Reset Life with Infinite Talents - Chapter 3

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Infinite Talent Reset Life Episode 3

 

 

After the incident where the doctor called the police upon seeing the scars, the boy spent two days in the hospital undergoing thorough examinations.

“There are parasites, but this level can be sufficiently treated with medicine. Other than that…”

The doctor looking at the medical chart darkened his expression.

‘He has a lot of muscle mass.’

Not only was there a lot of muscle mass, but the muscles were densely packed as if he had received professional training.

On top of that, extremely low body fat percentage and high bone density.

Excluding that, there were no other diseases, and blood pressure and blood inflammation levels were normal.

“If you exercise, you’ll be very successful.”

“Haah. Thank you.”

“Don’t mention it. Now you can go pay and leave.”

Larry nodded and took the boy’s hand as they left the medical office, and the Child Protection Inspector who had been in the office with them spoke up.

Not only the search for Larry, but also the boy’s existence had become known to the authorities through Ada’s report.

“You’re taking him to your home.”

Originally, the boy should have been handed over to the Child Protection Agency and placed in a foster home.

But the boy’s situation was special.

He was a boy who had lived with wolves in the wilderness.

The complex city and countless people – even things that were natural to ordinary people would all be strange and frightening to this boy.

In this situation, if Larry, who had led him to the outside world, wasn’t by his side, he would inevitably feel great emotional anxiety.

That’s why the agency had no choice but to grant Larry’s request.

“For the time being, I, as the inspector, will stay at Mr. Jefferson’s home and…”

“No. It’s fine. I’m a lawyer, so I’ll stay with him and watch over him.”

“…Hmm. Understood. Instead, I’ll call twice a day, so please make sure to answer.”

It was a threat that if he failed to answer even once, they would take the boy to the Child Protection Agency. Their thinking was that this was better than leaving him neglected even if he trembled with anxiety and fear.

“Of course. Don’t worry.”

After the agency official who nodded left, Ada Wong looked at the boy.

“Hello? Nice to meet you.”

Ada had been running around everywhere for the past two days.

Now they were finally face to face having a proper introduction.

“I’m Ada Wong. As you can tell from my surname, I’m of Chinese mixed heritage. My grandfather was Chinese. And I’m this idiot’s friend. Just call me Ada comfortably.”

‘He’s good-looking.’

She seemed to be properly seeing the boy’s face for the first time too.

This boy would become her closest friend’s adopted son.

Her friend’s son was like a son to her as well. Her eyes couldn’t help but shine.

“Ahem. Anyway, we need to decide on a name now. We have no choice if we want to register his birth.”

“Couldn’t find it?”

“They don’t record physical characteristics when registering births.”

Unlike his father, his mother’s life or death was unknown.

If he remembered something, they could use that as a clue to search, but he couldn’t remember either her name or face.

Still, the boy had rare features – bright brown eyes like topaz and dark blue hair with streaks of ash gray.

Since they were mobilizing connections like detectives, they would soon be able to find someone who knew about the boy.

“Even if we restore his identity then, he needs to be registered now to receive immediate benefits.”

A name was needed for that.

“No.”

“Huh?”

“Eyes, hair. They changed.”

During his time as a wolf, after some liquid fell into his eyes when he raised his head, his eye color changed after enduring the burning pain, and his hair color changed the same way.

The boy presumed it was poison.

“I don’t know the original colors.”

Ada and Larry grabbed their foreheads.

This meant they’d have to investigate all Asian children reported missing or lost. It was becoming a headache.

“Well, for now!”

This matter was for later.

“I researched names commonly used by Asians.”

Jason, Jackie, Mason, John, Ken, Daniel, Eric.

“Pretty ordinary. What else?”

“Chris, Joseph, Johann, Eugene…”

Flinch!

Larry and Ada looked at the boy who was staring at them intensely.

“Do you like Johann?”

“Yes.”

Johann – a name with deep meaning for the boy.

It felt like destiny.

‘If I were to choose a name, this name would be good.’

Once he thought that way, he couldn’t think of any other name besides Johann.

“Johann… Johann Jefferson.”

It had a nice ring to it.

Ada nodded and turned around.

“Got it. Then we’ll go with Johann, and I’ll go register the birth, so don’t go anywhere and stay holed up at home. I need to move my stuff.”

“Are you really going to move in? Couldn’t you just pretend to do that? There’s no reason to inconveniently live together in my house…”

“Hey.”

“Yeah?”

“Shut up and do it. I’m not doing this for your benefit.”

“…Yes.”

“Hmph!”

The boy, who would now be called Johann, looked at the puzzled Larry with disdain.

“Larry. Very guilty.”

“Huh?”

Johann shook his head and headed toward the parking lot.

 

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The car carrying Johann headed toward the outskirts of Los Angeles, one of the major cities in California, Western United States.

Larry was running a business in LA.

‘This is also one of the places I’ve seen before.’

It was a city he had seen several times while watching the lives of various people.

In someone’s life, it was almost identical to now, while in another person’s life, the clothing of people walking the streets or the shapes of buildings were slightly different.

But it was the same place.

A library that recorded everything from the era when civilization didn’t exist until now.

Seeing with his own eyes the scenery he had only viewed through others’ lives, a strange feeling like déjà vu came over the boy.

“The seatbelt might feel a bit stuffy, but bear with it a little. We’ll arrive soon.”

Johann stopped thinking and looked out the window, surprised by the suddenly changed scenery.

“Larry, are you rich?”

Just moments ago there were buildings standing, but now large two-story houses lined the street.

The walls weren’t very high, but the atmosphere of the street itself was quiet and warm.

‘In the forest, when it’s quiet, it means there’s a big threat nearby.’

This place had so little tension that everyone would be bitten to death if even one wolf came down.

“Haha. I’ve been somewhat successful. Though it’s hard to compare with similar companies back in New York.”

“Larry, what’s going on?”

“Right. I didn’t tell you. I am….”

Larry, who was speaking, closes his mouth. His eyes shake at the sight of people gathered in front of the house.

“Larry’s friends?”

“…Probably not. Where on earth did they come from? Did it leak from the agency? Or the rescue team?”

Seeing him flustered and confused, Johann also realizes who those people are.

‘Tsk. Can’t be helped.’

This decision seems better than becoming a clown.

“Stop the car, Larry.”

“What? No, no. There’s no need to stop in front of them….”

“It’s okay. We’ll have to face them eventually anyway.”

“That’s true but… Huh? Wait.”

Larry’s eyes shake.

Johann looks at him and grins, and Larry stares at that smile quietly before stopping the car.

Then Johann gets out of the car.

“It’s Larry Jefferson!”

“Then, then that kid is?”

Whoosh!

People with cameras quickly approach.

“Mr. Larry Jefferson! Is this child the Mowgli you rescued from the Rocky Mountains?!”

“Hey kid, are you Mowgli? Oh, should I talk like a wolf? Growl? Awoooooo?”

“Hahaha! Don’t tease the wolf boy too much!”

It was the moment Larry was about to open his mouth, gritting his teeth at the reporters’ behavior.

“Larry, in cases like this, we can apply laws like defamation and intimidation by multiple people, right?”

A clear, resonant voice makes the reporters shut their mouths.

Larry, who had his mouth open, nods at Johann’s gaze.

“Y-yes? I think so?”

Johann looks at the confused reporters.

When his gaze reaches them, they realize something is wrong and become cautious.

“Um… kid?”

“It’s true that I lived in the Rocky Mountains with my father. The wolves were mothers and siblings to me when I was lonely. Then I met Larry and came out into the world like this. Is that the answer you wanted?”

“…My goodness.”

Their expectations and anticipation are completely shattered.

“The, the rescue team said when they first found you, you were wearing leather clothing and carrying a spear and bow. Is that right?”

“What else could I wear in the mountains where no one goes? There was nowhere to live either. Father made the spear and bow for me to hunt meat and protect myself from threats.”

Wrong. They misunderstood.

The boy before them, though he lived with wolves in the mountains, is an educated child. With this, even if they write articles, people won’t read them.

The reporters, who rapidly lost interest, felt awkward under Johann’s gaze and threw a few more questions, which Johann answered coherently.

“Ahem. Then lastly, may we take some photos?”

“As long as you pay for portrait rights.”

“Hahaha.”

The reporters clicked their tongues, took a few photos of Johann, said they were sorry, and scattered. Johann shrugged his shoulders while looking at the dazed Larry.

“Now I completely remember. English.”

No. It’s thanks to ‘The One Who Became a Star’ that he absorbed two days ago.

A being who belonged to a secret agency of this country called America, sacrificed for America but couldn’t even leave his name, and was only carved as a star on a memorial wall.

‘A being with Perfect Adaptive Communication that works anywhere.’

There are other talents too, but among them, this person has the talent most needed right now for Johann, who has never lived among people and lacks experience talking with others.

There were linguists, interpreters, politicians, and others, but he was drawn to choose this one by the word ‘star’. He was curious about a life recorded not by profession but by nickname when the name couldn’t be recorded.

He was slightly worried because of the profession, but it was successful in the end.

Thanks to this, even surrounded by numerous reporters, he could calmly handle the situation without getting nervous.

“…That’s a relief.”

‘Oh God!’

Goosebumps rise all over Larry’s body as he looks at Johann.

He had thought the boy wasn’t ordinary.

It wasn’t just because of the special growth environment of living with wolves in that deep forest.

Even in such circumstances, not forgetting language was more amazing.

But that wasn’t it.

‘This child, Johann isn’t simply at that level!’

But there was something else that surprised Larry even more.

‘He opened his heart!’

Probably speaking clumsily until now was to test whether Larry himself could be trusted.

Humans are beings who reveal their true nature when the other party is weak. So he must have shown a clumsy and sloppy appearance to test Larry himself.

Whether he’s really someone who can be trusted.

Whether he can be trusted and followed.

Taking him out of the forest and being trustworthy are separate matters.

Johann was a genius who even had such depth.

But Larry couldn’t continue thinking further.

A wave of emotion crashes over him. His body trembles as if his efforts and sincerity have been conveyed.

However, Larry tries to calm his excitement.

“L-let’s go in! To our house!”

 

“Now! From now on, this place is your home, Johann!”

‘My home?’

Johann’s expression changes as he looks around inside the house.

As soon as the front door opens, there’s a living room with various portrait photos hanging.

There’s a sofa and a TV.

Johann moves, led by Larry’s hand.

“How is it? Awesome, right? We can swim in this backyard and grill meat too!”

‘The fence is low. It’s attached to the neighboring house too. This won’t work….’

Johann lets out a hollow laugh.

Just because he absorbed a spy, he’s thinking like a spy.

Johann shakes his head and heads to the second floor.

“This is my room, and this is the study!”

A study that was set up, but being busy with work, even the books he bought are unread and just gathering dust.

Johann’s eyes light up as he looks at the books.

“From now on, you can live in this room!”

A room specially decorated for guests.

‘My room….’

“Thank you, Larry.”

Thank you for giving him a room, and thank you for believing his clumsy excuses.

“Haha. Rest for now. I think I need to contact the company.”

He hasn’t contacted the company for more than two weeks.

He did contact them right after meeting the rescue team that Ada brought, but he couldn’t get a proper report because he was focused on Johann.

‘I’m dead.’

He’ll have to live buried in work for at least a week.

As Larry leaves, Johann looks around the room.

“From now on, this is my room….”

White-toned wallpaper and a wooden desk. A bed with beige checkered bedding. The scent of processed wood that brushes his nose is a bit bothersome, but overall it’s a bright atmosphere.

Thanks to the memories of various people he’s accessed, such houses aren’t unfamiliar, but they’re awkward. It seems it will take quite some time to adapt.

Johann walks to the window.

“Swimming pool.”

A swimming pool filled with blue water.

Crystal clear water without a single speck of moss.

His gaze is drawn to the palm tree leaves swaying high above.

“At least middle class or higher.”

The atmosphere surrounding the house is as bright as the other houses.

It means they haven’t experienced any threats to their lives.

“The forest is also far away…”

It seems he won’t need to worry about threats from wild beasts.

“Then the problem now is how to live from here on…”

Larry, who feels responsible for him, would probably provide all kinds of support.

But ultimately, they’re not related by blood. Just like with Wolf Mother, he’ll have to become independent someday.

Before that happens, he needs to finish preparing to live in that city, in the world.

“No, it would be better to establish myself completely.”

What would be good? What should he start with?

Johann closes his eyes and enters the library.

“Huh?”

Johann is surprised.

A change he clearly feels only after entering the library.

“The capacity limit… has increased?”

If the previous capacity limit was 100, it had increased to about 105.

An increase of about 5 percent.

Confused, Johann thinks about why this phenomenon occurred.

And soon reaches a conclusion.

Only one thing was different from usual.

“I met Larry and left the forest…”

After going through various processes, he even met reporters before entering this house.

“It was a new experience…”

And he had quite a lot of them.

‘The more experiences I have, the more the capacity limit increases?’

More precisely, it would be new and diverse experiences.

His instinct tells him that’s the correct answer.

‘Otherwise, it should have increased already in the forest.’

The daily routine of hunting with Wolf Mother and the pack, skinning animal hides, making weapons, and training.

The Rocky Mountains showing new faces as the seasons changed through spring, summer, fall, and winter. The changing environment.

But that was daily life for Johann.

It was time without any particular stimulation, where he could navigate and utilize everything with just a little caution.

“Interesting.”

He thought he had figured out everything about the library, but he was wrong.

A method to artificially increase the capacity limit had emerged.

“This means I need to experience various things…”

If he keeps increasing the capacity limit, he should eventually be able to absorb lives that he currently cannot absorb.

What kind of experiences should he have and how, to quickly increase the capacity limit?

It was the moment Johann became lost in thought.

Rumble!

When the library shook and Johann opened his eyes, he looked puzzled at a man standing next to Larry, wondering when he had arrived.

A face that was somehow extremely excited.

The eyes of a predator eyeing its prey.

As Johann tensed his body, the man’s mouth opened.

“Let’s make him a model!”

“…What nonsense are you talking about-!”

‘Model?’

Johann blinked his eyes.

 

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