“It says here that you will meet the love of your life…” The fortune teller said and Gen, being the great host he was, let a gasp in surprise along with the audience.
“eally-ray?! And when will I meet them?”
“You will meet… uh… 3700 years in the future.”
“Huh? I gotta wait that long? I hope I’m still alive by then~,” Gen said with a comedic sigh, making the audience laugh while the fortune teller stared at her crystal ball in disbelief.
He made sure to close the segment quickly after that.
It was a shame, though. That woman had pretty much guessed everything else she was asked. He wondered why she decided to ruin her act at the very last minute.
[A petrification and +3700 later]
“Huh? What’s the matter, mentalist?” Senku asked at the panicked expression.
“That woman! I know her! She predicted we would be petrified!” Gen said, pointing at the statue.
“Well… no exactly, but she did know I would be alive 3700 years in the future!”
“Hah? What kind of sorcery is that?” Kohaku asked, staring at the statue with a mixture of curiosity and distrust.
“There’s not such thing as sorcery,” Senku reminded her, turning to Gen unamused. “Stop joking around, mentalist.”
“Actually, now that you mention it, I remember watching that program,” Ukyo said then. “It was the one about the love of your life, wasn’t it?”
“His what?” Senku snapped while Gen nervously replied: “A-ah, was it?”
“Ah, so someone Gen met 3700 is meant to be the love of his life! Am I wrong?” Ryusui quickly guessed, much to Gen’s embarrassment and Senku’s annoyance.
“So who is it, mentalist?”
“No one~,” Gen was quick to reply with a forced smile, but the scientist was having none of it.
“Yeah, right. If you are so convinced that woman can tell the future, then you must have met someone.”
“That’s not—! Why do you even care, Senku-chan? You never cared about this kind of gossip before.”
“I don’t but I’m a scientist. I need more evidence if I am to believe in future telling,” Senku said with a huff, making everyone exchange incredulous glances, except for Gen who glared at him both embarrassed and frustrated.
“We-well, even if I did, that would hardly count as evidence, right? One case can’t be proof of anything…”
“Are you even listening to me?!”
“I’ve never seen them bicker like this before,” Chrome noted as they watched the couple of usually calculating minds.
“Haha! That’s because this is personal! If Gen is in love with someone else, Senku won’t be able to do anything about it with his science,” Ryusui declared with a laugh.
“And if Gen’s feelings get exposed, he would have failed as a mentalist,” Ukyo sighed.
Kohaku groaned and took the revival fluid, pouring it over the statue.
“Hi, sorry, are these two soulmates or whatever?” Kohaku asked, pointing towards Senku and Gen, who turned to her incredulous.
“Well… They sure are in sync…”
“Eh, that’s good enough. Now stop messing up with Senku, Gen! And you, get a grip, Senku!” Kohaku called, making both boys sputter excuses while Ukyo kindly offered to help the poor woman back to camp and gave her some context of what had happened, Chrome asked her about the science behind her fortune telling, and Ryusui laughed and talked about Nanami’s next future telling business.
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