I have become stronger, but also shorter [comprehensive]

"...Then, you beat up that poor kid?"

"It's as if I'm deliberately finding fault. This is called special training!"

"Hey, in fact, the essence is similar. It's still very good that the little brother in your mouth can persist in suffering."

"He's just competing with himself."

Eric is sitting on a park bench with his new friend Saitama, chatting.

He doesn't like to talk too much about himself to others, so this time he just complained casually and didn't involve deeper matters.

Saitama might have discovered something, but he couldn't see it from his dull face without any emotional ups and downs.

"It can be heard that you have a good relationship," he said.

"Forget it." Eric denied it flatly, "What can the kid and I have to say, it's just an exchange, how much trouble will it cost me?"

"So that's the case."

At this point, it will not continue.

The silver-haired boy was sitting here, with his feet dangling in the air and unable to touch the ground, his golden eyes were looking straight ahead, but he seemed quite absent-minded.

Next to him, the young man with the egg head had nothing to do. He looked down, staring at the ants spinning around his feet and did not move away.

In fact, they don't like Rory's long talk, and they are more used to quiet people.

It's a miracle to be able to get together peacefully like this, and it's completely normal not to speak for a long time.

What I would like to say has already been said before.

Saitama, who came to another world inexplicably, mentioned some situations in his own world to Eric.

He said that his own world is actually very similar to this place, there are also weird people there, and there are aliens who have nothing to do to invade the earth.

Heroes who protect the people are indispensable, and the heroes over there have also set up an organization. The organization is like a school, and it needs to be sorted by ranking... and so on.

"So, you must be the No.1 hero in your area."

"No." Saitama retorted seriously: "I'm just a hero driven by interest!"

The implication is that the hero who is interested in it never thought of going to the association to report.

After gaining great strength through arduous training, Saitama just repeated day after day "part-time job—meet a strange person on the way to work-kill the strange person with a punch—leave calmly before being discovered by others—go home after work "This cycle.

Because the number of monsters who were easily KO'd by him was too numerous to count, and the speed was too fast, so that after so long, no one knew that those weird people were all solved by Saitama.

Because of this, he is not famous at all, and lives in a low-key dangerous area where only he dares to live, living a poor life of working and eating instant noodles every day.

The biggest interest is to be a hero, and the second is probably to snatch specials from supermarkets.

Eric: "..."

It has to be said that Eric was taken aback by Saitama's description.

He was quite surprised.

The life situation of the other party, if it is true...

Saitama, who has been an ordinary person for more than 20 years, has transformed into a strong man with incalculable strength through hard training.

And his training is terrifying - 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, 10 kilometers run every day!

"For a year and a half, I persisted in this way every day. Even if it was windy, rainy and thundery, I never slack off for a day! Even if it was hot in summer and cold in winter, I never turned on the air conditioner once! I saw that the snacks in the supermarket were on sale at [-]% off. I am not in good health and did not buy it to eat!"

Recalling the past full of painful struggles, Saitama clenched his fists: "It is because I gritted my teeth and persisted in the devil training that I became bald—no, I became stronger!"

"........."

"...What's wrong? No way, don't you think I'm joking?"

"Ah, no."

Eric came back to his senses, looked at his new "friend" steadily, shook his head suddenly, and smiled.

"You are really amazing." He sighed.

——It’s incredible.Compared with the power that Qitama gained, the so-called hardships he paid were far behind and not worth mentioning.

"This is not something ordinary people with no foundation can persevere."

——However, if you think about it, this is an ordinary person's persistent efforts for "interest".No, it was a miracle, right?

"I finally understand why I hit it off with you so much. Strength alone is not enough to catch my eye."

So far.

Eric temporarily gave up the idea that he must compete with Saitama.Later, but not now.

"Although I know you're not a real child." Saitama opened her eyes slightly, as if she didn't expect Eric to say that.

He tilted his head, and suddenly smiled: "Hearing such words, I still can't help but get a little angry."

After that, the two exchanged the topic of the young boy before, and after that, each was in a daze, enjoying the quiet and tranquility in the park to himself.

"Ah, it's almost time. I'm going to work in a convenience store."

"Oh, I'm going back too."

Even if Saitama came to another world, her daily routine was almost the same as before.

So, they parted ways very flatly, each going about his own business.

Perhaps there is one more detail to mention.

Before parting, Saitama also said some good words to him.

"Eric, since you met a good person, don't always get angry and get along well with them, big brother, I earnestly—"

"...In the end, do you still treat me as a childish brat like those brats!"

What a good word!

The silver-haired boy who felt that he was underestimated again was furious, and left immediately.

And on the way back.

He did not deny that Saitama's experience brought him a rather strange touch.

Of course, it's just a lead of emotional ups and downs under the circumstances that there are many foreshadowings in front of it.

"hero".

From the moment he woke up in this weak posture until now, this seemingly bright vocabulary has always lingered around him, making him familiar with it even if he didn't want to.

This strange world in itself is a world made up of heroes, enemies of heroes, and people who yearn for heroes.

He'd always thought he didn't fit in here.

This is not where he should be staying, nor should he be stopping anywhere, subconsciously he decides so.

but.

There is an inexplicable feeling of being "stuck".

It's not that he was chained, reined, and so on, which made him disgusted just by imagining it.But softer, more subtle, and harder to get rid of—

"..."

"So... damn you guys, how did I owe so much favor unknowingly!"

On the street, the sudden trembling sound made by the silver-haired boy caused people around to look sideways.

And the young man obviously has no time to care about these suspicious gazes.

Under the slightly lowered eyelids, there was a thick layer of black shadow.But he quickly raised his eyes, and the setting sun seemed to fall into the center of the pupil located here.

Shielding the surrounding sight as usual, the young man walked against the current, even though his figure was always blocked by pedestrians, his unstoppable back was still so eye-catching.

Eric came to the fast food restaurant he frequented.

Unlike usual, the door of the fast food restaurant was not opened, and there was only a blank piece of paper pasted in front of the door, which read: "Store Transfer".

This store is no longer here.

There was an accident at the boss's house, and he should have closed the shop a month ago and rushed back to his hometown, but he persisted for an extra month for some reason, until he couldn't leave, so he reluctantly transferred the shop.

"At first, I thought you had nowhere to go. I was always worried if I didn't take care of you for a while. Now that I know you have so many good classmates, I can go home with peace of mind."

After saying these words with a smile, the boss neatly made the last hamburger for the boy who was no longer alone, and stuffed it with Coke. There was no need to exchange it with ice cubes this time.

last of the last.

The boss also gave Eric a mobile phone, saying that he bought it too much, and it was useless anyway, so he gave it to the boy who usually goes to school and should come in handy.

With a firm attitude, it will not work if you don't accept it.

however.

The mobile phone was not bought as much as the boss said, but——that group of brats sneaked together money to buy it, and asked the boss to find an excuse to hand it over.

Ask him why he would know?

Of course I heard it!

Those little ghosts thought that if he whispered quietly 20 meters away from him, he wouldn't be able to hear the sound!

Naive, ridiculous, and underestimating him too!

"..."

"That's it."

He glanced at the ash-covered "Store Assignment."

"If you don't act, you will owe more and more."

And he hates being in debt the most.

……

The night before bedtime is naturally the most exciting time for the teenagers and girls who have finished their homework.

In the class group of class A of the first year, the group news is posted so fast that the naked eye can hardly keep up with the update rhythm.

The topic of discussion tonight is whether Eric will accept the mobile phone they bought.

I was very entangled before buying, for no other reason.

It's too expensive to buy, too cheap, it's too obvious that they bought it together, and it's even worse if Eric hates it and doesn't like it.

After struggling for a long time, I finally went all out to buy this mobile phone. If it is still rejected in the end, it would be too...

"Shouldn't you be disgusted? After all, it's the choice voted by the whole class."

"You can't tell. We still have a generation gap with the primary school students."

"If Eric sees you, it's over, Mineta-kun!"

"Hahahaha, but speaking of it, Eric eats junk food all the time, so he can't grow taller."

"It's over, it's over, Kirishima-kun, although I think so too, you can't just say it."

"Well, that's what I thought too."

"Hush, me too..."

"Hahaha don't worry, Eric isn't here—"

"From today onwards, you are all my little brothers. If you don't make trouble, I will cover you."

"..."

"..."

A bewildering silence.

silence.

silence.

Until a long time passed, this group member with the ID of "No. [-] in the world does not allow refutation" and no avatar did not say a second sentence for a long time, as if he disappeared.

At this time, someone finally dared to speak:

"Yes... yes, Eric???"

"Who did it - who suddenly pulled Eric into the group!"

Hong Jiaodong: "It's me. He contacted me before, so I pulled him in, what's wrong?"

"........."

--boom……

—— Mr. Hong...you really, didn't you realize it?

——Have you screwed us over to death? Woohoo!