Makoto Nishikado Has Already Forgiven Class B

The next day, Makoto Nishikado left his dormitory and took the elevator.

Coincidentally, he ran into Ayanokoji Kiyotaka the moment he reached the first floor.

Since all first-year boys lived in the same building, it wasn't strange to run into each other.

"...Ugh."

The moment he saw him, Makoto Nishikado's face was written with disgust.

In the talent-rich Advanced Nurturing High School, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was the person he least wanted to encounter.

This guy provided him with emotion points, but only 1 or 2 at a time.

The system required him to generate 1,000 emotion points before he could view the other person's status panel.

Yet, Makoto Nishikado had reason to suspect that even after three years passed, he wouldn't be able to see Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's panel.

This guy was his natural enemy!

"Good morning."

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka took the initiative to greet him, his eyes staring straight at Makoto Nishikado.

He seemed to be waiting for Makoto Nishikado's response.

"Good morning?"

Makoto Nishikado responded hesitantly.

After receiving the response, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka nodded, turned his head, and said nothing more.

Today, the masterpiece was still learning how to be human in his own way.

Makoto Nishikado observed him, doubting his own eyes.

This guy acted so incoherently; was he really not a bot?

When normal people were expressionless, they were just poker-faced, but this guy's lack of expression was truly devoid of any emotion.

Compared to the masterpiece of the White Room, Makoto Nishikado felt this guy was more like a Terminator from the future.

If he slashed him with a knife, would this guy turn into a liquid metal man on the spot?

At the same time, Makoto Nishikado fell into deep self-doubt.

This guy was so strange, yet in the original story, he was very popular with both men and women.

Were there even any humans left in Advanced Nurturing High School?

When the elevator reached the first floor, Makoto Nishikado hurried out ahead of Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka watched Makoto Nishikado leave, a rare hint of confusion in his eyes.

He hadn't been carrying a piano to practice calligraphy in the elevator just now; he hadn't done anything strange from start to finish.

They had only spent such a short time together in the elevator, so why did this guy avoid him?

Could it be that his special circumstances had been detected by this guy?

Detected in such a short amount of time?

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka became interested and decided to remember Makoto Nishikado's face.

[Triggered Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's emotions, obtained 6 emotion points.]

"So generous?"

Seeing the system notification, Makoto Nishikado, who had already run far away, was shocked.

The masterpiece was actually willing to provide him with so many emotion points; he was truly flattered.

In return, Makoto Nishikado decided to give Ayanokoji Kiyotaka a wide berth whenever he appeared.

Before winning the Machine War, humans and bots could not be friends.

He bought two steamed buns on the way, finished them, and arrived at the classroom before class started.

Seeing his familiar classmates, he finally regained his usual smile.

Compared to facing that terrifying bot Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, the little angels of Class B were much cuter.

"Good morning, Ximen-kun."

"Good morning, have you had breakfast?"

As soon as they saw him, the little angels of Class B greeted him one after another.

Even though Makoto Nishikado had been "disrespectful" to the archangel Honami Ichinose yesterday, they had no intention of ostracizing him.

Honami Ichinose herself hadn't arrived yet, and the small group gathered around Amikura Asako didn't forget to plead with him after their greetings.

"Ximen-kun, we all know you're very capable, but please don't bully Honami-chan."

"Yeah, yeah, Honami-chan didn't do anything wrong."

"Honami-chan even told us that she doesn't think you have any ill will, and that she will try her best to cooperate with you in the future to make Class B even better."

A group of eye-pleasing girls chirped and gathered around Makoto Nishikado.

Yuki Himeno hurriedly retreated upon seeing this.

However, her seat was right next to Makoto Nishikado and Asako Amikura, so moving a couple of times didn't put much distance between them.

"Everyone, you can't put it that way. Everything I said was for Honami Ichinose's own good."

Makoto Nishikado was enjoying himself a little, but he still cruelly rejected the girls' pleas.

Honami Ichinose was, after all, an important experience pack for him.

Even if these little angels from Class B were the ones begging, he couldn't possibly agree.

Moreover, Makoto Nishikado didn't consider his own methods to be all that bad.

If things had really followed the original plot, Honami Ichinose would have suffered defeat after defeat, eventually being pushed from a great angel into a state of Darkening.

He was merely applying some pressure to Honami Ichinose, using a "gentler" way to help her change.

He really was just too kind!

"Is that true?"

Even though Asako Amikura had a very good temper and wouldn't easily doubt others, she found it hard to believe upon hearing this.

"Of course it's true. Honami Ichinose is so popular, and everyone around her is constantly singing her praises; that is actually very dangerous."

"It requires someone like me to speak ill of her, to keep her vigilant and motivated so that she can improve."

As Makoto Nishikado spoke, he even started to believe it himself.

Is there a possibility that he really was helping Honami Ichinose?

"Is it really, really true?"

Asako Amikura still found it a bit hard to believe.

Makoto Nishikado's explanation seemed to have a point, but it still sounded extremely strange.

"That goes without saying. Classmates, when your parents scold you, is it really out of malice?"