He’d trained for Total Victory. Not necessarily for what comes after.

[itmeanstruth]

Those that ventured out to Minoru’s world to watch this year’s American Ninja Warrior Finals live and in person, knew exactly why the resident hospital orderly had been on freerunning across Cloud 9 since he got back. Those who couldn’t make it out there might have caught an interdimensional replay on TV. The twins had already seen it playing on one of the many screens in The Angel’s Retreat.

To those who hadn’t, though, Minoru’s question was entirely hypothetical, an innocuous kind of thing lots of people chatted about after a long week at work. And perhaps that was for the best.

“Okay, so… if you suddenly had a million dollars, what would you do with it?”

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[itmeanstruth]

Minoru’s eyes widened. Houses could cost that much?! He was pretty sure his parents owned their house. They’d been there for almost thirty years, after all. They never mentioned it costing that much, but it wasn’t like Minoru had ever asked.

“Geez, better add ‘ask my parents how much their house costs’ to that list.”

Taxes were confusing even for someone who was born there. (Never mind how confusing they were for someone who technically worked inter-dimensionally… you think being a doctor in the Nexus is rough, try being an accountant…)

[oprorsk_sode]

Mikkel frowned with worry since it seemed like his friend was going through a lot of stress.

"Maybe ask where you're going to live?" Mikkel thought that was good idea. Different countries cost different amounts. LA was very expensive compared to where he grew up.

"Can I ask you a question about houses?" Mikkel was thinking now and had his own questions.

[itmeanstruth]

Forget different countries. How about different dimensions?

“If I’m going to buy a house, I want to do it here. In the Nexus.”

It was where he worked, after all. And where Isamu had his research grant. He wasn’t sure how long those grants lasted, but his brother hadn’t said anything about it coming to an end. So, for the foreseeable future, this was their home.

“Yeah. Sure.” He added. “Go ahead.”