Chương 66: *Interlude* Hide and seek featuring Rimuru Tempest.
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Soon after the provisional license exam ended class 1-A hurried back to UA to continue their afternoon classes. What seemed to be a normal day soon turned strange.
"Hagakure Tooru"
"Present!"
"Bakugo Katsuki"
"Tch, present"
"Midoriya Izuku"
"Uh! P-present!"
"Rimuru Tempest"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Yaoyorozu Momo"
"Present."
"Alright good, it appears only Rimuru is absent, Jiro check up on him after school," Aizawa said while carefully placing the attendance list back in its place, Most of the time when a student was absent they couldn't do anything but give a call.
However now that the dorms have been established any student could just check up on another just by knocking on the other's dorm door.
"Let's not waste much time and begin talking about the financial waste that is Hero disaster insurance----"
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"It's strange... Rimuru had been absent from all classes" Midoriya scratched his chin in confusion. Kaminari who stood next to him tilted his head in confusion.
"Does he skip class all the time? He even sleeps through most of the ones he attends anyway"
"Yeah but once he skips class he magically appears for the next... I've never seen him miss a whole day..." Midoriya entered his mind palace trying to think of what Rimuru could be doing. Unfortunately, Rimuru is too much of a wild card.
"I guess we'll have to wait until Jiro checks up on him... Maybe he's just sick or tired" Kaminari scratched the back of his head before being interrupted by Bakugo
"Or he died brutally in an explosion!" Bakugo painted a picture in his head of guts and blood being split all around Rimuru's dorm room.
"H-hey that's rude Kachhan" Midoriya tried to refute meekly but Bakugo just glared at him.
"Why should I care about being nice to a corpse?" Bakugo barked silenceing Midoriya, in his mind Rimuru was already dead.
While the three were having their argument Jiro tapped her feet in front of Rimuru's from room. She looked at her watch and then at her phone
[Sent: Rimuru opens the door]
[Sent: I'M OUTSIDE.png]
[Sent: Helllooooo]
[Rimuru_Tempest445: Sorry I'm busy. Send feet pics instead]
[Sent: F*ck you]
"Tsk he's so annoying" Jiro clicked her tongue, and shamelessly she opened his dorm room and went inside. She had a slight doubt whether he was actually busy or just sleeping in his bed. However, entering the quiet dorm room gave her enough clues.
"Where would he be busy? He didn't get a job, did he? Pfft as if" Jiro quickly wiped away the dumb thought from her mind. Rimuru getting a job is like oil mixing with water, paradoxical.
Quickly thinking of another place she exited the dorm building and left the UA campus. After a short walk, she took the train to Rimuru's home.
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Jiro now standing in front of the Tempest household's front door was feeling incredibly nervous. Slowly breathing in and out she prepared to knock on the door. However, before her hand could touch the frame the door was slammed into her hands followed by a meek voice.
"Uh-- I'm sorry, uh come in?" Peeking in through the gap of the door she spotted a new face, dirty blonde hair, and dark brown eyes. He had a mildly handsome face but what surprised her the most was his height of 180cm
"Uhm.. hi do I know you?" Jiro waved at the stranger with an awkward expression, stepping slightly back she let him open the door. But she quickly realized the door was an inward-facing one... How did he manage to slam her hand then?
"Uh! Um hello, I'm Adam... Adam Tempest, are you looking for something?"
'holy sh*t that's his dad'
Looking at Adam up and down Jiro felt like Rimuru lost the genetics lottery. Both his parents are tall yet he's the shortest male classmate...
"Hi, I'm Jiro! Rimuru's girlfriend... Have you seen him recently?" Jiro felt her cheeks turn red, she still wasn't used to calling herself that. However, she also knew this was a part of the so-called 'honeymoon phase'
"Um... No, he hasn't come home today..." Adam scratched his chin while thinking. Even if he was overworked he could still use his brain for a while.
"You should probably check the nearby square... He likes wandering around there" Adam pointed towards the central square, where Rimuru and Tokoyami used to hang out.
"Thanks!" Jiro smiled as the door slowly closed. Making her way back she turned directly towards the square.
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Arriving at the place it looked just like any other square, with stores all around and a small crowd hanging about. Jiro soon spotted stores that she had no doubt Rimuru visited often.
She of course first went to the music store, Jiro didn't expect Rimuru to spend 5 hours inside there but she was also curious about the things inside.
Inside the store everything was very generic, she recognized the selection, often being just the top sellers first however she did spot something strange..
'There an awful lot of albums made by her'
Jiro picked up a CD case from the shelf and checked the name 'Milim Nava'... Of course, that name was starting to become more well-known. Often being called the new Hatsune Miku but Jiro didn't really want to comment about that.
Seeing her search wasn't bearing fruit Jiro next went to a nearby arcade. She heard Rimuru and Tokoyami often played there when they were young, though they stopped after a so-called 'incident'... They don't seem to be willing to tell her about it though...
Entering the dark arcade she of course felt right at home as the soft music with the dark environment synergized to make the perfect arcade vibe. The sounds of arcade machines being played were just added flavor of course.
"Is that Super Hero Brawl V? Cool... I heard Miruko was OP in that one" Jiro muttered seeing two kids playing the arcade machine. Unknowingly she had just stuck an arrow into Rimuru.
However again she didn't find Rimuru anywhere. He seemed to disappear into thin air...
"Why do I even bother looking for him" Jiro facepalmed, she looked like an obsessed girlfriend. Turning her gaze with slight embarrassment she spotted an old claw machine, her eyes however landed on one of the prizes.
Dolls lots of them, however, the one that strangely attracted her attention was the big one in the shape of a blue slime. Staring at the label [Obscure reference slime] she chuckled at the name before entering a quarter into the machine.
Soon the claw sprang into life, pupteered by her joystick movements. Jiro being a certified pro arcade player already knew how those machines worked, most of the time the claws were either turned off or at a very low strength, luckily with either one there is always a strategy to land a prize.
Skillfully moving the crane around the claw now hovered above the giant blue slime. However, even though the claw was right above it Jiro didn't press the button. Instead, she began adjusting... To the right...
To the left... Soon enough she found the perfect angle.
"And send!" Jiro pressed the button causing the claw to defend down, grabbing onto the slime's head. However it was too weak to pick up, but that wasn't what she aimed for. One of the appendages got hooked onto the slime's label loop. Catching the doll in its grasp.
With a sigh, she watched as the claw raised the slime holding by a thread. Watching as it fell into the prize basket she couldn't help but exclaim while hugging the slime.
"Yessss! From now on I shall call you Rimuru!"
Rimuru Tempest has been found... Technically...?
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