680 is My Target Score!?! -ORCA Series

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【Pov: Kato Kazuki】
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"I know it, that's why I said 'if it's possible' from the first place-"
"You did?"

That's right. That's my bad habit expecting everything like I wanted it to. I should have been more cautious next time.

"Kazu-san."

I looked at her serious face.

"Will you?"
"It's impossible."
"As I thought."
"Mirai. Even as a child, if they found out that I've been secretly taking care and hiding you, I will be doomed."
"I know."
"That said, meeting someone like her will take a great risk."

Mirai silenced for a while. She was thinking that the good omen she had been feeling doesn't mean it would affect for me, and there's no other way to convince me for her mere prediction.

"If there's anything other than that, I'll take it."

I walked away as Mirai held her face down, reflecting of what she had done.

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It was 5 years ago when I found her below the fly over. That time, I was just thinking of using her ability as the key to scratch the script of my 'grand plan'. As an illegal child of Kato Family, she was abandoned right away to a beggar, using her to play a scheme to yearn pity from others.

Kato family members were both gifted and cursed. Each child born from the bloodline of Kato will receive an ability which always connected to the 'mind'. All power received was originated from the ability of manipulating brain waves. Such telekinesis and mind break are the examples of the power they had.

People may found it cool, but the fact is, it was more terrifying. The rumor was for every third generation, twin were born, and either one them, their wives or offsprings would sacrifice their death as a 'offering' to whom their ancestor traded their powers from. This legend was kept by the older clan and before they died, it would be passed to the next generation. That said, I was meant to be 'unknowing' about this dark truth of Kato Clan.

The day I knew about this, I realized that the red rope had connected everything from the beginning. Akito, my 'brother', was born with a lot of complication, should have died right away at his young age. It was like a destiny that my brother would die instead of me. Being the second son from the second wife of the head clan, he was treated differently.

Of course, for everyone else, he was a mere 'sacrifice' for their sake. But for me, he was the light of my life. Other than my 'mom', he accepted everything about me. He saved me from being a 'robot' myself, he saved me from the feelings as a 'tool'. He made me human.

｢That's why, I should find another way to save him from the curse.｣

That's why,

❴I should 'make use' of those people to their extend before they can 'use' me❵.

The moment I knew an illegal child had born from Kato Family, I set my mind that I would make use of them.

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"Kazuki, as you suggested, that university accepted me as their new student!"

Jiro told me happily, screaming and yelling for fun.

"You should have wait next year to apply for my-"
"What a waste! I won't be able to stay long there, anyway. Your university's full of men, not a single woman I can tease!"
"Really, what's your true intention to join college that early?"
"Going outside makes you earn more money! Who would say 'no' to a quick college system? Three years to graduate and I can work freely!"

Ah, that's right. If every people thinks the same way as his, VSU will be the real 'private' university.

"Oh, yes, did you finish my requested device?"
"I did."
"Marvelous! Wait for me, Kazuki, I'll be the next champion for OSü Cup!"

Jiro raised his hand on the laptop and opened it right after I passed the device I made specially for him to finish his game. Suddenly, I remembered about that girl.

"By the way, Jiro."
"Hm?"
"By any chance, do you know about Kitajima Seo?"

Of course it wouldn't be such convenient to know someone, but at least, I should took a chance.

"Kitajima- Oh, Seo?"

I was surprised that he could casually said her given name.

"You know?"
"She's my class secretary before."
"Your class? That 6 person?"
"Haha, glad you remembered it."
"What kind of person she is?"
"Oh? Since when did you interested in girls?"

He threw his face back to the laptop.

"Then? Didn't your family restricted you from meeting girls? Even locked you away in that private university."
"That's right-"
"So where did you learn her name?"

I stopped. I haven't talked about Mirai to Jiro.

"That's too long to discuss."
"You know, when you said that, it is really like you (as usual)."

He ignored me and started playing Osü! with my device. Initially, I wanted to read his mind even if he won't answer the question, but he acted as he didn't want me to read his thought. I knew he didn't know that I can read his mind though.

"She's calm and collected. In my class, she's the smartest and the most diligent. She do help others, but she's kinda selective. She didn't talk much to boys, so that's as far as I can captured."

〈Ah, she also helped me and others to do mandarin workbook, as well as voluntarily cooperating with us to prank our homeroom teacher, but maybe I shouldn't mention this-〉

Calm and collected, huh?

"Did she ever talk much? Or screamed loudly?"
"You mean when she did a presentation? Other than that, she won't talk too much. Her voice is too quiet, sometimes I should ask her to speak twice. Of course, I never heard her screaming in my life."

〈That could be my ears didn't work well, though.〉

Too quiet? The last time I heard her screaming to slap me on my face-

"What is it? You took interest of her? You're 5 years apart, tho!"

〈You better not to, she's not that kind of girl.〉

"Nope, just some kind of business."
"Oh! You'd like to invite her to VTC University? I think she would love to enter their biotech major!"
"It-"

It isn't, but I can't say it. What use of taming her by the way.

"That's right. You wouldn't go for something like that, would you?"

I didn't nod right away, but I let my sight down, making an impression that I had agreed with him.