5:00 am
Hospitals in E.S.P.E.R were open to public 24/7 and treatment was free if you were under 20.I was now entering the hospital after I booked an appointment with a certain doctor I wanted to meet.I needed to know the full extent on the injuries I suffered so I can grasp the consequences of this ability.
"Excuse me I have an appointment"I asked the receptionist,you coud tell she was tired as her eye bags were quite noticeable.
"ah yes,and who is it with?"her reply was lazy and she didn't even look up at me.This just reminded of the fact that if I grew up and worked ,I would never take the night shift.
"My appointment is with Dr.Machida"I was sure that she would know the name of this man since he was a fantastic doctor adored by many patients and workers.
"Oh,ok let me escort you there"as expected she was surprised at the mention of his name.[I sure hope that old man hasn't lost his skill or there may be no hope for my arm even with our city's current technology]
After the receptionist was done escorting me I entered the room and shut the door behind me.
"wow is that you kuro-kun,long time no see,what brings you here today"Dr.Machida stands at 5'9 and has short black hair and a stubble of a beard on his chin.His work as a doctor is brilliant and is revered as one of the best specialists in the whole city.
"I have a very special injury to show you but don't cause a commotion when I reveal it"I knew this man would have multiple questions about my illogical injury.I Pull up the sleeve revealing my arm.
"whoa!,this is quite the injury,it's obvious but the tissues and muscles in your arms and hands have been ripped from the inside,just what did you do to get this injury?"His shocked and playful tone had switched to a powerful and stern one.
"...."
"If you don't want to answer me that's fine but you should understand that I've been treating you for a few years now so you can speak to me anytime."What he said was true,this man has been treating me for quite a long time now.I guess you could say our bond is not simply a patient and doctor one.
"Well any way lets get you fixed up,can't have you missing the sports festival next month can we?"[Oh crap he's right,The sports festival is next month how could this slip my mind?]
He used his ability which was able to release a type of thread from his fingers and with it he sewd up my arm.Every time I was treated I was amazed to see the focus,precision and control.No wonder why he was famous.
I thanked him and got up from the chair,ready to leave but before I left he said "I don't know how you got that injury but I guess it's something to do with your ability.You may not know this but your hand and arm were actually regenerating at an astonishing rate,what would take months to heal after treatment should only be fixed up in a week.Your ability must have improved by a few ranks."
After that brief exchange of words I finally left and went back home to grab my stuff and go to school.
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It's been a month since my hospital visit .I tried to keep a low profile this whole time and stay away from public areas to hide from retribution.The only times I step out of my apartment is when I have to go to school so I rarely hung out with Tsuchimikado and Haruto,they must be suspicious by now.
Today is the dreaded sports festival.The ludicrous event which takes place each year filled with blood sweat and tears.Fukui public high school(The one I attend)is taking part in it which couldn't be worse for me because this time where competing with other schools instead so I had a chance of encountering the girl from inagakuen.
There was no point moaning about it so I left my apartment and was on my way to school.During this last month I made two discoveries about my ability.One was the fact that I can channel the energy into all of my limbs and body,after doing so I felt lighter and had much better reaction time and reflexes.My natural body without the power was stronger too.My second discovery was that I can control the output of my power,so If I learn to control my power it could become a valuable weapon.I also trained my body with an even stricter schedule than before,even though I had a lean body type,under my clothes was a body which was built to the peak.
Entering school,I could feel an atmosphere I have ever felt before which was probably because of the sports festival,my opinion on the sports festival was quite negative but it's negative about practically any thing,I just want to sit back and relax but daily life in E.S.P.E.R city isn't like that and never has been.
I entered the class room and was baffled to see Tsuchimikado and Haruto both actually sitting in their seats and not causing a fuss.
"Hey tsuchimakido are you ill?"my reaction to this sight was perfectly reasonable if you knew both of them well.
"be quite kuro,today we are gonna win this sports festival"I don't know why but they seemed to be pumped up for some reason.
"You seem pumped up even if it is the sports festival,how come?"I decided to get straight the point and ask this question.
"If there's one thing in life I hate it would be people who are handsome,rich and strong.I just want to beat there faces black and blue ,all those good looking freaks from the top schools,i just want to crush them!"
"So basically you're a jerk"Was the reply I gave to his illogical motive."Hmph,a handsome and strong person like you wouldn't understand such a brilliant motive isn't that right Haruto?"
"Yes of course,we are only friends with you because we felt pity at how you looked like a loner"I knew he was lying but I still wanted to beat him up but that would be a drag so I sat in my seat ready for takitsuba sensei to explain what we will be doing.
"attention everyone! today is the highly anticipated sports festival,even if we aren't as good as a school as everyone else and even if we are stupider than the others I want you to give it your all!"There's no way anyone's gonna react to that positively,she literally said we are stupid compared to others.
"'Yeeaah!!let's give it our all!"ah it looks like I underestimated the stupidity of human beings.
Takitsuba sensei explained our schedule and I was surprised to see that instead of activities it would also be sports like baseball,football and capture the flag.I was really surprised to see this because it wasn't like this at all last year,first the change that we had to face other schools and now different activities?there had to be a hidden ulterior motive behind this.
The whole 2nd year was escorted to the coach and before anyone could react Tsuchimikado and Haruto ran together to the back seats.Nobody else would want to sit with such trouble makers so I decided to be a sacrifice for the class.The best course off action would be to take a nap so I shut the curtains next to me and went to sleep.
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an hour later
I had quite the refreshing power nap so I knew I was in top condition right now but I didn't really wanna participate anyways,wether we won or lost wouldn't directly affect me.All that would happen to me would be Tsuchimikado and Haruto whining and complaining about the festival in my ear for about a month.[wait,that could actually be quite annoying.]
But my biggest concern is definitely inagakuen,I need to clear my name somehow which means grabbing some footage of the incident but it was currently impossible.
After we had gotten of the coach we were making our way down to the area in which we participate.[What the actual fuck?]My reaction was only fair as I wasn't the only one surprised at where the events would occur.
In front of us was the famous annex stadium which had a crowd capacity of 250,000.At this point my suspicions were all but confirmed,there was no way an average school like us would get invited to such a prestigious event if there wasn't ulterior motives behind the scenes.
"hey kuro!we're gonna be famous,imagine all the people watching us."While Tsuchimikado was in his dream world I noticed something quite disturbing.
the participants are obviously entering through a different route reserved for us and civilians would enter through the normal route and as I was looking to my right towards the route for civilians I saw something I wished not to see,a man stood there wearing the exact same jacket and badge as the thief I encountered before.
I now realized the full extent of the predicament that I and my class mates are in.Without a doubt,something huge was going to go down today.
Tsuchimikado seemed to notice that i was in deep thought so he walked over to me and asked"Kuro,are you ok?"
"Yeah I'm good lets follow the others,we're lagging behind"
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After the class got changed into our sports festival uniforms,we had about an hour until the events started.I was on football,capture the flag and tug of war.All these events were in my favour and It was stated that espers abilities are actually allowed but I will only use my abilities if absolutely necessary to avoid any unnecessary attention.
The first event was in an hour's time so I decided to take action and gather information about the troublesome organization,I just hope that I don't come across anything too bad.