Chapter 6 – Today's Superpower is...
Thursday night, playing games with Ishigami Yuu and Hayasaka Ai.
Since it's a new season, climbing rank is quite difficult.
The entire evening only made it to Platinum rank, too many "bratty kids" and "game ruiners".
...
Friday, Class 2-A, Shuchiin Academy.
At the seat next to the window, Sakurai Saki was emotionlessly staring outside.
It was morning now, and students continued to enter through the classroom door.
From his home in Setagaya ward to Shuchiin located in Minato ward, Tokyo wasn't very far, so he arrived quite early.
There were a few familiar faces in the class, but Sakurai only maintained enough relationship to exchange polite greetings.
[Sakurai-chan is looking out the window, but in his heart he's thinking about how to get a passionate romance~ Haiyaya, should he choose Secretary Fujiwara Chika or Maid Hayasaka Ai? So torn~ Or maybe… choose both~?]
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
A strange voice rang in his head.
Sakurai Saki sighed.
This was today's superpower.
[Sodayo~]
[Superpower – "Narrator", is this lady right here!]
(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧
[Hello hello~ next up is this lady's self-introduction! Everyone listen up!]
[Narrator-chan can predict what's going to happen to Sakurai-chan within the next 5 minutes! Super amazing, right! Ehe~]
(๑>•̀๑)
Hmph, just a variant of precognition power, isn't it?
[Hmph! I'm way better than precognition! You'll see in a bit!]
( ｡ •̀ ⤙ •́ ｡ )
What the hell am I doing?
Awakening the "feminine side within" or something?
At the moment, Sakurai just wanted to skip this Friday altogether.
[In five minutes, Ai-chan will walk into class through the door, hurry and give her a heartfelt hug!]
What kind of idiotic romantic superpower is this?
Sakurai felt like he was going to be in a bad mood today.
Being woken up early in the morning, who the hell could be happy about that?
[Why don't you act? You like her, don't you? Ai-chan likes you too, she's just a tsundere~ Hurry and hug her already!]
( ͡º ꒳ ͡º)
See?
This superpower drags everything into romance.
Absolutely ridiculous.
[Hmph! Sakurai-chan pours all his money and living expenses into games and still dares to talk down to this lady?]
૮₍ ˶>⤙<˶ ₎ა
That's a reasonable investment.
What the hell do you know!?
You're just a temporary power, only effective for one day.
Totally absurd.
[Hmph! You know full well that in just a few years all your superpowers will awaken. And you still dare say stuff like that?]
Indeed, you understand me better than I do myself.
[That's right, because this lady is you~]
ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧
Shit, this whole thing of talking to your imaginary friend in your head...
Is fucking stupid.
[Hahaha~ Baka! Baka! Baka!]
(๑˃́ꇴ˂̀๑)
Shut up.
[Nope! I'm gonna keep saying it! Baka! Baka!]
Three minutes later.
[Eh? Sakurai-chan, you really didn't act? Oiya, Ai-chan just walked in, what a shame! If you suddenly confessed to her right in class on the first day of the new term, the success rate would've been super high! Let me tell you a secret! The success rate was 100%!!!]
There's no such thing as a 100% success rate in this world, except for me.
[You narcissist! You're just as narcissistic as Shinomiya Kaguya! That damn girl walks around with that damn proud little cat face all day, and you're the same. What's the harm in smiling a bit? Makes all the girls in school fall head over heels! Then gather them all into your harem!]
(｡•̀ ⤙ •́ ｡ꐦ) !!!
I'm already famous enough.
Besides, girls are literal landmines.
Step on one and it's boom! total obliteration.
[This is the first step in our plan to conquer the world, you know!]
[This lady is truly a super genius! If you seduce all those high-class Ojou-sama girls in Japan, then it's basically like having Japan in the palm of your hand! World domination will just be a matter of time! Ha ha~ Muahahahahaha~~]
⎛⎝( ` ᢍ ´ )⎠⎞ᵐᵘʰᵃʰᵃ
Ignoring the villain-laugh-just-like-Great-Demon-King voice echoing in his head—
Sakurai turned to greet Hayasaka walking toward him.
"Good morning, Ai-chan~"
"Yahallo~ Sakurai~ Only one night apart and you already miss me, huh?" Hayasaka Ai looped her arms around Sakurai's neck from behind.
A few classmates who saw this scene were already used to it.
Last year, the two of them had quite a few moments of physical closeness like this too.
[She's super happy right now! Give her a hug! A chu-chu kiss is fine too! Aah aah, this lady is getting seriously impatient!]
(∩˃ω˂∩)♡
You're not even involved, what the fuck are you so excited for?
This ain't a TV drama.
Like some chick obsessed with Korean dramas, crying just because she doesn't get any romance?
[U~ I'm gonna cry for real!! Uwaaa!!!]
.·°՞(¯□¯)՞°·.
So damn noisy, you're seriously loud as fuck.
<(ꐦㅍ _ㅍ)>
Hayasaka Ai saw Sakurai say nothing and curiously asked: "Stayed up too late playing games last night? You look completely out of it."
"I'm undergoing a fierce inner struggle, trying to convince myself."
"Huh? Tonight we're pushing to Diamond rank, okay? Don't ghost me," Hayasaka Ai said.
[Ara~! So cute, clearly wants to duo and play together but still using that kind of excuse, fufu~ too damn adorable!]
YOU
MOTHER
FUCKING
DEATH!
┻━┻ ︵ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ︵ ┻━┻
Wait no, not death.
Sorry mom, who's in Kyoto right now, your son just swore out loud, please forgive me!
Sakurai Saki was overwhelmed with guilt inside.
[Pfft~ I'm dying of laughter. Baka! Baka!]
...
All morning, Sakurai kept arguing with Narration-chan and didn't hear a single word of the lesson.
In the end, he still had to borrow Hayasaka Ai's notes.
At noon, Sakurai Saki planned to head to the student council room.
He hadn't met Shirogane Miyuki yesterday, so hopefully today he could.
Opening the door, he saw Shirogane Miyuki sitting on the sofa.
A face typical of a Japanese man, hair with a slight golden tint, a fierce look in his eyes—but Sakurai knew that was because he was nearsighted, and the squinting from observing things and the fatigue from overworking made him look like that.
"Huh? Sakurai? What are you doing here?" Shirogane Miyuki asked while eating his bento.
"Came to check on you." Sakurai Saki sat across from him and used his phone to call Fujiwara Chika.
[Oh~ President Shirogane is so cool! If Sakurai-chan were a girl, he'd totally fall for him! Oh wait, hold on. Boys are fine too!]
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Fujoshi, get the fuck outta here!
[Ah ah~ Mad now, are you mad~? Chika-chan also has potential to become a fujoshi~ Of course, I'm just saying that casually, no offense or anything~]
Hmph, I don't even like Secretary Fujiwara. Bullying her is just to test my superpowers each day.
[Didn't you think the same thing last time when you used hypnosis on her? Guhehe~ Hentai-san~]
(˵ ¬ᴗ¬˵)
That garbage hypnosis only lasts one minute, what the hell is that supposed to accomplish?
Are you fucking kidding me?
[Pfft... Hypnosis-chan would be so hurt hearing you say that… it's like...]
The voice still babbling nonstop in his head.
Through the phone, Fujiwara Chika's voice came through.
Lively, adorable, with a slight trace of sadness.
"Sakurai-kun~ I forgot you bento! What do I do!"
╮ (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.) ╭
"No problem, just give me your portion."
"Eh! Isn't Sakurai-kun supposed to be the one giving his portion to me?"
ಥ_ಥ
"Hmph, as if. This is my war trophy."
"UwU~~~"
(இ﹏இ`｡)
With a sigh, Sakurai Saki hung up the call.
Shirogane Miyuki looked up and reminded: "Don't bully Secretary Fujiwara like that, she's a bit clueless, in some matters she can be very…"
"Very stupid, very dumb?" Sakurai added.
Shirogane: "..."
This guy's a real steel-hearted man!