I was just dropping a cool line off the cuff!
It wasn’t directed at you!
How did you end up hitting me with such a heavy inner monologue?!
This is way too heavy!
You’re gonna make me think I’m in some band anime!
Change the world?
Correct the weakness of all mankind?
In his past life while watching anime, Minoru Kuroe felt that with Yukino’s personality and ideals, she would definitely end up battered and bruised in reality.
When the water is too clear, there are no fish; when a person is too demanding, they have no companions.
Trying to fight against the “hypocrisy” and “unspoken rules” of the entire society with one’s own strength alone was inherently a thorn-filled path destined to be full of pain.
And now, when this vivid girl actually stood before him, looking at him with that gaze almost pleading for acknowledgment, Minoru suddenly felt that she was really just an ordinary girl using cold ideals to mask her vulnerable heart.
In fact, even Yukino Yukinoshita herself was slightly startled at this moment.
She was absolutely not someone who would easily bare her heart to outsiders normally, let alone to a mysterious armored person whose face couldn’t even be seen.
However, the shadow cast by her older sister, Haruno Yukinoshita, alongside her predicament at school of being isolated by her peers due to being overly exceptional and unyielding…
all of these had caused her to feel a sliver of wavering about herself in countless late nights.
And just now, she had experienced a life-and-death crisis, saved by this heroic figure before her.
In the exhaustion and lingering fear after her tension subsided, that line casually uttered by the other party was like a blaze.
Melting the ice wall in her heart.
Facing an unidentified stranger who possessed terrifying power yet saved her life.
That string in Yukino’s mind that had been stretched tight for far too long finally loosened briefly, subconsciously venting out the heavy burden suppressed in the deepest recesses of her heart.
“Phew…”
Minoru exhaled gently, softening his voice a bit as he spoke.
“Change the world, huh…
Sounds like a heavy dream that would leave one covered in bruises.”
Hearing these words, the light in Yukino’s eyes dimmed slightly.
Indeed, did even this mysterious person before her, who possessed unimaginable power, think her dream was far too unrealistic?
However, Minoru’s next sentence caused her heart to skip a beat violently.
“Still, as long as you firmly believe it’s right, then keep walking that path.”
“As long as it’s a dream stemming from your heart, it’s worth respecting.”
Having said that, ignoring the stunned Yukino behind him, Minoru summoned the Auto Vajin out of thin air.
He neatly mounted this heavy silver-and-red motorcycle, the engine letting out a ferocious roar.
“Farewell.”
Without looking back, Minoru twisted the throttle hard.
The Auto Vajin turned into a red streak of light, rushing out of the woodland in an instant, leaving behind only the gradually receding roar of the engine.
“As long as it’s a dream stemming from your heart’s justice…
Yukino Yukinoshita stood dazed on the spot, softly murmuring the words Minoru left behind before his departure.
A breeze blew past, ruffling her ink-black long hair.
The girl’s eyes, which had been somewhat lost due to self-doubt, gradually gathered light once more at this moment.
She looked in the direction where the motorcycle had vanished, a breathtakingly beautiful smile blossoming on that exquisite face that was usually as cold as frost.
“Thank you…”
On the other side.
Having already ridden the Auto Vajin out of the abandoned woodland, Minoru Kuroe found a hidden corner to stop after confirming there were no surveillance cameras or passersby around.
“Phew—”
[Ding!
Congratulations to the Host for successfully stopping an evil event (non-human lifeform attack)!]
[Successfully saved innocent girl: Yukino Yukinoshita!]
[Event Rating: S-Rank!]
[Settling rewards…]
[Obtained Justice Points: 1000 points.]
[Obtained Random Skill: [Constant Composure]]
[Constant Composure (Passive): No matter what desperate life-or-death situation faced, the Host can forcibly maintain absolute rationality and calm, thereby making the most correct judgment.]
“Hm?
A passive skill?”
The instant Minoru finished reading this description.
A surge of coolness suddenly spread from the depths of his brain, instantly flowing through his entire body.
The adrenaline that had accelerated in secretion due to having just experienced a life-and-death battle, his slightly rapid breathing, as well as the embarrassment and awkwardness felt when facing Yukino’s heavy speech…
At this moment, it felt as though they were instantly wiped flat by an invisible giant hand!
Minoru subconsciously touched his chest.
His heartbeat was steady, his breathing even.
His brain right now was like it was made of mint, terrifyingly clear.
“This skill…
seems really useful…”
Never underestimate the word “composure.”
When facing monsters possessing terrifying power like Orphnochs and Worms, human instinctual reactions were often fear and panic.
Yet on a rapidly changing battlefield, even a fraction of a second of panic was enough to be fatal!
Furthermore, in daily life, this skill was equally useful.
At least from now on, he would never be at a loss like an inexperienced, naive young boy again.
Minoru nodded in satisfaction.
He glanced at his phone; the morning preliminary bell was just about to ring.
Minoru straightened his slightly messy school uniform, patted the dust off his clothes, and walked toward the instruction building with an unruffled expression.
…
A few minutes later, Class 2-F classroom.
Minoru stepped into the classroom right on the tail of the preliminary bell, returning to his seat.
The moment he sat down, Yumiko Miura in the front row turned her head subtly, a barely perceptible trace of blush on her fair cheeks as she placed a compact bento box on the corner of his desk.
“Um…
Kuroe-kun, this is today’s bento.
I…
I adjusted the heat a bit, so there shouldn’t be any charred edges this time.”
*Hehe…
bento to eat again.JPG*
Wait, no, no!
Minoru shook his head violently.
*[Constant Composure]!
Turn on fast!*
The next second, Minoru’s heart became completely devoid of ripples.
“Thank you, Miura-san.
Troubling you every day really makes me feel a bit guilty.
I’m looking forward to today’s taste.”
Minoru said politely.
Yet this polite posture fell into Yumiko Miura’s eyes as a completely different matter.
Looking at Minoru’s gentle and polite smile, Yumiko Miura’s heart instantly sank to the bottom.
Why was he like this?
She had seen plenty of this kind of smile that looked polite on the surface but was actually distant.
However, the only thing she hadn’t expected was for this smile to appear on Minoru’s face.
Why?
Was it because she gave him bento two days in a row that made him unhappy?
Or was it because he didn’t like eating her bento?
All sorts of thoughts drifted across Yumiko Miura’s mind, until finally she forced out a stiff smile.
“Um…”
“Hm?”
Looking at the expression on Yumiko Miura’s face that looked like she was about to cry, Minoru was also abnormally dumbfounded.