Chapter 2

"Status, right?!"

There, with a loud voice and a slightly delighted tone, Katsuragi Kazuki, who was known as a delinquent in the class, declared.

Well, it is a status, right?

If it's that much, not just me, but anyone who has played games would understand.

"Status? A term for caring about others' evaluations?"

"No way! It's a game status icon! Does the class representative not know even this?"

"Maybe you've never played a game?"

Katsuragi and his cronies said, looking down on the class representative.

"Hmm... I do indulge in games a bit. Mainly action games, intellectual games, shogi, and othello. Recently, minesweeper has become my hobby."

Wow... he's confidently answering with games that are different from what Katsuragi and his group are talking about!

There are actually people like this fossil.

I didn't know because I only talked to him casually.

"Anyway, I can't afford to play along with such games. I don't know who brought us here or how, but let's head back to civilization as soon as possible."

"Even so..."

While Katsuragi and his group were excited, we looked around.

There was no path visible in the direction of the forest from the square.

It seemed as if we had been delivered to a secret place deep in the mountains by a helicopter or something. There was no sign of human activity in the forest.

Well... we could only see from a distance.

There were quite a few birds flying.

I strained my eyes to confirm, but... it was too far to see clearly.

But, do they seem a bit large? Is it just my imagination?

"Do you know which way to go to get back to civilization?"

"Um... in such situations, you should calm down and write a distress signal on the ground, and then—"

The class representative started to say something like a disaster manual template.

Didn't you get appointed as the secretary of the student council?

You were boasting about running in the next student council election, but you don't seem very reliable in a crisis.

"In summary, we should wait for rescue here? You said we should head to civilization."

"Um... in that case, it's best to look at the slope of the mountain and go downhill. The direction can be determined by the sun."

Is he reliable or not?

But, what he's saying is a template, so it should be credible, right?

If the current situation were normal, that is.

"Let's first investigate the surroundings. We can't start without knowing what's here. I'll check the forest a bit. Everyone, investigate the area around here that seems safe."

There were scattered responses, and the students, though confused, decided to investigate the surroundings.

However... there's only a square like a nearby baseball field, and it would be over quickly if the whole class investigated.

The result was a stone slab and a well... just that.

"Kosei, do you know what's happening?"

Makoto asked me subtly.

"Various possibilities come to mind, but I'm very concerned about the mechanism that appeared on the blackboard before we woke up."

"Right. I think that's the cause too. But... what is it?"

"Makoto, don't you have some idea or possibility in mind?"

I also think it's different, don't you?

While thinking that it's impossible for such a thing to actually happen, I looked at Makoto.

Probably, Katsuragi and his group are excited because they're hoping for that possibility.

"Well, yeah."

"Right. Being summoned to another world... is it really possible for such a fairy tale to come true?"

If you push the circumstantial evidence, that's the first thing that comes up.

Actually, a status that only I can see is floating in front of me, and there are options to select skills and such.

It's as if it's saying I can fight at any time.

"Denying it outright... I think it's childish to mix in such wishes."

"Don't say that... but..."

Some in the class think we've been kidnapped.

The girls in the class have been restless and agitated.

While the boys, who are familiar with stories and games about being summoned to another world, are letting their imaginations run wild, the girls seem to be thinking they are victims of a crime.

Well, there are a few girls who react like Katsuragi.

"I'll go calm them down."

"Alright, go ahead. Handsome Makoto."

"Kosei!"

Slightly annoyed, Makoto smiled wryly and went to calm the girls.

It wasn't a situation to make jokes, but it also meant he was calm enough to make jokes.

"Are you okay? We don't know what's happening now, but let's try to get back home quickly."

"Y-Yeah."

Makoto, who has charisma in the class, got a positive response from everyone.

"But... there's nothing here."

"What is it?"

The boys in the class were looking around... they were definitely checking their status.

They were chatting like that.

I was also confirming, you know.

Clicking on the ability... ah, the skill cursor activates quickly.

Specifying a target...

Just as everyone was half-believing and half-doubting and playing with it!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

A scream came from the forest, and the teacher ran towards us... what!?

Behind the teacher, several creatures that looked like rats but had horns on their heads, about the size of dogs, were chasing after him.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

The girls screamed.

It's so noisy! There's no time to scream now!

Those big rats are attacking!

Are they rats?

I focused my attention and glared.

Horn Rats

The name of the rats appeared in my vision.

It's like a game tutorial!

"Leave it to me!"

Katsuragi was the first to move, creating a ball of fire in his hand and throwing it at the Horn Rats with force.

"Whoa!"

The teacher barely avoided the fireball Katsuragi threw.

"Zzzz!?"

Then it hit the Horn Rat that was charging at the teacher with its horns.

"Zzzzzzzzzzz!"

The Horn Rat burst into flames and let out a dying scream.

"One more!"

"Hey, let me do it too!"

Katsuragi and his friends, grinning, used fireballs and wind blades to finish off the Horn Rats.

The teacher was crouching, protecting his head.

While it might seem spineless, it's the best position to protect oneself, so I can't mock him.

"Haha! Amazing! It really feels like we've been summoned to another world!"

Katsuragi and his friends, who had killed the Horn Rats, laughed and picked up the corpses carelessly.

I can understand their feelings, but their reaction to being happy about encountering an accident is a bit off.

These are the types who would take pictures of accident victims with their smartphones.

"U-Um, what was that... Katsuragi-kun. What did you—"

"What else... it's an ability! I... have obtained the strongest power!"

Katsuragi and his group declared, seemingly excited by their newfound power.

I think calling it the strongest power is an exaggeration.

"Power... you mean the ability?"

Makoto, who had protected his classmates, asked Katsuragi.

Actually, I was more surprised that Makoto had moved to protect his classmates in that instant...

"Right! Let's all gather and confirm the situation. We'll probably have to survive, right?"

Assuming that situation is correct... why are you, the class delinquents, so happy to act like the strongest?

It's a complete flag.

Don't you read manga?

Or is this your reaction because you do read them?

However... you adapt quickly.

In stories, delinquents usually go wild and try to dominate the class in such situations...

I wonder what will happen.

My calm part was analyzing the situation.

"Zzzz!"

"Oh? Reinforcements! We'll take them down, everyone!"

Katsuragi and his group were fighting the newly appeared Horn Rats with that attitude.