Forcing himself to stay awake.
Kobayashi Itsuki tallied all the cash he had on him.
Excluding other items, all the scattered cash added up to 5.7 million.
After deducting this month's interest, the principal he currently needed to repay remained unchanged at 36.32 million.
Of what he had now, after setting aside one million for next month's guaranteed interest, he could still repay three million of the principal.
Although it was only one-tenth, not a lot.
But it was the first step in repaying the principal!
It's worth noting that at the very beginning of this month, he was still worried about interest, but now.
Not only had two months' worth of interest been settled.
He could even repay three million of the principal. As a newcomer time traveler, Kobayashi Itsuki was already very satisfied.
"Tomorrow, I can go repay the money, and also ask about getting a driver's license."
Having made his plan for tomorrow, Kobayashi Itsuki lay down again.
That would be all for today; all he wanted now was a good rest.
The next day.
As usual.
Kobayashi Itsuki woke up early in the morning.
After a simple wash and breakfast, Kobayashi Itsuki left the house.
As soon as he arrived at the Kindergarten, Takakura Bunta, who was waiting at the entrance like a yakuza boss, came up to him with concern.
"Teacher Kobayashi, were you alright yesterday?"
Kobayashi Itsuki had taken a leave of absence to give his statement, so as the Principal, Takakura Bunta naturally had to show concern.
"Thank you for your concern, Principal, but I'm fine. I just went to help my police friend give a statement; it's nothing major."
Kobayashi Itsuki chuckled, speaking gently.
"That's good to hear. The children at the Kindergarten really missed Teacher Kobayashi yesterday."
"I missed the children too."
After a brief exchange of pleasantries with Takakura Bunta, Kobayashi Itsuki began to clean the playground.
There was no physical education class yesterday, so there wasn't much to clean.
Before long, the kindergarten bus arrived.
Just as Takakura Bunta said, the children enthusiastically greeted him, and among them, Matsuzaka Ume's gaze was the most obvious.
Kobayashi Itsuki stood aside, clearly feeling the concern in her eyes, but because there were too many people, she couldn't show it too obviously.
Indeed, before class even began, as soon as the three of them arrived at the office, Matsuzaka Ume couldn't help but ask with concern.
"Teacher Kobayashi, were you alright yesterday?"
"Yeah, we heard from the Principal that you had to go give a statement..."
Ageo Masumi carefully said to Kobayashi Yu through her thick glasses.
"We're here to take a statement, but it's nothing serious."
"I just helped out a little, it's nothing."
"Helped out?"
Yoshinaga Midori said in surprise, "You weren't hurt, were you?"
"No, no, I exercise with the children regularly, so my body is quite strong."
Kobayashi Itsuki patted his chest, speaking confidently.
"Alright, thank you for your concern, but you should hurry to class now, the children are still waiting."
Seeing that Kobayashi Itsuki had said so, and knowing it wasn't the time for talking, the three waved their hands and quickly headed to their respective classes.
Kobayashi Itsuki leisurely brewed himself a cup of tea and sat in the office, reading the newspaper to pass the time.
Time spent slacking off was always enjoyable.
Around noon, Kobayashi Itsuki taught a physical education class to the children in the three classes.
Before, after raising the children's favorability to green, Kobayashi Itsuki hadn't deliberately tried to increase it further.
After all, it was quite troublesome and not easy to achieve.
But now.
After unlocking the Invisible Hand.
His self-taught "magic" had gained a new category.
Naturally, he had to seize this opportunity to perform for them and try to gain as much favorability as possible.
In his previous life, the highest praise for magicians was that they used magic under the guise of magic.
Now, Kobayashi Itsuki was truly like that.
The Invisible Hand was undoubtedly magic, yet it was disguised as a magic trick, completely astounding dozens of children.
Not just them, even Yoshinaga Midori and the others watched Kobayashi Itsuki's performance with disbelief.
Evidently, this performance was very successful.
"Alright, children, today's PE class is over. Follow your teachers back to your classrooms..."
The dismissal bell rang, and Kobayashi Itsuki, with a kind smile, spoke to the children.
"Beep beep."
But before he could finish speaking, a police car stopped at the entrance of the Kindergarten and honked its horn.
Seeing the police car, Kobayashi Itsuki was a little surprised, wondering why a police car had suddenly arrived.
However, upon closer inspection, the person sitting in the passenger seat of the police car was none other than Higashimatsuyama Yone!
Hearing the horn, Takakura Bunta, who was in the office, quickly ran out.
Upon seeing it was a police car, his steps became even more hurried, and he quickly opened the main gate.
"Hello, officers, I am the Principal. May I ask what you need our cooperation for?"
Takakura Bunta was a little nervous; seeing the police reminded him of his past traumas.
In the past, he had often been mistakenly arrested and taken to the station because of his fierce appearance.
So, he had always been particularly afraid of the police.
If it weren't for the police car coming directly to the Kindergarten entrance today, he wouldn't have wanted to deal with the police at all.
Higashimatsuyama Yone, who had just gotten out of the car and was expecting to see Kobayashi Itsuki soon, found her gentle smile didn't last long.
Upon seeing Takakura Bunta's appearance, Higashimatsuyama Yone's smile froze, then instantly vanished as she subconsciously reached for her back waist.
Seeing Higashimatsuyama Yone's movement, Takakura Bunta also reacted as if startled.
He quickly raised both hands, indicating he had no ill intentions.
Watching the actions of the two at the entrance, the children and Kobayashi Itsuki, who were observing, would have thought the police were really there to arrest Takakura Bunta if they didn't know better.
"Boss, I told you to handle things cleanly. See? The police came knocking!"
Nohara Shinnosuke, who had appeared beside Takakura Bunta at some point, said with an old-fashioned, helpless expression.
He sounded somewhat disappointed.
"Shin-chan, can you please not call me 'Boss' at a time like this..."
Takakura Bunta was on the verge of tears; wasn't this just putting him in trouble?
Sure enough, hearing Nohara Shinnosuke's words, Higashimatsuyama Yone immediately became even more vigilant.
"Boss?"
"You..."
Just as a misunderstanding was about to occur, Kobayashi Itsuki stepped forward.
"Yone, why are you here?"
Seeing Kobayashi Itsuki, Higashimatsuyama Yone's serious expression softened a bit, but her attention on Takakura Bunta didn't decrease much.
"I came to see you, but this..."