I Became the Academy’s Time-Stopping Villain – Chapter 17

Chapter 17: Each to Their Own Survival

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Life is full of ups and downs, as they say. It’s been about four weeks since I was reincarnated into NTR Academy. Every week, I wanted to log out and escape, but now I understand.

All the hardships I’ve endured were just stepping stones to this reward.

For example, just now, while I was walking,

“…Was this a medicinal herb? Or maybe an antidote?”

A patch of grass caught my eye. It looked vaguely familiar, and a window popped up.

“???”

I’m pretty sure I don’t have skills like ‘Appraisal’ or ‘All-Seeing Eye.’
I dug into the ground as the window suggested, and there it was, a wild carrot.

“…Well, it’s a profit.”

As I put it in my bag, I started thinking. Something must have happened to my eyes.

“Present Vision.”

A thought suddenly crossed my mind.
I quickly activated [Chronos‘ Eye] and looked around.

“Fucking sex!”

I’m on a roll. It’s the only explanation.

Another example…

“What’s this?”

I spotted a trail while spamming Present Vision. I used [Past Vision], just in case.

“…This is too broken.”

I could see the direction the rabbit ran. I followed the trail, following Past Vision, and arrived at a rabbit hole. I immediately lit a fire, created smoke, and blew it into the hole. A rabbit scurried out.

“Ah, wait!”

Where do you think you’re going, meat?
I chased after it and used [Future Vision].

Squeak! Squeak! Squeeeeak!

“Gotcha!”

I knew its path thanks to Future Vision. I reached out, and the rabbit practically jumped into my hand. I butchered the rabbit and──

“How should I cook this?”

The third reason why I felt lucky.
Chronos‘s scythe was a godsend.

“Hmm…..”

I looked at the butchered rabbit and pondered. I had salt and pepper, so I could grill and eat it as is, but it felt a bit uncivilized. It would be nice to have a frying pan or something.
I regretted not bringing one due to the weight limit, but then

“….Can this turn into a frying pan?”

Chronos‘s scythe.
I was using it as a pistol, but its traits were ‘Indestructible’ and ‘Transformation.’ A scythe that can’t be broken and can transform into anything. If it can transform into anything,

“Well, a frying pan is a weapon in a sense, right?”

I tried it, just in case. Chronos‘s scythe transformed into a frying pan──it worked!

“Kyaa──whoo!”

Not just a frying pan, but a trowel, a barbecue grill, anything! It couldn’t split into two or anything, probably because there’s a quantity limit, but this is still incredibly broken. I sat down on a nearby tree stump and cooked the rabbit meat.

“Hehe…. hehehe!”

The sight and smell of the cooking meat made my mouth water. My stomach rumbled, and I quickly took a bite of the rabbit. By the way, I made chopsticks from nearby twigs. Eco-friendly wooden chopsticks.

“So good. This is insane.”

The greasy rabbit meat filled my hungry stomach. The fatigue from walking melted away, and as I devoured the meat,

“Looks delicious… can I have some?”

“Munch, munch…. huh?”

An uninvited guest appeared. Well, it’s not like it’s a big deal.

Bang!

“…..Uh….?”

I aimed the pistol (with a silencer) and slowly approached the cadet.

“If it were Mars or Juno, I might have hesitated──”

“…W-wait. I won’t come back! I’ll give you everything, my points and all!”

“──Am I weak enough to be underestimated by you?”

“Ah……!”

Thanks to the bracelet, he didn’t resist the attack. I shot him between the eyes, and the bracelet activated, creating a translucent barrier. The teachers would take care of the rest.

“….Ah, shit!”

Life is full of ups and downs.
Good luck is often a sign of bad luck to come.

“My meat!”

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Since I was using the scythe as a frying pan, when I transformed it back into a gun, the meat fell to the ground. …I knew I was too lucky.

The most important things in life:
Clothing, food, and shelter.
I already have the cadet uniform for clothing. I can get food with my ‘eye.’ Then all that’s left is shelter.

“Kyaa…! Perfect!”

I even took care of this perfectly. Don’t think I built some makeshift shelter like in other survival or academy stories.

“This one-touch tent is all I need!”

Human ingenuity isn’t just for cooking soup. A one-touch mosquito net tent. It’s meant for indoor use, so it’s not very durable, but it’s enough since I’m not planning on using it for long. It serves as a tent and keeps out bugs. Of course, it can’t handle bugs crawling up from the ground….

“That’s why I built a platform with branches!”

A platform about shin-high, with a cushion on top meant for sitting on the ground during hikes. Blocks bugs from below, blocks mosquitos from above. Now, the only remaining challenge is insulation, but

“I have a sleeping bag.”

I’m perfectly prepared. A prepared person can handle anything. I have no problems left, so

“I’ll read a novel before I sleep!”

I can’t access web novels or YouTube since there’s no internet connection, but I have novels downloaded on my phone. What? Illegal downloads? As if I’d do that. These are all legally purchased novels.
‘It cost me a lot of time and money…’

I could understand why people pirate things. It would be so much easier to just download and read. …No, I shouldn’t be saying that, but anyway

“Ugh…. ah…”

Time flew by as I read. I chuckled and read until it was time to sleep. I turned off my phone, lay down, and looked up at the sky.

“Wow…..”

A clear sky without any pollution. The twinkling stars in the cloudless sky were truly pearls of the night.

“….I wonder what the others are doing?”

A sudden thought. Are the others adapting to this environment?

I quickly dismissed the thought.
‘Well, they’re the protagonist and heroines.’

They’ll probably survive better than me even if you throw them in a pile of shit.

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Minerva:

“Leader! Can we eat this?”

“You can eat it after removing the sprouts and roasting the roots.”

“Leader, how about this?”

“It’s poisonous. Throw it away.”

“Leader! I found something interesting!”

“That’s not interesting, it’s dangerous.”

She shared her knowledge and helped others. She had become the leader of many cadets.

Ter and Juno:

“We’ll eat our fill tonight, right?”

“Wooo….!”

A modest dinner of small fish and fruits.
Ter offered Juno a bite first and then started eating himself.

“Ter, when did you learn all this?”

What to eat in the mountains, how to find food, and even the small shelter they built were all Ter‘s work. Juno was impressed by her childhood friend’s hidden talents, and Ter simply shrugged it off and offered her a well-cooked fish.

“It’s nothing.”

A humble but heartwarming night.

Mars:

“I’m hungry……”

Growl….

“I’m starving…..”

Growl… growl….

“…Fuck.”

Growl.

Mars was having a real-time conversation with her stomach. She disembarked enthusiastically and searched for Chrono and Juno, but only encountered other cadets. Annoyed, she beat them up and earned points, thinking of sharing them with Chrono… you know, since points can be exchanged? She was collecting points hoping to trade them with someone who brought a lot of supplies, not for any other reason──anyway

“….Ah.”

She spotted a small plant. A lush green plant that looked like something herbivores would like.

“───*Munch*”

She had put it in her mouth without realizing it.

“…..Fuck.”

She spat it out.

“There’s… there’s no water….! Fuck….!”

She rubbed her mouth and gagged.

“So bitter… my tongue is burning. Is it paralyzed?”

She stuck out her tongue and exhaled.

“Haaaa…..”

I’m so hungry.
Mars, completely exhausted, started wandering aimlessly. Hoping to find something to eat.

“…I could rob someone right now.”

The words slipped out unconsciously. A growl mixed with pure hunger and irritation. It was easy to see why predators are most ferocious when hungry.

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