Yamauchi Haruki was completely stunned. He was just bragging as usual, so why was he being scolded directly?
Moreover... the person scolding him was that Sakura Airi from before?
Was this right?
Yamauchi Haruki had only said those things precisely because of Sakura Airi's personality. Now that she had appeared in person and even scolded him herself, Yamauchi Haruki felt a bit humiliated.
"Clearly... clearly I said it before. It was just last night. Look, Sakura has become different now precisely because she was rejected by me last night. That's right, that's how it is! That's why she made up her mind to change! Mn... if you were to confess to me again now, it's not like I couldn't accept it, hahaha."
Yamauchi Haruki spoke up, continuing to search for a reasonable logical point. Of course, the only person he could convince was himself; the rest of the class didn't believe a word of it.
Especially seeing Sakura Airi in this appearance—Yamauchi Haruki? Was he worthy?
"Shikime-san, there is no need to pay attention to an idiot."
Shikime Natsu spoke to Sakura Airi. The more one engaged with Yamauchi Haruki, the more likely that guy was to drag down one's IQ. Every time he conversed with Yamauchi Haruki, Shikime Natsu felt as if he were suffering a mental attack.
This guy was simply too strong. Merely by existing, he could cause intense mental interference.
Shikime Natsu didn't dare to imagine how much torture he would suffer if he had started in Class D. Just being in the same space as Yamauchi Haruki made Shikime Natsu feel a bit unbearable.
Thinking of this, Shikime Natsu felt some admiration for this group of people in Class D. To be able to stay with Yamauchi Haruki for so long without being affected too much—there were even those who shared his bad tastes—sure enough, his own experience was still too limited.
"Natsu, just call me Airi."
After hearing Shikime Natsu's words, Sakura Airi smiled at Shikime Natsu, then sat back in her own seat.
The young girl took off those plain glasses. That beautiful pink hair was not tied up with a hairband at this moment but was scattered naturally, just like the picture Sakura Airi had sent him last night.
However, the young girl had also groomed her hair. That pink hair was not frizzy but fell quite naturally behind her, emitting a unique fragrance. It had to be said, Sakura Airi truly had the capital to be an idol: a perfect figure, an impressively surging chest, and a considerably high level of beauty.
Regarding personality, this netizen of his who had been missing for half a semester seemed to have truly become somewhat different.
If it were the previous Sakura Airi, such words would absolutely never have come out of her mouth.
[Ding~]
[CG 33: Recognition (Sakura Airi)]
[An idol? Compared to the gaze of others, I care more about your gaze.]
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining Skill Card: Aura Shift (After use, you can change your own or an enemy's aura. Duration: 24 hours. Cooldown: 1 day. Whether you want to become a heartthrob or a pariah, it can be easily achieved!)]
You think I'm pretty.
That's because you've already fallen in love with me, dummy.
"Alright, Airi."
Shikime Natsu smiled and nodded.
This scene fell into the eyes of everyone in Class D, causing them all to reveal expressions of disbelief.
How could Sakura Airi have undergone such a huge change? Not only had her appearance become cuter, but her personality was also completely different from usual. Yesterday, she still looked quite inconspicuous, but now, merely appearing in the classroom was enough to become the focus of everyone.
Especially when Sakura Airi and Shikime Natsu sat together, the eyes of almost the entire Class D were attracted by the two of them.
Moreover... what did Sakura Airi just say?
She called Shikime Natsu "Natsu," and then asked Shikime Natsu to call her "Airi"?
No, was her initiative that strong?
Satou Maya was completely stunned. She had originally thought that since the three of them invited Shikime Natsu to karaoke yesterday and even sang songs with Shikime Natsu, their relationship was already quite good. But she hadn't expected that as soon as she arrived today, Sakura Airi would seem like a different person, and even launch a fierce offensive against Shikime Natsu.
Furthermore... judging by their expressions, why did the two of them look like friends who had known each other for a long time? Yet, they didn't show it yesterday.
Just what exactly was going on?
Karuizawa Kei also felt as if she were facing a formidable enemy. Why was this pretend boyfriend so hard to find?
Clearly, she had managed to get a little closer yesterday, but coming in today, that progress was directly caught up to.
Cute girls were all rivals, and there really was no shortage of cute girls around Shikime Natsu.
Sakura Airi's mood was extremely pleasant. It seemed her relationship with Shikime Natsu was still a bit closer. After all, no matter how one put it, they had been netizens for almost two years.
Even if it was their first offline meeting, the bond between the two was unbreakable!
Shikime Natsu's gaze swept slightly over Sakura Airi. Yesterday's Sakura Airi didn't have much confidence, but today's Sakura Airi was full of self-confidence.
This kind of contrast was also quite nice.
Satou Maya secretly clenched her fist. No, she couldn't just let Shikime Natsu be snatched away like this. As long as the relationship wasn't confirmed yet, she still had a chance!
Satou Maya had to work hard!
Immediately after, the class bell rang. When Chabashira Sae walked into the classroom, she had originally thought the classroom would be noisy as usual, but unexpectedly, the classroom today was exceptionally quiet.
Soon, her gaze landed on Sakura Airi. No, when did her class gain another new student?
But fortunately, a moment later, Chabashira Sae discovered that this person was Sakura Airi. It had to be said, this guy's change was truly huge.
Of course, no matter what changes occurred, this class couldn't shake off the identity of being defective products. The only person who could bring change to this class... was probably Ayanokouji Kiyotaka.
However, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka had been hanging around Yamauchi Haruki and those guys quite closely recently, causing Chabashira Sae to fall into self-doubt for a time.
Staying together with Yamauchi Haruki, and even getting along very well—he could basically be considered ruined.
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka was also quite honored. having just come out of the White Room, he wanted to experience the life of a normal high school student, and then he met Yamauchi Haruki.
The only thing worth celebrating was that since the Keyaki Mall incident on Sunday, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka had slightly distanced himself from Yamauchi Haruki and the others.
According to the way of living as a normal high school student that Yamauchi Haruki taught Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, even if it was Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's first contact with it, he knew that using this way of living would turn his room from white to black.
But... if he still didn't exert himself, who knew how much the difference in Class Points between Class D and Class A would be this month.
Thinking this way, Chabashira Sae's gaze landed on Shikime Natsu.
Compared to Shikime Natsu, how much chance of winning did Ayanokouji Kiyotaka have?
At least in terms of academic ability, there were absolutely no problems, right?
After all, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's entrance exam scores were all fifty points, while Shikime Natsu's entrance rank was seventh.
Suddenly, Hoshinomiya Chie's performance that day surfaced in Chabashira Sae's mind again. Did that best friend of hers really hate her that much?
"Chabashira-sensei, may I ask if something is wrong?"
Kushida Kikyou raised her hand to ask, looking at Chabashira Sae who seemed to be in a daze.
"No, it's nothing. Starting the lecture."
Chabashira Sae gathered her mood and began to lecture expressionlessly once again.
Below the podium, a group of students also began to do what they wanted to do on their own: reading manga, using phones, chatting—basically everything.
However... at this time, a certain young girl underwent a slight change. That's right, it was Satou Maya. At this moment, she was listening to the class seriously. Although she couldn't quite keep up with the progress, Satou Maya still planned to work hard starting from now.
Because the girls around Shikime Natsu were all very cute, making Satou Maya lose confidence for a moment. If she wanted to attract Shikime Natsu, sure enough, she had to have excellent academic grades, right?
Little Maya, fight!
Sakura Airi secretly sized up Shikime Natsu sitting next to her. He was still listening to the class quite seriously. The serious Shikime Natsu was also very handsome.
Looking at Shikime Natsu at close range, the young girl felt her heart thumping.
The young girl had no intention of disturbing Shikime Natsu and quickly took her attention back. What she wanted Shikime Natsu to see was not just a change in appearance!
Soon, it was break time. Shikime Natsu's desk was basically completely surrounded by beautiful girls.
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka looked at this scene before his eyes with an extremely flat gaze. This kind of life shouldn't be something a normal high school student could possess either, right?
Moreover, being here himself now, did he seem a bit superfluous?
His gaze landed on Yamauchi Haruki and Ike Kanji. The two noticed Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's gaze and waved for Ayanokouji Kiyotaka to go over.
Regarding this, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka chose to ignore it. Over there was hell.
"Sakura-san is so pretty!"
Kushida Kikyou walked over, looked at Sakura Airi, and smiled. Her face was full of surprise and praise.
"Yeah, the feeling Sakura-san gives off is completely different from before."
Karuizawa Kei also spoke up in succession.
In Kushida Kikyou's case, her attention was naturally on Sakura Airi. After all, another cute girl had appeared in the class; that would steal away the gazes that originally landed on her.
As for Karuizawa Kei and Satou Maya, it was because Sakura Airi was simply too cute, so their sense of crisis was very strong.
"Kushida-san and Karuizawa-san are also very good-looking, and you are both quite popular."
Sakura Airi replied with a light smile.
Different, completely different. It was completely different from the impression during the first week of school. If Sakura Airi could communicate with people so fluently during the opening week, she absolutely wouldn't be as obscure as she was now.
Surely quite a few people would have gathered around Sakura Airi, and then a small group would have been born among the girls.
Shikime Natsu also looked at Sakura Airi with some surprise. This current appearance was truly the same as when she communicated with him online before.
It was a nice change.
"By the way, have Natsu and Sakura-san known each other for a long time?"
Kushida Kikyou asked the key question.
And Sakura Airi also quite sensitively noticed Kushida Kikyou's form of address. The form of address between the two was also quite intimate, but the address "Natsu" should belong to her.
Damn it. If she had known earlier that Shikime Natsu was also in this school, Sakura Airi would have started acting long ago. Clearly, she was the one who knew Shikime Natsu earliest!
A touch of jealousy inexplicably welled up in the young girl's small heart.
"Mn, we knew each other back in the second year of middle school, it's just that we were still netizens at that time. I completely didn't expect to meet Natsu here again. This should be fate, right?"
Sakura Airi specially emphasized the word "fate."
"If Natsu hadn't told me yesterday, I wouldn't have recognized him either."
What was the meaning of these words declaring sovereignty?
Satou Maya wouldn't be scared by such words. It was just a netizen becoming a friend in reality, that's all.
"So that's how it is. That really is quite a coincidence."
Kushida Kikyou nodded with a smile.
Yamauchi Haruki was already about to go crazy listening to the conversation of the few people. What the hell was this?
Why were all the good-looking beautiful girls in the class gathering around Shikime Natsu? Even Sakura Airi, this hidden beautiful girl, revealed her true features because of Shikime Natsu. It made one too jealous!
"A woman grooms herself for the one who pleases her"—that was probably what this was about. Originally, Sakura Airi always dressed to look inconspicuous, but now she suddenly dressed up beautifully.
They were all girls; everyone knew this kind of little thought.
But... knowing was one thing. It wasn't just one person eyeing Shikime Natsu; there were tons of people eyeing him.
As long as the relationship wasn't confirmed, then it was absolutely impossible to admit defeat!
This was the girls' competitive spirit!
Quite a few people in Class D were already numb seeing this scene. Being surrounded by beautiful girls—wasn't this something that only happened in 2D?
Moreover, the one being surrounded was a student from another class. This was simply too enviable!
"This is the thing Natsu gave me back then. I've always kept it."
While speaking, Sakura Airi picked up her schoolbag and let the girls gathered there see clearly the charm on Sakura Airi's schoolbag—a sunflower.
There was no need to lie about this kind of thing, especially since Shikime Natsu was right by the side. If she lied, it could be seen through at a glance.
So... Sakura Airi was showing off!
She was showing off that she had a gift from Shikime Natsu, and seemed to be saying that her relationship with Shikime Natsu was better than they imagined.
Satou Maya was dumbfounded by Sakura Airi's off-the-charts combat power. Was this still the obscure Sakura Airi from not long ago who spoke so softly her voice could barely be heard?
How was her combat power so strong?
It seemed she really couldn't beat Sakura Airi. With so many buffs stacked up, plus the surging curves that no one present could rival, Sakura Airi had already revealed the smile that only a victor possessed.
Too strong!
"If you don't mind, let's all eat lunch together today. Airi had very few friends when she was in middle school. If you are willing to become her friends, I think she would be very happy too. Of course, I've prepared plenty of bento today; there's a share for everyone."
Shikime Natsu spoke up with a slight smile. Although it was for Sakura Airi's good, didn't this attitude destroy the atmosphere Sakura Airi had just created—that the relationship between the two was above friends but not quite lovers?
The appearance Shikime Natsu displayed was as if he were taking care of a normal friend. Although it was also concern, there was still a difference in degree.
And the girls also received the intelligence conveyed by Shikime Natsu: it looked like there was still hope!
Sakura Airi looked at Shikime Natsu with a slightly resentful gaze. She had almost been able to monopolize him, but was suddenly pulled back to the starting point of the competition. The psychological gap filled the young girl with resentment.
However... the winner will definitely be me!
The young girl was convinced in her heart.
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