Translator: imperfectluck Editor: vb24

Translator note: There are many, many spoilers in this. I translated the cast of characters how the author wrote them, read ahead at your own risk!

One more time, just for emphasis: BEWARE SPOILERS! Read ahead to the next chapter which is chapter 1 if you started from this.

Seiji Haruta (Male): The main character of this novel. The original Seiji was a NEET that had been exiled from his family. When Seiji transferred to Genhana High School, he used the alias of Seigo Harano.

Mika Uehara (Female): Seiji’s landlord’s daughter. Was once stabbed to death by Takao Yamamoto, then saved by Seiji’s save/load ability. She likes Seiji.

Takao Yamamoto (Male): A blond bully at Genhana High School that was seriously injured by Seiji during an attempt at murder. Later taken away by Okubo Yoshiaki and transformed into a zombie, and finally slain by Seiji.

Rika Amami (Female): The store manager and owner of the confectionery store that Seiji works at. She gave Seiji a button that burst from her shirt.

Natsuya Yoruhana (Female): A young mistress/scion who is the student council president of Genhana High School. The first Yin Yang Master that Seiji meets. She won a duel against Okubo Yoshiaki with Seiji’s assistance.

Hitaka Shuho (Female): Genhana High School’s student council vice president. One of Natsuya Yoruhana’s Spirit-branded retainers. She acts cold towards people she doesn’t know well, and is unskilled at communication.

Rana Kirin (Female): Natsuya Yoruhana’s second Spirit-branded retainer. She’s a middle school girl that enjoys wearing cat ears, and is affectionate towards Seiji.

Kazufuru Ooike (Male): Genhana High School’s student council secretary. He believes himself to be better than others, and his target is to make Natsuya Yoruhana fall in love with him.

Kahei Watari (Male): Seiji’s classmate, a delinquent. Saved by Seiji during an incident.

Takashi Kobayashi (Male): Seiji’s classmate, a delinquent. Saved by Seiji during an incident.

Chiaki Wakaba (Female): Mika Uehara’s best friend. A tomboy in the drama club. After meeting Seiji through Mika, she became Seiji’s good friend and received his assistance with the matter of her ex-girlfriend.

Hideya Aizawa (Male): The tennis club captain. Defeated by Seiji in a tennis match.

Shiina Shiho (Female): The vice president of the drama club. Strict yet gentle, she works hard in maintaining the drama club. Her special abilities include hitting people with books and forceful retorts.

Anya Saigenji (Female): The drama club president. The legendary person who revived the drama club. She has a habit of "capturing" students. Often lectured by Shiina.

Shika Kagura (Female): Possesses the "Reaper’s Curse" that will bring misfortune to everyone around her. She became Okubo Yoshiaki’s temporary Spirit-branded retainer and ended up dying. Seiji saved her, and she became Seiji’s adopted sister.

Kaho Miyamoto (Female): Seiji’s classmate. A fat otaku girl that was helped during P.E. class by Seiji. She worked hard to lose weight, and wishes to become friends with Seiji. Excellent at cooking.

Mayuzumi Amami (Female): Rika Amami’s cousin. The creator of the super popular anime "Honey Candy Girl." Her pen name is Peach-sensei, and she has severe androphobia. Her cousin Rika encouraged her to have a date with Seiji at the school festival.

Cat-loving Flying Fish (Female): Seiji’s only spectator for his live streams. A NEET otaku girl. Seiji’s younger sister.

Kaede Juumonji (Female): A young mistress from a mafia family. Saved (?) by Seiji while being chased by her father’s subordinates. Fell in love with Seiji at first sight. Currently working as a nurse at Genhana High School.

Hoshi Amami (Male): Rika Amami’s nephew. Seiji’s junior from work at the confectionery store. A boy who has a cute and lovely appearance. He once committed suicide due to his family problems. Seiji saved him using the save/load ability. He worships Seiji.

Rion Amami (Female): One of Hoshi Amami’s older twin sisters. Secretly abuses her younger brother. Controls and blackmails other people at school. Later defeated by Seiji, and begins to change herself for the better.

Kotomi Amami (Female): One of Hoshi Amami’s older twin sisters. Secretly abuses her younger brother. Controls and blackmails other people at school. Later defeated by Seiji, and begins to change herself for the better.

Michirou Juumonji (Male): The leader of the Juumonji mafia group. Kaede Juumonji’s father. He wishes to befriend Seiji.

Zankita Juumonji (Male): Michirou Juumonji’s eldest son. He loves fighting. He challenged Seiji but was defeated, so now he’s resting in a hospital.

Hisashi Juumonji (Male): Michirou Juumonji’s youngest son. A true otaku who’s also skilled in other areas. Has similar interests as Seiji, and they became friends.

Karen Miyamoto (Female): Kaho Miyamoto’s older sister. She has unbelievable I-cup breasts. She wishes to have a better relationship with her younger sister.

Yui Haruta (Female): Seiji’s older sister. The person who exiled the original Seiji from his family.

Saki Yoshizawa (Female): An editor working for Thunderbolt Literature. Mayuzumi Amami’s good friend that got to know Seiji through Rika’s introduction. Currently helping Seiji to publish his novel.

Haruka Shimizu (Female): Chiaki Wakaba’s ex-girlfriend. A student at Koaki High School. Has complex feelings for Chiaki.

Tetsuo Sakaki (Male): Haruka Shimizu’s younger cousin. The ace member of Koaki High School’s karate club. Has an arrogant personality. After angering Seiji, he was knocked unconscious by him.

Kyosuke Akanishi (Male): The karate club captain of Genhana High School. Was once under the control of Rion and Kotomi Amami. Has now been freed

Mai Houjou (Female): Natsuya Yoruhana’s maid. The former student council president of Genhana High School. Took good care of Seiji and Shika.

Okubo Yoshiaki (Male): Natsuya Yoruhana’s duel opponent. He tried to take advantage of Shika Kagura’s "Reaper’s Curse" but was foiled by Seiji. He couldn’t accept his loss in his duel with Natsuya, so he attempted to kill everyone by blowing himself up. Finally defeated by Seiji.

Ayami Himiki (Female): The judge presiding over Natsuya Yoruhana and Okubo Yoshiaki’s duel. She has a husky dog Spirit-branded retainer.

Yukari Asamiya (Female): A first-year high school student at Genhana High School. Gave Seiji many love letters and tried confessing to him but was rejected. She resolved to start from being friends with him.

Lin… No wait, now he was known as Seiji Haruta.

Seiji knew that he had hit the jackpot.

After reincarnating into this body, he had been experimenting with this system that he inexplicably received.

Since the functions of this system were similar to most dating-sim game systems, he just called it the ‘DS system’ for short.

What were the functions of this DS system?

Well, any gamer that’s played a dating-sim game before should know the basics. Although each dating-sim game had its individual quirks, there were some common characteristics found in most of them.

One was conversation options.

When talking to one of the primary characters—for instance, a beautiful girl, three conversation options would appear at various points, and one would definitely improve her feelings towards you, while one would decrease them, and the other one was neutral and had no effect.

Then, there was the conversation memo.

Whether it was the main character’s conversations with everyone else or the game text, everything could be viewed again on the dating sim’s memo. This meant Seiji was able to look at the record of his conversations with everyone!

Next was the ability to inspect his own stats and check someone’s current level of friendship or affection towards him.

After Seiji reincarnated, whenever he talked to a girl whose appearance was above average, he could see their current opinion of him, and he was also able to check his own stats.

[Academics: 5 - Rubbish—with this level you’d be the worst even in elementary school!]

[Physical ability: 5 - Rubbish—even a loli elementary schooler could defeat you with a single kick!]

[Art: 9 - Low level—it barely counts as having some minor ability to appreciate beauty, hmph!]

[Music: 10 - Low level—can understand some popular music, but you’re still basically an idiot.]

[Communication: 2 - Garbage—trying to communicate with others is like insulting them!]

[Charisma: 0 - Even a pile of dog poop on the roadside is more attractive.]

…

The descriptions next to his statistics were painful to look at, but that wasn’t important—because Seiji still retained memories from his new body, he could only lament that the original Seiji truly deserved the outcome of choking to death on instant noodles in a tiny apartment.

All his classmates looked down on him, the school bullies picked on him, the prettiest girl in school insulted him, his childhood friend kicked him away, his younger sister slapped him, his older sister forced him to leave home, and his adoptive mother treated him coldly… Okay, these memories were far too painful. Seiji didn’t want to go through them anymore; just remembering them once was distressing enough.

Along with stats came the ability to level them up. For example, academics could be raised with options like [go to cram school], [study at home], [hire a tutor], et cetera, while physical ability had options like [exercise at home], [jog in the morning], [workout at the gym], et cetera.

Other than that, there were also CGs and video playbacks, which could replay some scenes of him interacting with girls; almost like a type of album.

But all of the above wasn’t really that special.

The last function was the one that Seiji found the most astounding and the most gamebreaking—even if he didn’t have any of the above abilities, he could subvert the entire world with just this ability!

It was no joke!

Because the final ability of the dating sim system was…

Saving and loading!!!

This game function was the most ordinary of all; after all, every game came with this function.

But, for this ability to appear in real life, heavens… This cheat was truly broken!

After reincarnating, Seiji spent the majority of his time experimenting with this final ability; at first he was astounded, then he was overjoyed, but now he was starting to feel slightly scared.

As long as he saved a file beforehand, it didn’t matter what he did afterwards; all he had to do was load the saved file, and he could start all over again with a clean slate!

He could already imagine it: he could do anything wicked that he wanted, and after the police caught him, he could just load the file, and it would be like nothing ever happened.

This was akin to a gift from the Devil!

Although Seiji didn’t think that he was a hero, he definitely wasn’t an evil person either, so those wicked ideas only flashed through his mind briefly before he sealed them away and decided to set some rules for himself that he definitely would never violate.

After opening this Pandora’s Box, he closed it immediately, using all of his self-control to prevent himself from opening it again, and he had finally managed to calm himself down with great effort.

‘Well, let’s just go with that,’ Seiji thought.

At this moment, he silently opened up the load menu, before choosing the first save file and returning to that time.

His entire world turned dark momentarily, before becoming light once more.

He was still in the same room, but it was now early morning instead of late night.

This was his first save file, and it was also the one immediately after his reincarnation.

Let’s just start from here now—a new life after reincarnation.

First, he needed to clean up the instant noodles that choked this body to death…

His room was 30 square meters, furnished with a shower and bathroom, and the rent was 5000 sakuras every month.

That’s right—sakuras, not Japanese yen.

After Seiji reincarnated, at first he thought that he was in Japan, but later he discovered that this was actually a parallel world; the entire world map was significantly different from Earth’s, and history had changed significantly.

The European pioneers had fought a series of wars which lasted for several hundred years against the Native Americans, so both Europe and America’s development had stagnated, while the Asian Huaxia Empire became the world’s only superpower.

But seventy years ago, a large continent arose from the depths of the Pacific Ocean, and the ancient civilization which dwelled on it had attempted to conquer the entire world. Eventually, the war ended up in a stalemate as they were pitted against the allied armies of the entire world. Ultimately, they signed a peace treaty, thus becoming the world’s second superpower.

What the hell was all of this!?

Seiji’s face could only distort when he learned the fantasy-like history of this world.

Not only that, the military equipment in this world made his eyes sparkle; apart from conventional weapons, such as guns, tanks, and cruisers, there were also robot warriors, single-pilot mechs, flying castles, and biologically engineered living giants—technology that he had only seen in sci-fi manga before.

Even though there was no apparent magic or superpowers to be seen, Seiji believed there may be something under the surface—it’s just that ordinary people were incognizant of the true situation.

Okay, so this was a new world that seemed as if it had come out of a 2-D manga.

And the most obvious part about this being similar to a 2-D world was that compared to Earth, the average boys and girls were much better-looking, with well-proportioned bodies and a multitude of different hair and eye colors!

For example, the landlord’s… daughter that was currently standing in front of Seiji.

She had large amber eyes, a small and exquisite nose, cherry lips, and her silky black hair was braided into pigtails. Her hairclips were dark red, and she was wearing a beautiful sailor-style school uniform. She had an ample chest, and she was wearing white stockings on her fair thighs, which seemed especially tender. The distance between her miniskirt and the white stockings created a mesmerizing territory filled with the attractiveness of youth.

If this had been Earth, 100% of guys would stare at her as she walked down the street, and she’d be able to do cosplay or be a fashion model without makeup—a top-class beauty! But in this world, it seemed that she was only above average.

"You fat pig! You’re already behind on rent by half a month—when are you going to pay up!?"

When the pigtailed beauty opened her mouth, insults spewed out instantly, and her expression was filled with contempt and impatience.

Seiji could only smile wryly inside; after all, whose fault was it that his body’s previous owner attempted to ****** her in their first meeting? It was only natural that she would have such a negative impression of him.

Seiji sighed helplessly. There’s nothing wrong with being an otaku, but if you act as disgusting as the previous owner of the body, even without being an obese otaku, it was only natural that all his friends and family would abandon him.

"I’m so sorry, Miss Uehara. Please give me two more days; I’ll come up with enough money for you."

Seiji kneeled on the floor and lowered his head in a formal apology.

Even though all of this was the previous Seiji’s fault, since he had obtained this body now, he couldn’t complain; he might as well attempt to fix things.

The girl whose name was Mika Uehara was stunned for an instant; this was the first time she had ever seen him being so confident and sincere. Before, it always sounded like he was mumbling every word, and every sentence was sexually harassing, which made her feel disgusted.

She hated having to talk to this fat pig, but she was worried about her kind and gentle mother having to collect rent from him. Unfortunately, her father died young, so she needed to become strong on behalf of her mother and to protect their family!

And seeing this fat pig acting so sincere for the first time, she was slightly moved.

"We’ve already given you such a long period…",

"I know, it’s my fault, but I really don’t have any money right now. Give me two days’ time; I’ll sell some of the things in this room and give you the rent." Seiji raised his head and gazed directly into her eyes.

Just looking at that chubby face made Mika Uehara feel disgusted again, but that sincere look was something she’d never seen before, which piqued her curiosity.

She took a look around the room; just two months after moving in, this guy had made it into a pigsty: CDs, games, fast food trash, drink bottles, and a huge amount of dirty tissues were everywhere…

Just by observing her glancing around and her expression, Seiji knew what she was thinking, and it was also expressed by the three conversation options that suddenly appeared in front of him.

[A: You’ll get your money anyways, so get the hell out!]

[B: I know that my previous actions made it difficult for you to trust me, but please give me one last chance!]

[C: I really don’t have any money, I’m begging you!]

The correct answer was obviously B.

"I know, I was very rude to you before, and it may be difficult for you to trust me. However, I’ve self-reflected on my previous actions, and I’ve decided to start living a new life; please give me one last chance!"

Seiji bowed his head once again in a sincere request.

*Ding!* After making his choice, he heard a sound in his mind.

This was the game system telling him that he had successfully raised her friendship level!

"O… Okay, one last chance." Mika Uehara pouted with her lips. "I… I’ll come back in a week."

He requested two days, but this girl gave him a week.

He requested two days, but this girl gave him a week.

"Thank you so much!" Seiji thanked her in a clear, deep voice.

"You’re welcome…" Hearing such sincere gratitude, Mika Uehara felt for an instant that this fat pig didn’t seem as disgusting as before.

Her departure meant that he wouldn’t be evicted, so the corners of Seiji’s mouth curled upwards in a small smile.

Then, he immediately went to the bathroom to wash himself.

He washed his face, took a shower, cut his messy hair, shaved all his facial hair, and put on the cleanest clothes he could find.

*Ding ding ding!* A brand new fat pig has now arrived!

Even though he was still obese, he was now a relatively normal-looking chubby person instead of a fat otaku that everybody hated; his charisma stat had even increased by five points as proof of this.

Just taking a shower improved charisma from 0 to 5—just how uncaring was the previous person about his appearance?

Well, Seiji didn’t wish to dwell on the previous person’s self-serving lifestyle, so after cleaning himself up, his next task was cleaning the room.

He threw away all the trash, organized all the things that were still useful, and made a pile of what he could sell.

Let’s do the important stuff first before finishing the final organizing and cleaning later.

Seiji ate some snacks that he found in the room for breakfast, before gathering up a huge bundle of CDs and games to sell and walking out of the room with them.

Outside, the sun shone brightly.

After he had sold everything that he could to the second-hand games shop, Seiji finally received a sum of money that was sufficient to pay off the rent.

But it was only enough for the rent. After he paid, he would have little money left over, and if he didn’t think of something soon, he would run out of money within three days after paying the rent.

The original Seiji truly deserved what he got. Originally, his family gave him enough living expenses for half a year’s worth of rent and food, but this guy wasted it all in two and a half months; he didn’t even consider the implications of lacking money to buy food!

If Seiji wanted to comment on the previous person’s ridiculous actions, he could rant endlessly for three consecutive days and nights… Let’s just forget about it.

The original Seiji also stopped going to school a long time ago, and Seiji didn’t intend to go back to school either. Currently, he was completely free every day, so he decided to find a job first, thereby making enough money to ensure that he didn’t starve.

Truthfully, although there were various methods to obtain money through saving and loading, Seiji didn’t intend to use his cheat that way; he didn’t want to wantonly use his power.

So, in the end, he decided to get a job. However, with such a fat body that lacked any skills, what could he possibly do? If he went to places such as restaurants, any normal manager probably wouldn’t hire him.

Seiji contemplated deeply before finally thinking of a solution.

There was a street filled with businesses nearby, and it seemed that a number of stores were employing people to stand in full-body costumes to attract customers, so Seiji felt like this job would be suitable for him.

After all, you wouldn’t be able to see him!

His fat body, low attractiveness, and the wretched atmosphere around him… as long as he hid inside a full-body costume, none of that would be a problem!

These costumes only contained children’s dreams, not a fat otaku!

But could he really obtain a job?

Well, in his previous life, he had already passed the tests to become a government worker, so Seiji felt like he should make an attempt.

But at the first store, he was rejected instantly—where was his resume?

Even a job like this needs a resume… fine, he’ll return home and prepare one.

Then, the second store wasn’t hiring.

The third one wasn’t either.

As for the fourth store…

The fourth store was just putting up a sign to hire a costumed employee!

And the store manager was a great beauty!

"Oh my! Just when I put the sign up, someone already came."

The woman was around thirty years old, slightly foxy, with permed brown curly hair and a majestic chest. She dressed like an office lady, with form-fitting formal clothes, a short skirt, black stockings, high heels; her entire body oozed with sex appeal.

Especially when she clasped her hands against her chest—the moment where her chest jutted out almost caused Seiji’s lower half to have a reaction.

If this had been the original Seiji, he probably would have started sexually harassing her already.

Seiji forced himself to control his expression, without exposing even a hint of being a lowlife—after all, that would incur a destructive amount of disgust.

The woman took his resume and looked at it for a minute.

"You’re still a high school student, so why are you applying for this full-time job here?"

After she said this, the options appeared—

[A: None of your business b*tch!]

[B: Because of some personal reasons, I’ve temporarily dropped out of school, and need money now.]

[C: For the beautiful you.]

Obviously, the correct answer was B.

"Because of some personal reasons, I’ve temporarily dropped out of school… And currently, I could use the money. Please hire me, the salary at first… it can be lower than usual."

He chose the most honest and polite option, and he made a great effort to request the job with sincerity.

*Ding!* [Friendship level has increased!]

"Well… According to your resume, you have no work experience. This is indeed a problem; although this job appears easy, it still requires a certain degree of patience and skills." She rubbed her chin hesitantly.

"I’ll give you half of the normal salary at first; if you don’t do a good job, you’ll be fired immediately. If you perform well, I’ll give you the normal salary after one week. Will you accept these conditions?"

"I accept!" Seiji instantly agreed.

And so, he acquired a job.

The beautiful store manager’s name was Rika Amami.

It was a confectionery shop—one that sold various desserts, cakes, and drinks. Their store costume was the lucky mascot of a popular anime, and they'd apparently acquired licensing rights to advertise with it, so the full-body costume was created with great care, which meant that it was quite popular with many children and even some teenagers passing by.

The full-time job’s hours were from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon, and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

After one day on the job, Seiji discovered that this job was much more difficult than he expected.

First, it was a huge drain on his strength mostly because the costume was stiflingly hot; even with the store manager being considerate for him and putting some bags of ice inside, after a while, he’d get soaked in sweat.

Besides that, there were more mischievous kids than he was prepared for, and they often kicked or hit the costume; even though it didn’t hurt, if he wasn’t careful he’d trip, and that was a huge problem.

Making money wasn’t easy anywhere…

Although it was quite tiring, he had to persevere, so he treated it as losing weight.

The next day, before Seiji went to his job, he sought out Mika to pay his rent.

Mika Uehara was surprised at how fast this guy paid his rent. In addition to this, her sharp senses told her that the fat guy in front of her seemed slightly different from the fat otaku before.

Did he really self-reflect and change his ways? She held a trace of confusion as she watched him leave, but she forgot about it quickly.

Who cared? After all, she received the rent money!

Seiji arrived punctually to his job every day, and he stopped eating snacks and fast food, instead buying his own ingredients to cook.

As he was single for 30 years in his past life, even though he wasn’t a skilled cook, it was no problem to feed himself, and it also saved him money.

Waking up and sleeping early, working hard, and eating healthily.

Just by living a normal life like this, his stats were gradually increasing!

One week later.

"Thanks for your hard work, Haruta-kun."

In the afternoon, after he finished his job and changed back into his regular clothes, the manager Rika Amami handed him a cup of iced coffee.

This was the first time!

"Thank you as well… you’ve also been working hard." Seiji took the coffee and had a taste—it was pretty good.

"This is your salary for the past three days." With a smile, the beautiful store manager handed him an envelope.

Seiji opened it and took a look.

"It seems a bit much."

"Just count it as reward money; you were better than I thought you’d be."

"Thank you…" Seiji gratefully took the money.

"Haruta-kun, I didn’t feel like it was appropriate to ask before, but actually I’m rather curious; why was it that you dropped out of school?"

"This…" Seiji smiled wryly, "it’s because… well… I was quite terrible in school before."

"I think Haruta-kun is a nice boy, a hard worker, and very polite." Rika blinked in confusion.

"That’s because I’ve reflected deeply on my actions and decided to start a new life. But my actions in the past cannot be erased."

"Haha, you’re just a student, but you seem to have quite the story."

"It doesn’t matter if you’re a student; life is about living." Seiji replied lightly.

This wasn’t a conversation option—it was his personal realization.

"It has nothing to do with male or female, young or old, life treats every person the same way; you may not receive anything for your efforts, but if you don’t do anything and give up on everything, then life will give up on you."

This comment moved Rika, and the words he said so lightly seemed to have deep philosophy behind it, especially coming from a youth.

*Ding!* [Your favorability rating has increased.]

Seiji took glanced at the system while sipping his coffee, but he almost ended up spitting it out!

With just one sentence he had actually gained 10 favorability points with the beautiful store manager!?

He worked his hardest for an entire week, and he only obtained 10 favorability points from that!

He was speechless—it was truly difficult to comprehend what women were moved by.

Because of these 10 points he suddenly received, the store manager now viewed him as a "friend" in the system, meaning that Rika Amami was no longer treating him as a mere employee.

Although Seiji felt it was pretty nice, it was of little significance—after all, he didn’t intend to go out with this store manager.

After finishing his coffee, he took his leave.

Seiji then bought some ingredients from the supermarket, before heading home.

The sky was darkening, and the air was slightly stifling, indicating that it was about to rain, so he increased his pace.

When he was almost at his apartment, he could make out some strange sounds.

"Why are you rejecting me!?"

"Let go, pervert!"

The second voice sounded like a girl that he knew, and a notion flashed through Seiji’s mind, so he quickly saved a file in the system.

Then, he followed the sound and saw a student with dyed-blonde hair and a western-style school uniform pushing the landlord’s daughter against the wall and slapping her face while ranting angrily.

"You made me lose face, you stupid ****! It’s an honor for me to want you! You were *** around everywhere so happily, but I didn’t even care and wanted you to be my girlfriend but you actually rejected me—you shamed me in front of everyone!"

Under this blondie, Mika Uehara was struggling fiercely, her cheeks were tear-streaked, as well as red from being slapped.

"Stop… I didn’t…" She desperately tried to shout, but the blonde-haired student covered her mouth.

"You’re still saying you didn’t, everyone says so…"

*Smack!*

A clean hit with his foot.

Seiji secretly approached the blondie from behind and kicked him straight in the back of his head, causing the blondie to fall down instantly.

,Mika Uehara was surprised for an instant as the blondie slumped to the ground, but then she noticed the huge figure in front of her.

"Are you alright, Miss Uehara?" Seiji reached his hand out to her.

Mika Uehara just stared at him in shock.

"That hurt, you bastard…" Somehow, the blondie had stayed conscious after taking the heavy kick, and he struggled to get up.

*Smack!* Another ruthless kick.

With a cold expression, Seiji accurately kicked the blondie’s lower half.

It seemed like blondie’s eyes were about to bulge out of his forehead, and with a strange shriek, he fell over in the fetal position on the ground, convulsing madly—it was clear that he wasn’t able to stand up anymore.

"Let’s get up, Miss Uehara. Would you like to call the police?" Seiji spoke once more.

He didn’t give a damn whether or not he severely injured the blondie; if something really happened, all he had to do was load again.

Perhaps due to his confident appearance, Mika Uehara felt a sense of safety, so she took his huge hand and let him pull her up.

"You…you bastard, do you know who I am…" The blondie glared at him viciously.

"A ** hoodlum who didn’t get what he wanted." Seiji frowned and thought about kicking blondie again in the face, but he considered that bloodying him would frighten Mika, so he said instead, "Miss Uehara, let’s call the police after all."

"No… no need…" Mika Uehara hesitated for a while before weakly saying, "he’s my classmate…"

Appeasing him wasn’t a good method. Seiji took a look at the spiteful expression on blondie’s face and was utterly convinced that there would problems again later down the road, but since the victim was saying this, she must be worried about something else.

Well, if they weren't going to call the police, there was no need to stay here like idiots. Seiji quickly pulled Uehara away from this location.

The apartment wasn’t far from here, and Mika lived on the first floor, since she was the landlord’s daughter.

Seiji brought her to the door, noticing that she couldn’t even put her key into the keyhole properly because her hand was shaking so hard.

"Let me." Seiji took the key from her hand and opened the door for her.

"Where’s your mother, the landlord?"

"She’s not here today…" Mika said weakly.

"Give her a call, then drink some hot water. You should listen to some music; you’ll feel better after you calm down." Seiji said.

Considering the impression that the original Seiji had left her with, he decided not to go in with her, and he turned around to leave.

"Wait!"

Suddenly, Mika called out to him.

He turned around, seeing a pitiful expression on her face, and he noticed that she was still trembling.

"How about you… come in for a while?"