"Hmm... there's still some time before dark. So where should I go now?"
Standing alone at the entrance of Kuoh Academy on the weekend, Hiro looked around for a moment, feeling slightly uncertain.
Freed's hotel was near the center of Saitama Prefecture.
Straight ahead was the direction he had just come from. To the right was-
the suburbs.
A few kilometers farther would be a large forest.
After thinking for a moment, he still chose to go straight.
Judging from Freed's behavior in the original work, the guy was a complete night owl. Active at night, dormant during the day.
At this time, he was most likely still holed up in his hotel.
"Hmm? Second-Tier?"
After walking forward for a few minutes, Hiro raised an eyebrow as he noticed a lead-gray number "2" appear at the left-front edge of the system map.
"With that lunatic Freed's strength and screen time... second-Tier or third-Tier are both possible."
The thought flashed through his mind.
His footsteps immediately shifted, heading straight toward the location of the "2."
But when he got closer and used Observation Haki to check the person's appearance, he frowned slightly.
Chestnut-colored twin ponytails.
A figure that met the world's "basic standards."
A bright blue top and matching shorts that gave off a lively, girlish charm.
Hiro recognized her.
Even though they had never interacted directly, he had seen her a few times during daily school life.
"It's Nimura Ruruko... same year as me. Wrong guess."
Sensing the girl's movements from a distance, disappointment crept into his voice.
She did have second-Tier luck. With enough luck, he might get something decent.
But-
One was his lack of confidence in his "face."
The other was Freed.
Still, since he had already run into her, Hiro didn't plan to just let Nimura Ruruko go.
"Eh?"
Their eyes met.
Before Hiro could even greet her, the girl let out a soft exclamation and looked at him.
"If I remember correctly, you're Hiro-kun from the class next door, right?"
"That's me, Nimura-san."
Hiro replied with a faint smile, his gaze subtly sweeping over the top of her head.
"Ding! Time required for this seizure: 1 second."
"Ding! Second-Tier luck seizure complete. Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Chains of Heaven."
The minimum seizure time passed in the blink of an eye.
Listening to the system prompt echo in his mind, Hiro couldn't help but feel a bit helpless.
The Chains of Heaven were indeed a good item.
But if he really had to deal with gods-
If he couldn't beat them, what was he going to use the chains for?
If he could beat them, why would he need to bind them?
He couldn't exactly grab the chains and start wrestling gods hand-to-hand.
If he had space magic like Natsuki Minamiya's, they'd be useful for a surprise attack.
For the current him, the Chains of Heaven were just a god-specific binding tool with excellent effectiveness.
"Just call me Ruruko, Nanamiya-kun."
The girl spoke softly as she walked over to his side, her cheeks slightly flushed.
This...
It was their first time being alone together. Why was she reacting like this?
Hiro glanced at the shyness on Nimura Ruruko's face and felt genuinely confused.
"Um... Ruruko, where are you planning to go?"
She had clearly been walking toward him just now.
Yet now, she was walking beside him, as if she had suddenly changed her plans and was "coincidentally" heading in the same direction.
"I was originally planning to go to a friend's house, but I suddenly remembered I still had homework to do, so I gave up on that idea."
With faint shyness on her face, Nimura Ruruko subtly moved a little closer to him.
"I see."
Noticing her movement, Hiro's eyelids twitched.
In the end, he still acted as if nothing was wrong and nodded calmly.
A few minutes later.
"Ah~ it's really just like Shoko and the others said. Not only is he handsome and has excellent grades, he's also very gentle with girls~ He's basically the ideal boyfriend~~ As expected of Kuoh Academy's top handsome guy, Hiro-sama!"
Watching Hiro's figure gradually disappear into the distance, faint pink, heart-like patterns appeared in Nimura Ruruko's pupils.
"It's such a pity I didn't bring Hiro-sama into a hotel. A man as outstanding as Hiro-sama must also be outstanding in that aspect, right?"
Probably thinking Hiro had already walked far away, her voice became increasingly vivid.
With his excellent hearing, Hiro clearly caught every word from dozens of meters away.
The corners of his mouth twitched twice.
I'll accept the excellent grades.
I'll barely accept the handsome part.
I'll also accept the gentle-with-girls part.
But what's with that "top handsome guy" nonsense?
Why have I never heard of that?
And I've only been enrolled for less than a semester.
Feeling that his chastity was under serious threat, Hiro quickly left Nimura Ruruko's line of sight and headed straight for the hotel Raynare had mentioned.
Before he even arrived, a "3" appeared on the system map, walking toward him near the hotel.
Phew.
After getting closer and confirming through Observation Haki, Hiro quietly let out a breath.
"Finally found him."
A man in black priest attire, short white hair, and an expression of dissatisfaction toward everything around him.
He matched the image of the lost priest "Freed Sellzen" in Hiro's memory by about ninety percent.
The remaining ten percent was the sense of dissonance that came from being upgraded from two dimensions to three.
"A Holy Sword aura similar to Ascalon. No need to ask."
As the white-haired man approached, a golden humanoid figure silently appeared behind Hiro.
Za Warudo.
An intangible, formless wave spread instantly to the edge of Hiro's perception.
Everything within it froze.
The lost priest included.
Tap. Tap. Tap.
Whether it was due to his physical strength, the system-produced "World," or some other reason, one thing was certain.
In his hands, the time that "World" could stop had already far exceeded DIO's nine-second limit.
Not only that.
Every time he used the time-stop ability, he could feel "World's" power increase by a fraction.
And that growth accelerated along with his own strength.
As if it had no end.
"The seventh puppet."
Dead March sliced effortlessly through Freed's neck.
Hiro released the time stop.
Thwack-
"Ding! Third-Tier luck seizure complete."
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining..."
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