Zero Year

In Ryota's memory, the high school he attended was located in the Chiyoda District, Tokyo.

　　After taking the train to Toyogasaki Station, walk a hundred or two meters to get there.

　　The name of the school is Toyogasaki Academy.

　　Yes, that's the name.

　　Ryota was too lazy to complain.

　　After all, the transmigrations, the Shirogane family, and the Grim Reapers had all met. He wasn't surprised that there were other monsters in this world.

　　And now he was running back and forth desperately for his life, but he didn't have much of a mind to care about other things.

　　In short, he was involved in a school bullying incident in this school.

　　Such incidents are not uncommon in Japan.

　　Because the whole society is full of oppressive atmosphere, not to mention that every school has bullying, but most of them can't escape.

　　Kuroda, Urakami, and Shimada—they are the three seniors who bullied Asakawa Ryota.

　　There was no hatred or animosity between the two parties, it was simply due to accidental acquaintance, the three saw that he was easy to bully, and were unhappy that his good-looking appearance was popular with some girls, so they called him the senior in school.

　　As time went on, they became more and more aggressive, gradually forming an intimidating atmosphere.

　　Urakami and Shimada are pure bastards, and Kuroda is the top student in school.

　　The first two engage in bullying for fun and profit, while the latter purely use bullying as a means to relieve learning pressure.

　　Because he inherited the memories from his original body, Ryota always felt that he was the one being bullied.

　　There was an inexplicable sense of fire in his heart.

　　So when he saw the figures of three people outside the floor-to-ceiling window, his brows furrowed, and a violent impulse quickly emerged in his heart.

　　(Tsk...! Calm down, calm down, now I have to follow Schwi's plan, I just need to kill quietly, and I can't create any additional trouble.)

　　Ryota began to take deep breaths, and calmed down the fierceness in his heart.

　　He didn't know why an outstanding socialist successor like him hid his evil nature in his heart?

　　Could he be some sort of psychopath?

　　"0, 0, 0, 20."

　　Misa's voice is heard.

　　Looking at the four figures beside the fountain outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, she reported a series of figures.

　　Shinigami Eyes can see a person's name and age. Although the calculation method is different from in the human world, with the help of the Shinigami's eyes, Misa knows how to convert them into human world units.

　　It's just that after looking over, a surprised expression appeared on her face:

　　"What happened? Why are there three people whose lifespans are all 0? This is a phenomenon that occurs to people who are about to die!"

　　"Their age is 0?" Ryouta was surprised.

　　"Yeah," Misa points to the three people on the right among the four, "The two boys and girls both have 0 lifespan, which means they will die. The man standing on the far left, has 20 years of life."

　　"Dying?"

　　Ryota did not expect this result.

　　He carefully observed the three people Misa pointed out.

　　The two trendy young men are Urakami and Shimada, and the girl with tea-colored hair is Shimada's girlfriend. They were the same as the two, but he couldn't remember the other party.

　　Relevant memories appear in Ryota's mind.

　　He was called yesterday, and it was with these three people that he met.

　　And Kuroda, who was the top student, didn't come here straight away yesterday.

　　After hearing that Kei wasn't there, the man didn't come.

　　Now Misa tells him that the girlfriends Shimada, Urakami and Shimada that he met yesterday are all dying.

　　Only Kuroda, who didn't come yesterday, is 20 years old...

　　Something is wrong!

　　Wrong!

　　There's no way the three of them were short-lived, right?

　　Or, did something happen yesterday that he didn't know about?

　　Ryota frowned deeply.

　　But soon, it stretched again.

　　(No matter what happens, it has nothing to do with me. Three people who like to bully others, just die. Why do I care so much? Instead, this can be regarded as the end of hatred for the original body.)

　　Ryota withdrew his gaze, and after he calmed down he said to Misa:

　　"Dead or not, none of our business. Let's focus on the plan first."

　　He would not share his kindness with those who shouldn't share it.

　　Misa asks: "Do you want to choose a 20 year old?"

　　"Of course."

　　Ryota glanced at Misa strangely.

　　What kind of question is this?

　　If he doesn't pick 20, should he choose those three 0's?

　　Misa notices Ryota's odd look, and sees him helping her forehead, and explains:

　　"I mean, is 20 years enough? If it's not enough, you can ignore it and change your goals."

　　"Enough, absolutely enough."

　　As he said this, Ryota's eyes showed determination:

　　"What I need is not a simple age, but time to grow. 20 years… enough to get stronger."

　　"Oh? The momentum is good."

　　"Not bad, forced out."

　　Then Ryota left the coffee shop and walked towards the fountain in the square in front of the station.

　　Schwi, who was high up in the sky, saw it immediately.

　　Under the invisibility magic, Schwi quickly landed next to Ryota.

　　"Are they here? Shirou?" Schwi asked.

　　"Um, look at the four people over there, the one on the far left, who looks gentle, is my chosen target."

　　Ryota responded while pointing his finger.

　　The two of them quickly came to the four people standing in front of the fountain.

　　At this time, the sound of the dialogue of the four people reached Ryota's ears:

　　"Why isn't that person here yet? He's not going to make fun of us anymore, is he?"

　　"Don't worry, he has no guts, it was just an accident yesterday. But he didn't come here earlier to wait for us, Huh, he's really been a bit arrogant recently!"

　　"Hey, hey, please calm down, you two don't do anything rude later, the first impression of chasing after a girl is very important, it would be bad if little sister misunderstood us. I just skipped cram school and came here, don't let me waste precious time."

　　"Shut up, Kuroda! Don't talk like you're almost done, we agreed, fair competition, whoever goes in first wins, and the last one will leave immediately..."

　　The sound stopped suddenly.

　　Urakami, who was speaking, suddenly became lethargic.

The same goes for Shimada and Shimada's girlfriend beside him.

　　The pupils of the three of them were slightly different, and their expressions were blank. They slowly walked away from the fountain and walked towards the coffee shop in the distance.

　　Schwi who moved, hypnotized the three of them, and made them leave temporarily.

　　She just left Kuroda, the scapegoat chosen by Ryota.

　　"Okay." Schwi reminded.

　　"En." Ryota nodded.

He could wait until the end of this plan to teach the other three people how to give vent to their anger, as long as he was alive then.

　　The most urgent task is to lure the Grim Reaper to kill him quickly, so he can complete the substitution with Kuroda.

　　Ryota walked towards Kuroda.

　　There was pity in his dark eyes: "Sorry, although our conflict has not yet reached the point of life and death, but you just thought that I was unlucky, and you just hit the gun muzzle."

　　"Please replace me and die."