Reset Life with Infinite Talents - Chapter 124
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Infinite Talent Reset Life Episode 124
Vrooom!
As expected of an armored car.
‘It’s heavy.’
The steering wheel, the accelerator are heavy.
But that doesn’t matter at all.
The blue sky, the gray road are calling out.
Hurry up and drive!
“Keep the speed slow. We’re not in a rush.”
“Don’t worry, Rick!”
‘I’ve been driving for thousands of years!’
Of course, I only gained experience through Absorption Reading, but I’ve simulated countless times since getting my temporary driver’s permit.
There was no risk of an accident just from going a bit faster.
‘But Emily is being quiet.’
Emily with her flushed face, only staring out the car window.
That’s when it happened.
Beep beep! Beep beep!
“Huh?”
Red and blue lights visible in the rearview mirror.
Police.
“Oh.”
An experience only people with cars can have.
It was a traffic stop.
“Calmly pull the car over to the roadside.”
From now on, I absolutely must not get excited.
“I told you not to worry.”
I slowly reduced speed and parked on the roadside, and a female police officer got out of the police car that parked a bit further away and approached.
‘Both hands on the steering wheel.’
If you threaten the police, you get shot.
That’s common sense in America.
“Hello, officer. I’m not sure what I did wrong, but should I give you my vehicle registration, ID, and driver’s permit? Oh, do you need the passenger’s ID as well?”
“Oh…”
‘Is this kid an angel?’
How nice would it be if all drivers were this cooperative.
The female police officer smiled when the dangerously attractive-looking boy spoke politely.
“Wow, wow!”
“Oh my god!”
“Johann! Is this really your car?”
When Johann explained the situation, everyone writhed with envy.
“Your father bought you a car? What about me?!”
“Your birthday is still far away, Flash.”
In California, USA, anyone 15 years and 6 months or older can get a temporary license through a written test, and after 6 months of driving practice, they can get a full driver’s license by passing a practical test.
In other words, you can only get a full driver’s license after turning 16.
“Tch!”
“More importantly, about what happened…”
When Johann explained what happened this morning, everyone was shocked.
“So she didn’t even give you a speeding ticket.”
5 mph (about 8 km) violation. When I explained the situation, the surprised police officer chuckled and said happy birthday before leaving.
“Is it really about looks…”
“It’s not about looks, it’s because Rick was in the passenger seat and you cooperated well. So when you guys drive, cooperate well too.”
“Okay. Good-looking guy. Check.”
“Hmm. Would I get a free pass too then?”
“Ugh!”
“Crazy. Do you all look in mirrors before speaking?”
“Why! What’s wrong with us!”
“Right! We’re handsome enough!”
“…Yeah. Live thinking that way. Forever.”
“Tch. Girls who don’t even know what really handsome is… Oh, but! How about going for a drive after school today?!”
“Johann’s car can fit at most five people! First come…”
“No!”
Everyone looked at Emily.
“He, he promised to go on a drive with me!”
“What, where is such a… mmph?!”
“Wait a minute.”
Lucy and Joy took Emily aside for a moment.
“You’re not planning to confess, are you?”
“Yeah…”
“Oh my god! Really?!”
Instead of answering, Emily shyly nodded, and Lucy and Joy covered their mouths.
‘Finally!’
Finally this dummy is going to take action.
“…Got it! Just trust us!”
Fighting spirit filled both their eyes.
Lucy and Joy returned and shrugged their shoulders.
“She promised first, so what can we do! Then let’s go on the weekend!”
“I don’t want to! I want to go today…”
Smack!
“Ow! Why are you hitting me?!”
“Shut up, Flash.”
“Come on, you stupid boys! Follow us before you get hit.”
“Why are you doing this again mmph! Mmph mmph!”
Lucy and Joy covered the boys’ mouths with both arms and dragged them away, and Johann saw Emily sending grateful looks to Lucy and Joy.
‘Hmm.’
Johann narrowed his eyes.
* * *
Ring ring ring!
“Wow!”
“Anyone going to the bowling alley?”
Students rushing out as class ended.
“See you tomorrow then!”
“Hehe. See you tomorrow, Johann! And… Emily too!”
Friends walking away with somehow sinister smiles.
Flash and the other boys also retreated with sinister grins.
Pat!
Mason tapped Johann’s chest.
“Fighting.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Sigh.”
When even Mason, who shook his head, stepped back, Johann furrowed his brow and looked at Emily.
“Don’t you think they’re acting a bit strange today?”
“Oh, no. I’m not really sure.”
“Really?”
“It’s just your imagination, Johann!”
“Hmm. Is that so?”
Johann nodded and opened the back seat door for her.
“Is there anywhere you want to go?”
“Ma, Malibu?”
“After dinner? No wait. There’s a place I’ve been wanting to check out, let’s go there.”
“Where?”
“You’ll know when we get there.”
“…?”
Johann smiled.
“Wow.”
As they opened the door and entered, a white world unfolded before them.
White parasols lined up under the blue sky.
White tables and chairs, blue palm trees.
It was as if they had warped to a resort.
LA is a city famous as a tourist destination, but it especially feels like a resort.
“So that’s why the clothes….”
The two had stopped by a clothing store before coming here.
Johann bought a white linen shirt and pants, Emily bought a white dress.
He had insisted it was the restaurant’s concept, so she wore it, but looking at the other customers, it seemed Johann had probably deceived her.
Given Johann’s playful nature that matched his curiosity, it wasn’t surprising.
Pinch!
“Ow.”
Emily gave him a resentful look.
If he hadn’t lied about it being the restaurant’s concept, she would have bought clothes in more vibrant colors.
‘I even did my makeup again!’
“It’s fine. This is pretty too.”
“…Hmph!”
He was charming her with his face again.
She really hated it.
“Hehe. How is it? This place is nice, right?”
“…How did you know about this place?”
“I found it while browsing the internet? The interior makes it hard for guys to come together, so I just kept it in mind.”
“Sigh. I should have known.”
She had gotten her hopes up for nothing.
She pouted and rustled through the menu.
“I’ll have the grapefruit avocado salad.”
“Is that enough?”
“And a berry basil smash too.”
“You mean the non-alcoholic cocktail? Got it.”
When he stared intently at the server, they approached.
“…And please add the salmon steak and vongole pasta too.”
“Yes, understood.”
The server looked back and forth between Johann and Emily with a meaningful smile before stepping away, and Johann picked up his mobile phone.
Click!
“What are you doing….”
“You’re pretty. The sunlight.”
“Geez!”
“Haha!”
Johann quickly took photos, and she trembled with embarrassment before clicking her tongue and striking various poses.
Though she felt a bit resentful that Johann seemed oblivious to her feelings, it was still a beautiful place. She needed to take lots of photos.
* * *
Orange sunset colors the ocean and sky.
Warm wind rushes into the moving car.
Johann glances to the side.
Emily sits in the passenger seat, looking out the window just like before.
Rick Bottom had returned due to sudden company business, so now only the two of them remained.
“We’re in Malibu, aren’t you going to look?”
“It’s, it’s too bright. The, the wind hurts too.”
Her face is red, perhaps from the sunset light.
“Really? Should I pull over for a moment? Ah, that spot looks good.”
There’s a place that curves inward toward the ocean like a view point.
Johann stopped the car before Emily could answer.
“Go out first.”
“Oh, okay….”
As Emily reluctantly got out, Johann reached toward the back seat.
“Whew. Huff!”
Emily takes a deep breath.
This is serious. Her heart is beating so fast she can’t think straight.
It’s not excitement.
It’s fear.
“Should, should I just not do it?”
It’s been four whole years.
Johann, whom she’s only watched from afar for four years.
If she confesses today, she might lose those four years, might lose Johann who is her closest friend.
She might no longer be able to stand by Johann’s side.
That fear was making her hesitate.
‘Stupid! Idiot! Why did I think of that!’
She should have just endured a little longer.
She should have endured like she had been doing until now.
Johann’s reaction today was crushing her morning courage and determination.
“…Right.”
It’s not too late even now.
She just needs to endure like usual.
Then she can continue to laugh together and build memories together like she always had.
But why is it.
Tears are coming.
“No.”
She just needs to endure well through this moment.
Protecting precious friends, protecting everyday life.
It was the moment she turned around with gritted teeth.
-Ah! Ahhh-!
Bruno Mars – Just the Way You Are.
-Her eyes sparkle more than the stars in that sky.
“Ah.”
Johann’s voice.
Johann had made a recording.
That Johann was coming down holding a bouquet.
Step by step!
The sound disappears.
The scenery disappears.
All that enters her vision is Johann approaching with a flushed red face and the scent of flowers.
“Ah, you knew? …Since when?!”
“Since this morning.”
How could he not know when she was being so obvious.
That’s why he had hurriedly recorded the song.
“If I think deeply about the question of since when… since our first meeting?”
“What?!”
Emily who always blushed when looking at him.
Even when she raised her fists at him like she did with other friends, she always took care of him thoughtfully.
“I didn’t know at first.”
Why is she like this.
Why does she treat me so well.
The people he had read cried out the truth, but he turned away from it.
He thought it wasn’t true.
“Maybe I was afraid.”
Afraid of losing Emily as a friend over pointless delusions.
“Afraid I might make you cry…. But at some point, no matter what I did, I kept thinking of you.”
When eating something delicious.
When seeing something pretty.
Even when having physical contact with someone.
When that happened, he realized.
He could no longer turn away.
“My heart.”
Thump!
“Your, your heart…?”
“Something like this.”
Johann carefully cups Emily’s face.
He closes his eyes and presses their lips together.
Her cute eyes freeze in surprise.
“I made you wait a long time, didn’t I? I like you. Let’s date.”
“…Bad guy.”
Really a bad guy.
“Mm. Will you give me an answer?”
“Yes!”
She hugged Johann’s neck tightly and offered her lips.
The warm and soft sensation knocked on each other’s hearts.
* * *
“But what do you mean by physical contact?”
“…No comment?”
Smack!
“Ahhh!”
“Die. Just die.”
Swoosh!
Late at night in Bel Air, LA.
A car stops in front of Emily’s house.
“…I’m not dreaming, am I?”
Peck!
“Not a dream, right?”
Emily narrows her eyes.
“It must be a dream.”
There’s no way Johann would do such sweet things.
“Haha!”
Johann gets out of the car laughing and opens the passenger door for her.
“Where did you learn to do things like this.”
‘There are plenty of reference materials.’
Things to do and things not to do between lovers.
Not simple written words, but vivid reference materials experienced firsthand by each and every person.
“Go in. See you tomorrow, Johann.”
“No.”
Emily, who had been feeling reluctant, is suddenly surprised by the hand that grabs her.
“I need to get permission.”
“Wh, what permission?!”
“They’ll be upset if I don’t say anything, won’t they?”
Johann grins and takes a step toward the mansion.
“W, wait! Wait a minute!”
Ignoring her, Johann stands in front of the mansion.
He knocks on the wide open front door.
Knock knock knock!
“Is anyone there?”
“Oh, Johann. What’s… wow.”
Sandra Sherman and Edward Sherman, who came out adjusting their nightgowns, widen their eyes at the sight of Johann and Emily holding hands tightly.
But that’s only for a moment.
Sandra smiles brightly.
“Did you two finally decide to date? Oh my goodness!”
Today is a commemorative day.
“This isn’t the time! Come inside quickly… huh? Eddie? Where are you….”
Edward turns around and staggers toward the nearby fireplace.
As if greatly shocked, he grabs the fireplace and lowers his head.
“Father….”
“Honey.”
“…will.”
“What?”
Click!
In his hands, the shotgun from above the fireplace.
“I’ll kill him! How dare he! How dare he touch my Emily-!”
“D-Dad!”
“Eddie!”
‘Wow.’
As expected, fathers with daughters were intense.
* * *
“I had quite a hard time avoiding that gun barrel.”
If Sandra Sherman hadn’t stopped Edward Sherman by hitting his back, fire might have erupted from the gun barrel.
The murderous intent was really that thick.
“…Wow.”
“Edward is quite intense too….”
“Aren’t all fathers with daughters like that?”
Everyone’s gaze turns to Mason and Joy, Flash and Lucy.
Mason and Flash turn pale.
“Ahem! Anyway! So you two decided to date?”
Instead of answering, Johann and Emily show their tightly clasped hands.
“Congratulations!”
“Ha. These two idiots are finally dating.”
“Right. My mouth has been itching to say something for so long.”
Emily’s one-sided love that was obvious to everyone.
Still, they couldn’t say anything because the moment they did, they might lose either Emily or Johann.
As all their friends clap and celebrate as if it were their own business, Johann and Emily grin widely.
“No!”
“I hate this-!”
Several people sitting around suddenly stand up.
They turn pale – the Wolfies.
Emily smiles smugly and kisses Johann’s cheek.
“Kyaaaah!”
Wolfies living throughout Fairmont High School, no, California and across America went crazy.
-Congratulations.
Andrew Pearson contacted them immediately after hearing the news through SNS that Johann and Emily were dating.
“Haha. It’s nothing.”
-Please make sure to use contraception when you’re intimate.
“Cough!”
-I’m serious.
Johann is a teenage star.
Even though he’s currently inactive and largely forgotten, his solid fanbase of Wolfies is still going strong.
Plus, the movie will be released in a few months.
Through that movie, Johann will once again captivate many teenage and twenty-something women.
Dating is fine.
They’ll be disappointed but still give their blessings.
They’ll be even more supportive when they hear the two’s love story.
But a child is not okay.
-Both for sales and for both of your lives.
Having a child creates restrictions in everything.
Two people who still have many things they want to do and must do.
-This is advice from someone with experience.
“…Mm. I’ll try my best.”
He doesn’t know what might happen if they get caught up in the moment, but for Emily’s sake, he can restrain himself.
-That’s all you need to think about for now. Oh, what’s your schedule today?
“No schedule, I’m planning to go busking.”
Johann looks at Emily sitting next to him, blushing.
“I haven’t been able to properly fulfill her request until now.”
Johann had promised to definitely sing for her when they went busking.
Whether by coincidence or not, he hadn’t kept that promise until now.
From when he busked with Director Nelson at Venice Island until now.
-I understand. Then.
After ending the call, Johann speaks up.
“He says to definitely use contraception.”
Smack!
“Keep teasing me.”
“Haha. Let’s go.”
Getting out of the car, Johann takes out the woofer, guitar, and other equipment needed for busking from the trunk with various storage compartments.
And the two cross Venice Beach.
“Oh, Johann! Who’s that lady?”
“She’s my girlfriend!”
“Ooh! Really?”
Johann, who used to come every day with his scary-looking manager.
People each give their congratulations.
“Sit here.”
“Okay!”
“Any song you want to hear?”
“Dream – Journey on a Ship!”
The song that made her fall in love with Johann all over again.
The song that made her want to comfort Johann.
“Okay. Dream – Journey on a Ship.”
Johann smiles, closes his eyes, and plucks the guitar strings.
‘This was it.’
Hearing Johann’s song again, hearing it right in front of her.
It’s hot.
The guitar performance that grabs her ankles tight.
The passion that enters through her ears and stirs her whole body.
Her heart naturally beats fiercely, and her blood heats up.
She’s captivated by every gesture, every drop of sweat.
A heat of a different dimension from thinking he was cool when she was 11 pounds on her chest.
‘Rock star.’
A rock star she’d only seen on TV and the internet.
An incarnation of passion.
Johann was that kind of rock star.
Probably she’s not the only one who thinks this way.
“Speak softly to me.”
“Your eyes seem like they want to say something.”
“Don’t hang your head in sorrow.”
“And please don’t cry!”
Hundreds of people who had gathered sing along to Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Don’t Cry’.
They’re crying with their mouths, remembering their painful past loves.
‘This is why rock stars are so popular.’
How many women wouldn’t fall in love seeing that passion, that serenade.
Emily’s eyes, resting her chin on her hand, are dyed with deeper love.
“Phew. Today I feel like I can get into the Immersion better, maybe because my girlfriend came. Of course, she’s my first love and we haven’t even fought yet.”
“Booo!”
“Yes. Single people, please leave.”
“Hahahaha!”
“Then I’ll take requests for the next song… Huh?”
Johann, who was looking at the Audience, is startled.
“Mark?”
“Yo!”
Among the Audience, Mark Wahlberg wearing a Cap raised his hand.
Cameras were filming him.
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