Chapter 18 - New Identity!

It was now nighttime. After she fled from school, Mai got back to her orphanage just by running. It was way faster than when she was using the school bus.

Of course, she didn't stay there for long. She knew that her story might already be heard by the orphanage. The reason for her to come back there is just to pick up her stuff. She just didn't want to go to multiple stores just to buy them again. After she puts them in her inventory, she takes out some money and leaves it on the table.

Mai then departed from the orphanage without giving up any letter because she didn't think of this as a separation. She can pretty much go back there whenever she wants and no one can stop her.

Right now, Mai is just walking calmly in a damp alleyway. Because of her unusual 'profession' in her past life, she knew about the dark side of society. She also has already explored most of Musutafu City when she's trying to complete her daily missions for more than 2 years, so she knows many suspicious places.

Mai then arrived at a shady looking building. It looks normal from the outside, but if you look closely, its design is vastly different from the other buildings surrounding it. She opened the door and went inside just to be greeted by a middle-aged uncle that was busy counting his money behind the reception desk while smoking a cigarette.

The man has short gray hair, along with a small mustache and a goatee on his chin. He also had a pair of round glasses on his face. He looked at her for a moment as she came in before refocused on counting his money. He wasn't even surprised to see a random young girl wearing a demon mask come to this place. Well, maybe it's because of professionalism.

"Hey, Mister..." When she walked closer, Mai tried to gain his attention by greeting him. But he ignored her and was still counting his money.

Mai didn't have a choice but to result in some kind of violence. She jumped a little and forcefully stole the money from his hand. Well, her stature was still short, so that's why she needed to jump. When she landed on the floor, the money was already in her hand, well, half of it. The meaning of half is that the money was torn in half.

Mai raised her head to look at the man's face. He was just standing there while grinning at her, with the other torn half money in his hand. One of his front teeth seems to be missing, leaving a gap in his grin. If normal people were in her place, they would have already pissed on the spot because of the bloodlust radiating from the man.

But Mai wasn't a normal person. A bloodlust can only be felt by a weaker opponent or a super leveled battle-hardened person. She wasn't both. She was just very strong, so she didn't feel it. Even though she has many experiences in battle because of her odd job in her past life, it wasn't at the level of international assassin or anything like that.

Mai didn't want to just stand there and do nothing. She was a responsible person, so she took a look at the torn money in her hand and with just a glance, she already knew the exact amount of it. She didn't understand why this guy needed a long time just to count his money. She then takes out some money from her inventory. Of course, she disguised it as taking money out of her hello kitty bag.

"Sorry about that... Here, let me compensate you..." Mai put the fresh money on the reception desk. The man also just glanced at them and he too knew that the amount was the same as the one that was torn. He didn't really count his money before. It was just a hobby of his. He felt calm merely by doing it.

Realizing that Mai could take out that amount of money like it was nothing, he started to pay more attention to her.

"So, what makes you come here, little demon? It wasn't just for sightseeing, wasn't it?" The man asked Mai with his smug smirk.

"Don't call me that..." Reprimanded Mai with her usual flat tone. "I'm here to get a fake identity card. I can do it here, right?" She asked.

"Yes, you can! But let me ask you, why? Wait, never mind. We didn't do that in this kind of business. It was just the first time for me to handle a kid like you. First, we will take your photo. Come this way..." The man said.

Just as Mai wanted to follow him, she then noticed that her appearance was still the same as before. Why would she need a new identity if it's like that?

"Excuse me, is there any changing room here?" Asked Mai to the man.

"There's no changing room, but there's a toilet..." He then pointed to where the toilet was.

Mai went there and locked the door after she came in. She looks around to see if there's some hidden camera in the toilet. After knowing there's none, she then called the system. She didn't need to worry about the man doing something suspicious because the appraisal she got from the system shows that the man was way weaker than her.

'Ai-chan, open up the shop system and search for hair!' Mai said telepathically. It was her very first time buying an item from the system shop. According to the system, the item grades are divided by 7 and from weak to strong, they are: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary, Ancient, Godly.

[A-Alright Host!]

Mai really likes long hair, even though she knows it's a hassle. Not only that, but she also likes something simple. So the first thing that came to her mind is Kaguya Houraisan's hair. After searching for a bit, she found it.

[Kaguya Houraisan's Hair]

Grade: Ancient

Durability: Immortal

Effect:

-Hp +150%

-Mp +50%

-Magic +50%

Price:1.250.000 Incident Points

{Buy}

"..." Mai was stunned inside, to the point that she almost cursed.

[U-Umm... Host, right now, you didn't have enough point to buy the real thing. B-But, you can still buy the downgraded version! Here!]

[Kaguya Houraisan's Hair](Cosplay)

Grade: Common

Durability: 10/10

Effect: -

Price: 900 Incident Points

{Buy}

'Wait, if the hair has durability, what about my hair, Ai-chan?' Mai asked the system.

[H-Host, your hair durability is scaled with your Hp and Physique stats. As for the calculation, you didn't need to know]

'But, I think the durability for this item is a bit lacking,' Mai thought to herself. Even her stolen knife got more than 100 durabilities.

[H-Host, it's an item for cosplay...]

'Oh... whatever, let's buy it!' After she thought of that, she mentally clicks on the buy button.

[You have bought "Kaguya Houraisan's Hair"(Cosplay) using 900 incident points! Please check on your inventory!]

[Incident Point: 7000 -> 6100]

While she at it, she decided to also buy a kimono. She saw that the price for them was around 50-100 incident points. But she was worried about their sizes. She still looks like a kid.

[Don't worry host, the clothes that you bought will be automatically sized to your stature. Also, they would have the enchantment of auto-cleaning and auto-repairing! That's why it's better to buy it from here than from the real-world by exchanging points for money!]

'That's neat! Alright, let's buy five of those!' She buys the most expensive one.

[You have bought "Expensive Kimono x5" using 500 incident points! Please check on your inventory!]

[Incident Point: 6100 -> 5600]

After that, she also exchanges 1500 of her incident points into yen resulting in...

[Yen: 1000 -> 1.501.000]

[Incident Point: 5600 -> 4100]

After she bought all of that, she opened her inventory. She then clicked on the hair that she had just bought and the button {Wear} appeared beside it. It was a trick she learned from the system so she didn't need to change clothes manually.

Her hair shifted from a waist-length lavender hair into a very long black hair with a 'hime' cut style that almost reached the ground. She would only use it for her normal daily life, but when in a battle state, she would change it into her original hair.

She then changes her school uniform into the Kimono that she had just bought. It was white colored and has pink flower-patterned on its sleeves. She also changes her shoes to her sandals that she got from the orphanage. After she put away all her unused items and her demon mask in her inventory, she went out of the toilet.

The middle-aged uncle was shocked by her drastic change. "Do you really want to take the photo with that appearance?" He asked.

"Yes..." Mai answered.

After the photo session is done, Mai was told to fill out a list of information to be posted on her identity card. In just a few minutes she was done doing that. She then paid the man 1.000.000 yen, not only for the service but also to seal his lips about this whole deal.

The man just nodded happily at that. Despite being only interested in profiting from his dealings, he possesses standards, and no amount of money or threats will change his mind.

Just as she wants to leave, The man asked her, "So, what's your real name, little de-" Noticing the lack of a demon mask, the man changes his wording. "-princess? I know the name you filled in your identity card is fake..."

Mai then takes a look at her fake identity card.

-Name: Mai Friend

She then gazes back at the middle-aged man, ignoring the nickname that he used. "My name is Mai Waifu..."

The man's face scrunched, but then he sighed. "Well, my name is Kagero Okuta, also known as Giran in the underground world. If you need more illegal services, you can freely come to me. Except if you become a hero. Goodbye, little princess. Be careful on your way..." The man said while waving at the end.

"Hnh, I'll take care of myself..." She then opened the main door and went out of the building.

Mai's aim now is to rent an apartment. But just as she about to walk out of the alley, a fat thug suddenly came closer to her.

"Hey hey, young lady. What about playing for a bit with this uncle here. I have teddy bears..." The thug said to Mai.

Mai just glances at him with utmost disgust. She then remembered her incident with her brother in her past life. But she didn't get traumatized. She had already long gone past that state.

The thug saw that Mai kept on walking and ignoring him. He became enraged.

"Don't ignore me you little shit! Respect your elder! I'm now horny and you must take responsibility!" He screamed and chased after Mai. Just when his hand almost grabbed her shoulder, he didn't felt it anymore.

"Huh?" He then gazes at his now torn off right hand. "My hand?" After that, he looks down at the ground where his hand is at right now. "My HAND!"

Just when Mai was satisfied and want to leave him alone, he heard the system's voice.

[Host, you can pick up the hand and sell it to the system for incident points! It's even better if it's the whole corpse!]

'Oi, oi, Ai-chan. I think I just heard you said something dangerous fluently. Are you really the Ai-chan that I know?' Mai said to the system telepathically.

[O-Of course I am!]

'Hmmm...' Mai just let it be for now. She then crouches down and picks up the hand, ignoring the still screamed thug.

[Congratultion host! For selling a human hand, you got 100 Incident Points!]

After that, she leaves the alleyway. She had never killed someone before, even in her past life. But she does beat them thoroughly that sometimes, death is a better option. Just like what happened to the leader boy from her orphanage. Speaking of him, Mai still wasn't sure if he's really alright. So she asked the system about it.

[Nope, he's still alive. If he's dead, I'll give the host the previous information! Also, didn't the host already know about his situation? Host attacked his head after all!]

Ignoring the system's somehow different personality when talking about death, what it said was right. At that time, she had seen the result of the system's appraisal before throwing the boy with a table. It said that his quirk is called (Thick Head). Apparently, his head was as thick as a bull's.

Well, Mai felt relieved when she knows that. She then continues her walk to search for an apartment.