There is something wrong with Hikigaya's classroom of supreme ability

There's an indescribable sense of boredom and... self-mockery in the tone?

Fortunately, the female teacher did not deliberately make things difficult for Hikigaya for being late, and just glossed over the matter.

Hikigaya breathed a sigh of relief... No way!

"Wow, what's wrong with this guy? He's late on the first day. How brave!"

"He wasn't even able to apologize or show any remorse for being late. He's definitely a repeat offender!"

"A gloomy, autistic man. And what are those? Such disgusting eyes!"

Hikigaya had wanted to downplay the incident as much as possible, attempting to make everyone forget what happened today soon and avoid it becoming a "happy material" to liven up the class atmosphere in the future. In the end, he sadly discovered that everything was in vain.

Under the gazes of all kinds of curious people, Hikigaya maintained a poker face that no one could tell any emotion from and came to the last row in the center, the only remaining seat.

The boy with dead eyes didn't seem to be affected at all, but he couldn't help but struggle and defend himself in his heart:

Tsk, better late than never!

Those girls by the window, stop giving nicknames to others right at the start of the school year! And pay attention to your whispers. The person involved can hear them from a distance. What's going on?

And my eyes aren't disgusting, they're just a little enriched with DHA. What an ignorant human being! Haven't you read the Animal Encyclopedia? Asshole!

"I originally thought that this D class would be in trouble due to the lack of students at the beginning of the school year. If you are just late, then congratulations, you can breathe a sigh of relief for now."

The homeroom teacher, Chabashira Sae, spoke to the class from the podium, making a rather confusing statement. Then, Chabashira continued, "What I've just discussed is the basics of the school. What I'm going to say next is extremely important. Everyone, please listen carefully. This is about the most unique rules of this school, and it's crucial for your three years of study..."

Hikigaya could clearly feel the gaze of Chabashira-sensei on the stage. Was it a small warning for being late for school?

At the same time, Hikigaya took another look at the Chabashi class teacher in front of him. He was dressed in a mature and steady manner, but his cold aura and serious expression always showed that the majesty of a superior and powerful person called a teacher had already loomed over every student.

There's a sense of severity that comes from facing a Mediterranean head teacher in his 4s or 50s, the type of teacher that students unconsciously fear.

But according to Hikigaya's actual observation, the age of this Chabashira teacher should be in this delicate area, over but not over thirty years old.

Huh? Why does he look so much like someone?

In terms of blind dates, the two may become good friends and exchange experiences with each other.

At this moment, there was an uproar in the class. The most special rule of High School Development High School, called the [S System], was introduced.

"We're now distributing special student ID cards, which allow you to purchase and spend any goods on campus. However, purchases must be made using your personal points. There's nothing you can't buy with these points in this school. As long as it's on campus, you can buy anything."

"In today's world, which is constantly developing and progressing, the facilities in schools have been kept up to date with the outside world. In addition to using student ID cards, they can also be linked to the mobile phones issued by the school and use the mobile phones to make mobile payments for personal points.

The method of use is very simple, so I don't need to explain it in detail, right? Very good, if you have no comments, I will assume that you all know how to use it.

Next, personal points for school purchases are automatically transferred on the first of each month. You should all have received 10 points by now. Also, each point is equivalent to 1 yen. I don't need to explain this, right?

At first, everyone thought it was just a routine template speech and seemed listless. However, when they heard the words "10 yen", they suddenly became energetic and the whole class was boiling with excitement. Especially the duo with wretched faces and foolish looks, they were extremely excited and even made "howling" sounds like gorillas!

Hikigaya wasn't shocked, he was scared!

What does 10 yen mean to an ordinary high school student?

According to Hikigaya's own experience, excluding part-time jobs, the average high school student's monthly pocket money is about 5000 yen, which also includes part of the lunch expenses. With this comparison, you can understand how much 10 yen is for an ordinary high school student!

There is also a joke that someone's pocket money is always below this average line.

Along with the student ID card, a customized mobile phone specifically for on-campus communication, a student handbook, and other items are also issued. According to Mr. Chabashira, the mobile phone has undergone a series of special processing and will automatically block all external contacts and any information related to the school. In other words, it can receive information from the outside world but cannot send or transmit information to the outside world.

"Unexpectedly keeping up with the times."

Hikigaya was a little surprised. Generally speaking, schools are not very willing to let high school students bring electronic products. He originally thought that the closed-management high-education system would be more strict, but the actual situation was unexpectedly tolerant. They even took the initiative to distribute mobile phones to students. For Hikigaya, who originally thought that he would have to spend three years of completely closed and boring life here, it was a big surprise.

With this short buffer time, everyone in the class gradually came to their senses after their initial shock and excitement. Even the idiot duo who were the most excited like gorillas before felt confused and uneasy about this.

"This school evaluates students based on their abilities. Your successful admission already represents a significant amount of value and potential, so there's no need to be surprised. Once points are awarded, how you use them is entirely up to you. If you find no need to use them, you can transfer them to someone else.

However, please note that violent acts such as intimidation and coercion are prohibited, and the school is very sensitive to issues such as violence and bullying."

Mr. Chabashira looked around and saw that no one asked any questions, so he packed up his things and left the classroom.

The corners of Hikigaya's mouth twitched slightly, and he subconsciously glanced at the time. This teacher who would be accompanying him for three years, from the scheduled start time to the end now, the total time taken was less than fifteen minutes, right?

Besides the [S System], shouldn't he show some concern and understanding for the students in the class? Even when he left, he walked with such a swift breeze, as if he had escaped from misery. Was he rushing to find a blind date?

And what’s going on with this feeling of being a social animal?

Chabashira-sensei was like his boss suddenly assigning him a temporary overtime job five minutes before the end of the shift. He was filled with reluctance and deep resentment, and it was not just Hikigaya who could feel it, other students could vaguely sense it as well.

What a cold teacher indeed.

Hikigaya complained in his heart.

"This is such excessive preferential treatment, it's almost unbelievable how good it is for students."

To Hikigaya's left, an icy girl with long black hair muttered to herself.

Hikigaya felt the same way. There is no love or hate without reason in this world. These 10 points are like a variety show prank where a stranger suddenly jumps out on the side of the road and shouts "I love you" or "Marry me"!

Are there any hidden cameras around?

Huh...it really exists?!

There are cameras installed in the classroom. This is too much "attention" to the students.

As for Chabashira-sensei's reason that 'they have the value to match', Hikigaya didn't believe it at all. Instead, it only made Hikigaya more confused.

He has always believed that everything has a price, and the so-called "free" is often the most expensive!

Because hidden beneath the mask of 'free' is most likely a pair of man-eating fangs!

Chapter 4 No expectations, no disappointment

“What a disgusting feeling!”

Suddenly, Hikigaya felt an inexplicable chill and following the feeling, he found a man with expressionless face sitting in the last row near the window. Their eyes met briefly and then quickly looked away, just like the normal eye contact between ordinary passers-by.

Such a disgusting feeling...and very dangerous!

For a moment, Hikigaya had the illusion that he was being treated as a prey!

This man with facial paralysis is very dangerous!

This was not only due to Hikigaya's instinct, but also because he had felt a familiar gaze from a certain man before!

As a lone ranger, Hikigaya is very sensitive to the "sights" of his surroundings. He has a deep understanding and experience of the complexity and dangers of interpersonal communication. His dead fish eyes can detect and see through the essence of most people, and he named this special ability [Human Observation A].

This man with expressionless face, he is observing!

Observe the other students in the class!

His gaze was cold and ruthless, like a hunter, searching and examining the value of the 'prey' in the class, just like looking at each piece of merchandise, to see if it had any value in use.

"He's a terrible guy." Hikigaya muttered to himself, then laughed at himself and said, "But what does this have to do with me, an alien at the bottom of the food chain?"

If there is a food chain in human society, most ordinary people belong to the middle level of the food chain and must survive together and move forward in groups. Then the expressionless man in front of him undoubtedly belongs to the top level. At the same time, Hikigaya believes that people like Hayama, Haruno and others are also like this. They are natural predators.

As for people like himself or Zaimokuza, they are undoubtedly producers at the bottom of this social food chain, or outliers.

Therefore, Hikigaya understood very well that his own world and the world of others were like water and oil, and there would be no intersection or connection at all. To be more precise, no one was willing to establish a connection with an "alien" unless the other party also wanted to be labeled as an "alien".

"Everyone, please listen to me for a few words."

While everyone was still immersed in the surprise of the "10 yen", a boy who was a standard model student took the initiative to stand on the podium. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, this standard model student did not get stage fright at all. Instead, he introduced himself with a sunny smile.

This boy named Hirata Yosuke is trying to organize everyone in the class to introduce themselves, saying, "Let's live together for three years and become friends," in order to bring together this group of people who are still in the scattered stage.

I have to say that this requires a lot of courage and a confident enough personality. It seems that the other party is very experienced and may have done similar things in junior high school. At least Hikigaya would never be able to do it.

At the same time, for this boy named Hirata Yosuke, Hikigaya also thought of another very popular online adjective, warm man.

Like a warm-hearted man with central air conditioning, he can easily liven up the atmosphere in the class with just a few words, and has invisibly won the favor of many people, not to mention the "heating aura" that this "warm-hearted man" brings with him. Many girls have even described him as having "hearts in his eyes", which is a bit exaggerated, but it's almost the same.

In a class that is still in chaos, the first person to speak often gains a lot of attention and has established a status without him having noticed. The boy named Hirata Yosuke is a natural born leader.

Lots of courage, a sunny smile, all kinds of labels that indicate a love for football, and more importantly, a very handsome face. Handsome and sporty, this is definitely the standard configuration for current players!

For teenage girls, this is a real blow!

Unfortunately, Hikigaya suddenly thought of a very annoying guy in his mind, a hateful guy who was so gentle to everyone and never refused anyone!

With Hirata Yosuke's gentle encouragement, "It's okay not to force it," the students in the class began to introduce themselves.

There was a hot blonde girl with a strong personality, but she seemed a little weak inside. Then several girls around her spoke, and it seemed like they had become a small group of girls.

A blond, muscular, narcissistic man holding a hand mirror, obsessed with his own beauty, occasionally spouting words mixed with strange English words.

Next is a pair of duo, a hot-tempered red-haired delinquent boy and a goofy monkey. Among them is Haruki Yamauchi, who claims that he conquered the country with his table tennis when he was a kid. His special skills are the zero serve and the outspin serve, earning him the nickname "Empire's Refrigeration Robot."

In junior high school, he joined the baseball team and became a two-way ace pitcher with a number 4 jersey, capable of both pitching and hitting. His top pitching speed can reach 152km/h. He is known as "Mutsu's Little Sho-time". He plans to enter the MLB after graduation and said that the Dodgers have taken a fancy to him. Unfortunately, he was injured in the high school league and is now undergoing rehabilitation.

The scene fell into an eerie silence for a while.

Well, Hikigaya didn't know where to start complaining, and everyone else had a strange expression on their faces. Only one person thought that everyone was shocked into silence by his "glorious resume" and was smug about it.

"Then it's my turn next."

Kushida Kikyo, a cute and energetic girl with short golden hair, stood up and greeted everyone very energetically. She said that she had no friends and was alone after entering high school, so her goal was to become good friends with everyone, hey!

She has a cute face, a plump figure, a soft voice, and a smile as sweet as candy. She also took the initiative to leave her contact information, indicating that both boys and girls are very happy to be her friends.

There is no doubt that after the warm-hearted Hirata, this is another student who has gained high popularity in the class. It seems that most of the boys in the class have been fascinated by this gentle and lovely girl. Like the warm-hearted Hirata, the girl named Kikyo Kushida is also a dimensionality reduction attack for these little boys who are in adolescence!

After all, no boy would dislike a girl with a cute and gentle personality!

This is a lie, yes!

A certain boy with dead eyes commented in his mind.

If reality is cruel, then gentleness is a fictional lie, right?

So gentleness is a lie!

Because they only regard gentleness as a skill in interpersonal communication!

Not to mention the blonde girl in front of him who "wants to be friends with everyone". The first impression she gives Hikigaya is that she is indeed sunny and cute, but once you look closely, you can vaguely feel a hint of incongruity and hypocrisy. So what kind of lies is hidden under the mask called "gentleness"?

The self-introductions of forty people soon came to an end, followed by the expressionless man who made Hikigaya feel very uncomfortable.

"Um... I'm Ayanokouji Kiyotaka. I'm not good at anything, uh... and I'll work hard with everyone. Please give me your guidance."

It was very simple and gave people the impression that he was not good at speaking. There was nothing special about it. Even after it was said, 60 to 70 percent of it was almost forgotten in the next second. It did not attract anyone's attention at all. It was completely different from the impression Hikigaya had preset!

Was he overthinking it? Hikigaya wondered.

"Horikita Suzune, please give me your guidance."

The girl with long black hair is an iceberg. Her concise self-introduction is just like her temperament, giving people a very cold and distant feeling. Almost everyone can feel that she is the type who is very difficult to get along with.

Horikita Suzune is an iceberg girl who cannot be easily shaken by the gentleness and smile of the warm-hearted Hirata.

Hirata Yosuke still had a sunny and gentle smile on his face, without any dissatisfaction or discouragement, and then... his eyes, like those of a male mother, fell on Hikigaya.

"......"

White teeth! How come it’s my turn?

Hikigaya only realized belatedly that he was the last one to introduce himself, and the whole class's attention was focused on him.

If you were to name one thing Hikigaya hates the most, introducing himself would definitely be on the list.

It was not just because of the two bad memories, but also because the air at that moment was filled with the atmosphere of 'rejection equals being unsociable'. He clearly understood that this atmosphere could not be defied, and people could only be forced to take actions that went against their original intentions.

Because 'everyone' says so, because 'everyone' does so, otherwise you will not be able to fit in with 'everyone'.

Like the very introverted girl named Inogashira Shin at the beginning, and the very socially anxious ostrich girl on Hikigaya's right, they were forced to act in the atmosphere. There were several other students like this who were not good at speaking and introverted, and they were also in the same situation.

I don't know when self-introduction became a tool and means to compete for class status. It is easy to gain class status just by relying on the first impression.

People like Hirata and Kushida who are cheerful, gentle and kind will undoubtedly become the focus of everyone and become the top of the class food chain. Most people who have no sense of existence are in the dispensable middle level.

Then people like Hikigaya will become the lower-class 'sacrifices' used by everyone to belittle and highlight their own status!

Hikigaya may not be omniscient, but he has enough self-awareness, so he hates this kind of ignorance!

Being in such a situation, one cannot help but make mistakes, and even Hikigaya cannot avoid making mistakes.

No matter how much he despised and hated Hikigaya in his heart, his body still stood up honestly.

He had experienced many embarrassing and even psychologically traumatic things, and he had claimed that he would never compromise again. However, deep down in the heart of the dead-eyed boy, there was still a glimmer of hope and fantasy that he could start over again and reset his interpersonal relationships that had failed miserably.

You are so despicable that you are really disgusting and despicable!

The despicable boy with dead eyes took a deep breath and tried to maintain a kind expression on his face: "Hello everyone, I'm Hikigaya..."