I have become stronger, but also shorter [comprehensive]

Erik is confronting Frozen Cat.

——No, no, you can't talk about him as if he was evenly matched with a mere cat.

He was just standing behind his bedroom door, with his left hand still on the doorknob, the small half of his face leaking through the crack of the door seemed to be covered with frost, his golden eyes looked down, and it seemed that he was quite unpredictable.

This posture of holding the door handle without moving, neither advancing nor retreating, has been maintained for quite a while.

Just look and you'll know, the daring Frozen cat trying to get into his room.

"Meow~meow, meow, meow, meow."

It's useless to meow meow meow for a while, and it can't change the amazing fact that it not only lingers on without the unanimous consent of the owner of the house, but also goes further, trying to invade the private space of the demon king Eric.

Eric certainly wouldn't allow cat paw prints to land on his bedroom floor.

He was about to close the door, and was already halfway through.

However, should it be said that the frozen cat is astonishingly courageous, or is it so fast that even the strongest man in the world cannot stop it in time?

All in all, before Eric closed the door with a "snap!", a cat's head was stuck in the crack of the door ignorantly and fearlessly, and continued to meow happily at the boy with a stiff face.

This is the root cause of Eric's inability to advance and retreat.

With a little more force, the stupid cat will be stuck here.

Instead, he wanted to frighten the cat with air-conditioning to make the cat retreat.However, the creature like the cat seemed to have a grudge against him, and instead of being able to do what he wanted, he had to squeeze in even more.

Frozen Cat: "Meow, meow!"

Eric (face faintly blue): "Get out, hurry up!"

Just like the frozen cat insisted on getting in, the silver-haired boy also insisted not to let it in, this is—well, it's just a stalemate!

One person and one cat look at each other "affectionately".

"........."

There was a stalemate until there was a movement from the opposite room, and the sleepy Saitama opened the door and walked out with a hache.

"Eric, good morning—but what's the difference between you and Jiao Dong, just let it go in."

"Look clearly, it's just a cat, not my idiot disciple!"

Eric refused to draw an equal sign between the jelly cat and the bang jelly, even though he actually thought so in his heart, he still firmly refused.

He probably thought in his heart that it was a mistake among mistakes when he passed by the street and fed it casually when he saw the cat was pitiful.

"Look at the frozen cat so clinging to you... By the way, Eric, how long have you been feeding him?"

"..."

"Ok?"

"Tsk, it's only - twenty or so days?"

Saitama: "Fuck."

The man was stunned.

Twenty days?

Wouldn't that be excluding the underwater adventure and rafting on deserted islands, it would almost catch up with the total number of days they spent in this world!

incredible.

Where did Eric disappear for no reason while his friend was working hard? The real answer was finally revealed clearly.

It turned out that he not only ran back to watch the children in Class A of the first year from a distance, but also fed the cat with great love on the way.

——Although what I said was that it was not that he wanted to feed it, but that the cat was staring at the food in his hand and insisted on coming over to beg for it, so he reluctantly dropped a little bit.

What the truth is, will not be explored.

Anyway, let your imagination run wild, you can always guess what should be guessed...

Eric: "Saitama, your thoughtful expression makes me very unhappy-hey! I'm going to throw you out!"

Any threats are useless against cats.

Because it is really just an ordinary cat, not a feline version of the genius boy Hong Jiaodong.

Therefore, the scorched frozen cat didn't feel the cold air that was about to materialize in the bedroom at all. With a little effort, it squeezed through the crack of the door, and got close to the feet of the blackened human being as it wished.

It tries to rub against human feet.

But exactly the same as the previous twenty or so failures, this human doesn't want to be rubbed by it.

A second before the cat's fur covered his body, the silver-haired boy with his frowning scooped up the cat.

Scorched Frozen Cat tilted his head (at a loss): "Mi?"

Eric stepped out of his room, and the door was still slammed shut behind him.

He lifted up the half-white and half-red cat, and squinted slightly on his side, revealing a trace of coldness: "Sure enough, I still want to throw you out."

Frozen Cat (Innocent): "Meow."

"Begging for mercy is useless, you have violated my bottom line!"

"Meow meow meow."

"Throw you out the window now—"

"Meow meow meow."

The meaningless conversation with the innocent cat lasted for a while, until Saitama continued to drift to the bathroom with sleepy eyes, and then came out refreshed after washing, and the person and the cat were still making noise.

In view of the fact that Eric threatened for a long time and actually did not move a step, Saitama no longer wanted to disturb the emotional exchange between their master and apprentice (?).

In the living room, people who got up much earlier than them had already sat on the sofa.

The TV was on, and the current channel was broadcasting the morning news, and the host's voice was slightly covered by the sound of the confrontation between the cat and the man.

Fortunately, Jin could hear clearly. Brother Eric's interference was directly blocked by him, and he was concentrating on watching the news channel.

"Uncle Saitama, good morning - I bought breakfast and put it in the kitchen."

When Saitama came over, the boy stared at the TV screen without turning his eyes, but it didn't delay him from saying hello.

"Good morning, Jin." Saitama has now given up telling the children not to call him uncle (calculating the age, it is not a problem for a 13-year-old Jin to call a 25-year-old him "uncle"), so he responded very simply .

He took the breakfast that Jin bought out and sat down on the sofa, planning to read the news casually and go out later.

Eric's side was ignored by the two people under the same roof.

Well, nothing will happen anyway, it's just a little bit of arguing, bear with it.

Today's morning news is actually not very interesting, there is no big news, just listen to it and pass.

While eating a sandwich, Saitama listened patiently for a while, and felt that Jin could listen with gusto, this kid is really not an ordinary person.

He hastened his breakfast and was ready to get up and go out during the truce between Eric and the cat after their (one-sided) fight, and he could say "I'm going out" smoothly.

Unexpectedly, before Saitama's butt left the sofa, the news host suddenly raised the volume of his voice, hitting his eardrum like a needle prick.

"Just received the news - the famous Phantom Thief Kidd! Another new notice!"

Jin: "Huh?"

Saitama: "What?"

The news host seemed to be so excited that he changed into a different person all of a sudden. He suddenly broke away from the boring daily broadcast state, his face flushed, and his whole person took on a new look.

"That is, after successfully stealing rare jewels from the Suzuki Group a month ago, the mysterious phantom thief numbered '1412' reappeared in Tokyo!"

"The announcement letter appeared in the exhibition hall of the ancient Egyptian culture that is scheduled to open in the future. Our reporter reported that the Atobe Foundation and the Akashi Foundation that jointly organized the cultural station are currently in contact with the police..."

Jin: "Huh??"

Saitama: "Huh??"

"It is understood that the gem that Kaito Kidd is eyeing this time is the legendary gem 'Heart of Blue' that will appear at the Ancient Egypt Exhibition at the same time in the future."

"The gem 'Blue Heart' was discovered by later generations in the funeral objects of a pharaoh of a certain dynasty in ancient Egypt. Miniature, famous in ancient Egypt..."

Jin: "...Huh!!!"

Saitama: "...ah!!!"

Hey, hey, hey, he repeated it three times, which is enough to prove the shock in the hearts of the two of them.

Afterwards, Eric heard his friend's serious voice: "Eric—Eric! Stop playing with Jiao Dong, come here."

"Who's playing?"

Eric retorted immediately, but he sensed the abnormality of the situation and walked over with the cat without hesitation.

"Why—" He tilted his head in doubt, and followed the gazes of the two people on the sofa.

The word "le" in the back suddenly disappeared from the mouth.

Eric's expression also changed slightly at this moment, from a slightly puzzled casualness to a complete solemnity.

"..."

He stared straight ahead, watching quietly for a while, and the golden eyes, which were also changing slightly, were stained with a strange blue color.

At this moment, the TV news channel is still broadcasting the new trailer of Kaitou Kidd.

Kaitou "1412", simplified as Kaitou Kidd, is quite famous in Japan and even in the world.

Since he was active, he has stolen countless rare jewels, and the police, who have been on guard every time, have failed to obstruct him, and they have always had nothing to do with him.

The most embarrassing and angry thing for the police is that Kidd seems to be deliberately teasing them. Every time he steals the gems, he will return the gems after a short period of time.

What's more, this damn thief dressed in white and a hat as a gentleman, calling himself a magician under the moonlight, has attracted tens of thousands of fans, and there is no upper limit.

The popularity of thieves is terribly high. Every time outside the scene of the theft, there will be fans on the ten floors inside and outside the ten floors, screaming one after another, resounding through the sky.

If you didn’t know in advance that this was the scene where the police were catching the monster thief, some passers-by might misunderstand where it came from. A popular singer is about to hold a concert.

The mysterious Phantom Thief, who has made the police so angry that they died countless times, will issue a notice letter in advance before each action, and the targets he chooses all have obvious commonalities.

Kaitou Kidd prefers gems, and they are usually very precious gems, the price of which is at least tens of millions of dollars, including priceless treasures whose specific value cannot be assessed by the amount.

Based on this feature, the Suzuki consortium, the richest in Japan, was deeply troubled by strange thieves.

However, this time, it was not the jewel under the name of the Suzuki Consortium that was named by Phantom Thief Kidd.

The Atobe Consortium and the Akashi Consortium, these two discordant consortiums (in fact, they appeared out of nowhere) suddenly jointly organized an exhibition, and they did not know where to find the real rare treasure.

——"The Heart of Youlan".

When Eric came over, the screen of the news channel switched, and instead of the host's blushing face, it was replaced with a photo of the gemstone mentioned in the conversation.

Exactly as described.

On the premise that the photo itself is quite far away and the photo is not clear, it can also be seen that this gemstone is like a microcosm of the sky and the sea.

It is not pure light blue or dark blue, but the sea and sky are gradually blurred.The wave light reflected by the crystal seems to be rotating on the surface, releasing a breathtaking brilliance.

in fact.

The real thing is far more beautiful than the unclear photos. Holding it in your hand, the coolness soaked into the skin can make people feel more peaceful.

……

Ask him why he knows so clearly?

It's just nonsense.

The real thing is now hanging around his neck.

No wonder Saitama had a ghost-like expression before.

He has known Eric for so long, no matter how unfamiliar he is with the sapphires that his friends occasionally take a look at, they should be familiar by now.

So, isn't this just a recognition from TV at a glance?

"Could it be that you accidentally lost it when you were floating on the bottom of the sea?"

This was Saitama's first reaction.

But as soon as these words came out, the head suddenly sank.

It turned out that Eric stretched out his hand and put the pure-faced cat directly on Saitama's bald head (Saitama: "I'm so sorry!"): "How is that possible!"

"Did I lose something, am I so dull that I can't find it for so long!"

What's more, it's something so important to him.

Of course, the sapphire necklace was not lost, it is now hanging on the boy's chest, and he can still feel a little coolness through the innermost layer of clothing.

Saitama raised his head and let the frozen cat crawl on his face: "Yes..."

Freeing the cat, Eric was free to drag out the necklace he had been wearing quietly for a long time from under his clothes.

Connected by the chain, the sapphire is still the same as when he found it from the ground, without any change.

Among the gems, there is more than just a microcosm of the sky and the sea.

Looking at the blueness in front of you quietly, you can see the azure blue flowing lightly in it, transforming into a deeper blue.

Inside, it seems to carry——

"There is a legend that the first owner of the 'Blue Heart' was not the king of Egypt, but an unidentified peerless beauty. This gem bears all the tears of 'her'..."

It sounds like a very professional explanation is going on, I don't know if it is true or not, but suddenly it involves some unknown content.

And these words made the silver-haired boy who was holding the gem lightly in his hand tremble slightly, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

It seems to be a disapproving smile, but it seems to have got something, and it has a deep meaning.

"Then, what's the situation? How do you see that the gemstones on both sides are exactly the same." Saitama was still puzzled: "And Egypt—wait a minute, is there a high rate of overlap between this background and recent events?"

It's really not clear what's going on, but Saitama can definitely catch the most obvious doubts.

Not to mention gems that are exactly the same as if copied and pasted.

They (mainly Eric) just meet the Pharaoh, and then comes an Egyptian show?

And Akashi and Atobe, aren't they the surnames of the two teenagers that Saitama picked up in the sea and then drifted on a deserted island together?

If it doesn't matter, it's absolutely impossible.

"Well, the two seem to be really the same."

Jin held his chin, tilted his head and looked around, and came to this conclusion.

But the boy quickly took another breath, and asked in a slightly relaxed tone: "Brother Eric, do you think the one over there is a fake?"

Eric didn't ask him if he thought of something through his "intuition".

"It's a fake."

The five fingers of the silver-haired boy holding the gemstone pendant were a little bit harder, but after only one click, they let go lightly.

He tucked the necklace under the collar again, covering up the moving and moving light.

"Yes or no, you will know after seeing it."

really weird.

He didn't even conclude that the gems that appeared in other people's places were definitely fakes, and he didn't have the anger that Saitama was worried about, but instead showed a subtle and meaningful expression.

"gone."

"Where are you going? Hey, are you going out? So early?"

"Go find Saiki Kusuo. The day after tomorrow is the weekend when he doesn't have to squat at school."

Saitama suddenly said: "Oh! So you think—"

"Still wrong."

"What?"

"Brother, today is still Friday." Jin kindly reminded his elder brother: "According to the rules here, at this point in time, Brother Kusuo should have—"

"—Go to school for class."

Eric: "..."

Saitama (with hesitation): "Eric, you can't, completely..."

Jin (interrupted very naturally): "Brother must have accidentally forgotten such a small matter."

"..."

"Right bro?"

"...Of course! Did I say that I'm going to find Kid Qi Mu now? No! Don't speculate on your own."

Thanks to Jin for smoothing things over, otherwise someone who forced his mouth to talk would lose face again, at least he can get over it at this time.

Eric, who obviously didn't need to go out, had to force himself out of the house because of a momentary mistake and didn't want to go out.

What's more, he walked faster than the man who really wanted to go to work, as if he was murderous, and he was angry with himself... Ah no, nothing!

"Wait, no scorch?"

Before the silver-haired boy went out, Saitama raised the frozen cat that had been removed from his head and asked his friend.

The answer to him was only three simple words: "Bring a fart!"

Saitama: "Hey, it's so fierce, don't ruin Jiao Dong and Jin's teaching..."

This time his response was not even words.

Just earth-shattering—

"Snapped!"

"Oh, it's frozen!"

Sure enough, Saitama picked up the scorched cat, which was startled by the sound of closing the door, and hugged it well.

Facing Jin, he was finally able to tell the truth: "Do you think your elder brother is more like a cat than a scorched cat?"

Usually cold and arrogant, he likes high places, and prefers to go to high places and look down on the people below.

Generally, people are not allowed to touch them, and if they try to touch them, they will be severely scratched.

But after getting acquainted with it, it's okay to touch it with a dead skin and face, but you can only touch it along the hair, if there is too much or if it is reversed, it will lead to a miserable death.

And the most similar place, in the final analysis, is the essence of "very cute".

"It's freezing."

Saitama looked seriously at the red-and-white kitten lifted by him, and drew closer: "Is it because you two are of the same kind that you like Eric so much?"

I don't know if the frozen cat understands.

Anyway...uh.

"Meow!"

Another "snap".

On the serious man's face, there were two fresh cat's paw pads.

Sure enough, it is very in line with the characteristics of cats.

For humans who are neither familiar nor liked that much, they are suddenly raised high, and then suddenly raised closer.

The frozen cat's reaction was very quick, and it immediately slapped the cat's paw on the human's big face.

Fortunately, it is a good cat in the final analysis, only the pads were photographed, and it did not stretch out its sharp claws and put several bright bloodstains on the human face.

Saitama who was stupefied: "..."

Jin who was watching: "Pfft!"

Saitama: "..."

"Ahem, Uncle Saitama? Are you okay?"

"I--"

Saitama suddenly froze.

However, after Mizhi's weird silence.

"Finally understand... Even this feature is exactly the same as Eric when he was angry!!!"

Jin: "Huh?!"

*****

Because he ran away from home in a fit of anger (?), Eric had nowhere to go, so he had to go to the old place again.

Even if you just pick a tall building that your friends can't see, just sit on the top of the building and you can spend the day doing nothing.

But Eric felt that if he did it, if Saitama found out, it would reveal the truth that he had actually forgotten something——

No.

Then you have to really find a place for yourself and find something to do.

You have to believe that it's not that he wants to wander around in the past on his own initiative, but because he has no choice but to take a casual walk in the past.

Needless to say, that old place is of course the Hero World with Eric's younger brothers and apprentices.

Even if he passed over there at this time, he still had no intention of meeting those children face to face.

Moreover, I don't want to see them today.

Eric only hesitated for a moment before deciding where to go next.

He planned to go and see the owner of the fried chicken shop.

After the hero killer incident, Hosu City was hit hard, and it is estimated that the infrastructure is still being rebuilt.

The owner's fried chicken shop was closed for a while, but when Eric left this world, he reopened the shop.

how to say.

The boss, was the only one who knew in advance that Eric was leaving.

After all, he is a weather-beaten uncle, let alone his business eyes.He saw what the young man was thinking, and asked without concealing it.

When he asked, he had an extremely flat tone, but after getting a clear answer, there was only a slight sense of disappointment on his face.

"There is always a feast. The children may not accept it for a while, but I can understand."

The man sighed, feeling reluctance in his heart, but more importantly, it was a blessing to the boy.

He said: "It is best to be able to leave. The rules here are actually not suitable for you. Go wherever you feel comfortable, and don't wrong yourself."

"If you want to come back and have a look, my fried chicken shop is here, you are welcome to come over anytime, fried chicken, burgers and drinks are enough! Oh, Eric, you are also welcome to bring your future girlfriend over—hahahahahaha!"

Ignoring the nonsense that made Eric quite uneasy, the boss's last words finally touched the boy's heart.

He thought, although the boss is a bit more verbose, he is much better than the little devils who cry at every turn and pester others.

If you come here, you will definitely not ask--

……question?

"welcome!!"

The automatic door of the fried chicken shop opened, and refreshing boyish voices and cheerful girlish voices sounded from the shop at the same time.

The boys and girls who were helping out at the fried chicken shop for free raised their heads together, and looked at the silver-haired boy who appeared at the door.

"..."

"..."

"Depend on!"

"...Eric! Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

——Unexpectedly, he got off to a bad start.

He was dragged down by the self-esteem of "absolutely not to make an escape move".

Caught off guard, all the brats rushed forward, arresting the silver-haired boy who was about to die of anger.