People at the practical education center only want to drop out.

Bai Lan didn't speak, but simply took out her phone and turned the screen towards the other person.

The man with the buzz cut glanced at the phone screen that Bai Lan was extending.

The screen displays an interface similar to a "personal business card".

The screen displays Bai Lan's name, class, student ID, and a QR code that can be scanned to add her contact information.

"He's... trying to exchange contact information with me?" The buzz-cut man only thought this to himself, but his mouth responded before his mind could even process it: "Don't think I'll forgive you just because you did this!"

With a "tsk" sound, Bai Lan looked at her with a "I don't understand what you're talking about" expression and said, "What do I need you to forgive?! No way~ Wow~ you don't think I'm trying to please you and pay for your things, do you? I'm asking you to transfer money to my phone to pay me back."

The man with the buzz cut suddenly wanted to say something very crude.

"Can you hurry up? Everyone's waiting!" someone in line couldn't help but say.

He saw the condemning looks from the people in line.

The man with the buzz cut quickly scanned Bai Lan's phone with his phone to complete the transfer, then picked up his lunch—a box of instant noodles—and hurried away.

Bai Lan felt his phone vibrate, and he subconsciously glanced at the transfer information on the screen.

[300 points received... from Takeru Sudo]

After the incident was over, the queue continued to move forward.

Bai Lan returned to her original position.

Horikita cast a look at him as if he had seen something strange: "Just like in the classroom this morning... You're quite something to be able to do something to help others in a way that not only doesn't make people grateful, but instead makes them hate you."

15. Horikita Suzune: My older brother is invincible!

"Help? What help? I'm just doing this for myself." Bai Lan shrugged. "I just don't want to waste time on boring entanglements."

There's no need for gratitude or anything like that, to avoid any unpleasant entanglements that would waste my energy. So, don't place any expectations on me. Ultimately, I'm just doing this for myself.

The two talked as they moved forward with the group, paid, and left the convenience store.

"Then why are you 'arguing' with me here?"

"I just want to win."

"Win? Argue? What's the point of winning something like that?"

"It's fun!"

"Fun? I don't think we're close enough to have fun together. We're not even friends."

"It's nothing. I just wanted to have some fun and vent my desire to express myself and compete. I didn't intend to build or maintain any relationship with anyone."

"Huh? Just playing around, venting desires, not talking about feelings, what a classic scumbag statement."

"Don't say that. Our interactions are limited to words; nothing else has happened."

"What else do you want to happen? You scumbag!"

"Yes, yes, that's it!

"......"

Horikita didn't want to be a tool for the other party's amusement, but her pride and competitiveness wouldn't allow her to back down.

I couldn't help it at all.

Once she gets criticized, she can't help but want to criticize back.

just one time.

She thought that once she won, she could use the excuse of "not being interested in fighting her defeated opponent again" to refuse the opponent's "challenge" from a superior position.

With this in mind, Horikita continued to retaliate.

However, she found herself unable to argue her point.

Since I can't win the argument...

"Actually, we can also have some 'physical' relationships, for example..."

Horikita slowly leaned closer, as if to whisper something, taking advantage of Bai Lan's inattention...

She launched a sneak attack, punching Bai Lan in the left rear rib area.

Bai Lan subconsciously activated the active effect of [Unrivaled], temporarily gaining an increase in all resistances.

With her defenses fully engaged, Bai Lan withstood the attack.

Feeling the force of the opponent's fist, if it weren't for the [Unrivaled] resistance, he would probably have been out of breath for a while after taking that hit.

Fortunately, Bai Lan has a cheat code.

After taking the hit, Bai Lan acted as if nothing had happened and immediately launched a counterattack.

His free right hand transformed into a serpentine claw, striking towards Horikita's brow with lightning speed.

Horikita opened his eyes wide in horror, realizing that he was completely unable to dodge or resist.

I want to die, I want to die, I want to die...

Just as they were about to touch, Diao Shou suddenly became limp and powerless, and in the end, he only flicked Horikita's forehead lightly with his middle finger.

"This is the last time... Sasuke."

After speaking, before Horikita could react, he grabbed his things and, taking advantage of the [Unrivaled] buff, ran away.

After running a little further away, he turned back and said, "You started it. If you can't win an argument, you resort to violence. You lost, and you didn't win either."

After announcing the results of the competition, he continued running further away.

Bai Lan thought to herself, "I wonder how many more will come to fight me tomorrow? I can't wait!"

However, Bai Lan arrived late and left early today. What he didn't know was that although Horikita had a pretty face, he was the second least popular person in the class after him.

Those who tried to strike up a conversation with her, and even those who didn't, were all driven away by her sharp tongue, making her the envy of most of the class. Currently, only Bai Lan seems to "like" her (in a double sense)...

Therefore, there is no such thing as a "simp".

As she watched the departing Bai Lan, Horikita Suzune remained in a daze, still in shock.

"Why are my attacks ineffective? They're clearly weak points, yet they won't break through my defenses?"

"What's with his incredibly fast reaction time?"

"And what do 'This is the last time' and 'zuo, zhu' mean? Are they threats? They sound familiar?"

Horikita felt that the thing he was most likely to figure out was probably that last sentence.

I took out my phone and searched online.

A few minutes later.

"I was so stupid, really, I actually thought he was trying to convey something?"

"Could he just be trying to add sound effects for that finger snap?"

"Is he a high school student? Is he really not an elementary school student?"

"Or perhaps there's some other hidden meaning in this statement?"

Because of her sensitivity to certain things, Horikita thought of the character background information about this line found online.

This is a sentence spoken by an older brother to his younger brother.

and so……

He wants to be my older brother?

Pooh!

impossible!

Don't even think about it!

I only have one older brother.

My eldest brother, Horikita Gaku, is invincible!

Horikita, a brother-obsessed woman, gritted her teeth and silently roared like a devoted fangirl.

However, she misunderstood.

The key point of that sentence is "Sasuke"!

Sasuke is the younger brother.

What Bai Lan really meant to express as a metaphor was: You're just a "little brother"!

However, the implication of referring to the other person as "younger brother" in this sentence does not mean that one wants to be the older brother, but rather that the other person is "too inexperienced," "too weak," or "the youngest of the youngest."

It was purely sarcastic; there was absolutely no intention to become sworn brothers.

However, Horikita Suzune is a brother complex person; she is more sensitive to her "older brother" than her "younger brother."

.......

After lunch, around 2 p.m.

Ayanokoji was harassed by Hirata at his door.

As an "ordinary person," Ayanokouji cannot ignore Hirata, the core figure in the class, and can only obediently accompany him in the discussion.

During the discussion, Hirata was trying to analyze Shirai, while Ayanokouji was trying to analyze: how long did Hirata intend to stay here?

Ayanokouji was the first to arrive at the conclusion:

Because we don't have Bai Lan's contact information.

Ayanokouji is the only person "connected to Shirai". Before resolving the conflict between Shirai and the class, Hirata will definitely not easily let go of Ayanokouji, the only "lifeline" that Hirata can find.

Ayanokouji discovers that Hirata is completely unwilling to accept the possibility of a bad ending; he accepts a happy ending.

During this time, Ayanokouji only probed slightly, trying to prepare Hirata for the worst possible outcome.

As a result, Hirata gripped the cup tightly, squeezing it so hard it made a groaning sound, and veins bulged on his temples, as if he were about to punch him!

Ayanokouji understood: Hirata's intention was not so much to understand Shirai as a person and to befriend her, but rather to resolve the conflict between Shirai and the class, so that the class could coexist harmoniously.

To be honest, Ayanokouji himself didn't even know who Shirai was, so how could he possibly explain to Hirata who Shirai was through language?