Nightmare.

It is the second day on this planet!

It was just after my reincarnation that I came to like this kind of lifestyle and started to look forward to my days in high school that I had forgotten about in my past life, filled with love, enthusiasm, diverse paths, and the high spirit of youth. Not to mention that his old soul was tempted to explore the possible paths in this world because of the youthful body's vitality, which offered endless opportunity and no need to worry about the future.

But the shining world had its own darkness too. That my previous host had experienced, and up until this event that shook my life path and, most importantly, my belief, I was thinking it could be nothing more than that.

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"Ahh! This is heavy." Kazuma murmured as he considered how fortunate he could be to have a job like that as he glanced at the new clothes he was required to wear the following day.

Since joining that team, he has already encountered another target for the system, a female group manager, and he speculates that one of the top idols he will be working with may also be one of them.

Utilizing this opportunity, he was able to complete not only his goal of meeting more than three female targets set by the system, but he also received a new quest: find six more of them, of which three have already been located.

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[Old] [Quest: Find three new targets in the outside world.]

[Quest Completion Rate: Emi Yuriko, Aoi Ishikawa, and Ayumi Fujimoto count: 3] [Complete]

[Reward: 5K Shop-Exp]

[New] [Quest: Find Five new targets in the outside world.]

[Quest: Increase favorability rating of opposite sex by 10 points.]

[Old-Ongoing] [Quest Completion Rate: Nakano f-points (5)] [Aoi Ishikawa f-points (30).]

[Reminder: You have to increase the f-points from original mark of favorability when quest was issued.] [Will issue reward at midnight.]

[Name: Kazuma Takashi]

[Strength: 12] [Agility: 12] [Vitality: 12] [Intelligence: 20] [Level: 4] [U-Point: 13]

[Note: Need 700 Exp to level up to level 5.] [Shop Exp: 6K+200 xp.]

[Gaining New Experience]

[Would host like to level up?]

[System recommends saving experience points to be used in emergencies or to purchase items since the host cannot improve his physique at the moment.]

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Since he needed to see the items from the shop, Kazuma was actually in a hurry. However, as he was walking toward the building, which was around the corner, he noticed a familiar figure of a student entering the building's parkway along with a woman who was hooking on him.

'What the hell, even ladies are this proactive in this city.' Kazuma grinned as he considered how that lady might be one of the targets of the system and made the decision to go take a look.

In addition, he was also very concerned about his classmates due to public perception.

He thus made his way to the parkway in silence and proceeded to stroll along the incline of the unpaved parkway area.

'What the hell, it does not feel quite right!' Given his three times stronger physique, Kazuma was confident in his ability to flee if necessary in the future, but this prickle under his chin at this precise moment felt strange.

He paused for a moment but still made the decision to take a look.

"Hey! You wanted to do it in a place like this, Huh?" The woman's voice was not solemn, and Kazuma, who had arrived behind a wall, could see the two of them because the boy was clinging to the woman against the wall, who was visibly intoxicated.

Kazuma made the decision to leave because, based on appearances alone, he did not believe that either of them were opposed to it.

Additionally, just like in school, he was unsure of his ability to play the role of a teacher in order to embarrass that boy or scare him away.

It was therefore best to let them enjoy themselves until he saw the boy kissing the woman, at which point the boy's mouth began to split into four pieces.

The woman attempted to scream, and as her voice echoed throughout the area, she was choked from head to toe by the object.

Kazuma almost fell as a result, which caused the object to feel uneasy and turn around in search of nothing.

"Haha! Just wait; once I am done eating here, I will definitely come to greet you, my friend."

The man's voice reverberated through the area in the stillness, and Kazuma could feel his heart pounding in his chest.

When Kazuma's mind went blank and only one thought entered his head, his three times stronger body was stretched to its absolute maximum, and he dashed away at the fastest possible rate.

Along with that, the system's ringing voice descended into his consciousness.

When Kazuma dashed, the opposing object also sensed his speed and realized that he might lose the first witness.

It also left the half-eaten body, and sensing an opportunity to use his tail as a hammer, he crushed it as he dashed with all of his body's strength.

These five seconds seemed to last an eternity to Kazuma, who had just heard a loud noise and turned to see something crashing through a solid wall as it approached him.

Kazuma was as terrified as any other person would be in such a situation.

Although this area was completely deserted, Kazuma knew that he would not be able to run away for long as he felt something smashing onto the car and heard laughter echoing from behind when a rock that was thrown smashing toward him grazed past him.

Kazuma turned to jump over the stairs and saw the outside.

"He is way too fast; what should I do?" Kazuma could tell the other party was at least twice as fast as him, and there was no way left when the beeping sound of the system closed and darkness descended around him.

'Wait, am I going to die?' "Arghhh..." He was sent stumbling along something and smashing onto the pillar-like object after hearing a loud shout that caused him to trip over something.

"Hah! Hah! Haahhh!" For the first time in his life, Kazuma experienced a rush of fear that filled his chest.

However, when he turned around, he saw that he was standing on the opposite side of the area where the corpse had been consumed.

He discovered that the object was scanning the area as he ran using the other exist, but at this moment he was directly hidden behind the opposite side of the building and there was a great distance between them.

"Shhh!!!" He noticed a large wound near his elbow and felt a sharp pain in his right hand. He covered the wound with a small piece of cloth and immediately fled the scene out of fear that the other thing might smell his blood.

"Teleportation!" That was the only explanation he could think of, and he finally noticed the system notification that had been ringing all along but that he had been unable to see because of fear and anxiety.

[Currently, Host is in mortal danger...][The system purchased the teleportation artifact at a discount of 99% while assisting protocol activation and using 5K Exp.]

[Teleportation in 5...]

When Kazuma finally reached his building, where his apartment is, he found Nakano-san coming back from shopping and happened to see him.

"Kazuma-kun..." She looked at Kazuma, who had a look of utter terror on his face, a significant injury on his elbow, and was breathing unevenly as a result of the intense fear and anxiety that were written all over his face.

"I..." Kazuma did not knew what to say, as the thing he had seen was something out of ordinary and by the memories of his past self, he was sure that common people did not knew of such thing exist in this world, and were just part of stories.

"Shh! It's alright, come with me! I will bandage that area, and then we will talk about it if you are willing to do so too. But today, you are coming to have dinner at my home, alright?"

He did not have much energy left after being quieted by Nakano-san, so he chose to join her for dinner rather than try to cook.

This time, as he entered the building, Kazuma gave the toy he had previously seen little consideration, though his mind was still filled with images of that particular scene.

'It was like a wild animal, as he could have smell my odour or it might be perspective of the body heat, though among those, I believe it should be an odor.'

Furthermore, Kazuma could not make out his face clearly, making it difficult for him to identify the man, though he was certain that he was a student at his school.

Kazuma was so terrified just thinking about how that kind of beast might interact with the students at the school and how he might remember his scent.

His thoughts were racing, and he was considering quitting school altogether until he discovered how to beat or kill the object in question.

Or else, there was no way he would be able to survive through all this.