In this anime crossover, who stole my module?

"Hachiman, go sit in that empty seat over there."

"Let Takanashi sit in your original seat."

Hiratsuka Shizuka pointed to an empty seat on the other side of the classroom, near the corridor window.

This arrangement was clearly the result of careful consideration by Hiratsuka Shizuka.

The last row, by the window, is away from the center of the classroom, making it less likely to disturb others.

Otherwise, Rikka Takanashi's overly eccentric behavior could easily cause dissatisfaction among other students.

Moreover, this move also conveniently provided a new home for Hachiman Hikigaya, saving him from continuing to form the "isolated duo" with Ryo Natsume there.

Dealing with problems together—this is Hiratsuka-sensei's simple educational philosophy.

……

When his name was called, Hachiman Hikigaya raised his eyelids slightly without any expression.

He didn't object to Hiratsuka Shizuka's sudden arrangement. The less trouble he had, the better. It was just a change of seat. For someone like him, an outsider in campus life, it didn't really matter where he sat.

It was only when Hachiman Hikigaya was tidying up his books and stationery that this happened.

He habitually glanced at Natsume Ryo sitting in front of him with his dead fish eyes, his gaze clearly conveying a complex emotion, which could probably be interpreted as: "You have another strange neighbor." Then he packed his bag and walked to the empty seat on the other side of the classroom, near the corridor, as if he had just moved to another place to continue rotting.

Since then.

—Rikka Takanashi officially became Ryo Natsume's new deskmate.

……

but.

Seemingly remembering something important, Hiratsuka Shizuka spoke again...

"By the way, Natsume."

"You don't seem to participate in any club activities, and you're always the first to leave school, so you're pretty free."

"If that's the case, then that's perfect."

“Takayuki is a new student who has just transferred here and is not familiar with the school and the surrounding environment.”

"After class, you'll be responsible for taking her for a short walk around the school and the surrounding area, helping her get familiar with the place, and explaining the situation to her."

Since they are new classmates and don't know the place, someone needs to guide them to get acquainted with the environment.

but.

"idle?"

Natsume Ryo remained unmoved by Hiratsuka Shizuka's assessment and even felt a slight urge to sigh.

Hiratsuka-sensei, do you have some misunderstanding about me?

I just don't like meaningless socializing and wasting time.

And do I look like the kind of helpful, warm-hearted, sunny young man?

Ryo Natsume's inner monologue.

When Hachiman Hikigaya, who had been moved to the other side of the classroom, heard the news, he glanced at it from afar with his dead fish eyes.

Yui Yuigahama in the front row couldn't help but steal a glance back, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

When the newly appointed student sitting behind her, Rikka Takanashi, heard about this arrangement, her already sparkling left eye lit up immediately, and she instantly incorporated Hiratsuka Shizuka's words into her own worldview.

"Oh? Have the gears of fate begun to turn?"

"Contractor ahead."

"It seems your mission is to guide me to familiarize myself with this magical node disguised as a school! But do not panic, the Evil King's True Eye will remember you forever."

"..."

Natsume Ryo didn't even turn his head, but silently put his gaze back on his textbook.

However, it seems that his first close encounter with this newly appointed [Naruto Module] holder came sooner than expected, and his high school life in the future probably won't be boring.

Just as Natsume Ryo thought this way.

Unexpectedly, Rikka leaned forward slightly and got close to his ear.

"Contractor, there is no need to worry. My Evil King's True Eye has already seen the great power you unleashed at that place where realms intersect at dusk..."

"?"

Dusk? A place where realms intersect? Great power?

Natsume Ryo paused almost imperceptibly for half a second as he turned the pages of his book, his heart also stirred with emotion.

Did she find out something?

Upon hearing Rikka Takanashi's words, various thoughts arose in Ryo Natsume's mind, but now was clearly not the right time to delve into it. Shizuka Hiratsuka was still on the podium, and there were other classmates around, so it was definitely not a good time to ask questions.

After thinking it through, Natsume Ryo simply tilted his head slightly, glanced at Takanashi Rikka out of the corner of his eye, and then casually turned his gaze back to his textbook.

……

Jingle Bell--!

However, Rikka Takanashi is clearly not going to give up easily.

Until the bell rings.

Ryo Natsume could still clearly feel that the gaze behind him had almost never left him.

The other party seemed to interpret his "calm" reaction as a sign that "the strong should be composed," and became even more interested, completely acting as if "he knows it all and has no need to hide it."

Therefore, Natsume Ryo could almost certainly conclude that Takanashi Rikka must have known something.

So, after the bell rang, he smoothly closed his textbook.

"Let's go."

"Let me take you for a walk on the playground first."

Without turning his head, Natsume Ryo said something to Takanashi Rikka behind him in a flat and emotionless voice.

"Yes, my contractor!"

Rikka Takanashi immediately jumped up from her seat and followed closely behind Ryo Natsume, displaying an eager and proactive attitude.

It was as if, for her, the next step wasn't to familiarize herself with the playground, but rather to carry out some kind of mission.

The two walked out of the classroom one after the other.

Yui Yuigahama, sitting in the front row of the classroom, followed the direction they left with her eyes.

"What's wrong, Yui? What are you looking at?"

At that moment, Yumiko Miura's voice came from the side.

She casually smoothed her meticulously styled blonde hair and glanced in the direction of Yuihama's absent-minded gaze.

"Oh, it's that weird transfer student and that homecoming club leader. What's wrong, Yui? Look how engrossed they are."

"Huh? N-nothing!"

When her friend directly exposed her secret, Yui Yuigahama trembled like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on. She frantically waved her hands, her cheeks flushing red, and her eyes darted away, avoiding Miura's gaze.

"I... I'm just a little concerned about that transfer student..."

"Wearing an eye patch and all that, I felt sorry for her being all alone. She must have had a lot of trouble adjusting to the new school environment..."

Yui stammered, trying to cover up her earlier lapse in composure and forcefully shift the focus to the transfer student who genuinely seemed to need help.

"Huh? Why would you care about her?"

Upon hearing this, Miura Yumiko raised an eyebrow, clearly unconvinced.

"You can tell at a glance that she's just a typical case of adolescent delusions, her mind is full of unrealistic fantasies, what's there to care about?"

Chapter 17: Even those with chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) can come into contact with supernatural phenomena!

the other side.

Natsume Ryo, accompanied by Takanashi Rikka who was constantly on guard and observing their surroundings, passed through the school building and arrived at the relatively quiet area behind the gymnasium.

This place is usually deserted, with only a few members of sports clubs passing by. Now it's completely empty, making it a good spot for conversation.

Natsume Ryo stopped and turned to look at Takanashi Rikka, who was following behind him.

What exactly did Rikka Takanashi see?

The first thought that crossed Natsume Ryo's mind was: he had used the [/tp] command to teleport in order to save time, or he had used [/fly] to fly and she had accidentally seen him.

However, before Natsume Ryo could speak...

Rikka Takanashi had already taken the lead, striking her signature pose of pressing her blindfold against her eyelids, and speaking in a tone that seemed to reveal a shocking secret: "Contractor, you have no need to hide!"

"My Evil King's True Eye has the power to see through everything."

"I already know all about you, especially the Void Creation Technique you used a few days ago in the Singularity of the Mortal Street!"

"speak English."

"Otherwise, I'll just leave you here alone and make you late for the next class!"

"So you'll have to stand outside the classroom hallway as punishment on your first day of school."

Natsume Ryo interrupted Takanashi Rikka's chuunibyou speech with a blank expression.

"Eh?"

Faced with Natsume Ryo's overly direct questioning, Takanashi Rikka, who was originally immersed in her own worldview, was clearly caught off guard.

The grand narrative poem that had been brewing was abruptly interrupted before it could unfold, somewhat ruining Rikka's feigned profound aura.

His previous overly dramatic and immature demeanor has noticeably subsided, and his aura has weakened.

Although she was still a little reluctant, her voice returned to the tone of an ordinary girl as she said, "It was just a few days ago when I went downstairs to buy soy sauce."

"I saw you in an alley over from the shopping street... and out of thin air, you produced a bag of potato chips and a bottle of cola..."

As if even she herself felt the contrast between the two was exceptionally huge, and felt somewhat embarrassed, Rikka Takanashi's voice grew softer and softer as she spoke, and in the end she even lowered her head somewhat uncomfortably, her fingers unconsciously fiddling with the hem of her school uniform skirt.

"..."

Potato chips and cola?

That's it?

Natsume Ryo's lips twitched almost imperceptibly.

I had considered many possibilities, thinking it might be a code command-level operation like "/tp" or "/fly" that was witnessed, but it turned out to be just such a small action.

Just because she was wandering around and got a little hungry, she casually used creative mode to conjure up some snacks for herself to satisfy her craving, and then Rikka Takanashi happened to see her.

Faced with this result, Natsume Ryo was momentarily at a loss for words, feeling as if his image as an unfathomable master had veered off course in a strange direction from the very beginning.

what is this?

Did your momentary craving lead to your exposure?

One can imagine that in Rikka Takanashi's fantastical inner world, her action of taking out potato chips and cola from her inventory in Creative Mode was probably imagined as a magical technique of creating things out of thin air.

Then recall the confident look on Rikka's face earlier, as if she had already seen through everything.

Various guesses flashed through my mind.

This contrast amplifies the sense of absurdity.

……

The prepared responses, such as "You may have misread it" or simply using your ability to erase memories, now seemed somewhat superfluous.

After all, when faced with a chuunibyou girl who has already completed her own "interpretation of the setting," any explanation would only make her more convinced of her own judgment.

"That's all."

Natsume Ryo took a deep breath, rubbed his temples, and quickly adjusted his mindset.

There's no point in dwelling on it now that things have come to this.

Since it has already been seen, and the witness is none other than Rikka Takanashi, the holder of the [Naruto Module], then it wouldn't be a bad idea to go with the flow and use this opportunity to establish initial contact.