At that moment.
Toi felt like the person standing in front of him wasn't human.
But a terrifying beast.
He instinctively took two steps back, only snapping out of it when he bumped into one of his lackeys.
"Boss?"
Hearing his lackey's confused voice.
And seeing Kaito's smiling face, Toi felt a surge of anger.
In front of so many people.
He had been scared into retreating by just a few words?
If this got out, how could he keep his reputation?
"Go to hell!"
Without thinking.
Toi threw a punch at Kaito's face.
"Watch out!"
Miura Yumiko couldn't help but shout.
Even Alisa, who seemed to have forgotten Kaito's strength, also shouted.
Slap.
A hand accurately caught Toi's fist.
Toi felt as if his fist had been clamped in a vice. No matter how hard he tried, even his face turning red, he couldn't pull it free.
Instead, the grip tightened.
"Ahhhh!"
"Let go! Let go! Let go, damn it!"
"Boss?!"
"What are you idiots doing? Get him!"
The two lackeys immediately charged at Kaito.
Kaito just glanced at them.
A terrifying killing intent swept over them.
The two lackeys froze, their vision filled with mountains of corpses and rivers of blood. An inexplicable chill ran through their bodies, and they stiffened in place.
Shivering as if in a cold wind, their teeth chattering.
Then.
Drip, drip.
The sound of liquid hitting the ground.
Yellow droplets fell from their pants onto the floor.
They had pissed themselves on the spot!
Although Kaito didn't have any mental attack abilities, the sheer killing intent he had accumulated from taking lives was enough to scare these cowardly bullies half to death.
"Is that all?"
Kaito sneered.
He released Toi's fist, then punched him in the side.
Lightning surged.
The electric element seeped into his body, completely destroying his kidney function.
Toi gagged and collapsed to his knees.
After finishing this, Kaito ignored the three terrified bullies and walked over to Maruo, who was already stunned.
"Y-you, stay away."
"I, I, I..."
As Kaito got closer, Maruo's legs gave out, and he fell to the ground.
He kept crawling backward with his hands.
But soon, as Kaito got closer, Maruo broke down and started crying.
"I was wrong! I know I was wrong!"
"It was Toi! Toi made me do it!"
"He confessed to Kyoko-san and got rejected, so he held a grudge. He made me go along with it to ruin Kyoko-san's reputation."
"I didn't want to do it, but Toi threatened me!"
"If I didn't, he'd beat me up!"
"I was forced! I'm innocent!"
"Innocent?"
Kaito sneered.
The almost tangible killing intent surged toward Maruo without restraint.
The terrifying pressure crushed down like a mountain.
Maruo's eyes rolled back, and a yellow puddle formed beneath him. His body shook like a leaf, and within seconds, he passed out.
Kaito coldly glanced at him, then turned and walked toward Alisa.
Even if he woke up.
This guy would be mentally broken for the rest of his life.
If it weren't for the fact that this was a school, and killing them would cause trouble for Alisa, Hiratsuka-sensei, and others, he would have just ended these four wastes of oxygen.
But this was close enough.
After being scared like this, the four of them would never be normal again.
Nakano Nino was in a terrible mood today.
Being made to faint by a guy she just met on the subway, then being mocked with [Unblocking is better than blocking], was bad enough.
But he didn't even leave her a phone number.
Was she really that unattractive?
Were all those love letters she had received over the years fake?
How could a guy not be interested in her?
And what made her even more frustrated.
Was that the guy taking her to a hotel had been photographed by a student at school.
Now the whole school knew.
That she, Nakano Nino, was late because she went to a hotel with a guy!
This wasn't a big deal for her.
As the famous [Modern High School Girl] in her class, rumors and gossip were nothing new. There were always annoying boys and girls spreading rumors about her, saying she did this or that with so-and-so, or even that she was selling herself.
But the problem was.
How could that guy not leave a phone number?!
"Nino, who was that guy?"
"I don't know, I just met him on the subway."
"Then why did you go to a hotel with him?"
"I wasn't feeling well, he just took me there and left. Nothing happened."
In the cafeteria.
Nino casually answered her sisters' questions.
Suddenly, a girl from another table shouted.
"Hey, look!"
"Something's happening at the school entrance! It looks like a fight!"
Nino curiously looked out the window.
She had noticed the commotion at the school entrance earlier. It seemed like Alisa, a girl from her grade, was being cornered by some delinquents?
Now...
Nino saw a familiar figure.
She froze.
It was the guy from the subway this morning, the one who had messed her up and didn't leave her a phone number!
"You said you weren't from our school!"
Nino gritted her teeth in frustration.
She wanted to go down and confront him, to ask why he didn't leave her a number, but then she saw Kaito walking toward the three boys.
She knew those three.
They were from the baseball club, also notorious delinquents at school.
—Although she liked bad boys, she wasn't interested in this type. She preferred guys who seemed normal but had a bad boy vibe.
Real delinquents were a no-go.
Seeing this.
Nino couldn't help but get interested. She stopped and watched intently, not wanting to miss a single detail.
Was he...
Going to fight them?
One against three?
Nino felt a mix of Nervous and expectant.
Then.
She saw Kaito easily subdue Toi, and with just a glance.
He made the two lackeys collapse to the ground.
That cold, indifferent gaze.
Seeing it, Nino felt a shiver run through her body, her mind going blank.
"So cool!"
"Not only is he handsome, but he's also so strong. And he stepped up to protect a girl. Ugh, I can't, I can't, I'm dying."
"Which class is he from? Does anyone know his name? I want to have his babies!"
The cafeteria erupted with the girls' exclamations.
Nino also couldn't help but clench her legs, her eyes shining as she watched Kaito.
He.
Was really, really cool.
Teacher's Office.
"Yes, yes, I understand."
Hiratsuka-sensei put down the phone.
Looking at Kaito, who was lazily lying on the sofa, she said helplessly, "Maruo, Toi, and the others have been taken to the hospital for basic checks. Nothing serious."
"They just fainted from fear."
"They're a bit mentally unstable, but we'll need further tests to see if there's any real damage."
Kaito yawned and waved his hand. "That has nothing to do with me."
"Everyone saw."
"Toi threw the first punch. I just defended myself and hit him once."
"As for how the four of them got scared, I didn't even touch them. At most, I said a few harsh words. If anything, it's their own weak mental fortitude."
Yeah, right.
If anyone else had said this, Hiratsuka-sensei might have believed it.
After all, many people had seen it.
It was just as Kaito said.
He had only acted in self-defense to subdue Toi.
As for Maruo and Toi's two lackeys, Kaito had just glanced at them, and at most, said a few harsh words to Maruo without even getting close.
But knowing Kaito's true strength, Hiratsuka-sensei didn't believe he had done nothing.
He must have used some kind of magic beyond her understanding.
To drive them insane.
"Was it really necessary to go that far?"
Kaito smiled but didn't beat around the bush. "If I didn't want to cause trouble for you and Alisa, they'd already be dead."
"Then I should thank you."
Hiratsuka-sensei rubbed her temples helplessly.
But deep down, she felt a bit touched.
She could tell Kaito meant what he said.
And someone who could control lightning and kill spirits probably had a very different attitude toward life compared to ordinary people like her.
As for Toi and Maruo?
To say something that might not befit a teacher's profession.
Hiratsuka-sensei didn't want to give up on any student.
But in her eyes, Toi and his gang were no longer students.
They were just societal scum, wasting resources!
They caused trouble every day, doing all sorts of evil, taking advantage of their youth to act recklessly.
Hiratsuka-sensei had even heard that Toi had raped a female student at his previous school. But because his family had money and he was underage, he escaped legal consequences.
Later, his parents spent a lot of money and pulled some strings.
To transfer him to their school.
Since then, he hadn't changed, constantly harassing female students and bullying male ones.
She had dealt with countless issues related to them.
Whether it was scolding, making them write reflections, or calling their parents, nothing worked.
And what Maruo had done had already spread throughout the school.
He had helped Toi, who had bullied him, slander and defame Alisa, who had tried to help him. Hiratsuka-sensei despised people like him.
In fact.
She found Maruo even more disgusting than Toi, who was at least a straightforward piece of trash.
"Alright."
Kaito smiled. "This one's on me."
"Someday when I'm free, I'll treat you to some skewers, and I'll also promise to help you out for free once in the future."
"Deal. This Friday, I'm going to milk you dry."
"Why Friday?" Kaito asked curiously.
Hiratsuka-sensei rolled her eyes.
"I can't drink if I have work the next day."
Right.
I forgot you're a drinker.
"Fine, this Friday then. I'll treat you to drinks."
Hiratsuka-sensei's mood improved a bit.
"Alright."
"The Suou family, the Tohsaka family, and the Yukinoshita family have all stepped in."
"This matter is pretty much over."
"With their help, I can handle any Subsequent troubles."
"But..."
Hiratsuka-sensei paused.
Using a tone that was euphemistic yet, she said.
"This incident has caused quite a stir."
"Although the Suou family intervened, and there won't be any media coverage."
"But if it gets out that you're not a student here, it could still cause some trouble. So, how about..."
"I'm not going to school."
Kaito refused without hesitation. "I can't wake up early in the morning."
"Then how about being a special instructor? Or a clinic assistant? You'd just have the title, no need to actually work, and you'd still get paid."
"No, teacher-student relationships can get books banned."
Hiratsuka-sensei didn't quite understand what Kaito was saying.
After thinking for a moment, she said, "Then how about this."
"I'll talk to the other teachers and the principal."
"You'll have a student identity, come to school if you feel like it, don't if you don't."
"No need to attend exams or anything."
Kaito thought about it.
The reason he didn't want to be a student was because he didn't want to wake up early, do homework, or attend classes. If he didn't have to do any of that, he actually quite liked school.
"Fine."
"Great, then come find me before class this afternoon."
"I'll take you to your class."
"I'll go talk to the principal and the head teacher about this."
As soon as Hiratsuka-sensei left the office.
Before the door even closed.
Several figures rushed in.
Kaito looked up.
There was Alisa, Maria, Suou Yuuki, and...
Seeing the girl with the ample chest and two butterfly hairpins, Kaito was stunned.
Nakano Nino?