Chapter 21

Hinano looked at the banknote that had vanished from her hand and was clearly taken aback for a moment. Then, she broke into a beautiful smile, feeling that she had found Yūto's weakness.

The 100,000 yen reward, plus the bonus for being a good citizen later, gave Yūto no reason to refuse. For him, going on a so-called demon extermination with Hinano and the others was much easier than doing a part-time job.

Yūto even considered whether he should switch careers and become a shaman... or a demon hunter. After all, he had never realized that this profession could be so lucrative.

Unfortunately, he had not yet understood the market rates. He was probably the cheapest demon hunter among all practitioners.

After all, it was a job that risked one's life. A 100,000 yen appearance fee couldn't even find a regular apprentice, yet he was still feeling quite pleased with himself...

After the deal was made, Hinano left with a satisfied heart, and Yūto was able to enter the school smoothly.

Although the delay caused by Hinano made him late again, Yūto didn't care at all. After all, being late was already a regular occurrence for him.

Now, Yūto indicated that as long as the rich woman was satisfied, skipping class was not a problem.

Even Yūto, who had previously complained that Hinano and the others would only get in the way, made a compromise in the end. The reason was simple: the rich woman offered to pay more!

In Yūto's view, people like Hinano... cough, these rich people, were the kind who were both weak and loved to play.

Well, rich people always liked to do something exciting. And based on Hinano's analysis, Yūto judged that the demons causing trouble this time were not strong. As long as the other party was willing to pay more, taking a few rookies along to level up was not a problem.

High school studies were a piece of cake for Yūto, a穿越者 (穿越者 means "穿越者" in Chinese, which can be translated as "time traveler" or "transmigrator"). Even if his previous life was not great, he had still graduated from a decent university.

Although the teaching methods were different, his maturity of mind from a young age made him what people called a "genius."

Yūto's teachers in all subjects had long been at their wits' end with this so-called "problem student."

Because Yūto either dozed off or did his own thing in class every day.

They wanted to challenge him, but he had indeed mastered all the content they taught, leaving them with no way to handle him.

The principal of the school also had mixed feelings about Yūto, as complaints about him were not few.

He was the kind of problem student who didn't make big mistakes but constantly made small ones. If he were an ordinary student, the principal would have expelled him long ago.

However, Yūto's grades were among the top in the school, and he would definitely bring the school great honor in the upcoming college entrance exams.

So now, Yūto's teachers dealt with him by allowing him to participate in club activities during class time, as long as he didn't disturb other students.

For so-called "geniuses," special treatment was always necessary, no matter where they were.

After hearing enough boring cultural classes, Yūto naturally left with the teacher's approval, feeling quite relieved.

The classmates watched Yūto leave with a carefree and cool demeanor, envying him greatly.

They all knew that Yūto, besides his excellent academic performance, was also the captain of the kendo club.

In ancient times, people like Yūto would be the kind who could fight on horseback and govern the country with wisdom.

Yūto slowly closed the classroom door, hearing the system notification sounds continuously, indicating a rise in reputation. He wore a very satisfied expression.

He didn't expect that just by skipping class, he could earn the admiration of those students...

However, while continuously reaping the same benefits, Yūto noticed a problem. Although the system said that triggering different types of admiration could provide him with reputation,

Yūto found that the students in this school were providing him with less and less "reputation."

Human-provided reputation was "human reputation," and demon-provided reputation was "demon reputation." However, Yūto had not yet encountered a situation where demons provided him with reputation.

However, the sudden appearance of people like Yamato Kuka the previous day made Yūto realize a problem.

That was, the "reputation" generated by each person's admiration for him was not fixed but varied depending on the individual.

Since the students in this school had been the ones contributing reputation to Yūto, he hadn't noticed the issue.

But after the mouse demon incident, the system notifications suddenly showed that the "reputation" contributed by Yamato Kuka and Shinjo Isshin was the most Yūto had ever seen.

Combining this with the "reputation" generated by people like Kujō Hinano, which was also more than that of ordinary students, Yūto speculated that the amount of "reputation" generated depended not only on the intensity of admiration for him but also on the individual's strength.

Although he hadn't met Yamato Kuka and Shinjo Isshin, it seemed that these people were not ordinary.

Arriving at the kendo club's venue, Yūto, seeing no one around, picked up his bamboo sword and began to swing it rapidly.

Large clubs like the kendo club and archery club, due to regular national competitions, were usually given sufficient training grounds by the school.

Since it wasn't yet after school, the other members hadn't arrived, so Yūto didn't need to hide his strength and began to swing his bamboo sword at his own level.

He could feel that his kendo skills might be about to break through!

Indeed, only actual combat was the fastest way to improve. The experience gained from monotonously swinging the bamboo sword was clearly not even a fraction of what he had gained from the battle last night.

Although the mouse demons last night were a bit weak, they were numerous and fearless.

Facing such enemies naturally provided excellent training for one's mental state.

Moreover, the final battle with the powerful mouse demon king, although he had to use "half-demonization" to defeat it, had significantly improved Yūto.

This kind of combat experience was far beyond what he could gain from sparring with kendo club students.

Sparring and life-and-death battles were fundamentally different, so breakthroughs in skill often only occurred in life-and-death situations.

Don't look at the kendo club students who were skilled in kendo. In the end, those were just sparring experiences. If they really faced a life-and-death battle, Yūto was confident that he could use the same strength to defeat someone of his level in a few moves.

In short, the kendo club students were just like flowers in a greenhouse. Ordinary kendo and life-and-death battles were two different things.

In a life-and-death battle, there were no rules. The enemy would attack your vital points without mercy and wouldn't show any leniency just because you suddenly called a halt.