The Real Campus

After lunch, the two walked side by side leisurely on the school field.

Though she wanted to look away, Kamuro Masumi's gaze kept drifting unconsciously toward Gojo Satoru's face.

Finally, she couldn't hold it in anymore and blurted it out.

"Didn't you say you were scared of being targeted by creeps? Why aren't you wearing the blindfold?"

But Gojo Satoru didn't answer the question. Instead, he directly pulled Kamuro Masumi into a hug.

"Boo hoo! I'm really sad right now!"

Startled by the sudden embrace, she still heard the slightly tearful tone in his voice and patted his back to comfort him.

"There, there, don't cry, don't cry. What's wrong?"

"Can't say! But I'm just really sad!"

"Are you a little kid?!"

Though she wanted to console him, she couldn't help being annoyed by his childish words.

But this time, Gojo Satoru didn't reply. He just held her quietly.

After about five minutes, Gojo Satoru reluctantly pulled his hands back, his face returning to its usual smile as he said cheerfully, "Phew! Shinsuke energy fully charged! I'm alive again!"

Seeing him bounce back, Kamuro Masumi asked again, "So what really happened? You're acting so weird today."

"Secret!"

He raised his right index finger to his lips, answering with a mysterious smile.

"Hmph! If you don't want to say it, fine! I don't care!"

Annoyed, Kamuro Masumi headed straight for the school building, ignoring the riddle-talking Gojo Satoru.

Watching her storm off, Gojo quickly chased after her, grinning cheekily.

"Don't be mad, I was just joking.

Hey, wanna go out and play this weekend?"

Hearing the invitation, Kamuro Masumi stopped, but instead of looking happy, her expression turned serious.

"Sorry, I can't go out with you for a while."

"Huh?! Why? Is it because of what just happened? I can apologize! I'm sorry!"

Seeing his flustered apology, Kamuro finally laughed and explained cheerfully, "Hahaha, no, it's just that I made plans with Classmate Sakayanagi from my class. She's going to help me with tutoring."

"Oh, that's a relief then."

"But don't get too happy. It's almost May, and based on what we in Class A think, the school probably won't hand out the usual 100,000 points every month.

Especially your Class D—the study atmosphere is the worst, so you'll get the least points. Sure, you have a lot of Private Points, but the school seems to judge things based on individual behavior, and you're always skipping class. That's really dangerous!

And right now, you're not even wearing your uniform—you definitely didn't go to class again!"

Gojo Satoru didn't reply. He just kept smiling at her.

Unable to stand his gaze, Kamuro Masumi snapped, "I'm worried about you! Can't you be serious for once?"

"Huh? Did Shinsuke forget? I'm the strongest!"

Gojo Satoru looked away, speaking with confidence, then added, "But seeing Shinsuke worry about me like this makes me really happy!"

'Right... I've never really understood him, have I? He got that many points on the first day of school—there's no way he can't see the school's hidden rules.'

"Hmph, just be careful, okay? Don't get into trouble.

I'm heading back to class. Don't follow me, or you'll definitely get swarmed by girls again."

With that, she ran off, not giving Gojo a chance to reply.

'Jealous, huh?'

"Kamuro, where's your friend?"

"Kamuro, is your friend an upperclassman? Which class? What's his name?"

Just as she returned to the classroom, a few girls crowded around her.

Facing their questions, Kamuro Masaki looked very impatient and said directly, "Go after Gojo Satoru from Class 1-D if you've got the guts!"

'Anyway, Satoru would never fall for any of you!' Kamuro Masaki thought confidently, then returned to her seat.

"He's in the same grade!"

"Huh? Is there someone like that in Class D?"

"Isn't that the chuunibyou who's always skipping class?!"

Murmurs and gossip kept spilling from their mouths.

"Kamuro-san seems to really like that Gojo-kun."

Sakayanagi Arisu and her lackey Hashimoto Masayoshi came over to Kamuro Masaki's seat.

"Ha?! What's it to you whether I like him or not? You sleazeball!"

"It's got nothing to do with me, true, but it seems he knows me?" Hashimoto Masayoshi said helplessly.

Hearing this, Sakayanagi also took interest and spoke up, "That was two weeks ago, right? A girl from Class C came running over saying she wanted to duel you."

"Yeah, yeah! I tried my best to explain that I had no idea who some silver-haired weirdo in an eyepatch was. But she absolutely refused to believe me, insisting that since he knew me, there was no way I didn't know him! In the end, even after I finally cleared it up, she still chewed me out. I was totally innocent!"

Hearing this, Kamuro Masaki recalled what happened back then, but still shot back, "She chewed you out because you said something sleazy!"

"Huh?! But..." Before he could finish, Sakayanagi cut him off.

"Well, that makes things interesting. Why would he know Hashimoto-kun? And deliberately pin the blame on him. Kamuro, did you ever mention him?"

"Why would I talk about this sleazeball to him?" Kamuro Masaki said angrily.

Hearing this answer, Sakayanagi didn't say anything more and slowly walked back to her seat. 'So this is the student Father wants me to defeat?'

May 1st, morning.

In the Class D classroom, most students were restless.

"Did your points come in?"

"Huh?! Yours didn't come either?"

"Didn't the teacher say they'd be deposited on the first of every month?"

"Everyone, don't panic! It might just be a glitch in the school system. We'll ask the teacher when she gets here!" Hirata stood up to calm them down.

"Yeah, everyone, let's stay calm!" Little angel Kushida Kikyou also stood up to chime in.

"But..." Ike Kanji's words were cut off as homeroom teacher Chabashira Sae walked in.

Seeing the homeroom teacher, the students' complaints flared up again.

"Teacher! Where are this month's points?"

"Yeah! Why haven't they been sent yet? I need to pay back my debts!"

"Didn't they say it'd be automatically deposited into the student ID terminal on the first of every month?!"

"Bam!!"

"Quiet!"

Hearing the chorus of complaints, Chabashira Sae slammed the textbook heavily onto the lectern.

Silence...

Seeing the class finally settle down, Chabashira Sae ignored the strange looks and began writing on the blackboard without a care.

Class A 940

Class B 650

Class C 490

Class D 0

Staring at the classes and numbers listed above, a bad feeling crept into most people's hearts!

"The S System evaluates students in real time and calculates these values. These are the points you've earned this month. You're not seeing things—it's zero! Truly a bunch of idiots."

No way?!

Most couldn't accept this reality.

Hirata couldn't hold back the silence any longer and stammered out a question.

"Teacher, can you explain why our points are zero? And what exactly does the S System represent?"

Hearing such a foolish question, Chabashira let out a bitter laugh and replied with a mocking tone, "Do you even need to ask? Just look at how this class has behaved since the semester started! If we judge by each class period, your total tardiness and absences for this month amount to two hundred and twenty-six times!"