Unlucky Child

"You just told me that so easily, is that really okay?" Shokuhou Misaki was quite surprised that Jiu Ming so frankly admitted the result of his 'death'.

"I'm very realistic. To tell you, after I died, I even saw my body being roasted into jerky in a furnace. Tsk tsk."

While talking about such a heavy topic, Jiu Ming didn't pull his arm away. "Speaking of which, Accelerator wasn't found. Are you kidding me?"

"Of course not. My people couldn't find him when they looked for him. Maybe he went somewhere. But he should be home by now. Do you want to go see?" Shokuhou Misaki blinked her bright eyes at Jiu Ming, not quite understanding why he suddenly fell silent. "What's wrong?"

"Ah? Did I miss it?" Jiu Ming waved his hand a bit powerlessly and tapped his arm. "Tell me his address. By the way, what are your thoughts on clones?"

"Huh!?" Shokuhou Misaki's expression faltered slightly. As if she thought of something, she asked back in surprise, "Why are you asking this?"

"Never mind, it's nothing." Jiu Ming shook his head. "His address..."

"Wait, you don't have some kind of special fetish for Accelerator, do you?" Was this female curiosity?

"Ah? Yes, yes, I'm very interested in his gender. I plan to take advantage of him while he's bathing... Are you interested in the process?"

"Disgusting." As if she had touched something dirty, Shokuhou Misaki no longer cared about 'looting the body' and quickly let go of Jiu Ming's arm. "I'll write down the address for you later. I'm going to take a bath now."

"...Oh? What are you implying?" Jiu Ming raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced at her.

"It's normal to take a bath every day, isn't it...? Don't you do that...?"

"In any case, you need to change that contemptuous tone of yours. Do you think that as a ghost, I need to do such troublesome things like you humans?" Jiu Ming said calmly and waved at her. "Go on, go on. I'll rest for a while."

Tsk, she didn't give him the address directly. Jiu Ming couldn't leave for a while, but... is it too late today?

Does that experiment start once in a while, or is it conducted every day... Hopefully, it's the former.

Seeing Jiu Ming leaning on the sofa, lost in thought and unwilling to speak, Shokuhou Misaki put her bag aside. With her abilities, it was fine even if she lived in a house outside the school at night and didn't stay in the dormitory. If she wanted to hide, ordinary people wouldn't be able to find her.

Clones...? Accelerator.

One of her subordinates had reported to her that there was a patient in a certain ward in Netherworld Soul Chaser's hospital who was suspected of being the third one, a twin sister of Misaka Mikoto.

Ah ha? Does she have some unknown sister or older sister?

Jiu Ming's ears were very sharp. Before long, he heard the sound of showering. Judging by the amplitude of the sound, the bathroom door was not closed? Or was it not closed tightly at all? This woman, even though she was only in junior high, why did she have so many schemes? Has he gotten old?

Well, if nothing unexpected happens, as long as he isn't beaten into smithereens and scattered to the winds, he will always look eighteen. They say that one's appearance affects their inner age, and that's not just a saying. Jiu Ming, confined in the Mysterious Shop, after continuous training, didn't feel much change in himself.

He was still silly when he should be silly, and melancholic when he should be melancholic. Nothing else.

"Are you really a man?" After taking a bath, Shokuhou Misaki, with her wet hair and a refreshing aura, stood in front of Jiu Ming, looking down at him with a very disdainful tone.

"Isn't that nonsense! If I had the will but not the ability, hmph!" Jiu Ming yawned, his tone even more disdainful. Will but not the ability...? Do you believe that?

"Oh? I forgot you're not human." Shokuhou Misaki covered her small mouth and teased Jiu Ming with all her might. Only then could she be so at ease.

"Girl, you haven't read enough little notebooks. Don't you know how perverted men can get... tsk tsk."

Seeing Shokuhou Misaki's slightly changed expression, Jiu Ming grinned, "Don't worry, I still have some self-control. By the way, whether you close the door or not makes no difference to me."

"You bathed for almost three hours straight! You did that on purpose!!" After a relaxed chat, Jiu Ming's tone quickly shifted, filled with regret, "Aren't you afraid of your skin wrinkling?"

It's ten o'clock now...

"It's only been three hours. Here." Seeing the slight impatience on Jiu Ming's face, Shokuhou Misaki, knowing she had teased him enough, handed him a note.

"Ok, goodbye. It's getting late, go to sleep quickly." Jiu Ming quickly took the note, without any hesitation, stood up, waved goodbye to her, and turned to leave, not leaving a single extra word.

This guy! Gritting her teeth slightly, Shokuhou Misaki stared intently at Jiu Ming's retreating back. Has her charm already dropped to an incomprehensible level, that she's not even as good as a flat-chested girl!

Based on the information she had gathered, Jiu Ming's 'mysterious' client was very likely the one in the hospital.

Is he a flat-chested enthusiast...?

No, no, could it be a tactic of playing hard to get?

A woman's heart!

Does Jiu Ming have no thoughts?

Of course not. Even if he turned into a ghost, he's still a man. It's just that he doesn't have excessive desires. Having only 'known' her for less than a day, he expects her to be devoted to him? Damn it, his last name isn't Long, nor does he have a handsome face and a strong physique, let alone a powerful aura. His tremors aren't imposing, they're definitely the 'Ghost Qi' that makes normal people feel a chilling presence.

If you're destined not to be of this world, don't think about harming innocent young girls.

"I'm already in a bad mood... Why do I have to run into you again!?" Walking down the street like a ghost, Jiu Ming's eyes twitched as he looked at the Hedgehog Head Boy, who was scratching his head and looking around, approaching him. "What are you doing wandering around here in the middle of the night?"

"You're... so it's you!" Kamijo Touma also looked at Jiu Ming with great curiosity. After a closer look, he recognized him as the 'Doctor' he had met earlier that day and then kicked away.

"Stop! Stay away from me, and put away your right claw!" Jiu Ming was extremely wary of this unlucky-looking boy, especially his right hand. "Just talk to me from where you are!"

"Um, if there's nothing else, could you please move aside? I have something urgent to do." Kamijo Touma said anxiously, his eyes darting around as if searching for something.

"Are you looking for a beautiful girl to run around with in the middle of the night?"

"Is... Huh!? What are you talking about? Touma-sama won't admit to such slander." What a joke, heaven and earth as witness, he was just looking for something he lost. Although he was already prepared to never find it, ... not looking would make him feel even more uneasy!

"Is that so? I'm calling the police... Stop! I was just kidding." Seeing Kamijo Touma about to rush over and cling to his leg, Jiu Ming's eyes twitched, and he quickly stopped him. As if he would know what would happen if his right hand touched him, he absolutely didn't want to find out.

"Tell me what you want to do, maybe I can help." It was already late anyway, so wasting a little more time wouldn't matter. Seeing his dejected and unlucky appearance, as if he had lost money, Jiu Ming felt pity.

"Thank you so much. I lost my savings card, and my mobile phone seems to have fallen out somewhere around the same time..."

Staring blankly at Kamijo Touma, who was listing a string of misfortunes, Jiu Ming took a step back. Could this chain of bad luck have started from a savings card that he didn't know when he lost?

"Wait! Since you don't even know when you lost your savings card, how do you know such a detailed process?" Anyway, it's better to keep some distance from him.

"With so many experiences, of course I know the process."

Oh! Jiu Ming nodded. So that's how it is, so many experiences... Oh ho ho ho, it must have been quite painful, young man.

"You're really unlucky... Anyway, let's just maintain a minimum distance of five meters. I'll help you look." Jiu Ming waved at him with considerable sympathy, marking out a relatively safe distance.

"Although I appreciate your kindness, the disdain in your words is quite hurtful!" Scratching his head, Kamijo Touma was speechless at Jiu Ming's contradictory actions. He finally defined Jiu Ming as a Weird Good Samaritan wandering around late at night with nothing better to do?

Or perhaps he was looking to 'scout' for Beautiful Girls wandering around in the middle of the night... Should I call the police?

"You don't need to go through what I said in your mind. I'm not that lewd."

"Huh?" What's going on?

"Next time you think about something, it's best to control your expression. It's easy for people to guess."

"Ah!?" Is it that easy to guess?

"Where did you lose it?"

"It should be here. I've already searched everywhere else I walked today. This is the last place." Kamijo Touma said quickly.

The last place. No wonder you're still wandering around so late. So you've searched everywhere you've been. But after so long, are you sure it wasn't picked up by someone else?

"Let's just do this. I'm quite free right now anyway." Shaking his head, Jiu Ming expressed deep sympathy for this pitiful Unlucky Child.

"Thank you so much!"

"It's a small matter. Don't just stand there. Even if I'm free, wasting time isn't good."

Under the Streetlight, Kamijo Touma's eyes briefly glanced at Jiu Ming's feet... The scene he saw made his heart skip a beat. Damn, he didn't have a shadow. Could it be that Mr. Kamijo, who was always accompanied by bad luck, had encountered something strange!?

However, Jiu Ming had already walked out of the Streetlight's range in that instant. He must have seen wrong. Rubbing his eyes, Kamijo Touma thought uncertainly... right?

"What are you standing there for? Are you not looking anymore? If you're not looking, I'm leaving." What is this Unlucky Child spacing out for?

"Uh, no, of course I'm looking."