Real teaching, hypocritical gray life

What's with that look? I see a lot of contempt in it.

"Anyway, I'm leaving first."

After saying goodbye to Shiratori and the others, I walked straight into the corridor outside the room. I originally thought that I could reach my destination safely without any problems, but reality is always crueler than my fantasies.

The road to success is always full of hardships.

"Good morning, Luo~"

As I turned the stairs leading to each floor, Ichinose happened to pass by and greeted me with a lively look.

"I didn't expect you to actually get up. I thought you were going to stay in bed until ten o'clock like yesterday."

"I have to be responsible for the promise I made, right? Besides...how did Ichinose know that I stayed in bed until ten o'clock yesterday?"

"Eh...did I say that..."

Apparently because the truth had been revealed, Ichinose was at a loss and tried to confuse the audience with his poor acting skills, but after looking at me, he gave in to his guilty conscience.

"Could it be that you heard it from Kanzaki?"

"Haha, that's actually..."

"So I said, I really haven't been bullied in school."

After I unconsciously said that last night, I have been trying to dispel Ichinose's suspicion, but from the current situation, it seems that she is trying to spy on me.

"Actually, I got this news accidentally when I was talking to Kanzaki yesterday. I didn't mean to get to know you. I apologize if I have made Luo-kun unhappy."

"......Then let's just leave it at that." I didn't want to dwell on this matter too much. Trying to explain it over and over again would only lead to deeper misunderstandings.

"Yeah, that's it. Anyway, let's go to the cafe we ​​agreed on."

Having said that, I was about to follow Ichinose’s steps, but the sound of the door closing right after and the sound that I had to pay attention to made us stop.

"I say you guys are up really early, Ichinose."

A group we had never seen before greeted us. They were a pair of people from the standard configuration. They walked towards us with fearless smiles.

One of them was the center of Class C, Ryuen. He had his coat draped across his body, and the hair on the edges of his face was a little wet, probably because he had just casually applied some water to his face before leaving.

The other person was someone I didn't know, but he was extremely muscular. His muscles didn't seem to be just for show, but were genuine and full of strength.

It would probably be uncomfortable to face a guy like this.

"Ryuen-san?"

After seeing the face of the person coming clearly, Ichinose stepped forward and protected me behind him. This behavior was undoubtedly met with contempt and disdain from Ryuuen.

"It seems that you really like this follower. You don't even give him a chance to rest so early in the morning. You should pay more attention to your health sometimes."

"No matter what, I will never treat your classmates the same way you do, and I don't want to see students being bullied."

"Ha, are you talking about him? Don't be ridiculous, I don't even want to look at such a weak being. But, you can't say that..."

"What do you want to do?"

Facing Ichinose's questioning, Ryuen didn't seem to be flustered at all. Instead, he stared at me with interest.

"I said, are you interested in working with me?"

"cooperate?"

"Luo, ignore him."

"Don't be so hostile, Ichinose. I don't have the same strong desire to possess him as you do. I'm just giving you a suggestion."

"What do you want to do with me?"

"Wow, I didn't expect you to be so good at talking. I thought you were just a coward who hid behind a woman."

As he spoke, Ryuuen clapped his hands.

"The content of the cooperation is very simple. I can provide you with a large number of private points individually, and you need to reveal to me the identity of the favored person in your class."

"Don't go too far, Ryuen-san."

Openly poaching employees in front of their subordinates is indeed crossing the line.

"You don't even think this is possible. Or do you think that a large amount of personal points can easily bribe a student from another class?"

"That's a shame. I was planning to trade all my personal points."

"How dare you say that."

"I can't help it. After all, your class's actions on the uninhabited island forced me to change my preconceived impression of you."

"What we did?"

"Do I need to say it? Although the winners are definitely those guys in Class D, your performance was unexpectedly brilliant. Speaking of which, I still have that thing and haven't handed it in to the school yet, so I'll give it back to you today."

As he spoke, Ryuen took out two or three cards from his pocket and threw them on the ground at random.

"This is......"

What Ryuen threw on the ground were the special unlock cards used to update the base in the special test on the uninhabited island that was held not long ago. Two of them were painted on only one side, and the name of Shiranami Chihiro was engraved on them, while the name on the perfect special unlock card in the middle, which was painted on both sides, was

——[Ichinose Honami]

"How could this happen?" Ichinose frowned when he saw this.

I was a little worried about such an explicit behavior, but Ryuuen's next words dispelled my thoughts.

"Hmm, are you surprised that I kept this fake special unlocking card until now?"

Before Ichinose could make a move, I bent down, picked up the card that had fallen on the ground, and handed it to Ichinose. This also made Ichinose more certain of what he had seen with his own eyes.

"After the exam, I filled in Ichinose Honami, which is your name, on the form, but it seems to be wrong from the results. So who is the real leader of your class?"

"...Do you think we would tell you this?" Surprised, Ichinose quickly moved past God and responded in a pretentious manner.

"You won't tell me? Well, this kind of thing can actually be guessed. If I'm not mistaken, the leader of Class B is Shiranami Chihiro, right?"

"I don't intend to reveal the truth to you, let's go." After saying that, Ichinose forcefully took my hand and wanted to take me away from the scene immediately.

However, Ryuuen did not stop talking.

"The materials used to make the counterfeit unlocking card and the real unlocking card are different, which results in a difference in the tactile experience. The school also left such an obvious defect in order to make it easier to identify."

"On the counterfeit special unlock card, a special unlock card patch is covered with glue, which makes us suspicious of the change in thickness and leads us to tear off the surface. The wrong tactile difference is replaced by glue, which makes us fall into the wrong thinking block."

"In fact, if I had been more skeptical at the time, I would not have fallen into the trap you prepared in advance, or at least I would not have easily filled in anyone's name. But..."

People tend to regard the answer that comes after the wrong answer as the truth. If they are guided again -

"How did you make Kaneda confirm that the leader must be Ichinose Honami and at the same time make sure that Shiranami Chihiro never participated in the base renewal activities?"

After hearing Ryuen's explanation, Ichinose's expression suddenly became stunned. Fortunately, we were facing away from Ryuen now, so he didn't notice anything fishy.

"This kind of thing can be accomplished with a little misdirection."

"Does that mean you figured out from the beginning that I deliberately sent Kaneda to your territory?"

"We are just taking precautions. After all, they are students from another class, so they must be on guard."

"So, was your surprise at me staying on the island after the exam also fake?"

"If too many students know of your presence, it might expose you to Kaneda-san."

"...Interesting statement...Although I did lose this time, those guys in Class D completely saw through the leaders of our three classes. Even your defense was useless."

"..."

"The last time we did this, we were set up by the mastermind behind Class D. This is a rare opportunity, why don't we join forces here and take revenge on Class D?"

"I don't think joining forces with you is a good thing."

"When you are actually attacked by Class D, you won't think so, Ichinose. Let's go, Yamada."

The man called 'Yamada' started to move. He had been too quiet from the beginning, and judging from his appearance, he was most likely not a student born in Japan.

"..."

"..."

I waved my hand in front of Ichinose, who had been motionless for a long time, and the next moment she came back to her senses.

"What's wrong, Luo?"

"Can you be a little gentler? Actually my hands are a little sore."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I was careless... Will it hurt?"

Ichinose first subconsciously loosened his grip on my left hand, and after he recovered, he put both hands on me, placing his fingertips on the back of my hand and the center of my palm, and kept kneading to relieve me.

"It doesn't hurt that much..."

But I couldn't refuse this special service.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to."

"There's no need to apologize for such trivial matters... Ichinose is really concerned about what Ryuen just said, isn't he?"

"Well... at first I thought I was just seeing things the day the exam ended, but I didn't expect it to be true..."

"Let's think about this matter slowly. At least we need to deal with the exam in front of us first."

"Ah."

As we talked, I couldn't help but rub her head. This behavior made Ichinose feel at a loss, and she looked at me with a little warmth. However, the appearance of Ayanokouji next made Ichinose panic, and she immediately turned her head away and turned her back to us.

"Um, am I showing up at an inopportune time?"

"..."

Chapter 93 Meditation

"Feel sorry."

Along with the voice of apology, there is also a beautiful melody that continues to convey rich emotions.

Meditation, also translated as "Meditation", I have long forgotten which country's author it was, or I never had any personal impression of the author from the beginning.

I was able to get in touch with this piece of music thanks to one of the few music courses I never skipped during my middle school years. I still remember that Meditation was a violin solo at the end of the first scene of the second act of the opera Thaïs.

By the way, what was the content of the second act of the opera? It seems that I overlooked a lot of things in order to remember this boring knowledge.

"I failed."

"..."

If I remember correctly, it was a foolish monk who was waiting for the woman named Thaïs to change her mind.

Not at all.

sweet?

Bitter?

Thaïs's meditation, inner loneliness and struggle, the fierce battle between spirit and desire, doubt and confusion... no matter which kind of contradiction erupts, it does not fit the current environment. Perhaps it is true that he can gain peace of mind in the end.

But so what.

[Rhythm and harmony can touch people's hearts more deeply than anything else, and can touch people's hearts more than anything else. Everyone knows that when our ears are touched by the melody of music, our spirit will be changed.]

This kind of unknown taboo will not be used by me according to my physiology. After all, the existence of a record player in the room of a modern cruise ship is itself a kind of incongruity, not to mention that I didn't play the music on my own initiative.

Albert made the final cut on my beard, then methodically put down the razor, picked up a wet towel set aside and thoroughly wiped off the remaining shaving cream on my chin.

During this period I didn't say a word, just silently enjoyed the refreshing service.

In order to win the special test on the uninhabited island, I was willing to exhaust myself and survive alone in the wild for four days without any supplies. That's why I looked so embarrassed.

But in the end, I still lost.

"It's not your fault. I've almost figured out what's going on."

"..."

"What destructive behavior did you commit in D-class' camp, Ibuki?"

"...I stole the girls' clothes and...set fire to their guidebooks at the end."

"..."

I tapped rhythmically on the wooden handrail with my fingers.