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"I know I'm cute, but if you keep staring, I'll call the police."
Yukinoshita Yukino had already pulled out her phone, making a dialing motion.
Kisaragi Rin pulled over a chair and sat opposite Yukinoshita Yukino, teasing, "Aren't you a bit too confident, Yukinoshita Yukino?"
Arrogant, serious, sharp-tongued, unruly, wrapped in an impenetrable wall that isolated her from others—this was the current Yukinoshita Yukino.
Although he had promised Hiratsuka-sensei to help Yukinoshita Yukino change her personality, this wasn't something as simple as going out to buy groceries.
Without a long period of accumulation or the baptism of a major incident, it is very difficult for a person with a mature personality to change.
If a personality formed over more than ten years could be changed with just a few words, that would be hypnosis.
In fact, Kisaragi Rin also guessed that Hiratsuka-sensei's so-called "commission" was just an excuse.
Although Kisaragi Rin had a good relationship with Hiratsuka-sensei, in her eyes, he was also a problem student.
How could one problem student change another problem student?
Whether it was the request to Yukinoshita Yukino or the request to Kisaragi Rin, they were just excuses; she simply wanted to find a reason to gather all the problem students together.
She hoped reality would unfold like in the passionate manga she enjoyed: a series of events would occur among the problem students, leading them to change each other and move towards a better future together.
Kisaragi Rin didn't refuse Hiratsuka-sensei's kindness and played along, pretending to be bought off. He just felt that Kirisu-sensei was in a bad mood, and the going-home club might fall through, so he had to find a club to be a ghost member.
Just then, the Service Club, which Hiratsuka-sensei was in charge of, caught his eye. Not only could he see characters he once liked, but he could also mooch a couple of meals off Hiratsuka-sensei.
The first step to becoming a ghost member is to gain control of the club.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Kisaragi Rin."
Kisaragi Rin looked at Yukinoshita Yukino, an invisible aura pressing down on her.
Yukinoshita Yukino stared back unceremoniously; her motto was "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."
In the perception of some animals, being the first to avert one's gaze signifies submission.
As the two auras clashed, Hachiman Hikigaya, with his dead fish eyes, felt like his long-hidden chuunibyou genes were igniting.
"I know your name, Kisaragi Rin."
"On the first day of school, he took care of all the yakuza near the school. He's an all-around athlete, and some people in the school call him the 'Fist of the Destroyer Dragon."
Yukinoshita Yukino recited Kisaragi Rin's information.
"You've been paying attention to me?"
Kisaragi Rin asked, feigning curiosity.
"Aren't you a bit too confident, Kisaragi Rin?"
Yukinoshita Yukino responded with Kisaragi Rin's own words, lifting her pale neck and stating something a normal person would never do in a casual tone.
"I just memorized the names and information of everyone in the entire school."
He fell for it, just as expected!
Kisaragi Rin could barely suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth. Knowing the plot, he had been guiding Yukinoshita Yukino to say that sentence from the beginning.
"Are you sure you can remember everyone's name in the entire school? And match them to each person?"
Kisaragi Rin asked again.
"Please do not use your brain to question my abilities. I never lie."
"Then, how about a bet?"
"The bet is whether you can answer when I name someone from the school."
"Don't worry, this person is a second-year student and is not on a leave of absence. If I were to use some trickery to win, I'm sure you wouldn't be convinced."
Yukinoshita Yukino pondered why Kisaragi Rin would propose such a bet. Could it be that he doesn't believe what I said, suspecting I'm bragging?
"So what's the bet?"
Yukinoshita Yukino had no intention of refusing; she had complete confidence in herself. She had memorized all the students in the school, so there couldn't be any omissions.
"As for the bet, if you win, I will obey your every command as club president from now on. If I win, let me become the club president."
Kisaragi Rin's lips curved slightly upward as he stated the bet.
This drew astonished looks from Yukinoshita Yukino and Hachiman Hikigaya.
"He just arrived and already wants to take the president's position!"
Hikigaya exclaimed, feeling that this Kisaragi Rin was indeed a monster, just as the rumors said.
"Is that what you want? Although I don't know where your confidence comes from, I have absolute confidence in myself."
Yukinoshita Yukino stood up and fearlessly accepted the bet: "Go ahead and say it. I accept the bet."
Yukinoshita Yukino and Kisaragi Rin's gazes met in the air, and Kisaragi Rin softly spoke a name.
"Kato Megumi."
Yukinoshita Yukino's mind went blank.
Kato Megumi?
Who is that?
Is there such a person at school?
Why do I have no recollection at all?
Yukinoshita Yukino fell into self-doubt.
"If you can't remember her appearance, just telling me which class she's in will do."
Kisaragi Rin stood up and stretched his body; his confidence naturally came from his deskmate.
A mere Yukinoshita Yukino also wants to break through Kato Megumi's aura concealment.
From beginning to end, this bet only had the possibility of his unilateral victory.
"Are you sure you didn't just make up a name?"
Yukinoshita Yukino still couldn't quite believe that she hadn't remembered everyone, and began to question Kato Megumi's existence.
Kisaragi Rin didn't explain, he simply took out his phone, found a list of class assignments from matriculation, and handed it to Yukinoshita Yukino.
One entry on it clearly read:
Second Year E Class, Kato Megumi.
I actually didn't remember everyone?
Yukinoshita Yukino no longer had time to dwell on her memory problem; the biggest issue now was that she had lost the Service Club she founded to the man in front of her.
Hachiman Hikigaya, on the other hand, didn't care, and was even a little happy, because Yukinoshita Yukino's sharp tongue spared no one. Before Kisaragi Rin was brought by Hiratsuka-sensei, he had already had conflicts with Yukinoshita Yukino.
Coupled with his discomfort around women, perhaps with a male president, his high school life would be more stable.
He proactively introduced himself to the new club president.
"Kisaragi Rin, my name is Hachiman Hikigaya, from Class F of the second year."
"I know you, Hikigaya."
Kisaragi Rin replied to Hikigaya and proactively took out his phone to exchange LINE IDs.
This action caused Hachiman Hikigaya's brain to short-circuit a bit, and he passively accepted the LINE exchange.
Why did he always feel that this Kisaragi Rin was quite strange, both fierce and friendly, seemingly without friends like himself, yet very good at socializing?
"Hikigaya, I've always been curious about something. Since you refuse to socialize and don't want to date, why do you volunteer to be a househusband?"
Kisaragi Rin asked a question that had lingered with him since his previous life.
"How did you know that?"
Hachiman Hikigaya's face flushed red; they had just met, and he was already completely mortified in front of Kisaragi Rin.
"Kisaragi Rin, do you know the activities of the Service Club?"
While Kisaragi Rin and Hachiman Hikigaya were exchanging LINE IDs, Yukinoshita Yukino had already prepared herself mentally.
A loss was a loss; she wouldn't renege, but she worried that Kisaragi Rin would destroy her Service Club.
"Serving me?"
Kisaragi Rin joked with Yukinoshita Yukino.
Yukinoshita Yukino's recently constructed mood almost collapsed again. Taking a deep breath, Yukinoshita Yukino recited the Service Club's activities in an almost chanting tone.
"Those who possess shall give with compassion to those who are poor."
"People call this volunteering."
"Extending a helping hand to those in need."
"This is what this club does."
After speaking, Yukinoshita Yukino said to Kisaragi Rin with her sharp tongue, "If Kisaragi Rin only has unhealthy thoughts in his mind, it would be better for the Service Club to be disbanded sooner rather than later, rather than being destroyed by you."
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