"The chairman's here—now this is going to be good. Let's see how he gets himself out of this!!"
"He'll probably have to back down now, right?!"
"Get back to your seats already. This has nothing to do with me..."
"Jiahao's done for this time. He's not getting expelled, is he?!"
Every student thought Uchiha was completely finished!
Yet Uchiha looked like he was effortlessly keeping it together.
"?"
Everyone was baffled.
Wait, what?!
That was all the reaction he had?
Wasn't he scared?
Kushida was somewhat surprised, but she quickly sneered.
Keep pretending. Just keep pretending. You've really overdone it this time!!!!
Hearing the discussions around him, Sakayanagi's expression darkened.
He normally wasn't like this. In private, he was quite mild-mannered.
It was only because today was the first day of school, and he needed to set an example for all the faculty.
From his perspective, he had assumed from the start that this masked student had beaten up that horse-faced student.
His gaze settled on Uchiha, carrying obvious irritation.
Was this kid some kind of school bully?
Sakayanagi decided to give Uchiha a chance to explain himself first.
"You. Tell me what happened."
Facing the chairman's questioning, Uchiha remained expressionless.
In truth, he was already sweating buckets.
It's so over!
He guiltily glanced at the four cameras on the wall, propped his cheek on his hand, and put on a profound expression.
The relaxed atmosphere had clearly changed!
Hey, what the hell are those looks for?!!
You're making it seem like I knocked Yamauchi flat with one punch.
And also—
Yamauchi, you disaster magnet, quit putting on that teary-eyed, bullied expression!
What do I do?!
Waiting online!
Urgent, urgent, urgent!
Sakayanagi reconsidered. Could there have been some misunderstanding?
Who had bullied whom? Had he gotten it backward?
After all, everyone was "aggressively" surrounding a single masked student. It really did look like the whole class was ostracizing someone.
"Student, is someone ostracizing you?!"
"Today, I'll stand up for you. The school will not wrong a single good person, nor will it let a single bad person go."
What?!
Someone was ostracizing me?!
How did I not know that?!
Even with Mount Tai collapsing before him, Uchiha's expression did not change. He continued to hold it together.
Seeing this—
The students around him were instantly stunned!
"The world's gone upside down!!! Who could possibly bully him?!"
"Damn! Jiahao can't even be bothered to acknowledge the chairman."
"Now I'm genuinely impressed. Even the chairman's words don't work on him!!"
"What the hell is that guy doing? Why is he suddenly warming up his voice? Is he going to sing or what?!!"
Yet because of the chairman's intervention—
His Swagger Points started rising even faster!!
[Swagger +34] [Swagger +27] [Swagger +40] [...] [Current Swagger Points: 1051]
After a long while—
Just as everyone was growing impatient, Uchiha finally spoke indifferently.
His deep, sexy bubble-like voice sent goosebumps racing across everyone's skin:
"I am not a life-form from the same dimension as them. How could ostracism even be possible?"
This?!
Although he sounded a little too chuuni, at least there had not been any serious bullying incident.
Sakayanagi visibly sighed in relief, his expression improving considerably. Just as he was about to speak, Uchiha swaggered again.
"No one in this world can ostracize me. If anyone is going to be ostracized, it will be me ostracizing everyone else!!!"
"..."
Everyone, including Ayanokoji, was dumbfounded?!
Listen to the nonsense you're spouting?!
What did you mean, you were ostracizing everyone else?!
Seeing the chairman's face turn black as the bottom of a pot—
His survival instinct exploded. Uchiha decided to play dumb and muddle through.
He suddenly stood up!
The audience collectively jumped.
Bro, could you stop startling everyone like that?!
Uchiha slowly raised both hands and quietly edged toward the back door.
While mechanically goose-stepping, he howled like a ghost in nervous panic:
"One day, one day, drawing near to your heart~"
"When you're happy, I care~"
Come on!
He drew a huge heart in the air with his fingertips!
Although his pitch was wildly off, he crossed his arms to give himself a warm hug, then smiled and nodded in affirmation!
"Every little bit, I can sense it~"
"You are my most beautiful belief~"
The lyrics came out in broken fragments, creating an intensely disjointed feeling!!!
All forty people in the room were completely dumbfounded.
Even Koenji's eyes twitched.
What the fuck was this cursed thing?!
The entire classroom exploded!!
Quite a few people held up their phones to record, struggling not to laugh as they filmed:
"I couldn't hold it together the moment he opened his mouth!!!"
"Cake master!! A true cake master!!"
"A divine song for full-volume singing, the gospel of epic-level depression sufferers!!"
"I recorded it. I feel uncomfortable if I don't listen to it once every day!"
"Classmate, send me a copy of that recording. I'll use it as my alarm tone so I can wake up laughing every morning!!!"
"Science has proven that laughter is contagious!!!"
"No, I'm going to laugh myself to death~ Hahahaha~"
"My head just flew off from laughing. As expected of you, Jiahao, you innately blessed specimen!!"
"This material is enough to make me laugh for an entire semester!! No, an entire year!!!"
Sakayanagi's face twitched violently as he silently watched this solo dance performance belonging to "Jiahao"!!
In thirty years of teaching and educating students, he had never seen anything this outrageous!!!
"What kind of behavior is this?!!"
"What is he doing?!"
His face had gone green. Why the hell did Uchiha look like he was inviting him to sing and dance along?!!
Were students these days under that much pressure?
Had they all completely gone insane?!
How had he even gotten into Advanced Nurturing?!
By then, Uchiha had reached the back door.
Hasagi!!!
In high spirits, he darted out. Still remembering his original aspiration, he finished with a standard leaning-back air basketball shot.
When making an exit, one had to back out.
Because that was swagger.
"..."
Boundless swagger transformed into a soaring dragon and shot into the heavens!!!!!
[Swagger +44] [Swagger +37] [Swagger +52] [...] [Current Swagger Points: 1651]
Sakayanagi froze as he watched Uchiha's retreating back.
A thought surfaced in his mind.
Was this kid... a little too mentally healthy?!!
Fearing that things would escalate, a sunny, cheerful boy who valued friendship above all else stepped forward.
"It's like this, Chairman..."
Hirata Yousuke hurriedly stepped forward and explained what had just happened between Uchiha and Yamauchi—their arm-wrestling bet.
"..."
After hearing it, the chairman was completely dumbfounded!!!
His tightly held expression finally fell apart!!!!
What the hell?!
He had flung a student weighing over a hundred pounds seven or eight meters with one hand?!
Was that even human?!
Then—
The chairman's mouth twitched.
"Nothing happened."
"Carry on as you were."
"Oh, and don't miss the opening ceremony."
Once the chairman left, the class instantly returned to its demonic revelry.
Meanwhile, Uchiha had already run to the neighboring Class C. He had to get his daily task done, after all.
At a glance, he spotted a Black guy wearing sunglasses. He shouted through the glass window:
"Nega! Nega!!!"
No one was more sensitive to that word than the Black student, Yamada Albert!!
He rushed out with obvious anger on his face, his fists clenched hard. "What did you say?!"
"Uh, I didn't say anything. Did I offend you?"
Uchiha blinked innocently and immediately gained 56 Swagger Points.
"You clearly said 'nega'!!!"
Uchiha spread his hands harmlessly. "You heard wrong."
"Oh, is that so?" Yamada scratched the back of his head foolishly. "Sorry, classmate. I blamed you wrongly. Did you need something from me?"
"Heh." Uchiha put on an act, coughed twice, and pursed his lips as if it were a serious matter. "The teacher told you guys to go to the office and move some things."
"What things? How heavy are they? How many guys do you need?!"
The masked boy replied vaguely:
"Not sure. Of course, the more people the better. It'd be best to call every boy in the class. More hands make lighter work."
Yamada nodded.
"Fine."
Then.
He did the same thing.
At the entrance to Class B, Uchiha pointed around like he was picking soldiers. Whoever he picked had to serve!
You!
Why were your boobs the biggest!!!
Pah!!! Slip of the tongue!!!
Why were you standing by the door and blocking my view? First come, first served!
"So that's the situation. Your name is Ichinose Honami, right? Sorry to trouble you!!"
Finally.
Using the same routine.
He called out the beret with the smallest boobs in Class A.
"Such and such, blah blah~"
"Did you understand, Sakayanagi Arisu?"
"Mm."
Hearing her indifferent response, Uchiha did not care.
She was nothing more than a pretty skeleton.
Women would only slow down the speed at which he drew his sword.
The mission was half complete. All he wanted now was to go back to the classroom and collapse.
Had the chairman left yet?!
He probably would not pick a fight for no reason, right?!
If you dare come over again, I'll go berserk~
Thinking that, he happily hummed a tune as he headed back:
"I should roam the martial world, drinking a pot of muddy wine..."
Teachers' office.
The noise rose and fell without pause.
Looking at the dense crowd filling the room.
Chabashira's face was black as coal!!!
Where was Uchiha?!
I told you to bring over a few male students, but you went and called dozens at once!!!
Did you just round up every first-year boy as forced labor?!
Even more outrageous, Uchiha himself was not even here.
Was the sheepdog not herding sheep anymore?
Which corner had he run off to slack off in?!!
You little rascal, so you made yourself the "leader" and outsourced everything layer by layer to your "subordinates," huh?
Uchiha, you really have the potential to become a crooked business tycoon.
Chabashira laughed in fury.
Heh, he really knew how to play.
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