86 Diary: Memories From The Youth 4

(Han's POV)

By the time I woke up, I was in a military hospital. My father sat beside me and looked at me sadly. I glanced at him and told, I was fine. I stay on the bed for about a week. In that time, my kidney got replaced and it was my father who donates his to mine.

I could still see his pale face. "Father, are you alright?" I asked with unconsciously frown face. Nobuo Asuzawa looked at his son focus on his left side waist. He finally understands his question.

"I am. Don't worry. Recover quickly, and later I'll send you back to Japan. You can go back to study normally there. I don't want you to do the military again. I will tell your uncle if you want to study business with him." he said with concern face. He still spoiled me until now. No wonder, Hanzo really love him and became a spoiled brat.

"I'm fine, I'll try my best to finish my training here, first. Later, when I entered high school, I'll go back, if you are that worry."

He nodded to my request, stroking my head for a while and left the room.

Shortly after he went outside, two kids came to the room and strode to my bed. They stood there and looked at me. It was the ex-slave two kids. Toshio and Takashi. I stared at them dumbfounded. What are they doing here?

"W-What is it?" I asked curiously with my usual scary expression. Surprisingly they didn't found it terrifying. Usually, small kids were terrified and avoid him if they saw his face. But them? No. It pricks his interest.

Toshio ask me a favor, he said. "Please take us!"

"..." What do you mean? that was shown on my face.

Takashi elaborate, "We didn't have anywhere to go. We didn't want to go to kids shelter or orphanage. We just want to live free, but we don't have someone to help us. Our parent abandoned us and we know if we go back to the country, it will be hard for the two of us living alone. So we want you to accept us! We could do anything you want! Servant or anything! We will obey everything you want! But in return, you must guarantee our free life and money!"

"...So, why you pick me from everybody in here?"

"We learn your family background from our trusted source--Han's teammates. You are a rich person and General Nobuo Asuzawa's son! In the future, you'll replace him as the head of the family. So we know you'll be an amazing person! So if we follow you, it will give us a chance in the future!"

I blinked a few times and asked again, "What do you mean 'chance'?"

"To be rich! And living comfortably in our retired life!" (Toshio and Takashi)

When I heard their reason, I made a dumbfound face again. I began to chuckle and then burst to laugh!

They were really sincere when they told me that their intention was money so that they can be rich! It pricks my interest. I never felt amusing before. It was the first for me to encounter someone who was straightforward!

Well, not straightforward enough like my wife now, though.

Meanwhile, Hanzo was laughing inside too. He thought the two kids here were good friends to be his playmate. I said to him that he needs to wait for a while. He shrugged from my answer.

I stop my laughed and looked at two kids, "So, you want to work for me?" I asked again if they really meant it.

"Yes!" (Toshio and Takashi)

I nodded and said, "I can guarantee the money and your freedom, but I couldn't say that you will free all the time when the job start, is that okay for you?"

They were making a helpless face, they already expected that I'll not accept it, yet the next second they realized and open their eyes wide. They asked, "W-Wait, you mean....you accept us?"

"I explained it to you, didn't I? I couldn't guarantee you will free all the time when the job starts."

"!!!"

They made a dogeza[1] pose and said, "Thank you so much!" at the same time.

I looked at them with an amusing face, I said. "And call me boss from now."

"Yes, Boss!" (Toshio and Takashi)

"Ah...your name is Toshio...and you... Takashi?"

"Yes, Boss!"

"Then, starting from now, I'll call you To and Ta. It's easy for me to remember. Now, dismissed. I call you later when I wake up from sleep."

"..." (To)

"..." (Ta)

To? Ta?

What kind of name was that?!

...

In my last military school year, I could be described as a third-grade middle school student, waiting for graduating. I got the best soldier award for my achievement and stand out from my peers. My father proud of me and I couldn't help to smile. I started to enjoy this life.

But Hanzo wasn't, he insisted that he will take over the body when I start my high school year. It turns out, Hanzo didn't like me to keep enjoying the time like him. In short, he envies about me. Hanzo still had that six-year-old personality but his attitude became that one early rebellion teenager. He does what he likes without thinking about other people. He was still that nice and kind heart person when saving a person. But, he develops a mischievous side inside him along the year.

I couldn't describe him anymore, little angel or devil? But that's a story for later.

As I enter a high school, I encounter Stevan and Laura again. We often played together when we were a little but we are grown up now. I could see some changes around them but some were still the same as before.

Stevan didn't obsessed with winning anymore while Laura, she became prettier. But I didn't take a glance at her and treat her the same as usual. Except for Stevan, his first love growing each day and made me as a rival to conquer Laura's heart. Even though, I didn't give a damn about that at all.

For me, Stevan was someone who knows my secret and childhood friend. I didn't know how I felt about him, but of course, I didn't trust him that much.

Laura became a little obsessed with me, it seems she began to make me fall in love with her incredible tricks and plans. I didn't know why but I could avoid all of her disasters. But, on second thought, I could notice her plan because she was a little obvious, to begin with.

Meanwhile, inside me, Hanzo was happy, he finally reunited with his old friends again. He came out often and hang out with Stevan and Laura. Stevan noticed my changes while Laura's lovestruck eyes covering herself to see my difference. She only lives by herself, imagining me as someone ideal inside her head.

What a drag.

Anyway, I started to feel worried about Hanzo going to erase me sooner or later, and my anxiety got transferred to Hanzo. He noticed my worried, but he ignored it!

That year, I kept fighting with him to make me come out! He struggled and didn't let me! I felt my existence being threatened.

One day, I asked him, "Don't you need me anymore? Are you fine with your own?"

He looked at me complicated, he said. "For now... I still had that deep scar. But I want to get better! I want to play! What's wrong with that? What's wrong I tried to get better with my own way! And you are just the personality that I created! Don't talk to me like you are the 'real' one!"

'Don't talk to me like I'm the 'real' one, huh.' I sigh inwardly.

"Then, are you ready to face your father again? I assumed from your answer you didn't need me anymore."

"...Wait!"

"..."

"I still can't..."

"Then let me borrow the body, you can switch with me when you want to play."

"...alright."

When I became him again, I started to eradicate his little demon girls who kept hovering him one by one. He didn't know the flies were bad for the body and kept them near could start to contaminate his mind and heart.

Human is messy and screws up. Nobody knows how they will take advantages of you. Hanzo, could you see their eyes trying to **** you? And wants your money and status only?

I let out a sighed.

...

In the second year, I stopped hanging out with Stevan and Laura. I did that so the people couldn't distinguish my different personality. It was too obvious when I hang out with them, the sudden change about my personality. But, if there were a time, I occasionally meet the two of them and had lunch together.

When I explain the reason to Hanzo. He was a little sad, but he didn't complain about it too long. He became surprisingly quiet. I was wondering what happened to him?

Meanwhile, at school, I didn't really pay attention to the lesson, because I master it already. So I often ended up skip class or didn't go to school at all.

Laura and Stevan were wondering why I didn't come to school often lately, and I said to them I was of course, in advance program class. They were shocked when they heard my reason.

'That' advanced class?

Indeed I did join the class. At school, there was a special class called advance class or Class S.

The class not only to let the student graduate faster, but they also provide a privilege to the special student for they, didn't have an obligation to come to school, in short, it was optional to go. But, there were two conditions they need to fulfill if they want it to pass.

First, to do the task and answered all the test that the school gave, correctly. Lastly, the score mark must exceed >95%. If not, you will drop one class below, to class A and revoked the privileges.

It was heavy and pressuring some for the students. But major of the students from the Class S looks confident and kept their face indifferent, including me.

Although, we heard that the questions were all on the university level. For geniuses or clever people, they could easily answer the question from the test with no problem.

That was mostly the students intelligent level in my class. So, from ten students, only eight got the privileges and the three of them were me, Rei Ishii and Crazy Kei.

Yes, they were in the same school as me.

They were my damn old classmates.

[1] Dogeza: A Japanese etiquette which involves kneeling and touching one's head directly on the ground and bowing.