Hyogo Prefecture, Kobe City, Second Boys' High School, Class 1-D.
"The Bureau of Yin and Yang of the Heian Period belonged to the Ministry of Central Affairs under the Left Controller's Office and oversaw observations and determinations concerning divination, astronomy, timekeeping, and calendars..."
The balding male teacher held his lesson plan and read from it mechanically, while the students either slept soundly or laughed and joked as if no one else were there.
The teacher turned a completely blind eye.
After all, that was the culture at this public boys' school. None of the trash sitting before him had any chance of getting into university.
There had once been an inexperienced young teacher who tried to discipline them, only to end up brawling with the students on the spot and ultimately being fired by the school.
These Reiwa-era losers were only here to scrape together a high school diploma. Once they graduated, they would all be packed off to factories to become cogs in the capitalist machine.
Well, that counted as putting trash to use, he supposed.
"Ring, ring, ring!"
The moment the lunch bell rang, the teacher tucked his lesson plan under his arm and walked straight out of the classroom.
"Class is over! Class is over!"
"We had that supernatural disaster drill this morning, running up and down and back and forth. I'm starving."
"Eating at the cafeteria today?"
Growing boys could eat their parents out of house and home. After an entire morning, the fifteen- and sixteen-year-olds were already ravenous. Before the teacher had even left the classroom, they eagerly headed for the cafeteria in twos and threes or took out their packed lunches.
In a seat by the door at the back right of the classroom, Teruzo Kurogane waited until everyone heading to the cafeteria had