Chapter 4 We generally only use two words to describe... (7K chapter
【My name is Charlie V. Prudence】
At this moment, Higashinohara, who was lying on the tatami, was very conscious.
However, there was a self-narrating voice in his mind that was narrating something, and the pictures that emerged were so real that he felt in a trance that these seemed to be his real memories of the past...
[My family lives in Okinawa Prefecture, and my family is very poor. I have a father who died, and a mother who also died. Later, my sister gave it away. I hope my sister can have enough to eat every day]
[I can eat five bowls in one meal, but it’s really hard when I don’t have enough to eat. Someone in the village joined the revolutionary army to resist the world government. They said they could eat enough if they went there. I’m afraid of starvation, but I’m even more afraid of death]
[I heard people said that working part-time in New Tokyo can make a lot of money and have enough to eat, so I took the train and secretly came to Tokyo]
[Fake! It’s all fake! I can’t even eat enough in Tokyo, so my stomach is whining...]
After passing the picture in his mind, Higashinohara probably understood that the so-called character profile was probably the prisoner's life history, but he couldn't help but feel speechless about the experience of this girl named Charlie.
Isn't it because you eat too much that you can't feel full?
Higashinohara knew that Okinawa was probably the poorest prefecture in Wano, but in Tokyo, even if he could just find a job, he would be able to make a living, right?
Hmm, you didn’t have enough to eat, so you broke into a house?
etc!
Higashinohara frowned slightly.
The moment he first entered [Character Profile], he clearly felt a sense of voyeurism "as if being stared at by a pair of eyes" - he knew that he was now feeling the same as Charlie and was experiencing everything she had experienced.
But what is going on?
The cross-section in my mind is not over yet, the inner "narration" of the picture is still going on.
[I met a strange uncle while working part-time in an izakaya. He stared at my ear for a while, and then gave me a big yellow orange, which was very tempting. But when my father was still alive, he told me that girls should respect themselves and love themselves.
I can’t just accept things from strangers, so I refused]
[When I got home, an orange appeared in my bag. It was strange, but I put it on the table without eating it.]
【The next day, hold back】
[On the third day, hold it in...will the oranges go bad?]
[On the fourth day, hold it in...it’s so pitiful that no one eats the oranges]
[On the fifth day, I woke up at night, thirsty and hungry. I ate an orange, it was so sweet!!!]
[I seem to have awakened my abilities! Great! Is this the fruit of Academy City’s abilities? 】
【......】
[I’ve been feeling weird lately. When I’m at work, when I’m eating, when I’m sleeping after get off work... I always feel like something is staring at me. Hmm... am I dizzy from hunger?
[I’m not dizzy from hunger! There are really a pair of eyes staring at me, staring at me every day, staring at me all the time, are they preparing to murder me? Charlie doesn’t want to die! Tokyo is so scary! Someone come and save me
!]
[Today, the owner of the izakaya told me that there was a customer who wanted to make friends with the Tmall tribe and even invited me to dinner. Well, my father seemed to have said that we are the Tmall tribe... Never mind him, just take care of the food hehe]
[Oops! That guy is a pervert! There are many girls locked up in the basement of his house. I gave him a lesson and let those girls go. He threatened to put me in jail. I am not afraid of him, but I feel like I have two
Keep your eyes on me doing this]
[New Tokyo is not good at all! I want to go back to my hometown! I can get some of his worthless stones and exchange them for fares, right? 】
[The owner of the jewelry store gave me five million yen, haha, I made a fortune! It turns out these stones are so valuable]
The next scene and confession were of a man who had been wanted on the run for the past week. The feeling of being watched by a pair of eyes became more and more obvious. He even had nightmares for several nights.
Until today, Xia Li found that the train station could not be entered, and she could take a detour to go home if she took a long-distance train. She happily found an "enthusiastic uncle" to help buy tickets in the evening.
Unexpectedly, she was targeted by Higashinohara and eventually arrested, ending her confused escape this week.
Ah this?
Higashinohara felt a little numb after watching it.
Those jewelry were only exchanged for five million yen?
Didn’t the Metropolitan Police Department’s wanted list say that at least 80 million yen worth of jewelry and jade were stolen?
Good guy!
The profiteers in Tokyo are trying to trick the country people more ruthlessly than the others!
Did it turn out that her [Crimson Eyes] were obtained through the power fruit?
Doesn’t it mean that the fruit of ability is still in the clinical stage and is extremely unstable, with only one out of ten surviving?
This guy actually woke up right after sleeping?
It's really...no one else.
And those eyes...what on earth are they?
What are the side effects of taking the Ability Fruit?
...
Lying on the tatami, Higashinohara quit the character drawing and thought about it for a while without thinking. The tiredness and muscle soreness after the biological clock in the body hit one after another, and he fell into a deep sleep after a while.
Just leave the things you can't figure out for now, since they don't have much to do with you at the moment anyway.
...
The next day, the morning light was slightly bright.
There is no alarm clock, but Higashinohara has a biological clock and wakes up at half past five.
I sat on the tatami and rubbed my shoulders. Sure enough, I was still a little sore from "exercising too strenuously" last night. I really wanted to stay in bed and sleep for a while, but this thought was just a thought.
Speaking of which, the original owner "Higashinohara" two years ago awakened only the ordinary speed ability of serial number 98, but he was recommended from a rural junior high school in Koshimizu Town, Shari County, Hokkaido, to the New Tokyo Takehara Minami Private Academy.
However, what is painful and tragic is that the original owner "Higashinohara" has been repeating a grade in Takehara Minami High School for two consecutive school years and is currently enrolled in a repeater class. Students in this class are generally ordinary in most super academy.
They will be regarded as "weeds" by senior students - which means they will be weeded out (drop out of school) sooner or later.
If you fail to pass the first-grade academic test and advance to the second grade by the end of February next year, according to the school's rules and regulations, you will be sadly persuaded to return to the countryside of Hokkaido.
As soon as he thought of this, the remaining tiredness in Higashinohara disappeared without a trace.
Damn it!
What a mess this is.
It doesn’t comply with the law of time-travelers at all!
Unlike the original owner, he was afraid of being disgraced after being kicked out of school and returned to his hometown in Hokkaido. He tried his best to improve his abilities through masochistic training, but unexpectedly he died suddenly in the middle of the night due to the physical load exceeded by the young man.
It's really God's will.
Fortunately, it was cheaper for him from Planet Aquamarine.
But today Higashinohara is still worried about being dropped out of school.
What he was worried about was that after coming to this country of Wano, which was somewhat similar to the original world of Japan, and finally spending half a year to get familiar with the surrounding living and learning environment, if he was persuaded from school to return to his hometown in the countryside of Hokkaido, what would happen to him?
It would be really uncomfortable for him to be in a completely unfamiliar environment.
Not to mention the memory of the original owner's parents who fished in the countryside in Hokkaido, and his sister Higashino Yukino who was studying in elementary school in the countryside. He suddenly regarded those strangers as relatives. Higashinohara still had a bit of a mental disorder.
Therefore, Higashinohara would definitely not want to go back to his hometown after being able to live in New Tokyo.
Of course, the premise is that he can successfully graduate from Takehara Minami Private College.
Higashinohara didn't have much hope for this before, but after a dreamlike encounter last night, a sin manual appeared in his mind for no apparent reason.
Although the fastest and most direct source of attribute points is to catch criminals, it comes with a certain risk. If you encounter a vicious outlaw maniac, you will be trapped in it.
Fortunately, there is a "benzene method".
That's exercise.
Exercise is very hard, but people have to "ask for hardship" in life. Otherwise, how can there be a saying that all hardships are rewarded?
Before going to bed last night, Higashinohara formulated a [civilian training] method for himself that included "push-ups, sit-ups, squats and running".
Why not go to the gym and get a card?
Well, no money.
The bonus received from the Metropolitan Police Department only covers more than two months of rent and living expenses, so there is no extra spare money.
However, since the so-called [Human Body Limiter] was broken and lifted by the Sin Manual by forcibly adding points, last night it was confirmed that the simplest exercise method, push-ups, is effective - even if the effect is not so "obvious", Higashinohara feels that in the future, through gradual
It seems very feasible to improve by increasing the intensity of exercise.
Fatty is not something you eat in one bite.
Higashinohara was lucky enough to live his life again.
In the past, I had no choice but to mess it up.
Now that he has the opportunity to settle down in this world, he is full of motivation even if it is a bit difficult and tiring.
...
After washing his sore body, Higashinohara changed into the school uniform of Takehara Minami High School - a white long-sleeved shirt, a brown two-button suit jacket, and an embroidered school emblem on the left chest.
After putting on long gray-blue trousers, Higashinohara picked up a black handbag. When he went out, he took out a clean tie from behind the door. The lower part of the tie had a pattern of intertwined white lines. He tied it carefully in front of the mirror.
As the saying goes, people are made of clothes.
When we arrived at Higashinohara, even though the uniforms of Takehara Minami Private Academy were well-customized, they had a more aristocratic and refined look when worn on Higashinohara. No one could tell at first glance that he was from a small fishing village in Hokkaido.
country boy.
When I was going down the stairs, I happened to meet Shunsuke Nishimaru on the same floor, and Miria Nishimaru, who was rubbing her face and looking sleepy, and carrying a somewhat shabby doll with rabbit ears in her hand. The two of them were washing up in the corridor.
Higashinohara couldn't help but look down at the time on his phone - 5:42, and couldn't help but feel a little confused.
Why are you up so early?
Shunsuke Nishimaru works in a nightclub and doesn't get up before twelve noon on weekdays.
Nishimaru Miria's elementary school requires students to arrive at school only at 8:30. Children are growing up at this time, so getting enough sleep is very necessary.
However, since his father was with him, it was hard for an outsider to say anything to Higashinohara, so he shook his head and continued downstairs.
...
Deng Deng Deng -!
Just as he reached the third floor along the stairs, a rush of footsteps suddenly reached his ears. Higashinohara did not turn his head, but a 360-degree picture suddenly appeared in his mind.
The all-round perspective of [Nine Eyes and Six Paths].
In the picture, a straight black girl wearing a navy blue windbreaker uniform and boots is seen. She holds a briefcase under her arm and a sandwich in her mouth. She holds her headband with her right hand and skillfully pulls up the hair on the back of her head.
With her hair tied into a ponytail, she rushed from the corridor on the third floor with swift strides.
Under normal circumstances, the girl would be unable to stop the car due to inertia, and she would probably collide with Higashinohara on the corridor.
Hmm...it fits the plot of a Wano country morning drama.
But what storms have Higashinohara not seen?
I saw him holding the black briefcase in his hand with his backhand, turning around and taking a small step forward quickly with his left leg, followed by his right leg, squatting down, holding the "shield" with both hands, and quickly struck upward at a 45-degree angle, instantly making
A classic explosion-proof "top block" posture.
...
"Oops! I'm going to be late! Damn it! My smelly dad insists that I come back once a week!"
In the corridor, Mai Aragaki was walking in a hurry, muttering to herself, and the moment she turned the corner, she was about to sprint down the corridor as usual.
She has lived in this apartment since she was a child. When she was in junior high school, she could sprint down a dozen floors in three strides.
However, in the next moment, her whole body froze, and a black... handbag appeared in front of her eyes?
All this sounds complicated,
It doesn't happen like a flash of lightning.
It was too late to shout.
Bang!
As expected, Mai Aragaki, who did not stop the car, was hit on the face, and her facial expression of "a beautiful girl embracing the new day in the morning" was instantly distorted.
It doesn't hurt at all, just a little annoying.
Who is this?
...
"Mai-senpai?"
At this time, a calm voice sounded from behind the handbag.
Higashinohara put down his handbag and said with a polite smile, "Good morning."
"Ah, it's you."
Mai Aragaki naturally recognized Higashinohara. She also graduated from Takehara Minami Private Academy in Tokyo. She knew Higashinohara when he first moved into the apartment, and even went to say hello before graduation.
She just didn't expect that this guy had repeated a grade in school for two consecutive years. If he couldn't graduate next year, he would be expelled from the school. This made her feel embarrassed to say hello to him occasionally because she was afraid of hurting the other person's self-esteem.
But today... this "Senior Mai" was called "Senior Mai" with a refreshing and friendly voice, and her smile was generous and natural, making people feel like spring breeze. It was completely different from the impression she had of her being lifeless and dull all day long.
Well...if you look closely, this guy looks quite handsome when he smiles.
strangeness...
Why didn't you notice it before?
Reminds me of our chance encounter at Shibuya Station last night...
Aragaki Mai also had a smile on her face and said hello, "It's Higashino-kun, good morning. You acted very bravely last night. It's really thanks to you that we caught that guy."
She couldn't help but not ask...
Why did you slap that thing in my face just now?
"Uh... this is what every enthusiastic citizen of Neo-Tokyo should do, and you are also working very hard." Higashinohara said politely, and suddenly remembered the cross-section of Charlie that he saw in his mind last night, and couldn't help but ask
, "What happened to the... female thief last night? When is the trial?"
Unexpectedly, when this was brought up, Aragaki Mai became very angry and said angrily, "How do we have the right to judge heavenly beings? The people from the judgment department of the heavenly being government made a fuss all night last night, but it was the captain who forced them to stop.
Hand the person over...but I definitely have to hand over the person today.”
When she said this, her voice became a little discouraged and she looked slumped and powerless.
Higashinohara can understand this, as none of the newcomers in their field have any ambitions and ideals.
But reality is reality.
The Celestial World Government has ruled the world for more than a thousand years with powerful force. Although in the past century, with the rise of strong human beings and the arrogance and licentiousness of the descendants of Celestial Being, its cruel and tyrannical treatment of humans has aroused the resistance of countless allies.
, the rule is far less stable and reliable than it used to be.
But the centipede is still dead, and the World Government is still a behemoth weighing on the heads of many allies.
The country of Wano currently maintains a relatively stable relationship with the World Government among the many allies. However, unless it really comes to the point of breaking out, the Third Investigation Team will face the strong recommendation of the World Government's Judgment Department. They will be forced to affirm under pressure.
It has to be handed over to someone.
According to past practice, those who were born into a well-known family or had a background in crimes were usually judged and tried internally by the Celestial Government - but the arbitration trial of the Celestial Government is a joke in the world, and most of them will be released on bail after going through the motions.
"Hmph! That girl from the Tmall tribe must have some background, otherwise the guys from the Judgment Division wouldn't be so active." Mai Aragaki complained.
Then you guessed wrong.
Higashinohara Shindo.
He saw Xia Li's autopsy last night - that mixed-race idiot who couldn't even figure out whether he was a Tmall or a Tianhu. He was just a poor guy who took a train from Okinawa to New Tokyo to work. What could he do?
The background is weird.
Although he was also a little confused as to why the people from the Adjudication Department would save that guy, it was hard to say and it was not his business.
So she could only echo Aragaki Mai's complaints, and then curse a few people in the World Government's Adjudication Department - Aragaki Mai suddenly became more and more pleased with this new and handsome junior.
The two walked along the corridor and chatted out of the apartment. Mai Aragaki was going to work at the Metropolitan Police Department in Chuo District, and she and Takehara Minami Private Academy did not take the same tram line, so the two said goodbye at the door.
"Come on, Higashikata-kun! You will definitely be able to do it next year."
Aragaki Mai ran for a few steps, suddenly turned around, clenched her fist hard towards Higashinohara and said.
Under the morning light, the ponytail girl's face seemed to be coated with a layer of brilliance, as warm as grease, and full of vigor and vitality.
Higashinohara was stunned for a moment, feeling a little infected inexplicably, and said with a smile, "Thank you! Come on, Mai-senpai!"
"Haha, I won't tell you that I'm going to be late, bye!"
The girl turned around and trotted all the way, her pony tail rising and falling with her steps, and her silhouette in the sun was so full of vitality.
Higashinohara stood there and stared for a while, when he suddenly noticed someone approaching behind him, and a lazy voice sounded in his ears.
"Hey kid, isn't my daughter pretty?"
Uh...it's quite beautiful.
Higashino thought to himself, but said, "Good morning, Aragaki-san, I'm going to school. Goodbye!"
After saying that, he left without waiting for the other party's reaction.
At the door, Aragaki Satoru, who was holding a chicken coop on his head, looked at the boy's back, scratched his crotch, and said with some confusion on his face, "Strange, why does it feel like this kid is getting more and more enlightened recently?"
...
After riding the train for a few stops, I got off the train and walked a short distance to Higashinohara. After going up a hill, the gate of Takehara Minami Private Academy appeared in my field of vision.
Although Takehara Minami Private Academy is not one of the four universities in New Tokyo known as "Academy City", it can be regarded as a first-class private academy for superpowers under the four universities - it is said that the school board of directors has been
The plan here is to let Takehara Minami High School get outstanding results in the [New Tokyo Academy Super Battle] held in Koshien in the summer, so that she can successfully join the four major campuses.
Hmm... If it doesn't work, "Fifth University Park" will do.
For this purpose, Takehara Minami Private Academy is not limited to Tokyo, but casts a wide net nationwide to expand the source of students, and even lowers the score limit for cultural courses.
It was under such circumstances that the original owner "Higashinohara" who lived in a small fishing village in Hokkaido awakened his abilities and was invited to the Takehara Minami Private Academy in the prosperous Tokyo. In the first year, he also enjoyed tuition and fees exemptions and off-campus accommodation subsidies.
Discounts for poor students including meals in the canteen.
Unfortunately, after he failed to pass the academic proficiency test and repeated the grade at the end of his first year, he said goodbye to this preferential policy.
Still failed the academic assessment in the second year...
By the time Higashino Hara's soul traveled through this world this year, he was already considered a "veteran of three world wars" in school...
Damn it!
What kind of mess is this.
Stay calm, I still have the sin manual, and there is hope if I work hard.
Higashinohara forced himself to calm down. After entering the teaching building, he went to the classroom without changing his indoor shoes. He found the second-to-last row by the window and put down his handbag. Then he went to the changing room of the physical education department to open the storage room.
The wardrobe was changed into sportswear.
Taking advantage of the fact that there was still some time before the eight o'clock morning meeting, he trotted to the playground alone in his sportswear.
Although the push-ups last night made his whole body sore today, exercise requires perseverance and continuous breakthrough of limits to improve.
Human laziness is a terrible thing. Higashinohara believes that if you find excuses to be lazy and wait for tomorrow and tomorrow for the day after tomorrow...even if you have the golden finger of the [Guilty Manual] to release the "human body limiter", it may take a year.
It won't improve much if it comes down.
The day's plan begins in the morning.
Then start from today!
...
Arriving at the playground behind the academy's teaching building, Higashinohara discovered that he was not alone. There were many students who knew how to "stupid birds fly first" - there were many people in the corners of the playground who were exercising their abilities through some specific equipment or physical skills.
, hoping to one day break through the current ability level.
Higashinohara stood on the rubber track of the playground to warm up his lower body a little, then began to gradually accelerate along the track, running lap after lap.
When he thought about it, since last night's push-ups could improve the [Physique] attribute, there was no reason why jogging, as the most primitive aerobic exercise, would be less effective than push-ups.
While running, Higashinohara also noticed a round-faced girl wearing kendo uniform and practicing with a bamboo sword in an unoccupied corner in the northwest corner of the playground. She was short, probably less than 1.5 meters tall, and she didn't look like a high school student.
Some people would probably believe that she was a student or an elementary school student - in fact, Higashinohara recognized this girl as his classmate in Class F of the first year, Shikame Ryoka.
If Higashinohara remembers correctly, she should be able to control the ability sequence number 91 [Kamaitachi].
Kamatachi is sometimes written as "Qiongqi" in the writing of Wano Country. It is a legendary monster that appears in the form of a whirlwind. It attacks people it encounters with its sharp claws like a sickle. Although the skin of the victim will be...
The wound was very long, but I didn't feel any pain at all.
The [Kamaitachi] in this world's ability sequence is an elemental ability, mainly the control and use of wind. In general, swords and darts are used as weapons in combat, or powerful spells that directly activate the power of elements.
However, more than ten years ago in Kyoto Prefecture, there was a user with the [Kamaitachi] ability who used a sword as a weapon. After he was promoted to a swordsman that everyone admired, most of the younger generation of [Kamaitachi] ability users now respect the use of swords as weapons.
Fighting.
If it's just Shikame Ryoka...
It may be a bit difficult to become a swordsman.
Higashinohara didn't know if it was because of her low self-esteem because of her younger figure and appearance. She always acted submissively in class, but her personality was gentle and friendly, and she was nice to everyone.
It's a pity that many people in this world will not reciprocate the kindness. In addition, the quality of the repeater classes is uneven. Some people even semi-publicly gave her the nickname "elementary school student" to mock her height, but they didn't see her doing anything.
Have resisted.
During the academic test at the end of February this year, she didn't pass the test for some unknown reason. After the spring break, she was assigned to the repeater class of Class F for the first year, and became classmates with Higashinohara. She didn't know if she would pass next year...
...
Jogging is a relatively boring exercise, and it is easy to let your mind wander. Higashinohara was thinking about these things in his mind while running, which diverted his attention and relieved the soreness in his body.
Time passes minute by minute.
Soon it was almost time for the eight o'clock morning meeting.
There are not many students on the playground now, only Higashinohara who is panting and panting and almost completing today's training goal, and Higashinohara who is holding his bamboo sword high in the corner and constantly cutting it down for Suzhen training.
of Shikame Ryoka.
The loose kendo uniform outside her petite body was almost soaked with sweat, but Shikame Ryoka's chubby face shone with an unusually persistent light, and she obviously had a small goal of her own.
At this time, three figures in school uniforms suddenly walked over from the teaching building. The leader had permed and dyed light blond curly hair. The tie at the collar of his suit was loose and looked a bit ruffian.
"Really, why is that woman holding on to my hair? I even said I have naturally curly blond hair."
"Hey, the class teacher is not a fool. You still had straight black hair last semester."
"The most unlucky thing is that we...why do we have to accompany you to call for help? That 'elementary school student' is really the one who started the morning meeting early today and is still training here in Suzhen."
"Haha, that elementary school student's brain is probably not well developed. If Su Zhen can improve, I will eat the phone on the spot."
"Hahaha, by the way, Zuomu, you told the instructor yesterday that you mastered the [spell], isn't it true?"
"Really or not...can you come and give it a try during the training this afternoon?"
The three of them were laughing and chatting while walking.
Suddenly, one of them pointed to a voice at the finish line of the playground not far away and said in surprise, "Eh? Look, is that guy the 'clod' from Hokkaido in our class? What is this guy doing? Running?"
After the words fell, the three people suddenly looked at each other.
The next second, they burst into bursts of laughter, almost bursting into tears.
At the very least, Sozhen still has the basic skills of Wano's swordsmanship. Even though they laughed at Shikame Ryoka, it wasn't too much.
But what the hell are you running for?
Sports student?
This is an academy for superpowers, boy!
At the finish line, Higashinohara was bent over and holding his legs with his hands, breathing heavily. His legs were so sore that they seemed to fall apart. Today's nine kilometers in one hour undoubtedly exceeded his limit again.
Listening to the laughter on the edge of the playground, Higashinohara did not rush to enter the "Guilty Manual" to check the results of the attribute panel. Instead, he remembered what he had just heard vaguely from one of them, and his face suddenly became a little weird.
"Clod"?
Was it the nickname the original owner was called from behind among the group of people?