You’re Right, They’ll Expel Me if I Run into the Store with a Weapon!!

“Good morning.”

“…Yeah, good morning. Why are you here?”

It was seven in the early morning. Hearing the intercom, he opened the door to find Shiori waiting.

“I have a message from Teacher Amakusa. I need to tell you before we go to school.”

“What’s the message?”

Shiori made a complicated face.

“The class has been temporarily closed.”

“…Eh? Why?”

He let out a silly voice, astonished. Taking another breath, he asked why.

“There’s been a problem, and we must spend some time on it.”

He raised an eyebrow at Shiori’s news. Something significant must have happened to close the class.

“What kind of problem?”

“It’s nothing to do with you, Hiroki.”

“Hey, that’s not an answer to my question.”

“It has nothing to do with you, Hiroki. So, don’t worry about it.”

Frustrated by her insistent words, Hiroki scratched his head and stopped pressing the issue. He decided it was pointless to continue.

But there was one more thing he wanted to know.

“So, what about our studies?”

“Ah, about that…”

Suddenly, a strange light appeared in her eyes.

“I’ll help Hiroki with his studies.”

“I’m fine, thanks.”

I shut the door, locked it, and put it on the chain.

Of course, the reason was in her words. If my guess was right, it was probably about a study session.

For Hiroki, at that moment, the idea of studying with the girl in front of him was nothing but terrifying.

“Hey! Hiroki! I still need to finish speaking! Hey!”

He couldn’t hear her.

Hiroki firmly covered his ears with index fingers and moved to the living room sofa.

(Ah, but this might be lucky.)

Living an easy life on the government’s money without studying.

(I do have money.)

The one hundred million yen lottery prize was securely stored. Besides, he received money from the Battle Academy for living expenses. Fifty thousand yen a month, paid once a month.

(Six hundred thousand a year… heh, heh.)

Hiroki was completely drowned in a drunken joy.

Experiencing an unprecedented lifestyle, his mind began to corrupt in a slightly bad direction.

“Um, Hiroki-san! Please, at least open the door and let me in! If I did something wrong, I apologize!”

Her voice twisted his smile.

He slowly stood up and returned to the entrance but stopped without opening the door.

“Sorry. I’m not feeling well. Can we talk another time?”

He said, mixing a monotone in his voice.

“Eh! Really! Then you need care! I’m free all day today; I can help! No! Let’s go to the hospital!”

“No, no. If it’s an illness, I wouldn’t want to infect you. I’ll just take some medicine and rest; I’ll be fine. See you.”

“No way! What if it’s a serious illness? What if it causes brain damage or after-effects? That’s dangerous!”

In his mind, he wanted to say how unlikely that was. Ignoring her words, he turned towards the living room.

Bang!

A sound came from the door, which was locked. It wasn’t the sound of it opening but rather of someone trying to open it forcefully.

“…It’s really dangerous.”

(In more ways than one!!)

Fear resurfaced inside Hiroki.

It was just the sound of a door, but this intimidation and fear triggered his defense instincts, sounding an internal alert.

What resurfaced was the memory of a death race with her. The strength to gouge concrete and a beast-like scream. It had become a trauma for Hiroki.

“Hey… open the door… let’s go to the hospital…”

The word “fear” filled his mind.

Shaken and fearful by her words and actions, Hiroki attempted to explain with a trembling voice.

“No, it’s not that bad, I’m fine.”

“…Hiroki, you’ve been outside all this time and don’t know anything… Please, let’s go to the hospital, okay?”

The intimidation eased a bit.

Her voice sounded a little shaky, and the atmosphere suddenly became serious. Confused, Hiroki reluctantly slowly opened the door.

And there was Shiori, her eyes brimming with tears.

(Why is she about to cry?)

“Why are you so insistent on going to the hospital?”

“Just come.”

She grabbed my arm with those words, and we left the entrance.

What appeared before us was a large white building.

“Let’s hurry.”

“O-okay.”

He was forcibly taken here in a taxi. During the ride, Shiori didn’t utter a word, just biting her nails with a frightened look.

Entering the building, there was quite a crowd, ranging from adults to older people, none of them students.

While thinking, he was pulled by the arm to the reception counter.

“Excuse me. I’d like to request a thorough examination.”

“Yes, please take a number.”

“Here.”

“O-okay, I will contact the doctor immediately.”

What Shiori showed was a student ID. As soon as the reception staff saw it, their expression changed dramatically, and they immediately reached for the phone.

(Is it because she’s a high-ranking individual?)

Hiroki was surprised by the various privileges and flexibility of being a high-ranking individual.

“We’ve contacted them. Please head to the first examination room on the second floor.”

“Thank you very much.”

Again, he was pulled by the arm to the escalator.

And what we arrived at was the white door of the first examination room.

“Excuse us.”

“Please come in.”

In the room was an older man wearing glasses, a male doctor who looked experienced.

“What can we do for you today?”

“Please conduct a thorough examination of him, Hiroki Ogino.”

“What happened to him?”

“He’s been complaining of feeling unwell. He hasn’t yet undergone a safety examination since joining the Battle Academy.”

“We’ll prepare immediately. Let’s go to the examination room.”

The doctor, showing signs of sweat, hurriedly took a phone call and started contacting his staff. Shiori still looked scared of something.

(Eh? Safety examination? What do you mean

by a safety examination for humans?)

Hiroki looked confused.

Shiori met Hiroki’s gaze.

“It’s okay. Whatever happens, I’m on your side.”

A serious atmosphere developed between them. The Shiori before him seemed more impressive – perhaps it was just Hiroki’s illusion. And then, they quickly arrived at the examination room.

“Please lie down here.”

Following the instruction, Hiroki lay on a machine bed resembling something he had seen in a regular hospital. It was a doughnut-shaped machine that moved back and forth above the bed.

As the machine hummed, the examination began.

“Doctor, how is Hiroki?”

“So far, there’s nothing unusual. However…”

In another room, several doctors and Shiori were present. Through the glass window in front of them, they could see Hiroki continuing his examination, with the monitor displaying the test results.

“However… what is it?”

“No, …Shiori-san. You’ve learned about the dangers of combat power, haven’t you?”

“Yes. That’s why I brought him here.”

The danger of combat power. It’s not only when one uses body enhancement or abilities.

It’s about the disassembly and reconstruction of DNA influenced by combat power.

In simple terms, combatants can be thought of as humans with a cluster of machines inside their bodies. These machines, when activated, can enhance the human body and unleash abilities.

These machines are not present as organs but are integrated into certain DNA sequences in the brain.

However, when damage or a runaway occurs in these DNA sequences, all the DNA in the body is destroyed and reconstructed into a different form.

This can transform a “human (DNA)” into “something else (DNA),” creating beings without human intelligence.

Various factors can cause issues in DNA information. Therefore, the Battle Academy mandates regular safety examinations for combatants.

“Hiroki’s combat power… can this happen?”

“Doctor?”

Shiori was the only one who didn’t understand. The other doctors around her shook as they looked at the examination monitor.

“You know the stability value of combat power, right?”

“Yes. It measures the pulse emitted by combat power and shows how well a person controls it… And if it goes down to 0%…”

“Yes, they cease to be human.”

This was common knowledge for those with combat power.

“And the average stability value is about 40%, and Shiori-san, you are…”

“70%. I have abilities, so it’s a comprehensively high value.”

Her tenth-place ranking was evident in the numbers highly regarded worldwide.

“Yes. And now… Hiroki Ogino’s stability value is 100%.”

“…What?”

Shiori was surprised by this unheard-of value.

“The pulse is completely stable. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

The doctor pointed to the monitor displaying the results.

The monitor showed a graph similar to an electrocardiogram – a green line stretching straight across a black screen.

“Normally, we observe the fluctuations of this line to calculate the stability value. A large fluctuation indicates instability, but…”

“…There’s no fluctuation?”

“It’s completely still.”

The doctors in the room were also sweating, witnessing an unprecedented result. It was a shocking outcome, unlike anything seen before.

Hiroki and his combat power were in perfect harmony.

Everyone in the room came to understand this.

“There’s no precedent for a multiple-ability person, so with our current knowledge, we can’t say much… But one thing we can say is that the possibility of him undergoing disassembly and reconstruction is unlikely.”

“I see…”

“Will you be leaving now? I’ll report to the principal.”

“Yes, please. Could you tell him to wait in the waiting room? I need to use the restroom.”

“Understood. I’ll let him know.”

Shiori slowly left the room.

“Ah!”

A girl was writhing in suppressed agony. Her face was flushed, sweating, her eyes dazed.

An unprecedented existence was near her.

A man with perfect value was right in front of her.

A combatant desired by the world was by her side.

“I will never let anyone have him!”

Looking up at the ceiling, the girl’s face was blissful and filled with desire.