I have become stronger, but also shorter [comprehensive]

Recently, the second strongest man in the world keenly (actually belatedly) discovered that two of his best friends had joined forces to hide something from him that he didn't know was important or not.

Saitama's sensitivity to the emotional changes of those around him depends on the situation.

Under normal circumstances, men seem to have consistent expressions from beginning to end, but their thoughts are quite delicate.

He can detect that friend No. [-] is not in good spirits at the first time, and he can also find that friend No. [-] is upset in time.

If you should be ambiguous to enlighten, enlighten, if you should act as if you don't know, then pretend not to know, showing the reliable qualities of an adult, it can be said to be a good example of a good friend.

--but.

After coming to this different world, the man who trusted his friends did not expect it.

Eric and the Kusuo boy would keep silent and share small/big secrets behind his back!

The clue of this matter was discovered by him in this way:

Counting it down now, the trio of friends have been stranded in the orphanage for more than two months.

During this period, baby Kusuo enjoyed the nun and the children's loving care, and did not have to worry about being tortured by two rude and careless friends.

He never said why he stayed in this orphanage, as if it was really just because he didn't want to travel around and wanted to find a quiet place to recuperate before returning to normal.

In this regard, all members of the orphanage have no objection.

It is impossible for the three people who live under the fence and the three people who just came here to have a meal, to have any opinions.

It's different from Eric who is a maverick everywhere.

Saitama has adjusted well in the orphanage and, quite literally, has received a huge welcome that he has never enjoyed before.

The world of children is extremely simple, especially the children in this orphanage.

In the eyes of children, there is no such thing as a backward and unemployed vagrant who has no fixed job and can only work in a convenience store, and has a special taste in clothes.

They just feel that the bald uncle is very kind, the first adult male they have seen seriously, and the worst thing is that he is also the incarnation of Santa Claus.

Although it's not Christmas at other times, he can't bring them the gifts they want, but he is very funny, which is really interesting.

Note, specifically referring to the expression made up of the bald uncle's eyes, nose and mouth, and their favorite is the bald uncle's bald head-the kind of liking without irony.

"Huh? Ah? What happened all of a sudden?"

Time passed by, and Saitama somehow became the number one choice for children in the orphanage to hang out with besides their mother and Sage.

"No, what's the number one candidate when they're all ranked third?"

That being said.

At first only the younger imps surrounded him, but it didn't take long.

After Saitama "accidentally" raised his hand casually, a wave of wind and waves was blown straight to the slope of weeds that the children needed to clean up.

"..."

"Wow ah ah ah ah!"

Incomparably quickly, Saitama immediately rose from the third position in the order to the second position, on an equal footing with the super baby Kusuo.

He became even more popular. Basically, whenever he appeared in the orphanage, children with bright eyes would come running from all directions and pounce on him one by one.

"Uncle, can you do 'that', 'that' today!"

"Which 'that' are you talking about? Oh, it's the one—makes me look like an entertainer getting ready for a show, ok ok ok, it doesn't take much effort anyway."

When friend No. [-] was sitting on the roof in a daze, and friend No. [-] didn't know what happened, Saitama had already accomplished a lot of career.

It is not uncommon for men to run across the lawn with their children every day, and it is also common to shuttle into the woods.

Facts have proved that the arrival of outsiders has brought enormous changes to the entire orphanage.

In the past, children also ran and played everywhere, which seemed to be the same as now.

Actually, the difference is huge.

At least before that, no matter how capable a child is, they can only run and play hide-and-seek in the woods without making much noise.

But—a man named Saitama arrived with his amazing lethality.

With a wave of his hand, he can lift up the lawn covering the hillside with a layer of soil on the surface, and somehow make it disappear into the air.

He stomped his feet, and he was able to take a red-faced kid with one hand, and he shot straight into the sky like a rocket, feeling the feeling of flying.

"What? Ask me why I can't fly? Well... oh! Because the reindeer and the sleigh are gone, a lonely Santa Claus can't fly by himself."

After cunningly using this rhetoric to fool some innocent children, Saitama's reputation has reached a certain level, and I am afraid that the baby Kusuo will not be able to compete with him for a while.

At this time, some older children who were holding a wait-and-see attitude finally couldn't hold back and joined the mighty team that ran after the bald uncle.

Not surprising.

After all, advocating the strong is an instinct that everyone has, and adults can't resist it, let alone children who have been locked up in orphanages for so many years and haven't left.

A man led a group of children wandering around all day, almost toppled the orphanage.

Saitama is a little proud.

No, it can't be said to be small - he is just very proud.

"Although you have succeeded in becoming a playmate and a nanny who don't need to be paid here, you should probably congratulate." A prophet who repeatedly predicted the future in advance reminded: "But you should control and control the scale, don't get too complacent."

"No." The man who was already too complacent denied it: "I don't have it. I just have nothing to do with the children and play around, I know it!"

I knew it well, and my chest slapped loudly, but the final result was——

"Boom-boom!"

On an unimportant day, there was an earthquake.

The source of the earthquake was the grassland where the orphanage was located, and the source of the shock was a man who lost his strength for a moment in front of the children, and almost collapsed all the land in a radius of a hundred miles with a punch.

Saitama - it's over.

"...I'm sorry I was wrong, Kusuo boy, thank you for taking care of the aftermath."

"I reminded you not to get carried away!"

In the eyes of the children, the bald uncle, who gradually became wise and mighty, was dejected, and it was really embarrassing to be criticized head-on by a baby whose arms were not as long as his.

He deeply reflected on himself and understood where his mistakes were. After making it clear that there would be no next time, the baby Kusuo reluctantly agreed not to pursue it.

"Uncle Bald, why do you think that Sage is more Santa Claus than you?"

——Don’t say that this is a deep doubt raised by some clever child.

Saitama was reminded, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Santa Claus was trained by his own reindeer to be unable to lift his head, as if his status had been reversed, which completely violated the setting, how could it be possible.

In order for the tall pillars in the hearts of the children not to collapse—yes, it was for the children, not for his own face—the man made up his mind and had to reverse the situation.

He started to act now: "Kusuo, you have to reflect on yourself."

The little baby's dead fish eyes stared at him: "What should I reflect on?"

Saitama, who was obviously talking nonsense but pretended not to be talking nonsense: "What else! You, and Eric!"

"I found out."

In fact, he still didn't find anything, at least when he said this sentence, (because he has been taking the children around to play these days, so) he didn't notice so many details.

"You and Eric—"

Meant to say, definitely one of you and Eric (sneaked a cupcake from my lunch!)

However, the following words have not yet been exported, and even the mental activities have not had time to form.

Baby Kusuo: "..."

From the dead fish eyes of the baby, one could see a trace of clarity after being seen through.

Baby Kusuo: "As expected of you, Saitama, you really saw through that I was deliberately avoiding Eric—"

Saitama: "...?"

Baby Kusuo: "...?"

The voice of the man was long overdue at this moment.

The psychic heard it.

Saitama: "Wait, you, deliberately avoid Eric???"

Baby Kusuo (decisive): "It's nothing."

"Wait, wait, why do you avoid it? What's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, you heard it wrong."

"I don't have Alzheimer's yet! No, wait, tell me, what's going on? Do you have a problem with Eric?"

"I don't know, and you'd better not know, it's an abyss that you can never return to once you step into it. Oh, it's the baby's rest time, let's go."

Saitama: "...So you just know it, right? Hey!!!"

Incapable of doing.

He couldn't prevent a little baby from going back to bed to sleep according to its normal schedule, and he couldn't dig out the truth from the mouth of a tight-lipped superpower user.

On this day, the second strongest man in the world suffered a big setback.

He frustrates.

——Because I didn't notice the gap between my friends at all.

He was nervous.

——Because I don't know what happened, the intuition is still a big event that is difficult to explain in a few words.

He is depressed again.

"Uncle Bald, what's wrong with you? Mushrooms are growing on the top of your head."

"No...no...this is an adult's depression that children can't understand... eh? Where did the mushrooms come from?!"

The man squatting in the corner raised his hand and touched a handful of mushrooms on his head.

But fortunately, it was quietly put on by the little ghosts squatting in the corner with him.This shows how depressed he is and how absorbed he is, oblivious to his surroundings.

Yes, the melancholy of being isolated, excluded, and cut off from the group by his best friends, children cannot understand.

"What's more troublesome is that even if I ask, they won't tell me directly."

Saitama has a good understanding of the personalities of his friends.

Those are two arrogant people.

It's still a match between one and the other, the latter is even more arrogant than the former.

"It's troublesome."

"Trouble, I don't even have hair to worry about."

"Think of a way, even if you can't figure out the truth, you have to ease the possible conflict between the two of them—"

"...Ah! I thought of it!"

In a flash of inspiration, Saitama caught an inspiration that seemed to come from heaven.

"Come here, children."

He hugged the children who were squatting around and planting mushrooms, and his expression became solemn and firm: "Later, I need your help."

"Help what? How?"

Emma, ​​the little girl at the head, asked.

Saitama raised a finger: "First step, wait for me to call Eric."

"Uh-huh."

"The second step, you all hide aside and listen to my instructions."

"Ok!"

"Finally, the third step..."

"Ok?"

coming.

The most critical step.

That is...

"Whether he found it or not, he must have found it! But! Don't worry about it so much, rush up! One word!"

"flutter!"

That's it.

The silver-haired boy who fell into the trap: "?!"

Be caught off guard.

He was thrown down.

It was Saitama who hugged him first, and then the little devils rushed up one by one, jumping up and jumping as if playing around.

Because of their stance, they were on the side of a slightly steep slope.

Driven by a huge momentum, the suddenly pieced together wobbled unsteadily for a couple of times before completely losing its center of gravity.

Boom!

Whoops!

Gudong Gudong Gudong——

They gurgled and tumbled down from the top of the hill.

Along the way, a line of innocent grass fell down, and finally rolled into the wild flowers quietly blooming at the bottom of the slope, and was covered with a tangy fragrance.

"Is it fun?"

"..."

"Is the mood suddenly brightened? Do you want to go up and roll again?"

"..."

The young man who was pressed down by countless heavy objects had only one fingertip exposed, and he trembled unpreparedly.

"You guys are sick!"