Tokyo: After years of stagnation, the heiress of the yakuza arrives.

"Mmm, chew, chew, chew, really good, chew, chew, chew..."

During break time, Kuroba Shido ate his offerings with gusto. You know what, life is getting better and better.

He had barely taken a couple of bites when a few of his cronies surrounded him.

The leader was a boy with rice ball hair, a severe case of chuunibyou (middle school syndrome), who had a very good relationship with Shido Kuroba.

"Shido, you're not dead!"

The Black Feather Warrior said, "..."

"As if I were dead." Kuroba Shido was speechless, and stopped chewing. After a brief reply, he continued to eat his offerings.

The boy with the rice ball hair spoke excitedly, "Shido, do you know what everyone has been saying about you during the week you disappeared?"

"Will I become the light and save the world? Or will I be approached by an armed and beautiful girl who falls from the sky, starting a game of conquering the world without a date?"

"Damn it, how did you know? Did you learn mind-reading while you were gone? I'm so envious!" The boy with the rice ball hair looked shocked.

The Black Feather Warrior said, "..."

That's a really lame joke.

"Although my name is Shido, I'm on a completely different level from that Shido who goes around conquering world-destroying beauties. Look, see those legs?"

Kuroba Shido displayed his leg, which was still in a cast and not fully healed.

"If there really were something like Tohka, the school would have been razed to the ground by a single sword strike. Chew, chew, chew... Oh right, next time I'll get fried noodles bread instead, I like that."

The others: "..."

"So, Shido, what have you been up to these past few days?"

"In my opinion, they were abducted by aliens, paired up, and then released after they were no longer of any use to them."

"Why can't it be like traveling to a parallel universe, clearing out a dungeon in seven days, and then playing through it again?"

"If you ask me, it should be..."

The Black Feather Warrior said, "..."

Each one's statement is more outrageous than the last.

But this is Kuroba Shido's daily life: loafing around among a bunch of delusional rich kids with terminal chuunibyou.

Let's clear our minds for now, leave the annoying rice ball aside, and after a while, we'll all come to the same conclusion... Damn it!

As for now... let's take a look at the panel first.

Name: Kuroba Shido

Gender: Male

IQ: 8 (The Lazy Genius)

[Charm: 8 (Walking Succubus)]

[Physical Strength: 6-2 (Weak Little Chef)]

[Physical condition: Fractured left leg, multiple injuries throughout the body, good vision, partial muscle fiber damage and strain in the right buttock, left buttock...]

The Black Feather Warrior said, "..."

Okay, okay, that's a bit too detailed. We're not that close yet.

Every time he looks at the panel, he gets criticized, which is one of the reasons why Kuroba Shido is reluctant to check his physical condition.

Especially in the section on physique, they actually said he was a weak little chef, how infuriating! He was clearly a healthy little chef before!

If we consider this lifetime, he is indeed a chef, but if we consider the previous lifetime, then it's a different story!

That's the old male chef!

"So, Gala Gemu is indeed amazing, making a huge contribution to society!"

"Agreed, that corner is awesome!"

"You're such a damn fool!"

Several chuunibyou teenagers started yelling in the classroom again, with the most despicable evil rice ball head, Yamamoto Sento, at the forefront!

When Kuroba Shido first heard this name, he was amazed. It was such a wonderful name, except that it was missing a few characters between the given name and the surname...

Even more awesome than his combination of Kaito Kuroba and Shido Itsuka!

After finishing his bread, Kuroba Shido joined the chuunibyou (delusional) group, raising his hands above his head and shouting, "Gala-geim-niubi!!!"

The sound surpassed that of Yamamoto Sento, the rice ball-head, and once again successfully attracted a lot of strange looks from the class, but quickly returned to normal.

Although it has only been less than a month since the start of the semester, the students in their respective groups are already getting along very well.

Many girls in the class would feel sorry for him, wondering why Kuroba Shido, who was so handsome and had such good grades, was mentally unstable.

He always hangs out with the problem kids in his class.

It must be that wretched, evil rice ball-headed girl who corrupted our Kuroba-kun!!!

The girls' collective resentment increased by 1+1+1...

In this world, appearance equals justice, especially in Japan, where the situation is even more severe; good-looking people can even get a reduced sentence for murder.

But if it were an evil rice ball, it might accidentally run a red light or something and be sentenced to death. The trial and execution would be completed in one day. The light was run in the morning, and the person was buried at night.

noon.

A group of chuunibyou teenagers, led by Evil Rice Ball Head, squatted at the entrance of the cafeteria, munching on bread.

"By the way, Shido, have you decided which club you want to join?" Yamamoto asked.

"I haven't decided yet. Besides, in my current state, I probably couldn't join any club, right? Or, does our school have any clubs like a 'lie-down-and-sleep' club, or a 'sleep-and-not-want-to-get-up' club, or..."

"You just don't want to do anything. Where would the school get those weird clubs? They'd never even get approved, right?"

"That's not necessarily true. Has Miyazaki next door heard of it?"

"Miyazaki? Is it the Miyazaki I'm thinking of?" Kuroba Shido asked.

"I'm not sure, but it seems like there's some connection, though it's a distant one. My dad is the Prime Minister, my mom is a top-ranking judge, and my grandfather is at the University of Tokyo..."

"So, what does this have to do with us?" Kuroba Shido raised an eyebrow.

Yamamoto Sento jumped in: "This is a huge deal, Shido! Do you know that Miyazaki-san is the most beautiful girl in our school? She's the dream girl of so many boys!"

Kuroba Shido paused for a second while chewing, looking at the wicked rice ball in front of him, and then at the sizable crowd that had gathered around the cafeteria to watch the spectacle.

The Black Feather Warrior said, "..."

This rice ball is too wicked; it needs some seaweed to balance it out.

Yamamoto Shinto ignored him and continued his passionate speech: "Shido, do you know what success means? It means upward mobility, it means a flood of wealth, it means countless envious glances..."

Kuroba Shido nodded, no longer wanting to refute the evil rice ball, knowing he'd be quiet once he was posted on the school forum again.

That's how the nickname "Evil Rice Ball" came about.

Oh, by the way, Kuroba Shido also received a title on the same day...

"Um?"

Kuroba Shido noticed a girl with a cool and aloof appearance, as if she had stepped out of a manga, walking towards him from a distance.

He pointed.

"Yamamoto, you're not talking about her, are you?"

"What?" Yamamoto asked, puzzled. He turned to look in the direction his best friend was pointing. A stunningly beautiful girl with a cool and aloof demeanor walked past him without even glancing at him.

Mr. Yamamoto: "???"

Damn!

You're serious!

When the talkative guy met the real girl, the evil rice ball head was instantly purified and turned into a kind rice ball head, sliding to his knees on the ground, looking very sincerely in the direction the girl had left.

"Miss Miyazaki, please forgive my crude and ignorant words and actions, and not hold a grudge against me!"

Everyone: "..."

The Black Feather Warrior said, "..."

And so, the evil rice ball head once again appeared on the campus forum of Kamikawa University, with related search suggestions such as... disgusting, perverted, rice ball head.

As for the radiant young woman known as Miss Miyazaki, she never paused for a moment, focusing solely on her own affairs.

Watching the girl's retreating figure, Kuroba Shido muttered to himself, "Damn, she's really putting on an act!"

In the afternoon, after school.

Kuroba Shido did not leave directly today, but headed towards the teaching building where the club was located, preparing to look for a backup plan to include his club.

"Da da da..."

Limping, the sound of Shido Kuroba's cane echoed in the empty school building; at this hour, club activities had long since ended.

This is why Shido Kuroba chose this time to come; it saves a lot of unnecessary trouble and also allows him to check if any unscrupulous clubs are forcing their members to participate in activities.

So far, no such egregious situation has been observed along the way; the classrooms have all been closed.

The only enticing sign at the club's entrance is one that reads "Welcome to join our club," a psychological suggestion meant to build rapport, but it's useless for someone like Kuroba Shido who just walks away.

Of course, we're talking about clubs and organizations here.

"Um?"

"Are there still unscrupulous gangs operating?"

Kuroba Shido raised an eyebrow and limped toward the innermost classroom.

call……

A gust of wind blew in from the window, lifting the long hair and... skirt of the beautiful, aloof girl sitting in her seat.

The Black Feather Warrior said, "???"

"Is it pretty?" The girl's cold voice echoed in the classroom.