Alchemists do not need self-cultivation

A huge monster suddenly leaped out, roaring as it pounced on Isaac and his companions.

brush!

Isaac simply pulled out his pistol and shoved it into the monster's mouth.

The monster was startled by Isaac's actions and stood frozen in place, too afraid to move.

"Speak! Who sent you?"

"Waaaaaah!!"

"Wait! Mr. Isaac! These are staff members from the haunted house!!" Natsume Senju exclaimed hurriedly.

"what?"

Isaac paused, then reached out and removed the hood from his head. A terrified brown-haired boy was revealed underneath.

He was about sixteen years old, with slightly sharp eyes; someone who didn't know him might mistake him for a hoodlum.

"...I'm really sorry." Isaac scratched the back of his head, somewhat embarrassed.

"This man is absolutely terrifying!!" the boy roared.

But when he saw Isaac's face, he suddenly froze, then exclaimed in surprise:

"Rentaro, so it's you, you brat!"

"Ok?"

Isaac looked at the person in front of him with a puzzled expression. The fact that he knew the name meant that he was someone that Rentaro Satomi had known before.

"Um...you are..."

"Huh? You don't recognize me anymore?" The boy seemed quite shocked.

"do not know."

"That's so unfair! We've been classmates for years!"

Even if you say that…

Suddenly, Natsuyo Senju spoke up: "Mr. Satomi was attacked by Gastrea a month ago and lost part of his memory. He can't remember many things."

"Is that so?" The boy looked at Isaac's worried face. "Will it leave any lasting effects?"

"will not."

"That's good." The boy breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let me reintroduce myself. Rentaro, I'm your middle school classmate, Mizuhara Onihachi."

"Mizuhara Onihachi? What an imposing name."

"Stop complaining about the name," Oni-Hachi said helplessly. "I heard you became a police officer too, and recently you even saved Tokyo Ward?"

"Yes, that's true."

"Wow, that's amazing! I never imagined you'd come this far," Mizuhara Onihachi exclaimed. "I'm a police officer now, and things are going pretty well for me."

"Then why do you take on a part-time job?"

“There are some things I want to investigate,” Mizuhara Onihachi said.

"matter?"

“I can’t say much, it’s still classified information. What I can tell you is that there’s a unstable organization in the Tokyo area, or rather, in Japan.” He said, putting the monster mask back on. “I’ll come find you at Tendo Civil Security Company later.”

"Okay, you can start working slowly."

"Alright, by the way, Rentaro, what's your IP ranking now? I've just barely made it into the thousands," Mizuhara Onihachi said proudly.

A ranking in the top 1000 is already very impressive, equivalent to being in the top 1% globally. In the Tokyo area, that means you're someone who never has trouble getting gigs.

"Me? Fifteenth."

After Isaac finished speaking, he left the haunted house with Chizu Natsuyo, leaving Mizuhara Kihachi completely bewildered.

Stepping out of the haunted house, Isaac checked the time and, finding it was still early, asked:

Is there anywhere else you'd like to visit?

"that."

Natsume Senju pointed to the building ahead. Isaac looked over and saw a track winding around in the sky at a strange angle. A car was speeding along the track, and screams could be heard from inside the car every now and then.

"Um... what is this?"

"Roller coasters! Isaac has never ridden one before, let's go try it."

Isaac stood still.

A bead of cold sweat rolled down his forehead and dripped onto the ground.

Chapter 266: Qian Shou Xia Shi's Gratitude

"Of course, you have to ride the roller coasters when you come to an amusement park, Mr. Isaac, what do you think..."

When Senju Natsuyo was halfway through her sentence, she turned to look at Isaac and found that his face was very ugly and that he was occasionally spouting nonsense like 'gravitational acceleration', 'centripetal force', 'mgmv^2/R', etc.

"Weren't there roller coasters in your time, sir?"

"How could there be something so unsafe!?"

"..."

Senju Natsume realized that Isaac might be afraid of this kind of thing, so she tugged at his sleeve and whispered, "Um, I'm actually quite afraid of this kind of thing. Why don't we go play something else?"

This way, Isaac won't feel embarrassed.

Upon hearing what Natsume Senju said, Isaac suddenly calmed down.

“I, Isaac, am unmoved even when facing thousands of troops. Why would I back down now? Let’s go and have some fun.”

With that, she took Chisato Natsuyo's little hand and boarded the roller coaster.

Amusement parks are very popular with tourists these days, so you have to queue to ride the popular attractions.

When it was finally their turn to get in line, they were seated at the front of the car.

"We're so lucky to be in the first row!" Natsume Senju said with a smile.

“Ah…yes,” Isaac replied absentmindedly.

He had just been observing the crowd getting off the roller coaster, and they all seemed very happy.

People these days are really bold.

Following the staff's instructions, Isaac pulled down the safety bar and secured himself firmly.

While Isaac wasn't exactly terrified of the situation, he was certainly somewhat averse to it. He had absolutely no liking for anything that tossed him around in the air like that.

The roller coaster slowly started moving and gradually climbed the first slope.

Suddenly, he felt a warmth on the back of his hand.

Chizu Natsume placed her small hand in Isaac's and said softly, "Don't be nervous, Mr. Isaac."

"Well, I wasn't nervous."

brush!

The vehicle plummeted!

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

Everyone on the bus was screaming.

The roller coaster sped along the winding track at an extremely high speed, and Isaac felt his heart beat much faster.

But it seems... this facility isn't so unpleasant after all.

A few minutes later, the roller coaster stopped, and when I got off, I even felt a little unsatisfied.

"Not bad." Isaac stretched and asked, "Where should we go next?"

"that."

Senju Natsume pointed to the pirate ship in the distance.

"...You really like these kinds of exciting activities."

……

Time flies, and soon it was afternoon.

The two of them tried out almost all the rides inside.

Now they sit on the Ferris wheel, overlooking the entire amusement park.

“Mr. Isaac…” Natsume Senju suddenly called out.

"Ok?"

"Thank you."

“No need to thank me, I had a lot of fun too,” Isaac said with a smile.

“That’s not how it is.” Natsume Senju shook his head. “Ever since Mr. Isaac took me in, I’ve always wanted to thank you.”

As she spoke, she hugged herself tightly.

"Because of my status as the child of the curse, I am looked down upon wherever I go, and I am beaten up on the street. People around me only feel that I deserve what I get."

This is the current situation of the cursed children in this world. They have clearly done nothing wrong, but it seems that the world hates them, and they are not even allowed the most basic human rights.

For the children of the curse, they are grateful enough if someone doesn't mistreat them.

"Thank you for allowing me to stay by your side." Natsume Senju bowed deeply to Isaac.

After spending a few days with Isaac, she found herself unable to live without him.

When Isaac heard her words, he stood up and sat down next to her, placing his hand on her head.

“You’ve proven your abilities, so it’s not that I took you in, but that you stood by my side through your own abilities,” Isaac said with a smile.

"Furthermore, you are no longer a cursed child, nor an initiator, but a citizen of Amestris."

"Anyone who bullies you is slapping Amestoris in the face. As the future president, I assure you that I will punish them no matter how far away they are."

Isaac's words left Chizu Natsuyo stunned.