His plan completely collapsed after this young man appeared!
Aihara Yamato glared at Hayato with a vicious look, as if he wanted to devour him alive.
And all of this happened too suddenly. Yotsumoto Ryoka hadn't yet understood what had happened. She was a little at a loss: "Um... Yamato-San?"
Aihara Yamato clenched his fist.
Although he wasn't truly capable of taking care of these delinquents in one go, his muscles weren't fake. It would be easy to beat up this scrawny guy in front of him!
"Huh?"
Hayato smiled and scratched the back of his head: "Aren't you leaving yet? The police will be here soon, and it'll be troublesome to leave then."
Aihara Yamato immediately understood.
From this guy's tone, he must have seen through his plan, which is why he called the police... If he really got invited to the police station for a chat, even if Yotsumoto Ryoka still considered him her savior, the police would probably investigate his relationship with those delinquents!
"You mark my words!" Aihara Yamato pointed at Hayato.
He turned and ran.
Aihara Yamato would engrave this failure into his mind and take brutal revenge on this man next time!
Looking at Aihara Yamato's hasty retreating figure, Yotsumoto Ryoka was stunned.
She then looked at Hayato, who was sighing in relief, with her emerald eyes.
"Um... When are the police coming?" Yotsumoto Ryoka asked.
"Praise the light, I pulled off an incredible bluff. If Aihara-San had waited a little longer, I would have been exposed..." Hayato first mumbled to himself, then answered Yotsumoto Ryoka's question: "They're not coming. I didn't call the police..."
To be precise, he couldn't call the police at all.
Because he searched his entire body and couldn't find his phone.
"...What exactly happened?" Yotsumoto Ryoka's mind hadn't caught up, but she largely guessed that there was something fishy behind this matter.
"Simply put..." Hayato was about to explain when Matsuzono Ayumu spoke up, "Hayato, why are you here?"
'Hayato'...? Who is Hayato? ...Are they calling me? Am I called 'Hayato'? Oh right, my name seems to be 'Kobayashi Hayato'...
Many memories that didn't belong to him began to flood his mind. Hayato was momentarily dazed, and then his consciousness began to blur.
"Hayato!?"
Seeing Hayato's body suddenly go limp, about to faint, Matsuzono Ayumu hastily tried to wake him up.
But Hayato didn't wake up. Just as he was about to fall, Yotsumoto Ryoka quickly pulled him into her arms.
"Hayato? Ayumu, is this your classmate?"
"Mm..."
"Quick, call an ambulance, he seems to have fainted!"
"...Oh, okay!"
Actually, although Hayato's consciousness was blurry, he hadn't completely fainted.
He could still feel his cheek sinking into something large and soft, and the scent of shampoo lingered at the tip of his nose, but he couldn't think or clearly see what these things were.
At the same time, a voice echoed in his ears...
No, it should be said that a voice echoed in his mind.
[Successfully completed the 'Rescue! Karate Girl!' quest. System officially activated]
[Detecting host status...]
[Host 'Hayato'... Binding in progress...]
[99%... 100%... Binding successful]
[Congratulations to host for receiving 'Newbie Gift Pack']
[Opening 'Newbie Gift Pack']
[Acquired skill...]
['Sword Mastery EX']
[...2060 System 'Pure Love' is dedicated to serving you...]
'My name is Hayato.'
'I am seventeen years old and a student.'
'A second-year student at shirakawa High School.'
'My parents passed away early, and I have no other direct relatives. My guardian is my aunt, who works far away in Hawaii.'
'I have few friends and no harem.'
'I am an ordinary high school student.'
"Whoa!!"
Hayato woke up with a start from the bed, staring at an unfamiliar ceiling.
And...
A pure white color, and a familiar yet slightly strange smell of disinfectant.
"...In a hospital?" Hayato's head ached badly.
"Yes, because you suddenly fainted, we brought you to a nearby hospital."
The voice came from beside the bed. Hayato turned his head to look, then sat up.
"Yotsumoto... Ryoka?"
Yotsumoto Ryoka poured a cup of water, then handed it to Hayato. "You... know me?"
"...Ah, yes, Yotsumoto, you're very famous. Is there anyone in our school who doesn't know you?" Hayato quickly said. The inexplicable memories that flooded his mind during his unconsciousness made Hayato certain that he had definitely transmigrated... His identity in this world was 'Hayato,' and like Yotsumoto Ryoka, he was a student at shirakawa High School.
Yotsumoto Ryoka chuckled softly.
Before, they were too far apart, and just now he was 'acting' with Aihara Yamato. This was the first time Hayato had observed the real Yotsumoto Ryoka up close... although in his previous world, he had seen even her armpit clearly.
It had to be admitted, Yotsumoto Ryoka was an extremely beautiful girl, and her figure was slender. It was impossible to tell that she possessed the monstrous strength to subdue three delinquent boys.
And her face was so small. If she untied her ponytail, she would definitely be submerged under her black hair.
Her skin was also as snowy white as cream, and even the slightest blush on her face could be seen clearly.
"...Ah, sorry." Hayato realized he seemed to have been staring at Yotsumoto Ryoka for a bit too long.
"No, it's fine..." Yotsumoto Ryoka shyly lowered her gaze. "...Um, the doctor said you should take good care of yourself."
"Yes, I know..." Hayato said.
"Also, you and Ayumu are classmates, right?" Yotsumoto Ryoka said, "Kobayashi-San... Can I call you 'Hayato-Kun'?"
"Whatever, calling me Just 'Hayato' is fine too," Hayato said.
Yotsumoto Ryoka's face reddened a bit more. "I... I'll just call you 'Hayato-Kun' for now. Anyway, thank you for this time."
"Huh?"
"While you were unconscious, I thought through the whole situation from beginning to end and guessed the inside story."
"I see," Hayato said with a smile, "It's nothing. I slaughtered the Minotaurs... Ahem, no, then Yotsumoto, please be careful in the future."
He pressed a switch, adjusting the angle of the bed's backrest. Lying down wasn't very comfortable; he wanted to sit up.
"But Hayato, how did you know?"
"I was passing by and happened to overhear their conversation," Hayato used a versatile formula to answer the complex question. "I don't need to be hospitalized, do I?"
Yotsumoto Ryoka waved her hand in front of her chest:
"No, the doctor said you fainted due to heatstroke. You can be discharged as soon as you wake up and recover."
"Pfft—"
Hayato had just taken a sip of water when he spat it all over the quilt on his chest.
Heatstroke?
He looked at the 'thermometer' hanging on the wall. The temperature displayed was...
'Fifteen degrees Celsius indoors.'
It shouldn't be over twenty degrees outside.