Chapter 125: Bathroom Aftermath
Seeing Nana's bared tiger teeth and the "you're screwed" look on her face, Franklin immediately dashed forward. He circled behind her, covering her mouth with one hand while reaching around to pin her arms, scooping her up in a hug.
"Momo, this whole mess started because of you. Please help—I really don't want Mikan thinking I'm a total scumbag right now."
Hearing Franklin's telepathic cry for help, Momo covered her mouth and let out a soft chuckle.
"Mr. Franklin just finished his bath. Nana barged in out of nowhere and accidentally saw something she shouldn't have. It's no big deal—Mr. Franklin's heading out right now."
As he let out a sigh of relief, Franklin jumped in on the conversation. "Yeah, I'm all done washing up. I'll be out in a sec."
"Seriously, you guys need to be more careful. There are way more people in the house now. Looks like I'll have to hang a sign on the door or something."
Hearing Mikan's voice fade farther away, Franklin directly manipulated his spiritual energy. He layered the air to create a separation, forming a vacuum barrier that sealed off the entire bathroom.
Letting go of the wildly struggling Nana, Franklin was met with a kick aimed straight at his groin. He quickly stepped back, dodging the deadly strike.
Seeing how furious she looked, Franklin hurriedly clasped his hands together and bowed in apology. But what hit him instead was an uppercut. This time, Franklin didn't dodge or block.
Nana's fist landed solidly on Franklin's eye. It didn't hurt him at all, but that solid hit was enough to calm her down just a little.
"The thing earlier where I accidentally knocked you over? That was really just bad luck. You've been sneaking peeks at me in school for ages, right? You should know—that was legit a medical issue."
Nana ground her teeth. "Congenital kidney deficiency plus anemia, passing out from blood rushing to your head, huh?"
A "what the fuck" nearly slipped out of Franklin's mouth, but he swallowed it back down.
"Don't try to win this with words. Let's just deal with what happened tonight first. Things going this far with Momo? That really caught me off guard too."
Nana blew up in an instant. She glared huffily at Momo, who had just wrapped herself in a bath towel.
"What the hell are you even doing with this animal? Don't tell me you actually like him. He's big sis Lala's fiancé, you know."
"So what? Once he marries big sis Lala, he'll end up inheriting Dad's position someday. A few extra wives won't be a problem, right?"
Seeing Momo's attitude like that, Nana ground her teeth and shot a death glare at Franklin.
"You animal—you've already got big sis Lala. First you go after some girl named Bulma, and now you won't even leave Momo alone. Are you even human?"
"You already called me an animal—how am I supposed to act human? And besides..."
Looking at Nana's face, which made it clear she wasn't letting this go anytime soon, Franklin just shrugged it off.
"You keep calling me an animal and all that. But let's be real—I haven't forced anyone into anything, have I? These days, it's all about free love.
What's wrong with me being a little more open-hearted? They like me, I like them. Down the line, I know I can do even better!"
Seeing Franklin turn shameless all of a sudden, Nana's eyes went wide. She stared at him in total disbelief.
"You animal—you think throwing a tantrum at me is gonna work?"
Franklin spread his hands in helpless defeat. "Things have gone this far. No way I can hide it from my future father-in-law now. Might as well own it—I'll just level up my strength ASAP.
Once no one's talent in the galaxy's younger generation can top mine, as the guy Lala and Momo both like, I can't see him having any reason to say no.
He won't straight-up kill me, that's for sure. And beating my ass right now? Not smart either—some young alien hotshot could show up on Blue Star to challenge me any second.
Oh, and one more thing: I've got full confidence I'll surpass my father-in-law someday. By then, he probably won't feel like pounding me over stuff like this anymore, right?"
As he talked, Franklin just tossed his bath towel aside and started changing clothes right in front of Nana.
"Shameless! Animal! Pervert! Sex maniac!"
Nana's face turned beet red in an instant. She slapped her hands over her eyes. Franklin flashed an apologetic smile at Momo, then got dressed in three seconds flat and bolted out the door.
By the time Nana snapped out of it, Franklin was already upstairs on the second floor. He flopped onto the bed and dove into the game.
As for his body down there, the phantom slipped back inside, faking unconsciousness. His real mind only kept enough focus to stay on guard for anything around him.
"Momo, didn't you see how shameless he is? He can just say crap like that. If he actually gets that powerful someday, who knows how many women he'll chase after. How can you and big sis Lala like a guy like that!"
Seeing how worked up and furious Nana was, Momo covered her mouth and chuckled again. In the end, she stepped back into the bathroom and eased herself into the tub.
"Wanna join me? If you do, I can explain why."
Seeing how chill Momo looked, Nana hesitated for a second. But after thinking it over, she slowly stripped down and slipped into the bathtub too.
Looking into Nana's questioning eyes, Momo leaned in gently. She pinched Nana's serious face until it scrunched into a goofy smile.
"Nana, your misunderstanding of Mr. Franklin runs pretty deep, huh? It has you seeing him through tinted glasses every waking minute.
If you could ease up on that a bit, you'd see Mr. Franklin's actually one of the good ones—a rare catch. And one whose future power won't lag behind Dad's at all."
Nana got mad all over again. "How can he even compare to Dad? He's just an animal. And one who went after you, Momo..."
Before Nana could keep going, Momo softly pressed a finger to her lips.
"Those things he said earlier? That was just Mr. Franklin messing with you. If we're being real, it was me who barged into his bathroom buck naked.
I set the whole thing in motion. When you started questioning and insulting him, Mr. Franklin could've defended himself—could've washed his hands of it clean.
But to keep me from feeling bad, he pulled all the blame and the heat onto himself.
So Nana, I think I like Mr. Franklin even more now. I'm really sorry to big sis Lala, but he's totally my type."
Nana's eyes bugged out. She stared at Momo like she couldn't believe it.
"You really like him? Like big sis Lala—head over heels, to the point you can pull something like this?"
"Why not? You have to go after what you want in stuff like this, right? I've already got a plan in mind. If Mr. Franklin has any hang-ups about it, I'm ready to roll out a scheme—one that'll make him okay with me."
Seeing how dead serious Momo was, Nana rubbed her pounding head.
"Momo, you're hopeless. I'm telling Dad for sure—he'll never go for this."
Momo just leaned softly on Nana's shoulder without arguing back.
As the white light in front of him faded and his vision cleared again, Franklin saw four girls huddled on the bed, deep in discussion. His arrival grabbed everyone's attention in a flash.
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