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The situation had split into three vivid scenes: Ayanokoji leisurely watched from the sidelines; Horikita Suzune was in a heated argument with someone; and Kushida and Wang Meiyu seemed to be having a warm conversation, smiling and exchanging frequent glances. The atmosphere between them was harmonious and cordial.

Kushida wasn't very surprised by Ayanokoji's return. Long Aotian had said he would come back for revenge.

In no time, the farce naturally came to an end, and Horikita Suzune became the sworn enemy of certain people.

She didn't care. She had always kept to herself at school. As the saying went, "I live as I please. Why should I explain myself to anyone?"

Horikita Suzune turned to the boy beside her and asked in confusion, "Ayanokoji, do you know who framed you last time?"

Ayanokoji glanced at Horikita Suzune. The framing had been so obvious, yet she still didn't know who had done it?

Had something happened to her while he was away?

"Long Aotian from Class A."

"What! It was him!" Horikita Suzune was a little surprised, but then she thought of something else and asked, "Then what happened with Kushida? Weren't you expelled at the time?"

Ayanokoji replied slowly, "After they examined Kushida, it turned out to be a misdiagnosis, so they let me go. Naturally, the expulsion was revoked, too."

P.S. Ayanokoji didn't know there had been people around at the time, taking photos and videos.

He didn't really want to talk to Horikita Suzune anymore.

Horikita Suzune still wasn't convinced. How could they expel someone and then suddenly revoke it? There had to be something going on.

"What are you thinking about, Long Aotian?"

A voice interrupted Long Aotian's thoughts.

[Satoshi Satonaka]

He really was quite handsome. First-year girls had voted him the most handsome first-year boy.

As for where Long Aotian ranked, he hadn't checked. What was the point?

"Nothing. I was thinking about two cuties."

"?" Satoshi Satonaka was puzzled. Could students keep pets at school?

Seeing him frown, Long Aotian quickly explained, "You misunderstood. I meant girlfriends."

At that, Satoshi Satonaka's expression turned utterly blank. His eyes widened and his mouth fell slightly open, as if he could fit an egg inside.

He muttered in disbelief, "Girlfriends? Two? No way!"

Then he shook his head, as if trying to recover from the shock.

"No, one."

"What! Eleven?"

"You're wrong. Just one."

"What!!! Ninety-one!"

The corner of Satoshi Satonaka's mouth twitched. "Y-you're being ridiculous."

"Heh." Long Aotian dropped his joking expression and looked at him seriously. "All right, what did you come to see me about?"

"Can't I come see you even if I don't have a reason?"

"You can. So, what is it?"

"How boring." Satoshi Satonaka continued helplessly, "Sakayanagi Arisu asked me to pass on a message: she wants to see you after school."

"Okay."

He was a little puzzled. Why was Sakayanagi Arisu looking for him now? Had something changed? Surely she hadn't come over just to hang out?

As time passed~

After school, Long Aotian headed back to the dorm. Sakayanagi Arisu had told him to meet her after class, but hadn't said where. Just like with that letter last time, she had dropped a line and left him with no further details.

"?" As he walked, he suddenly noticed someone following him.

He turned a corner and entered a narrow alley.

At the bend, Long Aotian calmly placed a Flying Thunder God Mark, then continued farther in.

Soon, a figure entered the alley. Seeing Long Aotian's silhouette disappearing farther ahead, the person hurried after him.

"Huh? Where'd he go?" The newcomer had only blinked, and Long Aotian had vanished.

What he didn't know was that while he blinked, Long Aotian had appeared behind him.

Without hesitation, Long Aotian punched him. There were no security cameras here, anyway.

"Ah!"

The man's scream rang out~

Since the newcomer was wearing a school staff uniform, Long Aotian didn't beat him to death.

"Stop! Stop it!" Terror and helplessness filled the man's face as he flailed his arms, trying to fend off the fists raining down on him.

A heavy blow made his body jolt. Then he collapsed limply to the ground, kicking up a small cloud of dust.

Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth as he panted, his eyes full of pleading. "Your Majesty... I'm one of your own!"

"?" Long Aotian eyed him suspiciously. Once he got a good look at the man's face, he asked in confusion, "What are you doing here, Nishiki Koichi?"

Nishiki Koichi was the third-in-command of Long Aotian's Revolutionary Army. Half a year after arriving in this world, Long Aotian had already started building the army, planning to make a major move against Japan.

An ordinary person couldn't have pulled that off. Try starting something like that, and you'd be branded a terrorist. Even getting started would be incredibly difficult.

In the end, Long Aotian had used the system skill [Gu] to take control of everyone in a military camp.

But he hadn't immediately launched an uprising under the banner of the "Revolutionary Army." He planned to expand his influence step by step.

Some might ask why he didn't just control the Emperor. Leaving aside the fact that he couldn't find him, Long Aotian had initially wanted to gain status through warfare.

After all, if you had a cheat like this and didn't play at being an emperor, it would be a bit of a waste.

The original plan was for the troops in his camp to use the [Gu] he had given them to take control of other camps, while he oversaw everything himself. But the system had tricked him into coming to school.

"Your Majesty! I've come to report." Nishiki Koichi climbed to his feet and, despite his discomfort, stood straight. In a solemn voice, he said, "As directed by the letter Your Majesty left before departing, we found you here. With the power of [Gu], we now control twelve military camps, one aircraft carrier, five cruisers, two carrier-based aircraft, and three aviation units."

P.S. We can't compare this with the modern world, so just read it as a power fantasy.

"That's pretty impressive." Long Aotian frowned at the report and continued, "Where are the troops you control?"

"In Kochi, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, Oita, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, and Kagoshima."

Look at the map yourself →

Holy crap! You've taken over everything south of here!

"Keep it up." Long Aotian patted Nishiki Koichi on the shoulder and said calmly, "I'll give you a month to come up with a plan. Find a way to take control of the military camps in northern Hokkaido and Aomori Prefecture, or plant spies there.

"If you can't manage it, send the planes in first, with the tanks following close behind. Start a war, strike north from Kochi through Tokushima, then attack this school, and keep pushing north. Work out the details when you get back."

He didn't plan to keep playing with these kids. It was a complete waste of time.

The school was now between Tokushima and Kobe. Look at the map yourself →

P.S. Neither the anime nor the novel said exactly where the school was, so I had to choose a location myself.

"Yes!"

Nishiki Koichi snapped to attention, fingers of his right hand held together and extended, his fingertips precisely positioned near his temple.

A white-haired girl stood in front of the dormitory, watching Long Aotian approach. She said slowly, "Hurry up and open the door."

Long Aotian narrowed his eyes slightly and checked the room number. Once he was sure it was right, he grumbled to himself, "Is it really okay to suddenly show up at my door like this?"

Then the door creaked open. The two went inside, and he closed it behind him before sitting down and asking, "Is there something you wanted to tell me?"

Sakayanagi Arisu nodded. "Ayanokoji is back."

"I know. I'm guessing that's not all you wanted to say?"

During class, Kushida had already messaged him. Sakayanagi Arisu only knew about his relationship with Sakura, so she must have assumed Sakura told him when Ayanokoji returned.

With her intelligence, she couldn't have missed that. So there had to be something else.

Sakayanagi Arisu knitted her brows slightly, a bitter expression crossing her face. She said softly, "My father—the Chairman of the school—has been replaced.

"I suspect this might have something to do with the people behind Ayanokoji."

P.S. Once Japan's been taken over, the story will be about done. I can't help it; the earlier chapters were written so badly, so I'm planning to write a new book.

Thank you all for reading~