Chapitre 7: Nameless Escape Technique

Akira was pensive for a moment, thinking about what Mike had just said. It wasn't right for him to see himself on the same level as this blind man.

"That's great if you understand." Akira put his arm around Mike's shoulder and took out three pieces of paper from his pocket.

Then, he immediately put it in Mike's jacket. "Take this. That's thirty thousand yen, enough for you to go worry-free eating and drinking for a few days."

"You are really benevolent, young master. Thank you very much." Refusing a fortune was a sin. Thus Mike accepted the gift with pleasure.

"Hey, why are you walking like turtles?" Ayaka turned around and called out.

Because of that, Mike and Akira hastened their pace to follow Ayaka to the shopping center. Without lingering any further, they immediately went to the culinary area on the top floor.

"Mike-san, you can see a lot of people from the first floor to the fourth floor if you look from here." Ayaka sat at a chair close to the glass railing and pointed downward.

Mike also sat in the chair closest to the glass rail, right in front of Ayaka. Sure enough, he could see a lot of people from there.

"Woah, you're right, Tachibana-san. Hum? Is it a small concert?" Mike pointed at the small stage surrounded by people.

"Oh, that... Maybe you are right, Mike-san. However, the singer has not yet arrived on that stage." Ayaka glanced at the stage and nodded.

At the same time, Honda sat beside Ayaka, and Akira could only sit beside her. Meanwhile, the bald bodyguard sat beside Mike.

After everyone sat in their seats, a waitress came to their table with several menu books in hand. "Welcome. What would you like to order?"

Mike accepted the menu, then scratched his head in confusion. The food list on that menu book was quite a lot. Nonetheless, the dish image really helped him to choose.

"Can I have this?" Mike pointed to the dish of his choice. It was a large size pizza.

Ayaka only gave a faint smile and nodded. She gestured for the waitress to take note of it.

After Mike ordered a drink, he gave the menu book to the bald bodyguard beside him. But, the latter just shook his head.

"Honda, what would you like to order?" Ayaka gave the menu book to her bodyguard.

"I don't have a particular preference in food. Please match that with your order, Ayaka-sama." Honda accepted the menu book, opened it, and placed it in front of her young lady.

"Oh, okay." Ayaka then chose her order for two.

Yet, Akira also ordered the same menu for himself and a combo package for his bodyguard.

"All right, please wait a moment. Your order will arrive soon." The waitress excused herself and walked away.

Mike just glanced over at the multitude of people in the shopping center. Was that place called a mall?

Those people were busy with their interests, whether they were nobles, commoners, hard workers, or maybe famous people.

On that occasion, he tried his luck if he could find at least a Miss Fortune in the crowd. Unfortunately, his main quest didn't give any signs at all.

At that moment, Ayaka noticed that Mike became pensive as he stared at the crowd of people below. She had no idea what Mike was thinking or what happened to him, but she felt Mike's gaze was melancholy? Why did he want to see a crowd of people? As solace for something?

Ayaka just heaved a subtle sigh with sympathy. Felt a bit pity, but she couldn't interfere with other's personal affairs. Not to mention, they just met a while ago by coincidence.

A few moments later, the dishes came and were served at the table.

"Alright, the dishes are here." Akira rubbed his hands, wanting to try what his girl's choice of dish would taste like.

"Itadakimasu." Mike and the others put their hands together, then ate their lunch.

"Uh..." One bad thing for Akira. He was a carnivore, but his lunch was a vegetarian diet. He didn't know about it before.

"Hehe, it's you who chose it. So, eat it." Ayaka chuckled as she covered her mouth. Thus, Akira couldn't help but finish his lunch, albeit with difficulty and agony.

While Mike was eating his lunch, he thought about some plans that might make that young master go home. Unfortunately, all of that led to a dead end. He couldn't find the proper method to complete his sudden quest.

A few moments later, Mike finished with his lunch. He ate his pizza with chopsticks, one thing that some people find a little strange, but just let it go.

"Mike-san." Ayaka called, but she didn't get any response, so she tried again. "Mike-san."

"Ah, yes? Is there anything I can help you with?" Mike immediately came out of his train of thought.

"Where are you going after this?" Ayaka brought up the conversation about escorting Mike to his destination again.

At that moment, Akira immediately gave Mike a menacing glare. He was giving a threat so that Mike declined Ayaka's offer.

"Well, that's fine. I'll just walk around. You don't have to bother taking me anywhere, Tachibana-san." Mike only refused the offer because he didn't have any specific destination in mind.

"Mike-san already said that, Ayaka-chan. You better not insist on that, or you will look like an annoying girl." Akira gave an approving nod with a smile.

"Huh? You need to say that to yourself who came uninvited and bothered me endlessly." Ayaka raised an eyebrow as she retorted without even looking at the annoying man.

After that, she suggested to Mike after glancing at the elevator. It was not an option as it was pretty crowded. "Then, let us escort you back to the first floor. It's a bit dangerous to go down using the escalator."

"Oh, okay." Mike could only agree with that.

A moment later, a waitress came over with a tray and sent the bill. Akira paid for that for some inexplicable reason, even though Ayaka would pay for it.

Then, Akira guided Mike back to the first floor using the escalator. The others followed closely behind.

"All right, here we are. Be careful on the road, Mike-san." Akira patted Mike on the back with a smile, then he muttered softly so that no one else could hear it but Mike. "Get away from here, blind man. Your presence is messing up my date with my girl."

Mike just smiled faintly in response to that. He was a little doubtful that this young master was Ayaka's boyfriend due to their exchange a while ago.

Having said that, he turned around to overlook Ayaka and the others. "That's all from me. I'm sorry if I bothered you. Thank you for the lunch treat. With that being said, I excuse myself. Have a nice day."

"Ah, you're not bothering me, really. Have a nice day, Mike-san." Ayaka waved her hand lightly.

Mike just nodded and walked away. In a moment, he glanced at his sudden quest.

'Sigh... I only have about twenty minutes left. What should I do? I haven't even done anything, and more than half an hour has passed. All the methods that come to my mind are too risky, and others are ineffective. It's hard to force someone to come home.' Mike lamented that.

Due to the time limit, he finally decided to take a method that had occurred in his sect. A plan with the highest effectiveness but also with the most threatening risk. A way to force someone to go home whether that person wanted it or not.

However, that risk would disappear if he was not caught. After all, the only technique that made him proud was only one, namely the Nameless Escape Technique.

After he was sure and determined with his idea, he turned into an alley so he could get out of anyone's sight.

He turned again into another small alley to take a detour back to where he parted ways with Ayaka's group.

"I have to change my clothes first." Mike opened his bag and quickly changed his clothes.

Apart from the casual clothes he was wearing, he only possessed a brown outfit. He got it for free when he helped the owner of a vegetable field two days ago.

At that time, Mike was no longer wearing a plain white shirt with a white jacket and black trousers. He wore a brown shirt with trousers of the same color. After that, he put his shoes in his bag and only used sandals.

After hiding his bag in a safe place, he returned to Ayaka's group from the other side of the shopping center. He was sure they were still around.

"Ayaka-chan, where are we going after this? Shall we go to the amusement park? A date?" Akira suggested with a suave smile, hoping for approval.

"Hmph! Just go with your bodyguard. I already have a few schedules in mind. And, right now I still want to go shopping. I'm still not done yet. Ah, If possible, please leave me alone." Ayaka gave an instant rejection without considering anything.

"However, it's not possible. So, I will accompany you to go shopping again. Are you going to a lingerie shop and will ask for my advice on which one is suitable?" Akira began fantasizing about the sexy lingerie his crush would wear.

"Just die, you pervert! I won't allow your presence around me if I'm going to buy any kind of clothes." Ayaka took her distance from Akira in disgust. She didn't want to see Akira's dumb expression with his delusions.

A few moments later, someone dressed all in brown with a hat and white mask walked over from a distance. However, no one felt strange or suspicious because of that person.

When the man in brown approached the delusional Akira, that person immediately pulled down Akira's trousers.

"Ow! Hey!" Akira fell on his butt, and his trousers were taken away by the perpetrator, who ran at high speed like the gust of wind.