The Life Of Normal-Taro

Chapter 116: The condition

"Well, that was—too normal." Taro replied after hearing M'Baku's story.

"What do you mean too normal?" M'Baku questioned.

"I mean, there wasn't any struggle, any intricate tale on how you got attracted to each other, nothing of that sort. It was sorta like a really bland love story." Taro replied.

"What did you expect? Did you think that I'll have some story like the one in those shoujo manhwas? Simplicity is better at times, you know?" M'Baku tried defending his tale.

Sure, it wasn't the most exciting stuff to hear on this planet, however he cherished those memories and Taro was trying to belittle it. And he didn't like it.

"Ah, I'm sorry. You're right. Simplicity is way better now that I think about it. No unrequited love, no multiple suitors, just straight up love. That's kinda like the preferred scenario for the most." Taro replied.

"Glad that you understood it." M'Baku replied.

"So, what are you worried about? I don't think your wife is gonna forget you or something. I mean, FOURTEEN kids! There's no way one would forget someone after that!" Taro replied.

"You really are a dog, aren't you?" Thankappan stared at M'Baku before cracking up.

"Piss off, Thankappan!" M'Baku glared at Thankappan before turning his attention back to Taro. "It's not that I'm worried right now. I just miss them—really miss them." M'Baku went silent after saying that. He once again looked gloomy.

Seeing this expression on M'Baku's face, Taro suddenly got sad as well. He thought about the fourteen kids, who haven't met their father for five long years. He knew the pain of losing parents, and he didn't want anyone else to experience that.

"Wait. I could help you on that." Taro spoke.josei

"On what exactly?" M'Baku asked. "If it's about escaping this planet, then it's probably a bit more difficult than you think." He spoke.

"No. Not that. I could help you send a message to your family." Taro replied.

"What?" It wasn't just M'Baku who looked shocked. Everyone else in the room had a similar expression on their faces as well.

"I'd be taking a leave from the school tomorrow. I need to go somewhere with M'Baku." Taro looked towards Thankappan and requested.

"What do you mean, you gotta go somewhere? If that's the case, I'm taking a leave as well! I'm responsible for looking after you two! Can't just let you waltz into some place." Thankappan spoke.

"Then what about the ones in school? Who will keep an eye out for them?" Taro asked.

"I'll ask Lonappan to do it just for tomorrow!" Thankappan replied.

"What about John, then? Who's gonna look after him?" Taro asked again.

"Well, Lonappan could do both if he's here. He's pretty much a freaking expert!" Thankappan assured.

"I see. We'll be going to Kunnamkulam tomorrow." Taro announced.

"Kunnamkulam. You don't mean-" Thankappan got an idea about what's going on.

"We'll be making a trip to Ajish's spare parts." Taro proclaimed with a smile on the face.

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Next morning. Shivani was relieved that the coincidence trope wasn't applied that day by Thankappan. However, she was kinda worried as well because the sudden stoppage of this trope made her think that they were having some sorta difficulty. This worry ballooned when she learned that Taro and Thankappan were absent.

She went to the other block and ask the other neighbors of her about the situation. That's when she learned that they were absent because they went to the vet for Charlie's routine check-up. This relieved her of her worries and life went back to normal.

Meanwhile, the trio of Taro, Thankappan and M'Baku had made their way to the shop. Even before they could step inside the shop, they saw someone running out. This mystery man pounced towards Taro and hugged him tight. It was Ajish, the owner of the shop.

"You're back! You know how long I've been waiting for you?" Ajish asked with tears in his eyes, quite contrary to his usual behavior. It seemed as if Ajish truly missed Taro.

"I'm not here to take up on your offer. I just needed help on something." Taro replied as he forcefully pulled Ajish off him.

"Ha, that's fine. I'm just simply pleased that you came here to this humble shop of mine." Ajish spoke in a cheerful tone. "So, what is it you need my help with?" He asked.

"I'm gonna be making a navigation based SOS pod." Taro replied.

"What? My goodness! I don't even know if we got the spare parts for making such a thing. Even if we do, we have no idea where it would be. After all, it is-" Before Ajish could say anything more, Taro interrupted him.

"Do you have a ship's navigation and radio system? Also, it'd be great if you got the short distance messenger pod, hyper fuel system, and a piece of solar panel—the nice one." Taro ordered.

"Oh, yea. We got all those, wait a minute." Ajish ran back to his storage room and caused a lot of ruckuses inside it. After about five minutes, he returned with the stuff that Taro ordered. "Would this be enough? If not, I can't help it. These are like the only ones we got—especially the navigation and radio. The MIB are pretty meticulous in taking those stuff. Even this—we got this because our MIB didn't report about an extra ship to the headquarters. Pretty nice guys, eh? Anyway, is this enough?" He asked.

"Yup, that's plenty." Taro was about to receive it from Ajish's hands, but Ajish moved it away from the Wadorian. "What are you doing?" Taro asked.

"Well, I said it, didn't I? These stuffs are rare—like, super rare. We went through a hard time trying to procure them. So, I'm kinda reluctant to give it to you." Ajish spoke in a childish tone.

"What do you want?" Taro didn't beat around the bush and asked.

"The right price for it." He replied.

"I'll ask the MIB to send the cash to you." Thankappan intervened and spoke.

"Meh, money is kinda worthless before this stuff. I need something more." He replied.

"Again, what is it you want?" Taro asked in a slightly annoying tone this time.

"Well, I want you to make a hundred state-of-the-art translators for me. Not that difficult for you now, is it?" Ajish put forth his condition with a bright smile on his face.

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