"That's exactly my chance to become popular for them!!!"
"Oh, what really, I am sorry to hear that but why?" Julian knew why many didn't like them.
"Don't play dumb, it's okay that you know that!"
"No, what do you mean, I really don't know it?!"
"W-what, are you joking, sigh…because we are nerds, wasn't that obvious?"
"Oh, because of this, I am sorry, but I really didn't know that…" He played dumb for a reason; it felt intuitive for him because Nakamura would perceive Julian as more innocent.
"But why are you so kind to us? You are popular, couldn't this damage your popularity if you spend time with us?!" Julian stayed cool and replied, "Don't worry about this." But Nakamura made him think a way he didn't thought until now, Julian wants to become the most popular in school, that's clear, he wants to be popular through everyone likes him, but what if there is a certain group that likes him and he spends time with that could damage his popularity, this kind of made an little conflict in his head.
They still talked for a while until both went out of the café, Nakamura got picked up and Julian is walking because he lives near, this conflict didn't let go of Julian, how would he decide, he wants to be liked by everyone and wants to be the most popular in school but what there are certain groups that the mass doesn't likes, and Julian spends his time with? He thought for a while until he was at the playground he already was at a few weeks ago.
"Two weeks ago, I still could sit there, now it is way too cold, but anyways, how would I decide...what if both is possible? But the only way for both is possible is to change the whole school popularity hierarchy!"
With changing the school popularity hierarchy he means that it needs to be changed who and why someone becomes popular or unpopular, the hierarchy now is that the "cool" students are popular the unpopular students like this nerd class are in this hierarchy "uncool", this new hierarchy would mean that you are only becoming unpopular if you are unkind, treacherous or have negative impact in a other way, so in this new hierarchy some would be uncool that bullies or is devious, unkind, but is even possible to change a schools hierarchy so much?! And on top of that there are surely people that don't want such a change and even if not, the whole school are still two-thousand people?!"
Such a goal is the same as if the government would want what everyone in the country has full trust in their country in a country where almost no one has trust in their country.
But we all know Julian now at least a bit, he simply doesn't cares that it is impossible to achieve it, he got the idea, his heart was already burning again full of determination, motivation and hope, his plan changed, he wants to change this system and become the most popular in school.
This not only significantly changed his plans but also the effort he needs to put in.
The first and most important questions are, how does it affect his plans, how does he even do this and what should he aim for first? Should he at first become popular and then use his influence to change the system then or should he change the system and then have easier times to become the most popular, or maybe both at the same time?
After only thinking a little bit, he quickly excluded changing the system and then becoming popular because how should he just change it with his influence right now?
So, only two options are left, both have cons and pros, doing both parallel has the advantage to be quicker and maybe through changing the system he can already become while he changes it quicker popular, but can't fully concentrate on one thing, he also has a lot more to do.
But if he only becomes the most popular and changes the system after he has to play a bit with the rules that are existing right now to become popular and also needs to be a bit careful with who he spends time, but he can better concentrate on this for now and is maybe quicker with only that.
At home he thought, he thought, he thought, he thought, he thought, he thought, he thought, he thought, he thought, he was going to change to system after he became the most popular in school, which was his conclusion.
This also means that he doesn't needs to do much different plans and moves now, he still continues to become more and more popular to change the system, it is the same as someone becoming the king to change the system, someone that wants to change the system and then wants to become the king, impossible, someone who wants to do both at the same time, also too hard because in his journey becoming the king he has not enough power to change the system but if he becomes the king and then changes the system it's still hard but the most realistic way from them all.
Julian got so hyped up and made plans that he couldn't almost sleep, he was at his peak popularity right now, he even dreamed in his sleep about, so much and quickly manifested this idea in his mind.
The next day in school, he was so hyped that he saw from everyone the ropes, in the hallway he even saw Matsuda and he saw even his rope, and even from the people that don't know him.
"Even though I am very motivated right now I still need to become popular in class 2-6, I will ask Nakamura about a manga I heard, the more I spend time the more I hopefully get integrated into his class, if not I maybe need to make a step to know his classmates, they are very introverted, so it can become tuff that I get to know them quick, maybe I should sometimes get in his class and talk with him, like this I can make myself a picture about how it goes there."
The Plan sounds weird but Julian´s plan was that he goes into Nakamura´s class and talks about this one manga, if Nakamura asks why he didn't texted him he is going to turn off his phone to say that the battery is empty, this is his reason to go in the classroom and not text him, while they are talking he can also take a look at the rest of the class if he maybe spots some chance to become popular there faster.
He heard that class is over and lunch break begins, so he goes to Nakamura´s class, after he enters he sees his table, goes to him, looking him in the eyes and asked him about this manga, Nakamura was a bit confused "You know we have our phone numbers right?!"
"I know but my battery is empty and to be honest I was thinking about it and couldn't stop, so I came here, would you recommend it to me?" Julian acted if he tried a bit to hide that he was excited but let Nakamura see it on purpose.
Nakamura was talking and talking again without stopping, Julian still tried to be interactive with him but tried to observe a bit his class, some from Nakamura´s class were already looking sometimes subtle at Julian because it was rare that someone that isn't from that class is there, but Julian noticed one girl, she was also looking at him, no she was more staring, she didn't made a secret out of his that she is staring, it wasn't a serios, annoyed stare, it was a pleasured one, this confused Julian highly.
Few minutes later, Nakamura asked if they should eat something, Julian agreed and they were going in to cafeteria, a few minutes after they sat down Julian noticed something, someone was observing them, Julian not only had this feeling of an immense gaze on him but also saw someone in his eye corner but whoever it was hided after Julian looked there, Julian got observed from Saotome, if you get observed from him almost everyone else is an complete amateur in comparison, He stayed sharp the whole break, he had found out that Saotome was stalking him, he was trained years as a private detective, so setting a trap for whoever this is, is going to be easy, only not if it would be Saotome again.
Ding, dong, ding.