't show your ability off in public.”, I explain,
”Do you want to cause trouble for Yusa?”
She spits at the ground when she realizes I have a point. What I find disgusting is that Joijiro got on his knees and stared at the spot where the spit hit, and exclaimed,
”Yusarin's saliva! No... this would be Misa-san's saliva... I'm troubled in how I should react!”