Itsuki walked over from the side, looking at the female teacher's face with growing confusion.
"Makoto... did Tsunade-sama get plastic surgery?"
She remembered that Makoto only had one senpai, Tsunade.
The female teacher rolled her eyes speechlessly, reached up to feel around the side of her face, hooked her fingertip under the skin at the edge of her jaw, and suddenly peeled it off.
The human skin came off her face, revealing the face beneath... pale almost to the point of translucence.
Golden vertical pupils, long black hair, a few stray strands hanging down her cheeks.
From her earlobes hung blue-green magatama earrings, refracting a faint light in the sun.
Orochimaru.
That's right, because this creature looked too terrifying, Makoto had him use another face to meet people.
He never expected this to happen.
"Kouhai." Orochimaru's voice returned to its characteristic sinister softness. "I came here willingly to teach, and this is how you treat me?"
"Shut up. If it weren't for me, you'd still be in Konoha Prison."
Makoto was blunt. "You're a convict. I'm giving you a chance to turn over a new leaf. I've done more than enough."
That's right.
Relying solely on people like Hiratsuka and Itsuki to work at this school was definitely not enough.
So Makoto returned to the other world and brought back a lot of laborers: Orochimaru, Vegapunk, Hayakawa Aki...
And the methods to make students awaken superpowers mainly relied on the first three... Orochimaru's Cursed Seal, Vegapunk's body modification, and the Devil Contract.
To put it simply, it wasn't natural awakening but 'applied technology'.
"Waaah ahhh ahhh—!"
Shin-chan watched Orochimaru tear off his face in front of him, revealing that mummy-like face, and remembering the deep kiss from just now, screamed in terror and immediately turned to stone.
Misae glanced at her son and rolled her eyes. Himawari in the stroller even let out a nasty little smirk.
'Serves you right for flirting with everyone.'
"Excuse me... can I go in now?"
A gentle voice came from behind the crowd.
Shin-chan thawed from his petrified state and turned to look.
Light blue-green hair, gentle eyes, skin that glowed white.
She wore a light blue dress, held an admission ticket in her hand, and stood in the shadow of the school gate. The sunlight happened to form a halo behind her.
"Nanako onee-chan!" Shin-chan's tears sprayed from his eyes like two fountains.
Ohara Nanako smiled at Shin-chan, her gaze moving away from him and landing on the man at the school gate.
Her eyes instantly became as sticky as melted cheese.
Shin-chan suddenly felt his head getting greener.
"Thank you for before, Commander."
Nanako walked up to Makoto, folded her hands over her lower belly, and gave a slight bow.
"It was nothing. I just happened to be passing by and lent a hand." Makoto said casually.
Previously, while out and about, he happened to encounter Nanako being attacked by a monster on her way back from the university to her single dormitory and helped her out.
It so happened that it was already evening, so he walked her back to her dorm, and coincidentally was invited in for a cup of coffee.
Those who know, know.
In truth, Nanako's feelings for Makoto were very pure.
It was exactly that kind of fangirl meeting her idol.
The fact that she could sleep with her idol, she felt she was the one winning.
"Um... Commander..."
Nanako sidled up to Makoto, handed him her admission ticket, and leaned half her body against him. "Could you help me check where my exam room is?"
Makoto took the admission ticket and suddenly felt it was a bit thick.
Looking down, he saw a room card hidden beneath the admission ticket.
The corner of the man's mouth curled upward. He raised his hand and pointed toward the teaching building. "Second floor, third room."
"Thank you, Commander."
Nanako retrieved her admission ticket, and of course the room card as well, leaving behind a meaningful smile as she left.
Shin-chan's heart was shattered. He suddenly didn't want to take the exam anymore.
'I can't solve this problem! I can't! It's too hard!!'
Makoto looked down at this little potato kid who had brought him quite a bit of joy in his childhood and patted his shoulder.
'Kid, just focus on your life with Kazama.'
'You can't handle heterosexual relationships. Let your big brother handle them for you.'
Himawari suddenly started crying out, "Ah ah!", reaching her little hands toward Makoto, grabbing at the air.
Misae took her out of the stroller, bouncing and shushing her. "Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry—"
But Himawari just wouldn't stop crying, and more and more people were looking their way.
Misae, at her wit's end, apologized to Makoto with a wry face. "I'm so sorry, Commander. This kid just gets like this when she sees a handsome guy."
Kiri stood in the examinee line, watching this scene, and couldn't help but complain to his sister, Uzaki Yanagi. "I almost forgot the Commander is a handsome guy."
Yanagi clutched her hands to her chest, her gaze threading through the gaps in the crowd and landing on Makoto's profile.
"For a charismatic man, good looks are the least important thing." Ever since the Hawaii incident a year ago, she had also become a fangirl of Makoto's.
Makoto took Himawari from Misae's arms, held her, and played with her for a bit.
Himawari's crying stopped immediately, replaced by a string of giggling, foolish laughter.
To be honest, when Makoto watched anime in his previous life, he didn't really like the Himawari storylines. But remembering that she grew up to be quite pretty, he'd forgive it.
"Will all examinees please enter the venue promptly. The exam is about to begin."
Hiratsuka's voice came from the broadcast. "Hurry up! Otherwise, I'm the one who gets yelled at!!"
Makoto returned Himawari to Misae and waved to the former Kasukabe Defense Force's members. "Good luck."
Shin-chan still hadn't recovered from the Nanako incident. Kazama pulled his hand and walked toward the teaching building. Nene pushed her backpack from behind. Masao followed at the rear. Bo-chan remained expressionless the whole time.
Makoto turned and walked out of the school gate. Just as he stepped down the stairs—
[Reincarnation Game, preparing to start.]
[Isekai World...]