As always, there might or might no be more of this in the author's fanbox. If you can, support the author and while you are at it let me know if there is more of this story.
Author's Fanbox: https://www.pixiv.net/fanbox/creator/84492
@Pinka so the author is going the usual route where by defeating someone you gain their stars and become stronger? And since everyone has a different starting number is a way to determine their innate potential or something?
Nothing beats the feeling of being a whole lap ahead and then getting blue shelled, thunder slapped, red shell spammed and finished by a bill banzai to get an honorable 4th place.
Objectively speaking the friend is right. Now, all that drama is completely unnecessary and damaging the restaurant’s property and upsetting everyone else’s meal time is a dick move, if you want to be scummy and get things done just stalk Aya to the teacher’s apartment, wait for them to be...
@Hitspark The part about letting her guard down was because she suddenly spoke like her adult self, and the OL reacted to that in the next panel, then she corrected herself and spoke again as her child persona.
Now with that confession out of the way, the only issues remaining are Manager-san accepting Liko's confession and Mikan stopping being a single mother.