In this anime crossover, who stole my module?

However, adhering to the principle of not wasting food, he wouldn't just throw it away.

Natsume Ryo casually pulled out the small card and then skillfully tore open the chocolate wrapper.

Inside the foil lining were several individually wrapped, exquisitely shaped pieces of dark chocolate.

Natsume Ryo picked up a piece, unwrapped it, and put it in his mouth.

The slightly bitter cocoa aroma, accompanied by a silky texture, spreads across the tongue. The taste is quite good, and the ingredients are indeed quite substantial.

After chewing a couple of times and swallowing, Natsume Ryo seemed to remember something. Holding the remaining half-box of chocolates, he leaned back slightly, stretched his arm behind him, and handed the box of chocolates to Hachiman Hikigaya's table behind him.

Here, I'll share half with you.

"No need to thank me."

"Just remember to share some of the breakfast that Komachi makes with me."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Hachiman Hikigaya's lifeless eyes seemed to grow even more listless, as if he had heard some utterly absurd suggestion.

He used chocolates given by someone else (and most likely a girl who had feelings for the oblivious "commander" in front of him) to exchange for a loving breakfast carefully prepared by his own little sister.

This absurd exchange is comparable to exchanging in-game purchases for air in real life.

The barely perceptible twitch at the corner of his mouth widened slightly as he inwardly ranted: This guy is still the same as always, completely indifferent to things that are clearly girlish, using them as bargaining chips, and the other party is someone like me who has absolutely nothing to do with "youth" or "romantic comedy".

The key point is that the exchange condition he proposed was Komachi's breakfast!

You should know that the food that Komachi Hikigaya makes is a sacred and inviolable territory filled with her deep love for her brother!

That warmth belonged only to him, Hachiman Hikigaya!

Now you're actually going to give it to this guy who treats girls' feelings like trash?

What a joke!

If Komachi knew that her carefully prepared breakfast had been exchanged by her brother for a box of chocolates given to her by some unknown girl, she would definitely condemn him for the entire day with that seemingly innocent but actually resentful look in her eyes!

but.

How exactly did Komachi get to know this guy?

Chapter 15 The Transfer Student with an Eyepatch, Naruto Module!

Hachiman Hikigaya was completely baffled as to how Komachi and Natsume Ryo got to know each other.

But now was clearly not the time to delve into it. In the end, Hachiman Hikigaya reached out and, with great reluctance, accepted the box of chocolates, as if it were a hot potato.

The mere fact that Natsume Ryo could so nonchalantly use a girl's feelings as a bargaining chip, and then turn around and exchange them for his sister's breakfast, was enough to make Hikigaya Hachiman's dead fish eyes twitch uncontrollably.

Arguing with him is like casting pearls before swine.

Rather than letting Natsume Ryo throw it away or casually give it to an unrelated person, it's better for him to receive it, at least he can keep it safe... well, in a physical sense.

"I've taken care of it for you."

Hachiman Hikigaya took the box of chocolates.

……

Jingle Bell--!

Just then, the bell rang to signal the start of class.

Natsume Ryo's attention shifted from Hachiman Hikigaya in the back row to the front of the stage.

However, as Natsume Ryo glanced at the seats in front of him, he caught an unnatural gaze out of the corner of his eye.

The girl sitting diagonally in front of him, with a striking orange-pink bun hairstyle—Yui Yuigahama—had been subtly turning her head to the side, her gaze seemingly glancing at him intentionally or unintentionally.

When Natsume Ryo's gaze inadvertently met hers.

Yui Yuigahama immediately shrank back like a frightened little animal, turning her gaze back to the blackboard in front of her, pretending to be staring intently at the blackboard.

But the bell for class has just rung.

The blackboard was completely blank.

That's a clumsy reaction typical of teenage girls.

Natsume Ryo withdrew his gaze and did not expose Yui Yuigahama.

……

Followed by.

tread!

tread!

The sound of something striking the ground grew louder as it approached.

The classroom door was flung open with a "whoosh".

Shizuka Hiratsuka, the Chinese language teacher in a white coat and also the class's homeroom teacher, strode into the classroom.

She glanced around the classroom, her gaze lingering for half a second on Natsume Ryo and Hikigaya Hachiman, the two "problem students" in the corner, but ultimately said nothing, simply slamming her lesson plan onto the podium.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet!"

Hiratsuka Shizuka's voice was full of energy.

The soft noises in the classroom were instantly silenced.

"..."

Natsume Ryo thought that today would probably be the same as usual: listening to lectures, spacing out, occasionally listening to Hachiman Hikigaya's philosophical rants with his dead fish eyes, and then waiting for school to end. So he took out his Japanese textbook.

But as if to confirm Natsume Ryo's fleeting thought, Hiratsuka Shizuka suddenly cleared her throat and spoke again.

"By the way, before the class officially starts, I have something to announce."

"We have a new student in our class today, who transferred from another school."

Transfer student?

A slight commotion arose in the classroom, and many students looked on with curiosity.

A class during one's school years is a relatively fixed group.

The arrival of any new face is enough to become a brief focal point. This is especially true for transfer students who join mid-semester, who can easily ignite everyone's fleeting interest.

That's why even Hachiman Hikigaya, who was usually indifferent to his surroundings, slightly raised his eyelids, somewhat surprised.

After all, it is quite unusual for a transfer student to appear at this stage of the semester.

"Come in, Takanashi-kun."

As Hiratsuka Shizuka finished speaking.

A girl with an unusually petite figure walked into the classroom.

She was a girl who was even shorter than the shortest girl in the class.

She was wearing the uniform of the girls at Soubu High School, a dark blue suit jacket paired with a plaid skirt, and black over-the-knee socks that covered her slender calves.

Her neat, short, dark purple hair hung down on both sides of her face, making her already small face look even more exquisite.

but.

What's most striking isn't the girl's height or hair color, but the white medical eye patch covering her right eye.

This unique outfit made the girl stand out from the other students in an instant.

The conspicuous white medical goggles, in particular, immediately drew whispers from a small group within the classroom.

"Hey? That eyepatch... was it bullied?"

"Your right eye is injured? It looks serious..."

"Waaah, so pitiful! Did they transfer here because of bullying at their old school?"

The usually most active group of girls in the front row lowered their voices, exchanging glances filled with sympathy, subconsciously associating Rikka Takanashi's left eye patch with negative events such as school bullying and accidental injuries.

Almost at the same instant that the petite figure wearing an eye patch came into full view of Natsume Ryo.

The system notification sounded in Natsume Ryo's ear without warning!

【Ding! 】

[Module fluctuation detected... Module type confirmed...]

[Module: Naruto!]

[Status: Partially activated!]

[Owner: Rikka Takanashi!]

[Status: Unable to accept her father's unexpected death, her extreme grief and desire to escape reality have triggered a change in her eye power; her single-tomoe Sharingan is awakening.]

[Initiating data connection... Connecting...]

Another module holder?

Or is it the [Naruto Module]?

The continuous system notifications stirred up quite a ripple in Natsume Ryo's heart.

His gaze involuntarily fell on Rikka Takanashi. He hadn't expected to encounter a second module holder so quickly, following yesterday's [Urban Ghost Stories Module], and the famous [Naruto Module] at that.

Compared to Yotsuya Miko, Takanashi Rikka seems to be more fortunate, as she is on the verge of awakening a special power. The reason for this is that she is grieving the death of her loved ones and trying to escape it—which is similar to the conditions for the Uchiha clan to awaken the Sharingan.

……

On the podium, Hiratsuka Shizuka naturally heard the whispers of the girls below the stage, and even nodded to herself because of the sympathy that the students unintentionally showed, feeling that the class atmosphere was good.

However, when she gestured for Rikka Takanashi to begin her self-introduction.

What followed, however, far exceeded expectations.

"Alright, Takanashi, please introduce yourself to everyone."

Hiratsuka Shizuka just finished speaking.

Just when everyone thought that Rikka Takanashi would give a normal introduction of a transfer student,

"Hum hum……"

Suddenly, Rikka Takanashi raised her left hand, placed it on the eyepatch over her right eye, struck a pose brimming with chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur), and spoke in a deliberately profound tone:

Listen, mortals!

"I am the True Eye Messenger of the Evil King!"

"Following the guidance of the invisible boundary line, descend upon this place!"

"stop--!"

"Be normal!"

When she heard that Rikka Takanashi still hadn't introduced herself in the way she had planned,

Hiratsuka Shizuka's temple veins throbbed uncontrollably a few times. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, she slammed her hand on the podium, forcefully interrupting Takanashi Rikka's obviously still unfinished, chuunibyou-ish speech.

He probably anticipated that this class of students would become a significant part of his future teaching career.

After being told to stop, Hiratsuka Shizuka couldn't help but take a deep breath and rub her throbbing temples, feeling a splitting headache.

Chapter 16 The New Desk Mate Faces Another Storm: The Secret Was Discovered So Quickly

"Alright, Takanashi, your introduction is quite unique."

"From now on, we should all get along well."

"By the way, Takanashi-kun, about your seat..."

Based on Hiratsuka Shizuna's experience as a homeroom teacher who had seen countless "problem children," Rikka's self-introduction segment, which seemed to want to continue, was immediately cut off.

Finally, Hiratsuka Shizuka's sharp gaze swept across the classroom, finally settling on the last row, in the corner by the window—

Hachiman Hikigaya was staring blankly at the podium with his signature dead fish eyes.

"Hiratsuka Shizuka pondered for a few seconds, seemingly weighing the pros and cons, before finally making up her mind."