THE CURSED GAMER

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Chapter 104: Internship (1)

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When the names were chosen by everyone, Aizawa returned while Midnight stood beside him with her hands behind her head, highlighting her barely covered breasts.

"Your internships start in a week," Aizawa said, looking at the students. "For this all-important reason, I have already handed out personalised lists to those who were invited—since as you realise, some of you have received far too many invites to choose yourself."

He looked at the sheets resting on the desk of every student. 

"For those of you who were not invited, the lists in front of you contain 40 agencies willing to accept interns from all over the countries. You may choose one from those 40."

Then he proceeded to give a speech about the importance of choosing an agency that is suitable for that specific student—Neji ignored it all as his eyes focused on the names on his sheet.

"Some of you have received invites from some… very interesting figures," Aizawa added while eyeing Neji, who didn't notice the gaze. "You have two days to submit your choices, so give it a bit of thought about who you choose."

Aizawa finished and dismissed the class while Neji's eyes were glued to his list with a small smirk on his face.

"Why are you smirking, Mr God Killer?"

"Shut up." Neji clicked his tongue. "I'm too excited to argue right now."

That caught Momo's interest. "Oh? It's rare to see you excited. Did one of your favourite heroes pick you?" Momo thought for a second. "Is it Ryukyu?"

Neji shrugged. "Nah, Ryukyu is good, but it's someone else who I am talking about."

Momo finally leaned over to see his sheet as her eyes searched for the name Neji was looking into before widening. "...Ohh, wow. I heard she doesn't even like having sidekicks. But she chose you as an intern? I can see why you are excited."

 Neji smirked. "I guess I am just too good for this world." Momo gave him a dry stare while he shrugged. "Oh well, you don't appreciate my handsomeness, girl. Anyway, I have a week before I go to her place, wanna hang out after school today?"

"No, mister." Momo declined his offer. "I have to choose the hero I want to intern with, too."

Neji blinked. "Huh? Just choose Ryukyu. Didn't she invite you too? She would have been my top priority if not for Mirko's invitation. You also get to spend time with your sister-in-law, Nejire, too."

Yes, he had received the Rabbit Hero's invitation. He didn't think he'd get that, truthfully since the person whose attention he caught was supposed to be All For One. But then again, maybe the reward only showed the name of the attention of the most important person he attracted—since there were 5 thousand heroes who were impressed by him, as revealed by Aizawa. This news made his day brighten as he realised he still had the chance to catch the rabbit.

He also got Mt. Lady's and Midnight's invitations, but he'd pretend he can't see them.

Momo chewed on her lip. "Yeah, that's why Ryukyu's the one I am leaning over to. I wouldn't have thought twice if you chose Ryukyu, but since you are prioritising training over spending time with Nejire, I am also thinking of doing the same. Though I doubt if anyone can match Ryukyu's worth in this list… Oh well, I got two days to choose."

Neji gave a slight nod. That was fair. But he would love it if his girls were gathered in the same place.

Then he turned to Uraraka on his back. "What about you? Anyone you like?"

Uraraka who had her eyes locked on her own list, raised her head. "Well... I got Ryukyu, too."

Neji blinked. "Oh?"

"Yeah…" Uraraka rubbed her neck. "I am shocked myself."

Neji thought for a moment before saying, "Uh, I get why she chose you. She probably liked the way you fought against Bakugo. A  dragon respects courage. I would suggest you take it, you can meet my sister there too."

Uraraka nodded after a second. "Well, I will think about it."

"Alright." Neji nodded and turned around again.

He then looked far where Kendo was silently looking at the list in front of her. She didn't get any picks, and so she received the 40-generic list by Aizawa. After all, she was the only student to surrender before a fight.

'Eh… not like I would have eaten her out. She should have at least tried.'

Neji felt a bit bad, but it was mostly her fault. He shrugged and focused on his plans for this week…

—★—

The week passed in a blink.

A day after that class, Kimi got an appointment with a famous therapist from overseas—as Gara had promised. 

It was a bit far from their Chiba city, so both Neji and Nejire accompanied Kimi there. Kimi repeatedly told them she'd be fine alone, but the two siblings didn't listen to her.

That was a wise decision because the first appointment ended poorly.

From outside the cabin where she was taken into, Neji and Nejire heard her terror-filled scream before running into there.

Neji started to apologise again, but Kimi stopped him.

"I-I am fine… I will see an end to this, don't worry. I won't stop now–"

—Was all she could say before losing her consciousness.

That whole week, the classes in school were general studies. So after attending classes, Neji went with Kimi to the therapist instead of going to the Tower as he had planned initially. Nejire couldn't come every day since she was bound to her Sidekick job, but instead, Momo accompanied him and Kimi every day after learning what happened the first day.

The two girls started to get closer since then, which was all to Neji's satisfaction.

However, the therapy sessions… weren't exactly going well, if Neji had to be honest. There was barely any progress, and the horrified yells along with the dejected expression Kimi wore on their way back, always made him super guilty.

'Maybe I can find something in the Tower…'

There should be something in there. There must be.

So, he asked her to stop the sessions.

"Young master, I can keep going. I have promised myself I would see an end to this."

Sitting on a chair in front of Kimi, who was sitting on the bed while hugging her legs, Neji rubbed his temple.

"Kimi, you know I get magical items from time to time, right? I haven't told you, but there is an ever-lasting [Gate] in UA. If luck is on my side, which it is most of the time, I believe I would get something that can fix you very soon- Wait…" Neji stopped as a deep frown formed on his face. "Maybe… maybe I can take you inside!!"

There were some magicians in his Monster Girl army. They might have some mental spell that could help Kimi. Kurai wasn't good at learning spells that don't go with the 'death' or 'destruction' theme, let alone something entirely opposite like 'Healing', so making her learn the spell won't do. The only way is to bring her in there….

As Kimi stared at him, with a picked up curiosity, Neji continued thinking.

'But there are two problems…'

One, he'd have to reveal that he has to fight very dangerous, life-threatening beasts and monsters inside his so-called "Personal Dimension". That'd blow up his cover and every other time he would go into a dungeon, the cat-woman would be very anxious—which might even spread to Nejire and Momo in case he fails to stop her from telling them.

Then, there was the second problem. How exactly will he bring her in there?

He had theorised that he should be able to take in people from the outside by putting their unconscious bodies into his inventory and then pulling them out after going to the other side, but he never actually tested it. He didn't have any need to, after all. Until the Tower, all dungeons were filled with mindless beasts and it was just a slaughterhouse. But inside the tower, there is a well-guarded peace present, taking someone inside would be safe.

'Maybe they'd even get a Mini System similar to the Monsters as long as they are in that world... like Isekai protagonists.'

At each of his new assumptions,  his excitement rose.

'Guess I gotta test that out first, and only then bring Kimi inside…'

Kimi finally had enough of his silence as she scratched her chin.

"Um, I thought you told me that only you and Kurai—who is bound to your soul by a magical contact—can enter that dimension. What changed?"

Neji shrugged. "Well, nothing changed. I just have a theory I wasn't bothering to test until now. I will test it and tell you if you can go or not. But I guess that'd be after this week since my Internship starts tomorrow."

Kimi nodded as she put her chin on her knees. "Though what'd my presence change? You said the item drops are random. So does the probability of a better item increase based on how many people are there? Or something like that?"

Neji sweatdropped on his mind. "...Ah, yeah. Something along the line. You'll see when you go there."

Kimi nodded again.

—★—

After Neji and Kimi's talk, the night ended and the sun rose in the east sky. After reaching school, Aizawa led the students to the train station.

The students carried their hero costumes in their suitcases which made Aizawa nod at sight.

"Wearing your hero costume is strictly forbidden until you meet your sponsor hero. Until then, make sure to not lose the suitcases on the way."

Everyone nodded with Mina cheering. "Yeah! We are fine, sensei! You worry too much!"

Aizawa sighed. "Everyone, don't be like Ashido. Be at your best behaviour, the Pros aren't your friends."

"...Yikes." Mina bit her tongue.

"Alright, then get moving, kids. Choose your train and get going, don't be late." Aizawa said finally, looking around to everyone's face. "Also…" his eyes stopped on Neji. "Some of your sponsors might test you for their amusement, don't take the beating to your heart."

That caused the students to shiver, but they all nodded.

Then, one by one, everyone started to leave.

As they left, Neji looked at Ida's back one last time. He's been busy with Kimi recently, but he heard about what happened to Ingenium, Ida's older brother. Hero Killer Stain had crippled him badly, just like in canon, and that's why as Neji had expected, Ida was going to Hosu city.

This time around, he barely had any friends. Neither Ochako nor Izuku was close to him in this timeline, and only Tokoyami and Tsuyu were somewhat close.

Neji shrugged. 'Well, the rabbit never went to Hosu in canon. So it doesn't bother me. Just hope the guy doesn't actually die and some plot armour saves him this time too. Other than that, good luck buddy.'

Neji thought before stepping into a train, leaving Momo and Ochako standing outside and waving at him, waiting for their train so that they could leave for the city where Ryukyu's agency was located.

Then, Neji's train disappeared into a tunnel in a blink.

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