Crew-mates!

Once some time had elapsed, the two of them made the decision to watch a movie on the pendrive before turning in for the night. Itsuki knew that Meina had a penchant for ghost movies and carried some with him, so he hooked them up to the TV.

"Kya! That's nice." Meina, as per usual, was giddy as he gave Itsuki a hug and gave him a brief sniff before glancing at him and asking.

"Did you find a girl?" Despite her low voice, Itsuki heard her clearly and nodded while explaining the details to her.

She was a little jealous of his explanation, but she smiled anyway, figuring she was not in a position to complain.

Itsuki felt a strange sensation; he knew he still liked the girl next to her, but he was excited about the prospect of taking her away from her boyfriend.

Perhaps before this, he was weak and lacked the abilities to steal her from others, but at that moment, he was confident that he could steal her from anyone as long as he tried.

With all of his wealth, he can even provide her with a comfortable life.

Who knows? Maybe in the future, he will be able to use it to launch a company and increase profits without even needing protection money.

Thus, he began to see her in his mind not as an invincible goddess or anything, but rather as a girl he might have a chance to date in the future.

"Say, were you serious when you said that you would date me if I could become strong enough to take you away from that guy?" Meina was taken aback by the sudden question and Itsuki's seemingly confident demeanor.

However, it also gave him a closer appearance to how he was in the past.

"Yeah! I will date you, Itsuki. After all, I am closer to you and tend to show more of my real self in front of you than any guy from the outside."

She put her head on her knees, and with a slight peek, Itsuki could see her inner pink bra, making him blush as he looked away with an awkward look on his face.

"Idiot! Wild guys tend to be more bold. Don't just turn embarrassed after seeing my bra idiot!" Itsuki smiled awkwardly when he felt a soft sensation on his lips and saw the girl's face up close, as her lips were just so close to his.

"Then try stealing me now." Her face was flushed, but her gaze remained fixed on his as she pulled his hand behind her back while holding Itsuki's.

He was an awkward guy. But after getting this close, there was no way he would let this kind of chance go away from him, and he planted a kiss on her lips while his hand held her back tightly and brought her body close to his.

As the movie continued, none of them had any look at it as they single-mindedly kept on kissing each other, with a sense of victory and achievement coursing through Itsuki's mind, feeling the touch of the girl within his arm.

'Haah! Haaaah!' As they parted, they realized that it was getting late. "Haaa! For now, take it as your reward for getting this strong. Beyond this, you might have to wait until you beat that bastard." It was a bit tempting, but Itsuki held back his feelings and nodded before pulling her in again, sealing off her lips, and asking.

"Then, let me sleep by your side tonight while kissing you." His actions were becoming bolder, but Meina did not dislike it and nodded at him.

Chirp! Chirp!

Next morning! Itsuki was up as usual, and looking at the side, he could not find Meina figure beside him, and smelling the bed, he could still find the lingering smell of the girl from the previous night, and with a huge smile, he walked out to take the bath.

As Itsuki finished getting ready, he heard his smartphone ring. When he opened it, he saw four new texts from this morning, one of which was from an unknown number.

[Image] Unknown: You big guy, it's me... (Seen)

[Image] Unknown: [I went back when my mom came last night!] (Seen)

[Image] Unknown: [Today he will be coming.].

[So, be careful about it; one of his team members was hosting Helmet, and he might come to take revenge.] (Seen)

(Unseen) [Okay, I will be careful, and thank you]: Me [Image]

'It's her.' He felt a little more refreshed after talking to her, so he checked the other messages from Jimmy and the other two guys. They were all acting as happy as usual, but it did not seem like any of them had the news.

He informed Jimmy of this and asked him to inform the other three as well, since they were now officially members of his gang.

Itsuki was considering changing into school clothes when his phone rang. He saw that Jimmy was calling and answered, telling him about Meina.

Jimmy was informed and asked him to check on Meina after she had visited his apartment the previous evening.

"She will be fine; I don't think that guy had someone keeping an eye on her or something even at her home." Itsuki made a note to try to find out more about this and asked Jimmy for assistance. He said it in a slightly serious tone, since he really did not think about that.

[Host can believe Jimmy.] [After joining the crew, system is keeping a tab on his loyalty level and even a slight fluctuation will be detected by the system.]

'Okay, then. I will trust this guy and also keep tabs on the other three guys too, but given their IQ, I don't think they had mind to pull out something like that.' 'Or else they might be acting like that on purpose.'

[No, the system is also keeping tabs on them.] [So, trust me and keep your mind set on solving the quest in short period of time to grow stronger faster.]

As usual, on the way to school, Itsuki did not find much trouble, and before entering the school gate, he found Jimmy and his lackey waiting for him on the gate.

"Senpai! Welcome." X 3 Itsuki felt like hitting his head on the wall when he heard them yell like that, but he dismissed the idea and turned a blind eye, leaving them to follow suit with a big smile on their faces without being bothered by his callous behavior.

"I am really thirsty." Before entering his classroom building, Itsuki noticed a lackey running away and mumbled something in a low voice. Later, he saw the same lackey standing on the gate, holding several different types of drinks.

"I did not know what boss liked to drink, so I brought one of each for boss." It felt weird, but Itsuki found it quite lax and felt he might get addicted to this kind of treatment.

"Thanks; I like cola and orange juice. Although I can drink almost every drink from the vending machine," He muttered before entering the building and looking at the lackey, who seemed to be busy taking note of it.

"Damn, a digilent type." Since everyone was staring at him while he was drinking, which was awkward for him, he muttered under his breath as he asked Jimmy and the other person to join him.

"Yes!" X 4 Their yell nearly startled the other students, who turned to look at Itsuki, the least strong-looking of the five, but they all began to exhibit strange facial expressions as a result of how the other four were treating him.

"Boss, take this seat; I think it is the best seat to talk while in class, and you can even see the blackboard very clearly if you want to focus on studying."

All four of them were seated around Itsuki even in class; Jimmy was the one who spoke to him the most while the other four were looking around the room and making faces that said, "Stay away from here," which caused many students to move away from their seats.

"That is good, but wait, I fuck..." Suddenly, Itsuki remembered that he had forgotten about his class assignment and told Jimmy, who let out a proud smile before handling the extra copy of the assignment he had prepared.

"I tend to prepare for these 3 idiots, so when I remember that boss had been busy the past few days, when dealing with Helmet, I also made a new assignment for boss to."

Itsuki was taken aback, but he graciously accepted Jimmy's generosity and expressed his gratitude, making the man very happy and expressing his desire for him to drink in that place again.