Wuwei walked unhurriedly on the road, preparing to stroll all the way to school.
Are you kidding? It's just being late. If I'm one or two minutes late, I'll be nervous. If I'm ten or twenty minutes late, I'll be anxious. But I'm two and a half hours late, so what's there to be afraid of?
At this time, at school, the opening ceremony had already ended, and everyone had returned to their classrooms to begin their routine self-introductions. Ninomiya Nanase, sitting at her desk, was a bit restless. It was only the start of the school year, and two students were already late and still hadn't arrived.
She raised her watch to look at it, and Wuwei finally arrived at the school, looking at the closed gate in front of him and the school next to it that had "Entrance Ceremony" written on it, without even a school name. Wuwei almost missed it.
It's worth mentioning that this school looked very old, mostly made of wood, even the main gate was wooden, and the corridors and classrooms were basically classic wooden decorations. Wuwei liked this very much.
Looking at the tightly shut gate in front of him, Wuwei immediately decided: to climb over the wall. There was no other way; the gate was closed, and he couldn't get in, and the wall next to it... perfectly embodied the idea of guarding against gentlemen but not against villains.
In Class 1-4, Wuwei stood at the doorway, listening to the self-introductions inside, realizing that he had indeed come too late. If he had been any later, there would have been no need to come; they were almost dismissed.
Wuwei sighed. There was nothing he could do; since he was already here, he might as well show his face. So, he resolutely pulled open the door.
Everyone looked over, only to see a black-haired young man, remarkably handsome, wearing an eye patch over his right eye, nodding in apology to the students and teacher who looked over at him.
Then, Wuwei discovered an old acquaintance.
A male student sitting in the central area, to the left and right, immediately cast his gaze upon hearing the commotion, and then... he was dumbfounded. And Wuwei was also dumbfounded.
He knew this person, both in his previous life and this one.
Togashi Yuta, the male protagonist of the anime "Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions" that he liked in his previous life, and in Kong Hong's memory, he was a childhood playmate, a beloved friend, and a comrade-in-arms.
Wait a minute... comrade-in-arms?
As Kong Hong's past memories awakened, Wuwei's eyes widened. This guy was once also a Chunibyo... He lived upstairs from Togashi's house since childhood until he moved out three years ago, which was the second half of his first year of junior high. Because they were childhood friends, their relationship was especially good since they were little, and they were Chunibyo together.
But the reasons for their dumbfoundedness were different. Wuwei was thinking, "Damn, how did I come to this world? Oh no, I used to be a Chunibyo, it's so uncomfortable, this memory feels so real, it really makes me feel bad deep down." While Yuta looked at Wuwei's eye patch, his face turning pale, "Dongfang?? How is he here? His eye patch... No way, is he still not cured (of Chunibyo)? He won't come over to acknowledge me, will he? Oh no, I just got stuck with one Chunibyo wearing an eye patch, how is there another one?"
And Rikka, sitting in the front row, looked at Wuwei's eye patch, also on the right eye, also an eye patch. She felt her position was being infringed upon. Only she could wear this eye patch! There could only be one eye patch character!
"Hmph! A vile thief from the mirror world! Come on! Damn it! Draw your sword!" Thinking this, Rikka slammed her hand on the desk and stood up, one hand across her forehead, the other across her chest, declaring war on Wuwei.
Wuwei: ...
Looking up at the sky, sometimes a person can truly feel helpless.
So, Wuwei decided... to temporarily ignore Rikka and first find his seat. Well, he should be the only one who was late until now, so he would just sit wherever there was no one, which should not be wrong. In Japanese high schools, seats are arranged from the beginning of the school year, and names are pasted on the upper right corner of the desks.
But Wuwei found two empty seats.
At this moment, Teacher Ninomiya Nanase spoke at the right time, "You are, Oriental Student, right? Your seat is by the window inside~"
Wuwei had respect for the teacher and turned back to say thank you, which made Yuta greatly relieved. It seemed that Dongfang had matured somewhat after all.
But Rikka had no intention of letting him go. Even when both of them had sat back down, Rikka still turned her head to stare fiercely at Wuwei without stopping.
Stare~~~~
It wasn't until Wuwei's self-introduction that her gaze softened: "I am Dongfang Konghong, from XX Junior High School. My hobbies are video games. As for this eye, well, there's a reason for it, and it's not very convenient to show it, so I hope everyone will understand." Although that modified Sharingan couldn't be turned off and didn't consume mana, even in this world, heterochromia was still too strange. However, if Rikka and Yuta asked, he could directly say it was a Sharingan... anyway, they wouldn't believe it.
To this, Teacher Ninomiya Nanase smiled and said, "Welcome, Oriental Student, but if possible, I hope you won't be late next time~" Wuwei felt embarrassed hearing this.
Soon, the self-introduction session ended, and the teacher handed out timetables to everyone and announced their dismissal on the spot. Just as Yuta turned his head to look at Wuwei, Isshiki Makoto, sitting behind him, struck up a conversation, inviting him to eat together. Wuwei had originally planned to catch up with Yuta and also build a relationship with the protagonist of this world, but he was stopped by a female student sitting in front of him.
"Oriental Student, later we are going to... together... go to..." The student sitting in front, named Xiao Liu Miyako, had originally just wanted to ordinarily invite Wuwei to a gathering, but looking at Wuwei's face, she gradually blushed.
But Wuwei wasn't focused on that. He knew what she wanted to invite him to do, but Wuwei had more important things to do. He knew that neither Yuta nor Rikka would go to the gathering today, and he didn't need to go either. So he decisively refused, "Sorry, I know what you want to say, but I have some more important things to deal with, so I apologize."
"Ah... your eye is..." Xiao Liu pressed, though she was a bit disappointed that Wuwei wouldn't go to the gathering.
"Ah, I was injured before, and my eye has some old scars, so it can't be exposed to light for long periods, and it also looks a bit strange, so I covered it up. Now I also need to go back to the hospital to maintain this eye." For such a minor character who didn't even have a name in the original work and whose name the author had to come up with himself, Wuwei chose not to tell her. So, after 0.1 seconds of thought, he directly spoke these words.
Xiao Liu sent another message of concern, and Wuwei also smiled and continued the conversation. While they were chatting and laughing, Yuta and Isshiki finished talking and were called to the office, where they were asked to take Rikka home. The two returned together to pack their belongings. Seeing that the two were about to leave, Wuwei immediately said 'sorry' to Xiao Liu, left her, and followed them.
"Hey, Mimi-ko~" An unnamed extra walked up to Xiao Liu, familiarly patting her shoulder. They seemed to be good friends. "What's wrong? Come back to reality!"
"He's so handsome~"
"What?"
"That Oriental Student, he's so handsome~~~"
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"Yo, you two up ahead." Due to being chatted up by a group of female students along the way, Wuwei was a step behind the two, only catching up at the station. Wuwei called out to Rikka, who was playing with her roller shoes, and Yuta, who was sitting on the bench speechless.
"It's you! Thief! Damn it, how dare you appear before us, go! Dark Flame Master! Burn him with your Black Flame!" The moment Rikka saw Wuwei, a grave expression of facing a formidable enemy appeared on her face, and she shouted at Wuwei and Yuta.
"No way!" Yuta pressed Rikka's head down with one hand, stopping her from continuing to be foolish, while looking at Wuwei with a complex expression. He was truly afraid that his old friend in front of him would be like Rikka, heavily Chunibyo and unable to recover.
"Don't worry, I've graduated." Wuwei naturally knew what Yuta was thinking and immediately said this, greatly reassuring Yuta.
"Phew, that's good." Yuta breathed a sigh of relief, ignoring Rikka's struggles under his hand, and asked, "Then, your eye...?"
"Oh, this is a Sharingan. It can enhance dynamic vision, cast illusions, and so on. Although it won't affect daily life too much, I still think it's better to cover it, after all, different colored eyes are very noticeable." Saying this, Wuwei lifted the eye patch covering his eye, revealing his blood-red eye.
"Isn't it completely not cured?!"
"Draw your sword! Thief!"