1 Kanji Ike
I groggily opened my heavy eyelids when the morning sun rays penetrated my windows. I got up from my bed and immediately felt strange as if something wasn't right with my body but I quickly ignored that feeling since I was still half asleep. With my half-open eyes, I somehow navigated my heavy body straight to the bathroom where I looked into the mirror but only saw a blurry figure.
*splash*
I turn on the faucet and splashed water on my face, wiping my eyes so I could see better.
"HUH?!"
However, the moment I raised my head and looked back into the mirror, I saw someone else than "me". I abruptly grabbed the mirror by its frame and leaned closer with my widened eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
'Who the fuck is this?! No...I vividly remember somebody looking like that but...'
"What the hell!" I shouted and tear the mirror off the wall or at least that's what I expected to happen, however, my arms couldn't even move the mirror.
"...This must be a dream...yeah, how else could my appearance of one stupid anime character be explained." I crossed my arms and nodded my head, trying to comfort myself aloud but no matter how much I tried to deny it. This most definitely didn't feel like a dream.
[You have indeed become Kanji Ike from Classroom of the Elite]
The moment blue text flew in front of my eyes, I stared at it in a daze for the first 5 seconds before I tried to slap it away with my hand but my hand went straight through the text making it only slightly blurry for a short moment.
I have obviously read a few novels about reincarnation, and time-regression but never imagined this happening to me. Honestly, the idea itself wasn't that off-putting, it's just...
'...Why did I have to possess this idiot whose looks are even worse than my own!'
I turned away from the mirror with a bitter expression, feeling like biting into a nearby towel to release my frustration.
'Judging from this small room, it seems like I am already in the dorms which means...this idiot already did his introduction!' I calmed down a little and started walking around, observing the insides of the room.
I could hardly forget Ike's line 'I love girls and hate hot guys, I am always accepting new girlfriend applications', while he might have appeared like a funny class clown, I couldn't help but cringe at that line.
'What have I done to suffer this way? Anyway, let's find his phone first' I truly felt like crying out of frustration but at the moment I had to find some clues to my situation. I didn't feel like attending High school since I have already "suffered" school life and even tried a few years at the college before dropping out.
*Brrr*
After I finally found his phone on his nightstand and unlocked it, a vein popped up on my forehead after viewing his balance of private points.
"hehehe" I started involuntarily laughing while lowly muttering words 'I will kill him'
[Please calm down otherwise your weak body might experience a heart attack very soon]
"You are some system or whatever, right? Are you the one responsible for...THIS?" I asked while pointing at my face.
[That is correct]
The blue text confirmed my question and proceed with further information about itself and some quest system. Honestly, I could imagine a system in some fantasy world but this world was no different from Earth. So I asked myself 'What could I even use this system for?'
As if the system read my mind, it quickly clarified the situation.
[You won't get stuck in this world forever, though, it is certainly possible if you wished for it or if you failed to gain enough contributions through quests]
[The system will serve you to check on your status. You will be able to keep all the skills you acquire in this world and use them in the other worlds.]
'Then show me my status' I asked in my head since it seemed it could read my mind, to be honest, it was more of a test.
*----*
Kanji Ike
-Normal Stats:
Strength: 0.6/5
Endurance: 1/5
Agility: 0.8/5
Speed: 0.7/5
-Special Stats:
Intelligence: 3.5 (Due to you taking over Kanji Ike's body, your intelligence has increased)
Charm: 1.5 (Appearance, social skills, and high enough charm makes it easier to persuade others or make more believable lies. Due to you taking over Kanji Ike's body, your charm has decreased)
[Special Skills]
*----*
I wasn't too happy hearing that the old Kanji Ike had much better social skills but he had to be somehow unique otherwise there would be no reason to accept somebody as below average as him to this High school. I also couldn't believe his physical stats, this body was indeed very weak, even a simple walking around seemed a bit exhausting, though, I was sure Ike wasn't so weak in the original story. He might not have been the athletic type but this is a bit too much.
'Special Skills, huh?' The moment my thoughts focused on this, another window opened in front of my eyes.
[Special Skills:
Silver Tongue lv. 1 (0/100) - Helps with persuasion, telling lies, and making the other people like you more (inherited from the original Kanji Ike)
'I see, you mentioned something about contributions, tell me more'
[I would rather recommend taking a look at the time]
Upon reading the text, I quickly checked the time on my phone and my eyes almost popped out.
"Fuck!" I quickly moved to get dressed which I managed to take care of fairly quickly however as I was brushing my teeth, I could help but frown at the sight of his hair, mainly his *cough* mine bangs hanging on the right side.
"Ah!" I exclaimed when I noticed a thin rubber hair band next to the sink. I had no idea why Ike had something like that here but I couldn't care any less.
I took it and pushed my hair up and put on the hair band to keep them from falling back down on my forehead, instead, my previous bangs fell to the side next to my temple. I might look like I am about to go jogging now but at least I am not annoyed by those bangs.
"?! Fuck, I got distracted again!" I quickly grabbed my school bag and run out of my dorm room. Thankfully, I didn't meet anyone on my way down inside the elevator.
'Haha, I almost forgot this feeling of freedom' I was probably smiling like an idiot while I was running towards the school building. Thankfully, I seemed to remember all the important places, though I couldn't even remember what Ike was doing yesterday.
*pant* *pant* When I finally arrived in front of the closed doors leading to the Class 1-D I was panting after running only such a short distance.
However, when I was about to slide the door open, my hand froze.
'I have no idea about Japan's culture and social customs. Sure, I did watch anime but anime isn't the real world. Should I use those honorifics -kun and -san? How should I behave around Ike's friends?' Numerous thoughts entered my mind and I began sweating...much more than after running here.
"What are you doing outside the classroom, Ike-kun?"
A sudden stern and cold voice woke me up from my thoughts and made me abruptly turn towards its source, there, I saw a young woman with long brown hair tied in a ponytail. The look in her eyes was as strict as it could get, the old Ike would most likely cower in fear under her glare, however, I...I oddly felt calmer.
"Oh, Chabashira sensei, I was just thinking whether I had everything in my bag since I almost slept in and had to run all the way here from the dorms. I am sorry, it won't happen again" I quickly replied before she could get suspicious, I even lightly bowed to show my sincerity but I mostly hoped I didn't do anything unordinary, unfortunately for me, she started looking at me with a confused expression.
'Did I fuck up?'
"What are you saying? You aren't even late, though you will be if you won't go in any time soon" Chabashira said sternly, hinting that I was blocking the way.
"Oh, haha, please excuse me..." I released an awkward laugh before opening the doors without even thinking.
"Yo, Ik-" A guy who was most likely Haruki Yamauchi waved at me but quickly stopped his words when he noticed the teacher come in right behind me.
Everyone raised their heads upon Chabashira's arrival but more than half of people's gazes lingered on me or should I say on my head? While I was walking to my seat, I noticed some girls whispering which made me slightly uncomfortable since I had no idea whether it was due to the actions of the old Ike or because of my new hairstyle.
'The girls like to discuss such things as new hairstyles...right?' I reassured myself before I started contemplating how I am going to "survive" in this environment.
'I certainly have no intentions of getting tangled up in the main plot when I don't even have any reason to.'
I glanced at a tall young man with brown hair sitting near the window and at the beautiful black-haired girl sitting next to him.
