-Vol 5: A New Life-

-Chapter 291-

When Yuki and Joy returned to the room, they saw an unusually serious Kenshin who was seriously thinking of something. Seeing they both entering, Kenshin looked at them and asked: “Anyone of you have a mobile phone right now?”

“Mobile phone? I have!” they both answered simultaneously at the same time they looked puzzled as to why he needed a phone right now. While handing him the phone, Yuki asked: “Are you going to call Akari?”

Receiving the phone from her hand, Kenshin shook his head as he spoke “No! I want to search something on the internet. Its called Sound Barrier. I want to know what exactly is it.”

“Sound barrier? What for?” unlike Kenshin, Yuki seemed to know something about it. Even Joy didn’t know about it. Seeing her weird face, Kenshin asked: “Do you know something?” at the same time he opened the search engine and typed away the character for the Sound barrier.

Moving around, and sitting behind Kenshin, she peered through his shoulder and started “Well! Not in detail, my knowledge came from my time during my high school years and movies and comics. The point is when you approach the speed of sound and move even faster than it, a drag called aerodynamics drag force works against you. That’s what called Sound barrier. Wait! No wonder you got wounded! So you were traveling at a speed of sound back then” as Yuki explained what superficial knowledge she knew about the topic, a sudden realization hit him like a sledgehammer. Everything made clear to her at that moment, why Kenshin was wounded to this extent, why the lady was willing to wait until he wakes up and have a talk with him…everything made sense to Yuki at that moment.

Then she looked at Kenshin in a new light. While before the catastrophe and even after it, many scientists were researching a way to travel at supersonic speed, here was someone who already done it with his fleshy body. Before Kenshin’s case, she had never heard anyone traveling at supersonic speed with their fleshy body, whether, with the use of a skill or something, that’s because hunters were very secretive about their achievements and powers. Even if it was someone at her status, there were still many things she didn’t know about the hunter’s abilities.

Nobody climbed the ladder of power be it social or physical without making a few enemies who could do anything in order to bring you down. In such a situation, how can they reveal their strength to others? What they mentioned to DCB in their license might not be their true strength…so Yuki wasn’t sure if anyone ever has done it or not. But from the calm face of Lady Sachiko who happens to be a powerful hunter herself, she guessed that Kenshin might not be the first one to do this. Nonetheless, she was surprised by Kenshin’s achievement.

“So this is such an interesting thing! No wonder…” as Kenshin digested what bits and peace she supplied, he also read through the article which was on the first page of the search list. Currently, his intelligence had already long since passed 1000, making him more than just a genius. Things like basics of the sound barrier, which was a high school physics, he understood instantly.

From everything, he understood one thing, as long as he didn’t touch the sound barrier, that is to say, he didn’t move faster than the speed of sound, his body could take any kind of pressure. But after that, the drag force generated from the speed, it would slowly make his body crumble from inside. Unless he makes his body strong enough to endure the shockwave of entering supersonic, he will continue to receive this kind of wounds.

Suddenly thinking of something, Kenshin opened his system and opened his skill lists to see if any change had occurred to a particular skill of his. He scrolled down until he reached the very end of his skill list.

Force Disruption Lv 9[250 EXP to next level up][+30% DEF][4.5% disruption of all aggressive forces]

As expected the hardest to level up passive skill seemed to have had a huge leap in level. It solved another of Kenshin’s assumptions. In the end, everything boiled down to force, be it works against him or for him. When it works for him, his attacks will increase tremendously, if it works against him, well, depending on the force he might receive the various degree of damage.

Even if he didn’t thoroughly understand aerodynamics principles, from what he read, he became extremely clear about the reason behind his wounds.

“That lady was right. I shouldn’t use this skill until I reach a certain level. My body can’t handle it.” Kenshin muttered under his breath, but both Joy and Yuki heard her loud and clear. While Yuki nodded in affirmation, Joy made furrowed his eyebrows as he didn’t understand Kenshin’s implications.

“Eh! What do you mean?” he asked.

“Hmm! Ohh, nothing. Just me worrying a little about my own skill. Don’t worry. Yes, Yuki, we are talking just before…but how about we both form an official party?” Kenshin asked Yuki as he turned to her while mindful of the distance between them. Although he was hoping for a movie-like situation where they would kiss accidentally while moving, it didn't happen as Yuki already backed away a fair distance from him.

“Official party! That would require a minimum of three people. Do you know someone else?” Yuki asked.

“Hmm! Yeah. A girl. She is pretty powerful and skillful too, if not a little young. Although I don’t know if she would agree or not!” shaking his head Kenshin spoke up about an acquaintance of his.

Suddenly Kenshin’s shoulders shook as his danger senses tingled. Turning around, he found Yuki giving him ‘the look’ as her eyes were shadowed a little since her head was little down. Giving him another sharp glare, she tucked a strand of hair behind her left ear as she asked “A girl? Who might she be? And what relation you have with him? when did you meet her?”

Yuki’s tone that seemed colder than a freezing tundra reminded Kenshin that he might have stepped on a landmine. A guy who had never been to any kind of relationship be it before his parent’s death or after, a virgin to boot…beign amateur in the field of relationships was normal. But although his EQ wasn’t high in this regard, his IQ was enough to think of a solution.

Feigning ignorance, he replied casually to her “Yeah. A girl I met while raiding a dungeon. She is my friend and younger than me by a few years. I think her skills and combat experience is good. Moreover, she’s a friend of mine. Its better than adding someone completely unknown.” Kenshin didn’t saw her fighting, but he bullshitted nonetheless. Well, she was an ace of a certain region, her strength shouldn’t be that bad. At least she should be powerful enough to not hold them back when they raid higher level dungeons.

“I see. So she is a friend of yours. Then that’s okay. Bring them to any branch of DCB and register, though I would recommend you to bring her to Mito branch though. Since I am there, the job would be finished quickly.” Like Kenshin, she also emphasized the word friend to make sure that she is just a friend of his.

Kenshin discreetly wiped a bead of sweat from his brows. He learned a lesson today that was to not mention other women in front of Yuki so casually. It's similar to walking into a minefield.

“EH! You work for DCB!? What post are you in?” Joy who had tuned out a majority of their conversation suddenly butt in with an unrelated topic breaking the weird atmosphere created between Yuki and Kenshin.

‘Nice, Joy!!’ Kenshin discreetly gave him a thumbs up.