I have become stronger, but also shorter [comprehensive]

This is no coincidence.

The truth hidden under the calm outside must be the conspiracy of Saiki Kusuo (who is psychologically unbalanced because he has become smaller).

Eric has been able to seal the conclusion of yet another unexpected event.

As soon as he teleported in, before he stepped on his feet firmly, he caught the falling doll by reflex.

The top of the head is the ceiling, and it is impossible for the doll to fall from the sky through the barrier of the ceiling.Therefore, the answer is only that one.

"Are you going to strike first!"

The silver-haired boy was furious, and realized that he had underestimated the person with superpowers.

The doll that fell from the sky was a decoy that lay in ambush here, just waiting for him to come over.

The dwarf radish that happened to appear at the other end of the corridor is a necessary "prop".

The first time I saw a strange boy I didn't know, the little human girl who was still in infancy was blank-eyed, with a very blank expression, as if trying to think about who this beautiful big brother is.

can follow.

When she saw clearly the doll in the boy's hand that he hadn't had time to throw away.

"!"

In just one second, the little girl's eyes realized a series of transformations of "confusion-surprise-joy-happiness!"

The boy who was staring at her was startled for no reason, and he didn't break out in a cold sweat, but for an instant, he seemed to be connected with the cub.

Inexplicably, he knew what the cub was thinking, and he also knew—what she wanted to do!

"It's... Coney's Mr. Rabbit!"

The cub began to move its legs happily, actively shortening the distance with the boy.

Of course it was impossible for Eric to strike up a conversation with her.

The moment the cub made the intention to approach, his sense of crisis came online immediately, and it is true to leave as soon as possible without talking nonsense——

then.

Because the cub was so happy, he slipped accidentally, screamed, and fell forward.

It looked like it was about to fall firmly to the ground, but this cub probably wasn't very smart.

The little girl was unaware of the coming pain, she was still holding her hand, looking at the silver-haired boy and smiling happily.

Eric: "..."

——Why are you smiling at me?Do you still want me to hug you?

He suddenly got a little angry.

In his eyes, the whole process of the human cub's fall was slowed down by several times, and it was just a matter of raising his hand to catch it.

But Eric was obviously not happy.

Miraculously, the little girl miraculously stood up straight in the next moment.

Unless you observe carefully, you can see that a small ice pick appeared out of thin air, hooked her back collar, and directly lifted her body that was about to slam down.

When he put the little girl on the ground, he was a little perfunctory, not particularly gentle, but at least he put her down.

Little girl: "Huh?"

The sudden miraculous event caused the somewhat dazed human cub to shake his head, distracting more than half of his attention.

"so amazing……"

"Christmas, Christmas..."

"It's Santa Claus!"

The little girl's big eyes lighted up with a "bass", and the moist pupils seemed to fall into little stars.

She strode her short legs again, wanting to go straight—ah, eh, eh?

Why is "Santa Claus" missing?

During the period when she was diverted, the silver-haired boy disappeared, and he carried out the principle of refusing to get close to the kid to the end.

There was only the little blond girl in the corridor, but she still walked forward as if she was not discouraged at all.

Touch the wall, knock on the door, and the hope in your heart will never disappear easily: "Santa Claus, where are you?"

"Santa Claus~Thank you for finding Coney's little bunny~Huh? Do you have to wait until night before you can put the bunny in Coney's sock?"

"Kony's socks aren't big enough, it seems like they won't fit... Uh, what should I do?"

The little girl began to feel a little distressed.

She was caught up in how to get along with "Santa Claus" and how to stuff the rabbit doll she lost two days ago into a sock that wasn't big enough, but she didn't think about the things that should be worrying at all.

——For example, how could "Santa Claus" look like that.

——For example, how could "Santa Claus" break into other people's houses in the afternoon and wander here as if walking on the road.

Affected by Emma's sister's story of coaxing the children casually yesterday, the little girl Connie firmly believes in the existence of "Santa Claus".

Because the beautiful big brother who only appeared for a few seconds brought her favorite doll.

So Big Brother = Santa Claus = will stuff "presents" into the sock in front of Coney's pillow at night.

The equation is established!

Connie wasn't in a hurry to find "Santa", she wanted to go back and find Mom now and ask Mom if she could get her a bigger sock.

"Da da da!"

She turned and ran back.

Witnessing this turning point in the dark (don't ask him why he didn't go straight away), a huge stone fell to the heart of the young man, slowing down his tense nerves for fear of being entangled again.

Alright, we can announce the solution to the crisis——

"what!"

Eric: "..."

"boom!"

Eric: "?"

Panasonic's breath was immediately stuck in his throat, unable to go up or down.

That's right, after only taking a short breath, the human cub who moved the target took two steps before slamming on the ground.

"........."

The scene was quiet for a while.

Coney fell, and despite the cushioning of the carpet, it seemed to hurt a little.

Even though the little girl's facial expression couldn't be seen from behind, one could guess whether she was going to cry or not at this moment. It was an expression of wanting to endure, but it seemed that she couldn't bear it for too long.

In the corridor upstairs, she (and the boy who didn't plan to show up) was alone at the moment.

There was quite lively laughter and conversation downstairs. Everyone who played hide-and-seek outside came back, but for the time being, no one went upstairs.

"..."

After enduring it for a while, I finally reached the limit.

Coney was strong enough to endure the fall for several minutes before crying.

"Kony is a brave little girl"——If my mother found out afterwards, she would definitely hold her in her arms and comfort her in such a gentle voice.

"Ugh..."

It has not yet progressed further to whimpering.

Coney: "Woo... ah!"

"—That's why I hate brats!"

She flies!

No, she was brought up!

This time, I can no longer use the ice to help me avoid close contact with people, because the irritable silver-haired boy just noticed that even though the ice did not directly touch the cub's fragile neck, the cub was trembling slightly for a moment.

He can only do it himself.

Still accustomed to carrying people by hand, Eric frowned, and lifted the real little carrot from the ground with one hand.

At the same time, in order to prevent Kony from making a lot of noise, he stuffed the rabbit doll that he had forgotten to lose, and let the little girl hug the lost and recovered little rabbit with an extremely happy expression.

"Brother Santa Claus, thank you~"

"What?"

Eric's eyelids twitched slightly. For some reason, he didn't like this extremely strange title.

However, now is not the time to worry about these.

Before he could speak, the cub he picked up followed him and moved them to a spacious room on this floor.

He came to find someone—to question.

Well, that's right.

In this building, there is an independent baby room.

However, at this time, there is only one cot in the baby room that is not empty.

What Eric found after a little delay was the baby Kusuo.

The esper who had shrunk from a junior high school student to a baby was placed in that crib.

"fool."

"what."

"you are silly?"

"Who is stupid, really rude."

"Oh, that's a real conspiracy."

The height of the crib is less than an adult's waist, so even a child of eleven or twelve years old can easily stand by the bed and bend over to see the baby's sleeping face.

Since the parties involved became Eric and Saiki Kusuo, it is inevitable that such a warm picture cannot be formed.

The silver-haired boy propped his hands on the wooden bedside guardrail, and the gaze cast from a height was very meaningful.

"What are you pretending to do? Saitama's dull idiot didn't notice it, but it doesn't mean I didn't see it."

It's Eric's style to cut straight to the point, but at this time, his tone was heavier than usual: "Hey, you, you used that ability again."

It wasn't a questioning tone, he had already made up his mind at all, and only wanted Saiki Kusuo to give him a convincing explanation.

However, something happened that made Eric quite angry.

"Huh? I don't understand your question."

A superhuman with outstanding intelligence lay in the crib, as if he had been assimilated by this bed.

The baby Kusuo opened his dead fish eyes that became more obvious after shrinking: "Now I am just an ordinary baby whose super powers expire from time to time, and I can't do anything I want."

Eric said angrily, "Just keep playing stupid!"

He really didn't understand, what can't be said directly.

Although "Saiki Kusuo is awake most of the time, and won't do stupid things that hinder his teammates" can be used as a temporary reason.

But Eric still felt something was wrong.

If he doesn't give an explanation that allows him not to ask for a while, he won't let go of his doubts easily.

Eric: "Okay, it doesn't matter if you don't ask anything else, at least tell me why you did this."

Baby Kusuo: "..."

Eric (frowning): "Wait, pretend?"

Baby Kusuo: "..."

Eric: "..."

well.

This guy Ganqing just ignored him and fell asleep on his own, blatantly, sleeping so soundly.

If Saiki Kusuo hadn't been the friend that Eric had tentatively identified, he would have turned into an ice sculpture standing in the wilderness by now.

Because Saiki Kusuo is Eric's friend, he can still sleep easily now.

The low-pressure storm only surged around the silver-haired boy.

"You actually ignored me..."

he is very angry.

The follow-up of being so angry was that Eric lifted the baby Kusuo in the crib... yes, because there was nothing to mention, he could only reach out and hug him.

"When you wake up, if you still pretend to be stupid and don't speak, be careful of being frozen!"

Said so fiercely.

"No, no." An immature voice that speaks slowly but can reveal seriousness from the articulation of the words and sounds: "Brother Santa Claus, you can't hug Sage like this."

Eric: "Huh?"

Oh, remembered.

Because he really disliked the little devil crying too loudly, he just brought a cub that was hovering on the verge of crying.

Eric took another half a second to respond, and the "Sage" in the words was referring to the baby Kusuo.

Afterwards, he lowered his head and looked at the pretty girl holding the rabbit doll.

The innocent little girl, Connie, is just using her beloved bunny to demonstrate to Santa, who can't hold babies.

"Mom said, you can't touch little Saiqi's head quietly just out of curiosity. If you want to hug him, you have to do it like this..."

She circled the little rabbit with her arms, and Mr. Rabbit obediently pillowed in her arms, shaking with the girl's body: "La~lala~ Listening to the lullaby, the good boy fell asleep~ "

Connie's voice is sweet and soft like a child's.She sang lullabies beautifully.

But, uh...

There is not much to learn from the demonstration she made.At first glance, it is an imitation based on impressions that have not been practiced in person.

After "demonstrating" very hard, Kony looked over with sparkling eyes: "Have you learned it, Brother Santa Claus? If you don't do it well, Sage will feel uncomfortable."

Eric: "..."

In an instant, countless things he wanted to say to this seemingly innocent cub flooded his heart.

First of all, he is not "Big Brother Santa". "Big brother" is fine, but the first four words must be removed.

Secondly, it's been so long, why don't you question his existence a little bit!This kid's vigilance is too bad.

Finally, there is—

"No, there is no mistake, why should I learn the correct posture for holding a baby?"

Eric's brain froze, and he actually wanted to seriously explain to the five-year-old kid: "This junior high school student who made himself like this is not a baby at all!"

"Oh, Connie knows it!"

"If you know it, then..."

"Brother Santa Claus wants to stuff the gift for Sage into his sock?"

"Huh? Is there any connection between the two events?"

"But Sage's socks are too small, much smaller than Coney's...Brother Santa, wait a minute, I'll get a bigger sock~"

"……Hello??!"

Coney ran away happily.

It didn't take long to leave the confused Eric there, and Connie ran back happily.

"Must~ must wait for Kony to come back, big brother Santa Claus."

Eric opened his mouth: "I don't..."

The little girl blushed and showed her face at him, showing a bright smile that can only be shown when she feels happy from the bottom of her heart.

The boy choked on this, and suddenly felt some unexplained weight fall on him.

He who didn't understand the situation didn't know that the weight that fell was actually called "expectation" that finally came after a long wait.

The reason why Kony was so excited when he saw "Santa Claus" is temporarily unknown.

But just know that if "Santa Claus" is gone, the little girl who comes back here after a while will be especially disappointed, and may even cry, that's all.

"..."

For Eric, this is a disaster from heaven.

Intellectually and emotionally, he wants to walk away and ignore his business - but why!

Can't move.

Not out of my own will, but because of the inexplicable "sense of responsibility" born out of the little girl's words, he was crucified here.

"Set a trap, drag me here, and maybe drag Saitama in... It really is you, Saiki Kusuo's conspiracy."

Eric doesn't have clairvoyance, but he has seen his "future".

"What did you see to go back in time in this world?"

He is still asking.

But the superpower who knew everything still didn't answer.

Baby Kusuo fell asleep, and seemed to be very tired, sleeping deeply.

Even if the silver-haired boy is extremely angry again, there is nothing he can do, not only because he can't ask his friend harshly, but also because——

Coney is back.

I also brought a bunch of little ghosts, big and small.

"What what? Santa Claus? Real or fake?"

"No—possible! How is it possible! Coney, are you sleepy?"

"Exactly! Even if there is a Santa Claus, it won't be a short man without a beard... Wow?!!!"

Whoever mixed in the crowd said the most forbidden words first.

...Well, it doesn't matter who it is.

A group of people came in, and what they saw was enough to be deeply engraved in their lifetime memories, an unforgettable scene forever.

It’s true that he doesn’t have a beard, but the silver color scheme looks like Santa Claus, but the point is that he is really a dwarf——

The silver-haired boy stepped on the overturned crib under his feet.

His golden eyes turned his stern gaze across, and immediately swept a huge snowstorm that could freeze everyone into ice sculptures.

"You guys, what did you just say?"

Everyone: "..."

"........."

"... Mom, help! Sage was captured by a living and talking snowman!!!!"