The school day at Kamikawa High School ended at 3:15, and Toru Watanabe arrived at Nishi-Shinjuku Station at 3:30.

He works in a supermarket near the station exit.

"Watanabe-kun, here we come!" Chiharu Murai, a young female cashier standing at the checkout counter, greeted him with a smile as soon as she arrived at the store.

"Good afternoon, Chiharu-sama."

Watanabe Toru walked into the staff room, put his schoolbag in the cabinet, changed into his uniform, put on an apron, and walked to the deli area.

"Watanabe-kun, I'm leaving first." Keiko, who was responsible for leading him, saw him and couldn't wait to put down what he was doing.

"good."

Keiko is in her twenties and has been a housewife since she got married. When her daughter went to kindergarten and she got bored staying at home, she went out to work again.

Every day when the time comes, I rush to pick up my daughter.

There was only Toru Watanabe left in the deli area.

He first looked at the condition of the oden, only a few incomplete pieces of fried tofu were left floating on it.

He skillfully took out the processed daikon cubes, kombu rolls, rice cake lucky bags, konjac and other ingredients from the cold snow area, put them into the machine by category, filled them with soup, and started cooking.

Then there are fried foods.

The best-selling pork patties and chicken skewers are almost out, so we have to replenish them quickly.

The oil that had been used all morning was still clean. When I put the chicken skewers in, yellow bubbles appeared, and a slight heat wave hit Toru Watanabe's face, which was wearing a mask.

"Mom! I want this!"

"It's time to have dinner soon, no!"

"Ah - I must!"

Watanabe Toru said nothing, waiting for the tug-of-war between the child and the young mother at the counter to end.

Finally, the child happily took the freshly fried chicken skewers from his hands and was led away by his nagging mother.

“Thanks for your patronage.”

Just after leaving here, students wearing other high school uniforms came to buy oden on the other side.

"One carrot, no, two!"

"good."

He used tongs to put two pieces of white radish filled with soup into a disposable box.

"One bamboo wheel, two kelp rolls, ah, eggs too..."

"Eat so much? Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to eat at the dinner party later?" My companion said with a smile.

"Don't worry, don't worry." The man waved his hand and said, "Give me another rice cake lucky bag!"

"Okay." Toru Watanabe did as he was told.

"Then let me have one too!" said another student.

Two minutes later, Toru Watanabe sent away these customers with the same "Thank you for your patronage", while someone on the other side was looking at the fried food.

"What do the guests need? They are all freshly fried." He walked over.

The guest looked at it twice, turned around and left.

He was busy like this until 7:30, when Toru Watanabe temporarily left the deli area and put discount labels on the leftover bento boxes one by one.

The supermarket closed at 9:30, and he, Chiharu Murai and two other staff members replenished the shelves.

At this time, there was more freedom—I could replenish any shelf I wanted, Chiharu Murai followed Toru Watanabe.

"Watanabe-kun, your salary will be paid soon. Do you want to go out and play together?"

"Salary...how much can I get?"

"Watanabe-kun, if you want to work five hours a day, three days a week, a month, um... about..."

The hourly wage is 960 yen, which is 57,600 yen? It's a bit small, but I can save a little money and eat in the school cafeteria, so I can use less money sent from my hometown.

Unfortunately, the fifteen hours of part-time work per week has exceeded the school's permission, and I am still doing it secretly.

If I find another part-time job, I might be able to save money.

With these thoughts in mind, Toru Watanabe took the potato chips from Chiharu Murai and placed them on the shelf.

"Probably... less than 60,000? Forget it." Chiharu Murai gave up on mental arithmetic and suggested with a smile: "A new karaoke bar has opened behind Nakano Station. Let's go sing and celebrate?"

“I’m planning to save money to buy newly released games recently.”

"What game is so expensive? 60,000 yuan is too much to use, right?"

Watanabe Toru turned around and said to her with a smile: "I'm not Chiharu-san. My family has no money, so the money for buying games is saved."

Chiharu Murai nodded slightly reluctantly: "Okay, what about next month?"

"Well, if you have money, you will definitely go."

"Then I'll look forward to it?" Chiharu Murai's tone became cheerful.

"good."

After replenishing the supplies in the snack area, Toru Watanabe walked towards the toilet paper area, followed by Chiharu Murai.

After replenishing all the goods, the four employees divided the remaining bento boxes and fried foods and said goodbye to each other in front of the store.

It was already past ten o'clock when I returned to the old apartment I rented.

This apartment is specially rented to nearby high school students, college students, international students, foreigners who come to Tokyo to pursue their dreams, etc.

The house price is relatively cheap, but the space is narrow. There is a kitchen with only a gas stove when you enter the door. Walk three steps inside and you will find a room that is both a living room and a bedroom.

The toilet can only accommodate one toilet, but fortunately it has a partition and an exhaust fan. The bathroom is also narrow, but you can take a shower and take a bath at the same time.

There is also a balcony that can only be used to dry clothes, but no one can stand on it.

Watanabe Toru had no complaints, it was just a place to sleep anyway, the size didn't matter.

He heated the bento and fried food in the microwave and set the timer for five minutes.

Leave it alone, take ten minutes to take a shower, and then take out the heated food from the microwave.

Put the animation DVD Osamu Kunii lent him on the TV set - his parents were afraid that he would not be able to make friends in the city, and that he would only know how to study and become autistic, so they bought them at a bargain to pass the time for him.

I poured a glass of water and started eating my lunch.

He didn't pay attention to the animation, he used it as a background sound and was thinking about other things.

With April's salary and 150,000 yen in capital, I wonder if I can get Tamamo Homi to agree to be his girlfriend.

According to the "market conditions" I heard from Shuna Kunii, one trip is usually 15,000 yen, and there are even 6,000 yen per trip for female high school students.

Starting from this point, he went to Shinjuku Kabuki or Akihabara to find these people and asked them to be his one-night girlfriends. It seemed that he could earn a lot of points.

But Toru Watanabe has no intention of putting his life on this love game.

When he was fifteen years old, he spent money to find a one-time "girlfriend." Once the school knew about it, not to mention his future plans for taxpayers to pay for his support, whether he could graduate from high school would be a problem.

Besides, he couldn't feel sorry for his parents who worked hard in farming in his hometown.

In the end, he ran out of points to buy a [detector].

In other words, Toru Watanabe's current targets are only Rin Kiyono and Tamamo Komi.

Rin Kiyono has an IQ of 8 points, charm of 9 points, and a cold personality. The [Detector] did not provide any useful information.

Although Toru Watanabe was surprised by her appearance, he was not interested in such a person and was too lazy to spend time with her.

Tamamo has 8 points of beauty and charm, but only 5 points of intelligence. Getting admitted to Kamikawa High School may be her limit. Even if intelligence does not equal emotional intelligence, it is much easier to fool.

In addition, the other party likes money, which is very convenient.

It would be great if he could solve it with money, but Toru Watanabe doesn't really want to fall in love. Even if he falls in love, he won't find a girl like Tamamo who is so beautiful and doesn't get along with his basic outlook.

He decided to do something with Tamamo Haomei and use money to make her his girlfriend.

According to what is mentioned in the [Supplementary Articles], if the relationship lasts for one week, one month, one year, or ten years, there will be a sign-in reward.

Watanabe Toru doesn't expect one year or ten years, but at least one week and one month's rewards must be obtained.

For 150,000 yen, Tamamo Haomi agreed to be his girlfriend for a month... I wonder what her "market" is like?

In addition, there are other risks in this matter: letting a third person besides the two of them know about the transaction.

Watanabe Toru is most concerned about this point - judging from the relevant rumors in the school, Tamamo Komi's strictness in speaking is worrying.

But it could also be that other students happen to see...

It is better to find time to contact the other person and observe them for a period of time.

Thinking of this, the bento has been finished, Watanabe Toru collected the garbage and put it at the door so that it can be thrown away tomorrow morning.
Chapter completed!