Chapter 15
"Ah, I'm going to die...wash your face first."
After lying paralyzed for a while, Gafan finally got up weakly and walked to the bathroom.
Speaking of which, he hasn't eaten lunch or dinner today, and he's too lazy to cook for himself now. Why don't he go out to a convenience store later to buy a lunch box and snacks and Coke?
With this thought in mind, Gafan came to the bathroom and directly took the water flowing from the faucet with both hands. He splashed it on his face very carelessly, and the water that came out was still hot water. As expected, it is better to live in the modern daily world.
Taking a clean towel and wiping his face, Gafan nodded with satisfaction, and then he was stunned when he saw himself in the mirror.
"Eh?"
Gafan leaned forward and pushed the bangs in front of his forehead upward with his hands. He stared at the face in this position with a look of surprise on his face.
"Where are the two scars on my forehead?"
When he first arrived in the world of Game Life·ZERO, two pieces of black ash floating down from the sky caused pain directly on his forehead, and also left two ugly scars. Why did he appear again now? Gone?
At this time, the sound of the system suddenly appeared.
"It seems that when you travel back through time, the damage to your body will be completely repaired, and all the minor problems in your body that were caused by staying up all night will disappear."
Perhaps because he returned to the safe daily world, the system's voice was obviously much happier and said: "Compared with this kind of thing, come and try your new abilities, let me see if they are serious or not."
"I know, I know."
Gafan washed his hands again and returned to the living room with a helpless expression. But as he said, he suddenly wanted to test his abilities or something, and he didn't know what to do.
Touching his chin and thinking, Gafan suddenly noticed the cold drink on the table not far away. When he went out, he poured a cup but forgot to drink it.
Well, I happen to be a little thirsty.
After thinking about this, Gafan thought for a while, then stretched out the index finger of his right hand, pointed it at the water glass, and started to try to use super powers for the first time in his life.
"Come here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gafan suddenly felt that his mind seemed a little tired, and the words that came out of his mouth also produced imperceptible weak fluctuations in the air, and then...
"Bang!"
The water glass hit the white wall hard, the glass fragments fell to the ground, and hundreds of milliliters of water soaked the floor.
Gafan turned his head subconsciously: "..."
He turned his head and looked behind him with an expressionless face, staring at the discolored white walls of his home and the mess on the ground, and fell into a deep silence.
This water glass seemed to be trying to blow his head off just now, right?
"...Nima why?"
Gafan once again felt the doubt and confusion coming from the depths of his soul.
And the sound of the system just happened to appear silly and cheerful.
"Pfft, aha, ahahahahahahaha, I knew your ability was really not serious. Host, you almost shot yourself in the head just now. Oops, no, no, no, I'm so happy."
Listening to the unhesitating laughter of his own cheating system in his mind, Gafan's face turned dark.
Why did this thing have no physical body and appear in front of him?
Otherwise, now, I can give the other person a small mouth that represents friendship.
"Okay, cheating system, stop laughing, can you help me think about what's going on?" Gafan rubbed his temples with a headache.
It’s so troublesome. Before going out to the convenience store, I have to clean up the broken glass and water spilled on the floor. But what about the walls?
Well, Gafan thought for a while, then took a dry rag to absorb the moisture on it, and then let it dry naturally.
"I know, I know, carbon-based organisms that can't do anything." He replied out of habit. It took a while for the system to stop its childish laughter, which was quite pleasant. The image was already the same as the beginning. The pretentious mechanical and electronic sounds are completely different styles.
She has the same virtues as a wise blue-haired goddess from another world.
"Ahem, let me take a look."
After laughing enough, the system carefully checked the physical condition of its host and explained: "The situation just now should be that the instructions expressed in your language were not clear enough, so you almost got shot in the head by a water cup with your own ideas. , you can try again depending on the specific situation, but..."
The system thought for a while, and its tone became a little more serious, and said: "Activating this ability is not without consumption, but requires your mental power as the prerequisite for language to leverage the rules. Then the problem comes, host you This guy... is really just an ordinary person, how can he have so much mental power?"
The system's tone began to contain a hint of undisguised disdain again, saying: "Let's not talk about the upper limit of this ability. You will feel a little bit tired even if you let the water cup go to feed you water. So...if something unexpected happens, don't act recklessly, I don't want to see you die suddenly."
"I know, I know."
Gafan, who had already squatted down to clean up the glass residue, replied helplessly: "I won't use it if I'm tired. I'm not stupid. And, uh... thank you for your concern."
"Oh... Huh? How did you hear that I care about you???" The system was stunned for a moment, and then the voice was full of disgust again.
But Gafan didn't care about it this time.
"What you said is already considered concern for us humans. There is something wrong with the system."
"Well, I really don't understand you weak carbon-based creatures."
One person and another system bickering, this kind of thing has almost become their daily routine without realizing it. After all, they are not spending a moment together now. Even in the desolate land of the end of the world, there is at least one person. Can talk.
After a while, the glass residue was cleaned up, the water stains on the floor were mopped, and the slightly discolored white walls came into close contact with a dry rag.
"Done, um, let's go to the convenience store next."
Gafan clapped his hands and looked at his results. He nodded with satisfaction, then went back to the bedroom and stuffed some banknotes into his pocket, and was ready to go out.
But at this time, the doorbell unexpectedly rang early.
"Eh? Who would come to me at this time?"
Gafan, who was about to go out, said to himself in surprise. After thinking about it and hesitating for a moment, he looked outside through the peephole on the door. Then, he saw a man holding a cigarette in his mouth and fruit in his hand. A familiar face in a white coat caught his eye.
"..."
Why don't you pretend you're not at home?
However, the next moment, there was a loud knock on the door.
"Hey, brat, open the door quickly. I know you're at home, so stop hiding!" Hiratsuka Shizuka looked as if she was menopausal. She banged the door and shouted in a very irritable manner, not even bothering to ring the doorbell.
"If it opens late, be careful I can break in directly!"
Gafan, who was covering his slightly red forehead, looked silent: "..."
Does this house have a back door?
Chapter 18: I’m not an evil slime
After many years, Gafan once again experienced the similar feeling of being scolded by the class teacher when he was a child, and being scolded by his parents.
Sitting upright on the sofa, holding an apple that someone had washed and peeled for him in his hand, Gafan listened to Shizuka Hiratsuka's nagging and persuasive words as if he was aged with a look of despair on his face.
In short, it's wrong to skip classes. It's not okay to come to school without a school bag. If you have any secrets, you can tell your aunt.
And Gafan was also very skilled in using the left ear to go in and the right ear to go out, keeping a blank expression on his face.
Empty your mind, all four elements are empty, and let time pass by slowly.
Seeing this, Hiratsuka Shizu, who was still worried and came to the door specially, also sighed helplessly.
"Did you listen to everything I said?"
"I heard it, I heard it." Gafan immediately came back to his senses and nodded.
"You brat, will you dare next time?"
"There will be no next time, there will be no next time." Gafan shook his head without hesitation.
"...You're quite eloquent, you brat."
Shizuka Hiratsuka, who was sitting on another sofa next to her with her legs crossed, raised her eyebrows. She still had an unlit cigarette in her mouth, and there was a hint of helplessness between her delicate brows.
Because of a car accident, the child Gafan lost his parents since he was a child.
Then he started to become very withdrawn. When he was a child, he was quite close to me. As he grew up, he didn’t even want to see him. He locked himself in an empty house all day long. I don’t know if it would be okay. What's wrong with holding it back?
It's a pity. I originally wanted to move here and live together for a while to take care of this child's daily life. At least make some serious meals for him to avoid eating those bento boxes and junk food all day long.
But the kid just didn't want to.
Even if you think about it carefully, you won’t see each other more than a few times a year.
Thinking of this, Shizuka Hiratsuka tapped her fingers irritably, but...
Looking at Gafan who looked helpless and begging to be let go, Hiratsuka Shizu's lips slightly raised again. Although she didn't know why, she clearly felt that the child was a lot more cheerful when she saw him again these two times.
After all, she could get in directly this time without breaking the door violently.
"Forget it, I'll let you go this time."
Under Gafan's relieved expression, Hiratsuka Shizuka stood up from the sofa and stuffed the cigarette in her mouth into the pocket of her white coat.
Although she is somewhat addicted to smoking, she will definitely not smoke when her children are present. The white smoke is not good for children.
"Naping... Auntie, are you going back now?" Gafan's tone was a little impatient.
This made Hiratsuka glance at him silently.
Does this brat not want to see her so much?
"It's still early. I'm here to make dinner for you, so you don't have to eat junk food again."
"...Auntie, will this be too much trouble for you? In fact, I can go out and find a ramen shop myself."
"No need, I am an aunt here, how can I still let you go out to eat?" Shizuka Hiratsuka angrily knocked the other party's head lightly with her fist.
"Okay, no need to say anything else, just eat that apple in your hand. I'll go to the kitchen and see what other ingredients you have in the refrigerator."
With that said, he turned around and walked towards the kitchen. As he walked, he took out a hair rope from his pocket and tied his long hair into a single ponytail. However, he suddenly seemed to remember something and turned back. , he warned Gafan who was sitting on the sofa with a smile on his face.
"Don't run away secretly, otherwise my aunt will be very angry."
"Uh, no way." Gafan silently looked away from the door handle.
"And you must remember to go to bed early after dinner, and you must roll over to me when you go to school tomorrow, do you hear me?"
"No problem, no problem. Auntie, go and do your work. I'll just stay here and nibble on the apple for a while."
"Hmph, that's pretty much it, brat."
This time, Hiratsuka Shizu finally nodded with satisfaction and walked to the kitchen.
And looking at the back of his suddenly extra aunt entering the kitchen, Gafan's expression was also very complicated.
After all, he knew that what the other person cared about was actually his other self, but he who had absorbed part of his original body's memory could be regarded as his other self in a sense.
Alas, what a messy relationship these are.
Gafan gave up thinking and sighed helplessly.
Forget it, he was too lazy to worry about these unclear things. In short, since the other party truly regarded him as his nephew, he should also regard the other party as his own aunt.
Also, in so many years, except for the dinner that the eldest sister helped to cook, this is the first time someone has cooked for me, right?
Thinking like this, Gafan took a bite of the apple in his mouth and decided to wait peacefully for the other party to finish cooking dinner, eat together at the same table, and then...
In some park.
An ordinary person sitting on a bench, holding a bite of an apple in his hand, looked at the young lovers and old men walking their dogs and birds in front of him with a silly expression, and then silently raised his head. He glanced at the big sun that was supposed to be setting over the mountain, but was now hanging directly above him.
Gafan couldn't say a word for a long time.
"......grass!"
at the same time.
Hiratsuka Shizuka, who had already changed into an apron, walked out of the kitchen again with a look of helplessness on her face.
"You brat, why is there nothing in your refrigerator? Even if there are only a few eggs left, I can make you an omelette rice. Forget it, just wait for me for a while. I'm going out to the supermarket to buy some food now... ....”
The complaints stopped abruptly. Hiratsuka Shizuka looked at the empty living room again with a silent expression on his face, and looked around for possible figures around him.
"Gafan?"
She tried shouting a few times.
no respond.
"..."
Veins popped out on his fair forehead.
Her fist is hard!