"I never thought we'd end up in the same class."
"...I did. I thought about it a lot."
Shiina Hiyori protested softly, covering her forehead with one hand.
"All right, you win."
The students nearby were already looking their way, eager for some entertainment. But what finally made Kitagawa Ryo stop talking was the teacher-looking man who had just walked in.
"We'll talk later."
Kitagawa Ryo turned Shiina Hiyori back around, despite the way she shook her head and swished her hair in protest, then sighed with a headache.
In this simulation, Kitagawa Ryo had once again carried over his "book friends" relationship with Shiina Hiyori. If he hadn't seen a few absurd scenes flash through his mind during the last simulation, he wouldn't have thought there was anything wrong with getting close to a soft, sheepish girl like Shiina Hiyori.
The problem was, Kitagawa Ryo had seen a little lamb turn into a big bad wolf.
Blaming some of the scummy things he'd done later in the previous simulation on that bastard of a talent, Carnivore, Kitagawa Ryo tried to reassure himself that he'd already started a new simulation. Then he looked toward the man who was unpacking a small box and handing its contents to the students in order.
Kitagawa Ryo glanced ahead. It looked like they were handing out school phones and little cards that were probably student IDs.
He wasn't surprised that the school provided its students with phones. Unlike most high schools, one of Tokyo Koudo Ikusei High School's peculiarities was that all its students were required to live in the school dormitories. They were also forbidden from contacting the outside world during term, except in special circumstances.
Even contacting family was prohibited without the school's permission.
Naturally, leaving school grounds without permission was strictly