The Strongest Loner Redo His Youth With Unmatched Prowess!! ~In the Second Round of School Life, He Made Beautiful Girl Friends!~ - Chapter 2: Distracted Driving

Exploration City.

The city built on a mega-float floating near the Tokyo coast is called that.

It is a city where dungeon research is active, and there are many facilities to support explorers. 

Additionally, there are schools to educate excellent explorers. 

It is truly a city for explorers.

It is also the city where Yuito attended high school. 

“Ah, the radio tower is still old. Good…”

Yuito was walking through such a city.

This is to confirm that he had “returned to the past.”

However, the evidence was everywhere.

(There’s someone smoking while walking… The regulations were lax back then. Oh, that comedian from the advertisement is still alive. They passed away from a sudden illness!?)

There were surprisingly many things that evoked nostalgia. 

Just waiting at the traffic light on the wide road and looking around, he was surrounded by things that brought back memories.

Yuito is convinced. 

He has gone back in time. 

He considered the possibility of it being an illusion, but illusions are hard to affect him due to his constitution. 

He dismissed that possibility. 

(Could it be because I destroyed the dungeon core? I’ve never heard of anyone going back in time after destroying a core…)

Dungeons have been destroyed many times. 

He doesn’t understand why this phenomenon only happened this time.

(Well, since I’ve gone back to the past, I might as well enjoy my youth.)

Yuito is not a scholar. 

He can’t find an answer no matter how much he thinks about it. 

So, he decided to switch gears and enjoy his precious youth. 

(The real deal starts with tomorrow’s entrance ceremony. Maybe I’ll just go home and relax today.) 

Yuito thinks to himself. 

The traffic light turned green, so he was about to cross. 

Suddenly, a boy around elementary school comes into view.

On the other side of the narrow road, a boy dashed out onto the crosswalk with great energy. 

Perhaps he was looking forward to something fun. 

It was a good thing to be so lively. 

Such carefree thoughts lasted only a moment. 

A truck came speeding towards the boy. 

It showed no signs of stopping. 

It wasn’t even slowing down. 

Upon closer inspection, the driver’s face was turned down to the right, peering into a smartphone held in one hand.

The boy also noticed it. 

However, he froze in shock. 

He must have been too surprised to move. 

At this rate, he would collide with it. 

“It’s dangerous!!” 

It wasn’t Yuito who shouted that. 

A girl walking right behind the boy jumped out. 

She tried to grab the boy and escape, but it was too late. 

A truck was already approaching right in front of them.

The engine roared with an unusually loud growl. 

Clink. 

A cold, bell-like sound echoed. 

In the midst of the commotion, as if threading through a moment of silence, Yuito stood before the high school girl and the boy. 

Gagagagaga!! 

The truck was split in half as it toppled over and was scattering sparks as it slid across the road. 

The cargo piled in the truck bed rained down on Yuito and the others.

Yuito used the sheath to deftly push aside the luggage. 

Crash. 

The truck finished sliding. 

A moment of silence. 

Just when they thought a boy had been run over, the truck split in half. 

No one could make sense of the situation. 

However, that silence was soon broken. 

A rattling sound came from the driver’s seat of the truck. 

The driver crawled out. 

His face was bright red, with veins bulging on his forehead.

“Hey!! What the hell are you doing!?”

(Wait, is he getting angry at me?) 

The driver advanced aggressively. 

It seemed he thought Yuito had done something. 

In reality, Yuito had cut off the truck. 

However, his attitude was not that of someone who had just almost run over a boy while ignoring a traffic signal. 

He might not even realize that he had almost hit the boy in the first place.

“Huh? No, umm…”

“Speak clearly!! You’re going to pick up the scattered luggage and pay for it, right!?”

“Ah, well… that is…”

In terms of physical strength, Yuito is strong. 

Even a dragon would be cut in half by him. 

However, when it comes to verbal fights, he’s worse than plankton. 

He’s at the bottom of the food chain. 

What is he going to do about the scattered luggage?

When he heard that, he thought, “Maybe I could have managed without cutting it in half…” 

“You little brat! You think this is a joke――!”

Bam!! 

A sharp sound echoed like a whip. 

The driver’s cheek was slapped. 

Yuito, who couldn’t win in a verbal fight, resorted to physical action. 

A high school girl’s slap had landed perfectly.

A beautiful bruise mark is visible on the driver’s cheek. 

“In the first place, you ran into a red light and crashed into them, didn’t you!? This boy was almost killed because of you!?” 

The high school girl has a fierce expression. 

Her gaze is intense, with her cat-like eyes glaring. 

The driver flinches at her intimidating presence. 

However, he seems to be quite stubborn.

“Do you have any proof that I ran in a red light!? That boy suddenly jumped out! It’s not my fault!!”

Even though there must be surveillance cameras if he looked for him, he was being stubborn. 

However, that defiance was quickly crushed. 

A passerby who had been watching the accident from a distance spoke up.

“You were using your phone while driving!? I saw it! I’ll testify to the police!”

“That’s right! Those people crossed when the light turned green!” 

“Don’t give me that ridiculous excuse!!” 

“Have some shame!!” 

There weren’t many pedestrians, but there were still plenty of witnesses. 

Shouts of condemnation rose from the passersby. 

The driver’s face turned pale. 

Perhaps he finally gave up. 

His face turned red with anger or blue with despair.

It’s like a traffic light. 

After that, the driver fell silent, looking dejected. 

Yuito and the others distanced themselves from the driver and waited for the police to arrive. 

It was a bit awkward. 

Yuito has an aversion to high school girls. 

For some reason, he feels like high school girls are social powerhouses. 

If he makes a wrong move, he feels like he could be killed in an instant.

Socially speaking. 

The high school girl sitting next to him seems to have a strong personality. 

Long black hair. Cat-like eyes. Snow-white skin. 

She looks like a cool heroine from a manga. Very cute. 

If a shy guy tries to talk to a cute high school girl, he might as well be dead. 

That’s the law of nature. 

The high school girl was talking to some boy.

When the conversation ended, the boy bowed his head slightly. 

“Um, big brother. Thank you.” 

“Ah, no. You’re welcome?” 

Caught off guard by the sudden gratitude, Yuito didn’t know how to respond. 

His voice slightly trembled, sounding almost like a question. 

“Hehe. Why are you so flustered?” 

Even the high school girl laughed at him.

It didn’t feel like she was mocking him, but it was a bit embarrassing. 

Yuito’s lack of communication skills was glaringly obvious. 

“Thank you from me too.” 

“Ah. No, no, you were the one who tried to help first…” 

“Still, it was you who helped me.” 

Gently. 

The high school girl smiled kindly.

He was unexpectedly taken aback by the gap between her somewhat strong appearance and her demeanor.

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The next day’s SNS trend featured this keyword.

“The handsome guy splits the runaway truck in half!?”

This incident was posted on SNS, and based on that post, it became an online news story. 

On SNS, there were reactions like.

: Splitting it in half? That’s a lie lol.

: They definitely exaggerated the story lol.

: According to rumors, a high school guy split the truck. It’s hard to believe, but there are actually severed trucks out there…

: The cut surface of the severed truck is too clean. Anyone who can do this must at least have A-rank skills.

: Judging by the reactions of experts, it seems legit… I want to see what kind of high school student he is.

Yuito became famous just for his existence. 

However, since Yuito doesn’t use SNS, he didn’t realize he was trending.