What was this thing?
Axel End…
was that his name?
And this penalty was way too much!
Wasn’t this basically threatening her into doing this task?!
In an instant, Honami Ichinose ran through countless thoughts, but in the end she didn’t choose to refuse and risk whatever unknown consequences might exist.
After all, it was just an invitation to a meal together, and it hadn’t demanded that the two of them be alone, so she could simply treat it as making a friend.
“Um…
End-kun, we might still have a few questions about these documents, so could we treat you both to lunch this afternoon and have you help clear things up?”
Axel End glanced at Suzune Horikita.
“No problem.
Providing after-sales service to a client is part of the deal.”
“But this friend of mine has other matters to attend to afterward.
If it’s just answering questions, I alone will be enough.”
The only reason Axel End had been willing to bring Suzune Horikita along to sell intel this time was simply to give her a bit of a sense of participation.
Having lunch with Honami Ichinose next was another matter entirely, so naturally he wouldn’t be bringing her along.
Hearing this, Honami Ichinose let out a sigh of relief.
Because the task counted as complete.
[Task Complete]
[Task Reward: Host obtains 100 Points]
[The System Exchange Store is now open]
“Then let’s exchange contact information first?”
“Sure.”
After watching Axel End leave, Honami Ichinose first used her phone to photograph the documents in her hands and send them to the class group chat.
Then, before she even had a chance to look into the strange thing that had happened to her, she was surrounded by the students of Class B discussing the contents of the documents.
Still, she managed to steal a glance amid the busyness.
“Ichinose-san?”
“Ah, it’s nothing…
I was just a little shocked.
I never imagined the school would conceal something like this.”
Honami Ichinose naturally explained away her abnormal behavior with a single sentence.
After all, the contents of these documents truly would shock them—for instance, the point that [only by graduating from Class A can one receive the benefits the school promised].
But the real reason her mind had drifted actually came from the System Exchange Store.
Because she had seen something—
[Cash Exchange: 1 Point = 1,000 yen/points]
[Note: Cash will not be deposited out of thin air, but will be gifted in an absolutely reasonable and justifiable manner]
In a daze, she recalled the image of her mother working several jobs from dawn to dusk to raise her and her little sister, as well as that time back then…
Honami Ichinose hurriedly took a deep breath.
Beware of new-style scams!
Although her mother had forbidden her from working part-time, hoping she would devote herself entirely to her studies, she still knew a bit of the common sense one ought to have.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world!
Things are only free because someone wants more!
[Hello, Host Honami Ichinose]
[I am the AI assistant of the Perfect Life System.
If you have any questions, simply recite them silently in your heart, and I will provide answers.]
“What is the Perfect Life System?
Why is it bound to me?”
Honami Ichinose snapped out of her thoughts and quickly posed the question in her heart.
[The Perfect Life System is a product designed and invented by an otherworldly civilization, dedicated to perfecting every imperfect life.]
[This system has already conducted a comprehensive data scan of this world’s plane and confirmed that the Host is one of the candidates who meet the binding requirements.]
One of?
Could it be that there was more than one of these systems?
The moment the thought rose in Honami Ichinose’s mind, that cold mechanical voice simultaneously gave its answer.
[This system has been distributed by the otherworldly civilization to countless lower-tier world planes.
In this world there is currently only this single copy, and the selection of the Host is merely the result of a random draw by the program.]
“A lucky one, huh…
a bit ironic.”
Honami Ichinose mocked herself.
Her life up to now had nothing to do with the word “lucky”…
no, being admitted to the Advanced Nurturing High School could barely count as luck.
But on the documents Axel End had traded to Class B, that line of text reading [the admission slots were predetermined from the very beginning] was, at this moment, unbearably glaring.
“So then, what is the price?”
The cold mechanical voice answered her question just as emotionlessly—
[Make your Community of Fate fall in love with you]
…
…
Meanwhile, on the other side.
On the way to Class C, Axel End chose to exchange for the [Gene Enhancement Serum], then used the excuse of going to the restroom to drink it down.
Strength surged forth.
“The strongest athlete in the history of the White Room VS the strongest pure-love warrior of the modern age—do you know about them?”
Ayanokōji, my soles are getting a little itchy ().
Alright, just kidding.
Axel End ran a quick test.
Although he found there were no problems such as a power surge spiraling out of control, as if he’d been this formidable since birth—
But that didn’t stop him from venting the excitement in his heart.
“I am now the complete dragon.”
Suzune Horikita shot a glance at Axel End and said nothing, simply chalking it up to a bout of chūnibyō.
The two of them swiftly headed to their final stop of the day.
First-year Class C, the tyrant’s private domain.
Unlike with Class A and Class B, this time Axel End came in and immediately put on an attitude of “I’m here to crash the dojo.”
“Someone from the campus forums—who’s Ryuen?”
The chaotic, noisy classroom—loud as a wet market—instantly fell into an eerily calm atmosphere, and then a boy who looked plenty hard to deal with stood up.
At this moment, the expression of Class C’s homeroom teacher wasn’t pleasant either.
“State your name.”
Ryuen prided himself on not being a brainless brute.
Looking at this man—Axel End—who had come in acting so aggressively, he was already turning over the other’s intentions in his mind and how to handle the matter.
“A man doesn’t change his name when standing, nor alter his surname when sitting—I am Kiyotaka Ayanokōji of first-year Class D.”
When you’re out and about, your identity is whatever you give yourself.
Don’t call it unscrupulous of him; he simply wanted to let Ayanokōji get an early taste of the treachery of the human heart in society, so he could sooner become the ordinary person he wanted to be.
“Enough with the nonsense.”
“I came to Class C to do only three things: deal, deal, and make a damn deal!”
Axel End gave Suzune Horikita a look with his eyes, signaling that there was no need to take out the paper this time.
He addressed Class C’s homeroom teacher directly.
“First-year Class A and Class B have already completed deals with me.
If Class C doesn’t want to fall behind in progress right at the start, you’d better be able to persuade them to hand over the full 2 million points.”
Kazuma Sakagami’s face turned quite grim.
Just like Chie Hoshinomiya, as a homeroom teacher he of course understood the implication behind Axel End’s words.
But rack his brain as he might until he went bald, he couldn’t figure out how a mere first-year Class D student could have accomplished this much in the span of a single day.
Did he possess some kind of all-seeing eye?!
How positively bizarre.
“Ryuen, do you understand?”
Ryuen exchanged a glance with Kazuma Sakagami.
He was, of course, no fool.
Whether it was the words spoken by this boy before him who claimed to be Kiyotaka Ayanokōji, or the heavily suggestive tone and gaze of Kazuma Sakagami, both were revealing the same piece of information—
“This school really does have something wrong with it.” Ryuen revealed a somewhat ferocious, terrifying smile.
“Fine, 2 million, is it?
Leave your contact information.
Within today, I’ll transfer the points to you down to the last one.”
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