In fact, after the information is refreshed, they always want to attack me!

He looked through the recorded information one by one.

[1. Sakayanagi Arisu likes to drink coffee and think about problems in coffee shops.]

Upon seeing the first question, he couldn't help but frown: Can someone with a heart condition still drink coffee?

He wasn't a doctor, but he had seen similar warnings in health education articles—that frequent coffee consumption could increase heart rate and put a strain on the heart.

In other words, he never really understood just how weak Sakayanagi Arisu's body was.

Judging from the fact that she always uses a cane, could it be that she has reached the point where she can't walk without a cane?

2. Advanced Educational High School prohibits students from contacting outsiders during school hours.

The second item is related to school rules.

The prohibition against contacting outsiders... didn't affect him much. Shimizu Akira was already all alone in this world, with no one he needed to contact.

But he could imagine that this rule would be quite agonizing for students who have family and friends.

However, from another perspective, this school rule may be secretly protecting certain people and certain "unspoken rules" within the school.

Take Long Yuanxiang from Class C of Grade 1 as an example—if they could contact people outside the school, someone would probably have reported his violent behavior to the outside world a second before he even started.

Then there's Nan Yunya, the vice president of the second-year student council. That guy has all four classes under his thumb, practically using them as tools. If it weren't for this rule, those rich kids he bullies would have already had their parents send people to "teach him a lesson."

In a sense, the school protected them.

[3. Mobile phones used by students at Advanced Education High School can be used for location services after adding each other as friends.]

Upon seeing the third option, Akira Shimizu became genuinely uncertain—he had never noticed this feature before.

He glanced at his phone. Like everyone else, it was a model provided by the school.

The school strictly prohibits students from bringing their own mobile phones, so the mobile phones that freshmen receive when they first enroll are almost all the same model.

Of course, if you have enough points, you can also exchange them for other models of mobile phones at the school store.

But no matter how the appearance and configuration change, the source of all the equipment is always the school—from the hardware to the system, everything is firmly under the school's control.

Thinking about it this way, the feature of "location tracking after adding friends" is not impossible.

Thinking of this, he casually picked up his phone and opened his contacts.

After a slight hesitation, I went straight into Ichinose Honami's chat interface—and sure enough, I saw the "Share Location" option in the menu.

Once you open it, a mini-map immediately pops up.

The light spot representing the other party is quietly resting in the center of the screen, less than 100 meters away from the display.

Akira Shimizu mentally estimated that the location was exactly where the classroom of Class B in the first grade was located.

Strangely, this location sharing does not require confirmation from the other party.

Logically, there should be a permission request step, but this phone obviously doesn't have that setting—as long as you add someone as a friend, you can directly see their real-time location.

(This feature is terrifying! It's practically tailor-made for stalkers.)

The thought flashed through Akira Shimizu's mind in an instant.

In theory, once you add someone as a friend, you can monitor their location 24/7, knowing exactly which classroom they're in and what they're doing.

To put it bluntly, this is simply providing convenience for those who are overly obsessed—whether it's excessive attention to the opposite sex or any other obsessive thoughts, this function can achieve "precise tracking."

For example, if a girl's location in a class shows that she is in a male classmate's dormitory at midnight and hasn't left for a long time—anyone who sees such a location can probably easily guess that something unspeakable has happened between the two.

(What is this school thinking?)

It's said to be for easy communication, but it's more like installing an invisible tracker on everyone.

If this feature were to be exploited by malicious individuals, it could cause a lot of trouble.

He imagined what it would be like if someone were tracking his every move: leaving the dorm to run laps at 6:30 in the morning, returning to the dorm at 7:10, entering the classroom at 7:50... Even the time he spent buying a bottle of water from the vending machine during breaks was calculated precisely. Just thinking about it made his back tense.

Akira Shimizu felt increasingly uneasy and made a quick decision to turn off his phone's location services.

But after searching through the settings for a long time, he discovered that the phone didn't give users the permission to turn off location services at all—there wasn't even a toggle button.

He casually tapped on Chabashira Sae's location interface, only to find the screen completely blank—the other person's location was not displayed.

It seems that location permissions can be turned off after all.

Like Teacher Chazhu, either they paid for the privacy settings with points, or the school tacitly approved the teachers' privacy settings.

Ultimately, anyone can break free from being categorized if they're willing to spend the money.

Without further hesitation, he sent a message to Chabashira Sae.

Akira Shimizu: Mr. Chabashira, how many points are needed to turn off the phone's location service?

The other party replied very quickly:

Chashu Sae: 10,000 points. After payment, the school will assist in disabling location permissions.

This price is much lower than what Akira Shimizu had expected.

Perhaps other students had also noticed the problem with the location function, and as more people applied to disable it, the price naturally dropped.

Since there was nothing to hesitate about, he immediately transferred 10,000 points.

Sure enough, within minutes, the phone received a system text message from the school, clearly indicating that the location function had been successfully turned off.

Akira Shimizu breathed a sigh of relief and tapped the back of his phone lightly with his fingertips—finally, he could get rid of that feeling of being watched from the shadows.

He then opened Ichinose Honami's location page.

This time, as expected, only the opponent's lone glowing circle remained on the minimap, while his own location marker had completely disappeared.

(So, if I turn off location services, I can actually see other people's locations without any worries? I can keep looking at my classmates all the time?)

The thought had barely crossed his mind when he suppressed it.

It's really not interesting.

Using this function to spy on others is ultimately just taking advantage of the fact that the other party hasn't noticed yet—it's like hiding in the dark and spying on other people's lives, which feels awkward just thinking about it.

This behavior of only being able to observe from one side is less a matter of "convenience" and more a manifestation of a morbid voyeuristic desire.

He swiped his finger across the screen and simply exited the location interface.

Chapter 122: 120 Horikita Suzune: My brother has so many good qualities.

Just then, the student council president sent a message saying that the school had intervened in the investigation of the store and would give him a reply by noon tomorrow at the latest.

Right.

This Advanced Educational High School is already a well-known school in Japan, and its foundation must be quite deep—it may even have several influential figures behind it, and their children may be studying at this school right now.

The school will certainly not stand idly by and watch its students be bullied by businesses outside the school.

After all, in their eyes, competition between students and differences between classes are all "internal matters"—no matter how unwilling they are, they have to accept that their own child loses to their peers.

But if businesses outside the school dare to have ulterior motives, that's a different story.

If all else fails, we can just go to another one.

There are already more than one shop in this school, so its absence won't make much of a difference.

He suddenly recalled his junior high school days—back then, the school only had one small shop, and during breaks or lunch breaks, there was always a long queue in front of the counter. It sold out almost every day, and the more popular snacks were snapped up as soon as they were put out.

Not to mention that this advanced high school is under closed management, and students cannot leave the school freely even on weekends.

For three years, students from the first year of high school to the third year relied almost entirely on the shops on campus for their daily expenses.

Opening a shop in a place like this is practically a sure-fire way to make money.

However, after thinking about it, Shimizu Akira decided to tell Kushida Kikyo that the school had already launched an investigation.

He looked up at the classroom—Kikyo Kushida was surrounded by several girls, chatting and laughing.

"How was your date with Shimizu? Where did you go?" a girl asked curiously.

"We went to eat parfait first, and then went to sing karaoke!" Kikyo Kushida's eyes curved into crescents. "It was quite fun—Shimizu-kun is really good at taking care of people, considering my feelings in every way."

"Speaking of which, you guys are keeping your bet from last month, right?" another girl joked with a laugh. "Kushida-kun really does what he says! By the way, we saw your comment. We won't be going to that shop anymore!"

"Hehe, thank you everyone." She nodded gently, the smile in her eyes softening.

Akira Shimizu hadn't expected her to reply immediately, and looked away after sending the message.

A few minutes later, she picked up her phone from the table, looked at it, smiled and said something to the person next to her, then walked out of the crowd with her phone in her hand and came to him.

"Good morning, Shimizu-kun!" Kikyo Kushida walked up to his desk, her eyes sparkling. "Did you report that shop to the student council? That's great!"

As she spoke, she added naturally, "Speaking of which, the student council president at this school is really efficient. The matter I reported yesterday is already being processed today. No wonder the teachers and senior students all say he's the best student council president in history—he really is a very reliable person."

Just as Shimizu Akira was about to respond, he noticed Horikita Suzune's fingertips pause, and she subconsciously glanced in the direction of Kushida Kikyo.

There was a hint of surprise in his eyes, but he quickly withdrew it, though his tightly pursed lips relaxed slightly.

— After all, it's his own brother being genuinely praised; anyone would be moved.

This subtle change naturally did not escape the notice of Kikyo Kushida.

The corners of her mouth curved into a softer arc.

(I see.)

Akira Shimizu understood this perfectly.

(Haven't you found out yesterday that Horikita Manabu is her brother? Is she already trying to test the waters with praise today?)

(Judging from Horikita Suzune's reaction, the effect is indeed quite good.)

Kikyo Kushida's praise was not a deliberate attempt to flatter her—it was a fact that the student council president was efficient, and the way she said it sounded natural and sincere.

"Speaking of which, Horikita-senpai should be Horikita-san's older brother, right? After all, you two share the same surname, which is quite rare in Japan." As if she had suddenly remembered something, she lightly brought up a new topic, but her eyes seemed to drift towards Horikita Suzune.

“…” Horikita Suzune paused in her grip on the pen, then turned her head and gave Shimizu Akira a cold glance.

(Could this information have come from Shimizu Akira?)

It was only then that she belatedly realized—no wonder Kikyo Kushida had been hanging around here all day; it turned out that Akira Shimizu had told everyone about it.

What exactly did those two talk about on their date yesterday? This person usually seems quite smart, how come they didn't even realize they were being tricked into revealing information?

Or is it that... all high school boys are like this? As long as a cute girl asks him out and gives him some perks, he'll agree to anything.

The thought had barely crossed her mind when she suppressed it.

“So,” Kikyo Kushida said, ignoring her coldness, and leaned closer, “Horikita-san must know your brother very well, right? How did the student council president become so outstanding? Could you tell me about it so I can learn from your experience?”

The curiosity in his words was genuine and passionate, making it hard for anyone to feel defensive.

Horikita Suzune felt an inexplicable urge to confide in someone—she could never keep quiet about how outstanding her brother was.

As a sister who deeply respects her brother, she had almost no choice but to answer this question.

Even though the other person was Kikyo Kushida, whom she usually found somewhat annoying, it couldn't shake her resolve to share—after all, her brother's excellence was far more important than the other person's fake smile.

She lowered her eyes to stare at the words in the textbook, her voice softening slightly, with a hint of barely perceptible pride: "My brother isn't really a gifted person. When he first entered junior high, he wasn't the top student in his grade. But he got up very early every day, persisting in studying and exercising without ever slacking off. By sticking to this every single day, he has long since become someone who is no less than any 'genius'."

“So, you don’t need to ask any more questions—you can’t do it.” As she finished speaking, she glanced at Kikyo Kushida, her tone undisguisedly blunt.

In her opinion, Kikyo Kushida was definitely not the type to persevere day after day.

After all, when the results of the last monthly exam came out, the other party's scores in all subjects were stable in the eighties - not bad, but far from the level of "giving it their all".

How could someone like that possibly learn from his brother's unwavering dedication over the years?

"Is that so?" Kikyo Kushida's smile didn't fade at all. Instead, she tilted her head slightly and changed the subject, "If I can't do it, Shimizu-kun might be able to?"

The last "君" was said naturally and affectionately—just a moment ago he was calling her "Shimizu-kun," but now the suffix was quietly omitted.

Akira Shimizu blinked subconsciously. He hadn't expected the topic to suddenly turn to him. It was like watching a pass on the field and being hit by the ball unexpectedly. He was momentarily stunned.

He glanced at Horikita Suzune beside him—who was looking at him with an expression that seemed to say, "How did the topic turn to this?" She clearly hadn't expected Kushida Kikyo to suddenly turn her attention to him.

Chapter 123: 121 Could it be a kiss?

Horikita Suzune remained silent for a long while.

She turned her head and glanced quickly at Shimizu Akira.

“…You’re right.” She looked away, her voice softer but clear enough, “Shimizu-kun…it is indeed possible for him to do it.”

She was somewhat surprised to hear herself say that.

But she couldn't think of a reason to refute it—Kikyo Kushida was right.