5 A New Slate (1/2)

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Spending an unknown time replaying the scenes inside his memories, Kazuya memorized almost every aspect of his life. His current predicament however, was not part of those memories. What he needed the most right now was information. He confirmed his name from the tag on his wrist but that wasn't enough. He reached for the chart hanging on the end of his bed and read the nostalgic characters printed out neatly on the chart.

Name: Kouzuki Kazuya

Age: 6

Blood Type: A+

”(Six!? Did I perhaps reincarnate into someone with the same name?)” He read his own chart and looked at the mirror and confirmed his own identity. He recognized the face, it was indeed a younger version of his own face. He couldn't help but smile. Circumstances aside, he is now presented by an opportunity to learn about a part of himself that he knew nothing about. Compared to the constant replays of his previous life, it was a refreshing feeling.

”(It's the same old city…)” He looked at the town outside the window and recognized the structures.

He jumped around the spacious room and performed a few stunts. He wanted to make sure what state his body was in only to end up cursing himself in disappointment. His body couldn't keep up with what he wanted to do. Kazuya fell down on the floor sighing in pain not too long after his first trial.

”Damn… This body is worthless. I can't even do basic practices” He crossed his legs and concentrated. Using mana to aid in the body's recovery was already like breathing for him so he involuntarily tried it. He frowned after a few seconds.

”As expected… There's barely any mana in this world”

The good news was that he could definitely feel mana, the bad news was that it was almost none existent. This was understandable because if there was an abundant amount of mana, then he or anyone that had that could make use of it, would be like the superheroes found in manga or comic books.

”But this is definitely strange… I still can't remember any—” he murmurted to himself only to be interrupted by the unnoticed arrival of a guest.

”Kazuya!” a professionally dressed attractive young woman rushed inside. She found an empty hospital bed before scanning the room to find her target in deep thought.She immediately rushed to him and held Kazuya tightly in her arms.

”Who ar—” He paused in shock. The worried lady's beautiful face flashed in his memories. This person definitely appeared in various pictures inside his room. His head painfully throbbed as different flashes of this woman appeared on his head.

”What's wrong Kazuya? Don't you recognize me? What happened!?” She was panicking and didn't know what to do and just hugged the child who seemed to be in pain.

”You are… my mother?” There was only one conclusion he could find after examining his memories.

”Yes! Yes I am! Can't you remember me?” She started tearing up at her own son's reaction.

”I… I don't know…” His head was still throbbing. The woman definitely felt familiar, but he still couldn't process the sudden flood of incomplete information in his mind. He could only faintly respond as he dealt with both pain and shock.

”Let me call a doctor so we can ask okay? Mom will be right back” She rushed out of the room.

”Mother…” dragging himself back to the bed, he looked at the sun that was already setting. This was one of the things he didn't expect to call anyone using his own lips. Kazuya had considered his mind strong after everything he went through in that darkness. He thought that he had already grown numb after all that he experienced but this sudden news affected him.

His mother returned not long afterwards accompanied by several doctors. They asked him several questions that lasted for quite a while and they were absolutely baffled by Kazuya's condition. He was sent to the hospital due to suddenly coughing up blood, yet now he suffered from the strangest case of amnesia they had ever seen.

”Will my son's memory return doctors?” The beautiful woman's face was filled with worry.

”This… to be honest, we are clueless. His tests show no abnormalities and he appears to be a perfectly healthy child. Even his episode of coughing up blood showed no causes” One of the old doctors spoke.

”Although it may seem like bad news… we found out something interesting about young Kazuya here” The man identified as the head of the hospital smiled at him.

”What is it doctors?” after getting a string of bad news, she was given some hope.

”You said before that he was just a normal boy who was average at everything. If that is true, then he has awoken as a genius” He confidently declared.

”Genius? My Kazuya?” She glanced towards the boy who was silently sitting as if it wasn't his business.

”Indeed Ms. Kouzuki. You've seen him answer the questions we presented right before your eyes. His reasoning skills along with his academic skills are not something someone of his age should have learned” She was handed the questionnaire he was asked to solve earlier and was shocked.

”This… I don't know where he learned all of this” She handed up the papers with trembling hands after confirming the results.

”You don't have to worry too much about your son Ms. Kouzuki. Although we do not know yet what caused this, young Kazuya here does show sign of regular amnesia. The fact that he eventually recognized you means that he is slowly regaining his own memories. He is still young and children have amazing recovery abilities. Although we don't dare to guarantee it, things are looking positive. What he needs now is a familiar environment to let him slowly recall the memories he lost.”

”Thank you doctors. It is a relief to hear those words”

”No thanks are necessary. It was our pleasure to discover someone like him. Who knows, maybe he'll end up at the top of our field in a few years. Please do remember not to pressure him too much. We still don't know the cause of all this and he was being scolded harshly by a teacher when his symptoms occurred”

”Can I take him home now?”

”We suggest to keep him under observation for a few days so we can try to find a probable explanation for this incident but It is your decision” She decided to let him rest at the hospital for a few days.