Pragmatist and the Scientist

CHAPTER 2

Never mind the 'budding romance thing.

'Does this man, trying to get on my nerves just now?' 

Senku and Kohaku were about to say something to defend the Rika but then they noticed the irk mark forming on the lady's temple. 

Screw being a muscly and toned, she can do anything just fine with everything related to building stuff, and besides, 

"Do not worry yourself for such a thing, sir Magma. I have you, don't I?"  Rika retorted as she neatly put her hand on his biceps, feeling every muscle he has in that area. Her face holds a gentle smile and that only looks toward him, Magma. "I may not be strong and courageous just like you, but with your mighty help, I know that you can help me build such an amazing ship for us to use." 

Though unnoticeable to other people, due to the wonderful statement that was given by Rika, a blush was immediately formed in his cheeks. He just brushed it off by taking a pretend cough before saying that a frail girl like Rika should thank him for helping her build an enormous ship.

The gentle smile on her face was even wider now than it ever was. She just hummed in the agreement that had just formed.

On the side, there was seen a shocked Kohaku. "Magma immediately cooperated with her?" Kohaku whispered as she put her two hands on her mouth. "She crazy skilled at talking."

A woman version of Gen but with the added perks of being good at building and innovating stuff.

She doesn't need to become strong and big just like him. She just needs to run her little mouth and everything she wants to obtain will naturally fly into her hands.

That's what you call being practical and logical. A pragmatist, in other words. 

 A girl like her would never miss an opportunity to live a life full of luxury and lazying even if it means sacrificing other human beings' welfare at her disposal. 

Magma will never live a day in his life, knowing that he was manipulated to do the impossible task of constructing the said ship in her stead.

She's going to make sure that he will be dealing with heavier loads of work but never going to be as important as it was with doing other stuff. Meaning that he will work his ass off, trying to build a ship but will never get the right recognition for it.

She's not that brutal, right?

I mean she could make him do other impossible tasks but she resorted to just dealing with him like this. Can't blame her, though.

She never liked getting her hands dirty by doing the work but her dedication to improving and making things is way beyond the limits. Kind of ironic. 

"Now now everyone! Onto the next person to revive!" She took a glance at the sexy reporter that she had just come to encounter. All people except Rika had nodded their heads in response as they were starting to do find something,

Or rather someone.

After a few moments of searching. "Is it around here?"

Senku asked as he was looking at the reporter who was currently on her knees, trying to examine something closely. Rika was staying with him, communicating things about the construction of the ship. "That's right. The 'Nanami' Academy..."

Rika's ears perked up by the familiar name, the reporter had stated. "A naval school like this would have sailing ships as part of their curriculum."

 "Is that why you are here, Rika?" Senku speculated. He had thought that if Rika was a well inverse ship engineer, she might know how to operate a ship already, which would be pretty easy for him as he was currently looking for an experienced captain.

She shook her in response. "No. I am not a student of this school. It just so happened that I was visiting a friend of mine who's studying here." 

With the conversation going on, the reporter comes back in to say something about the agenda. "Well, if we wake up one of the students or someone like that, they'll probably be able to steer a boat or ship--"

Senku cut her up. "All right, it's statue excavation time! Dig, Dig, Dig, GORILLA TEAM!" 

"YEAH! LEAVE IT TO US! 

"I told you, I'm not a gorilla."

After a few moments of collecting a bunch of old statues, they had finally found the 'one'. 

A gasp was heard coming from the reporter. "He's here..."

"RYUSUI!!"

Rika, who had been sitting on the rock this whole time, trying her best not to hinder the work of others was shocked to hear such a familiar name after thousands of years passed,

"What?"

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