Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki.

A handsome yet resolute face, with casually scattered yet slightly messy dark brown short hair.

He doesn't look very old.

This was Shinguji Kuro's first reaction upon seeing the boy outside the wall, but she did not retract her murderous aura or the finger on the trigger.

"It's an unfamiliar face."

"Sneaking into the academy under the cover of darkness, and then claiming you have no hostile intentions? Do you think I'd believe your lies?"

After searching through all her memories, Shinomiya Kurono was certain that she had no recollection of the boy in front of her who looked quite young.

She was very confident about this and was certain that she would not make a mistake.

First of all, this person couldn't possibly be a freshman, since she had already reviewed all the freshman information in order to find good candidates.

Secondly, it's unlikely that licensed riders would be found in the general public.

Putting aside her youthful appearance, given the nature of her original job, she had memorized the faces of almost all knights of decent strength.

But she didn't let her guard down at all.

After all, being able to pass through the entire campus silently, even during the holidays, is definitely not something an average person could do.

"It's true, Principal Shinguji."

"I'm here today only to make a deal with you."

……

The empty playground was deserted, the wind howled, and it seemed as if a blurry figure flashed across the playground from one end to the other.

"To be honest, this kind of continuous burst of energy is a little tiring."

Hiding in a corner, gazing up at the tall teaching building in front of him, Makoto Haramura even felt his internal organs making mournful noises.

This is a consequence of continuously unleashing one's most fundamental physical strength.

He once said that.

His muscle density is ten times that of an average person, which allows him to unleash greater strength and speed than the average person.

However, a person's body is never made up of just flesh and blood.

Internal organs, bones, and brain are also part of a person.

His muscles and bones were indeed beyond the average person's, but the strength of his internal organs was not much stronger than that of an ordinary person.

This means that when he unleashes his full physical strength, his internal organs will also experience different kinds of tremors.

This is why he usually uses a grappling hook, which is obviously unnecessary, even though he is already very fast.

That's why he can't always unleash his full speed.

But now he has no other choice. No matter what, when retrieving the grappling hook, it will make the sound of the rope rubbing against the air.

Therefore, this is the only way to move.

Even if it temporarily puts a strain on his body.

"However, we'll have to take a little risk next."

He raised his hand upwards, and the silver light pierced the air, producing a sharp, whistling sound as it rubbed against the air.

"Chong-"

With another crisp sound, the silver-white grappling hook precisely gripped the eaves of the building's roof.

Be aware of your surroundings at all times, and use the sides of the entire building as cover to dodge.

Constantly changing its position.

Thirty floors, roughly a hundred meters high, were moved with extreme care by Makoto Haramura, taking nearly twenty minutes to complete.

Pry open the lock on the small window at the very edge of the top floor of the building and enter.

The long corridor came directly into Makoto Haramura's view.

The corridor was covered with a red cashmere carpet, and the walls on both sides were made of expensive wood of unknown origin.

At the top of the ceiling, there is an exquisite crystal chandelier every five meters.

"Generally speaking, the principal's office should be on the top floor, right?"

"I hope I'm not mistaken."

I walked lightly, concealing my presence, and passed in front of a glittering door.

until--

A sense of dread that sent chills down Haramura Makoto's spine jolted his nerves, and this familiar feeling made him stop in his tracks.

"Deliberately concealing one's aura is indeed a good thing."

"But do you really think I can't find you?"

Makoto Haramura's lips suddenly curled up, and his eyes narrowed into slits.

"Bingo!"

This sentence was just silently recited in my mind.

But his finger was already on the door, ready to knock.

"Final warning, come out."

(Damn, this guy's way too impatient.)

An even greater sense of crisis enveloped Makoto Haramura. This time, it wasn't just a matter of his hair standing on end; it was the trembling feeling of being directly targeted and having his life threatened.

In an instant, as if by magic, a blue card appeared between Makoto Haramura's middle and index fingers.

……

"White Demon, what is this?"

Holding the same card as before, Makoto Haramura looked at the White Demon in front of him with some confusion.

"Gift Card".

"I have fully activated the power within your body, but it will take some time to adapt before you can fully unleash it. This card allows you to forcibly copy the special power of another world, serving as a transition before you fully develop your own power."

"Consider this my way of helping you."

"When and where to use it is up to your own judgment."

……

A greater sense of crisis enveloped Makoto Haramura, yet the smile on his lips grew wider and wider.

"boom--"

A crisp sound.

Almost instinctively, Makoto Haramura took a step to the left, and the strong gravity pulled everything around him into the hole.

Two silver ropes gripped the doorposts on either side of him tightly, helping Makoto Haramura to maintain his balance.

"The causal interference system that manipulates time, Shinomiya Kurono, was right after all."

A fleeting blue light flashed across the blue card in his hand.

A dazzling light enveloped Makoto Haramura's entire body, and the black hole's gravity vanished completely at that moment.

And the matter that was originally hidden in the black hole seemed to be being drawn out by the blue card.

"As expected, this is what I've been waiting for."

Makoto Haramura could clearly perceive the changes inside his body, feeling a warm current bursting from his heart and flowing to his limbs and bones.

That was a completely new and entirely different power.

It is completely different from the power that Academy City helped him cultivate.

However, in a sense, they are essentially the same forces.

This is why he sought out Shinguji Kurono, and this is why he used the blessing card given to him by the White Demon here.

With black and red as the basic color scheme, the pistol with a very streamlined overall design was held in his left hand.

Makoto Haramura turned half of his body to the side and reached out his hand to greet the women inside.

"Ah Jia, what a short-tempered principal."

"I have absolutely no intention of being your enemy."

Chapter 049 The Value of Makoto Haramura

"Ah Jia, what a short-tempered principal."

"I have absolutely no intention of being your enemy."

His attitude was very sincere, coupled with Makoto Haramura's extremely deceptive expression and face.

"It's an unfamiliar face."

"Sneaking into the academy under the cover of darkness, and then claiming you have no hostile intentions? Do you think I'd believe your lies?"

Shinomiya Kurono was not fooled by Haramura Makoto's highly deceptive words.

Or rather, unless someone is completely brainless, probably no one would be fooled by such a flawed argument.

Still with that dark gun barrel pointed at him, his entire body remained completely on edge.

But in Haramura Makoto's heart, he was infinitely more at ease than before.

"It's true, Principal Shinguji."

"I'm here today only to make a deal with you."

"trade?"

He walked slowly from behind the desk to the front, keeping the gun pointed at the target without changing position.

"This is a word that really surprised me."

"While I could just kill you like this, let's hear what kind of deal you're talking about first."

The fact that Shinomiya Kurono showed no sign of restraint was less an opportunity for Haramura Makoto to negotiate.

It's more accurate to say that Shinomiya Kurono has extreme confidence in her ability to deal with Haramura Makoto; she can eliminate him whenever she wants.

"In that case, may I come in?"

"No matter what, it's not very convenient to discuss things like this."

He pointed to the large hole in the wall in front of him, and then knocked on the door, which was only a few dozen centimeters away.

Haramura Makoto asked with a smile.

"can."

"Then I'll excuse you."

With a polite bow, Makoto Haramura turned the doorknob and walked into the office.

However, after entering the room, Makoto Haramura did not look directly at Kurono Shinguji. Instead, as if surrendering, he raised his gun-wielding arm high above his head, then turned around and stood with his back to Kurono Shinguji.

"They're really audacious to face me like this."

"Are you very confident in your abilities, or are you sure you can convince me?"

Naturally, Shinomiya Kuro also noticed the weapon in Haramura Makoto's hand, which is why she was confused about it.

She didn't feel there was anything wrong with summoning her own unique spirit form.

Anyway, she has already launched an attack. Moreover, since she has been chosen as the target, everyone should know how fast she, known as the 'World Clock', can be.

"boom--"

Blue flames erupted from the black muzzle, and the bullet 'whooshed' back to its original position.

Then, a strange sight appeared.

It was as if time had reversed, as if the film was being replayed, and the distorted spatial vortex reappeared.

However, unlike at the beginning, the distortion of space is not in a clockwise direction.