Isekaid 40ish Man Returns, Regressed as a Peerless 17-Year-Old

I wondered how long it had been since my vision was tainted with complete darkness and lost all senses in my body.

Suddenly, light flashed before my eyes.

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This is….in front of the waiting room where I escorted the radio personality.

My memory……all in here!

Success.

If I am inside Futaba’s divine domain, I was not subjected to a time leap by reset.

If neither Yui nor Futaba is nearby, does that mean it is a location reset?

Anyway, I remember the variant’s face.

Thus, I called Yui and had her bring Futaba to the gymnasium.

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「Kazu!」

「Oniichan!」

Both of them had uncanny expressions on their faces.

「You remember, right?」

I asked them and they both nodded at the same time.

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The question now is how to get rid of the variant.

The barriers that were deployed in the gymnasium are probably one of the conditions for time travel.

If that is the case, I want to defeat her before those barriers are deployed.

The fact that my magic bullet was erased may be an application of time travel.

Of course, there is a possibility that she can do it without the barrier so we can’t let our guards down.

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It is difficult to detect a variant that can only be detected once she’s already done something “variant-like” but it’s possible by using her own magic pattern.

I learned this before the time leap.

I’m going to search for that magic pattern.

………found her!

I can’t see her yet but I can feel her walking from the gymnasium.

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I had Yui and Futaba move out from here.

If all three of us were together, she might sense that we retained our memories.

At the same time Yui and Futaba hid, the variant appeared from the corner of the corridor.

「Ah, there you are. Excuse me,, I’m a member of the school festival committee.」

I approached the variant with a sales person’s smile.

「………okay?」

She was wary for a moment but I guess she was convinced that I had no memory of her so she responded with a “human smile”.

Thinking about it for a moment, she must have realized that this is still a situation where she should be wary.

How quickly she decided to flee suggests that she’s a very cautious person.

Nevertheless, even if she no longer has any intention of continuing her plan, she still wants to taste humans.

This is a variant’s weakness.

 「I have received complaints from other customers about someone that looks exactly like you.」

「I don’t know what happened but it shouldn’t be related to me.」

The variant became blatantly unhappy.

Was it because I interrupted her upcoming meal?

「It will only take a minute or two. All you have to do is to show your face. I’ve got some work to do too, so……could you please do that for me?」

「Will it going to be quick?」

「Yes, it will.」

「Okay」

「Thanks for your understanding!」

She must have decided that it was not a good idea to get into trouble here.

She was the kind who would use a loop to escape.

I was right assuming that she would not go on a rampage right away.

I led the variant back to the gymnasium.