Chapter 17: Hunter
"How did you improve your Quirk?"
"Er... It's quite complicated, but I guess I was lucky?"
"...It's a bit unfair, right?"
"What did you feel was unfair? Don't you feel lucky that your boyfriend has become more handsome now?"
"You're so narcissistic!"
Ibara couldn't help but laugh at his narcissistic words.
Still, while she was speechless, she must admit that her boyfriend had become more handsome. He might be more pleasing to the eyes, but she felt a bit annoyed at all the foxes who tried to seduce him at school.
She looked at him for a moment and couldn't help but pull his cheek, feeling it was quite soft and nice to pull somehow.
"...What are you doing?"
Mineta was speechless.
"Just let me do this for a while."
After all, she was his girlfriend. She felt she had this privilege. Unlike those foxes, they couldn't do something like this, right?
After his charm became seven points, he became handsome. He might not be the most handsome, and there were few people in this world who were more handsome than him, but it definitely didn't exist in his school.
Seven points charm was only owned by 10% of the population.
He was part of that 10% of the population.
Yet, of course, this change made many people confused and wonder whether he did plastic surgery or make-up.
Everyone asked him this question.
However, his answer was none of them.
"Everything was because of the improvement of my "Quirk."
That was his answer.
The answer was why he could become handsome.
However, the only one who got this answer was only Ibara, Kota, and Tanaka.
While the others were curious, he only gave them an ambiguous answer since the matter of "Quirk" could be so developed further was something that couldn't be said carelessly.
If a villain or a bad person could become stronger because of his words, it would lead to terrible consequences.
The only thing that he didn't want to happen to him was National Police Agency Security Bureau to appear in front of his house and capture him.
On the other hand, he believed in Ibara, Kota, and Tanaka since he knew they wouldn't blabber their mouths.
Ibara was his girlfriend, but Kota and Tanaka were eager to become handsome.
As for whether they could do it, probably yes, probably not.
After all, everything was related to the aptitude of someone.
The aptitude was something invisible and couldn't be seen by eyes.
The only way to confirm it was to see whether one could see progress with their training or not.
In other words, they were the only ones who could see whether they had an aptitude or not.
He only told them the method, and the rest was on themselves.
They could also quickly believe in him since they could see the improvement in his "Quirk." He didn't need to use his ability from the ball-like shape of his hair. Instead, he could release a sticky substance from various parts of his body.
If he wanted to, he could become like Spider-Man, who swung around one building or another. He could also walk in the building and do what Spider-Man did. The only difference was that he didn't have a spider sense and supernatural physical ability, but his substance was more versatile than the spider web since he could shape it into many different shapes.
A whip, a Gatling gun, a wall, a sword, a spring, an iron maiden, a giant fist, and many others.
However, while they were powerful, they couldn't be hardened, so the damage was minimal.
If he wanted to make his "Quirk" more powerful, he had to buy a "Hardening" ability on his system.
Yet, he wasn't in a hurry since the first thing he had to do was increase his height and the size of his "wee-wee." After all, while having the appearance of a young boy didn't bother him, having a "wee-wee" the size of a young boy bothered him much.
Fortunately, the system could handle this problem.
However, he must admit the price of solving this problem was quite expensive.
If the price for 1 cm of height was 1,000 points, the price for 1 cm of growth for "that part" was 10,000 points.
Still, while he knew he had to save up his points, he must admit how awesome his system was.
It had been a week since he dated Ibara, and as the system had told him previously that he got a reward for how long he had dated her.
<You have dated your girlfriend for a week, and you received "Skill: "Fishing (Master)">
While he was amazed at the system, he felt his hard work getting close to Ibara was tough.
His insecurity, fear, and many negative feelings in his heart were jumbled together back then when he became Mineta Minoru for the first time. He wasn't sure what to do, but he knew that one thing was for sure, he had to use his system well.
He looked at Ibara, still pulling his cheeks, which made him sigh, so he held her hand gently.
"Eh?"
Ibara was slightly startled by his actions.
He pulled her hand away from his cheek and gently kissed the back of her hand, closing his eyes since he must admit he felt indebted to this girl, who confessed to him without fear. Yet he must admit, it was hard to say that he loved this girl wholeheartedly.
However, she was special to him since she was there when he needed someone the most.
His parents, best friends, or strangers couldn't solve his problems, but only this girl could solve them.
Yet he must admit that he might hurt her in the future since he was greedy, and it was impossible for him to feel satisfied with the rewards and the current points he gained from her.
He wanted more rewards, so he had to be accepted into the "U.A. High School."
"Mi-Minoru-kun..."
Ibara blushed, feeling shy by the tender kiss on the back of her hand. She could feel the warmth of his lips, and it made her heart almost jump out all the time.
As a hunter, it was impossible for Mineta to let go of his chance, so after they dated, he asked her to call him by his first name, and he also called her by her first name.
In the beginning, she was shy, but slowly, she got used to it and called him to name her more intimately.
Still, while it was impossible for him to do something that an adult did, considering he wanted to become a mighty man first, it was possible to kiss her.
He gazed into her eyes for a while before she was unable to keep up with him, lowering her head and feeling shy by his carnivore-like eyes. However, he only chuckled and didn't do much. He let go of her hand and said, "How about we start our training?
"Ok-Okay!!"
Ibara was like a deer right in front of the lion. Her body was all tense, and she ran away shyly.
'But...'
Ibara looked at the back of her hand again and thought about the feeling on his lips. She traced her lips and wondered how it felt to be kissed.
Like a boy, a girl was also perverted.
However, unlike a boy, a girl didn't want to be seen as a slut, so they were more indirect, and it was hard for them to be truthful with that feeling.
Fortunately, Mineta knew well how to make her be truthful.
"Are you ready?"
"Yes!"
The two faced each other and started their battle.