Nothing Is Too Difficult for Ayanokoji, Except Self-Introductions

They arrived at their destination shortly after.

After getting off the bus, what awaited us was a gate crafted from natural rock.

The boys and girls in uniforms passed through the gate after disembarking, and Ju Fan successfully escaped from that painful yet pleasurable scene.

Tokyo Advanced Nurturing High School was established by the Japan government to cultivate the young people who would support the future, and it was also the school where Ju Fan and the others would be attending.

It was his adoptive grandfather who recommended he come here. He heard that this school assigned classes based on comprehensive ability, which was why he was extremely dissatisfied with being assigned to Class D.

"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."

Upon seeing this gate, this sentence suddenly popped into Ju Fan's mind, causing him to blurt it out involuntarily.

"Ju Fan, what's wrong?"

Because he had been talking to himself in a very low voice, Kikyo did not hear the specific content, but seeing his nervous appearance, she still came to his side and leaned over to ask.

The clothes wrapping around her slime-like figure were stretched tight as if they couldn't bear the burden, making him unable to look away for a moment, which made him understand why the men on the bus had been looking at him with such jealousy.

"I was just wondering if I'd be able to make friends. I'm a little nervous, let's go in."

What exactly is a friend? At what point does a relationship count as friendship? Is it eating together, or going to the restroom together? The more he thought about what a friend actually was, the more his head began to ache.

Making friends was indeed a difficult problem for him; he hadn't fully grasped this issue in his previous life. That's right, Shinomiya Ju Fan was not entirely from this world, or rather, he wasn't even sure if he was a native of this world.

He had no memories from before the age of twelve in this life, and even his memories of his past life were blurry. According to the grandfather who adopted him, he had suffered from amnesia after a car accident when he was twelve.

But recently, the memories of his past life had become increasingly clear, and by now, they had almost fully recovered, yet there was still no sign of his memories from before age twelve returning. His Friend System was activated precisely because of this.

Under Kikyo's guidance, Ju Fan passed through the gate and arrived inside the academy. Incidentally, a male student with dark golden pupils behind him seemed to have been stopped because he was being hassled.

Because Kikyo had something to attend to halfway through, he returned to the classroom alone for now, scanning the room to find the seat with his name tag.

Unfortunately, he didn't hit the jackpot; it was a seat by the window in the second-to-last row. It might actually be a good spot, as he could clearly see the playground outside.

To his right was a cute girl with purple twin-tails who appeared to be Chinese. He had caught a glimpse of her name tag earlier; it seemed to be Wang Meiyu.

Due to the regional bonus, Ju Fan had a very high favorable impression of her, but the other party seemed to be nervous and had no intention of striking up a conversation. To be honest, the difficulty of chatting up a cute, unfamiliar girl was too high.

Perhaps because the genes of his parents in this life were excellent, Ju Fan's appearance wasn't bad; rather, he was somewhat handsome, reaching an above-average standard in Class D. However, he had waited for a long time and no one had come to talk to him, which shouldn't have been the case.

"Um, you're Shinomiya-san, right? I'm Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, nice to meet you."

Just at that moment, he was addressed by a classmate behind him. With short brown hair and dark golden pupils, he appeared to be the person who had been stopped and hassled by the overbearing woman earlier.

"Yes, Shinomiya Ju Fan, nice to meet you."

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka? Ayanokoji? Ayanokoji!

Upon hearing this name that felt as if it were etched into his DNA, Ju Fan's memories surged from the depths of his mind as if a membrane had been pierced.

With this, the previous sense of incongruity made sense. No wonder he felt like he had heard the name Kikyo Kushida somewhere before; so he had transmigrated into this world after his death. If that was the case, things were about to get interesting.

"I'll state what kind of person I am first. I don't have any particular hobbies, but I maintain some interest in everything. I don't need too many friends, but I still want to maintain a certain number of them. In short, that's the kind of person I am."

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka introduced himself awkwardly, as if it were his first time talking to someone. To be honest, Ju Fan agreed with his philosophy on making friends, but because of his own goals, he would definitely have to make many friends.

"Hobbies, huh? I like reading, and I occasionally do some sports. I hope to be able to make more friends."

Hmm, in terms of self-introduction, Ju Fan was even more lacking in vocabulary than he had imagined. Even though he had thought about what to say in his heart, the moment he spoke, he felt his mind go blank.

Looking at Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's eyes, he could tell he was thinking that this guy definitely wouldn't be able to do it. He felt like he had been looked down upon.

"Let's do our best."

As expected of two people who had no friends, the conversation ended quickly, and they didn't even exchange contact information. How pathetic. No, Ju Fan still had Kikyo Kushida as a friend, although his methods of making friends weren't exactly sophisticated.

"Pfft!"

See? Sitting next to Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was the girl who seemed to have been hassling him earlier. Upon hearing the conversation between the two, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

However, she didn't seem to have any intention of interrupting. After a single laugh, she continued reading her book. The title was Crime and Punishment, a book discussing whether humans have the right to kill if it is for the sake of justice.

Speaking of Hypnosis, Ju Fan remembered that he also possessed a skill called Hypnosis Lv1, which had a suggestive effect with a 10% chance of making the target follow his suggestion.

Well, thinking is worse than doing.

"Since you find it funny, how about you, the classmate over there who looks like she has plenty of friends, give us a self-introduction?"

"Horikita Suzune. My hobby is reading."

Perhaps it was Ju Fan's provocation or the suggestion that took effect, but Horikita Suzune placed her book on the desk, sighed, glared at him with sharp eyes, and spoke slowly.

Although her words were very brief, in some respects, it was a bit of an improvement, even though the three of them were all much of a muchness and shouldn't judge each other.

During this time, the people around them had basically gotten on good terms with those next to them. In this classroom, various small groups were gradually forming. Perhaps to outsiders, the three of them looked like one too.

But only the parties involved knew that they were just strangers who had spoken a few words to each other. This could be seen from that pathetic 21 points of favorability—right, 20 was the initial favorability, and 1 point had just been added...