"3:30pm... School's finished." A black haired man with glasses simply stood up and packed his things before gazing towards a group of friends, Mei, Kevin and Su.
"Not yet... I still need to go to work."
A single crisp sound of a snap appeared and vanished just as fast, leaving bystanders confused. "Wasn't there someone there?" A random person questioned his reality.
Kevin turned his head towards the empty seat with pursed lips. He could have sworn there was someone there just now.
"Let's just go have fun after this."
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The sound of a smartwatch rang out as an old lady groaned. "I swear, you always are too stubborn regarding time. It's not like working an extra few minutes will kill you!" She shuffled around and patted the man's back.
"Granny, It's my principle not to work overtime. It's not a matter of working extra without pay. If you were to give me pay, I still wouldn't work extra." The man walked out of the store as the old lady scoffed, "Strange boy."
She turned around to close her bakery cafe only to hear a crisp snap as she turned to find that he had disappeared. "Very strange boy." She corrected herself before looking at the tv playing news in the cafe.
"Hopefully this all passes quickly."
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The black haired man eventually found his way to an alley. "Three zombies huh." He muttered as he snapped. In an instant the zombies had vanished as if they had never existed. The man's hair had become slicked back and was white instead of black. His glasses had shifted into an orange hue.
A total transformation.
"X" A voice brought his mind back to reality as he looked back. "We meet again madam." X greeted politely. "It seems you came here faster than us. Just call me Himeko" Himeko remarked as the zombies had disappeared.
A growl emerged from the nearby rubble as another beast lunged at him. A concerned shout could be heard from Himeko as she attempted to throw her weapon at the beast.
Her concern vanished just as fast as confusion came. A single crisp sound echoed throughout the alley as a flash of colors emerged before the beast exploded into dust. X had disappeared and she was left alone in the alley pondering on what she had just seen.
X had only recently emerged and had been in a way helping Fire Moth in their duties. Of course he wasn't exactly approved and the higher ups still wanted a leash on him. But the only issue was no one could beat him.
The only one who had fought him was Elysia and even then she simply claimed outlandish things that even the higher ups wouldn't believe her. Who would believe that the moon appeared in front of them?
The moon sure as hell didn't come to earth for sure. But Elysia stuck with her story and even bragged about facing the moon in a fight. Whatever the case, he had almost no honkai energy emissions, something rarely seen.
Whatever the case, Elysia simply claimed he was a new type of hero.
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"So... X~ Did you miss me?" An annoyingly high pitched squeal of a pig in the shape of a girl emerged from the door of the rooftop. X simply sat there in his normal every day look. He simply remained silent as he gazed at the city. "Elysia" He acknowledged.
Elysia pouted as she sat next to him, "Are you still mad about that incident?" X gave her a side eye and held out his hand. Elysia beamed a smile and took his hand in hers.
"Ouch~" Another squeal emerged from the human shaped pig. She had just had her hand slapped. "You still haven't paid me back. Do you have no shame?" X insisted.
Elysia simply whistled away her guilt, "But treating such a beautiful girl like me is already such an honor no? And you didn't have to pay." She attempted to justify herself.
X simply laid back on the roof as he listed his grudges, "At that time, I gave you a solid gold coin. It was meant for your travels. Instead of being thankful, you latched onto me like a parasite and asked for food. I took you to a restaurant and you ended up eating away two months of my part-time salary."
"You are a human shaped pig of gluttony, that's what you are. I wouldn't even hold as much of a grudge if you got fat. Yet it seemed like all that money spent was pointless." He continued to rant and drone on.
Even Elysia's positive attitude took a beating internally, and it was true. When she was young, X was the one who had saved her and showed kindness. It was perhaps thanks to X that she saw the beauty in humanity. In a way she was the only one who knew who X truly was and someone he could call a friend.
The only problem was that her seemingly omnipotent friend had a very strange quirk, loved setting time boundaries. Wouldn't work a single second overtime unless it was needed.
Time passed as they X decided to go back home. Elysia turned to leave only for a rumbling sound to echo through the empty space. X's face darkened, Elysia seemed to have realised she had hit a red button.
"Let's go grab dinner~ Come on... A beautiful girl like me treating you~" She continued to tease only to hear a snap as they soon arrived in front of a restaurant. Elysia looked shaken, "T-t-t-this, isn't this the newly opened 3 star Bichelin restaurant?"
X immediately walked in before they were sat down at the tables. "I want this, this, this and that to go, thank you." Elysia stared at the menu and the prices before simply ordering a steak. The food soon came as Elysia forgot about the prices and simply indulged in the flavours.
"So... You haven't changed one bit since I last saw you." Elysia started a conversation as X sighed, "Neither have you," He countered. The two both had secrets and that was fine.
X wiped his mouth and sighed content, "Such a good meal after slaving away." Elysia sighed, "So good..."
"What about the bill-" Elysia asked only to hear a single snap as the man in front of her vanished.
A small giggle slipped out as she called the waited over to settle the bill. It was fine, after all she owed him a lot. Even now she didn't know what his true name was, but she didn't need to know that. All she knew was that he was there from the start. He was her Hero X and no doubt everyone's Hero X in the future.