Chapter 5: Ying Ye Zhenshi's Classmates / A Weird Class
The whispers of the students around him trickled into his ears.
Their voices became louder after the teacher left.
"This school doesn't seem to be as strict as I thought it would be."
"How do I put it? It is actually pretty chill."
"I was worried about it being very strict, but now I feel so good!!!"
"Great, we have 100,000 points every month."
"The school seems to have a lot of shopping malls. I wonder if there are any game consoles in any of them."
"Hey, do you want to go shopping at the mall when we come back from the ceremony? Let's go shopping together!"
"Well, whatever. If we have these points, we can just buy anything we want. How great is it that we made the cut for this school?"
The students living in the moment fantasised about their bright futures.
It didn't matter to them what the school had stipulated, such as the compulsory lodging away from home, prohibition of leaving the school premises, and the prohibition of contact with the outside world, etc., since they were expecting these things when they enrolled.
But they couldn't have known the school would provide points equivalent to real-world cash and the ability to use the surrounding facilities free of charge, on top of the fact that there was no tuition fee at all.
In their view, they had already benefited from enrolling at ANHS even before the first day ended.
But the greatest charm of this high school lay in the almost 100% employment rate.
This was a state school that provided thorough guidance and was committed to supporting students in their future endeavours.
The school had carried out large-scale publicity on this point.
Among the graduates, many people have become famous because they graduated from this school.
Usually, even in the most famous and high-achieving schools, the number of professional fields in which the students would enter would be quite limited.
Schools would either specialise in sports, music, or something computer-related, but here, no matter what field a student wanted to specialise in, they could make students' wishes come true.
This was a school with such a system and a highly esteemed reputation.
And listening to the chatter of the students around him, Ying Ye Zhenshi began to doubt the authenticity of the school's claims and the intelligence of his classmates.
'Are they just pretending? Or do they really think what they're saying? Didn't the teacher make it clear enough? Did they never have any doubt about the 100,000 points? Haven't they ever asked themselves whether they deserved such treatment? Am I the one being retarded? Is the state's finances so large that they can afford to spend so much on mere school students? It's like these lot have been brainwashed to think a certain way. It's as if they have entered an amazing school with no faults.'
It didn't matter whether or not the students were pretending to be dumb or actually read between the lines of their homeroom teacher's introduction.
Everything would become clear to him after investigating.
Until then, Ying Ye Zhenshi just needed to be as social as possible.
After the teacher left, it was basically a messy free-for-all in the class, with students talking to their desk mates and newly made friends.
Among these students, a boy who looked like an honour student stood up.
"Everyone, can you guys listen to me for a moment?"
He asked this with an enthusiasm that resonated with the students in the room.
"Starting today, we will be in the same class for the next three years. So, it would be great if all of us could introduce ourselves and become friends. We still have time until the entrance ceremony, so what do you think?"
His suggestion had been put forward as an inquiry, and it was evident that he had no intention of forcing anyone.
It appeared as though one of Ying Ye Zhenshi's classmates respected other people's opinions.
With that level of self-confidence, even if ordinary students didn't wish to introduce themselves, they would not stand up and do so in order to fall in step with the crowd.
The boy's communication skills were very good, and he seemed to radiate the energy of a fully charged battery.
No matter what career he decided to pursue or what he did at this school, such a skill would be very useful.
'It seems that there are some students who are still capable people. Is this what it means by hidden talents?'
Ying Ye Zhenshi paid attention to this individual.
"I agree! After all, we don't know each other names, let alone anything about each other."
In such a situation, after the first person agreed, the previously hesitant students subsequently voiced their support.
Ying Ye Zhenshi didn't think that there would be someone in the class who could turn a blind eye amidst this atmosphere and refuse to introduce themself to their other classmates.
"My name is Hirata Yousuke. Because I was often called by my first name, Yousuke, in middle school, feel free to use my first name. Although I like all sports, I like soccer in particular and also plan to play soccer at this school. Please take care of me."
His classmate Yosuke Hirata introduced himself smoothly.
Ying Ye Zhenshi reckoned that the boy had said such an introduction many times already with how perfect it had been.
He had guts, his fitness appeared to be decent, his speaking ability was profound, and he probably studied well too.
With his bright expression and handsome face, as long as he wanted to, he could probably find a girlfriend in a short time.
'Maybe he'll be involved in some love triangle drama eventually.'
Ying Ye Zhenshi thought so.
Especially with how the girl next to Hirata had her eyes turn into the shape of hearts already.
"Well, if that was satisfactory… then, can we start self-introductions from the beginning?"
Hirata respected everyone's opinion and asked the class.
Driven by Hirata's warmth, Ying Ye Zhenshi's classmates began to introduce themselves one by one.
And since he was one of the students sitting at the front of the class, he was in line to introduce himself quite early.
When he finally stood up, many people were already looking at him with weird looks.
It may have been because of the incident between Haruki Yamauchi and Kikyo Kushida.
"Uh~. My name is Ying Ye Zhenshi. I don't have anything I particularly like or dislike. I hope I can get along well with everyone."
Glancing around, he introduced himself in a pretty ordinary manner.
There was no doubt in his mind that this was a very perfunctory self-introduction.
And matching his enthusiasm, the students clapped their hands perfunctorily, applauding him on a job well done, as if a hymn sung for a brave self-introduction.
After all, among the students, there were still several nervous and speechless people.
After all, not everyone could be a social terrorist [T/N: Translatiom too funny that I had to keep it in].
"I'm Yamauchi Haruki. In elementary school, I played table tennis at the national level, then was the baseball club's ace in middle school—I had uniform number 4. But since I got an injury during Inter High recently, I am currently in rehab. Nice to meet ya."
Ying Ye Zhenshi paid attention to the self-introduction of each of his classmates, trying to understand this group of students who might be hidden dragons and crouching tigers pretending to be stupid.
Even Haruki Yamauchi from earlier re-introduced himself, and his previous ascertions did not change.
'Was his name Yamu… Yamashita?'
Although he couldn't remember the name of his classmate, he could recall clearly what the other person had said just now.
Ying Ye Zhenshi was speechless.
The high school league was a high school sports meet...
Junior high school students would not have been able to participate.
'Is this guy deliberately making a joke? It seems he's the type to be the class clown.'
Ying Ye Zhenshi thought so belatedly.
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