Investigation

Standing in front of the ward door, Ichika said to Yotsuba who was sitting on the bed.

"I'm calm to see you're fine. Get enough rest, okay."

Closing the door, she saw Nino and Fuutarou coming towards her.

"Nino, Fuutarou-kun."

Still wearing an apron, Nino crossed her arms over her chest.

"Ichika is coming too."

"Um, you told me over the phone, but I still can't calm down. What about the others?" Ichika asked.

"Now they have calmed down. We are fine, so there is no need to worry."

Yotsuba is at fault for the school festival committee, because she is too busy helping others, she gets exhausted and faints, which worries Ichika and the others.

"Thank goodness... By the way, I met the mysterious man we talked about this afternoon."

"Is that true Ichika? He didn't do anything strange to you, right?"

Fuutarou looked her up and down. He also heard strange events experienced by Nino, Miku, and Itsuki. He was afraid that the other party was a dangerous stalker.

"Fuu-kun, you are too much. In my opinion, Akira has no evil intentions." Nino subconsciously split Akira, then she asked: "Let me guess, he suddenly disappeared when you turned away."

"Yes. Like Nino and Itsuki meeting, he called me Ichika-Nee and left very quickly." Ichika nodded with a smile, not looking bothered at all.

"Should we report this to the police? We don't know the other party's intentions yet, he might be dangerous."

Unlike Ichika, Nino, Miku, and Itsuki's relaxed attitude towards Akira's appearance, Fuutarou tends to think negatively.

"Fuutarou-kun worries too much, like Nino said, I also feel like he doesn't have any bad intentions."

"Um, it was too hasty to report it to the police. Maybe this is just a misunderstanding."

Ichika and Nino reject Fuutarou's suggestion.

"You two..."

Seeing this, Fuutarou felt a little annoyed. Usually the quintuplets always support his decisions, now just because unknown men, Ichika and Nino don't agree with him. He felt a strange feeling in his heart, namely jealousy.

"I want to see the hospital surveillance camera footage, Nino and Fuutarou-kun want to come along?" Ichika asked.

"Why do you want to see the hospital surveillance camera footage?" Fuutarou asked trying to act as usual.

"Of course seeing how Akira can go that fast."

"Ichika, you met him at the hospital?"

"I haven't said it yet?"

Ignoring Nino's sullen gaze, Ichika walked with a smile with her hands behind her back.

...

After telling Maruo about the strange events that Ichika and the others experienced, he went to the monitoring room.

As a father, how could Maruo remain silent when he knew that his daughter might meet a stalker?

With his authority, viewing the hospital's surveillance camera footage was no big deal.

In the monitoring room.

Then Ichika mentioned the location and time of her meeting with Akira to the security officer.

Under the supervision of five people, they viewed the recording from 20 minutes ago.

"H-How is this possible? Is there something wrong with the recording?" Fuutarou said in disbelief.

Not only him, Ichika, Nino, Maruo, and the security guard also thought the same way.

In the footage playing on the screen, when Ichika looked back, Akira didn't run or hide as they thought, but disappeared!

"Wait a minute, I'll try to slow it down."

The security guard replayed the recording, this time he slowed down the duration. However, no matter how slow the duration of the recording, the results do not change.

"Gosh! Did we just experience a spiritual event?" Nino covered her mouth, surprise evident in her eyes.

"This is similar to teleportation like in the movies." Even Ichika couldn't smile after watching this.

Maruo didn't speak, his gaze was fixed on Akira. He felt that the young man was somewhat similar to him.

"This is unscientific! Teleportation? There is no such thing. He might use tricks." Fuutarou refused to believe what he saw.

"Keep this a secret." Maruo said to the security guard, and also took the recorded data.

"Understood, Sensei." The security guard did not dare to argue.

Then they left the monitoring room.

"I'm still cleaning, so I want to go back to school. Fuu-kun, please take Ichika home."

Nino remembers that she is still on duty. After saying goodbye, she hurried away.

The atmosphere was awkward because of Maruo's presence, Ichika didn't dare act coquettishly towards Fuutarou in front of her! father.

"I still have things to do."

Not waiting for an answer, Maruo left the two of them.

Only Ichika and Fuutarou remain.

"Has Fuutarou-kun finished work for today?" Ichika asked.

"Yeah..."

"Then let's walk around for a while."

Fuutarou did not refuse Ichika's invitation. Then the two left the hospital.

...

On the other hand, Akira didn't know his teleportation ability had been revealed. Even if he knew, he didn't care.

In a world with no one who could threaten him, he didn't need to be as careful as usual.

After greeting Ichika, Akira decided to return to the internet cafe, only he didn't use [Hiraishin no Jutsu], but instead walked. After all, he was in no rush.

"Hufftt... Autumn nights are quite cold."

Seeing a vending machine nearby, he stopped and bought warm milk.

Popping the lid off the can, he took a sip as he walked.

An LCD screen in a building displays a film trailer starring Ichika.

"I wonder if Ichika in my world will take the same path as Ichika in this timeline."

After the film trailer finished, Akira walked.

As he passed the bridge, he saw a row of tents built under the bridge. They are homeless people who are forced to live there because they don't have enough money to buy a house or rent an apartment.

"Luckily my wallet contained money. If not, I'm afraid I'll become homeless like them."

Taking out the wallet in his trousers, Akira counted the amount of money he had left.

"35,250 yen... Because of the school festival, I spent my money quickly." He smiled wryly.

"Without identity, it is impossible to find work. Then the only thing left is to earn money illegally."

With his strength, Akira can loot the headquarters of yakuza or other criminal groups. Regarding morals and ethics, he didn't care about it as long as his stomach was full.

After walking around until 11 pm, he arrived at an internet cafe.

Entering the rental room, removing most of his clothes, Akira lay down and slept.

He had not felt the urgency of his current situation.