"Of course." Ise Yu Yuzhijin said, "If it's those who only shine in the eyes of the group just to cater to others' attention and are stuck in the popular crowd without any autonomy, they're called fake popular students."
Shirakawa Sawahei nodded, people like this are probably like the core group's lackeys, completely replaceable. No wonder Ise Yu Yuzhijin calls them fake popular students.
"But another type of person, they are approachable, have many friends, are very easygoing with everyone, and many people like them and are willing to interact with them, no matter if it's the same gender or the opposite...this kind of person is probably a true popular student."
"The weaknesses you're talking about...are they true popular students or fake ones?"
"If they're true popular students, I advise you, Shirakawa, to give up early. Those people have a protagonist's script, one wrong move and you'll get counterattacked, and then it'll be a social death." Ise Yu Yuzhijin said earnestly.
Shirakawa Sawahei smiled noncommittally, it's hard to say who's the protagonist anyway, a mere Oga Masato is far from making him scared.
Ise Yu Yuzhijin slightly shook her little head, leaned over, and gossipingly asked, "Shirakawa, who is it that you said you can't handle...which student are you referring to?"
"Could it be...that Hayakawa Kashi who you always reject?"
"..."
"No." Shirakawa Sawahei replied concisely.
"Oh..."
Ise Yu Yuzhijin immediately lost interest, said languidly, "I thought it was Hayakawa ~ by the way, Hayakawa is super good-looking, I saw her at the staircase today, she looked so cool with that plain expression...her hair looks really soft, I really want to touch it!"
Description of Hayakawa Kashi by Ise Yu Yuzhijin was like that of a fangirl.
On the first day of transferring schools, becoming a fan of my fellow student, you're really doing a disservice to your own looks... Shirakawa Sawahei silently thought.
Isn't it said that beauties all have arrogance? The good-looking ones all look down on each other, how come with Ise Yu Yuzhijin, she so easily became captivated by Hayakawa Kashi?
Is Hayakawa Kashi's looks and aura just too astonishing, or is Ise Yu Yuzhijin's power level just too low?
Shirakawa Sawahei asked back, "Hasn't anyone told you that you look good?"
"It's not that no one has..." cute little Ise Yu sighed sullenly, "but their reactions weren't as big as I imagined."
"Books are all liars, saying that guys with low self-control will drool when they see a peerless beauty, with a dumbfounded look, twitching all over..."
Shirakawa Sawahei: "..."
Are you sure that's not some sudden illness?
"When I grew up, I finally realized, only those with big breasts can be called beauties!" cute little Ise Yu said indignantly, "How come the same flesh is distinguished by high and low!"
"Girls with big breasts all bully people!"
Shirakawa Sawahei was silent for a moment, even with his intelligence, ranked first in his year, he really didn't know how to respond to this topic, so he had to soothe the girl's emotions against his conscience, "I... I think so too..."
To be honest, Hayakawa Kashi can't really be considered a bully, it's only Tsukimi Sakurazawa who can really be called the campus "bully."
"Shirakawa! You must be in the flat-chested camp too!!!" Ise Yu Yuzhijin exclaimed excitedly.
"In this indifferent world, I never thought there'd be someone pure and kind like you, Shirakawa, who only focuses on the intrinsic beauty of things, appreciating all that is worth expecting with an artistic eye. I knew I wasn't wrong about you!"
"I guess...so... so you don't have to be too sad either..."
"Sad? Why would I be sad?" cute little Ise Yu said proudly, "I'm not flat-chested~"
Shirakawa Sawahei: "..."
If you're not flat-chested why do you act like you're defending flat-chested girls!
"Actually, having a smaller chest has many advantages, to draw a big chest alluringly requires a lot more effort, it's different with flat chests..."
"I'm super envious of flat-chested girls, like Asano, with a body like hers, she must find it easy to exercise..."
Enough already, if Asano Nazuki, the flat-chested little loli heard your dangerous comment, she might come up gnashing her teeth to take your life.
Typical case of the well-fed not knowing the hungry's hunger.
However...
Shirakawa Sawahei glanced at cute little Ise Yu, and felt that from her appearance, he couldn't tell the accuracy of her previous statements.
If she wasn't lying, then she must be one of those legendary masters who don't appear big but actually have decent measurements.
Lean when dressed, fleshy when undressed.
Hmm? This character setup seems quite tempting, can this clumsy girl really own such a persona?
He didn't continue to dwell on this, silently sped up his noodle-eating pace, hoping to get away quickly and not get choked by Ise Yu Yuzhijin's words.
In any case, this was the first time Shirakawa Sawahei felt that even eating could be a tough task.
After finishing their ramen, as they were about to part ways at the intersection, Ise Yu Yuzhijin confirmed multiple times that Shirakawa Sawahei wasn't planning to walk her home, then she finally breathed a sigh of relief, satisfiedly waved her hand, and bounced her way home.
While walking, Shirakawa Sawahei pondered how to deal with the retaliation of Oga Masato's group of popular students on Tachibana Tomoku.
Using force is the last resort, it's best not to make a move unless absolutely necessary.
He glanced at his own panel; through a year of high school learning, his high school education skills had reached level 6, basically on par with Hayakawa Kashi, with just a bit more experience bar than her.
The calligraphy skills obtained from Tachibana Tomoku only barely reached level 3.
But this wasn't a big deal, he mainly learned calligraphy for Japanese writing, other uses aren't important.
Although Shirakawa Sawahei could acquire skills from fellow students, it didn't mean his skill level would match theirs; he still had to gain experience himself.
What the fellow students mainly provided was the talent for a certain skill.
For example, Hayakawa Kashi's talent in close combat is also high, but her skill level is only level 2.
And as a man, Shirakawa Sawahei naturally couldn't waste this talent, he diligently practiced daily, and finally not long ago, raised his fighting skill level to 4.
With this level 4 close combat skill, Shirakawa Sawahei could even confidently and dominantly declare like a certain Don that "I want to fight ten at a time!"
Speaking of which, if not for Hayakawa Kashi, Shirakawa Sawahei thought his plan to turn his life around might have been quite difficult to implement.
This all-rounded campus belle Hayakawa Kashi almost feels like a newbie's gift pack.
Hmm? Perhaps, try asking her for help, see if there's any way to defuse the potential of girls collectively ostracizing Tachibana Tomoku?