A Lonely S-Rank Explorer, Returning to His Student Days to Redo His Youth—It Seems the Strongest Loner Is Being Genuinely Loved by the Most Beautiful Girls in the School

About a week has passed since Yuito entered high school.

The thrilling new life is starting to settle into a routine, and relationships are beginning to solidify.

“Yuito, let’s go to the schoolyard together.”

“Ah, yeah.”

As he was walking down the hallway, Satou in a tracksuit called out to him.

Yuito is also wearing a jersey in the same way.

After having a fight with Arai in the classroom, he naturally became friends with Satou.

According to Satou, “It felt great to give that bastard Arai a taste of his own medicine.”

“By the way, I heard that Arai, who was absent, is transferring schools. I guess he couldn’t stand the shame of what happened, huh?”

“Eh, hee… Is that so…?”

It was a story that Yuito had also suspected.

Arai tried to kidnap Hakari and the others, bringing along his acquaintances.

In other words, attempted kidnapping.

Since it was obviously a criminal act, he was probably forced to withdraw from the school and chose to transfer.

“Well, who cares about that idiot? More importantly, have you seen the trending topics on SNS?”

“Did something interesting happen?”

“Apparently, there was a bizarre incident where a building fell apart overnight?”

“Th-That’s amazing!”

Once again, a story that he recognizes has come up.

A few days ago, it was Yuito who tore the building apart.

He can’t believe it’s even trending on SNS.

“There were stories around the time of the entrance ceremony about ‘a truck being slashed,’ and yeah, ‘Exploration City’ really is a crazy place.”

“Exploration City.” This is what the city where Yuito and others live is called.

It is the massive artificial floating island called Terra Float, located in the Pacific Ocean, the headquarters of dungeon research, and also an academic city dedicated to training explorers.

It is said to be an autonomous city that does not belong to any country, but in reality, it is a battleground where various nations are secretly vying for control.

Naturally, the security situation is at its worst. Accidents and incidents, reported as having unknown causes, are occurring everywhere.

There are many semi-gangster groups that Arai was friendly with, as well as quasi-Yakuza and mafia-like anti-social groups.

Its poor safety is so famous that internet slang like “Head-Exploring City” has even been coined.

“Indeed, the Exploration City has poor security… but this area is relatively better.”

The area where Yuito and the others live has relatively better security.

Thanks to the strong influence of Japanese companies, most of the residents living here are Japanese.

Due to either the “gentle national character” or the culture of “avoiding trouble,” it has become a relatively peaceful region.

“Better than most? This is the first time I’ve seen one since coming here. A guy with a huge demon tattooed on his back.”

“Haha… In Japan, we’re an endangered species…”

“To survive if I get involved with those kinds of dangerous people, I need to focus on the ‘combat training’ class. For today, it’s just the ‘physical ability test,’ though.”

When Yuito and the others went out to the schoolyard, most of the students had already gathered.

They were chatting while sitting on the lush green grass.

There is no sign of Kirika and the others there.

“Is today the joint class for the three ABC classes?”

“DEF is behind us. If Kirika-chan and the others are looking for them, they won’t be there.”

“Because you’re one of the few friends I have, I can’t help but worry…”

“Well, for today, just put up with me.”

“No, no, I’m happy to be with you, Satou-kun. Thank you.”

“Yeah… Well, I’ll accept your thanks.”

Satou was rubbing his nose awkwardly, feeling embarrassed.

The Reimei High School that Yuito and the others attend is a school that trains explorers.

Since there is a special purpose for training explorers, the course content is also special.

In addition to the usual five subjects, there are classes to learn the knowledge and skills needed to act as an explorer.

One of them was a class on “Combat Training.”

However, Yuito and the others are new students.

First, to understand each person’s abilities, a “physical ability test” was conducted.

“Hey, is Yuito really human like me? This is the first time I’ve seen someone in a 100-meter dash where it says ‘The stopwatch couldn’t keep up with human fingers, so measurement was impossible.'”

After the measurement was completed safely—safely(?), Satou spoke to him.

The record for Yuito’s 100-meter dash is, as Satou says, “immeasurable.”

Yuito finishes running faster than he can start and stops the stopwatch by pressing the button.

“Did you see the girls from our class? They were waiting to cheer you on with ‘Go for it♡’ and all, but by the time they realized it, you were already at the finish line. They were so confused, their eyes wide and looking around like meerkats.”

Upon being told, Yuito recalls the scene from back then.

Indeed, the girls in the class were looking around.

The scene became heartwarming with the “meerkat” remark, and Yuito couldn’t help but smile.

“Me, meerkat… hehehe…”

“Are you really laughing at that?”

Satou scratched his head and sighed.

“Well, I guess it doesn’t matter who you are,” he mutters.

“I’m just an ordinary person who laughs at such trivial things…”

“Meerkat…”

“Enough already. And don’t tell anyone I compared a girl to a meerkat, okay? I might get in trouble.”

“Y-yeah. I won’t say anything, but…”

“Satou-kun♡”