Don't force me to use my right fist.

Sōyu scratched his head, momentarily unable to grasp what was so peculiar about this place.

"If you'd like to go too, you can give it a try."

Kaguya Hazaki had a cold expression on her face, and her eyes were full of icy intent as she looked at Saya.

"Never mind, I feel uncomfortable looking at your expression. Let's talk about something else."

Sōyū suddenly remembered that in movies and manga, Tokyo Bay seemed to be a good place to dump cement.

"Very well, I want to know one thing: just how strong are you?"

Kaguya Hatsaki didn't look away from Saya, and changed the subject to suit his wishes.

"What do you mean by 'how strong'? How am I supposed to describe it to you?"

Zuoyou shrugged, puzzled. He didn't even know much about this world, so how could he know how strong he could be?

What level of skill is it to be able to slay a dragon with your bare hands?

What level of skill is it to solo kill two little white rabbits in the water?

Without any reference points, how can he say anything?

"How many of those armed guys can you take down at once tonight?"

Kaguya Hazaki had been kept inside a rock by Saya for her safety, with the vents on her head, so she naturally didn't see how Saya dealt with the group of men in black.

All she knew was that Saya, who could take down those guys wielding submachine guns head-on, and even take down snipers along with them, was definitely not human.

"The reference point you found is so bad, you might as well assume I could take on ten of them."

Zuoyou scratched his face and said honestly, there's no difference between ten or a hundred of these guns that can't penetrate defenses.

If you bring in a thousand, you might exhaust him to death first.

"Is the limit ten?"

Kaguya Hanesaki, however, took it very seriously. After all, this was the first time she had come into contact with someone who was completely beyond common sense, so naturally she wanted to know as much as possible about them.

"I only hit ten. How would I know what the limit is if I hit more?"

Zuo You was quite honest; he only knew that ordinary firearms shouldn't have much of an effect on him until the diamond armor's durability ran out.

As for the limits, I really don't know.

"But all you need to know is that I'm a very good fighter."

You can be sure about Sayu's ability; if he really can't win, he can always use his right fist, right?

"That's as good as saying nothing."

The girl glared at him, still feeling uncertain, and then thought of another ability that Sawa had demonstrated that defied common sense.

"Did you summon those stones out of thin air? Or is your ability to manipulate stones?"

Compared to Sōyū's unfathomable fighting prowess, his ability to conjure a stone prison out of thin air is a skill that truly transcends ordinary people.

"You might not believe it, but I'm actually just a construction worker. Those stones didn't appear out of thin air. Just consider it my superpower. But I still want to reiterate that I'm not a weirdo."

When Kaguya asked about this, Saya couldn't explain it either. This cheat ability was indeed not something a human could have, and he had no way to explain it.

To Saya's surprise, Kaguya nodded in agreement with his vague explanation.

She actually believed this reason, which even he himself didn't believe?

As expected, she's a young lady with a rather abnormal thought process.

Sōyu mentally reaffirmed his feelings about Kaguya.

"You say you're not a weirdo, but the distillery's records say you're very likely the so-called Headless Horseman."

"As far as I know, that place is specifically for containing and dealing with strange phenomena, right?"

Kaguya tapped the table with her slender, tender fingers, waiting for Saya's explanation.

"You're wearing my armor with a pumpkin head, so you're a headless horseman too. Please look carefully, what is this thing?"

Saya pointed to his head and emphasized again.

"Your head."

Kaguya Hatsaki answered truthfully.

But soon she added another sentence.

"There is no evidence to suggest that the Headless Horseman was headless."

Just like how a wife cake doesn't necessarily contain a wife.

Zuoyou mentally added a tired, overused remark.

"If that's how you put it, then I have nothing to explain."

Zuoyou shook his head; there was no point in continuing the conversation.

"I believe you." Kaguya stared at Saya, who looked helpless, for a long time, and finally a hint of thawing appeared on her icy face.

"You trust me, so I trust you in return."

There are some things Kaguya Hazaki won't say.

For some reason, she actually enjoyed the helpless expression on Saku's face, as if he couldn't do anything about her.

This gave her a strange, warm feeling inside.

But as she said, she truly trusted Saya completely at that moment.

This trust will continue until she discovers he has been deceiving her.

"Thank you for treating me like a human being. I'm so touched."

Sōyū rolled his eyes, but he felt relieved.

Judging from this guy's personality, if you say you trust him, then you really do trust him.

“I’ll ask you one more time: are you sure you want to get involved in this? It really can be fatal. In a way, I’d rather you were an oddball.”

Ignoring Saya's somewhat sarcastic reply, Kaguya's words this time were unexpectedly heavy.

"I don't have the habit of going back on my word. Based on what I've seen so far, this matter isn't at the point where I'd run away."

Saku and the girl's wine-red eyes met for a moment, then Saku picked up the cola on the table again, took a sip, and answered.

“Very good, then, come with me tomorrow. I know where there are clues.”

Kaguya narrowed her eyes. Since Saya had said so, she had no reason to be coy anymore.

If Sayu really is the key figure to breaking the deadlock, then there's no way we wouldn't explore that place.

"Where?"

"Of course, I'll come and be your study companion."

Sawa never expected that the buff from the Japanese high school students that he always joked about would actually be delivered right to his doorstep.

Chapter 18 That's what I meant.

At the entrance of Class 1, Grade 2 of Sakura Private First Middle School, Sakuya changed into his familiar school uniform and leaned against the corner of the wall, shaking his leg.

Having spent the entire night using the computer Kaguya Hatsaki gave him to learn about this world, he has accepted the fact that he is a college student from before the time travel and can return to campus life.

At least this school isn't the kind of all-girls school that often appears in anime, so he doesn't need to disguise himself in women's clothing.

Wouldn't it be great to just get a buff or something?

As Saya thought to himself, believing that the world was enhanced by metaphysics, his eyes turned to the classroom in front of him.

This is definitely not a normal world.

Saya could tell a thing or two from the classmates in Kaguya's class.

At the very least, no matter how outrageous Japanese schools were in the past, they never went to the point where students' hair colors were this chaotic.

The blonde, large-breasted guy over there, which is rare among Asians, could be explained away as following a trend.

But what's with that blue-haired girl sitting in the very front?

Would anyone really dye their hair a pure light blue?

And that green-haired guy sitting in the last row, is that hair color something a carbon-based life form could pull off?

It's obvious that it can handle it.

At the very least, Sawa didn't sense anything strange or out of place from these people.

However, this also precisely illustrates the abnormality of this world.

At the very least, Zuoyou felt that if he wanted to go back, he would probably have to kill another Ender Dragon and see if he could create another portal.

In any case, let's settle down in this world first, and then see how things go. This place is no longer as lonely as the world before.

On the contrary, Saya found it quite interesting.

Just as Sawa was lost in thought, the teacher, who had already quieted the noisy classroom, waved to him, indicating that he could go in.

Kaguya Hasaki has always been a woman of action.

A wealthy and proactive individual.

Even though Saya was somewhat prepared, after finally learning about the assets of the Hagasaki Foundation, where Hagasaki Kaguya belongs, through the computer, he was still almost startled by this guy's background.

With enough wealth to buy half of Tokyo, such a conglomerate could only exist in this extravagant world.

Therefore, Kaguya arranged Sawa's identity completely with just one phone call.

As for Sawa's current identity, no matter who investigates, the only thing they can find is that he is an orphan from a small mountain village in Saitama Prefecture.

But now, he has another identity.

A mysterious term – transfer student.

"Now let's welcome our newest transfer student from Saitama Daiichi Middle School."

The teacher, with blue and white hair, smiled and greeted Saya as he entered, giving him the seat at the podium.

Teachers all have this abnormal hair color; indeed, in this world, the abnormal is the normal.