Rivalry (Ishigami Senku x Reader)

Chapter 25

"You were careless. Your lack of patience made you act without thinking. I have heard everything."

(Your point of view)

You were more than happy to finally have Senku by your side again. He was the only one who could effectively do something against Tsukasa. Doing everything by yourself was slowly starting to break you. Hyoga was a huge problem. Tsukasa's problem was that he was blinded by a wrong image of the perfect world. You knew what he was able to feel empathy. He wasn't a bad guy.

Hyoga on the flip side though... He was evil. He lacks this empathy and has an even darker image of the perfect world. Both ideologies kind of resembled each other... But Hyoga's was much more malicious. He, different from Tsukasa, wouldn't hesitate to kill someone he used to trust, not even the slightest bit. He would even kill Homura if she happened to backstab him, just like you were. You couldn't help but worry. His very existence alone didn't let you rest. Even though you were with Senku now. ...Would Senku find a way for you to win against those two? Or were both your efforts worthless, since you would either be eliminated or be forced to work for Hyoga's evil plans?

"We need more people, Y/n. How many people did that Spear Guy take with him, excluding you and that mentalist?" Senku asked, still holding you in his arms. You knew him very well and knew his expression was serious, just by the way his voice sounded like. You didn't need to see his face. He...might find a way to win. Just like he did for the petrification phenomenon. He found a way to defeat it. He found a way to revive people. He might do the same for this complicated situation.

You took a deep breath and recollected yourself again. "They are about 20 people. They are strong fighters but lack a lot of intelligence. They view me as a kind of "commander" in that tiny troop. They view me as a person superior to them." You answered. "Heh heh, then they seem to be easy to trick. Maybe you can take profit by the effort you put into your image as Tsukasa's ally." He said and he let go of you, smirking. "Your half Korean tech nerd Love slave needs some help with his work. If they respect you that much, you can convince them into helping you and your friend." You giggled. "That was a long nickname for him."

That wasn't a bad idea. The chance for them to think of a complex plan that would involve betrayal against you would be rather low. But it wasn't too low to be negligible. You couldn't be generous with your trust in luck when it came to Hyoga. He was a sharp-minded strategist too after all, so underestimating the possibilities of things that might go wrong would be a fatal mistake. Being that careful tortured your mind, that's for sure. But it was better than bringing yourself and everyone else involved with you in danger. Hyoga was far more dangerous than Tsukasa. (Which is why I kind of like Hyoga more 👀 I have a soft spot for evil intellectuals lmao)

"I will keep that in mind. For now, you need to focus on how you want to dodge the attack of Hyoga's troupe. I don't think it's needed to tell you when they will attack, right?" Senku chuckled. "Don't worry, we already are working on how we dodge it. I'd be the last one to rely on my cheap trickery of gun armory." You rose your brow. "It was trickery?" Senku nodded. "I already used all of the gunpowder I made a while ago. The last bit I had has gone into the fake gun I tricked y'all with." He smirked. "And it seemed to be very successful, if it even tricked you, annoying cow." You smiled and shook your head. "It was dark, annoying lettuce boy. You would have been tricked too."

You looked down and clenched your fist. "Right now, Hyoga is very dangerous, Senku." You started with a troubled face and Senku quickly noticed. He chuckled. "And you are one of the most intelligent people I know, annoying cow. That spearman is nothing compared to you. I will leave him to you. I'm sure you can handle him. In exchange, I will handle crazy Tsukasa. He even killed me one time, did you know that?" He continued to tell you about the story about Tsukasa and his attack against Senku, which luckily didn't work because of that tiny piece of stone that didn't go off right away. It saved his life.