Tokyo Soft Rice King

"Class monitor, although the panties of active-duty female high school students do have a great appeal to me, I am a worldly person. I will prioritize material wealth over spiritual wealth."

"Kuroba-kun, I'm really shocked right now."

"why?"

"So my underwear isn't even worth as much as a bottle of drink?"

"I didn't say you could buy me off with just a bottle of drink... Anyway, let me first tell you what you want to ask of me, squad leader."

"You should ask first about this kind of thing!"

You should say it first...

Chapter 3: Is it a serious club?

"So, class monitor, you're here to persuade me to join the Arts Club."

"That's right. The old members of the Arts Club are all third-year students, and the seniors will graduate next year. They've already stopped coming to the club, so the Arts Club will be in danger of not having enough new members. Since I've been named the new head of the Arts Club, I should work hard to expand the membership before the Student Council issues a warning."

It turns out that the class monitor is not only the class monitor, but also the department head.

But the Arts and Literature Club...is actually what is commonly known as the Literature Club.

In Kuroba Akira's impression, the Literature Club is a club with a weak presence. In most works, it even just serves as a background board, such as the Service Club that was initially mistaken by the Great Teacher as the Literature Club, or the SOS Brigade that was occupied by the Almighty God Bird.

"So this is why you, class monitor, came to school during the summer vacation, because of the club activities?"

The content of the literature and art department's club activities seems to be reading books, writing reading reflections, and feeding book-eating freaks or something.

The reason why literature and art are gradually declining in reality is mainly because modern people's reading and writing habits have changed greatly.

Nowadays, everyone is used to reading novels on their mobile phones and searching for information online. Even Japan, which accounts for a large share of the publishing industry, has been affected. Therefore, traditional clubs such as the Literature and Art Club are facing the problem of insufficient members.

Just like Hei Yuming, if he hadn't traveled through time and space and turned back into a student, he wouldn't have written anything seriously for nearly ten years, and the thing he wrote the most was his own name.

Because his name changed subtly after traveling through time, Hei Yuming often misspelled his own name for a while.

"Kuroba-kun, do you care why I came to school during the summer vacation?"

She actually answered the question with a question... She was obviously trying to change the subject. Could it be that she had another reason for coming to school?

However, since she didn't intend to tell him directly, Hei Yuming had no interest in asking further questions and answered her questions honestly.

"A little bit. After all, it's quite rare to see classmates wearing uniforms during summer vacation."

Then Hei Yuming pointed his thumb towards the playground on the other side of the teaching building, where he could still hear the boys laughing.

"Those in the soccer club come to school every day to practice and play, and they don't wear uniforms to school during the summer vacation."

Wearing uniforms to school is a must, but I'm afraid only stubborn and prudish students would think so.

Although the class monitor has outstanding academic performance, after communicating with her, it can be found that she is not rigid, but rather very playful.

"But isn't Kuroba-kun wearing a uniform himself?"

"I don't wear a uniform just because I like it. I don't have a choice."

Hei Yuming looked disgusted.

The weather was so hot that Hei Yuming also wanted to wear shorts, but he had no extra clothes. He only had two sets of uniforms and sportswear issued by the school.

In fact, throughout the summer vacation, Kuroba Ming wore summer sportswear the most, but because of the need to change clothes, he had to wear the uniform. As a result, today happened to be the hottest day of the entire summer vacation.

"Hmm... I originally wore the uniform to make a good impression on you, but it seems I was worrying too much now. Kuroba-kun seems to be interested in my private clothes as well."

"Sure enough, squad leader, you were targeting me from the very beginning."

This was not a romantic encounter or a fateful meeting. Asato Hitomi approached Kuroba Akira with her own purpose from the very beginning, even considering the outfit that would make a first impression.

Then the problem is coming.

"why me?"

Before the two started talking, Kuroba Akira was the gloomy boy at the bottom of the class, while Asato Hitomi was the excellent class monitor at the top of the class. There was no intersection between the two at all.

Kuroba Akira really couldn't understand why Asato Hitomi was interested in him and even invited him to join the literature club.

"Class monitor, you are quite popular in the class. If you ask everyone in the class, there should be many people in the home club who are not in the club who are willing to join the literature club."

"I'm not looking for ghost members who are just in name only, and I don't want people to join the club just to help me. Furthermore, I don't want to bring my interpersonal relationships in class into the club."

"Oh..."

This is probably the same idea as Tuanzi, who has her own social circle in the class and also has good girlfriends in the service club, and the two sides don't interfere with each other.

As expected, Oregairu is a youth reference book.

"So, I, who have never met anyone before, am the most suitable candidate..."

Asato Hitomi smiled and raised a finger and continued.

"Of course, the most important point is, Kuroba-kun, you love reading, right? You even come to the school library to read during the summer vacation."

"You saw me."

Thinking about it carefully, Anri Hitomi did not ask Hei Yuming why he came to school during the summer vacation, which means that she knew the purpose of Hei Yuming's coming to school from the beginning.

Although Kuroba Akira himself knew that he was just here to practice his local dialect, in the eyes of others, anyone who came to school to read during the summer vacation must be someone who loves reading very much.

“It’s not just seeing.”

"Ok?"

"Hei Yu-kun, why don't you guess why the school library is open during the summer vacation?"

"what……"

It turned out to be the case.

This also answers why Hitomi Asato appeared in school during the summer vacation.

Hei Yuming can just go home after reading every day, but the class monitor has to lock the library door properly.

However, Hei Yuming remembered that the library manager should be a cold and quiet girl from the next class. She was probably also a member of the literature and arts club, so she asked the class monitor to help take care of the library during the summer vacation.

Or maybe the class monitor knew that Hei Yuming often came to the library, so he volunteered to take on this job, wanting to see if Hei Yuming's love for books was genuine.

So it was only after observing Hei Yuming for a whole summer that Hitomi Asato confirmed that Hei Yuming was not just a pretty face that he came to talk to him on the last day of the summer vacation.

In other words, Kuroba Akira actually spent the entire summer vacation with the class monitor, but he himself did not realize it.

"Also, Mr. Motoko also told me, as the class monitor, to look after Kuroba-kun, who's been left alone. It would be great if I could help you make a hundred friends."

Mr. Kobayakawa...Thank you for your kindness, but my last name is not Komi, so I don't need so many friends.

"Then if I become friends with Kuroba-kun first, and then invite you to join our club, not only can I help Kuroba-kun make more friends, but I can also help the literature club overcome its difficulties. This is a good idea to kill two birds with one stone, right?"

"I haven't said I want to join yet."

"Although our literature club is small, the members are all beautiful girls who are among the best in the entire high school."

"Wow, how about comparing myself to you, squad leader?"

"Well... I think everyone has their own unique looks... But it's worth mentioning that I'm not the oldest in our club. Kuroba-kun, you should know what I'm talking about. I'm not talking about age."

"..." Bigger breasts than the squad leader? Are they too well developed?

"And the advisor happens to be our homeroom teacher, Ms. Motoko Kobayakawa. You're quite familiar with her, and she's always been very concerned about you. If she sees you, Kuroba-kun, joining the literature club, she'll definitely be very happy. She might even be so happy that she'll hug you... Well, Ms. Motoko is quite mature as a woman."

“…”Is there facial cleanser?

"And the most important thing is that there isn't a single boy in the Arts Club right now. Don't you want to experience being surrounded by beautiful girls?"

“…”Exclusive harem?

Squad leader, squad leader, are you a succubus who knows how to understand men’s hearts?

Is your club really serious?

Why does it sound like a brothel in the red-light district?

Chapter 4: Your Highness, Squad Leader

Hei Yuming was silenced by the class monitor's series of welfare offensives. Not only did he not show any excitement, but he also sighed.

He admitted that these benefits were very attractive. If Hei Yuming was really a fifteen-year-old boy, he would have nodded his head in agreement and been hooked.

Unfortunately, his spiritual age has been doubled, and he is no longer innocent.

Even if it's well-intentioned, he'll be suspicious.

"Is the Arts and Literature Club so important? It's actually worth all your investment."

"The Arts Club is important, but it's precisely because you're Kuroba-kun that I'm going all out to invite you to join."

"what……"

Hei Yuming sighed again. The squad leader's words were full of respect for Hei Yuming, but they could only make him smile bitterly.

Because he knew very well that behind the sweet words were all interests.

Ordinary students may not think much of it, but it is obvious that Anri Hitomi is much more mature than her peers, and her words are very purposeful.

Chatting with the class monitor was quite interesting. She probably didn't mean any harm, but she was very good at observing people's expressions, so she would say nice things to please others.

However, this kind of emotion-induced conversation style made Hei Yuming feel a little uncomfortable. It reminded him of the black-hearted boss in his previous life, who spoke better than he sang, but would turn against him in the end.

"Squad leader, please stop saying such flattering things to me. It might make others feel good, but it will only have the opposite effect on me."

"..."

In an instant, the atmosphere seemed to change.

Although it was a hot summer day, Hei Yuming felt a chill running down his spine.

Kuroba Akira turned his head in confusion and found that the class monitor standing in front of the vending machine had lowered her head. The shadow of her bangs covered her face, making it difficult to see her expression.

"Monitor?"

"It's really hot today."

She looked up again, still with a smile on her face, but Hei Yuming found that her smile now seemed more formal than before, like the business smile of a cashier in a chain convenience store, without a trace of emotion.

Hitomi Asato took out a black and white striped coin purse from her pocket, took out a folded, brand new 1,000 yen bill and put it in. The indicator light was on, but she didn't choose any drinks.

"Kuroba-san, the literature club is my only respite, so I don't want it to disappear."

The class monitor suddenly changed the way she addressed Hei Yuming from "Jun" to "Sang", which might mean that she had dropped her disguise and was no longer trying to please Hei Yuming deliberately.

She also directly stated the reasons why she worked so hard for the Literature and Art Department.

It seems that although Anri Hitomi does not have pressure in studying, she has pressure from other aspects.

Hei Yuming guessed that it was mostly due to family reasons. After all, boys and girls of this age are in the rebellious period of adolescence. They must have quarreled and had conflicts with their parents and felt that there was no place for them at home.

If the class monitor was not an excellent student but a bad girl, she might have run away from home on the spot.

However, Asato Hitomi, who is more mature than her peers, ultimately failed to act as she wished. Instead, she chose to hide her feelings and found a respite in school, which is the literature and arts club.

That's why she attaches so much importance to the retention of the Arts and Literature Department.

In short, it is the trouble of adolescent girls.

Although he had guessed it almost right, Hei Yuming did not mention it because he did not really want to be involved in her family problems.

Every family has its own problems. Outsiders cannot interfere, and it is best not to interfere.

"The current members of the Arts Club are all girls. They are all good kids and can get along with me naturally, so I don't want them to be exposed to danger."

"oh oh……"

Hei Yuming answered absentmindedly, the high temperature was almost causing his brain to crash.

And to be honest, he has no interest in the interpersonal relationships between students.

After all, as someone who has been through this, Kuroba Akira knows very well that no matter how good the relationship is during school days, after graduation, they will gradually lose contact due to busy life.