Came in Through Connections, and Still So Arrogant?!

Ibuki Mio added, "Yes, I heard it was arranged directly by higher-ups."

Dongshan's brows sank even further. "Are you telling the truth?!"

Where had something gone wrong?!

This school was established by the government. Every student who obtained admission had to have gone through rigorous selection!!

Skipping the exam and getting in through the back door meant disregarding the rules!!!

It meant having no decency as a person!!!

Green-haired Ishizaki jumped out and eagerly chimed in:

"It's absolutely true!! I swear, loads of students know about it."

"..."

Dongshan fell into thought.

What the hell was going on?!

Could it be that the chairman had gone bald and simply given up on himself, taking bribes now?

Or... was that kid his illegitimate son?!

"Good, very good..."

Dongshan's face darkened. He had thought the government and the academy's higher-ups were people who followed the rules, but he never expected such disgusting incidents to still happen nowadays.

And the chairman had personally gotten involved!!!

He had already made up his mind.

When he met that kid named Uchiha Jiahao later, he would definitely give him some proper "special attention." After all, he was the PE teacher for the first-year students. The kid couldn't exactly avoid him, could he?

Wait...

Something was wrong!!

Dongshan inwardly cried out in alarm!!

That kid had connections to the chairman. What if he simply didn't come to PE class? Where would Dongshan find him then?

Thinking of this, Dongshan suddenly felt a deep sense of helplessness toward these privileged kids with powerful backgrounds.

Just then.

Beep beep!!

A pink electric scooter came driving straight over from the distance.

Hmm?!

Everyone was drawn by the horn and turned to look.

A boy with an afro parked the scooter and strolled leisurely onto the track field.

Uchiha looked around. The view was pretty open here. PE classes should be quite enjoyable, right?!

When he spotted the muscular man, he politely greeted him.

"Hello, Teacher. I'm Uchiha Jiahao from Class 1-D."

This damn place was so huge that he had no choice but to borrow an electric scooter from Chabashira-sensei. He had even thought he had gone the wrong way just now.

But the moment Uchiha finished saying his name, he suddenly felt the atmosphere turn somewhat heavy.

Was it just his imagination?

For that instant, he had clearly noticed the changes in the teacher's expression and the expressions of several people from Class C.

Hmm?!

They all knew me?!

That made things easy then!!

"..."

Teacher Dongshan, Ryuuen, and the others were all a little dumbfounded.

They had just been talking about Uchiha, and now the man himself had arrived.

What a coincidence?!

At that moment.

Dongshan scrutinized the masked boy.

His first impression was:

He looked pretty normal.

Aside from that hideously ugly afro.

He had a harmless baby face and was rather tall and thin. His physical condition didn't look all that impressive.

Ryuuen was also looking at Uchiha. This bamboo pole had defeated Katsuragi? No way, right?!!

Yamada and Ishizaki exchanged a glance, clearly holding back some kind of mischief.

Shiina Hiyori, on the other hand, looked at Uchiha a few more times. This boy... why did he seem like a scholarly young man with a chivalrous spirit?

Meanwhile, Dongshan shook his head in disappointment.

He had already labeled Uchiha as someone who got in through connections.

Heh, he wanted to see just how capable someone worthy of the chairman's special attention really was.

"Uchiha, Jiahao, right? You can call me Teacher Dongshan. For the next three years, I'll personally be teaching your PE classes."

Dongshan's tone was cold, and he did not even look Uchiha in the eye. "I know more or less about your situation."

Uchiha nodded as if it were only natural. "Good. As long as you know."

"???"

Hey?!

The others were stunned.

What did he mean, "As long as you know"?!

Was he such a big shot that everyone had to know who he was?!

Then Uchiha said, "No wonder you all nearly pissed yourselves the moment I said my name. So you'd already heard how awesome I am."

"..."

"..."

"???"

Everyone was shocked!!

Awesome?!

How awesome could you be?!!

You got in through connections, and you were proud of it?!!

[Passion +1247]

[Passion +1068]

[Passion +1190]

[Passion +950]

[...]

Just as I thought!!

Uchiha secretly reveled in delight!!

Had they heard of his glorious feat of tearing lightning apart with his bare hands during a thunderstorm?!

You flatter me, you flatter me!!!

Just as he enjoyed the flood of Passion points scrolling by.

"Stop smiling. Be serious!!"

"Class rep, class is about to start. Hurry up and get everyone lined up!"

"Tweet!" Dongshan suddenly blew his whistle.

"Uchiha, no matter how you got in here..."

"On my turf, I only care whether you follow the rules. If someone can't keep up, I won't spare them punishment just because they have some great background."

Uchiha's eyes lit up. "Impartial and unyielding. Good teacher!"

Shiina smiled gently. "Unbiased. A good evaluation."

Then she bent down and touched her lower abdomen, suddenly feeling a cramping pain below!!

Dongshan: "...???"

What was this kid talking about?!

Oh!!

Were you being sarcastic?!

Good heavens, just as expected of someone who got in through connections. What an arrogant attitude!!

The others were stunned as well.

For a moment, they even forgot how to line up!!

"...Forget it. You, if you understand, go back to your class's line."

"After five minutes of warm-up, form your own teams. You may team up across classes, ten people per group, for a 1,000-meter long-distance run."

Dongshan suppressed his anger and did not want to talk to him for the time being.

"..."

Uchiha shrugged and consciously took his place behind Ayanokoji.

He glanced at Class C beside them.

He found several guys looking at him too.

?

One of them had purple hair. He looked Uchiha up and down without saying anything, his expression seemingly disdainful.

Those striking purple eyes clearly did not think much of him.

Finally, the other guy gave him a throat-slitting gesture!!!

Uchiha was instantly enraged!!

Fuck!!

You edgy punk think you're hot stuff?!

Ibuki Mio also gave him a few extra looks, directly clenched her little fists, and bared her small canine teeth in an unmistakable threat.

Five minutes later.

Everyone had finished warming up.

Next came the time to form teams freely.

Uchiha walked over, stood beside them, and spoke.

"You were looking at me just now. Did you want to team up with me and compete in the long-distance run?"

"But you guys look a little weak. It's fine, though. I like stomping noobs."

"???"

Ryuuen's expression immediately cracked.

"????"

Ibuki Mio turned her head too, looking a little blank.

What was wrong with this guy?!

He was calling them weak the moment they met?!

Had he ever seen them run?!

Could he run faster than them?!

Ryuuen held it in for several seconds before letting out a cold snort.

"I run a thousand meters in three minutes and twelve seconds. What about you? How dare you call me weak?!"

Uchiha said, "Three minutes and twelve seconds means you're not weak? The men's world record for one thousand meters is... two minutes and twelve seconds."

"You're a whole minute behind. How does that not make you weak?"

"You!" Ryuuen's face darkened. "So what if I really am weak? I got in here fairly and by the rules. At least I'm more qualified to be here than you are!!"

"..."

The atmosphere instantly became tense.

Dongshan glanced over, the corner of his mouth curling slightly as he gave Ryuuen an approving look.

Sometimes, teachers could not say too much to certain students.

And Ryuuen was practically speaking for him.

Dongshan simply pretended not to see anything and cleared his throat.

"Alright, I see the first team has already been formed."

"First, I'll conduct a physical fitness test for you. The first event is a one-kilometer speed test."

"..."

"Teacher, wait a moment."

Uchiha suddenly spoke.

?

Dongshan turned to look at him.

Uchiha said, "One kilometer? Isn't that way too short? Are we taking a walk and walking dogs?"

"Back then, I used to carry two stray dogs on my back and run several marathons in one go."