Chapter 9 The Big 4 (2/2)
”What? There are twoEspers that are stronger than you?” Alex said as he shook his head to clear up his mind. ”Is their Mental Power greater than yours?”
”Nope. My Mental Power is just similar to the Mental Power of #1 and #2.” Clint said as he leaned back on the doorframe. ”The only reason they are more powerful than me is because their Esper Abilities are more ridiculous than mine.”
”Hah? What ability can even outmatch yours?” Alex said as he tilted his head in confusion.
”I promise you, there are abilities like that.” Clint said as he opened the door wider. ”Come, my wife is serving dinner. It will be bad if you miss the food.”
But to Clint's surprise, he suddenly saw Alex dashing towards him, only stopping when he was right in front of him.
Alex then kowtowed in front of Clint, with his head touching the ground.
”Please, teach me, Master!” Alex shamelessly said as he continued on kowtowing in front of Clint. ”You have the ability to manipulate Electromagnetic Force, so you are the best teacher that I can have! Please teach me!”
”...…..” To Alex's dismay, he only received a silent stare from Clint. Alex was about to give up and leave the place when Clint suddenly said,
”Why do you want to get stronger? Why are you in a rush?”
”I… I have to do it, or else I will die.” Alex truthfully said, as he decided to not lie.
”Hmph, you are speaking the truth… but your reasoning is unacceptable to me.” Clint said as he turned around, with his back facing Alex. ”No matter what happens, everyone will still die. Even if I teach you, your death will still be inevitable in the future.”
”.....” Alex dared to not speak back as he just listened intently to Clint.
”But… I can sense that you are not a wicked person and that you have a quick wit. One week!” Clint shouted as he gave a narrow stare at Alex. ”I will teach you for one week starting tomorrow. It will only depend on your effort and your skills if you will learn a lot within that one week!”
”Thank you, master!” Alex said as he did not dare to stand up right now.
”Ugh, stop calling me master, ok?” Clint said as he pulled Alex up. ”You are my friend, so just call me Clint. However… during my lessons, you must treat me with respect, or else, you will get the prime treatment of my wife.”
Alex ignored this weird shift in Clint's tone as he nodded rapidly like a chick pecking on grains.
”Ok, now that we have fixed that up, its time for some dinner.” Clint said as he dragged Alex with him.
Asteria, who was still sitting at Alex's shoulder, could only snort aloud as she told Alex,
”It's good that you followed my advice to make this Clint your master. With him as your guide for a week, your chance of completing the mission will be much higher compared to before!”
Alex's only reply to this was a grateful look to Asteria. Upon seeing this, Asteria's reply was,
”Make sure that I will get 10 jars of high-quality honey tomorrow! I will not forgive you if you mess that up!”
”.....”
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”Are you still in your right mind, Clint?” Natasha said to her husband as she washed the dishes.
They just finished eating dinner, and her daughter and son were at their respective rooms, sleeping peacefully already.
As for Alex, he was provided the attic as his room and right now, Alex was busy cleaning that attic.
”What do you mean wifey?” Clint shot back as he cleaned the dining table.
”What do I mean?” Natasha glanced at the direction of the attic, before her head swiveled back at Clint as she said,
”You just told about your Esper Ability to a complete stranger!You have done your best to keep your identity as the 3rd Strongest Esper a secret. But why did you tell about your secret at that stranger? Not only that, but you also agreed to be his teacher for a week!”
”But… he is not a stranger!” Clint said as he looked at the attic with desperation. ”Look at his face! He looks just like-”
”Your student is already dead 2 years ago, Clint.” Natasha said as she gave Clint a leveled stare. ”Even if that guy looks like your former student, he is still not him! I mean, even their Esper Abilities are not similar!”
”...….” Clint's only response to this was to stay silent as he looked down on the floor with a weary expression.
”I've… always wondered.” Clint suddenly said after he stayed quiet for a minute. ”What if I listened to my student's request before? What if I joined him going at his home? Will he still be alive today?”
”There are no ifs in like, Clint.” Natasha said as she hugged Clint from behind. ”What's done is already done.”
”Natasha… please…” Clint gave his wife a pleading look as he leaned his forehead into her forehead. ”Just let me do this…”
”Fine…” Natasha mumbled as she broke up the hug. ”But if that guy turns out to be an Intruder, you will be the one to kill him! Do you understand that?”
”Yes Mam!” Clint said as he bounced up with a delighted expression on his face.
”Oh, and let me remind you one thing too.” Natasha said as she locked the front door of the house.”I knew that you knocked me out earlier, so as a punishment, there will be no sexy time for a week. Use all that pent-up testosterone of yours to train that Alex guy. Hehehe, there is no way that he can endure a 'starved' person like you.”
”Nooo!!!”