Everyone Else Has a System

Chapter 21 Priorities And Planning

3 weeks later in the Urgent Healer's Hospital

"Onnnne… twoooo… huff!… huff!" a white-haired kid exercising… or more like panting after performing only a couple of push-ups, looked at the pathetic amount of stamina and endurance he has, immediately falling on the ground and slowly turning around on his back.

"How did it come to this?" making a whining expression, he started ranting over the mistakes that had happened before.

"I was already so weak, yet I ended up using that move… tch tch… damn, I want to go back and slap that old me for being so emotional," He complained as he put his hand on his face before he noticed someone's presence behind him.

A nurse with a paper in his hand was looking at that white-haired kid with a slight glare as she spoke,"Mister Zero. What exactly are you trying to do?"

Zero turned around and stood up and spoke with a sheepish smile on his face,"Exercising."

-Baam

The nurse hit her foot on the ground, and Zero immediately took a fighting stance against the nurse. The nurse then angrily moved towards Zero and then chanted,"[Bind]" making Zero unable to make a move.

After that, she pulled Zero back to his bed without considering his emotions. She then glared at Zero before speaking," you are not allowed to do any strenuous activity unless and until you get back to prime health."

Zero wanted to say something, but the nurse simply left without even giving him a chance to speak.

A few moments after, Clair came in running and applied her mana into Zero, setting him partially free from the Nurse's bind.

"I am going to kill that nurse… sigh… how come I ended up being so weak," spoke Zero with a disheartened face before looking at Clair, who was observing him with an amazed expression.

Zero observed Clair standing in front of him, and couldn't help but smile at his achievement of saving everyone. He then pondered over something before asking," how are you?"

Snapping out of her daze, Clair blinked before speaking," shouldn't I be the one asking you this?"

"Hmm… guess so. Still, I would like to hear from you about everything that happened," Zero asked her with a thoughtful expression. His smile slowly vanished, and a seriousness came onto his face as he relaxed back onto the bed.

"Well… after you saved all of us, a bunch of people arrived and helped us get out of there. For me it was my sister and for others it was their family member-"

"Skip. I know that much. Tell me what happened after everyone went back to their places," Zero interrupted her and she nodded before continuing,

"Sir Claus used his powers from the security department to keep the matter under wraps. I hear he occupies a high position in the security department so it wasn't much hard.

The saintess went back to her church and began using her powers once again for the people. Her return was quite heavily celebrated by the people.

About others, it was more or less the same. Either their return was celebrated with the press and media asking about the whole story, or it was kept undercover by their influence."

Zero gave a nod at her words before speaking,"what about William?"

Clair pondered about something before speaking." I don't know. He kind of vanished from there with a butler-like man and from there onwards he wasn't found."

'Well… I have an idea where he went but… it would be better if I don't meddle with his affairs yet.'

"What about you? How have you been?" Zero asked with a curious expression as he looked at Clair and she gave a thoughtful expression before speaking,

"Hmmm… after my sister picked me up. I went back to my home with her. I explained some things to her, leaving the other things which should be unsaid. Though sceptical about my story, my sister still didn't ask anything more. A week later, a call came to me from Claus and he asked me to come here and take care of you. Among all the escapees, I was the only one with no strong background and I am the kind of person in whom people would be least interested that is I am inconspicuous.

So by default I was chosen to come here and take care of you while you were unconscious and also to give the others a report about you every 3 hours or so."

After Clair finished speaking, she realised something and she couldn't help but look at Zero again, this time however with a curious look than before.

Sensing her gaze, Zero spoke without looking at her," what is it?"

"Ah! No… it's just that… you are much more approachable than I thought," she spoke as a smile bloomed on her face.

Zero felt a strange emotion welling up inside him before he sighed and slowly raised his hand, as if trying to catch something before it escapes.

"Am I?" He asked himself and Clair looked at Zero with a confused expression.

"Well… it's nothing. In any case, Clair, what are your plans next after this? Now that I have woken up, what are you going to do?"

Zero asked, changing the topic.

Clair didn't dwell much on the previous topic and spoke,"I should be informing people about your waking up and if I am not wrong they will come in secret to meet with you from now onwards. Even though I have talked with them only on call, they seemed really worried about you. I am sure they would be equally happy to hear that you have finally woken up."

"Isn't it because their life hangs on the deal I made with Mark Leeway?" Zero remarked on Clair's words and Clair couldn't help but turn quite on his words.

It was quite obvious to Zero. Especially after witnessing human kind's nature all over the years, it was crystal clear why these people were so 'worried' about him.

"Forget about it. It's not gonna help me mulling over useless things. Let's get to something interesting," Zero spoke as he turned towards Clair with a mischievous smile and continued," Would you like to make a deal with me?"