After finishing the painting, Rita picked up a pen and wrote eight characters in a suitable spot beside it.
Chinese Style, Summer Rhyme, Luo Shui Tian Yi!
That was right—what Rita had painted was Luo Tianyi, the most popular virtual singer in V Family...
Virtual singers did not exist in this world, so neither Luo Tianyi nor Hatsune Miku existed. That left Rita feeling just a little helpless.
Rita actually liked both of them quite a bit. She wondered whether she might one day meet the real versions of them.
While Rita was lost in thought, an unfriendly atmosphere arose in the classroom.
"Seriously... she's obviously a professional-level painter, yet she still comes here pretending. Even the teachers probably can't compare to her."
"Could she be doing this on purpose? Deliberately trying to crush us..."
"Exactly. She's already a professional-level painter, so what can the school even teach her? She's doing it on purpose."
"I'm really sick of it! My parents are always comparing me to her! I almost want to give up on art!"
The students in the classroom lowered their heads and played with their phones... The class chat kept filling with complaints and rejection. Shiro put far too much pressure on them; she was simply at a level they could never catch up to.
Being in the same class as Shiina Mashiro was torture to them. They were even afraid of Shiro. Why did someone with that kind of ability still need to come to school—and why did she have to be in the same class as them? Like this... they could not even hold their heads up.
Rita glanced around and realized... practically every student was rejecting her... no, rather, rejecting Shiina Mashiro.
Some of the more extreme ones might even make a contract