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Chapter 120 - Episode 120

"I’ve invited a special guest today."

After the morning homeroom, Smith-sensei made an announcement.

"A special guest, he says."

"I wonder who it is."

"Someone Smith-sensei calls special."

"Even with Hayate-kun here."

"Are they more special than sensei or Hayate-kun?"

Oh, so I’m in the special category too.

But I was curious who was coming. We already had Smith-sensei, who was the strongest in FWO, and me and Rena, who currently had the fastest dungeon clear speed in the real world. Ryunosuke, Kazuma-san, and the others seemed to have made a lot of progress too.

Who would come as a guest to a classroom like this?

Maybe someone from FWO management?

"Alright, come on in."

Everyone’s eyes gathered at the entrance. But no one came in.

"No one’s coming?"

"What’s going on?"

"Haha. My bad, my bad, just kidding. By the way, Hayate-kun, could you come to the front for a moment?"

"Uh, ah. Yes."

Smith-sensei called me for some reason, so I stood up and headed to the front of the classroom.

I was a little hopeful about who might be coming, but it was just a joke.

"Sensei, what is it?"

"Yes, thanks for coming. So everyone, this is today’s special guest."

"...Huh?"

"He was the fastest in the world to clear the Black Dungeon, which even the special forces dispatched by advanced nations couldn’t conquer. After that, he cleared up to Grade 3 dungeons all by himself and rescued multiple people who were made into trophies, including Shinonome Rena-san. He’s the strongest dungeon explorer, acknowledged even by the President of the United States of America, Shizukuishi Hayate-kun."

Why was sensei introducing me?

"Since we have the strongest right here, it’s best if he gives a lesson too, right?"

"Um, I haven’t heard anything about this."

"I just thought of it yesterday. I haven’t told anyone."

What’s with that? Is that even allowed?

"So that’s the deal, is that okay? Director Shinonome."

"Yes, no problem! I want to take Hayate’s class too."

Rena was the one who answered. So she had become the director here.

She was the one who proposed the establishment of Shinonome Academy in the first place, so I wasn’t too surprised by this.

"We have the director’s permission. The rest is up to your motivation, Hayate-kun. Personally, I think it would be a good idea for you to give everyone here the same Hayate-Style Dungeon Clear Course hard mode that you used to train Naoto-kun and Mei-san, who had never even played FWO, up to S-rank."

"Huh. Th, that one?"

"For everyone?"

Naoto and Sakinon flinched slightly.

"I’ll do anything if it makes me stronger."

"Me too."

"We’re counting on you, Hayate-sensei!"

Ryunosuke, Kazuma-san, and Shingo-san seemed eager.

"If all the guys are doing it, I guess I will too."

"Hayate-kun is going to be teaching us, right? There’s no option not to do it."

That was everyone.

Is it really okay for me to do this?

In short, the Hayate-Style Dungeon Clear Course hard mode was about raising people who could pull off the same kind of slightly reckless clears as me.

It would make people who could already defeat a fake Hayate on their own even stronger. It would mean creating more rivals for me and Rena, but...

Well, whatever.

Unlike the game, there were no clear rate rankings. We weren’t rivals anymore. We were comrades who would clear Japan’s dungeons together.

Let’s make them stronger. We’ll all clear the dungeons together.

Nice. For some reason, I felt like if we all worked together, we might even be able to achieve my final goal of defeating the Goddess. This class had people with that much potential.

"Alright then, for today, I’ll be your teacher."

Now, let’s create the ultimate team.