I Became the Academy’s Time-Stopping Villain – Chapter 25

Chapter 25: Don’t You Already Have a Girlfriend?

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The plan was as follows:

1. Save her.
2. Instill the idea that she still has comrades.
3. Somehow survive.
4. ???
5. PROFIT!

As long as I avoid the NTR Abyss Berserker ending, everything will be fine. So, I buffed her as much as possible to increase our chances of escape. What? Fight and win? Come on, you have to be realistic. Even if Mars gets stronger, her opponents are tough. Based on my game knowledge, the early heroines should all be gathered here. Could she possibly win against all of them, including the protagonist? It’s impossible unless Mars unlocks her Transcendence skill.

And this is right after the tutorial. Her affinity rank couldn’t be that high yet. ‘Then, as expected,’

I decided.
‘Let’s run.’
As long as we survive, I can get Mars into Class A. I used [Encore Kiss] on Mars, preparing for our escape.

“Dieeeeeeeeeeee!!!”

“….What the hell is that?”

That’s strange.
Scary.
Why is Mars using her Transcendence skill in the tutorial stage? And judging by the red tattoos all over her body, she’s fully controlling her ‘Berserk’ state. I thought you needed Affinity Rank 8 or 9 to unlock those tattoos.

Rumble, rumble, boom!

“That’s crazy.”

Mars had transformed into a human disaster. I silently applauded her complete transformation when someone approached me.

“It was you.”

“….You are?”

The protagonist. Ter. More precisely──Jupiter, the apostle of Zeus.

“I thought something was strange. She’s not usually so sociable.”

“Uh… wait a minute?”

The protagonist of NTR Academy. A reincarnator who had already turned back time once. The second-round protagonist.

“It was you, wasn’t it? The one who touched her.”

“…………”

The protagonist drew his sword. His gaze was unwavering, convinced that I was the culprit. Well, it might look that way from the outside──but this is unfair! ‘I didn’t do anything on purpose!’

She came to me first, whimpering like a wet puppy. If she had asked for ‘that,’ I would have refused, but I was just preventing her from turning into an NTR Abyss Berserker. I raised my hands in surrender to prove my innocence.

“I… I don’t know what you’re talking about, but it’s not what you think.”

“It was you, wasn’t it? You raised her NTR rank.”

“……….”

Why don’t you raise her affinity rank first before saying that? I was getting annoyed by the protagonist’s accusations. ‘This event wouldn’t even happen if her affinity rank was at least 1…!’

Or if they had interacted at least once. Or if he had lowered Minerva‘s affinity. This is all because of your carelessness, so why are you blaming me? Getting increasingly frustrated, I said to the protagonist,

“Are you her boyfriend? You already have a girlfriend! Why are you talking about NTR when you already have a girlfriend?!”

“….Yeah, you wouldn’t understand.”

Whatever.
Just answer my question.

“[I, Jupiter, Apostle of Zeus, ask you this.]”

“Oh, shit.”

A golden scale appeared behind the protagonist, crackling with yellow lightning.

“[If you lie, the divine lightning will punish you.]”

“…………..”

If I remember correctly, that scale was a skill you got much later in the story. The protagonist wasn’t just a regular reincarnator, but someone who started a ‘New Game Plus.’
‘Of all things, that’s what he chose?’

[New Game Plus]
A bonus feature in games with multiple playthroughs. After completing the game, you can restart with all your achievements, items, and other progress carried over. And NTR Academy allows for a New Game Plus… …Am I going to get killed here?

“[You touched Mars.]”

“………Yes.”

I answered. The scale didn’t tilt.

“[You approached Mars intentionally.]”

“No, I didn’t.”

“[……?]”

The scale didn’t tilt. It wasn’t a lie. I didn’t approach her intentionally. She was the one who came to me.

“[That’s… impossible…..]”

The protagonist was flustered. He shook his head as if trying to regain his composure and asked me one last question.

“[You──can stop time!]”

“……………”

Shit.
This is bad.
‘Of all the questions, that one…’

He had already ruled out hypnosis, and the conditioning app appears later in the game, in the third year. So the only possibility left was the ‘Time-Stopping Rapist – Timeless.’ I clasped my hands and closed my eyes.

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Am I
going to die here?
‘…No.’

Absolutely not. I know how he obtained that ‘skill,’ the ‘Golden Scale.’ And because of that──I also knew its weakness.

“Ter, let me ask you something.”

I said to the protagonist,

“If you could stop time, what would you do?”

“[….I asked the question first.]”

“No, seriously, think about it.”

The ability to stop time? To move without anyone noticing? What would a teenage boy do with that power?

“You’d probably stop time and have sex like crazy, wouldn’t you?”

“[I told you to answer my question.]”

“If you could really stop time, you could have just stopped time and run away.”

“[Chrono. This is your last warning.]”

Answer the question. I smiled and answered the protagonist,

“I’m being serious. I’ve never stopped time to do anything to a woman.”

“[………….]”

“Well, I can’t stop time anyway.”

“[….Is that the truth?]”

Yes.
No, you idiot.
I smiled and looked at the protagonist.
‘I knew it when I saw that your scale didn’t change.’

The Golden Scale, or rather, the ‘Scale of Truth,’ is an item used against the second-year boss, the ‘Hypnotist – Kotchiomi Ro.’ It’s a sacred object used to determine whether he’s a hypnotist or not, and it’s also where the item’s flaw is revealed.
‘It would be different in a typical heroic story,’

but using the Scale of Truth against a villain to expose their lies is a very straightforward development, isn’t it? But this game is an NTR story, so the genre leans towards NTR.

[Answer me. Are you the hypnotist──Kotchiomi Ro?]

[Yes, I’ll answer. I am Kyros, a cadet of this academy.]

[….Is that the truth?]

[I’m not even a hypnotist.]

When asked, “Are you A?”
answering “I’m not B.”
It seems similar, but it’s a subtly different answer. It’s not a lie, so the scale declared it as truth. And the following statement, “I’m not a hypnotist,” was made after the ‘Scale of Truth’ deactivated, so it couldn’t be judged. In other words, it was a lie.

[That’s… impossible…!]

This further complicates the situation. By the time you realize this, you’ve already been NTR’d. You’ve been through a tear-jerking NTR, but the ‘Scale of Truth’ still works?

“So, did you clear up the misunderstanding?”

“….That’s impossible! This is, impossible!!”

You haven’t seen ‘that event’ yet. You’ve only just started your second playthrough. You know nothing about this game’s ‘strategy.’ The tables have turned. Now I asked the protagonist,

“Are you even related to Mars? I mean, if you had some connection to her, I would understand, but why are you acting like your girlfriend was stolen?”

“Mars! She was destined to be mine!”

“Don’t you already have a girlfriend?”

What the hell?
Are you trying to cheat on her? You’re a scumbag.

“Ugh…. aaaaaah! Shut up! It’s your fault, Chrono! If it weren’t for you… if it weren’t for you, Mars would have──!!”

“Been bullied at the academy and abandoned, just like now.”

The protagonist yelled, but does he even know?

“No one was on Mars‘s side. No one listened to her. So I took her side, I listened to her. That’s why she’s showing me affection, even if it’s just a possibility. But what the hell are you doing? Are you close with Mars? No, you teamed up with Minerva to hunt her down. Did you even do anything with Mars? You went with Minerva during the dungeon practicum. Did you even see her regularly? You practically neglected your own girlfriend. And now… what? You’re saying she was stolen from you?”

I scoffed at the protagonist and asked,

“Are you being serious?”

“Y-you bastard!!!”

Bang!

A flash of yellow light came at me. I quickly drew my dagger. A dagger is better for defense in close combat than a pistol.

Clang! Clang, clang, clang!

“You too… you’re the same. You’re trash trying to steal her from me! A monster of the Abyss trying to bring chaos to this world, an enemy of Gaia!”

“No, damn it! Why are you so obsessed with other people’s girlfriends when you already have one?!”

“She, she was destined to be mine!”

“Destiny, my ass!”

Double speed, no, triple speed. As I accelerated to block the protagonist’s attacks, the time limit dwindled rapidly. I had already used up over 30 seconds after just a few exchanges. He truly was the protagonist, a reincarnator. His strength was far beyond that of an early-game protagonist, but──

“──Do you think I’ll lose to a scumbag who’s obsessed with other women while neglecting his own girlfriend?!”

He’s only in his second playthrough. Do you think you can handle me, someone who’s been through dozens of playthroughs, countless battles?

“Dieeeeeeeeeeee!!!”

“……….Huh?”

Crackle, crackle, boom!!!

A massive bolt of yellow lightning gathered in the protagonist’s hand.

“Astraphe!!!”

“Shit.”

That’s the protagonist’s exclusive awakening skill.

“Pierce and kill my enemy!”

The protagonist said he could handle it. So, what do they call this?

“I’m fucked.”

I’m doomed. My vision turned bright yellow. I couldn’t do anything and was sent flying.
And by the way,

“Ter……”

Juno was watching everything.

“You……!”

Of course,

“You bastard!!!”

Mars was too.

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