Uehara Shigeo knocked on the door of the disciplinary director, and as soon as he entered, a torrent of roars rushed in. He originally thought it was the disciplinary director having a fit, so his movement to open the door was a bit nervous. Who would have thought, upon closer inspection, it was actually the student council president, Mita Takuma, taking the opportunity to rage.
"What's wrong with all of you! Are you here to study? You spend your days fooling around with this nonsense!"
Mita Takuma said with bitter disappointment, "You bunch of lazy leeches! Do you even have any sense of shame! What was supposed to be a proper school opening ceremony was turned into a declaration of love gathering by you! If I had known you were , I would have been ashamed to associate with you!"
"Why even bother coming to school! Just go home and raise pigs! You useless bunch! You don't do what you're supposed to, and waste your time on nonsense all day long!"
Mita Takuma nearly spat on the faces of the few helping wingmen who assisted in the declarations. The disciplinary director beside him tried to mediate, "Mita, I understand you're doing this for their own good... actually, it was just an unintended mistake..."
"Unintended mistake!? Director, please don't make excuses for them. In my eyes, they're all useless..."
Uehara Shigeo blinked, feeling that something seemed amiss... the roles seemed off balance.
The wingmen being scolded felt quite wronged as well. Actually, they didn't make any major mistakes; it was just a few minor issues from various people that cumulatively changed the direction of the event.
If taken separately, those minor issues wouldn't have affected the success or failure of the declarations at all!
It was almost like a butterfly flapping its wings, causing chaos.
Mita Takuma shot a fierce glare at the wingmen who hung their heads in despair, and then turned to say, "Hayakawa, on behalf of these incompetent students, I apologize to you. I hope you won't take this to heart..."
Hayakawa Kashi lowered her eyelids and responded faintly, light and shadows intertwining over her eyelids, casting a thin shadow. The cherry blossom-colored lips traced a shallow line, making people feel she seemed unconcerned.
Shirakawa Sawahei came in, glanced at everyone inside, and besides the familiar Hayakawa Kashi and Mita Takuma, there stood two unfamiliar girls. One was peeking around while the other was staring down at her toes.
"Oh, Shirakawa's here." The disciplinary director pointed at the few boys who had their heads down, saying, "These are the students who disrupted the opening ceremony this time. They're third-year students but still so immature."
"I'm sorry, Shirakawa, Hayakawa, we apologize for causing you trouble with our actions."
"It's okay," Shirakawa Sawahei replied blandly. In truth, his mental distress wasn't significant. After all, it's not his first time being forced to declare his love to Hayakawa Kashi.
If material compensation were involved, that would be even better.
"Since both of you are willing to forgive them, let's just let this matter rest for now... but remember the lesson from this incident!"
Mita Takuma added fiercely, "There won't be a next time!"
With that said, Mita Takuma led the defeated wingmen out of the disciplinary director's office. As the door closed, Shirakawa Sawahei seemed to hear the student council president's annoyed voice.
"Teacher Uehara, these two are the transfer students we spoke about before... The paperwork is already done, so you can take them to the class now." The disciplinary director pointed to the two girls standing nearby.
[Target candidate for strategy: Ise Yu Yuzhijin; Painting: lv5; Vocal music: lv1; High school education: lv2; Selfie: lv3; Fashion: lv3; Cooking: lv1; Goofing off: lv3; Strategy difficulty: challenging]
Shirakawa Sawahei met eyes with the wandering transfer student and subconsciously used the remaining system permissions to analyze her.
Hmm, her high school education level is only lv2. Although she's not lv1 and considered a poor student, she's not qualified to be a study goddess either.
He glanced at Hayakawa Kashi and noticed that this top-tier study goddess happened to look over. Her expression was calm, neither angry nor upset, with a slight smile on her face.
It was as if Shirakawa Sawahei had not just mocked her in the auditorium.
Shirakawa Sawahei withdrew his gaze, knowing better than to think Hayakawa Kashi was smiling at him.
However, if there were more study goddesses like Hayakawa Kashi, wouldn't he have an easy time getting into Tokyo University?
You know, Hayakawa Kashi not only holds the highest high school education skill in the school but also has a talent called photographic memory.
If not for Shirakawa Sawahei having two learning assistants to grind skills simultaneously, he would probably be easily outdone by Hayakawa Kashi.
Although Shirakawa Sawahei doesn't particularly care about one or two exam rankings, having just mocked so dramatically, getting face-slapped in the next test would be embarrassing...
Do I have to search for male learning... goddesses?
He immediately dismissed the terrible idea, feeling that diligently grinding experience on his own was more reliable.
Given the quirky nature of this system, it might make him declare his love to a male in front of the whole school faculty and students. At that point, it would be more than just about losing skill levels.
That would be social death! And the kind from which one can never recover!
Uehara Shigeo exchanged a few words with the two transfer students and then led Shirakawa Sawahei and the others out of the disciplinary director's office.
On the way, the disqualified study goddess kept curiously eyeing Shirakawa Sawahei, seemingly very intrigued by the reason he and a group entered the disciplinary director's office on the first day of school.
The other transfer student, who was petite and adorable, seemed much more demure, looking at her toes the entire way. Occasionally, when she met someone's gaze, she would shyly lower her head again, looking very cute.
After returning to the class, Uehara Shigeo first clarified the reputation of Shirakawa Sawahei, stating that someone else was the mastermind behind the matter. After this was done, he lightly coughed and began the speech for the new school year.
In Neon, the new school year involves reassigning classes, so there were quite a few unfamiliar faces in this classroom. As usual, Uehara Shigeo said a bunch of formal words, advising everyone to get to know each other quickly, to work hard, and to strive for new heights in the new academic year.
At the same time, everyone should consider their future carefully, as the second year requires choosing between humanities or sciences, which is a big deal for all students.
When the two transfer students waiting outside had nearly started trembling from standing so long, Uehara Shigeo finally leisurely announced some surprising news for many students.
"Class, this term we have two new transfer students. Let's welcome them."