Tokyo: Love Begins with Controlling the Rich Girl

It was sent by Yuki Ayase.

[Xiang is wings~: Xiang-kun, the afternoon's exchange competition starts at 2 PM, don't forget~]

It was followed by a cute emoji.

Shimada Sho glanced at the time: 12:53.

There's one hour left.

[Conquer Tokyo Academy: Understood.]

Shimada Sho replied to the message and turned off his phone.

……

Dongli High School was originally established with the aim of becoming a prestigious private school.

Therefore, although the school's facilities are old, they are all luxurious.

For example, a stadium is a super-large area that can accommodate thousands of people.

However, even with such a huge stadium, it gradually filled up with people after 2 p.m.

For some reason, the school attached great importance to this club exchange conference.

In terms of academic arrangements, all grades are given a day off in the afternoon.

It's not mandatory, but everyone is encouraged to go to the stadium to participate in the activities.

After class, Shimada Sho went to the gymnasium alone.

I ran into an acquaintance on the way.

"Shimada-kun! Over here!"

Kenta Takada was wearing a support T-shirt with a chibi version of Chizuru Amami's face printed on it, and he was holding a light stick and waving excitedly at him.

Looking at Yosuke Murakami again, he is also wearing an anime shirt and a chibi version of Chizuru-chan pendant around his neck.

Seeing these two, someone who didn't know better would think the stadium was hosting a concert.

"Why are you here?" Shimada Sho walked up to the two of them, feeling the strange looks directed at him from all around, and felt a little scared.

Kenta Takada, however, didn't think so and replied matter-of-factly, "Of course I'm cheering for you, Shimada-kun!"

"That's right, Shimada-kun, you absolutely have to win!" Murakami Yosuke chimed in, his words brimming with anticipation. "If we defeat the karate club, we can get our Chizuru-chan fan club's activity room back."

Shimada Sho was puzzled. "I'm representing our Observation Club. Even if we beat the Karate Club, it has nothing to do with your support group. How can I help you get the activity room back?"

Chapter 147 Yuki Ayase's Water

“It’s related!” Yosuke Murakami pushed up his glasses and explained seriously, “Shimada-kun, you don’t know, the primary goal of this school reform is to achieve good results in the upcoming National High School Championship.”

After looking around, they concluded that the karate club was the most promising in the entire school, which is why they made a special exception and allocated that activity room to them.

Shimada Sho still didn't understand the connection between the two, so he waited for him to continue.

Kenta Takada picked up the thread, "When our support group applied for that activity room, the student council approved it very quickly, but as soon as the karate club members came, the school immediately changed its mind."

To put it bluntly, they feel that our fan club doesn't contribute anything to the school, unlike the karate club which brings honor to the school.

"That's right! So as long as you beat the karate club, Shimada-kun, and expose their incompetence in front of the whole school, the school will see their weakness and naturally won't value them as much anymore."

"When so many of our fan club members petition at the same time, the school will have to consider public opinion, right?"

After listening, Shimada Sho sighed helplessly.

"So I'm just a tool you use to expose the secrets of the karate club?"

"How can you call him a tool!" Kenta Takada said righteously. "Shimada-kun, you are the honorary president of our support group. Isn't it only natural for you to contribute to your own club?"

"Exactly!" Yosuke Murakami nodded frantically. "And think about it, Shimada-kun, Chizuru-chan is transferring schools next week. We need a decent activity room for her to visit, right? It would be so embarrassing if she saw that our fan club doesn't even have a fixed place!"

Shimada Sho's lips twitched.

Chizuru probably wouldn't care about such things at all.

However, he was too lazy to argue with those two.

"Okay, I'll try my best."

"Not just try, it's a must!" Kenta Takada raised his light stick with a determined look on his face. "For Chizuru-chan!"

"For Chizuru-chan!" Yosuke Murakami also raised the pendant around his neck.

Shimada Sho rolled his eyes.

"Shut-ups are disgusting!" An impatient sneer interrupted their cheers.

Looking in the direction of the sound, several members of the karate club walked over from behind.

The leader was Kobayashi Takeshi, followed by several other people.

They were all dressed in Taoist robes, with colorful belts tied around their waists, looking quite menacing.

Kobayashi stopped in his tracks upon seeing Shimada Sho.

"You actually dared to come." He looked Shimada Sho up and down, his eyes full of coldness.

Shimada Sho smiled faintly and asked in return, "Why don't you dare to come?"

Kobayashi squinted and took a step forward.

The distance between them closed to less than a meter, and he lowered his voice to threaten, "I let you go at the subway station last time, but it won't be so easy this time."

"Is that so?" Shimada Sho met his gaze with interest. "So, what do you want?"

"What do you want?" Kobayashi sneered, looking at Takada Kenta next to Shimada Sho. "These two good-for-nothings have been clamoring to take back the activity room, haven't they?"

His gaze was clearly defiant. "I'll show you with my fists that your so-called idols don't deserve an activity room!"

"What are you saying, you bastard!"

Upon hearing this, Kenta Takada and Yosuke Murakami turned green with anger.

Kenta Takada couldn't help but curse out loud.

Yosuke Murakami seemed to want to criticize, but he didn't quite dare.

Shimada Sho raised his hand to stop them, calmly looking at Kobayashi Tsuyoshi.

"Are you done talking?"

Kobayashi was stunned for a moment.

"Get out of the way once you're done talking." Shimada Sho's tone was completely flat. "A good dog doesn't block the way."

When the same words were spoken a second time, Kobayashi's face instantly darkened.

He stared at Shimada Sho, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

But after glancing at the teachers and students gathering around the gymnasium, he stepped aside to make way.

"Fine, you've got guts." He lowered his voice as Shimada Sho passed by. "Don't beg for mercy when you go on stage later!"

"Waiting for you." Shimada Sho was too lazy to pay him any more attention.

He lifted his foot and walked straight away.

Seeing this, Kenta Takada and the other man behind them quickly followed.

As Kobayashi stood there, watching the three figures disappear into the stadium entrance, the anger in his eyes still hadn't subsided.

"Senior Lin, that kid is too arrogant!" the underling behind him said indignantly.

"That's right, how about we..."

"Shut up." Kobayashi raised his hand to interrupt them.

He took a deep breath and stepped into the stadium.

The henchmen behind him looked at each other in confusion and then followed.

"Senior Lin, why didn't you just teach him a lesson?" one of the underlings couldn't help but ask.

Kobayashi didn't answer immediately.

He walked to the bench in the preparation area, sat down, picked up his water glass, took a sip, and then coldly said, "What's the rush? There will be plenty of opportunities when we go on stage."

"But..." the younger brother wanted to say something more.

"But what?" Kobayashi glanced at him. "Do you know what this exchange tournament means for the karate club?"

The henchmen looked at each other and shook their heads.

Xiaolin had just put down his water glass when his gaze swept around the gymnasium.

The stands were already filled with students, and members of various clubs and onlookers who came to join in the fun created a lively atmosphere.

He withdrew his gaze and said in a deep voice, "The primary goal of this school reform is to achieve results in the national college competition. The karate club is the most promising club in the whole school, which is why the school specially approved that activity room for us, understand?"

The henchmen all shook their heads, indicating they didn't understand.

Kobayashi angrily declared, "All you need to know is that we not only cannot lose this exchange match, but we also have to win it spectacularly on stage!"

"Don't worry, senior, we're the strongest." The underlings were full of confidence.

Kobayashi remained serious, saying, "Talking is useless; we have to win! If we lose, the school's support will shift to other clubs, and it will be questionable whether we can even keep that activity room."

A young man with dyed yellow hair scratched his head: "But Senior Kobayashi, isn't that kid from the Literary Observation Club? Even if he wins, it won't affect us, right?"

"What do you know?" His tone revealed a hint of impatience. "The school doesn't care what club you're in; it cares about the value you bring to the school. The school might not have valued that before, but it's different now..."

As he spoke, his gaze unconsciously drifted to the back, towards the direction of the teaching building.

It appears that only a small test was conducted at the school during this period.

But the reforms had already begun, albeit imperceptibly.

Class division is just the first step; improvements will be made to various aspects such as clubs and learning systems.

Any club or student who just coasts through will definitely not be able to stay in the future.

and……

The scene beyond the teaching building and yesterday's experience flashed through his mind.

Earlier yesterday, through his connections, he learned some information that ordinary students would never know.

It's about the maid and bodyguard who's with Lady Kamishiro.

After the young lady transferred to the school, all eyes were drawn to her radiance.

But they overlooked the quiet girl next to her who had been assigned to the next class.

He only realized the other person's identity after learning their name.

After some inquiries, it turned out they had guessed correctly.

That was definitely not some young lady's personal maid.

Instead, he is a direct descendant of the Sumiyoshi-kai, the underground emperor of Tokyo.

In other words, she's the daughter of a gangster.

Kobayashi Takeshi, who dreams of joining the underworld, went to find the other party immediately after learning of this information.

He took the initiative to show goodwill, hoping to get the attention of this underworld heiress.

Ideally, I would take this opportunity to join the Sumiyoshi-kai.

As a result, the other party completely ignored him.

He only gave her a look when he was really annoyed by her constant pestering.

It wasn't particularly cold, but the ambiguous smile on his face made it seem as if he were looking at a dead person.

It made Kobayashi feel terrified.

He didn't dare to press her any further, only saying that there would be an exchange match tomorrow and he hoped she could come and watch.

I forced myself to finish speaking and then wanted to run away.

For the first time ever, the rich girl called out to him.

She seemed very interested in the battle he was talking about and asked many details.

After confirming that it was indeed them playing against Shimada Sho, they expressed great interest and said they would come and watch.