Shiro heard the girl's words and knew she was upset, so he didn't waste any time in the car.
"Wait for me at the school gate."
After Shiro finished his sentence, the other side hung up the phone. He also felt a bit helpless, thinking, "Isn't her temperament a bit too rash?" Then he stood up, looked at the others, and said in an energetic voice:
"I'll head out first, I still have something to take care of."
The girls also heard Shiro's phone conversation, so they didn't say anything, just said goodbye with "see you tomorrow."
As Shiro walked out the door, humming a tune, he had originally planned to go have fun with Yui, but considering that she was already "in the pot" and couldn't escape, he decided to go train that suicidal girl instead.
When Shiro arrived at the school gate, he found the other party already waiting. Honestly, he was quite surprised, because in the original work it didn't seem to mention whether she was a student or not, yet in the multi-anime world she was still attending school. Still, that was completely normal.
After all, many professional shogi players have regular jobs and only train on the side; few fully dedicate themselves solely to that field unless their rank is high enough and they have titles.
Of course, with her looks and popularity, her income certainly wouldn't be small, but it was still surprising that she was still in school.
Shiro greeted her with a smile at that moment.
"Ginko, sorry for making you wait."
"Shall we go to your place now?"
After hearing that, Sora Ginko looked at him with caution.
"There's no need to look at me so suspiciously. Or you can choose the place yourself, I don't mind."
Sora Ginko hesitated for a moment, then decided to take this guy home. It wasn't like she hadn't taken him there before.
Shiro first led the other party into a corner, then became invisible. No, actually, he suddenly picked her up in a princess carry. That familiar sensation told her what he intended to do, but she wondered inwardly, "Couldn't he at least tell me in advance?"
"Are you sure you want to do this? It's broad daylight, and even though school is over, if you do this, a lot of people will see it."
Sora Ginko still decided to speak up, because she didn't want to be so conspicuous.
"Relax, relax, I've already made both of us invisible."
Shiro made it clear that invisibility was a trivial matter to him; he could have it whenever he wanted, not to mention that there were many ways to do it. However, as soon as he said that, he immediately noticed the way the girl was looking at him—like she was looking at a pervert—which confused him a little.
"Ginko-chan, why are you looking at me like that? That look is really strange."
Sora Ginko, who was being carried in his arms, was currently in the air with the wind passing through her hair, so she instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck. Still, that didn't stop her from looking at him with disdain when she heard his words.
"You can become invisible. Guys like you, with heads full of dirty thoughts, have probably used this ability for mischief more than once, right?"
Shiro heard that the other party wasn't asking a question, but said the word "probably" in an extremely decisive tone, making him feel as if he had already been judged, even though he hadn't done anything.
"That's pure slander, I'm telling you, pure slander! With my abilities, do I even need to do things like that? I'm not some perverted cook who dreams about invisibility every day."
Shiro stated that he was not Sanji. What he wanted most was to eat the Clear-Clear Fruit.
"Heh heh, those are just words. Do you think I'd believe you, considering your personality?"
Not to mention, everyone knows who you are. There are practically no girls who dare to stay around you.
After all, they're afraid that some curious guy will suddenly pounce on them.
Shiro said that all of this was because of his reputation.
"Slander, I'm telling you, this is pure slander! Where is that coming from? It's not like I did it on purpose, it was an accident, okay?"
When Sora Ginko heard the word "accident," her face clearly said, "I don't believe you."
"It's not like I haven't seen your abilities. Someone with your powers tells me that you often fall and throw yourself onto people, always so coincidentally, never on purpose. Who would believe that?"
Shiro felt a slight headache after hearing that.
"Power is power, but my situation is a matter of concept, you understand?"
"This is beyond my control, what do you want me to do?"
"Do you think I want this? Because of this situation, aside from a few close people, other girls don't dare to approach me at all. Do you know how painful that is?"
Shiro immediately made his accusation with a voice full of tears.
If it weren't for the fact that everyone around him was either problematic girls or invisible people, he probably would've only had Yui for company by now.
Sora Ginko saw his resentful outburst and thought about it; it seemed to really be the case.
"The point is, you said you use your abilities for even more perverted things. Don't you think I'm currently willing to follow the rules? Otherwise, do you think that in this world, in this universe, I couldn't do whatever I want without anyone being able to stop me? To be honest, I could expel all humans, or more precisely, all men, from this planet, leaving only women to be my toys, and have a different one every day."
"You also know that aliens exist. If not, I could go into space and capture them. After all, the strongest beings in the universe are only at the level of destroying planets. I can change everything with a single word. Do you think those weaklings can measure up to me?"
"For example, you. If I used my ability to make you my slave, publicly acknowledged at that, what do you think would happen? But did I do that?"
"So I'm asking you, please erase all those bad rumors about me, thank you. It's all slander created by people who are jealous and envious of me!"
Shiro felt helpless about his situation, but he wasn't wrong. He was simply willing to play by the rules.
Sora Ginko fell silent after that, because the other party's abilities were indeed far too exaggerated; a single word could change the world.
He could have everything he wanted, yet he still chose to follow the rules, not to go too far, or rather, he just wanted to live like an ordinary person.
"…Are you sure that your acts of falling onto girls are really the result of that conceptual state?"
Shiro thought for a moment after hearing that, then gave an honest answer.
"Half and half, fifty-fifty."
"After all, I don't like using the method of 'a word becomes law,' so I still prefer to use various abilities or other means to win over girls."
"This situation is the best way to start, but it's also quite irritating. However, that's not the problem. What I'm afraid of is it happening during a fight."
"Even though those characters are weaklings, if this suddenly happens in the middle of a fight, I'll lose all dignity."
Shiro said this outwardly, but in reality, he was worried that if he encountered opponents of similar strength in the future and this kind of stumbling happened, it would be a big problem.