Internships End
After changing into his training clothes and entering the training ground, Renault saw Sento looking at him with a mischievous grin.
"Why are you smiling so disgustingly?" Renault asked.
"How was your date today?" Sento replied.
"It wasn't a date. We just happened to meet halfway," Renault explained.
"Hmm~ is that so?" Sento nodded thoughtfully. He only knew that Renault and Mikoto had come back together through the surveillance outside the house, but he didn't know anything else. However, that didn't stop him from imagining things.
Ignoring Sento, Renault began his training for the night. As he trained, he also thought about Mikoto's behavior. It was fine when they were at the arcade hall, but during dinner, he couldn't help but notice how different she was acting. She was trying to act like a lady, blushing when she looked at him from time to time.
Renault had never paid attention to these kinds of things before, but now he couldn't help but think about it. She was his junior sister and neighbor, cute, and had feelings for him. It was impossible for him not to feel something. But he had no experience in handling situations like this. He felt a bit lost and would rather be fighting villains.
After training for a while, Renault stopped and looked at Sento.
"Have you ever had a girlfriend?"
Sento didn't reply, so Renault continued, "Forget it, I can't rely on you anyway. Why did they send you to help me instead of Kadoya Tsukasa? Even Tendo Soji would have been better." {TN: Kadoya is KR Decade while Tendo is KR Kabuto}
"I'm sorry, we don't offer refunds here," Sento said with a smile as he leaned back in his chair. "What's wrong? Has your heart been moved by her?"
"Of course not. She's only 14, and I'm only 15. I'm not crazy enough to do something like that," Renault replied.
"But people in this world mature early. Look at your body now. If you didn't wear a school uniform, no one would believe you just started senior high. Besides, you're already mature on the inside," Sento teased.
Renault didn't know how to respond to that and remained silent.
Renault couldn't be bothered to talk to this guy and continued his training. As for matters of the heart, he decided to take it slow. He didn't think anyone in his class had experience in this area, and even if they did, he didn't want it spreading around. As for searching online, he didn't trust anything he found there.
After two hours of training and battle training, Renault took a shower and went back to his bedroom. It wasn't until he covered himself with the thin blanket that he realized Yuriko had slept in this bed the night before.
"Who said that a girl's scent remains on a bed? That's just a rumor," Renault shook his head, turned off the light, and closed his eyes.
The next morning, Renault got up comfortably, had breakfast, and headed to Hawks Agency as planned. As expected, Hawks didn't say anything about the aftermath of the Hosu incident and continued with Renault's daily training and some news interview work for the office.
On Thursday afternoon, the internship officially ended, and Renault walked out of the building with Hawks.
Patting Renault's shoulder, Hawks smiled and said, "I'm very satisfied with your internship this time, except for the Stain incident."
"Um... sorry."
"Well, it's just a joke. The minor punishment doesn't matter to me, after all, you went to Hosu on your own after work, and I couldn't have stopped you. But being able to defeat Stain, I'll take a little punishment. However, Renault-kun..." At this point, Hawks' expression became serious. "You know about the changes on the internet these days. Stain's appearance has brought out some unstable dangerous factors. So, hurry up and become stronger. Time may not wait for you."
"I understand, I'll do my best. Thank you for taking care of me these days, Hawks-san."
"Okay, I hope the next time we meet, you'll have already gotten your hero license."
"Where can it be so fast?"
The internship has ended, and there are no classes scheduled for tomorrow Friday at school. Along with a three-day weekend, classes will not resume until later.
"So, it's another three-day break, huh?"
Returning home, Renault looked at the chat group on his phone and saw that everyone had set out on their journey home. He began to think about how he would spend these three days. He had already relaxed for one day, and continuing to relax might make him feel lazy, which would be a bad idea.
"So, should I do something tonight? That's settled."
Previously, Hawks had predicted that many unstable factors would surface, right? Renault thought he could take on a different identity and do something. If he could encounter an opponent worth taking seriously, that would be even better.
That night, Renault took action and had Sento search for possible locations where gangs might gather through the network. Once he found a location, he set off directly.
'Oh, by the way, that girl said that Shigaraki is also eyeing these fat sheep. I wonder if we'll run into him?' Renault remembered his sister's words before.
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An hour later.
"Die! Porcupine Spikes!"
A burly man covered in spikes on his back stood with his back to Renault. The spikes behind him flew towards Renault like a rain of arrows.
Renault, under his armor, saw this scene and immediately began to dodge.
*DING!* *DING!*
Although Renault was very fast, the spikes were very dense, and some of them still pierced his armor, leaving behind noticeable white spots.
"Not bad attack power, it can leave marks."
You should know that the armor of Kamen Rider Joker is specially designed to strengthen close combat, and its defense is also very good. Even so, it still leaves a mark, which proves that the opponent's attack power is very strong.
Of course, this is only the result of Renault not using his Quirk.
"But that's it... it's over, big guy." He drew out the Joker Memory Slot from his Driver and inserted it into the slot next to his belt, lightly tapping it.
*JOKER! MAXIMUM DRIVE!*
"Let's try this move, Rider Kick."
With a forward charge, Renault leaped into the air, his right foot carrying purple-black energy, breaking through the needle rain facing him, and kicking directly on the back of the muscular man.
*BOOM!* *BANG!*
Without any pause, the man was kicked directly and flew away, smashing through the wall behind him and falling into a pile of rubble.
After landing, Renault looked over there and muttered to himself, "I held back a bit at the last minute, he probably won't die, right?"
At this moment, faint police sirens could be heard in his ears.
"Delayed for some time, huh?"
Glancing at the unconscious gangsters around him, Renault shrugged his shoulders and walked away from the scene. He left the mess for others to clean up.
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