Tokyo: Love Begins with Controlling the Rich Girl

"I'll give it to you tomorrow."

It's fine to tease, but to actually take it is going too far.

I'll pick it up when I go to my part-time job tonight.

“Mr. Pervert may go in now.”

Yuki Ayase stepped to the side, deftly making way for him.

Nodding, Shimada Sho went straight into the school.

Just as he stepped into the school, the school bell rang.

Shimada Sho quickened his pace and rushed straight back to the classroom.

No sooner had he arrived than his homeroom teacher, Natsumi Yonekura, walked in.

"Class, let's begin."

She was wearing a black suit skirt, with black stockings covering her long legs, exuding a cool and elegant aura.

His voice carried an air of meticulous authority.

Even the most lively boy in the class lowered his head in fear after just one glance.

Natsumi Yonekura in class is a completely different person from outside of class.

When she's not teaching, she speaks softly and is always very patient with her students.

Even when faced with Shimada Sho, who hadn't joined any clubs even after transferring schools for over a month, he was patiently urged and helped introduce him to some.

But once in the classroom, she transforms into a dignified and authoritative older sister, teaching in a cool and aloof voice. If she notices a student getting distracted, she will reprimand them.

Sometimes, he would even give a cold shoulder and harshly reprimand students who hadn't finished their assignments.

Just like now, she looked at Shimada Sho and said in a deep voice, "The title sentence we just taught last week has been completely forgotten in just one week. Shimada, have you even taken your studies to heart!"

"I'm sorry," Shimada Sho apologized sheepishly.

He was really wronged.

It's not that I'm stupid or didn't try hard enough that I didn't remember it; it's that the original owner simply didn't remember it at all!

Other courses, however, can be tackled using knowledge gained from previous lives.

However, Shimada Sho was completely unfamiliar with things like title sentences, which are unique to island nations.

Instead of checking this, I'd rather have myself recite a couple of lines of poetry.

"There's an old saying in a country across the ocean: 'Learning without thinking is futile; thinking without learning is dangerous.' It means..."

After scolding Shimada Sho, Yonekura Natsumi turned the topic back to the classroom, but this time the content shifted from what was in the textbook to what was outside of it.

Shimada Sho gave a helpless twitch of his lips.

I could say that, but why don't you just ask?

Class time flies by.

Shimada Sho immersed himself in the ocean of knowledge, studying with great effort.

He used the same effort he had when he was preparing for the college entrance exam, and he managed to finish all the material in class, even wearing out the cap of his ballpoint pen in the process.

What they brought out was not only their enthusiasm for learning, but also their bad habit of biting their pens when they were in school.

"That won't do." Shimada Sho looked at the dent he had made by biting the pen cap and shook his head silently.

Although a pen is not expensive, I can't afford to spend it like that with my current financial situation.

"Let's try to earn more today to make up for the losses."

Shimada Sho muttered to himself as he opened the system.

On the panel in front of them, Yukine Kamishiro's information appeared:

【Kamidai Yukiyin】

[Development Progress: 11%]

[Connection Cooldown: 12 minute remaining]

There are twelve minutes left before we can connect to Yukine Kamishiro.

Chapter Twenty-One: Learning, and then learning it wrong.

After logging in, try to trigger new tasks, preferably those that give you money directly.

By the way, take a good look at the system and figure out exactly how it's triggered.

It was something he relied on after his rebirth, so he needed to understand it thoroughly and not just do missions randomly every time he connected.

To maximize its effectiveness, you need to be proactive, thoroughly research this thing, and see if there are any additional functions.

While pondering this, Shimada Sho took out a nearly expired loaf of bread from his desk and started tearing it apart and munching on it.

Just as I finished eating, the temperature in front of me dropped to zero.

[Should we add the character: Yukine Kamishiro?]

"Yes."

[The character "Kamishiro Yukine" is currently in a stable, everyday state.]

[Do you want to enable the "managed mode" for the main game?]

After selecting access, the familiar prompt pops up again.

Shimada Sho suddenly felt a headache coming on.

In this mode, his body can move on its own without worrying about being discovered.

The problem is, it's really dull.

It will only act according to the system's analysis instructions.

Yesterday, I was urged by my homeroom teacher to join a club, and then I mechanically went to the club building and stared at Yuki Ayase for the entire class period.

I hope the hosting service continues today and won't cause any more problems.

Shimada Sho hesitated for three seconds.

But in the end, I decisively chose yes.

Even if you're being urged by teachers while in after-school care at school, it's mostly about academic matters.

Furthermore, the system's primary purpose is to protect one's own life and safety.

There shouldn't be any problems.

[Managed mode enabled, connecting...]

After making a choice, a new prompt will sound.

At the same time, Shimada Sho's vision went black, and the light feeling of his soul leaving his body returned.

A moment later...

"Waaaaah, Kamishiro-kun, I really can't eat anymore... Please..."

The sound of crying reached my ears first.

When Shimada Sho opened his eyes, he found himself in a room that looked very similar to Ayase Yuki's club room.

However, the decorations are more elaborate, and instead of bookshelves on the side, there is a weapon rack with boxing gloves, punching bags, and so on.

The room was divided into two separate spaces: a rest area and a fitness area.

He was sitting on the sofa in the rest area, and opposite him sat a girl with a tear-streaked face.

Poor Sasaki Nozomi cried as she tried to shovel rice into her mouth while holding her lunchbox.

Because of the food in his mouth, his speech became slurred.

Shimada Sho looked at the coffee table in front of him, on which were two empty bento boxes.

Another one was in the girl's hands, half of it had been eaten.

In addition, there was a box of milk biscuits.

"Please... don't sink my family into Tokyo Bay, I'll try... um... try to finish eating..."

Sasaki Nozomi had tears in her eyes and choked a little while talking and eating.

She looked uncomfortable, but still tried to shovel rice into her mouth with her chopsticks, saying as she did so, "I just need to rest for a bit, at most after school... no, this afternoon..."

Upon seeing this, Shimada Sho subconsciously frowned.

"No, no, no, not this afternoon! Waaah, I'll finish eating right away, Kamishiro-san, please don't be angry..."

"..." Shimada Sho raised his hand to stop him speechlessly, "You don't need to eat."

After saying that, he watched as Sasaki Nozomi put down the bento box before asking, "What did you do?"

"Let Sasaki-kun eat." Yukine Kamishiro's voice echoed in my mind.

"I saw it." Shimada Sho's forehead veins throbbed. "The question is, why did you let her eat?"

Yukine Kamishiro responded: "Because that's exactly what Mr. Thug did yesterday."

Shimada Sho: "..."

"Then why threaten her?"

“Because that’s what Mr. Thug did yesterday.” Yukine’s tone was tinged with a seriousness of learning. “I followed Mr. Thug’s advice and told her that if she couldn’t finish her food, she should sink her mother into Tokyo Bay. It worked very well.”

"..."

"Even though Sasaki cried, she ate two bento boxes. Does that mean Sasaki and I are friends now?"

"Friends my ass!" Shimada Sho finally snapped.

He snapped, "Friends aren't meant to be tormented. How can you treat her like a friend?!"

While reprimanding the young lady, Shimada Sho, controlling his body, sat expressionlessly in place, his face looking very unpleasant.

Sasaki Nozomi was startled, thinking that she had angered the young lady by stopping, and dawdled as she picked up the bento box again.

"Don't eat it." Shimada Sho snatched it away.

Looking at Sasaki Nozomi, whose eyes were still wet with tears and whose cheeks were slightly red, Shimada Sho felt a sudden pang of guilt.

Blame him.

Yesterday she insisted on playing some kind of wicked rich girl.

As a result, this naive and innocent girl from the "radio wave" group was left with the wrong impression that this is how friendships should be made.

This led to Nozomi Sasaki being unjustly punished.

"Kami-Kamishiro-kun?" The girl, still looking aggrieved, cautiously probed as she was stopped.

Shimada Sho looked up at the simple and self-conscious girl, his heart filled with helplessness.

But since this matter still needed to be resolved, he adopted a haughty demeanor and said indifferently, "It's nothing, these are all extra bento boxes, I can't eat them all. I wanted you to finish them so I could clear the plate, one box would have been enough, who knew you'd be so greedy!"

"I...I didn't, I didn't..." Nozomi Sasaki was on the verge of tears again.

He hurriedly opened his mouth to explain that it wasn't because he was greedy for food.

But Shimada Sho interrupted her directly, "Alright, if you keep crying, I'll call my bodyguards to your house."

"Ugh..." Nozomi Sasaki covered her mouth in a second.

Shimada Sho then said, "From now on, come here every day and make room for me in a lunchbox, okay?"

"I……"

"Hmm?" Shimada Sho raised an eyebrow, his expression turning cold.

Nozomi Sasaki dared not refuse again, "I...I understand."

She just didn't understand why.

Yesterday at noon, her classmate, Kamishiro, gave her a box of chocolates and forced her to eat them.

They even said it was expired chocolate, which scared her so much that she worried for a long time after she got home.

As a result, she hasn't had any health problems to this day.