Royal Flush (Ultrahumans Book 8) by Niall Teasdale

Author:Niall Teasdale
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: action, adventure, martial arts, sci-fi, science fiction, superhero, superheroes
Published: 2019-08-24T22:00:00+00:00

Interlude: Slice of Life

Tokyo, Japan, 24th June 2017.

It was Saturday afternoon and classes were finally out. Saturday morning classes were almost exclusively about power development, and Taro Mizushima was not entirely sure why he had to attend them. Sure, he had the genetic markers for an Ultra, but with his luck, none of them were ever going to express themselves in the form of a useful power. Some of his classmates had speculated that his misfortune was an Ultrahuman ability, but if it was, not even the teachers at the academy thought it worth measuring.

Whatever, classes were out and Taro had managed to get a pass to go to the mainland. The students were generally discouraged from doing so, partially because the monorail service to the island was not due to be completed until the start of the academic year in 2020. Those unable to fly or teleport had to use the ferry service, which was not exactly frequent and not built for carrying large numbers of people. It landed at a jetty in Shinkiba which happened to be attached to the MPD’s Koto Flight Centre. The city liked to keep an eye on those coming to the mainland from the island. Even flyers and teleporters had to check in and out through the Koto Flight Centre. However, it was not all bad since the local metro station was a bit over a kilometre away and there were two post offices within four kilometres. Taro had need of a post office and – wait for it – the post office on Academy Island would not be open until the next academic year.

So, there he was, holding a package to be sent home, and he stepped into line behind a bob of silver hair mounted on a girl maybe five centimetres taller than he was. She was wearing a blue T-shirt and a short plaid skirt, and something about that back seemed familiar. Nothing ventured, nothing gained… ‘Maeda-kohai?’

The blonde bob turned and the girl with the weirdest eyes in Taro’s class turned to look at him. Kaori Maeda did not have the lack of any ability issue that Taro had. Maybe her abilities would develop further, but she had been taken in by the academy because she had plenty of power already. She had an attractive sort of face, though her nose was rather flat. Taro had found himself wondering what a kiss from her would be like, because she had wonderfully curved, full lips. Most people stalled at Maeda-kohai’s eyes, however: fiery orange irises held slit pupils and were surrounded by black. She looked like she had stepped out of some portal from Hell, but her powers actually seemed to be somehow related to dragons. Her nickname was Ryūko, little dragon or dragon child, but she generally did not let her classmates use it unless she liked them. She did not dislike Taro, but it was not like they were friends either.

‘Oh, Mizushima-kohai, hello,’ Maeda said, verbally dismissing him in an instant.

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