[Extract?]
"Huh?!"
Tenya's eyes instantly widened.
This name...
No way?
He remembered a super disgusting anime he had watched in his previous life called "Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway"
The female lead, Ogiwara Sayu, was a public bus.
He had forgotten the specific plot details.
It seemed like the female lead's friend was bullied and committed suicide, then her family ignored her, and she ran away from home after her spirit collapsed.
After running out of money, she started to give up on herself, selling herself to get money for food and lodging.
From Hokkaido, she traveled all the way to Kyoto. You can imagine how many people this public bus had carried.
However, that had nothing to do with him.
'Extract!'
[Opening SS-Rank Treasure Chest... Congratulations on the Host on obtaining Tremor-Tremor Fruit]
[The strongest Paramecia Devil Fruit, possessing the terrifying ability to cause vibrations in the sky, earth, and sea, capable of creating extremely great destruction!]
Oh!
Although this person wasn't great, she unexpectedly yielded a very valuable treasure chest.
Thinking of this, Tenya's face showed a friendly expression.
"You look a bit unwell. Do you need me to take you home?"
For the sake of the treasure chest, Tenya asked with concern.
"I... I don't want to go home..."
Sayu bit her cracked lips tightly.
Feeling empty inside, for some reason, she felt a strange sense of closeness to the strange boy in front of her. (Affected by the Affinity skill)
"So that's it. You've thought it through." Tenya nodded.
Based on Sayu's character setting in the anime, he subconsciously assumed the other party was a very casual girl.
Originally, he had been dismissive, but for the sake of the treasure chest, he reluctantly decided to help the other party out.
"Thought it through...?"
Sayu tilted her head, seeming a bit confused.
'Heh. Trying to act innocent.' Tenya sneered inwardly.
He didn't waste words and directly pulled the other party towards the hotel.
"Eh?!"
"Wait, this is...?!"
Looking at the hotel ahead, Sayu was stunned.
"It's okay, I'll pay." Tenya said with a kind expression.
"Ah?"
The glimmer of hope that had finally appeared in Sayu's eyes quickly dimmed.
As expected...
I knew it, there are no good people in this world!
No one will save me.
It doesn't matter.
Just let me rot away like this!
After several hours of riding...
"Ah?"
Looking at the red stain on the sheet, Tenya was instantly stunned.
What's going on?
Brand new out of the factory?
"Clearly she..."
"Wait? Are you from Hokkaido?!"
Tenya instantly understood.
The Sayu he encountered had just run away from her home in Hokkaido and hadn't completely given up yet or started developing the sharing economy.
"That's too much..."
Sayu stared at him with extremely resentful eyes.
It was clearly a new car just off the lot, and it was driven violently by an old driver as soon as it hit the road.
The front and rear bumpers and headlights are going to be broken.
"Cough, cough!"
"If I said this was just a misunderstanding, would you believe me?" Tenya gave an awkward smile.
"Scum!"
Sayu's dull eyes held deep despair.
"Sayu, I'm saving you."
"Just imagine, if it wasn't me today."
"You would have been ridden away by some blonde thug!"
Tenya consoled her kindly.
These words sounded illogical, and thinking about them carefully made them even more nonsensical.
"Why, why did this happen to me...."
Sayu hugged her worn knees with both hands, tears falling incessantly.
"Let me calculate with my fingers..."
"You are destined to have this calamity."
"From Hokkaido all the way to Kyoto, carrying countless people..."
Tenya laid out her entire future.
"How is that possible..."
Sayu subconsciously retorted.
But in her mind, she couldn't help but anticipate what might happen to her next.
No phone, penniless...
Besides carrying people, there didn't seem to be any other way.
The key was that with her heart as dead as ashes, she might really embark on that path of no return, becoming the true "Hokkaido War God".
Tenya argued logically, "So, instead of giving your precious first time to a blonde thug, isn't it better to give it to a handsome guy like me and still have beautiful memories?"
"...."
Sayu was stunned. She really wanted to loudly refute the other party.
However, looking at his handsome face, it was really difficult for her heart to feel disgusted, and there was even a hint of unclear emotion.
I am truly a terrible, bad woman!
Sayu felt very ashamed of her true self.
Seeing that his words had successfully fooled the other party, Tenya let out a sigh of relief.
Then, he took out a stack of thousand yen bills from his wallet.
"This money, you... Uh?"
Sayu's eyes had turned resentful, as if she had suffered a huge humiliation, staring at him intently.
This, in turn, made Tenya feel a bit confused.
Isn't this how the original plot went?
Why is it not okay when he gives her money?
"Phone." Sayu said coldly.
"Alright."
Tenya handed the phone to the other party.
Sayu skillfully dialed a string of numbers.
"Brother..."
"Don't worry, I just went out for a walk to clear my head."
"I'm fine..."
"I'm not going home! Anyway, mother won't pay attention to me."
"If possible, could you please help me? Send a phone and some money..."
"I want to continue traveling by myself."
"Please..."
The call ended.
Sayu returned the phone to Tenya.
"You're not going home?" Tenya asked.
"Heh heh... Didn't you say so?"
"I'll become a shared bicycle, killing my way from Hokkaido all the way to Kyoto."
Sayu sneered, staring at him with empty eyes.
If she was really going to be a shared bicycle, why would she ask her family to send a phone and money?
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100 Powerstones = 1 Extra Chapter