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Ancient Manipulator - Chapter 20

Published at 22nd of February 2019 10:45:16 PM


Chapter 20: 20

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"Ah, that's right!" Yasuo exclaimed, then started to scratch his cheek in embarrassment. "I still don't know your name, imouto-san."

Everyone - except Yu - stared at the boy, then facepalmed.

"What?" Yasuo asked with confusion on his face.

'This is how he starts a serious conversation? He really is an idiot... maybe he got it from dad.' Kyoko thought, shaking her head.

"Kyoko."

Yasuo smiled widely.

"Well, nice to officially meet you, Kyoko-chan!"

Kyoko lightly nodded.

"Well, now that introductions are over," Vyra spoke up. "Onii-chan, what happened?" To this, everyone's attention was grabbed. They all wanted to know what had truly happened to Yasuo...

"What happened to what?" Yasuo tilted his head.

"YOU!" Everyone yelled.

'Is he this much of an idiot?" Kyoko thought.

"Oh." Yasuo scratched his head. "Well, um, I was walking around looking for something to do." He began. It was believable to the ones who knew him, he was a hyper little kid and sitting at home doing nothing was going to get him bored.

There was also the fact that he slightly disliked watching the television, not that he had any problems with it, he just disliked it.

"And then someone tried to attack me."

Everyone nodded, it made sense. Yasuo had been comatose because of this 'someone' somehow making him be so. Of course, Yasuo would not mention that 'someone' was currently 'inside' of him.

"Then after a while, I had gotten cornered so I had to use the full power of my [Kekkei Genkai], which left me unconscious. But what happened after that, I have no clue."

They all knew what Yasuo's [Kekkei Genkai] was: making golden ripples that form swords. They had guessed that Yasuo might have made too many of those swords to fend off the attacker, which led to him being in a coma for five years. Or, maybe something like creating an extremely powerful sword that drained of all his chakra.

However, even after Yasuo's explanation, Kyoko couldn't help but think he was speaking half-truths, plain lies or leaving important information out. She had many questions for him: What did he do when he was walking around? Did he ask for the identity of the attacker? Did he ask the attacker why he or she attacked him?

Shaking her head, she stared at Yasuo right in the eyes, as if trying to pry him open of his secrets, but she ultimately let go of her stare and just sighed. Meanwhile, Kumiko believed everything that Yasuo said, after all, he was her savior and she would always trust him!

Vyra, Shisui, and Yu already knew the truth while Izuna and Miyrae were already over it, their boy was fine, so to them, what happened in the past didn't really matter; they were sh*t parents like that, but they really did love all their children.

"Is that all?" Kyoko asked and Yasuo nodded. "I'm going upstairs to sleep." She sighed, doing just as she said she was going to do with everyone except Yasuo, Shisui, Vyra, and Yu following her lead; today was a very tiring day for them and the bountiful dinner didn't help with making them feel energized.

Once everyone was out of the living room, Vyra stood up and sat on the couch across as a serious atmosphere started to float into the scene. Staring at Yasuo as if staring into his soul, making him slightly sweatdrop, Vyra asked with a smile, "Alright, Onii-chan, what actually happened?" Her 'kind' tone made him sweatdrop even more.

"You won't be angry?" Yasuo asked like a frightened puppy.

"Of course not," Vyra said, keeping the same smile on her face. "Why would I be angry at you trying to kill yourself?" Now, Yasuo's face was almost like a waterfall, great amounts of sweat falling down his face.

"W-well."

"Well?"

"I-I asked Urataros-san to spar me."

"There's more you're leaving out."

"I-I used [Shambles, Utopia] a-and [Omoikane]." Vyra's very being was now oozing out ill intent while Yasuo was just scared for his body, who knows what she would do. Vyra let out a sigh and Yasuo could 'feel' her wrath slightly lower. "Onii-chan, can you call out Urataros?"

Yasuo noticed she didn't use honorifics for Urataros's name like she usually did, but complied to her request, nodding. A spiraling portal formed and from it, Urataros had appeared, already kneeling down towards Vyra. "FORGIVE ME, YOUNG MISTRESS!"

Yasuo was confused, forgive him for what? It was his own fault that he had missed five years of his life, heck, Urataros barely even attacked him during the spar... no, Urataros didn't even attack him during the spar!

"Move to the side where I can't see you and stay in that position for ten hours." Vyra coldly ordered towards Urataros, which he immediately obeyed, then she proceeded to gaze upon Yasuo. "Now you, Onii-chan..." A shiver went down Yasuo's spine. "You're going to stay here for five hours as well."

Yasuo sighed, this isn't going to be too bad... right?

"Oh, both of you can't sleep either."

And with that, she went upstairs to who knows where. Shisui had gone upstairs as well - TRAITOR! - while Yu had sat down beside Yasuo. Seeing that Vyra had left, Urataros looked up and said towards Yasuo, "Young master, may I possess you?"

"But-"

"Wait, young master, listen to me," Urataros said with a serious expression. "Young mistress wouldn't know a thing if I left!" Yasuo seriously doubted that. "And plus, she said 'move to the side where I can't see you', which means she doesn't care if I leave or not!" Yasuo knew this was and is a really stupid idea, but nodded anyway. It was his fault that Urataros was here now, so why not help him out to accommodate.

And with that, Urataros turned into a blue spirit-like form and entered Yasuo. Yasuo's body jolted and a streak of hair turned blue. His eyes had turned blue as well and suddenly, a golden ripple appeared beside him, disappearing then forming a pair of glasses floating in midair.

Taking the glasses and putting them on, 'Yasuo' turned and faced Yu with a charming, but slightly lecherous smile. "Yu-chan, do you want to go somewhere 'special'?" Yu's eyes twitched, she couldn't help but feel offended just by his gaze.

"I would have to refuse, Urataros," Yu replied. "Please do not do anything disgraceful with the young master's body."

"Of course, of course." Urataros lightly bobbed his head, then 'gently' smiled. "But... mind if I reel you in?" He said while scooting slightly closer Yu. Her eyes twitched again, how could such a person Yasuo's subordinate? She couldn't understand, but she'd already accepted it.

"I would have to refuse that too, Urataros." She said, maintaining the same monotone.

"Why not?"

"Must I have a reason?"

"Hmm..."

"Nothing will make me accept, Urataros."

"Ah!" Urataros's eyes sparkled and he scooted towards Yu even closer, too close in fact, and she most certainly didn't like it. "How about you get to do whatever you want with young master's body?"

Yu faltered.

"Should young master not be conscious currently?"

"No," Urataros responded. "For some reason whenever I possess him, he goes unconscious."

"Wait, if I touched young master's body, wouldn't you feel it?"

"Yes."

"Then no." Pushing him away.

"WHY?!" He lightly screamed while fake tears came running down his eyes, though careful not to alert anyone upstairs sleeping. "What don't you like about me?"

"Everything." She said plainly. "Why did you want to possess young master's body?"

"Would you kneel for five hours?"

"Yes."

"Well, I can't relate."

Sighing and shaking her head, Yu opened [All Around Shop] looking for books. Reading books has always been a hobby of hers, she felt that she would be happy just reading books all day long, maybe with her young master, in the nice and quiet shade.

She wouldn't sleep tonight, she didn't need to. She was a vampire, a creature of the night, and thus, instead of sleeping, she would read, something she rather enjoyed to do, so she had no qualms about it. It was also a way to keep her mind away from Urataros's constant nagging.

Finding a book about disguise, she decided to buy it. It was rather cheap compared to the other books, only 20,000 Points. Her young master should be able to easily make that back with his cooking, especially since the family has almost nigh-infinite resources.

Though she was [Assassin]-classed, she didn't know much about assassination or stealth at all. It was only her [B]-rank [Prescence Concealment] that had helped her, well, conceal herself.

While Yu was busy immersed in her book, Urataros was wondering what to do now that he had possessed his young master.

Maybe sneak out and flirt with girls?

No, with Yu here, he couldn't do that.

Maybe sneak out and get late-night street food?

No, she wouldn't allow that either, unless he somehow convinces her, which is unlikely.

'I'M BORED!' Urataros thought. He now understood why his young master was so bored when not training, he had nothing to do! And even the things he was interested in, he couldn't do! 'Wait... training?'

He could help his young master train while he was unconscious! Urataros grinned at this idea, helping his young master was something to be proud of, and something to show off to the other summoned; especially Shisui, that guy just loves helping young master.

'Didn't young master want a trainer?'

A mechanical voice answered him: {Yes, [Urataros]}

'Oh hello, AM-sama,' Urataros 'said'. 'How much Points does Yasuo-sama have left and how much is a trainer from the [All Around Shop]?'

{Total Points: 502,000 Point}

[Auto Adjustment Trainer] - 400,000 Points

'Buy it, AM-sama!'

{The [Summoned] [Urataros] is limited to 100,000 Points per month}

'Wait, does that mean I can't buy i-'

{However, because [Urataros] desires to help the Host, the transaction will be authorized}

Urataros let out a sigh of relief, he could buy it.

[Ding! The Host has obtained [Auto Adjustment Trainer]

Total Points Left: 102,000 Points]

{The [Summoned] [Urataros] has obtained temporary authorization to use [Auto Adjustment Trainer]}

Urataros looked towards Yu. Good, she was still reading and not paying any attention to him, he could go into [Kamui] and then use the [Auto Adjustment Trainer] for two hours or so.

Urataros grinned, it was a good plan; at least for him.

This way, he could not only skip half of the punishment time but also help his young master's body become stronger. Then again, he could also just let Yu know what he was doing, but she'd probably not even reply to him, she is too into that book!

Using [Kamui], Urataros had teleported into its dimension, landing on one of the many cube-like platforms.

'Alright, now.' Taking a deep breath. 'AM-sama, please place the trainer.'

[Ding! Placing [Auto Adjustment Trainer]...]

What Urataros was expecting was a cool little big robot friend that adjusted according to its user's strength but, oh boy, was he wrong. What instead appeared was a huge - and by huge, think massive - virtual reality-like gym, note 'like', 'cause it goshdarn looked and felt real!

Urataros was not excited. What he liked was fighting others, punching and kicking people, but what he definitely hated was actual training. The reasoning? He was too lazy and it took away too much time. He knew someone had to take hours, days, to get results, and he simply was too lazy and impatient to do that.

He was starting to regret doing this, but, that did not mean he wouldn't do it! Any and all for his young master... 'Did I just make my punishment unintentionally harder for myself?...'

Suddenly, a voice not unlike that of AM's sounded, snapping Urataros from his thoughts:

[Adjusting to User...]

Like responding to the voice, Urataros could see the entire gym shifting: weights floating onto bars, dumbbells and more, all types of weapons appearing on organized racks, more space with thicks walls and within the space, were training dummies varying in an uncountable number of sizes, huge running tracks, plus much, much more.

[First Step: 5,000 Weighted Push-Ups]

[Weight: 15 Tons]

Urataros could feel something weigh down on him, the source coming from his back. Looking behind, he could see something backpack-like stuck onto his back. He tried taking it off but failed, though the weight wasn't too bad. "Will this disappear?" He asked.

[Complete 'First Step']

Urataros sighed in both relief and exasperation. Before he didn't want to do it, but now he had no choice. He had already guessed that asking the robot voice to take the backpack thing off would not work as well, after all, it was trying to make him, or rather Yasuo, stronger, why would it make him slack off?

Taking a deep breath, he started doing the push-ups asked of him.

[Finished: 1]

'Oh, that's cool. It counts for me.'

[Finished: 2]

[Finished: 3]

[Finished: 4]

[Finished: 5]

And... he was already tired.

___

Meanwhile, in reality, Yu was still reading her books. She was reading a book with the name 'Gourmet King', which was about the different kinds of dishes found in the author's world. She had gotten it for 10,000 Points, guessing it was priced as so because it doesn't actually teach anything merely stating the recipes, though technically, it was 'teaching'.

She had wanted her young master to learn of the recipes in the cookbook, knowing that his [Knowledge] and [Mangekyō Sharingan] skills would allow him to read the book faster, memorize the book, and perform the deeds. Also, she was interested because there were pictures in the book, having the foods look extremely appetizing and how almost everything her young master would cook was guaranteed to be delicious via his [Cooking] skill.

Though she was not the one that was going to be cooking, she still wanted to read the book, she just had a love for anything related to books. Before the 'Gourmet King', she had read something about marine life in a world without water, something about someone's darkest secrets, something about creatures called 'Ghouls', and much more over the past 7-8 hours. Counting, her total expenses from purchasing books, it was 95,000, just below her monthly spending limit and actual total Points left, leaving 7,000 Points left.

Normally, she wouldn't dare to spend this much, but seeing as her young master makes around 150,000 to 200,000 every cooking session due to everyone's needs and wants, it SHOULD be okay... breakfast is coming soon too...

"Ah, Yu-san."

Closing her book, she looked up and saw her oldest young mistress, Vyra-sama, looking at her with an eye smile.

"Where are Urataros and Onii-chan?"




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