I am that male friend in the harem story-Chapter 281: A Smooth Criminal!

As Tobe left the school, he walked toward the bustling city of Chiba. Even though he had said that he would buy groceries, he also wanted to continue his old job, which was to pick up money on the street. He knew that this was quite dirty and even strange, but he often did this, as many careless people existed in this country.

Then—

"10,000 yen..."

Tobe sighed helplessly, looking at the money in his hand, but put it in his pocket, thinking that this city was full of potential despite how it was often overlooked.

While Chiba was located right next to Tokyo, most people would choose to live in Tokyo as it had more opportunities than Chiba, which was practically similar to the countryside.

Still, the main part of the city was a metropolis, and its economic situation was far better than that of Takayama, which was located in the middle of a mountain.

Thus, he was able to get this 10,000 yen with ease, and then quickly found several 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen, which gave him a total of 32,000 yen, or more or less about 320 USD.

'Hmm....'

Tobe felt strange, yet probably because he developed an ability given by Kaguya so much, Eye of Wealth, it made it easier for him to make money, and it gave him peace of mind somehow.

Confidence.

Many people say that this was the key to everything, whether it was a career, a dream, or even love, yet despite how easy it was to come out of their lips, it was different within their hearts.

Frankly, even if he had no abilities, he believed that he could succeed on his quest, which was to date one heroine in this world, and this belief came from his experience with many heroines, which made him confident.

'Experience.'

It was important, he thought.

If one had a lot of experience with love during their youth, it would be easier for them to get the love they wanted, then again, was this meant that person was a scumbag?

Regardless, Tobe didn't think too much about it and just wondered who he should go with.

Logically, he should go after Yukinoshita, as she was the main heroine, and he also had to admit that she was pretty cute. Her breasts might not be much, but those long, slender legs of hers, which were wrapped in the stockings under that short skirt, were nice.

She might appear thorny, and it might appear hard, yet somehow, Tobe felt that it wasn't as hard as he thought to get close to Yukinoshita.

Despite her childhood experience, which made her... quite thorny and anti-social, it meant that she was just as delicate and wary as she had been hurt so many times.

Yet, as long as one could be trusted by her, the rest was easy.

As for the original MC, Hikigaya Hachiman, would do when Tobe made his decision to be with Yukinoshita, he felt that Hikigaya should be okay, as currently, their feelings weren't that strong.

No, they had no feelings for each other at all, as they didn't know each other.

At the same time, Tobe even wondered why they even fell in love. Yes, he knew that it might be weird, but when he re-read and re-watched the story, he couldn't help but feel their relationship was quite strange.

If Hikigaya could somehow seduce Yukinoshita, then it might be okay, but somehow, all he did was help people by sacrificing himself.

Tobe couldn't say that it was bad, but he also couldn't say that this self-sacrifice was good either, and whether this part of Hikigaya was charming in Yukinoshita's eyes.

Then again, love had always been blind.

In the eyes of those who weren't in love, they would subconsciously think about the demerits and merits of a certain relationship, wondering whether there was a future, and quickly thought that it was better to leave when the relationship went sour or one of them had a misfortune.

Yet, a lover wouldn't think about all of those things, and despite how weird it was, even if the situation was miserable, they would stay together due to this feeling.

By then, would Hiratsuka ignore the status between the two and fall in love with him?

In his mind, Tobe felt that it was easier to go after Maaya Narasaka or Saki Ayase.

No, even Yukinoshita was far easier, Tobe thought.

Still, let's think of that later, as he decided to buy some groceries to make his food, then somehow, he also got a fruit, which was a pineapple, as they were cheap and delicious. At the same time, it also made his body smell good.

"Here, let me give you a bonus. Make sure your girlfriend eats it~!"

"..." Tobe stared at the female fruit seller with a speechless expression, but he didn't say anything. He didn't even have a girlfriend now, and eating too much pineapple made his tongue weird. However, as it was free, he decided not to think too much.

At the same time, he wondered about the origin of Maaya Narasaka and Saki Ayase, as he was sure that they came from different jobs, but he wasn't sure where they came from.

As he was deeply thinking, he saw a bookstore near the station and thought of visiting it, thinking of buying a book or two to spend his free time. If it were before, he might have hesitated as a book wasn't cheap and it cost around 1,000 yen or so, but he had gotten quite a sum of money, so he didn't have much of a problem.

'Let's enter.'

Walking into the bookstore, Tobe saw a variety of books, and many other goods such as teas, stationery, and others, which clearly weren't only for books, showing that the bookstore wouldn't be able to continue if they didn't offer other goods or services.

'Well, it is troublesome to keep books.'

After all, having a lot of books would take up a lot of space, and it was troublesome to keep, so Tobe only decided to buy one or two. Still, as he walked around, looking at the books, he couldn't help but think of some mischief.

In a certain story that he had read in the past, the main character put a lemon in the store and treated it like a bomb to get satisfaction.

Tobe might not have a lemon, but he had a pineapple, so what would happen if he put his pineapple in the bookstore?

Somehow, he couldn't help but try, so he walked around and, after he confirmed the angle of the camera, he took out his pineapple and placed it among the books, treating it like a time bomb that would explode when he walked out of the bookstore.

When he finished his shopping and walked out, the pineapple would explode, bringing a disaster to this city.

Yes, he knew that this pineapple had no explosives and it was just a normal pineapple given for free by the fruit vendor, but somehow, he couldn't help but imagine what would happen if it were a bomb, right?

This might be strange and even weird, yet somehow, he couldn't help but try to do it.

Even if he was discovered, it didn't matter, as he could just run away and erase the trace on the video camera with his "Electronic Manipulation" given by Hayasaka in the past.

Putting the pineapple in the middle of the stack of books, his movement was so careful yet also swift as if treating it like a real bomb, as he thought that he was pretty childish, yet as he did it, he felt satisfied and ready to go out nonchalantly like a smooth criminal, chicly, but—

"Guest, you forgot your item."

"..."

As he turned, he saw one of the store employees, looking at him with a smug and victorious smile, with a pineapple in her hand.

Oh, what a smooth criminal he was!