Crossover Anime: How a Shameless Person Lives

The cherry blossoms have fallen, and in the blink of an eye, it's time for the quarterly exams.

Mercury and Tomie made a rare appearance at Soubu High.

The handsome man and beautiful woman attracted countless glances along the way.

Tomie, in particular, drew everyone's attention wherever she went.

Even after the two had walked away, faint whispers still lingered behind them, some filled with envy, others with barely concealed jealousy.

That was a situation that had never occurred before.

"That's ridiculous. It was probably just because we'd been spending a lot of time together before that it was like this." Mercury looked around with a headache.

Tomie's charm has only increased.

Fortunately, it is still within a controllable range.

At least that's what he thinks.

Tomie casually tossed a strand of hair, her gaze filled with extreme arrogance, and said matter-of-factly, "It's just the jealousy of a bunch of ugly people. What's so surprising? I'm just naturally charming."

His narcissistic nature, however, has only grown stronger.

"Be normal." Mercury put his hand on her shoulder, which immediately intensified the jealous whispers around them.

"Be normal." Mercury put his hand on her shoulder, and immediately, the voices of jealousy grew louder.

Well, he probably bears some responsibility for this.

What if a guy suddenly appears with a knife and tries to kill him?

"Speaking of which, who gave you this wooden box?" Mercury suddenly asked curiously.

When Tomie came back a few days ago, she brought this wooden box with her. He thought it was just some kind of decoration, so he didn't pay any attention to it.

But Tomie actually brought this with her to school.

This is rather intriguing.

"This?" Tomie took the wooden box from her waist and handed it to him.

"It was given to me by an old man's friend. It's said to be able to suppress evil spirits or something. He told me to carry it with me at all times. You can have it if you want it."

"Suppress you?"

"Suppress your grandpa."

After exchanging a few playful words, Mercury took the wooden box and examined it carefully.

With a click, the wooden box opened from the middle, revealing a gaudy, sword-hilt-like object inside.

"What is this thing?" Mercury looked at the object but didn't recognize it.

"I don't know, but the old man said it's something that everyone in an organization has, a worthless thing," Tomie said disdainfully.

Who knows what this thing is? If the old man hadn't insisted that she wear it, she wouldn't have worn this ugly thing.

"Since it's the old man's request, then you can keep it." Mercury returned the item to her.

He didn't understand what this thing was either.

But since it was the old man's request, there must be a reason for it.

……

The two quickly returned to the classroom.

As soon as I stepped into the classroom, I attracted a lot of attention.

"This is... Tomie?"

"And Mercury."

"I thought they had both been expelled from school."

"By the way, Hayama, don't you feel like Tomie has changed?"

Hearing the whispers around him, Hayama Hayato nodded, his expression somewhat strange.

She does seem to have changed; she has a new kind of aura about her.

It gave him the same restraint he felt when facing Lady Yukinoshita, an aura that blended nobility and indifference.

Hayato Hayama, out of the corner of his eye, saw Tomie and Mercury walking arm in arm to their seats.

This scene, witnessed by many in the classroom, left many people stunned.

I remember when these two were together before, they were always bickering and teasing each other, but now they seem like a normal couple.

"Tsk tsk, these two haven't already... you know, have they?" Tobe Sho whispered to Hayama Hayato.

He felt that Tomie seemed prettier than before, but he couldn't quite put his finger on why.

He also looked worriedly at Yamato, who was lying on the table.

In the few days that Tomie was away, his friend seemed to have returned to normal; now...

Hayato Hayama coughed lightly to stop him from speaking, "Alright, don't talk about others behind their backs. Also... call Yamato over after the exam, let's review together."

……

"Hey, dead fish eyes, how have you been these past few days while I was gone?"

Hachiman Hikigaya, who was observing the two of them while lying on the table, sensed something was wrong when he saw Mercury walking towards him.

I subconsciously put my right hand behind my back.

As he expected, things turned out exactly as he predicted.

The entire classroom trembled as the slap landed on his right hand.

It's not an adjective; the classroom really did shake!

The chalk on the podium even jumped.

The classroom erupted instantly. The students, who had been cramming for the exam, all looked up, their chatter instantly drowning out everything else.

"Holy crap, it really shook! Was it an earthquake?"

"Should we run downstairs?"

"My table moved! That movement was so obvious!"

"Let them run away, it's just a minor tremor."

"Get used to it, you city bumpkin."

The sudden tremor made the classroom noisy, but most people seemed used to it.

Hachiman Hikigaya felt a tightness in his chest from the slap, as if his ribs were about to break.

With his face buried in his arms and his dead fish eyes, he cursed Mercury eight hundred times in his mind.

He slowly raised his head, his hair a mess, and silently looked at Mercury.

"Haha, not bad, not bad, very energetic." Mercury withdrew his hand, and flicked Hachiman's head with his fingertip, causing the other to shrink his neck sharply.

If you can withstand one of his slaps, you won't die so easily in the rainforest.

Hachiman Hikigaya rubbed his back, grimacing, his dead fish eyes almost popping out, his tone full of resentment: "If you pat me a couple more times, I'll be lying in the infirmary, and I won't even need to take the quarterly exams."

"It's not that exaggerated." Mercury raised an eyebrow and got down to business, "Don't leave after school."

"Bullying?" This thought immediately flashed through Hachiman Hikigaya's mind.

"Your adventure has begun." Mercury grinned wickedly. "One more thing, inform Hirano that this time she'll experience the view from the edge of hell, hahahahaha!"

Mercury's smile was still on his face when the back door of the classroom was pushed open with a light touch.

Hiratsuka Shizuka appeared at the doorway, her long hair casually draped behind her head, wearing her signature white lab coat, and holding a stack of seasonal exam papers in her hand.

The instant his gaze swept across the classroom, he precisely locked onto Mercury, who was laughing heartlessly, and Hachiman Hikigaya, who was grinning broadly beside him.

The classroom, which had been buzzing, fell silent instantly.

"Hey, Lao Jing."

Mercury's laughter stopped abruptly, and he raised his hand to greet her.

Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't say anything, but walked straight up to Mercury and patted his shoulder with a forced smile. "Mercury, it seems you're very confident about this exam, since you haven't come to school for several days in a row."

"Old Jing, you know me, I twisted my back these past few days," Mercury explained.

"Alright, stop making excuses." Hiratsuka Shizuka interrupted him. "I told you to go to school, but it's either windy or rainy. Don't leave after school."

"Bullying?" That was the first thing that came to Mercury's mind.