I GOT A CHEAT ABILITY IN A DIFFERENT WORLD, AND BECOME EXTRAORDINARY EVEN IN THE REAL WORLD
#7.A Step of Courage

Chapter 7 – One Step Courage

During class, I vaguely looked out the window. The words of Ryo and the others this morning made me think of various things.

…I need to be more confident, huh?

I write the contents on the board instinctively in my notebook without paying attention to the words of the teacher.

…I shouldn't have, and I'm in class now, so I have to listen to the teacher seriously, but.

Looking out, another class is doing PE classes now on the sports field. And when I looked closer, I could also see Kaori there. I was looking at the classroom scene like that, and our eyes happened to meet; he waved his little hand at me. I also reflexively shook my hand at him, but then I remembered that I was in the middle of class, I immediately tried to return my consciousness to the blackboard.

“── Hey!? What are you all doing!?”

Suddenly the sports ground became noisy. A commotion reached our class, and not only me but also, but the other students were also aware of it.

"What's wrong?"

"What's going on?"

When everyone looked out the window, there were men with striking looks running around the sports field on their bicycles. There are dozens of them. In addition, each motorcycle is essentially two-seater, and they also hold a nailed baseball bat and other dangerous objects in their hands.

The students who were studying on the sports field panicked, and the teacher frantically calmed them down, but before they knew it, the striking men had already surrounded them.

"What are you all doing?"

"You're a bitch, shut up!"

One of the men swung the bat mercilessly at the approaching sports teacher to warn them. Since he was a gym teacher, he somehow managed to avoid the attack. Then, several teachers walked out of the staff room.

"You guys, continue learning by yourself."

My class teacher also left the class in a hurry after telling us to study by ourselves. However, as everyone was worried, they could not learn and rushed to the window to look outside.

"What's? What the hell is going on?"

"Hmm? That demon emblem, I feel like I've seen it somewhere.”.

“A-isn't that” the emblem of Red Ogre!?”

“Ogre Red !?”

I was surprised by those words. Why so? Because it was a group belonging to Araki, who had bullied me in my school before. No way... Why are they here!?

When I saw the teachers desperately trying to persuade the delinquents on the sports field, there were people I knew among them.

“A-... Youta... Sora...?”

I found Youta and Sora standing smiling behind the delinquent. What's more, when I look closely, there are also others who have bullied me with Araki at first on the list.

I was overwhelmed with shock and could not understand why they were here, and then Kaori spoke firmly to the surrounding delinquents, even though she had been surrounded.

“What do you want from our school? Sorry, but my dad's not in school right now.”.

“What do we want? Of course, to make a mess, it's decided, you know? ”

Kaori's question is not answered by any of the delinquents but by Youta.

“You..”.

“Ah, you remember me. I think elit-sama has forgotten me. But if you remember, I don't need to explain it, do I? ”

“...What will you do with this? The police will be here soon. Why are you doing this…?"

“But you can't do anything until they come, right? We have more people here than teachers there. Most importantly, we have many hostages here, yes, it's you guys!”

Kaori was surprised by Youta's words. As Youta said, there were only about a dozen teachers, and it wasn't very good, they wouldn't be able to handle all the members of "Red Ogre". Instead, Youta smiled uneasily in front of the teachers, Kaori, and the others, who were unable to move.

A certain muscular man among the delinquents called out to Youta.

“Oi, Youta, are you sure you want to do this? It would be troublesome if the police came. If your goal is the woman there, you can take her, right? ”

“Ah yes, but.. If she is really here, I also have some business with my annoying older brother, but that's okay. Well then, let's bring that guy back. ”

“Yahhh. Come do it conspicuously when we get back!”

A man with a glint in his eyes began to close the distance to catch Kaori.

The teachers tried to stop him, but the other delinquents held them back. Moreover, they could not break through because the delinquents showed moves to hurt the other students.

“Wait, this is terrible!!”

"But, what should we do?"

Ryo and the other students felt that it was a terrible situation, but they also could not move in fear by the delinquents.

I was honestly scared too.

The memories of when I was bullied have reappeared, and my body is still trembling now. However, as I trembled, the delinquents got closer to Kaori.

i'm…

"Hmm? Hey, Yuuya... Are you okay?”

"You look pale, you know?"

"You're going to the hospital?"

Seeing me tremble, Ryo and the others showed me how worried they were from the bottom of their hearts. Such a treatment embarrassed me. They were worried, I just trembled and couldn't move…

This, well, isn't this no different than before I leveled up?

I then remembered the words of Ryo in the morning.I have no confidence, no matter what I do now. No, I don't want to have it.

I was scared and could not move, although Kaori would be taken in front of me. What would Grandpa say when he saw me like this? When I first met Kaori, I just made a frightened voice. I couldn't help him in such a cool way back then, and I was just beaten unilaterally.

I should be more proud of myself now. My body became stronger, but my heart grew weaker.I have to apologize to grandfather, to a different world, too. I can't be confident right away, but. Still, when I have it one day, I want to be more proud of myself…!

Then, what should I do now!? That would be

“Eh!? Yuuya!?”

“Hey, wait a minute, a-! Whoa!?”

My body moves when I think about it. I put my foot on the window frame and jumped down…

“Uuuuh!? What are you doing!?"

“Yuuya-kun!? It's on the fourth floor, you know!?”

Ryo and Kaede screamed, leaning their bodies out the window, watching my actions jump before their eyes. However, I landed on the ground unscathed after jumping from the fourth floor.

"Are you okay?! Yuuya!”

"I'm fine!"

“Oh, good then that's not what I mean! Hey what are you doing!?"

"I'll be in for a minute!"

“They are not like convenience stores!!”

I thought it was terrible for Ryo and the others there, but I rushed to Kaori and the others.

“── Youta, Sora..!”

“Yu-Yuuya-san!?”

“... Sister who sucks.”

"What's wrong, didn't he save us the trouble of looking for it."

The teachers, Kaori, and Youta and the others were surprised that I came. Then, Araki smiled and asked Youta.

“Hei, Yuta. This guy, can I do it?”

“Yes, just do it moderately and then take her along with the girl.”

“Hehehe. I'm gonna mess up your shitty face now and put it back the way it was.”

Araki said that and surrounded me with others who used to bully me. Each hand held a metal bat and a wooden sword.

…I used to tremble or just be done unilaterally. But I have grown and leveled up in a different world. I am no longer afraid of Araki and the others. I just want to help Kaori and the other students and teachers right now…!

“Alright, then... First, I will defeat you with this one attack...!”.

Despite using a metal batter, Araki just swung it with all her might without hesitation. The teachers and students around me who saw him shouted. However, a completely different feeling came to my mind.

… H-yeah? Isn't that too slow?

Immediately after making a big decision, I was suddenly amazed before attacking. Now that I think about it, I heard that the male model Miwa-san was harassing at the time when I was doing the photo shoot was a former boxer, but she wasn't strong at all. In the end, it was nothing compared to monsters in different worlds.

Despite being in a more critical situation compared to the male model, Araki's attack doesn't seem to be a threat compared to monsters in different worlds. After all, it seems safe to accept this attack, but it may not be so from the point of view of people who do not know the reason.well, after all, it is bad to accept it directly.

“Yoto.”

“Aah?”

I shifted my body forward to avoid it, Araki opened her eyes for a moment, she didn't think I could avoid it, and immediately frowned like she was unhappy.

"You ... What are you doing, you bastard!"

"Oh, I just don't want to be hit ..."

"Huh? Don't be arrogant. You just avoid it by chance. I will get rid of your brash attitude now.!”.

In fact, Araki swung her metal stick again, but nothing hit me. It did not possess the overwhelming power of a Goblin General, let alone a technique that had accumulated over the years. An attack that just swings around just like that won't hit me.

“Sial, shit, shit! Stop avoiding it!”

“A-Araki? We will go too!”

The other delinquents who were confused by Araki's appearance also attacked me at once, but even as the numbers increased, none of them could hit me. These delinquents other than Araki did not possess any unique martial arts nor did they possess any superhuman stats.

The contrary…

“Oryaaa!”

“Aghh!?”

“A-Araki! What are you doing!?"

"Huh!? That guy approached me. It was his fault!”

He hit his allies instead of hitting me. I deliberately moved to a position where they could beat each other, but this went well. This technique seems to be usable in different worlds as well.

I used to be afraid of Araki and the others, but that fear had completely disappeared while dodging their attacks. If the fear was gone, the rest would just do the same as when fighting in a different world. All I have to do is use my environment and move according to my advantage. This time, the target to be used is the other delinquents.

Seeing Araki, who had run out of stamina for striking empty air and friendly shots, the muscular man who approached Kaori earlier, became annoyed and shouted.

“What are you doing asshole? Thats enough. Hiya! You go."

“Usu.”

It was a man who was like a wrestler who came and pushed Araki and the others aside. He had dreadlocks and many piercings, and he had an incomparable large body compared to other delinquents.

“Hahaha, the man was so brutal that he was kicked out of the sumo wrestling industry. Hey, beat that guy fast.”

“That's why you're out of luck, brother. Oraa, sleep!”

The giant sumo wrestler's man slapped me hard. But…

“Ups.”

"Huh?"

I grabbed his wrist, stopped his slap.

"I-This!"

I stopped the entire giant slap, but he started slapping with his other hand. On the other hand, I removed her wrist and countered by slapping her hand as well.

“Haahhh!”

“Guaahh!”

I only slapped him lightly, but due to the overwhelming statistical difference, my opponent had received more counterattacks than I expected.

"B-bastards ..."

The giant distanced itself once after the counterattack for being slapped and tried to attack me with his body while showing an angry face. If I were just an ordinary person, I would be fascinated. Rather, it might be a terrible experience since he would get the mount position . However, I currently caught his body's attack right from the front, and held it motionless for even a single step.

“Gu-Gugugigi!?”

The giant tried to push me while scratching the ground. And then, the muscular man who instructed him showed aggravation when he saw me still moving.

"Hi! What are you doing!? Don't mess around and kill him!”

“U-usu! …Guuuu!? W-why doesn't it move!?”

He seems to have put more power into it, but my appearance has not changed at all.

…excellent. As a result of the direct fight with the Demon Bear and the Goblin General, it seems like I will not lose by defeating an ordinary person. I thought about that while watching the giant, who desperately tried to push me away. However, I could not maintain this position forever, so I put my hand on the giant's body and tried to lift it up a little.

“Hoo~”

“Uuaaaaahh!?”

I lifted it up very easily. I reflexively raised it with one hand because it was too light, but the weight did not change at all. And because it was too light, I spontaneously threw it like a ball.

“Guooooohhhh!?”

I played and threw the giant with just one hand; he could only shout at this absolutely impossible situation.

“What happened to my physical strength.?”.

"B-help meeeee!"

"Ah."

“Gyaaaaaahh!?”

As a result of the giant's struggle to escape from my palm, I lost control of it, and the giant flew into the distance with great force. He fell to the ground from a high enough height, then fainted with empty eyes.

Everyone was at a loss for words at the sight. No, wait, I'm surprised too.

I thought I was definitely getting stronger, but it was unthinkable for me to have such crazy power on this earth as well. But, even though I gained this power to date, it was still dangerous because I could still be overwhelmed in a different world; I had to be stronger.

"Hey you! Get rid of that person first, before taking care of the teachers!”

“Y-yes!” yell out criminals in unison.

"Oh…"

The other delinquents watching the teachers gathered and started targeting me.

…I'm finally out of control, right? And even that giant as well. No, it might be too late. Then I'll make them attack each other.

"Gue!?"

"Hey, move, you're blocking my way!"

“You're the one who blocked my path guhaahh!?”

While positioning carefully, I continued to dodge the delinquent attacks within an inch of hair, and gradually reduced their numbers. However, as their numbers were reduced, the frequency with which they hit each other would also decrease, so I had to move immediately.

“That's enough, you guys, back off! I'll do it myself.”

Finally, the muscular man who might be the leader came to me. He might not be able to hold it anymore.

“You bastard... How dare you make fun of us “Red Ogre”, huh!? I will kill you regardless of your relationship with Youta.”.

The muscular man standing in front of me, he had blond hair and was full of giant-like piercings. He had a fire tattoo or something like that on his right arm, and a red demon emblem was embroidered on the back of his black jacket. He said such a dangerous thing while cracking his knuckle, and then threw his fist at my face.

“Oraaa!”

“Haaaa!”

I responded by fending off the man's fist with my palm.

“Cih... Fucking basics..!”.

Yep, as expected of a delinquent group leader, he kept hitting me with a speed unmatched by any other delinquent until now. I can say that any blow would cause great damage to an ordinary person.

But, I parried them all with my palm.

"Damn ... Are you doing some martial arts !?"

I didn't really learn martial arts, I just read various martial arts books I found in used bookstores, and practiced them when I fought in different worlds, he said, but even if I said that, he wouldn't do it. Believe me, it's not because I wanted to tell him.

“Stop and die...!”

The leader who had been hitting in succession until now suddenly launched a sharp kick that led to my temple. I was thinking about something while avoiding it.

…Monsters in different worlds fight instinctively, but when dealing with human opponents, they are different. The instinctive attacks were unpredictable, but the man's attacks were now mixed with hoaxes, It was related to human strategy. Up close, I could imagine from the movements of the man in front of me possibly doing some kind of martial art. Although I have real experience fighting monsters, I have very little experience in interpersonal combat, so it gives me a little experience against this muscular man.

In some of the martial arts books I bought at used bookstores, the Writer said he could steal other style techniques just by looking at when fighting against them, the author said, and I already remember this muscular man's movements regardless of whether I could use it.

"That guy!"

Perhaps he felt something from my gaze watching him, the man attacked me even harder, hitting and kicking me using another technique. But I avoided everything unscathed, and I burned his movements into my eyes.

“You bastaarrrdddd!”

The man took the ground when he realized that it was impossible to win with a direct hit, and threw it in my face. So, my vision was taken away, showing him a chance for a moment.

“Go to heeell!”

The muscular man did not miss the moment; he launched his best attack he could do aimed at my face. However, my body reacted to the attack, and when I was in a position to receive his blow, I threw it as if I was carrying a backpack.

“Agaahhh!?”

The man was thrown to the ground violently. I wouldn't give him time to rest, and like time with a male model, I locked his arm to his back and held him like that so he couldn't move.

“Kah!? Let me go!"

The man's arm was completely locked, and with his movement sealed, he desperately tried to break away from my restraint, but my body didn't move at all. Then, the police came, and the delinquents were detained one after another with the help of the other teachers.

“B-bastard! Let me go!"

"Dirt!"

The delinquents kept cursing while in police custody. The muscular man I was holding was also handed over to the police and was about to be taken away.

“T-impossible.. “Red Ogre” it is...”

Seeing the delinquents being held in front of them, Youta and Sora looked pale. I am relieved that most criminals are caught this way.

“Sial, shit, shit... Youtaaaaa! This is because of you..!”

Youta screams in fear, the muscular man who may be the leader of the "Red Ogre" flees the police restraints by force, and runs towards Youta as is. Then, she gripped onto the collar of Youta, who could not move as if her strength was leaving her hips.

“If you don't plan this, we won't experience anything like this…! You really cannot be forgiven..!”

“No, stop..!”

“H-hey! Release Youta!”

"Shut up! You are also guilty!”

“Hiiii!”

Sora insisted on asking the man to release Youta, but the strength of the muscular man actually made him wither. And, the man turned his red eyes to Youta.

"Enough. I'll strangle him to death here and kill you, bitchy woman in the same way!”

“Oh, ah, ah! No, no, no! W-whoever, whoever! Hh-please...!”.

The muscular man placed his hand on the neck of the crying Youta and shouted with a chaotic face. The police try to stop him, but when the other bad guys are detained, they will start going berserk again, they lack manpower.

And as the muscular man tried to strangle Youta, I noticed that my body was moving.

"Let him go."

"Aah?"

“B... Sister...?”

I held the man's arm and pulled him from Youra's neck.

“Guh!? W-what is this power!?”

The leader desperately fought back, but he could not match my strength and released his hand from Youta as it was. I pulled the man away from Youta, and he let go of her arm obediently.

“Gahakk! Oeekkk!”

"…Are you okay?"

I rubbed the back of Youta, who was choking hard and asked her. Then, Youta muttered to me, stunned.

“K-why... Why, i.”.

“I don't know why.. Well, after all, you are my little brother.”

He seemed very surprised to hear my words.

“Bastaaarddd! Don't enter my waaayyyy!”

Regardless of the interaction between Youta and me, the muscular man immediately charged over to kill Youta.

But

“... As I thought, I can't let you do that to my family.”

“A-!? Gahaahh!?”

I closed the distance with the man in an instant and kicked his unprotected stomach like that. Even though I was still holding back, the force of the kick from my body leveling up was incredible; the impact penetrated into the back of the muscular man, I chased after him who floated in the air and gave him a locomotive kick in the air. Then, the man flew a few meters, and when he fell to the ground, his eyes turned white and he fainted.

Everyone is at a loss for words to see it. After a series of streams, the place became silent.

And then

“Uuuuuuuuuuu!”

Cheers echoed from the school building.

“It was amazing!”

“What movement is it!? Isn't that so cool!?

"Or rather, he wasn't hit even once by that delinquent attack!".

“No, wait, I think my motor nerves were already amazing when I was in physical education class, but I can't say that anymore ..”

"I've never seen someone explode like that!"

The students who had witnessed the chaos from the window were talking about my actions. And then, Kaori ran towards me as I looked around.

“Yuuya-san! Are you okay!?"

“Ah, yes. I'm doing fine. How about Kaori, are you okay?”

“Eh? Oh, y-yeah! I'm fine too!”

I glanced at Kaori's entire body, but it didn't seem like she was hurt. That's good then.I can help her before anything happens to her. I felt relieved from the bottom of my heart, and then Kaori collapsed on the spot, probably because her tension thread had broken off.

"Are you okay!?"

“Eeeh, forgive me.. I feel relieved, and then, it seems like my strength left me at once.”

"Sister man…"

While making such an exchange, Youta and Sora came to me with sad faces. Kaori, who saw them, tried to stand up again to protect me, but I told her to back off.

“Yuuya-san?”

"It's okay."

I smiled to reassure her and faced Youta and Sora.

“Kakak... Why did you do that, whereas I... I already bullied you...”.

“... Sure, I have a lot of problems. Looking at the two of you who are much better than me, I feel like my heart will break many times. However.. Yes, if my family is in trouble, I have to help them. That's what I think.”.

From another person's point of view, I may be a gentle and naive hearted person. If I think about what I've been through, it usually can't help. I can't forgive Youta and Sora either. I could never forgive them for humiliating grandfather, and remembering many things, which I have received so far ... A variety of dark feelings came to my mind.

But still, still... No matter how sweet the people around her said, it's me. I can't leave my family.

Upon hearing my words, Youta opened her eyes and began to shed tears.

“I... i…! forgive me... forgive me..!”

Sora was also crying next to Youta, and then, they were also taken by the police. While driving them away, Kaori asked, worrying about me.

“...Is it okay?”

“Eh?”

“Yuuya-san must be having a hard time because of the two of them.. So..”.

"…Yes. There are many things, and I also do not forgive them.”

Kaori fell silent.

"But it's okay. Because it's me.”

“Oh... So so is.”

Kaori, who felt something in my words, was shocked for a moment and immediately smiled. And the smile on his face turned into a slightly mischievous smile.

“In retrospect... I was helped again.”

“Eh? Ah... Can I help properly this time?”

“Not only this time. Even before, Yuuya-san helped me properly. Yuuya-san is my hero!”

Despite blushing at Kaori's words, I was glad that I was really moved to help ... I thought about it from the bottom of my heart.

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The commotion quickly subsided. All the delinquents were detained by the police and taken to the police station. The commotion seems to come from Youta and Sora, who know that they are unable to enter "Ousei Gakuen".

Every member of the "Red Ogre", including Araki, originally had problems with their behavior, so they had been sent to a reform school after being expelled from their home school, but Kaori helped Youta and Sora a little, so they were not expelled. But still, it will resonate greatly in their reports and grades.

It was quite a big commotion, but thanks to the chairman of the board, there were no special problems in the media.

Speaking of the chairman, when the bad boy came to school, he was not at school because of his job, and when his case was over, he immediately returned. When she discovered that Kaori was in danger again this time, she showered at me with her gratitude like she did before. He thanked me again and again, but I was already happy that I could attend this "Ousei Gakuen... Well, I had no choice but to accept it.

Anyway, in the end, the injured people had been dealt with. And, the next day, I was a little afraid to go to school. Regardless of what circumstances had happened, I easily kicked people and sent them flying like that. Therefore, when I thought of the frightened gazes, even just a few of those good people were horrifying.

I arrived at the class thinking about it. I timidly opened the classroom door while feeling depressed

“Oh, Yuuya! I'm worried about yesterday, you know? ”

“Yuuya-kun! You didn't get hurt, did you? Are you really okay?”

"I-I was really scared just by looking at her ..."

“Eh? Eh?”

I had no choice but to be confused in front of Ryo and the others who had suddenly come to me. The other classmates also called me with a smile.

“Yuuya-kun, you were amazing yesterday!”

“I can't believe you can win against so many criminals, let alone without injury..It's really amazing!”

“I mean, that big man, you raised him with just one hand!? How do you do it?"

“First, you jumped from the fourth floor, didn't you? Are you sure you're okay?”

“Yuuya-kun! By the way, why didn't you come to the aikido club!?”

“No, no, no, better you join the judo club!”

“Didn't you guys see that kick!? So, it must be my taekwondo club!”

Everyone treated me gently and brightly. I think everyone might be scared, but they are all better and warmer than I expected. There was nothing like it before I leveled up in a different world. I think only a different world would make me feel comfortable. I can level up and meet good people like this.

"Thank you all!"

Leveling up really changed my life.