In a certain high school's first-year classroom, a commotion was taking place.
"Didn't you say you'd give us Diva's autograph? Where is it? Where is it? Hurry up and hand it over already!"
The one shouting was a boy with an incredibly unlucky face, spiky bedhead that stuck up all over the place, and currently scratching at that already messy head like crazy, looking utterly frantic.
This boy's name was Kamijou Touma, a very famous and prominent character in this certain high school.
How famous?
It was said that anyone who stayed near him would have all their bad luck sucked away.
This was the very same person who could choke just from drinking water, trip while walking, never once win the lottery in his entire life, and who spent every day shouting "Such misfortune!", the very definition of a prominent character.
"No way! You have to give us an explanation! Otherwise, we won't let this slide, nya!"
This time, the one speaking was a tall boy with unusually long arms, short blond hair spiked up like a hedgehog, sunglasses covering his face, and a gold chain hanging from his neck.
This boy's name was Tsuchimikado Motoharu, also a very famous and prominent character in this certain high school.
How famous?
It was said that the reason he dressed like this was to be more popular with girls, but instead, it made people keep their distance.
On top of that, he spoke in an inexplicable Kyushu accent, with a weirdly cutesy tone that made people feel utterly disgusted.
"For the sake of Diva's autograph, we spent the whole day hanging out with you yesterday! Whether it was fancy restaurants or the game center, all the costs were covered by us three! And in the end, all we got was a single SMS saying, 'Sorry, I forgot'! You think that's enough?! You're asking to get wrecked!"
The last to speak was a boy with blue hair, earrings in his ears, and a height of well over 180 cm, but whose presence was shockingly low.
This boy's name was unknown. Everyone simply called him Blue-Haired Earrings, and in this certain high school, he too was a very famous, prominent character.
How famous?
It was said that his strike zone was unbelievably wide. He didn't "only" like one particular attribute; he liked everything.
Whether it was onee-san, loli, tsundere, black-bellied types, or even shota and otokonoko, so long as they were cute, he could accept them all. A hardcore otaku to the extreme.
The conclusion: all three standing before Fang Li were prominent characters.
Unfortunately, all are in very bad ways.
Because of this, the students at this certain high school called them the idiot trio, with their classmates more specifically referring to them as the three idiots of the class.
Looking at the three idiots, Fang Li had only one thought.
"Feels like if Aqua were here, she'd definitely get along with them just fine."
In other words, Fang Li was already used to dealing with this type of troublemaker. Whether that should be considered sad or not, he couldn't really say.
And so, as Fang Li narrowed his eyes slightly at the three idiots putting on their little play, they once again lost their tempers.
"Hey, are you even listening?!"
"Thanks to you, I'm totally broke now! I don't even know how I'm going to survive the rest of this month! In my current state, I could drag even a god down to hell with me, so don't push me, nya!"
"Anything else we can compromise on, but not this! Don't even talk about paying us back, we won't accept it! We only want one thing!"
The three, Kamijou Touma, Tsuchimikado Motoharu, and Blue-Haired Earrings, shouted in unison.
"""Diva's autograph! Give us Diva's autograph!"""
Their imposing roar was enough to make the other students in the classroom shrink back. But when they heard what the trio was demanding, the students quickly began chattering excitedly.
"Hey, they really just said Diva's autograph, didn't they?"
"Is that for real?"
"Does Fang Li seriously have something that could be put up for auction and sold at a sky-high price?"
"No way, he's lying. He has to be lying."
"But… if it's true…"
As the discussion spread, the gazes the students cast toward Fang Li began to gleam like wolves, their eyes shining green with hunger.
Becoming the center of everyone's hostility, Fang Li still only half-narrowed his eyes, wearing a helpless expression.
Well, seeing these people react this way, Fang Li couldn't exactly say he didn't understand.
The reason lay in the sky outside.
Up there, a spaceship was slowly passing by.
It was launched by the Board of Directors under the pretext of "in order to make students more aware of current affairs."
On the side of the ship's hull was an enormous New-Type ultra-thin screen, used to broadcast weather forecasts and all sorts of current news.
At that moment, what was being shown on the gigantic screen was a live broadcast of a concert.
"Ooooooooohhhhhhhhhh-------!"
Even at such a distance, the ear-splitting cheers could still be heard clearly. That alone showed how massive the concert was and how passionate the audience was.
Bathed in those cheers and that passion, upon the stage, beneath the spotlight, stood a Diva of peerless beauty, dancing and singing all at once.
On her face bloomed a smile so beautiful it could intoxicate hearts.
"Aah…"
Inside the classroom, the students, one by one, gazed upon the scene, all letting out enchanted sighs.
Especially the three idiots, whose entire bodies trembled.
"Sylvia-Lyyneheym…" Kamijou Touma spoke in a low tone: "Ranked as a Lv.0 Ability-less, just a year ago, she was still nothing but an obscure student. Yet in that single year, she rose up with startling speed, appearing on stage as an idol and gaining recognition from the entire world."
"It's said that in only that short year, Sylvia-Lyyneheym, at a pace that even stunned professionals in the entertainment industry, used her mesmerizing singing to swiftly gather immense popularity. In just a few months, she was already holding global tours." Tsuchimikado Motoharu pushed up his glasses, his expression equally heavy. "Not long after, people began calling her Diva, claiming that as long as one had heard her sing even once, they could not help but be captivated."
"People outside even spread rumors that the only reason she could achieve such heights was because she used some kind of super Ability to brainwash others. Eventually, Academy City itself was alarmed, but after detailed data investigations, three Directors of the Board jointly announced that she had never used any super Ability, her singing truly belonged to her alone."
The blue-haired earring boy hugged his own body, squirming in a sickly fashion as he cried out, "Now, Diva is the universally acknowledged world's number one famous idol, the Goddess in everyone's hearts!"
As those words fell, the three all turned bloodshot eyes toward Fang Li.
"""Someone like that, how could you possibly swallow her autograph!"""
Shouting in unison, the three idiots once again lunged at Fang Li.
The result, however, was no different.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
After three muffled impacts, Kamijou Touma, Tsuchimikado Motoharu, and the blue-haired earring idiot were once again either lying sprawled on the floor, slammed against the wall, or hanging off a desk.
"Unbelievable…"
Fang Li could only roll his eyes.
(End Of This Chapter)
You can read ahead up to 70 chapters on my patreon https://www.patreon.com/GGS6395