CH 341

Episode 341: Request from a sloppy man(Third Party Perspective)

"Well, that's fine. For now, where to eat? Talk first?"

"Ah, yeah. You've come this far. Let's talk first."

Amane ignores the dumbfounded Shindou and proceeds with the conversation, but he comes to his senses and decides to listen to the story as planned.

"Roger. Then guide me."

"Okay. Follow me."

Shindou nods at Amane's reply and guides Amane to a special reception room within the Explorer's Guild.

"What do you want to drink?"

"I like cold barley tea."

"Roger. Wait a moment."

As soon as he guides Amane to the sofa, Shindou immediately asks what she wants to drink, goes out of the room once, and comes back with barley tea and coffee with ice in the tray.

"Here you are."

"Thank you. I said that earlier, but thank you for helping me, Uncle."

At the timing when Shindou offers her barley tea, Amane thanks him for helping her with the pick-up people in front of the Guild.

Although he is an uncle who is missing in places, he definitely helped her.

"Wh ~ at. It's for my cute niece. Don't worry about it. Besides, who exactly was the one who was saved?"

"What are you talking about?"

Shindou sits down on the sofa facing her and answers happily, then he looks at her with a meaningful expression. Even though Amane thought that Shindou had already noticed, she feigns ignorance at the question and asks him back.

"You may not have noticed, but a ridiculous amount of magical power is leaking out. If you are not a magic-type ability person who has learned to control magical power, it will basically leak out, but even so, the amount is too much. You ... aren't you stronger than before?"

Shindou explains to Amane, who refuses to open her mouth, while revealing the clues that lead to the answer, and he gives an explanation and guesses the current strength of Amane.

"Hmm, I see. Even my stupid Uncle can tell that."

"I suppose ... Or rather, isn't that a little harsh!?"

With zero change in expression, Amane, who is slightly impressed says, and Shindou nods solemnly and then reacts with a noritsukkomi.

In some respects, it's assuredly his usual stupidity.

"Anyway, if they had continued like that, those guys would have had a terrible experience. However, it would have been the other party. But, those guys were also just a bunch of explorers. If it was you from before, they would have noticed your power and wouldn't have called out to you. But, they called out to you now. In other words, there is that much difference in power. Just how strong have you become."

"Only as much as Uncle can sense, hey."

Amane replies with a snort to Shindou's exasperated statement.

"Haa ... I just sent you to investigate Fuhito, but was it good or bad that it turned out like this ..."

"I'm sure it's a good thing. I've become stronger."

Even after seeing Shindou sigh and get depressed, Amane doesn't follow up.

"What are you talking about!? My niece, who used to be pure and cute and used to say 'I'm going to marry Uncle', now doesn't mind saying cruel things and lying!! What's so good about that!!"

"Hey, that's enough!! That was a long time ago!! Did you call me to talk about that!?"

Hearing those words, Amane explodes in anger at Shindou, who cries out in grief.

"Uu, th, that's right. The person I called you about today is none other than Satou Fuhito."

"What's wrong with Fuhito-kun."

"Wh, you call him by his first name!?"

Even though he finally started to get down to the main subject, Shindou was surprised and angry at every little thing.

"A-ny-wa-y!! Hurry up and talk!!"

"Uu, yes."

The story derailed many times, so when Amane, who was getting more and more frustrated, yelled at him, Shindou shrank.

"Anyway. About that Fuhito, you were reporting seriously, but halfway through the report you went to play with him, and the report was only about what happened that day, is it because you witnessed his power?"

"I suppose."

When Amane is directly questioned by Shindou, she is not good at lying, so she gives up and shrugs her shoulders in response.

"As expected. Is it like that, his power is ..."

"To put it bluntly, the current Fuhito-kun alone can conquer the world, you know?"

Shindou nods in agreement and thinks deeply, while Amane hides Luck's existence and uses it as Fuhito's power, and then conveys that power without exaggeration.

Luck's power is too effective even without the fighting power of Fuhito, so it's better to keep it as Fuhito's power for now, since he won't be targeted.

"A, are you serious!?"

"Yeah. I don't think he's aware of it himself."

Shindou is astonished, but while Amane remembers the Fuhito who was slightly off in some respects, she replies with a slightly flabbergasted face.

"H, he's not aware of it ..."

Shindou ponders again.

"Yup. That's why, if I reported it to Uncle who reported it to the top of the Explorer's Guild, maybe they'll try to get him somehow, right? That's why I made it vague."

"Haa ... Certainly, if I had only heard your report in a message, I might have reported it to my superiors. His strength is to that degree. It wouldn't be strange if the upper echelons and the country moved."

Amane speaks bluntly. Shindou replies while imagining what it would have been like if he got information from Amane in the normal manner.

"Right? Though it is likely they may act modestly and amicably at the beginning, but if he doesn't obey, they may get impatient and take hard measures. For example, taking his family hostage, or something?"

"The Explorer's Guild, no, there's no way the country would do that."

Amane talks about one possibility, but Shindou counters.

This is because Shindou can't believe that a country that should protect human rights would do such a thing.

"Haa ... Did Uncle go completely stupid in Japan? There are many stories overseas."

She never thought Shindou would make such an objection, Amane lets out a deep sigh of disappointment.

Amane knows from her own experience that it is a daily occurrence for a public authority to deprive a person of their freedom for the benefit of the country.

"I, is that so ..."

Shindou is shocked when Amane denies the country's cleanliness.

"Yup. That's why, if they actually take hard measures and cause some kind of harm to Fuhito-kun's family, the central figures of Japan will be destroyed in an instant. By his power."

"That's bad ..."

Amane continues to talk without showing any signs of caring about Shindou, and Shindou begins to understand the seriousness of the situation.

If the power of a man who can destroy the world by himself is accurately communicated, then even the country would not be able to let such a dangerous person go unchecked, and if it were to be transmitted halfway and hands were put out, the country would sink.

"Right. Don't think about making Fuhito-kun belong to the Explorer's Guild or make him serve the country."

"Haa ... I see, got it ... But, you don't mind making requests as external collaborators, right?"

In response to Amane's words, Shindou still hasn't sorted out the information, but he has decided to give up on his original plan of enlisting Fuhito in the Emergency Response Department.

Then he changed the subject.

"Hmm, right. However, I think it would be better to send the request to Rei. Fuhito-kun is a D-rank, after all. In the worst case, I'd be fine, but my rank is a little strange."

Amane suggests that it will be safest to ask Rei, since the rank would be too low and it would be unnatural to ask Fuhito directly.

If Amane were A-rank, there would have been no problem, but if it's B-rank, a request with a very high rank would still stand out.

"Rei? ... Ahh, Kurosaki, is it?  She was also in Amane's party."

"Yeah. What's wrong with it?"

Shindou ponders for a moment after hearing Amane's words. Amane tilts her head at that situation.

"It's her adoptive father. He's Yamanaka-san, the head of the Explorer's Guild. Will it be alright?"

"Ahh, it's like that? It's fine. It seems they were already given a warning."

"Haa ~, that Yamanaka-san was given a warning. Well, alright. I'll send the request to Rei."

To Shindou, who tells her as if he just remembered, since Amane was told something that was already resolved, Amane replies with a let-down expression.

Shindou can't imagine Yamanaka, the absolute champion who has been at the top of the Guild since he was a rookie, being given a warning by his adoptive daughter, and is half stunned.

"So, what kind of request is it?"

"Ah, ahh. I know that you were involved in the investigation of the disappearance of the explorers. Therefore, I would like to request the search and rescue of the people whose request has been submitted. Somehow or other, I'm begging you."

There was no problem at all, so when they move on to talking, Shindou comes to his senses and explains the details of the request, bowing his head deeply with a serious look on his face.

"Haa ~, as usual, Uncle is."

"In that case!?"

Amane is a little astonished, but when she replies in a tone of voice that it can't be helped for her good-natured uncle, Shindou raises his head in anticipation.

"It's okay. I'll take care of it for you. But, don't forget that we have school. Also, it's only one time."

"Ohh!! I understand!! Thank you!! Amane!!"

Words of approval from Amane.

The moment he hears those words, Shindou flies towards Amane and hugs her.

"Mou, don't stick to me, pervert!!"

"Ouchh!?"

Amane hates being suddenly hugged by her uncle and hits him. Shindou flies through the air.

"Guhe! Owowow ... You were so cute when you were little ..."

Shindou, who falls to the floor, remembers Amane when she was little while rubbing the back of his head.

"Mou, how many years do you think it's been ..."

A man who is sloppy to the end, he is Shindou.