Starting Off by Fishing Away a Beautiful Girl, Kamuro

"Quiet everyone, let me introduce myself first."

A middle-aged man walked into the classroom with an air of natural authority; anyone could tell at a glance that he was the homeroom teacher.

"I am Tomoya Mashima, the homeroom teacher for Class A. The school's policy is that the homeroom teacher will not change for the three years you are here, so I will be with this class for the next three years."

Tomoya Mashima's introduction drew everyone's attention, as he was their homeroom teacher, and U Amakusa was no exception.

"Upon enrollment, the school provided each of you with a mobile phone. This was notified before you arrived, and the use of personal mobile phones is strictly prohibited on campus."

"You have all received them, right? The phones issued by the school contain a terminal system with your student information. Furthermore, you can only use the balance within that system to pay for purchases on campus. In other words, as long as it is within the school, you can buy anything with the balance in the terminal system."

As Tomoya Mashima spoke calmly, his gaze swept over every student in the classroom.

Just as he said, the students began to grow curious about the point balance on the system and opened the phones they had just received.

Of course, there were exceptions.

A girl with short silver hair, a cane resting beside her desk, seemed more interested in the actions of her classmates than the point balance on her phone.

U Amakusa was not among the exceptions; the points on the screen seemed to hold some sort of magic for him, and he never once shifted his gaze away from the phone.

"The school has already distributed this month's points. You may check them. As for the prices on campus, they are the same as the outside world. You can consider these points to be Japanese Yen. Of course, try to contain your surprise."

"The school has issued 100,000 points. There is absolutely no mistake. The school believes that you, having arrived at this institution, possess this value. This is the school's current assessment of you, so you can use them with complete peace of mind. The use of these points is absolutely free."

Before Tomoya Mashima finished speaking, the students of Class A remained quiet, waiting for their homeroom teacher to finish.

U Amakusa felt a sense of irony; was it really okay to emphasize that this was the school's policy in the very first sentence?

What followed was a routine introduction to the school's points and various other matters, and U Amakusa tried his best to play the part of a background character.

Although this was a good time to attract the attention of Sakayanagi, U Amakusa did not intend to take action just yet.

"That concludes my explanation. If you have any questions, please raise your hand."

Not necessary, I suppose.

U Amakusa sighed helplessly to himself. It was almost impossible to find a point to question in Mr. Mashima's speech; he had been very clear.

Yet, someone still raised their hand.

It was a bald student.

"Mr. Mashima, since we have absolute freedom over the points issued by the school, can we convert them into Yen and send them outside?"

"You can, but I do not recommend that you do so."

At this point, a hint of a smile appeared on the corner of Mr. Mashima's mouth. He had developed a bit of favor for this bald student.

"Why?" the bald student continued to press.

"I can only tell you that points can be used in more useful places. I will not answer any further."

It was clear that Mr. Mashima had retracted some of his appreciation for the bald student; perhaps this question was indeed very important to him.

The bald student did not pursue the matter further. Fortunately, he knew when to stop.

U Amakusa's gaze remained fixed on the points on his phone. He knew the identity of the bald student very well; after all, that trademark look was far too recognizable.

[Name: U Amakusa
Gender: Male
Class: 1-A
Personal Account: 100,000.]

Once Mr. Mashima left, the students in the classroom began to move about freely. The bald student took the podium and suggested that everyone introduce themselves.

Most of the students agreed to the introductions. First was the bald student, whose name was Kohei Katsuragi.

Following that, students began to introduce themselves one after another, and U Amakusa completed his own introduction as well.

Of course, it was just a small interlude; there was no way a simple self-introduction could attract the attention of Kohei Katsuragi and Sakayanagi.

Unless Sakayanagi was actually a closeted fan of good looks, and U Amakusa considered his own appearance to be in the top tier.

By the time all the students had finished their introductions, they began to get to know one another, while U Amakusa had not taken off his glasses from start to finish.

As expected.

U Amakusa looked at the information pages of everyone in Class A; something had appeared on all of their pages: the point balance.

An interesting idea sprouted in U Amakusa's mind. He licked his lips, feeling somewhat impatient.

Kamuro saw U Amakusa smiling foolishly to himself again, and her anger flared up. She slammed her hand onto U Amakusa's desk.

"Are you going or not!"

"Going, going, going. Since someone is treating, why wouldn't I go? Especially when it's a beautiful girl like Kamuro."

U Amakusa shoved his phone into his pocket and stood up, signaling that he was ready to move at any time.

Come to think of it, it was quite baffling that Kamuro had agreed to his invitation so decisively.

But now was not the time to ask that question. Discussing such things in the classroom would be like taking off one's pants just to fart.

"Tch."

The two of them walked together, leaving the classroom to head toward a coffee shop.

However, U Amakusa was unaware that while he believed he had kept a low profile, he had actually already drawn the attention of most of the students in Class A.

Most of the students were still in the initial phase of getting to know one another, typically striking up conversations and making friends with those of the same gender first.

Yet U Amakusa went against the grain, immediately taking Kamuro—a beautiful girl ranked among the best in the class—away by himself, right under the noses of his male peers.

Though the boys didn't say it aloud, almost every male would subconsciously notice the beautiful members of the opposite sex when entering a new environment.

As long as their sexual orientation was normal, this was an instinctive reaction for all the guys, and Kamuro was one of the top-tier existences in this new environment.

"That guy... he's incredible. How long has it even been?"

"Can I ask him to be my master?"

"Please, teach me a move or two! Master!"

The boys discussed U Amakusa, and the ability to joke about this situation actually helped most of them become familiar with one another.

The girls were discussing it as well, though their perspectives were vastly different from the boys'.

"Those two must know each other, right?"

"They were probably in the same class in middle school; that's what I think, anyway."

"By the way, don't you think that guy is actually quite handsome..."

"Oh~ don't tell me you have a crush on that type?"

"I get it, I get it. I like good-looking guys too."

On the other side, inside the coffee shop.

Two new guests had just sat down at Table 3, and a waitress approached them enthusiastically to ask for their orders.

The two sat opposite each other, staring wide-eyed at one another.