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Golden light flashed, and when Kisaragi Rin opened his eyes again, he was back in his apartment. The room was still messy, and the blood on the floor hadn't completely congealed.
Kisaragi Rin found his phone. It was past two in the morning, which made him sigh in relief.
"I was gone for seven hours, so the time ratio is probably 24:1."
Not feeling sleepy at all, Kisaragi Rin needed to quickly clean the room. It was already past three by the time he finished thoroughly washing the floor with soapy water.
Now, a more severe problem lay before Kisaragi Rin.
The collapsed floor!
Kisaragi Rin carefully lifted the broken pieces, secretly praying it wasn't too serious. He had no money for compensation, nor did he want to be evicted by the landlord.
Unfortunately, it was an old, two-story apartment and not very sturdy.
With Kisaragi Rin's full-power 'Ora', the floor still couldn't hold up.
After Kisaragi Rin removed the rubble from the upper layer, it completely collapsed, and the debris fell downstairs, forming a hole the size of a basketball.
Kisaragi Rin peered his head into the hole. He saw warm, yellow, cozy decor below, and the rubble had landed by a table. Luckily, no one was woken up; otherwise, if there had been a shout in the middle of the night, the landlord would definitely have come knocking.
There was still hope for a remedy.
—
As the alarm rang, there was no lingering in bed; a pair of tender, white hands reached out from under the covers to turn it off.
The lit screen showed no messages from anyone else, as was always the case, and it no longer caused any change in emotion.
Shiina Mahiru got up and went into the bathroom. After washing up, she changed out of her pajamas into her school uniform. When she returned to the living room, she finally noticed the rubble on the floor.
"What is this?"
Looking up at the ceiling, Shiina Mahiru was shocked to discover that there was a hole in it.
Just as Shiina Mahiru was feeling confused, a knock came from the door.
Knock knock knock
Opening the door, Shiina Mahiru saw exaggerated muscles. She had to tilt her head slightly to see the person standing before her.
"I'm your upstairs neighbor. Due to some special circumstances, as you can see, there's a hole in the floor."
"I hope you won't tell the landlord. I'll take care of it promptly and offer compensation."
Kisaragi Rin breathed a sigh of relief when he saw a petite, beautiful girl come out.
As long as he spoke a bit more fiercely and maintained a cold expression, she wouldn't dare tell the landlord about this.
Once he repaired the floor, all traces would be covered, and no one would ever discover what happened.
"Okay, Kisaragi Rin."
Facing Kisaragi Rin, who was feigning fierceness, Shiina Mahiru showed no fear. Instead, she called out Kisaragi Rin's name, and her body, which had been hiding behind the door, confidently stepped out.
"You know me?"
After saying this, Kisaragi Rin noticed the school uniform the girl was wearing. It turned out she was a Soubu high school student.
Then there was no problem. Since she had heard of Kisaragi Rin's reputation, she would surely choose to keep quiet.
"Kisaragi Rin, I'm your Class President."
Shiina Mahiru felt a bit frustrated. She wasn't invisible at school, but Kisaragi Rin didn't seem to remember who she was at all.
"Class President?"
Meeting someone he knew, in a sense, Kisaragi Rin couldn't maintain his fierce demeanor anymore.
Activating his intelligence of 9 points, Kisaragi Rin vaguely remembered that she had indeed appeared in class. As for her name?
"Shiina Mahiru?"
"Although you used a question mark, I'm still happy you remember me."
Shiina Mahiru's caramel-colored eyes flashed with an unidentifiable light as she said, "I'll keep your secret."
She glanced at the time again. It was just past seven o'clock.
"Do you want to stay for breakfast? I just cooked some porridge."
"Uh, no thanks."
This person was too gentle, wasn't she? He had just broken Shiina Mahiru's ceiling and hadn't recognized her as his Class President, yet she still invited him to eat.
Kisaragi Rin declined.
It wasn't because of the awkwardness of not recognizing her as his Class President, but because he knew that Shiina Mahiru definitely hadn't made enough for him. With his appetite, staying would likely mean he wouldn't get full.
Although Kisaragi Rin recalled the plot he had seen in his previous life, he hadn't seen everything or finished everything.
For example, he couldn't watch his favorite One Piece after Doflamingo; he mostly watched edited clips through short videos.
Later, he became a societal workhorse and didn't have time to watch many new anime.
Kisaragi Rin still remembered the name Shiina Mahiru because his friends constantly preached about "how amazing Shiina Mahiru is," so he knew a bit about Shiina Mahiru herself, but he hadn't really watched the plot.
Shiina Mahiru, who was as gentle as an angel, was actually a lonely person who longed for genuine affection due to her family circumstances.
(Her parents married for family interests and unexpectedly had Shiina Mahiru, but she was not accepted by either parent.)
—
Kisaragi Rin walked on his way to school, looking for food along the way.
Curiously, he activated his Heavenly Eye, intending to see the so-called 'evil spirit tide' during the day.
As the Heavenly Eye activated, a pupil-like symbol gradually appeared on Kisaragi Rin's brow.
The world in his eyes changed dramatically. Black mist condensed over the city, lingering and full of ominous implications.
As for evil spirits, they could be described with a Pokémon lyric.
In fire, in water, in grass, in the forest
In earth, in clouds, in that girl's skirt
They were everywhere, and their appearances were even more gruesome; Satan himself would bring some back to hell to enrich biodiversity.
He casually used the Golden Light Charm to crush a centipede-like evil spirit. This guy had been hovering in front of him, constantly muttering, "Can you see me? Can you see me?"
These evil spirits were much weaker than Kisaragi Rin had imagined, possibly a result of the so-called long-term governance.
After buying three large toast burgers by the roadside, he had very little money left in his pocket. A large part of his poverty was due to his appetite.
"Looks like I need to find a job."
Biting his toast, Kisaragi Rin wondered where to get income next.
Working at a convenience store?
He had beaten up that scumbag boss last time, and it seemed no one even hired him for moving goods anymore.
Mixing cement at a construction site?
The construction site that provided meals had specifically paid him to leave the time before last.
His Workshop had quite a bit of gold jewelry plundered from Tokoname City, but these had no legal source. To sell them, he would have to go to some underground forces.
But Kisaragi Rin was somewhat wary of the existence of players. Since this world had a Paradise and players, it was possible that these underground forces might also have players.
A sharp sound came from the sky; a group of large birds circled overhead.
"Vultures?"
To eat his meal, Kisaragi Rin was sure he had turned off his Heavenly Eye. If they weren't evil spirits, then how did vultures appear over the city?
Walking towards the center, at a corner, a figure crashed into him, but Kisaragi Rin deftly avoided them.
"Koshi Torako!"
Recognizing her, Kisaragi Rin unleashed his full aura, pressing down on the person in front of him.
"Kisaragi Rin!"
Standing opposite Kisaragi Rin was a blonde, beautiful girl wearing a blue and white sailor uniform. Her purple eyes also erupted with an astonishing aura.
"Are you looking for trouble again, Koshi Torako!"
This blonde, beautiful girl was Kisaragi Rin's lifelong rival from middle school. After dominating all the delinquents inside and outside the school, she set her sights on Kisaragi Rin, this towering mountain, trying to take Kisaragi Rin as her subordinate and ascend to become the strongest.
Under her incessant harassment, Kisaragi Rin spent a day crushing her delinquent group, officially forming this ill-fated connection.
He hadn't seen her since middle school, but unexpectedly, they met again today.
Just then, someone passed by, wearing the same sailor uniform as Koshi Torako, whispering loudly.
"Hey, is that President Koshi?"
"Why is President Koshi here?"
Koshi Torako's aura instantly shattered, her face filled with panic. Before Kisaragi Rin could say another word, she jumped up and covered his mouth.
???
Kisaragi Rin was full of question marks. What kind of move was this?
"You can't expose my identity!"
Koshi Torako's face was terrified as she urgently spoke to Kisaragi Rin.
"Oh, are they a couple!"
"Big news! That's the beautiful, academically excellent, athletically versatile, legendary beautiful girl! The perfect President Koshi is in love!"
"How sweet! Their uniforms look like Soubu high school students."
Koshi Torako held her hand up, her body pressed against Kisaragi Rin's. From their perspective, it indeed looked very intimate.
The students' words made Koshi Torako's face grow redder and redder, but the hand covering Kisaragi Rin's mouth never let go.
Compared to the rumor of being in love, she was more afraid of her unspeakable secret being exposed.
Her dark past of becoming a delinquent girl influenced by shonen manga—if that were exposed, her smooth-sailing high school life would end, and her efforts to turn over a new leaf and become an honor student in high school would also come to naught.
With this thought, Koshi Torako's hand covered him even tighter, roaring internally, why weren't they leaving yet.
Seeing that Kisaragi Rin and Koshi Torako made no further moves, the group finally chattered and left.
Koshi Torako also quietly released her hand, waved at Kisaragi Rin, and turned to leave as if nothing had happened.
"Bye-bye."
Turning around, she found Kisaragi Rin's hand already resting on her shoulder.
"Koshi Torako, why are you in such a hurry to leave? What are you trying to hide?"
Kisaragi Rin's voice rang out, sounding like hell in Koshi Torako's ears, and her face turned from crimson to ashen white.
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