Boys' Jiahao Behavior Rankings (Part 2)

"Um, you're Ayanokoji, right?"

Flying Fish-Head Boy was called out of the inner circle by an orange-haired girl.

Ayanokoji frowned slightly.

It was Kushida. What did she want with him?

He even felt a trace of resentment. Uchiha had just gotten to the best part—why did you have to cut in all of a sudden?!

Couldn't you wait until he was done before coming to talk to me?!

Seriously!!

Ayanokoji turned around:

"You're... Kushida, right?"

The orange-haired girl blinked her big eyes and flashed a charming smile. "Thank you. So you remembered me."

"I guess."

Ayanokoji's gaze drifted away as he stared longingly toward the center of the crowd. It was too noisy to make out what Uchiha was saying.

All he could hear were bursts of laughter growing louder and louder.

"Um, can I take up just a little of your time?"

Ayanokoji: You're already taking it up.

I'm in a hurry. Could you just say everything at once?!

"Ayanokoji, you and Uchiha are pretty close, right?"

Flying Fish-Head Boy answered instantly, "No, I'm... not familiar with him at all."

And besides, they were rivals.

In this blood-soaked campus, one of them was destined to leave school in disgrace.

"But I always see you following Uchiha. You even followed him into the restroom."

Ayanokoji: "..."

That indisputable fact really did make things easy to misunderstand.

I was only observing his fighting patterns.

The orange-haired girl stepped half a pace closer.

"Recently, I've wanted to become friends with Uchiha, but I can never find him... Can you help me?"

"Even if I were to help you..."

Kushida stepped another half-step closer, her beautiful eyes fixed tightly on Ayanokoji. "Can't you?"

Ayanokoji looked down at her slightly, his eyes as still as a stagnant pool.

If an ugly girl dared to wear such a sweet smile, I'd have to beat her up.

But Kushida is so cute. I'll give her a very high score.

"I'll give it a try, but I can't guarantee it'll work. Where do you want to meet him?"

Kushida had gotten her way. She thought boys were so easy to fool—show them a fake smile, and a whole bunch would come crawling over.

"Ah, how about Palette? It's a trendy café. Uchiha should know the place, right?"

Ayanokoji nodded.

Even if Uchiha couldn't find his way there, it didn't matter. Ayanokoji knew the way.

Kushida clapped happily. "Thank you. I'm really looking forward to it~"

The next second.

She suddenly turned around.

Her smile vanished in an instant.

Then.

She squeezed into the crowd at lightning speed and soon secured a VIP seat in the front row—the spot that had originally belonged to Ayanokoji.

That's right, you didn't see it wrong.

Kushida was in even more of a hurry.

She was desperate to hear the next installment of Uchiha's story!!!!!

Ayanokoji: "...???"

You took my seat, so where am I supposed to sit???

That was so underhanded!!!

I was wondering why you called me out?!!

So you wanted to steal my seat!!!!

What a blunder!!!

Ayanokoji was on the verge of tears. He could only edge as close as possible; barely hearing was better than nothing.

Uchiha cleared his throat.

Kushida's sudden appearance startled him.

What, are you one of my fangirls too?

"Ahem, where was I?"

The blonde hottie was brimming with excitement. "Standing punishment!"

Uchiha immediately leaned back tactically. Girl, you're way too close. Your perfume is choking me.

"Speaking of the classic standing punishment!"

"Especially back in middle and high school, getting sent out to stand was, in the eyes of certain boys, nothing but pure enjoyment."

"They were happy even while being punished. The world had truly gone upside down!!"

"And this is a very magical thing. One thread doesn't make a rope, and one tree doesn't make a forest!!"

"If it was just one guy sent out to stand, he'd wilt instantly. Nothing would happen—he'd stand there quietly and obediently."

"But!!"

"When several Jiahaos got lined up and sent out together, when the brothers joined forces, things got interesting!!"

"They'd stand in a row, hands in their pockets, feet pointed outward, necks stiff, eyes glazed over, swaying their heads around, imagining all the girls in class watching them. They felt like the protagonists of a romance anime. Whose ancient-style boyfriend is this? Come collect him already."

"..."

The next second.

Everyone lost it.

They couldn't stop laughing!!

"That triggered a bond!!"

"Oh no, it's my turn. Back then, when I was being punished with my brothers, I couldn't help laughing!!"

"Pfft!! I'm dying laughing!!!"

"This is so damn funny. The girls just treated them like a tourist attraction."

"Guess why those Jiahaos got sent out to stand?!!"

"Of course it was embarrassing alone, but once there were more people, it became a squad..."

"HAHAHAHA, this is too real, too hilarious!!"

[Hao Spirit +500]

[Hao Spirit +501]

[Hao Spirit +469]

[Hao Spirit +613]

[...]

Uchiha hurriedly rubbed his crescent-shaped eyes. Hold it in, he couldn't laugh!!!

As he spoke, he nearly made himself crack up!!!

"Ahem, let's continue."

"When two people stood out there together, what did they think they were?"

Kushida's face was full of curiosity. "What?"

Uchiha curled his lips, his words pouring out like popping beans:

"Sun Wukong and Vegeta."

"Saitama and Genos."

"Light Yagami and L."

"The red and blue Contra."

"Chan Ho-nam and Chicken."

"..."

Just as everyone's emotions reached their peak, Uchiha hit them with a massive reversal:

"But in everyone else's eyes, they were just Big Bear and Little Bear."

"When three people stood together, they thought they were Liu-Guan-Zhang..."

"But to the girls, they were just the Three Musketeers of Bear Ridge."

"When a whole group got sent out to stand, they thought they were NBA superstars, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, whatever, playing in the finals. They'd hype up the pregame rally to the skies..."

"They were nothing more than a fifteen-minute minion wave—not even a twenty-minute one. Even twenty-minute super minions were stronger than them!!"

"So, brothers, if you ever get sent out to stand again, don't pull that dead-ass pose. Otherwise, you'll really throw away your priority right to a spouse."

"..."

The entire room went silent for three seconds.

Then.

OHHHHHHH!!!

The listeners erupted into heated discussion again!!!

"Jiahao has actually watched Young and Dangerous?!!!"

"Throw in a few air shots too—buzzer beater!!!"

"Nothing to criticize. That completely killed the game!!"

"Hey, I'm actually just a minion???"

"This is too hard to take!!!"

"How does Uchiha keep a straight face so easily??! Does he never break character?!!"

Sigh.

Horikita, who had been focused on reading, let out a sigh.

It was so noisy.

Part of her wanted to ask the teacher to change her seat, but another part wanted to hear more Jiahao quotes...

Could I already be poisoned?!!

And deeply poisoned?!!

Has it seeped into my organs and entrails?!!

No, impossible!!!!

Horikita pinched her cheeks hard and drove those wrong thoughts from her mind.

After deliberately waiting over twenty seconds for the Hao Spirit gain rate to slow down, Uchiha dropped another deep-sea bomb!!!!

"Next, let's talk about Jiahao's three most classic moves."

"Brushing back their bangs, licking their lips, and looking in the mirror!"

Upon hearing that, Koenji's body instantly stiffened.

He swallowed, licked his dry lips, then looked at the mirror in his left hand as his right hand sheepishly moved away from his hair...

What??

This involves me too?!!

"..."

Did I become the protagonist of a living question???