Tokyo: Love Begins with Controlling the Rich Girl

"I haven't joined the company yet, have I?"

"Soon." Ayase Yuki looked up, a hint of a smile flashing in her eyes behind her glasses. "Next week's exchange match, Mr. Pervert hasn't forgotten, has he?"

"Why do you value this exchange competition so much?" Shimada Sho frowned subconsciously.

He remembered that Yuki Ayase had reminded him of this more than once.

Logically speaking, this should not be the case at all.

It was just a friendly exchange; winning or losing doesn't matter.

Why bother taking it so seriously?

"Of course it's because I saw hope in Mr. Pervert."

"What hope?" Shimada Sho was even more puzzled.

Yuki Ayase started fiddling with the books on the table again.

As he stacked the books, he said, "Let the Human Observation Society prove its value."

"So you admit that your so-called observation was completely worthless, and you just wanted to spy on the male students, right?" Shimada Sho said with a sneer.

Yuki Ayase shook her head. "It's just that the school won't admit it."

"So the school is questioning it." Shimada Sho understood.

She did not deny it, saying, "As long as Mr. Pervert wins the exchange match, these doubts will naturally disappear."

Why do you think I can win?

Yuki Ayase tilted her head slightly, resting her chin on her hand with a thoughtful expression, and muttered to herself, "The karate club is strong, but they shouldn't be as difficult to deal with as the delinquents, right?"

"..."

She also heard about what happened yesterday; it seems the news has spread far and wide.

Shimada Sho shook his head: "Winning only proves that I'm good, but it probably won't change the fact that you just skip classes and occupy the activity room every day, preventing club members from participating in club activities."

silence.

Yuki Ayase did not respond.

After being stared at by Shimada Sho's sharp gaze for a long time, he finally said leisurely, "The president only needs to lead the members."

"Tch!" It's not like I can't find a way to retaliate.

Having won the verbal battle, Shimada Sho was in high spirits.

Her tone softened considerably. "A club with only one person is against the rules. Even if the exchange competition proves its so-called value, the school won't keep the club because of that, will it?"

Shimada Sho had long harbored doubts.

A club like the Human Observation Society, which has no activities, no achievements, and no members, would have been banned long ago in a normal school.

Why has it been able to be preserved for so long?

“It will be kept,” Yuki Ayase replied confidently.

Shimada Sho thought she was just trying to comfort herself, and mercilessly exposed her, "Well, if you're the principal's biological daughter, then of course it's possible."

"It seems Mr. Pervert knows quite a bit about me in private."

"???" Shimada Sho's eyes widened. "You really are?"

You're telling me she's the principal's biological daughter, someone who skips classes all day and treats the club activity room like her own home?

"It doesn't have to be the principal; a board member can also be a candidate."

Yuki Ayase finished tidying up the books, squinted her eyes, stretched lazily, and then uttered even more astonishing words.

The board of directors is independent of the school education system and is the true manager with immense power.

Is this woman actually the daughter of the school board member?

"Is Mr. Pervert afraid of his previous offense?"

Seeing his surprised expression, a sly smile flashed in Ayase Yuki's eyes.

Shimada Sho looked disdainful. "Why should I be afraid of an incompetent board of directors who can't even run a school properly? Have they sunk so low that they can only satisfy their ego by threatening students?"

“…” Ayase Yuki fell silent again.

However, after a moment, he revealed a smile, "Sorry, that director has been eliminated."

"What do you mean?"

"It means that the school has now been acquired by my family and will soon be out of the crisis of bankruptcy and once again become one of the top private schools in Tokyo."

"You can dream while you're asleep."

Shimada Sho didn't take his words seriously at all.

It's a miracle that this old, run-down school hasn't gone out of business, let alone become a prestigious private school.

"Once the rankings go up, problem students like Shimada, who don't do well in their studies, have bad personalities, and are rude to female classmates, will be the first to be eliminated."

Despite being mocked by Shimada Sho, Ayase Yuki's expression remained unchanged; she simply calmly uttered an extremely exaggerated declaration.

Shimada Sho feigned a frightened expression, "That's terrifying! Miss, remember to protect me!"

"It depends on your performance."

Amidst the joking, Shimada Sho turned and headed outside, leaving the club room.

He was somewhat surprised to hear inside information from the school's higher-ups.

But that's it.

Running a school and getting it out of the brink of bankruptcy are things that adults have to worry about.

He's still a child.

Back in the teaching building, the bell rang just as I was about to return to the second period in the afternoon.

Shimada Sho sat back down and opened the system.

[Do you have any memories of when you received "body care"?]

"Yes."

Shimada Sho settled into his seat and initiated the memory receiving program.

Although it seems like nothing happened, I still need to confirm my memory.

After the program started, images appeared in Shimada Sho's mind.

[The managed service model is ongoing...]

[Player's current status detected: High hunger, moderate fatigue, consciousness logged out.]

[Switch to standby mode: Maintain basic vital signs and avoid attracting unnecessary attention.]

After I left, I saw him sit up from his seat.

Then he turned around, went downstairs, and went to a convenience store outside the school, where he bought a bento box.

Then, he returned to the classroom blankly and swallowed mechanically.

It went unnoticed during the process.

However, at one moment, Shimada Sho keenly noticed a figure flash past outside the classroom in the video.

It's Hoshino Yuuki.

She appeared at the classroom door and flashed by.

The system didn't respond.

I initially thought it was an accident, but after a while, Hoshino Yuuki reappeared.

Her expression was dazed, and her eyes held a hint of hesitation and confusion.

He glanced into the classroom as he passed by, then turned and left.

This "passing by" continued many times.

Hoshino Yuuki seems to have something to say.

But before she could even call out Shimada Sho's name, a single sentence from the homeroom teacher, Yonekura Natsumi, urging her to participate in the activity caused the protagonist's body, whose name was wrong, to mechanically return to the club activity room.

Upon seeing this, Shimada Sho paused his recollection and exited the receiving state.

He took out his phone and opened Line.

There are still only two friends listed.

Shimada Sho opened his chat with Hoshino Yuuki and edited a message:

[Conquer Tokyo Academy: My classmate said you came to our class, is there something you need?]

If someone needs his help or is short of money, he can provide assistance immediately.

The system just awarded me 500,000, which can solve all problems except for the loan.

However, after sending the message, I waited for a long time but received no reply.

Even the "unread" marker remained unchanged.

"Looks like class is starting." Shimada Sho put away his phone, no longer dwelling on it.

My sister is a good student, unlike him, who would use his phone to send messages after class.

"Let's ask after school."

As he muttered to himself, Shimada Sho reconnected to his memories.

Chapter Forty-Five: Rogues in Private

[Receive and manage memories...]

Restart the program, and the screen slowly unfolds before your eyes again.

The scene continues with the body being urged by the homeroom teacher to go to the club activity building.

This part isn't really that interesting.

It's nothing more than entering the event building and then spacing out.

Yuki Ayase is probably used to doing her own thing by now.

Since Shimada Sho had nothing else to do, he simply treated it as watching a movie.

As he was thinking this, he saw himself in the picture pushing open the door of the Human Observation Society.

There was no one inside. After entering, the system issued the following command:

[Scanning environmental information...]

[No one detected indoors. Entering low-power standby mode, waiting for the target to appear.]

He then sat down on the sofa.

His posture was exactly the same as last time: his back was straight, his hands were on his knees, and he stared blankly ahead.

At that moment, he was like a life-size cardboard cutout forgotten in a warehouse.

However, not long after, the door to the activity room was pushed open again.

Yuki Ayase walked into the room carrying a cup of coffee.

When she turned her head and saw Shimada Sho on the sofa, she paused for a moment.

"..."

She stood there for two seconds, and after confirming that Shimada Sho wasn't asleep, she tentatively asked, "Mr. Pervert?"

no respond.

"Shimada-kun?"

still none.

A hint of anticipation flashed in Yuki Ayase's eyes.

She turned and walked behind her desk, sitting down casually, then looked up at Shimada Sho again.

One minute.