(PS: The picture shows Horikita Suzune.)
"My name is Tenyo Yuyuki. Nice to meet you."
Tenyo Yuyuki smiled and said, "You two seem to get along really well. Are you friends from your old school?"
It seemed that Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, Horikita Suzune, Kushida Kikyo, and that annoying Kouenji Rokusuke had already had an encounter on the bus.
The two people before him already knew each other.
Horikita Suzune glanced up at Tenyo Yuyuki, then slowly lowered her gaze back to the book in her hands.
Only then did she reply coolly, "To make a judgment based on a single sentence is shallow, to say the least. Seeing me with this socially inept person beside me and calling us 'friends'—I suggest you get your eyes checked in the nurse's office."
That was harsh... Ayanokoji Kiyotaka couldn't help turning to look at Horikita. She wasn't talking about him when she said "socially inept," was she? It was true, but she didn't have to put it so harshly.
The smile on Tenyo Yuyuki's face didn't change. He hadn't expected any other answer.
Horikita Suzune was the younger sister of Horikita Manabu, the Third Year Student Council President.
This beautiful girl was academically gifted and excelled at both the arts and sports, but she was also a hopeless big sister fanatic.
As a result, despite her immense talent, her outlook was extremely narrow, and she lacked empathy and any sense of teamwork.
Convinced she was better than anyone her age, she misunderstood Horikita Manabu's aloofness and liked to assume that everyone else was a nuisance, kicking them aside without hesitation.
Tenyo Yuyuki joked, "You're really strict. At this rate, you'll never find a boyfriend."
"That's fine. I don't care about that."
Horikita Suzune finally looked up at Tenyo Yuyuki, her voice a little cool as she said, "I came to this school with a firm purpose. If you want to get along with the people around you, go find someone else. Don't bother me."
With that, Horikita Suzune lowered her head to look at the book in her hands. Naturally, Tenyo Yuyuki wasn't going to keep chatting and make a nuisance of himself.
Tenyo Yuyuki turned to Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and gave him a friendly smile.
Ayanokoji kept his expression neutral, while frantically wondering how he could act like an ordinary high school student.
Should he introduce himself first? Would that make him seem too forward? Would it go against the image he'd cultivated as someone who followed the Avoidance Principle? What if Horikita saw through him? If his lie was exposed, he'd be branded a liar. Would that make Horikita and Tenyo even more suspicious, leading them to discover his abilities and make the entire class suspicious of him?
A series of questions rapidly appeared in Ayanokoji's mind, only to be dismissed just as quickly.
Still, since this guy named Tenyo Yuyuki had looked over at him, it would make more sense for the other person to speak first, wouldn't it? That wouldn't seem unnatural, and then he'd be able to make his first friend!
Ayanokoji looked at Tenyo Yuyuki with a hint of anticipation. Then he watched as Tenyo Yuyuki simply turned away without looking at him again.
"???"
Wait... Ayanokoji was a little stunned.
Were high school students all like this now? Then why had he smiled at me just now? Was something wrong with my clothes?
Could everything he'd learned in the White Room be wrong?
Were ordinary high school students really all like Horikita, Tenyo Yuyuki, and that Kouenji guy? Was there something wrong with society...
Ayanokoji reflected on everything he'd seen and experienced.
Tenyo Yuyuki hadn't given it that much thought. He had no interest in Ayanokoji.
The White Room's only successful case.
Ayanokoji had been exceptionally talented from a young age. His father had locked him in the White Room as a test subject, where he'd been subjected to an extremely strict education.
It had to be said: as the White Room's only successful case, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka had indeed been a tremendous success.
Years of strict education had left Ayanokoji Kiyotaka with no feelings of aversion toward the White Room. It had even wiped out his emotions toward the world, leaving him only with curiosity and the joy of learning and growing.
He'd only left because he felt he could no longer grow in the White Room. In the end, with the help of a butler, he escaped.
On the butler's recommendation, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka had come to this school.
A person without emotions like him couldn't be controlled.
Meanwhile,
Tenyo Yuyuki also knew perfectly well why he'd been assigned to D Class. Like Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, he lacked the ability to trust others.
Tenyo Yuyuki felt nothing but faint disdain for this school.
The world had always been about strength and profit.
Unlike Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, Tenyo Yuyuki had ambitions. He longed to inherit the Tenyo Family and control all of Sakurajima.
"New students, return to your seats and sit down."
Just then, accompanied by the click of high heels, a mature beauty in a Black Silk Hip-Wrapped Professional Attire, her hair tied back in a neat ponytail, entered the classroom.
The noisy classroom fell silent at once. The students returned to their seats. For students who had only just finished middle school, the teacher's authority still carried considerable weight.
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