I have a life simulator.

"Wow! There are so many flavors of instant noodles. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to buy the brand I wanted since I can't shop online."

"This school is much more convenient than I expected."

At the convenience food counter in front, two boys who seemed to be freshmen were enthusiastically discussing and stuffing a mountain of various kinds of instant noodles into their shopping cart. The cart was already full of all kinds of snacks and drinks, but considering their monthly budget of 100,000, their actions seemed quite confident.

Standing next to him was a red-haired man also choosing instant noodles. Because of his eye-catching hair color, Kitagawa Ryo paid more attention to him. During the entrance ceremony earlier, Kitagawa Ryo had already memorized the faces of the students from classes B and D. Although he didn't know the name of this red-haired man, he should be a freshman in class D of the first year.

"If you're having trouble shaving, how about this five-blade type? It should be able to shave very cleanly."

Hearing what sounded like a conversation about choosing a razor, and recognizing the figure from behind, Kitagawa Ryo turned away without making a sound.

"What are you scraping?"

It was a girl's voice, and it was a voice that Kitagawa Ryo knew all too well.

"Like you see, under your chin or armpits... and down there—well, nothing there."

The awkward attempt to make lewd jokes to a girl he had just met made even Kitagawa Ryo, who was standing nearby, feel embarrassed for this "masterpiece" of the White House. Horikita Suzune, who was talking to Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, predictably gave him a look of disdain.

Kitagawa Ryo pretended to continue selecting household items while contemplating whether to join their conversation.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji appeared in the third simulation and is hailed as the only successful masterpiece of the White Room. Kitagawa Ryo only met him once and had two matches, one in chess and the other in martial arts. Apart from the "lack of emotion" cultivated in the White Room, which is a flaw that is hard to define, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji's personal abilities are far beyond those of his peers.

I remember that Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was also planning to escape the White Room back then. Now that I see him at Tokyo Advanced Educational High School, I wonder if he successfully escaped and came here to take refuge, or if he was specially sent here by the White Room to carry out some kind of mission.

"You don't seem to be the sociable type either; your way of speaking is too sharp."

"I'm just stating the facts."

"You won't be able to make any friends this way."

"I don't need that either."

As Kitagawa Ryo listened to the conversation, which felt so familiar, he even tightened his grip on the toilet paper.

Horikita Suzune.

...Before I knew it, I was caught up in a lot of terrible memories.

At the end of the last simulation, it took almost several years to correct this troublesome girl's distorted views. However, they overlooked the fact that this ridiculously competitive girl was also so assertive in matters of the heart that it gave him a headache. The "engagement" that was initially used to bind their relationship was completely manipulated by her. It wasn't until the day the two swore their vows in front of the priest that Kitagawa Ryo finally understood a truth:

The process of taming a fox is also the process of being tamed.

Kitagawa Ryo went through his memories again. In this simulation, the "Unforgettable" talent only involved three important characters in the plot: Shiina Hiyori, Karuizawa Kei, and the most troublesome Sakayanagi Arisu.

Because he didn't want to get involved with Horikita Suzune too soon, Kitagawa Ryo quickened his pace and soon finished buying the necessary daily necessities and went to pay.

"It's so noisy! Wait a minute! I'm looking for it!"

The sudden loud noise drowned out the peaceful background music. Kitagawa Ryo frowned slightly and looked at the front of the queue. The red-haired man he had just seen seemed to be arguing with the salesperson.

"Then hurry up! The line behind us is completely jammed."

The boy behind him interrupted, clearly annoyed.

"Oh? Is there something you're unhappy about?"

It seemed that the argument was about the bill. Upon hearing what the boy behind him said, the red-haired man stopped searching his pockets without hesitation and turned around to start arguing with the boy.

"Did something happen?"

Kitagawa Ryo left the group and walked straight up to the two of them, greeting them with a smile and asking questions.

"Huh? Who are you? Have we met before?"

Kitagawa Ryo thought he was being friendly, but the red-haired man still maintained a tough attitude.

“I’m Long Yuan, your classmate. I noticed you seemed to be having some problems, so I came over to ask you.”

Kitagawa Ryo borrowed Ryuen Sho's name without any remorse. Perhaps because of his sincere attitude and genuine tone, the irritable red-haired man gradually calmed down and lowered his voice.

"Ah... Come to think of it, I seem to remember you too."

But that annoying guy insisted on introducing himself, so I left. Oh right, I forgot my student ID, and I completely forgot that the card I need next will be used instead of cash.

The red-haired man held a bucket of what appeared to be freshly bought instant noodles and explained.

Kitagawa Ryo noticed that his hands were empty, which meant he must have gone back to his dorm and probably forgot to bring them back then.

"If you need it, I can lend you the money first. It would be too much trouble to go back and get it, of course, if you don't mind."

Kitagawa Ryo glanced back at Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and Horikita Suzune, who seemed to be discussing something in the free area.

"Yeah, it's really troublesome, and I'm already angry because of what happened earlier."

The red-haired man quickly took the steps:

"I am Sudo, I'll need your help here."

"Nice to meet you, Sudo."

Kitagawa Ryo used his student ID to pay for Sudo's purchase, thus inadvertently cutting in line and paying for his own items as well.

After getting hot water with Sudo, Kitagawa Ryo noticed that Horikita Suzune and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka were walking towards the convenience store after paying. So, he made an excuse that he was a little hungry after seeing Sudo eating instant noodles and wanted to buy the same kind, and then pulled Sudo back into the convenience store, using the shelves to hide himself.

When Kitagawa Ryo took the hot water and walked to the convenience store where the two had agreed to meet, he saw Sudo arguing with other students from different grades. He casually put the instant noodles he was making on a table and quietly went over to them.

"Hey, are you a first-year student? This is our territory."

Seemingly due to a conflict over location, Sudo was eating his instant noodles when a trio of people, also holding instant noodles, came out of the convenience store and called out to him.

"What do you want? I was here first."

If the conversation had only gone this far, it would have been fine, but Sudo seemed to have taken a shot and continued talking:

"You're in the way, get out of here."

"Did you hear that? He said get out of here. Looks like a pretty arrogant first-year student has arrived."

The three upperclassmen didn't seem angry at Sudo's words at all; instead, they laughed, which further provoked Sudo. He suddenly stood up and threw the half-eaten instant noodles in his hand onto the ground, spilling soup and the remaining noodles all over the floor.

"Don't look down on me just because I'm a first grader, hey!"

Sudo's temper seemed to be even lower than Kitagawa Ryo had imagined. It seemed that his personality was the kind that would explode at the slightest provocation. Kitagawa Ryo observed the situation while assessing Sudo.

"You really dare to talk back to us second-year students, huh? Hey. Aren't our luggage stored here?"

The second-year student slammed his luggage down, then burst into laughter, his words dripping with sarcasm.

"Fine, our luggage is here, so get out of here."

Another person imitated Sudo's tone and shouted at Sudo.

"What audacity, you scoundrel!"

Sudo was not afraid of the one-on-three numerical disadvantage, and the tense scene seemed to be on the verge of breaking out into a fight.

"Oh...that's scary. Which class are you in? No, let me guess. You're in Class D, right?"

"so what!"

After Sudo finished answering, all the upperclassmen looked at each other, and then suddenly burst into laughter:

"Did you hear that? He said he's from Class D. Just as I thought! They're a bunch of flawed individuals whose true colors have been revealed."

"He should be glad it's only the first month of school; starting next month, he'll be in hell."

"Let's leave this place to you, you poor 'junk', for today. Let's go."

The three of them said this and started backing away with their luggage.

"Trying to run away? I haven't taught you a lesson yet."

"Tch, lecturing us? You should mind your own business first."

The three upperclassmen's faces clearly showed their composure and sneer. After they left, Kitagawa Ryo leisurely returned to Sudo's side with his instant noodles, feigning surprise and asking:

"what happened?"

"Tsk, I've run into three jerks."

Sudo seemed to still be angry, and briefly recounted what had just happened, but mainly focused on how despicable the three upperclassmen were, completely ignoring the other party's last few meaningful words.

"Alright, alright, you eat mine first, I'm going to go find a broom."

Kitagawa Ryo casually handed the instant noodles in his hand to Sudo with an excuse and hurriedly left. Sudo, on the other hand, nonchalantly took the instant noodles that Kitagawa Ryo hadn't eaten, without noticing at all that Kitagawa Ryo was leaving in the same direction that the three upperclassmen had retreated.

Just then, Ishizaki Daichi sent a message saying that he had received the things he asked him to buy. Kitagawa Ryo casually asked if anyone was still with him. After receiving a reply, Kitagawa Ryo gave a few instructions and told him to bring the things over.

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Hello, senior students.

The three second-year students, who were still discussing whether Sudo, a student in Class D, would be expelled if he didn't make it through the first year, looked at Kitagawa Ryo, who was standing alone in front of them with a smile on his face. Although the corners of his mouth were upturned, there was no smile in his eyes. Although he was alone, he subtly suppressed the three of them in terms of his aura. This made the leader of the group inexplicably think of the leader of Class A in the second year—Nangumo Masaru, the vice president of the student council who secretly controlled the entire second year.

"Is there something you need, junior?"

"Oh, it's like this. I'm Kiyotaka Ayanokouji from Class 1-D. The guy you just saw is Sudo from our class. I've been annoyed with him since this morning. I saw you three upperclassmen beating him so badly that he couldn't lift his head, so I wanted to come up and thank you three."

Kitagawa Ryo changed his name again without changing his expression. He chose the location perfectly; this grove of trees happened to be a blind spot for the surveillance cameras.

"Really... that's alright."

"However, I just heard that Sudo said he was going to teach you a lesson. You three should be careful. After all, he looked like he was about to fight this morning. Although Sudo looks like a delinquent, his physical strength... tsk tsk, the three of you combined might not be able to beat him."

Hearing Kitagawa Ryo's words, the three of them looked rather grim. After all, unlike them who had been in the school for a year, these freshmen, especially the trash from Class 1-D, might indeed disregard school rules and start fighting right after entering the school.

"You came here just to remind us of this?"

"of course."

Kitagawa Ryo even pretended to glance at his phone:

"Sudo is already calling for people in the group to beat you up, look."

He directly showed his phone screen. In the group chat interface called "Class 1D Boys Group", a user named Sudo was indeed posting some angry words, and even said that he wanted a few people in the class to help him beat someone up. Many classmates seemed to reluctantly agree because of Sudo's ferocity.

Seeing the constantly scrolling, real-time updated chat interface, the three second-year students turned pale, but were immediately aroused by a fierce urge:

"Damn it, let's fight. He's still there, right? Before he can call for reinforcements, the three of us should strike first."

"Senior, this doesn't seem right. Hitting someone at school should be punished, maybe you'll get points deducted or something?"

Kitagawa Ryo pretended to give advice while probing the use of points.

"Yes! Points. First graders have only just started school, and even Class D should have received 100,000 points..."

His words seemed to remind the leading student, who murmured as if he had thought of something:

"Alright, thanks for reminding us, kid. Consider it a lesson in advance."

This senior student put on airs again, and Kitagawa Ryo humbly stepped forward and nodded, making a gesture behind his back with his right hand:

"There are surveillance cameras in many places in this school, and if violence is captured on camera, there will be very severe punishment."

"Given Sudo's temper in your class, if we just provoke him a little and get him to attack us within the surveillance range, he might get a couple of punches, but he'll be in for a world of hurt afterwards!"

"Can you call that Sudo out? You'll get a good share of the points after this is done. I don't need to explain how important he is here."

Kitagawa Ryo quickly shook his head in refusal:

"I would never do such a harmful thing. I'm only here to stop the violence from happening."

"Tsk, never mind, but you better not tell anyone about the plan."

Kitagawa Ryo nodded and turned to leave, leaving behind three upperclassmen who were quietly discussing how to carry out the plan.

After creating a considerable distance, Kitagawa Ryo waited a while before seeing Ishizaki Daichi running towards him with a camera:

"Boss! Your camera."

Ishizaki Daichi was considered a delinquent during his junior high school years. Anyway, Ryuen Sho beat him, and Kitagawa Ryo beat Ryuen Sho, so naturally Kitagawa Ryo was his boss. This kind of thinking logic can be described as simple and crude.

"You took the picture just now, right?"

Kitagawa Ryo took the camera that he had asked Ishizaki Daichi to buy and examined the images inside.

"Yes, the camera was filming continuously, and the phone was also recording audio simultaneously."

"Okay, send me the last 30 seconds of the recording on your phone, and disband that fake group too."

Kitagawa Ryo patted Ishizaki Daichi on the shoulder:

"Keep squatting here, there'll be a good show to watch later."

"Yes!"

Although Ishizaki Daichi didn't know what Kitagawa Ryo was planning, he knew he was definitely not as good at thinking as Kitagawa Ryo, so he simply carried out the plan without asking any questions.