After a consecutive streak of classes, the new students welcomed their first weekend at Advanced Nurturing High School.
The morning sunlight hit the snow-white bedsheets, and tiny dust particles danced and swirled within the pillars of light…
The wall clock ticked methodically until it reached exactly eight o’clock, and the person sleeping soundly on the bed opened his eyes right on time, according to his internal biological clock.
He sat up with an expressionless face, put on his glasses, got out of bed, folded his quilt, and changed into his school uniform.
His entire routine was as precise as a clock.
This was the current Student Council President—Horikita Manabu.
Once everything was completed, Horikita Manabu turned on his phone screen to check if there were any emergencies at the school.
As usual, he ignored the challenge application sent by Nagumo Miyabi.
Horikita’s finger paused for a moment over a message from “Little Sister,” but ultimately, he clicked away the red notification dot as if he hadn’t seen it.
Horikita Manabu walked to the sink.
Accompanied by the rustling sound of running water, he clicked open the Advanced Nurturing Campus Forum.
This was a space specifically set up by the school for students to hold discussions.
Usually, the school administration and the Student Council would post notices on the forum as well.
Students are not allowed to contact their families for three years, and sending messages to the outside world is forbidden.
It is inevitable that negative emotions will brew; venting anonymously on the forum is generally ignored by the school, provided one doesn’t post anything involving criminal behavior.
The school and the Student Council also periodically evaluate the students’ moods by monitoring the forum.
If morale is too low, the exam committee is notified to fine-tune the content of the next special exam.
Horikita Manabu took a mouthful of fresh water and skillfully clicked the “Sort by Topic Hotness” button.
The next second.
“Pffft—!”
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[Advanced Nurturing High School Campus Forum Topic Rankings]
This is our Class 1-C leader.
Can you guys pull this off?!
First-Year “Most Wanted Boyfriend/Girlfriend” Ranking First-Year “Gloomy” Ranking
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[I Really Have No Anonymity 6457]: Recently, a century-defining battle that will shock the Japanese student world occurred in the restroom on the east side of the first-year building.
Please forgive me as words fail to describe the details; please watch the content below for the specifics.
[I Really Have No Anonymity 6457]: Can you guys pull this off?!.MP4
[Dreaming of Being a Soccer Star]: Let me see what this is…
Okay, I can’t do it.
OP, you win.
Where did this King of Sh*t come from?
[Must Be the Duck-Neck Man]: My eyes…
I’m no longer clean…
[So Beautiful Me]: Correct!
To actually let me see something so unsightly, it is truly not “beautiful” at all.
Also, that red-haired boy is not allowed in front of me ever again.
[Big Brother Katsuragi is the Strongest]: Pfft, hahaha!
Is this the Class C leader?
He looks like a dog.
[Resist Ryuen’s Tyranny]: Don’t insult dogs.
This trash delinquent doesn’t deserve to be our Class C leader.
A piece of garbage who can’t even win against Albert while pulling a surprise attack.
[Class C’s Top Academic]: He’s lost all of Class C’s dignity.
[Student Council President Horikita Manabu]: Putting aside Ryuen Kakeru’s intentional damage to the restroom, this…
hmmm…
indecent behavior is truly detrimental to the school’s reputation.
Please come to the Student Council this afternoon to make a face-to-face report.
@Ryuen Kakeru
[Student Council Vice President Nagumo Miyabi]: Oh my, oh my.
Someone just reported damage to the restroom, and the culprit has already been found.
@Horikita Manabu, senpai, I’ll leave this to you.
I can’t handle this type of kouhai.
[Genius All-Rounder (Recruiting Girlfriend)]: This kind of lowlife—if it were me, I could take him down in one move.
You should know that in middle school, I was scouted by the Japanese National Taekwondo team…
[Violence Rules Everything]: @I Really Have No Anonymity 6457, I remember you.
I will dig you out and make you taste a life worse than death.
[I Really Have No Anonymity 6457]: @Horikita Manabu, he’s threatening to kill me.
I’m so scared…
The beautiful weekend morning at Advanced Nurturing was shattered by a post uploaded in the middle of the night.
The numerous students who were used to surfing the web were successfully “broken” by this heaven-shaking, earth-shattering video.
While enjoying the spectacle, they marveled at the fact that such a “prodigy” had appeared at the school; it would likely leave a heavy stroke in the history of Advanced Nurturing.
The heated atmosphere of the forum discussion lasted until the afternoon.
The school administration, which had remained silent throughout, suddenly posted a new notice on the forum.
It is forbidden to use excrement in any form to attack other students.
(Using your own is also forbidden.) Students are forbidden from playing or fighting in the restrooms, and any form of attack against a student using the restroom is forbidden.
[Furthermore, regarding the fight in the restroom between Ryuen Kakeru and Albert Yamada of Class 1-C:] Ryuen Kakeru, who intentionally instigated the conflict, is sentenced to one week of suspension.
Meanwhile, given that Albert Yamada acted in passive self-defense and, to an extent, reminded the school to rectify loopholes in the rules, Student Albert Yamada is given a verbal warning.
Ryuen Kakeru had been in school for less than a week, and yet he had achieved a feat that countless Class A graduates couldn’t—successfully forcing the school to add rules.
Two of them!
In the decades to come, people would still remember that “Restroom War God” and “King of Sh*t” who sat atop the peak of Advanced Nurturing…
“Hahaha…”
In a cafe, Mikage Touji looked at the school’s handling announcement, slamming the table with both hands, laughing until tears came to his eyes.
“You’re laughing so happily…”
Morishita Ai puffed out her cheeks and looked suspiciously at Mikage Touji’s phone.
Unable to contain her curiosity, she took out her own phone and clicked the video.
“Ha…
haha…”
Mikage Touji’s head was practically falling off from laughter.
He quickly reached out his palm to cover Morishita Ai’s big eyes.
“Little kids…
haha…
shouldn’t watch this kind of stuff, haha…
it’ll dirty your eyes.”
Turning his head, he looked at Yamamura Miki, who had also opened the forum, and added: “Same goes for girls.”
“…”
“Mikage Touji, do you like me?” Morishita Ai’s flat voice drifted over.
“Haha—GAH!” Mikage Touji’s laughter stopped in shock.
He replied instantly: “The probability of that is lower than the probability of Shinjoh and Daigo never crashing their jets again.”
“Then you really are a huge pervert, refusing to let go of Lord Morishita’s eyes.” Morishita Ai’s voice turned cold, a chilly wind like little knives blowing against his face.
“Ahem,” Mikage Touji quickly released Morishita Ai as her anger levels rose, saying seriously: “Anyway, this isn’t something for you girls to see.
Trust me.”
“Mhm.” Yamamura Miki nodded like a chick pecking at grain.
“It’s not like you did it, and yet you’re laughing so happily…” Morishita Ai put her phone back in her pocket and muttered under her breath.
The smile on Mikage Touji’s face froze for exactly 0.1 seconds.
He stared gloomily at Morishita Ai, who was poking her parfait with a spoon.
All of this…
originated from a certain someone’s can of coffee.