It was almost his turn.
But he didn't want to cooperate with the other person.
Then he suddenly remembered what the girls had said that morning.
Those girls had said he looked fierce, had a bad temper, behaved roughly, and didn't necessarily speak more pleasantly than Bai Lan. Nobody wanted to approach him.
Then he remembered that, also that morning, when he had told everyone about things only he knew, the way everyone had looked at him—the sensation of being the center of attention...
For a moment, he felt as if he had been like Hirata, so popular and accepted by everyone...
Even Sudo himself wasn't entirely sure what he had been thinking.
In any case, he reined in his temper a little and decided to cooperate. At the very least, he couldn't let people think he "spoke even more unpleasantly than Bai Lan."
Well, although Hirata's explanation had cleared up everyone's "misunderstanding" about Bai Lan, Bai Lan still represented the class's "bottom line" in certain respects.
Especially when it came to "speaking." Saying someone was "not as good as Bai Lan" was practically an insult.
He decided to give it a try. What if he could experience that sensation of being the center of attention again?
Sudo stood up.
"My name is Sudo Ken. I like basketball. Um, um..."
Soon, Sudo gave up.
"That's it!"
Then he dropped heavily back into his chair.
Not long afterward, another founder of the Sese Group stood up.
"My name is Ike Kanji. I like girls, hate handsome guys, and am currently looking for a girlfriend. Ideally, she'll be a cute girl or a beauty."
Many of the girls pulled disgusted faces.
One girl said sarcastically, "Ike, you're really handsome."
"Really? I think so too."
Oh my god!
He actually believed her?!
Bai Lan: This one's not bad. It's disgusting. I'm copying it, copying it!
"My name is Kogenji Rokosuke..."
32, Kogenji: I feel like you're targeting me?
"My name is Kogenji Rokosuke..."
Soon, it was the turn of a blond-haired boy.
The blond boy didn't stand up. He simply remained seated, revealed a confident, arrogant, haughty smile resembling aristocratic etiquette, and began his self-introduction in a tone that showed absolutely no concern for anyone else's feelings.
He was the only son and heir of the Kogenji Conglomerate.
A man who would sooner or later bear the burden of Japanese society.
After that, he said some things that were similar to "threats"—no, they were simply "threats."
In short, if anyone annoyed him or offended his eyes, he would use his own methods to teach that person, or those people, a harsh lesson.
Kogenji's words successfully drew the hatred of the entire class, regardless of gender!
For a time, Yamauchi and Ike willingly stepped aside, and Kogenji became, without dispute, the girl everyone in class hated most.
Besides that, he was also the boy everyone hated most.
Thus, Kogenji became the most hated person in the entire class.
Bai Lan didn't hate him. On the contrary, he felt an urge to compete with him immediately.
The God of Mockery! This man was worth fighting!
Bai Lan: This one's powerful. I have to copy it!
Wait!
Bai Lan realized there was a serious problem!
Weren't there many love-brained girls in this class who liked "overbearing CEOs"?
Kogenji's behavior was clearly so "overbearing CEO"-like, and he was even the heir to a conglomerate. His identity was a genuine overbearing CEO's.
Logically speaking, shouldn't the love-brained girls in Class D like someone like that?
Bai Lan discovered a blind spot.
"If they're both 'overbearing CEOs,' why do they have favorable impressions of me, yet hate Kogenji?
"No, I have to stop a girl later and ask her! I must figure out exactly where the problem lies.
"What do they actually like about me? Can't I just change it?"
Soon, it was Horikita's turn.
When Hirata invited her to introduce herself, Horikita said nothing. She merely looked at her book and gently shook her head, indicating that she didn't want to participate.
This behavior, which showed Hirata no respect, thoroughly offended the girls who liked Hirata.
Soon, it was time for the person before Bai Lan—the second-to-last person, Ayanokoji.
Ayanokoji looked as if he had developed a "speech impediment."
He stammered for a long time.
His simple sentence was: "I'm Ayanokoji Kiyotaka. There's nothing in particular I'm good at, but I'll work hard to get along with everyone. Please take care of me."
The entire content was less than thirty characters, yet he produced over a hundred syllables.
The words were shattered into pieces by all kinds of meaningless sounds.
"Lastly, Bai Lan."
Bai Lan glanced at Kogenji.
Hand over the honor of being "the most hated person in class"—
Hand it over to me!
He was fired up!
Bai Lan had already combined the self-introduction templates of Kogenji, Ike, and Yamauchi. Based on his own situation, he had changed a few details without altering the essence and increased the level of mockery. He had finished composing his own self-introduction.
That way, even if he couldn't become number one on the "most hated person in class" list, he could at least squeeze into the top four, right?
That would still count as progress.
At least it would be much better than the current situation.
Soon, Bai Lan's self-introduction began.
First was the "Kogenji Rokosuke template."
Like Kogenji, Bai Lan didn't stand up. Before speaking, he likewise revealed a disdainful smile.
"I'm Bai Lan, the successor of GC-ism, inheriting the glory of the revolutionary forefathers.
"When I encounter something I can't stand, I can't help saying some unpleasant things.
"Because they're so unpleasant, they sound a lot like swearing.
"But at times like this, you must remember: your feelings aren't mistaken. I really am swearing at you.
"I know that's very rude, so anyone who feels offended is welcome to come over and hit me. I guarantee that I'll definitely hit back."
Because they had encountered unfamiliar terms, many people couldn't react immediately.
What did "successor of GC-ism" mean?
What was that bit about "inheriting some kind of glory"?
Because they didn't understand the national circumstances of Huaguo, aside from Wang Meiyu, the only other Huaguo international student in the class, very few people could quickly understand the meaning of those two sentences.
They only felt that it sounded incredibly grand.
They felt that Bai Lan seemed to be the heir to some enormous power.
Or perhaps Bai was from some illustrious, prestigious family. To "inherit the glory," would he make his family work even harder in the future and create even greater splendor?
At first hearing, everyone immediately felt that Bai Lan's influence seemed no weaker than Kogenji's!
After that, Bai Lan's following words became much easier to understand.
To summarize:
A provocation and threat similar to Kogenji's!
If Kogenji's words had produced an ordinary effect,
Bai Lan was immediately met with angry glares from the entire class.
That included the girls who had shown him goodwill that morning and seemed to be love-brained.
Seeing this, Bai Lan let out a sigh of relief and grew excited.
Although he didn't know why, this at least proved that imitating Kogenji's behavior had effectively lowered the entire class's favorable impression of him, even reversing it into negative feelings. It hadn't merely been effective—it could practically be called astonishingly effective!
As long as it worked, it was a good thing.
One had to know that Bai Lan had prepared three templates.
At present, he had only imitated one of Kogenji's templates, yet it had already produced such an effect. Once he threw out the other two templates, he might be able to charge straight to first place on the "most hated person in class" rankings, and even leave second place several positions behind!
Just thinking about it made him happy.
Bai Lan was feeling pleased, preparing to bring out the other two templates.
However, right at that moment—
"Ha~ How dare you imitate the way I speak? I don't like sharing my things with others. You actually went and sullied my beautiful speech like that!"
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