142. I Can't Accept It

Hiiro didn't seem to believe Izumi had Devil Fruit power so Izumi told him how he got the Devil Fruit.

Hearing everything Izumi had told him, Hiiro asked.

"If you really have that kind of power, wouldn't it be impossible for you to dive underwater?"

Izumi shook his head, then opened the Dimensional Shop feature in the chat group. He showed it to Hiiro.

"Look!"

Seeing what Izumi showed him on his phone, Hiiro's eyes widened.

"Weakness removal potion, for a Devil Fruit user? What the heck! There's something like that?"

Hiiro glanced at Izumi. It was no wonder Izumi was fine while having Devil Fruit power. Now he knew the factor for getting stronger wasn't just the reward from the mission. The Dimensional Shop also provides various items that can make the chat group members stronger.

Then, Izumi also explained that Hiiro couldn't do anything when there was a magic seal formation. Thus, Izumi suggested buying a martial art technique and internal skill from the Dimensional Shop.

While both of them talked about the benefits of the Dimensional Shop, Rori and Tabane were whispering to each other.

"Looks like Izumi isn't feeling down anymore." Rori said with a smile.

"It seems so!" Tabane nodded. Then, Rori glanced at Tabane.

"It seems you are interested in him, Tabane-chan."

Tabane stiffened. Bet, she still put a smile on her face.

"Why did you think so?"

"Intuition, I guess. To be honest, I'm a little bit interested in him as well. I feel like I want to tease him when he always puts a serious face in front of me. Hehehe."

Tabane twitched after hearing Rori's answer.

"Let's not talk about it anymore! More importantly, how is your relationship with Kakashi?" Tabane changed the subject.

Rori didn't reply immediately. She stared at Tabane for a while before replying.

"Not fun, he was too busy with his duties in team 7."

"Perhaps he intends to avoid you."

"I know, I can feel it!"

"So, what will you do?"

"Ufufufu, maybe I can attack him in the middle of the night."

"You really are a perverted Lolita, aren't you?"

Rori just giggled in response to Tabane's words.

— — — —

Somewhere in Konoha village.

"Achoo."

A man with white spiky hair who was reading a novel suddenly sneezed. He looked around and then mumbled.

"Looks like someone's talking about me."

Then he went back to read.

— — — —

Within three hours of practicing his magic, Izumi was quite proficient even though it was only limited to controlling water considering his ability is hydrokinesis. He guessed that he would be able to control any kind of liquid when he reached the highest level. So he was not too disappointed with the results he achieved today. In addition, he could unleash the basic attacks of dragon slayer magic already.

Well, since that magic required Izumi to train it from scratch, it was only natural that he couldn't unleash its potential straight away.

Izumi walked toward Tabane and Rori while greeting them.

"Izumi-chan, since when did you get a bit more muscular?" Tabane asked after seeing Izumi who was shirtless while showing his muscular body shape.

Tabane still remembered that Izumi was skinny. However, after the last mission, Izumi's muscles developed evenly and his body looked balanced with no obvious weak point.

"Hmmm, do you prefer my skinny body?" Izumi asked back. His muscle shape was due to hard training in the last mission. Not only did he gain weight, but his muscles also developed steadily from time to time. And after half a year, he could see the result of his training as his thin body was already covered by the shape of his muscles.

"Ufufufu. Tabane-chan is such a tsundere. She wanted to say that you're a bit more manly than before. I even thought so." It wasn't Tabane who replied, but Rori instead.

Tabane pouted, then…

"Rori-chan, I'm not a tsundere! I do admit that he's cooler than before." She said while her finger pointed at Izumi.

Naturally, Izumi was frozen when he heard that. And then, he turned his head while saying.

"I can't believe you two aren't embarrassed to say it straightforwardly. I'm embarrassed to hear that, you know."

"Pffftt."

"Hahahaha."

Two of them laughed at Izumi. They just didn't expect Izumi to have that kind of reaction.

After a while, Izumi told everyone that he needed to go back. Meanwhile, Warrod, Tabane, Hiiro, and Rori intended to stay in the shinobi world for a while.

— — — —

The next day, Monday.

As usual, Izumi went to school. But at that time, he left for school earlier than usual. It was still 7 in the morning, so he walked leisurely toward school.

He arrived at school 10 minutes later. From there, he saw the seniors in the football club already running on the field.

"They're so enterprising." Izumi muttered. But he still walked toward the school building.

Considering his magic was to control all liquids, that meant he had the ability to heal someone's wounds by controlling blood. Though, he could perform that if his control over his dragon slayer magic was at a higher level.

The first thing he had to do was study the structure of the human body before he studied healing using his magic.

"There's still about less than two hours before the bell rings. In that case, I'll kill my time in the library."

Izumi could have studied the structure of the human body through his phone. However, he felt like he wanted to go to the library for some reason.

Once inside. He understood why he wanted to go to the library. His mind was in turmoil so it dragged him to find a quiet place to be alone.

Izumi glanced around. Books look neatly arranged on the bookshelf and clean from dust. This was probably because there was a desire to keep books from getting damaged, so someone was diligent about cleaning them every day.

The bookshelves are marked with tags, such as Language, Science, Economics, Entertainment, or something similar. Tags like that will make it easier for someone to find the desired book.

It also didn't take too long for Izumi to find the book he wanted to read.

"Anatomy of the Human Body: Understanding Human Organ Systems. Well, I'll read it first."

Anatomy is the science that studies the structure of the human body. The anatomy of the human body is composed of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.

There is 12 anatomy of the human body, namely the Skeletal System, Muscles, Nervous, Blood Vessels, Endocrine, Respiratory, Immune, Lymphatic, Excretory and Urinary, Reproductive, and Integumentary Systems.

Izumi studied them all one by one. Learning that book would help him in performing healing using his magic. He had to know what was injured first, before being able to perform the appropriate treatment.

Not paying attention to the time, the bell had already rung. It was 10 minutes before the first lesson started. Izumi returned the books he picked up to the shelf, then walked toward class while digesting everything he had learned.

Izumi entered the classroom while carrying his bag in his right hand and putting his other hand in his pocket. Izumi subconsciously glanced at Kyouko, but Kyouko averted her gaze immediately.

Izumi sighed. Then walked to his seat.

Izumi stopped thinking about things related to Kyouko and digested the knowledge he got from the books he had just read while ignoring the lesson.

During lunchtime, Izumi approached Kyouko, took her hand, then pulled her so he could talk to Kyouko one more time. He could feel Kyouko's hand trembling the moment he touched her. In any case, he still brought her up to the school roof so he could talk to her.

"Kyouko, can you—"

Before Izumi could finish his question, Kyouko interjected.

"Let's break up!"

Izumi was stunned for a moment. He clenched his teeth, then asked her to confirm.

"Why? Am I not good for you?"

At the same time, he silently used his Devil Fruit power to create a space where no one could hear their conversation.

Kyouko took a step backward before replying.

"I… whenever I see you, I feel afraid. The way you ended that person's life and how scary you were after what you did, still rings in my head up until now."

Izumi understood what Kyouko meant. Not only did Kyouko see him kill another person before her eyes, but he also released Haki which made her faint. There's no way a normal person can stand after being pressured by Haki.

"But, your life was my priority. I did that to save you!"

"I know! But still, I can't accept it. Ever since I saw that side of you, I felt that you weren't the person I knew. You're not human anymore. It was too much for me."

Izumi wore a depressive expression after Kyouko said that. When Izumi first met Kyouko, Izumi felt quite happy to be accepted even though he looked like a delinquent outside the school. It was in contrast to his appearance at school at that time.

He just didn't expect Kyouko would be terrified just because he accidentally let out his Haki at that time.

Izumi still wanted to convince Kyouko. But, Kyouko replied.

"I just want to live like a normal person. I don't want to get involved with such worlds. I'll reconsider if you stop doing that. That's all I want to say. Our relationship ends here!" Kyouko immediately left with tears in her eyes.

Izumi's mouth opened and closed, but didn't utter a single word. Izumi saw the tears in Kyouko's eyes. He wanted to chase after her, but he himself felt something painful inside him.

If he really wanted to stop, he needed to clarify a thing that was bothering him since she was summoned to Edea. Whether his hunch was correct or not, he left it for later after investigating.