The Impoverished Guru Seeks Help From A Rich Lady Online

The next day.

"Hmm?" Early in the morning, Selene was woken up by the sound of her phone ringing. Irritated, she picked up the phone and answered with a slightly dangerous tone, "Hello, who is this?!"

"Sorry to disturb you. Uh, Miss Selene, could you support me a bit? I'm running low on funds here... Don't worry, I'll definitely pay you back!" On the phone, Kamijou Touma could tell that Selene was a bit grumpy from waking up, so he spoke sincerely since he was the one asking for help.

"Huh? Why ask me and not your old friend Misaka?" Realizing that it was likely because Index eats so much that Kamijou Touma's cash was insufficient to cover it, Selene couldn't help but tease him.

Hearing Selene's words, Kamijou Touma's voice immediately grew louder and became quite animated, "Please, give me a break! She'll mock me to death, and besides, I don't even have her number! Even if I did, I'd rather starve and jump off from here than ask her for help!"

"Oh, aren't you afraid I'll tell her?" This sounded like some kind of 'eating one's words,' and it felt familiar, as people who say such things often slip up. Selene couldn't help but ask, laughing.

"Come on, Miss, don't do this to me. You're just messing with me!" On the phone, Kamijou Touma's tone conveyed a helpless and resigned feeling toward Misaka Mikoto.

"Ha-ha... Alright, I'm just messing with you. Where are you now? I'll come over in a bit."

"Thanks so much. We're currently staying at a teacher's place in the Seventh District..."

Elsewhere, at Tsukuyomi Komoe's house, after hanging up the phone, Kamijou Touma looked speechlessly at Index, who was eating and drinking heartily. Then, he glanced at the few coins left in his wallet and couldn't help but joke, "How can you eat so much with such a small body? Is your stomach connected to another dimension?"

After coming into contact with the magical side, Kamijou Touma had come to terms with many things. After superpowers, now even more fantastical magic has appeared. What else is impossible in this world?

Thinking about how his peaceful life was slipping away, about his home being demolished, about being burned by Stiyl, about being chased and zapped by Biribiri the Middle School girl, about... Kamijou Touma couldn't help but feel sad. "Such misfortune!"

About half an hour passed, and Index was still eating. Kamijou Touma was getting scared—how could he afford to feed such a big eater?

Knock knock—the sound of knocking came, and Kamijou Touma eagerly went to open the door. Since Miss Komoe's food had all gone into Index's stomach, he was starving now, and had no money to buy food.

When he reached the door, he saw Selene standing outside on the screen.

"Oh, Selene, you're here. Just a moment..." The voice of Kamijou Touma came from the intercom, and the next moment, he opened the door.

"Sorry, Miss Komoe is scared of newspaper salesmen, so there are several locks..." Kamijou Touma apologized to Selene, scratching his head as he explained, and stepped aside to let her in.

"Why does it smell so strongly of smoke and alcohol here..." Entering Miss Komoe's house, Selene couldn't help but frown. Although it had been cleaned, the strong smell of tobacco and alcohol wasn't easy to get rid of.

"Uh... That's..." Hearing Selene's comment, Kamijou Touma was a bit embarrassed. When he arrived at Miss Komoe's house last night, he was startled. Such a cute person, yet she was adept at drinking and smoking!

"Never mind, here, is this enough? Consider it compensation." As she spoke, Selene went to the small table in the room and materialized a stack of cash from thin air.

"This... stop, it's too much..." Seeing the stack of money almost reach the height of Index, who was sitting and eating nearby, Kamijou Touma felt his eyes were being blinded.

Kamijou Touma knew that Tokiwadai students were rich, but the gap was too big. As someone who meticulously budgets, even lining up for discounted groceries, this display of wealth completely shattered his mental defenses. "So much, is it okay?"

"It's fine, it's just my pocket money. Should be enough to cover your dorm fees, right? If not..." As she spoke, Selene even prepared to pull out a bank card.

"Pocket money?!" This "Versailles" answer left Kamijou Touma stunned, and the devil inside him cried out: Rich lady, please take care of me, I don't want to work hard anymore!

After recovering, Kamijou Touma couldn't help but marvel, "So this is what they call a 'young lady'..."

Later, as he served Selene tea, Kamijou Touma apologetically said, "Sorry, Miss Komoe's house mostly has alcoholic drinks, nothing else to drink..."

"No problem." Selene stayed at Miss Komoe's for a while and then politely left.

"So this is the Kamijou harem technique. Aside from being overly friendly and helpful, he's pretty decent compared to most protagonists in two-dimensional worlds." Pondering this, Selene slowly descended the steps, having a rather high opinion of Kamijou Touma. Then, she heard a scream from inside the house.

Hearing Kamijou Touma's scream, Selene couldn't help but shake her head, guessing that he had provoked Index and got bitten again.

Having settled things here, it was time to find Kuroko. She should be anxious by now. Who knows how her investigation is going? With that in mind, Selene teleported to Judgment 177 Branch.

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Judgment 177 Branch.

Seeing Kuroko put Selene in a good mood, she wandered leisurely around the branch office. Konori Mii had gone out for something, so besides her, there were only Shirai Kuroko and Uiharu Kazari in the branch, and no one was there to control her.

"Done." Watching the transfer completion result on her computer, Uiharu Kazari unplugged the phone jack, turned, and suspiciously looked at Kuroko, "But, can you really increase your level just by listening to this? It sounds so suspicious..."

"I don't want to admit it, but according to that delinquent who was selling [Level Upper], it's indeed possible. It's just unbelievable. Listening to a song might increase your level; how can people be reassured to work hard to increase their level after this?"

As she spoke, Kuroko glanced at Selene, who was leisurely "inspecting" around, but didn't dare to act out. "Aren't you worried that other Level 5s might surpass you after using [Level Upper]?"

"Huh? Surpass me? That's impossible. Level 5s don't need it. The improvement has an upper limit; the lower the level, the faster the increase. At most, it can reach Level 4. You should worry about yourself..." Selene lazily replied, not worried at all about her ranking being impacted.

Seeing her words had no effect on Selene, Kuroko was a bit helpless. "Seriously, gemstone espers are really enviable..."

"It's hard to believe, though..." As she spoke, Uiharu Kazari suddenly began to imagine things, her expression breaking down, and she started speaking darkly. "...If I use this to become stronger than Shirai, as revenge for all she's done to me, I could do all sorts of things to vent my anger~ Heh heh..."

"Your thoughts are completely exposed, you know!" Hearing Uiharu Kazari's confession, Selene couldn't help but chuckle. Who knew, Uiharu was a "pink and black" character.

"If you want revenge on me, you'd better be careful..." Suddenly popping up beside Uiharu, Kuroko gave a dark smile, picking up the headphones connected to the [Level Upper] audio, and pretending to put them into Uiharu's ears.

"Ah, ah... I was kidding, just kidding... Miss Selene, help!" Faced with Kuroko's pressure, Uiharu struggled desperately and called for Selene's help.

Ding ding ding~

As they played around and Uiharu was on the verge of giving up, the alarm phone of Judgment suddenly rang again, and Uiharu grabbed it like a lifeline. "The phone! The phone is ringing!"

"It seems there's another student causing trouble..." After answering the call, Kuroko's face became slightly serious, and she turned to Uiharu, "Hmph, I'll let you off this time. Uiharu, you're responsible for contacting Professor Kiayama. I'll be back soon."

"Do you need my help?" Hearing this, Selene was suddenly intrigued and asked eagerly.

"Uh... I appreciate your offer, Miss Selene, but you'd better stay here with Uiharu. I want to write fewer self-reflection reports!" Faced with "enthusiastic citizen" Selene, Kuroko shook her head in fear and didn't wait for Selene to respond before making a hasty escape from the branch.