1 Chapter 1 – You can shut up
This is my third translation, I hope you enjoy it!
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"In April, Japan, in the Advanced Nurturing High School, in the classroom of 1st year Class C.
At the back of the classroom, near the window, Yoritaka Yukio stretched comfortably, his posture as straight as a bamboo. He leisurely admired the cherry blossom petals fluttering outside the window like snow.
Each pale pink, almost white cherry blossom petal fell with the wind like a miniature butterfly dancing in the breeze. Watching this dreamlike cherry blossom rain, Yukio's thoughts drifted far away, reminiscing various past events.
He originally did not belong to this world, having mysteriously traveled to this world, becoming the heir of an ancient noble family across the sea.
Due to a series of unexpected events, he was enrolled in the Advanced Nurturing High School. His family gave him two tasks: one was to capture the unique outcomes of the school's learning devices, and the other was to steal all the experience and precise data of the elite social education at the Advanced Nurturing School.
Speaking of which, the Advanced Nurturing High School, founded by various departments and consortia in Japan, guarantees that its graduates can fulfill their future aspirations unconditionally.
Whether they want to become idols after graduation, enter national sports competitions, continue their studies, or get promoted directly, all these desires can be satisfied.
It can be said that once you graduate successfully, the vast majority of ordinary students complete a class leap, no longer belonging to the same class as their past selves.
Such generous rewards indicate that the Advanced Nurturing School must have a corresponding and popularizable elite education policy and a lot of data, otherwise, it couldn't continue to operate.
Yoritaka Yukio came here for this purpose.
However, Yukio, withdrawing his gaze from the cherry blossoms outside the window, glanced around at his classmates. Seeing everyone's excitement and cheers about being able to enter the Advanced Nurturing High School, he felt like laughing.
His classmates seemed unaware of the incredible education they were about to receive.
"Quiet." The noisy class quieted down as a middle-aged man in a brown suit and glasses walked in from outside the door.
This was quite fitting for the first day of school, showing the new students' respect for the teaching staff.
Many of the male students in Class C were somewhat disappointed, it seemed this man was their homeroom teacher.
Influenced by some anime from this country, some of the boys had fantasized that their high school homeroom teacher might be a black-stockinged OL (office lady), but reality was quite stark, as their homeroom teacher turned out to be a middle-aged uncle.
The female students were also disappointed, as this uncle wasn't very stylish. Perhaps it was because he often frowned, but his glabellar lines and nasolabial folds were quite pronounced and noticeable, along with a pair of simple glasses, giving him an aged look of nearly forty although he was only in his thirties.
The uncle was straightforward. He walked from the door to the lectern, confidently picked up a piece of chalk, and wrote his name on the blackboard: Kazuma Sakagami.
Then he turned to the whole class and got straight to the point: "This school does not have a system for changing homeroom teachers. That means, for the next three years, I will be your homeroom teacher, and I will also teach mathematics."
"Since I arrived early, the entrance ceremony will be held in an hour and a half. For now, I will distribute your school smartphones. They already have 100,000 private points loaded for this month. As for private points, they can buy anything within the school."
Afterwards, Sakagami briefly explained about the school-issued smartphones. An important rule at Advanced Nurturing High School is that students are isolated from the outside world for three years, unable to contact anyone outside.
Therefore, before enrollment, the school meticulously inspected every device to ensure that students don't bring any electronic devices into the campus.
Once on campus, students can use the school-issued smartphones for internal communication or internet access. However, all online activities on these phones are recorded. Any disclosure of internal information will result in expulsion, and the relevant posts will be promptly deleted. This policy is quite strict. However, more than the strictness, students were interested in the 100,000 private points already deposited in the phones.
According to Sakagami, this is a welfare from the school. Each month, students receive 100,000 private points on their phone, equivalent in purchasing power to 100,000 yen, meaning each student has 100,000 yen per month for discretionary spending.
To ensure the psychological well-being of students, the school has also set up various entertainment venues and shops, making sure that students don't face psychological issues due to isolation.
The students of Class C were incredibly excited: "This is amazing! It's like a dream campus life! To get 100,000 yen each month without relying on our families? That's a lot!"
"Hey, how about we go shopping together after the entrance ceremony? They say there are many shops on campus. Maybe there's one selling cosmetics!"
"It's great to be able to attend this school! Long live Advanced Nurturing High School!"
Amidst various excited cheers from the students, Sakagami methodically distributed the phones. Yukio Yoritaka checked his phone and found it quite comprehensive.
Not only did it include chat apps, but also study apps, mobile games, and more. Even if something was missing, it could be downloaded from the app market.
He had thought these school-issued phones would only have basic functions like a dictionary, but the array of entertainment options made him even more curious about the school's future educational policies.
Like in the workplace, the higher the salary, the more important the job. The same logic applied to Advanced Nurturing High School: the better the welfare for students, the more rigorous the upcoming education might be.
Thinking this, Yukio couldn't help but size up Sakagami, their homeroom teacher, to see if he would provide more detailed explanations or leave the students to figure things out on their own.
As expected, Sakagami then drifted into a daze, standing at the lectern as if letting the students freely chatter and make noise, his expression saying 'perform as you wish' before the entrance ceremony.
This behavior made Yukio certain about his speculation that the school was hiding the truth and letting students discover it themselves, causing misunderstandings among the others.
Seeing the homeroom teacher's silence, a girl in the front row, thinking she had figured out his 'intentions,' stood up enthusiastically and called out: "Everyone! We are going to be classmates, so let's introduce ourselves according to our seating arrangement."
"This way, we can get to know each other better and find friends with similar interests. Besides, there's still a lot of time before the entrance ceremony, so we can also select class representatives."
The girl organized the atmosphere with great vigor, and it was apparent from her speech that she seemed interested in becoming the class president.
Of course, there was nothing wrong with that. With the teacher's silence, having someone liven up the atmosphere and even take on the responsibility of class representative was a good thing for most students.
After all, most students find being a class representative troublesome and thankless, but it's a necessary role. If someone is willing to take the lead, they are more than happy.
Seeing the silent support from her classmates, the girl became even more enthusiastic, her smile brightening: "Then I'll start. My name is Shiho Manabe, and my hobbies are…"
Just as Manabe was enthusiastically introducing herself.
From the middle of the classroom, an annoyed voice interrupted her: "This is so boring, you can shut up now."
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300 power stones = 1 extra chapter
