Chapter 8: Bad Behaviour / The Second Year

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"Question? What's the problem?"

The boy's confused questions were all that Horikita Suzune received.

"You, may I ask, is there really a problem with your memory? Or is there a problem with your hearing?"

Horikita Suzune suppressed her anger and asked.

It had been fine watching the charade go on in the class earlier, but now that she was on the end of it, she couldn't help but find him super annoying.

And following his line of sight, she also saw the people outside.

"It's best not to get close to people like that, otherwise you might find your popularity taking a hit."

Horikita Suzune obviously didn't like the red-haired boy, and she did not find it too surprising that red-hair would find himself in conflict with others so soon.

"Are you listening to me?"

Seeing that Ying Ye Zhenshi didn't care about her at all, Horikita Suzune's tone became a tad colder.

"Oh, sorry. I don't know what exactly you're insinuating. Besides, my memory and hearing should be fine."

With a dazed and ignorant look on his face, Ying Ye Zhenshi responded.

This sort of response just so happened to be even more annoying.

'Is this guy serious?'

Even Horikita Suzune looked at him in disbelief.

"Then you simply don't want to answer. I'll remember this."

This world was too unfair.

If you carefully curried favour with a beautiful girl, she may come to forget about your existence very soon.

But to really make a beautiful girl remember you, it was often as simple as making her angry.

After all, whether it was a man or a woman, human beings were inherently vengeful.

Watching the beautiful girl leave, Ying Ye Zhenshi was not moved at all.

"Is this really okay? Horikita rarely strikes conversation first with people."

While Horikita Suzune went to pay the bill, the ordinary boy remaining stood next to him suddenly spoke.

He looked like a very gloomy individual, and he appeared as though he would be the type to have no friends.

"Oh, I'm Ayanokōji Kiyotaka. I've introduced myself in class before."

Seeing that Ying Ye Zhenshi's attention was on him, Ayanokōji Kiyotaka reminded him of his name so that the boy wouldn't misname him.

"Hi, Ayanokōji-san, I don't quite understand what you're trying to say either. I have something to do right now, so let's talk another time."

Giving his farewell to the student in front of him because he didn't know what to say, Ying Ye Zhenshi sincerely gave him an invitation to chat another time.

The corner of his mouth rose in a friendly manner, and then he left.

Ayanokōji Kiyotaka looked at Ying Ye Zhenshi who was also heading towards the cashier with a blank expression on his face.

His eyes quickly moved to the red-haired boy outside.

While Ying Ye Zhenshi walked to the cashier, he could still hear the noise outside, which was exactly what he was aiming for.

"Don't look down on me just because I'm in the first grade, hey!"

"The first year's trying to fight, ha— what!?"

"Yup, we're here too. So scram, this is our spot."

"Wow—— so scary. What class are you from? Oh wait, never mind. Let me guess… you're in class D right?"

"So what!?"

"Did you hear? He's in the D class! It was really obvious!"

"Oh? What do you mean by that, huh?"

"Because you are such a pitiful flawed product, I'll let you stay here for today. Let's go."

"You guys running away!?"

"The dog's barking! Anyway, you guys will face hell soon enough."

It was like a bunch of wild dogs were fighting for territory.

The laughter and provocative voices of the second-year seniors could be heard from the outside, and the red-haired boy was like a powder keg that was about to explode, ready to detonate at any time.

But for some reason, the seniors of the second grade withdrew first, but their words as if they looked down on Class D were very clear.

'Are there any special circumstances? We are so-called defective products? That means I am also defective, in the eyes of this school. If you just took into account my physical capability and my learning ability, I would not be classed as a defective product, but if you took into account my character or my social contribution, I would probably be a 'defective product'.'

As he was self-aware, Ying Ye Zhenshi was not dissatisfied with having been regarded as a defective product.

After successfully checking out and leaving, with most of the items being free, his total expenditure hadn't been too much.

He had already come to some conclusions in his head about what he had just heard.

Simply put, he should have been thrown into the trash.

'Since Class D is a gathering of defective products, then Class A should be the best products, right?'

With a preliminary guess in mind, Ying Ye Zhenshi couldn't wait to learn more.

Stepping out of the convenience store, the entrance was very messy, because of the conflict between the red-haired boy and the seniors just now, with the instant noodles he had been eating scattered all over the place.

Besides that, the trash can had also been kicked over, and the garbage was strewn about everywhere, leaving a rather pitiful job for the cleaning staff.

'What a bad-tempered boy. And he is also without any brains.'

Ying Ye Zhenshi looked up at the camera facing the convenience store door.

'Based on this, the scene just now has been completely documented. Is this how the school evaluates its students? Someone should be watching from the monitor, so will I get extra points if I pick up the trash now? Isn't what happened just now a conflict? If the video is reported to the school, will the school deal with it?'

Regardless of whether it would be useful or not, Ying Ye Zhenshi returned to the convenience store and asked about the situation of the camera feed.

But the matter went smoothly unexpectedly- not only with regard to viewing the feed, but also for copying it.

Worth hat being the case, Ying Ye Zhenshi unceremoniously copied it onto his phone.

Immediately after putting the things he bought in his dormitory room, Ying Ye Zhenshi went back to the campus area again.

If he could not find the information he wanted to find with the seniors, he planned to take the video to the student council to get a feel for their mettle.

Not even taking into account whether anyone would be punished as a result of the video, just being able to get some information on and to test the bottom line of the school would already be a huge benefit.

The school building had separate floors for each year group.

Instead of directly climbing past the first grade's floor, Ying Ye Zhenshi walked directly towards the other classrooms.

But there was nothing special written on the blackboards of each class.

At most, there were some names, like Mashima Tomonari, Hoshinomiya Chie, Sakagami Kazuma and so on, just like their homeroom teacher's name was on their board.

"Hey, what are you planning to do? Why are you here?"

On the first floor, nothing happened, but when he got to the second grade's floor, while Ying Ye Zhenshi was just planning to walk around, he was blocked.

And he was presented with such a nostalgic look.

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