I Got A Cheat Ability In A Different World, And Become Extraordinary Even In The Real World (LN)

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Part 3

“This is my house!”

“Oh…”

I opened my eyes wide when I saw the building, which was Kazuya’s house.

I’ve arrived at Kazuya’s house, where I would be staying for a while, but as Akane-san said, it’s quite different from the luxurious house I imagined.

Kazuya’s house is a square box-shaped building with rounded corners. Although it has a somewhat spacious garden, it makes a rather dreary impression.

And there were several other box-shaped buildings, like Kazuya’s house, standing next to each other.

“Yes, quite a bit…”

I answered Kazuya’s words honestly.

I had been told that it was a luxurious house, so I expected to see some kind of huge mansion, but it was just this box-shaped house. It would be hard not to be surprised.

Then Akane-san spoke.

“I knew it. In Yuuya-san’s time, there were even bigger, more magnificent houses, right?”

“T-That’s right.”

“I’m sorry to say, but in this day and age, there’s no room for such things.”

“Huh?”

“First of all, the amount of land in this underground mall is limited, and most importantly, there aren’t any resources. That’s why the form of a single house is the most luxurious proof of it.”

“Oh, that’s why…”

After hearing Akane-san’s explanation, I remembered the underground shopping mall I had seen on the way here, and it made sense.

Except for special places like that research facility, all the buildings I could see were buildings.

At first, I thought that this must be what it feels like to be thrown into a big city, but even so, it’s strange that there are no buildings like houses at all.

“Because there are no resources, most people live in places like apartments, and most of the shops are in big buildings.

“Come to think of it, the battle suit shop was also in a building.”

When I was taken to the battle suit shop, I thought it was just a corner of a department store, but now that I’ve heard the explanation, it makes sense.

“By the way, there are other special class awakened people like Kazuya and me in this area.”

“So Akane-san also lives nearby?”

“Yes, next door.”

It seems that Kazuya and Akane-san are neighbors. It looks like they’re also on the same team, so I guess they have a lot of opportunities to spend time together.

“Well, I’ll take my leave now. Kazuya, you’ll bring Yuuya-san tomorrow, right?”

“I understand.”

After exchanging such lighthearted words, Akane-san went back to her own house.

“Well then, I’ll show you the room you’ll be staying in, Yuuya-san.”

Saying this, Kazuya went into the house.

I followed him in, thinking back to the city I had seen on the way here.

Since it was a city of the future, there were cars flying in the sky, and the buildings themselves were very futuristic, so I felt a big difference from the time I had been there.

But there were also parts that hadn’t changed.

The population had decreased surprisingly, but the appearance of the city itself didn’t seem to have changed that much since my time.

There were people called ‘Awakened’ who were trying to protect the city and reclaim the human sphere of existence, but other people were just going about their normal lives.

When I walked around the city, there were people in smart suits, and there were also a lot of people in casual clothes that looked like they were from the near future, so I think the way people live their lives hasn’t changed that much.

While I was thinking about this, Kazuya showed me a certain room.

“Please use this room.”

The room he showed me was very simple, with just a bed and a desk, and had the interior of a business hotel.

“So, what about food?”

“No, I’m not that hungry; I’m fine for now.”

In fact, so many things had happened that I was full and didn’t feel like eating.

“I understand. Tomorrow is the surface exploration day, and I plan to have Yuuya-san join us, so please get some rest.”

“I understand. Thank you.”

When I said that, Kazuya left.

I watched him go and then lay down on the bed.

“Phew…”

“It was a really eventful day, wasn’t it?”

“Yeah, I guess so…”

…I was confused when I was suddenly brought into this world, but I was even more surprised when I found out that I had descendants.

And from what I have heard, it seems that they have incredible power…

Most of all, I can’t believe that the future of these descendants is going through such a crisis.

Everything is like a movie.

“But thanks to you being here, Kuro, I feel reassured.”

“Hmph, that’s because even if I wanted to leave, I can’t.”

“That may be true, but… it’s been a while since we had a proper conversation like this, right?”

Yes, even though Kuro is always inside me, it’s been a while since we had a conversation.

“You’ve been quiet lately. What’s going on?”

“I didn’t want to be quiet. It’s just that, for some reason, the amount of time I spend sleeping within you has increased.”

“Sleeping? Eh, Kuro sleeps?”

“No, I don’t really need to sleep, but for some reason, I’m really tired…”

“A-are you okay?”

I couldn’t help it, and Kuro laughed at me.

“Hah! I’m the one who tried to take over your body, and you’re worried about me?”

“Of course I am! You’re like a member of my family now.”

“I see. Well, it’s nothing to worry about. Besides, you have plans for tomorrow, don’t you? Then get some sleep.”

“Eh? Ah, Kuro?”

I called out to Kuro, who had suddenly ended the conversation, but there was no answer.

The sudden silence made me realize the situation again.

“I wonder if I can really be of any help…”

I said such weak things to myself, and before I knew it, I had fallen asleep.

＊＊＊

I showed Yuuya-san to his room, and when I returned to the living room, Akane was relaxing there.

“Shouldn’t you be at home?”

“What does it matter? We’re neighbors anyway… more importantly, where is Yuuya-san?”

“I let him rest in his room.”

“I see.”

I prepared tea for both of us and placed it in front of Akane, and we sat down facing each other.

I was finally able to catch my breath when I took a sip of the tea as well.

“I’m so glad I was able to bring Yuuya-san.”

I murmured from the bottom of my heart.

The reason is that bringing Yuuya-san this time was quite a risk.

Of course, I didn’t doubt the prophecy, but considering the current situation, I didn’t think that bringing just one person would turn things around.

In fact, when I found out that Yuuya-san didn’t have any special powers, I was disappointed.

But after that, the Yuuya-san I brought had unfathomable power, and I could think that the prophecy might be true.

Then Akane, who had taken a sip of the tea I had prepared, muttered to herself.

“I wonder if we can really win…”

“…..”

…I couldn’t nod in agreement with Akane’s words.

It’s true that Yuuya-san’s power was amazing.

However, the number of mechanical knights was enormous, and they still occupied the surface of the Earth.

On the other hand, the human race is dwindling, and we can’t compete with them in numbers.

Since we were born, we have lived our lives dreaming of taking back the Earth.

From this narrow, dark underground space, we dream of the vast sky.

That’s why──

“I don’t know.”

“…..”

“I don’t know, but we must win. For our future.”

It’s not about whether we can win or not.

The only way for us to take back the surface was to win.

The mood suddenly became heavy, but then I suddenly remembered something.

“Oh, that’s right.”

“What is it?”

“Well, Yuuya-san’s abilities were even more amazing than I expected, right? So I thought I’d take another look at Yuuya-san.”

“Yeah, that’s right…”

“I don’t know how many records and data are left, but if we can find out Yuuya-san’s abilities, we might be able to understand why he was chosen to be the savior this time.”

“That sounds interesting, I’ll help as well.”

With that, we started searching for historical records related to Yuuya-san.

＊＊＊

The next day.

After making the necessary preparations, I came together with Kazuya and Akane-san to the large room that led to the surface, the first place I had been brought to.

By the way, the breakfast was very simple, consisting of rice, fried eggs, and salad, but even this breakfast was apparently a luxurious meal in this city.

Since living in an underground world like this, fresh ingredients have become extremely expensive.

What do other people eat? It seems that they eat so-called supplements.

They have no taste and are just an efficient way to absorb nutrients, but they seem to be widely eaten in this world.

Normally, it doesn’t seem like supplements alone would fill you up, but that’s the future.

Supplements are supposed to be designed to make you feel full, and the food problem is solved.

…I guess it was more efficient to develop science and technology like supplements than to develop ordinary livestock and agriculture.

So, after I finished breakfast in this world, I came to this room… but as I expected, there were people there waiting for their families to return.

Since I heard about what happened from Kazuya, their appearance seems very pitiful.

I just hope that I can find at least one of them…

“He never learns, does he?”

“Eh?”

While I was thinking this, Akane san spoke.

“It’s about Rikuto.”

“Ah…”

Looking in the direction Akane san was pointing, I saw Rikuto staring at me.

…As a result of beating Rikuto to a pulp in that mock battle, he ended up resenting me, and even now, he’s got a terrible look on his face.

Fortunately, he doesn’t seem to want to get involved with me, so I don’t plan to do anything… But I can’t help but be worried.

Then Kazuya opened his mouth as well and gave Rikuto a hard look.

“Don’t worry about it. He’s just holding a grudge of his own.”

“Y-yeah.”

He said that, but it was hard for me, a small-minded person, to completely ignore him.

As I felt an indescribable sense of unease, a man who looked like the leader of the Awakened appeared in front of us.

“Attention!”

Even though he didn’t shout, just that one word made everyone there look at the leader.

“That person is Sein-san, a special class Awakened like us and the leader of the Awakened.”

The man Kazuya introduced to me as Sein-san, had a large scar on his face and looked like a soldier.

By the way, this city, whose population has dwindled to just 200,000, is home to people of many different nationalities.

It had been a long time since the concept of a country had disappeared, since the ground had been taken over by the mechanical knights, and the people living in this city, including Kazuya, considered this underground city to be their home.

When I thought about it, English seemed to be the official language, but I had no problems with it since I had the skills.

After confirming that the Awakened had noticed him, Sein-san opened his mouth.

“From now on, you will be exploring the surface, but today is a little different from other days.”

“?”

When he said that, I noticed that Sein-san’s gaze had turned to me.

What is it? His gaze just turned to me, but… is it just my imagination?

It wasn’t just my imagination.

“The savior there will also participate in today’s exploration!”

“Ohhhhhhh!!!”

“!?”

To my surprise, Sein-san announced my presence to the other awakened people here!

Well, it was already known that I existed from the time of the examination, but I never thought that I would be introduced so prominently…!

While I was surprised, Sein-san continued to speak.

“Moreover, today’s exploration mission is the first of many. That’s because, after this exploration, a large-scale operation will be carried out immediately! Therefore, we will secure even more resources through today’s exploration, and we will make the large-scale operation a success!”

“Ooohhhhh!!!”

The awakened people let out a battle cry at Sein-san’s words.

Oh… what a passionate atmosphere…!

“All right, everyone! ──I wish you the best of luck!”

And with those words, we set off on our quest.

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