Me and A Certain Stupid Guy and A Certain Voice In The Past

Second Chapter Part II

18 August 2012; Hyougo Prefecture; Nishi Ward, Kobe City; Kirishima Residence; 7:30 AM - 7:40 AM

DING - DONG!

Hideyoshita waited for a while after he pressed a certain bell near a small gate of Kirishima, and in response, Shouko, who is in her plain clothes, came over to invite him in.

"… Welcome, Kinoshita."

"Sorry for intruding, Kirishima. I had gotten late."

... Do not worry. I already told you that my friends are free to use the house every weekend."

"It has been awhile since I got here."

"... I know," said Shouko as she slightly smiled at him, "...Everyone was here, by the way."

"So I am the last one."

"... You are not the last one, Kinoshita."

"Eh?"

As Hideyoshi and Shouko entered the house, which consists of different rooms for different functions, such as a library, a mini-theater, a study room and even a certain room reserved for her husband Yuuji, which has chains buckled all over. [1]

However, as they are about to pass that certain room, Hideyoshi noticed a certain large drawing circle in the middle of it...

"Ah, Kirishima, what was that?"

"...A ritual."

"A ritual?"

"...That is for the strengthening of my relationship with Yuuji."

"Oh, I see..." said Hideyoshi as he decided to ask no more about it, considering this is Shouko, who is Yuuji's girlfriend, he is talking to.

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18 August 2012; Hyougo Prefecture; Nishi Ward, Kobe City; Kirishima Residence; Study Room; 7:40 AM - 8:00 AM

As the two arrived at the study room, the moment Shouko opened its door...

"You're thinking too much, Muttsulini! Haven't you heard of the saying that to see is to believe?"

"…It's an ever foolish thing to get on stage without going through a mock-drill."

"It's because you think so much that you always get nosebleeds and can't get up."

"…No matter what you say, I have no intention of changing my belief."

"You're saying such things again! You just won't listen!"

A certain green-haired girl named Aiko Kudou had done some perverted things in front of a certain dark-blue-haired boy named Kouta Tsuchiya, who was known in Fumizuki High School as Muttsulini for some reason, such. As a result...

"…Too despicable..."

Kouta had immediately fallen into the ground almost unconscious for some reason whenever she had done that in front of him.

"So, you are not really ready to face that reality even if someone like Aoi Kogure of the Tea Ceremony Club had done the same thing to you before. You know what, I am quite jealous with our senior having that kind of body."

As both of them remembered that incident where they had been eliminated on the Courage Challenge because of Kouta's weakness to beautiful ladies.

"... T-That's not true, A-Aiko Kudou... I..."

"Hah?! Muttsulini! Muttsulini! Wake up! Do not do this!"

Before he said anything else, he had become completely unconscious as he seemed to remembered Class 3-A's Aoi Kogure's acts before. [2]

As Hideyoshi heard that kind of conversation, he had just sighed.

"So Muttsulini and Kudou are discussing about Health and Physical Education again. It is really their expertise, so studying the same over and over again will make them more absurd than before."

"... It must be for the future Exam Summoning Battle event, Kinoshita."

"Do you mean the Annual Sports Meet? So that's what..." [3]

For some reason, in terms of scores for Health and Physical Education and for Biology among the Fumizuki High School, Kouta Tsuchiya's and Aiko Kudou's are the highest that they even beat their teachers. The only difference between the two, however, is that Kouta is a specialist while Aiko is a generalist in terms of studies as Kouta focused a lot on those subject that he did not bother going to study about the other subjects.

Eventually, Shouko then proceed to ask something.

"... By the way, where is Yuuko?"

"Dear sister? She told me back in the house that she will definitely be coming late here."

"... Why?"

"Well, dear sister told me that she will be meeting someone elsewhere in this city."

"Eh?! Who is that person, Kinoshita?! Was that her boyfriend?!"

Upon hearing Hideyoshi's words, Aiko, who was previously caring for the unconscious Kouta, immediately came to him and Shouko, feeling excited about it. This made Hideyoshi to smile a bit.

"N-Not really. Dear sister did not really need one."

"... Then, who is that person?"

"A certain old acquaintance..."

"Old acquaintance?"

Shouko and Aiko then felt confused as they both thought the person Yuuko met will be someone she fell in love with.

"Do not worry though... Dear sister will definitely come here as well, I thought."

"... I understand."

Then, as Hideyoshi and Shouko had finally entered the study room, Hideyoshi then observed his friends inside.

Aside from Aiko and Kouta, there are Mizuki and Minami who are talking about something related to Akihisa's studying.

"Then, I will teach Aki more about the equations indicated in our Science and Mathematics subjects, while you will be teaching him about anything else."

"I understand that. But why do you decide to do that, Minami?"

"There is no guarantee that a certain honor student will always be at the top if that person will not be able to take the studies herself carefully."

"Y-You are right, Minami. Akihisa really needed to be guided here but I also needed to be careful myself as well."

Hideyoshi then counted the number of people in this room.

"Speaking of which, we have Himeji, Shimada, Muttsulini, Kudou and Kirishima for the study group today. That's six of us here."

"... Not counting Yuuko and Yoshii, who should be coming later on, there will be eight people here right now."

"Eight?" said Hideyoshi as he remembered someone else, "now, that I think about it. Where is Yuuji?"

"... Yuuji is here..."

"D-Do not tell me Yuuji is..."

Hideyoshi remembered the first time he and the others saw Yuuji being restrained in a certain carpeted floor of the study room in their previous visit in Kirishima Residence. [1]

"... No. Yuuji and Kubo went out to buy ice cream in the convenience store nearby for our snacks."

"Ah..."

Hideyoshi just sighed after hearing Shouko's words indicating that Yuuji is in good condition as of this point. But then, he realized something...

"Eh?! So Akihisa's not really here yet?!"

Shouko just nodded about that matter. Then Aiko, who was then returned to caressing the unconscious Kouta, proceeded to speak...

"Yoshii should be here as early as possible. He needed to pass all of the subjects before this term ended. Otherwise, he will be forced to work hard more in the upcoming term if he wants to go to third year without trouble."

"I-I know..." said Hideyoshi, which then followed by him giving a hard laugh, "I hope he will come here today."

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18 August 2012; Hyougo Prefecture; Nishi Ward, Kobe City; Outside of Kirishima Residence; 8:00 AM - 8:20 AM

"..."

On that time, a certain brown-haired passerby was riding a bicycle heading towards Kirishima Residence. After all, that person needed this study session with the others who are now within the house as he indeed in need of passing the subsequent tests.

However, as he stopped his bicycle at the entrance of the house, he thought:

I hope the study session will be extended until tomorrow. It seemed I may not come here right now. After all, searching about the answers concerning Magecraft had been my primary concern since childhood...

"What are you doing here... kid?"

"Huh?"

"Are you going to enter the house?"

The passerby looked around as he immediately find the source of that voice, only to find out that the voice came from someone in front of him.

Said someone is a middle-aged man wearing a purple-colored formal business outfit and an eyeglasses and having books concerning matters such as physical and applied sciences on his hands, specifically the concerns on electrical energy.

"Miss Kirishima's father... Mr. Nikora Kirishima?"

"It has been a while, Akihisa Yoshii... Aren't you going to this house? Your friends should have been here."

"Ah... I do not think so, Mr. Kirishima. I have an important meeting with someone else today."

"Oh really... Then what made you come here then, kid?"

"N-Nothing, sir! I am just wondering if this decision would be alright after all," said Akihisa as his head bowed down and proceeded to speak again, "well, I need to study too, but my concerns right now has been my priority this time... In that, I should not missed those."

"Hmm..." Nikora proceeded to think about something for few seconds. Then... "I understand. Then I suppose you should tell them about it."

"No need, sir. I hope they will just assume that I might be sick today."

"I see. Then, I hope that you and your friends will be staying until tomorrow."

"Thank you, sir," said Akihisa as he is about to leave. Yet...

"Oh, before I forgot... I assume your proposals about your concerns on electrical energy in this city, sir..."

"I already convinced the higher officials of this city to do my proposals, kid. The only concerns though is the budget needed in this project. After all, System Kureanos project might be a hard thing for the workers considering the requirements."

"But still, that's quite a success, sir!"

Akihisa gave Nikora a confident smile. Then the latter continued to speak...

"I hope so, kid. I have the aim to help this country to solve its economic crisis even in the simplest thing I can ever done right now... Oh yeah, since we are talking about that matter, have you already decided your own future?"

"Huh? What do you mean, sir?"

"That is, if you grow up old, are you going to help this country to grow greatly with you?"

Akihisa then realized what Mr. Nikora had told him.

What kind of future awaits to him as the Ultimate Idiot?

Is being with his best friends like Yuuji Sakamoto quite enough for his future?

Is being with Mizuki Himeji as his girlfriend in the future quite enough for his future?

Is having high scores in Japanese History enough to make him powerful in the future?

"Well, sir... I haven't decided about that... Besides, you had been the second person I should have told this... in that once those unexpected things were settled down, I can able to fully focus myself on the matters that I had been prioritizing since when I was a child."

"Priorities? What are those, kid?"

"Well, you should know that term, sir!"

"No, I did not mean that... I am referring to those priorities in your mind."

"Well... I cannot tell that to a contributor of science like you, Mr. Nikora Kirishima."

"Oh really..." said Nikora as he sighed afterwards.

"I guess I should not be going to ask you about your priorities anymore. Yet, I am quite interested when you said contributor of science to me."

Nikora then proceeded to open a certain book called The Problem of Increasing Human Energy and find a certain page. As he does quite quickly, he immediately read it...

"But you know, kid, the better term should be the contributor of future... Just like Nikola Tesla said in this book, 'the scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter—for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way.'"

"..."

"I suppose you should understand, regardless of your status in your school, kid."

"Contributor of future, huh?... Now that I think about that, if scientists are considering themselves as the contributors of the future, then... the magicians should be considered the contributors of the past... Ah?!" said Akihisa who was then surprised with what he said.

However, as Nikora closed that book he currently held in his right hand...

"Magicians, huh?" said Nikora who was rather eager than being surprised about the term...

"What made you surprised, kid? Worry not, I am already aware of those people called magicians... Those people who hide themselves from others in order to conduct their own researches about magic... Regardless of that, I do not really mind if their contributions are not for the future, but rather for the past, as long they will harm my own ambitions... So what are your concerns about those people?"

"Ah, nothing... I just realized that since... Well, I am also aware of those people as well. But other than that, I had nothing to say about it though."

"Oh, I see... Well then, I suppose you are going to meet someone elsewhere."

"Ah, yeah! I almost forgot! I apologized if our talk had lasted longer."

"Do not worry... you can still able to go here tomorrow so you can able to study your subjects you wanted to focus."

"Thank you again... I will go now... Good day, sir."

Akihisa then proceeded to leave Nikora Kirishima as he goes on his way to a certain meeting place with Yuuko. As Akihisa is no longer in Nikora's view, the latter then speaks about something...

"The contributor of future, huh? It had been hundred years since I already worked about the future. All I can see right now is just the trace of the future I am truly aimed though... After all, my aim is to complete a system that will bring about the advent of a new world in which interacting electric currents come and go in space itself... I hope the Holy Grail will grant that wish for the future..."

TO BE CONTINUED on Second Chapter Part III (18 August 2012)

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REFERENCES:

[1] Baka to Tesuto to Syokanjuu Light Novel Volume 5
[2] Baka to Tesuto to Syokanjuu Light Novel Volume 6
[3] Baka to Tesuto to Syokanjuu Light Novel Volume 7