A Person in the Real Sect Just Wants to Drop Out Section 18

For a moment, Bai Lan suddenly felt a bit excited.

Don't get him wrong—he'd just come up with a good idea.

Got it!

"Class beauty candidate, I need your help!"

"Am I now being questioned on my qualifications for even 'superficial charm'?"

"Because I just discovered a formidable rival of yours. But don't mind the details—you don't care about this, right?"

"That doesn't sound like an attitude seeking help."

"To be precise, we're helping each other!"

"What do you mean? I don't see how you can help me with anything."

"Of course I can."

"Let's hear it."

Bai Lan opened his mouth, then stopped. He subconsciously glanced around.

He noticed many people looking toward their corner.

Bai Lan: "Loose lips sink ships. Let's add each other as friends; talk on the phone."

Horikita looked suspicious: "You're not just trying to trick me into giving you my contact info, are you?"

Bai Lan: "Overthinking it. At most, I'm interested in your mouth, not you as a person."

Horikita: "..."

In the end, Bai Lan still got her contact info.

After adding the contact, Bai Lan quickly typed and sent a message to Horikita.

Horikita opened the message to check.

The next second, Horikita's face instantly filled with murderous intent as she coldly glared over.

"Are you messing with me?" Horikita squeezed her phone tightly, snarling, as if she'd smack him with it if he said one wrong word.

Note: smack like a brick, not take a picture.

On Horikita's still-lit phone screen was a block of text.

The first two lines read:

"From: First-year Class D - Bai Lan

Content: Horikita, be my girlfriend."

There wasn't even a question mark, let alone a "request"—it read more like a "suggestion."

Bai Lan quickly explained: "No way! I'm serious. But don't worry, it's in name only, no feelings involved."

Horikita: "What do you mean?"

If it weren't for yesterday's fight proving she couldn't break his defense, Horikita would have punched him right there.

"Check the phone, there's more below." Bai Lan sent another message quickly.

Knowing force wouldn't work, Horikita calmed down—any problem could be solved with brains.

She continued reading:

"Horikita, be my girlfriend.

Since you don't seem like you're looking for a boyfriend anyway, and coincidentally, neither am I—I don't want a boyfriend either."

Horikita reading this: ???

Until she saw the next line.

"Or a girlfriend."

Which Chinese teacher taught you to break paragraphs like that?

She kept going.

"I don't know why, but I suddenly feel like a lot of girls in our class are interested in me. I don't want to reject them one by one—too troublesome. Besides, even after rejecting one batch, more will come, and some who've been rejected might still not give up.

It can't be helped—such is the trouble of being too charming.

Neither of us wants to be tied down by useless feelings, nor do we want to waste time dealing with these disturbances.

So, let's just cooperate for a bit—pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend, act as each other's shields.

Once we're taken, it'll discourage most suitors. If anyone still doesn't give up, has no martial honor, and tries to steal someone else's partner—an NTR existence—we can safely go for the kill.

What do you think?"

Bai Lan's reasoning was this: if Horikita agreed to cooperate, they could shield each other.

Once other girls knew he had a girlfriend, it would definitely make some without NTR power give up.

Besides that, the girls could indirectly learn Bai Lan's "standards for choosing a partner" through Horikita.

Who is Horikita?

Through observing her words and actions, Bai Lan came to this conclusion.

On the surface, Horikita is a top-tier beautiful girl.

In terms of ability, Horikita has excellent academic performance and physical fitness.

As for personality, she's extremely nasty—a sharp-tongued woman who disregards others' lives, and a violent maniac who throws punches when words fail.

She was probably assigned to Class D because her personality cost her a lot of points.

Class D is full of defective products.

But even defective products come in types.

Most people in this class are "common defective products"—simply lacking in ability. In plain terms: bad at studying, poor physical condition.

So just comparing "ability" alone with Horikita makes most girls back down.

If comparing looks, only two or three can even put up a fight against Horikita.

As for personality, Horikita is in a league of her own in the class.

Also, Horikita was the only thorny one who refused the invitation when Kushida Kikyo invited all the girls in the class to a gathering yesterday!

In short, Horikita doesn't fit in with the other girls in Class D at all.

Faced with Bai Lan's harsh "standards for a partner," there's no one in Class D who could replace Horikita.

Besides that, Horikita's combat ability and strong personality ensure she won't get bullied by "love rivals."

The job of driving away girls can be left to Horikita, while Bai Lan, as "Horikita's boyfriend," can firmly draw all the hatred from her suitors onto himself.

Killing two birds with one stone!

Only, Bai Lan still doesn't know that Horikita has no suitors at all—at least not for now.

Soon, Horikita finished reading the message Bai Lan sent.

Bai Lan stared at Horikita, his face full of anticipation as he waited for her reply.

Horikita didn't turn around to tell him her answer face-to-face; she just wrote a message too.

Soon, Bai Lan received a text.

He couldn't wait to open it:

"From: First-year Class D - Horikita Suzune"

"Scumbag! 444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 (two thousand words omitted)"

"4" is an unlucky number in Japan.

So, Horikita had sent back a simple, crude curse letter.

Bai Lan frowned and typed a reply:

"Disagree if you want, but why curse me out? Ah~ I see, you can just use your sharp tongue to drive away all your suitors, and if that doesn't work, use violence to beat them off. Someone like you, who completely disregards a pure-hearted high school boy's mental and physical health, doesn't need a shield like this."

Sent.

"Unlike me, as a guy, I can't exactly beat up the girls who pursue me, can I?"

Sent.

"As expected, men and women aren't equal—this time, men got the short end."

Sent.

"When will men finally stand up!"

Sent.

Send failed. You have been added to the communication blacklist.

22. New Target! Diagnosis Confirmed

Bai Lan put away his phone.

He'd have to find another way to lower the girls' favorability and fend off "surprise attacks."

He really wished other girls were as easy to "shake off" as Horikita.

Soon, the bell rang.

Class started.

After thinking for most of the class, Bai Lan had an idea.

Bai Lan came up with two countermeasures.

One treats the symptoms, one treats the root cause.

First, the symptom treatment: Bai Lan still planned to find a fake couple as a shield.

Since Horikita refused, couldn't he just switch to someone else?