In this chapter, Ars says goodbye to Mr. William Shepherd. Ars was happy but also sad because William had helped him a lot by paying his rent and buying anime figures for him. After William got into his cab, Ars said in a loud tone, "Bye, William, and thank you very, very much! One day, I will come to you by myself." William nodded and replied, "Yes, Mr. Segrain, come whenever you want. I will wait for you, and it will be a pleasure." Then William proceeded to his car.
After that, Ars started walking home along the footpath. He saw a man and a lady together, holding their son's hand between them. This sight suddenly hit Ars. He started daydreaming about his younger self when he was six years old, living a peaceful life where he didn't worry about anything other than his food and toys. But then he realized he was so focused on his daydreaming that he didn't notice where he had reached.
At the age of seven, Ars's mother and father committed suicide due to pressure from their relatives. After that, Ars started living with his aunt and uncle, but they couldn't handle him, so they threw him out on the street. At the age of thirteen, he started begging shop owners for work, but he was underage. One shopkeeper, named Kisimoto Haruko, raised Ars like his own son because he was also in the depths of depression. Haruko had stage 3 cancer, and his wife had divorced him. Haruko only had two years to live, but he didn't tell Ars that because he knew it would traumatize him.
In those two years, Ars became very close to Haruko. But one day, Haruko died, and his shop went to his divorced wife. This hit Ars hard. At fifteen, he started blaming himself for Haruko's death, thinking, "If I hadn't come to this shop, Haruko would be alive right now." He also thought, "If I hadn't been born, my parents would still be alive and enjoying a beautiful life." He was depressed to his core, and after some time, Ars became totally emotionless. He didn't care about anything in this world and started living a sad and regretful life.
But when anime entered his life, he completely changed. He saw some anime characters' backstories, and their stories were much worse than his. He felt blessed with the Cheat Skill by God. After Ars returned home, he started making a roadmap for his future journey.
The next day, he found out that there was a debate tournament being held by his school. He wasn't worried about it because all he had to do was copy the knowledge of the top reporter at Sakura TV. Ars went to Sakura TV and copied the knowledge of the most famous reporter there. After copying it, he returned to his school and started practicing alone for the tournament. Kenzou Utakami and Nakamura Toji were keeping an eye on him.
Then the time came for the debate tournament to begin. In the tournament, Ars won, but it was after much effort and difficulty. After beating all the genius students in the elite school, an unknown man came to him and said, "I am the most famous reporter in the whole world." Ars faced him and won by applying a lot of force.