Another life

~Ding Ding

The alarm sounded in the small apartment.

Ralph reached out and turned off the alarm.

He was lying on the bed with a strange expression.

In fact, since the previous day, he has been a little troubled.

The most important reason, of course, is that he took the body of another Ralph.

Another fact is that the platform is still available to him, even though the Great Dawn did not occur.

And another important fact ... is that he could still use his skill, illusion.

Ralph took a deep breath and stood up. He lives in a small apartment, close to the workshop he works at.

The apartment has a bathroom, a living room with the small balcony, which is basically merged with the kitchen, and a bedroom.

There was a small table where he ate his meals, with only one chair.

There was no television, as he preferred to use his cell phone to watch anything.

He used the neighbor's internet, in exchange for doing a check on his car once a month for free.

Even though he lived in such a small and humble place, Ralph was satisfied. The previous Ralph was similar to him in that respect, simplicity.

After brushing his teeth and taking a shower, Ralph prepared something to eat while looking at random things on his cell phone.

Having inherited Imamoto's memories, he didn't have to worry about anything other than the bizarre situation he was in.

He had enrolled at Niji High School, a school famous in Tokyo for being attended by many foreigners.

Ralph lived far away, so he either rode his bike early, or had to take public transport.

Being the first day of school, he didn't want to arrive all sweaty, for some reason.

Perhaps, as Ralph has speculated, Imamoto influenced him in several ways.

An example is a little uncontrolled arousal, perhaps hormones, but Ralph did not accept this fact easily.

The Ralph in this world is a virgin.

The culture in Japan is very different from what Ralph is used to, and despite the influence of Imamoto, he will not get used to it easily.

Imamoto even had adult magazines under his bed, which Ralph threw away immediately.

For Ralph, this is simply a shame, not the fact that Imamoto bought adult magazines, but the fact that the women in the magazines are so ugly.

-What about this guy's taste?

Ralph thought when he saw the magazines one by one.

One thing that makes Ralph grit his teeth is the fact that most Japanese women have such similar standards in high school.

Imamoto didn't like that either since he worked so hard to get into this Niji High School.

"Itadakimasu!"

After he finished eating, he looked at his uniform while letting out a sigh of relief.

-At least the uniform is cool.

The uniform consisted of black sneakers, black pants, and a white long-sleeved social shirt, with a white blazer with some black details and a black necktie.

There is a serious contrast between the school's name and the uniform.

(Niji is how 'Rainbow' is pronounced in Japanese.)

-Something like Black-White High School would be more appropriate.

Ralph thought sarcastically.

After dressing and putting the material in the schoolbag, he left the apartment in high spirits.

In fact, if it depended on Ralph alone, he wouldn't waste time going to school. But, in addition to Imamoto's obsession that influences Ralph, there is something that worries him ... What if he can no longer return to his world?

If he has to live in this world from now on, should he just depend on his skill? What if it doesn't work anymore?

For these reasons, Ralph decided to go to school.

It's not like it's that hard.

After locking the apartment door, Ralph went down the stairs and headed for the bus stop.

His apartment is in a housing block, a large building with two floors. Even so, Imamoto never communicated with any of his neighbors.

On the way, of course, he didn't forget to put on the headphones. Japan is much safer than Brazil, so he didn't have to worry so much about being robbed on the street.

At the bus stop, he noticed that there were other students waiting for the bus.

As it was early spring, the weather was mild and the sky was cloudy.

Since Ralph is in the suburbs of Tokyo, there is not so much noise pollution, and even the air is a little cleaner.

Ralph sat on a bench at the bus stop and waited while discreetly watching the other students.

Strangely, Ralph found a few girls attractive, although almost all of them had almost the same haircut pattern.

Ralph shook his head and thought:

-I'm twenty years! I must not be thinking about the appearance of these teenagers!

Something he also knows is that Imamoto is unfortunately different from him, he is only fifteen and a virgin.

The uniform of the other students varies, some are suits, and others are regular shirts with the school symbol.

But everyone has one thing in common, they are all very reserved. Perhaps because it is the first day of school for everyone.

Ralph sighed and changed the music on his cell phone.

"Hey, that uniform, he must be a student at Niji High School ..." A young Japanese man spoke to a classmate while looking at Ralph.

"He seems to be a foreigner. It is no surprise that he studies there."

Ralph, unaware that he caught the attention of some people, looked at the approaching bus, it was the bus he was going to board.

After paying for the ticket and getting on the bus, Ralph sat in the corner and looked out the window.

Having inherited Imamoto's memories, he was not very surprised by much about Japan. This is a shame, as the urban landscape is very different from the Brazilian one and could have surprised Ralph.

Imamoto has foreign parents, but was born in Japan, and grew up in the suburbs of Tokyo. Because of that, it's as if Ralph Karman also grew up here, and he doesn't feel very excited about seeing the environment around him.

The further the bus advanced towards downtown Tokyo, the more and more people boarded the bus, just a few stops before Niji High School the bus was full.

According to the school's customs, Ralph should give the place to someone else on a collective bus ... But Ralph would only give way to one person who really needed it, not just anybody.

As a result, he received some strange looks from other passengers, but no one complained.

Seeing that he was getting to the point, Ralph took off his headphones and stood up.

Making his way among the people on the bus, he reached the door of the bus, which opened the bus to a stop.

Ralph got off the bus in high spirits, and looked at the school across the street.

Despite not being compared to TULA, the school was huge, with several buildings and a wide open area.

Several other students went to the school, and entered in order, without haste.

Ralph swallowed his own saliva unconsciously, and walked towards the school gates, joining the rest of the students.

In no way were there only foreigners among the students, there were many Japanese as well.

Even so, Ralph subconsciously felt relieved to see people with different colors and haircuts, different colored eyes, and different skin colors.

This particular school does not impose strange standards on students. The student's only obligation is to wear the uniform.

If Imamoto were in Ralph's place, he would be much happier than him.

Ralph himself was happy to see all this diversity, as it reminds us of TULA.

-I think I understand the reason for the name of the school now.

Ralph thought.

After entering school, Ralph went to his classroom, which is on the second floor of the main building.

The corridors were strangely quiet, and Ralph could only hear people's footsteps.

-Every first day of school is like this ...

Ralph remembered his life in Brazil.

Upon entering the classroom, Ralph looked around and saw that few people had arrived.

He chose a place by the windows and sat down.

-Wtf ... What the hell am I doing here?

Ralph felt conflicted.

He no longer knew whether he should really waste time at school, although he thought this was the only rational way.

Perhaps the real reason for this conflict is Imamoto's obsessions.

Ralph shook his head and tried to get rid of those thoughts for now.

Cell phones were not allowed inside the classroom, but Ralph couldn't care less and just used his ability to appear to be just sitting.

As Ralph surfed the internet, more and more people entered the classroom.

Few bothered to look around and most were silent as they sat down.

At one point, the last student seemed to arrive, and the room was almost full. Some students talked to each other, but most remained silent.

Finally, the teacher arrived and entered the room.

She was a middle-aged woman, with blond hair and blue eyes. She carried some things and put them on the table at the front of the room.

She looked at the students and smiled.

"Nice to meet you, my name is Suzuki Nana." The teacher introduced herself while bowing slightly.

"Much pleasure." Most students responded.

"I will be your Japanese language teacher from now on, I hope we can get along." She said and started writing the phrase "first meeting" in Japanese on the board.

"As you know, classes start every day at 8:30 am, and end at 3:30 pm, when you will then be free to attend extracurricular activities." She continued to speak.

"However, you also know that this school is a little different from the others in Tokyo ... We value the friendly and natural harmony, not the forced standard of the other schools."

"Therefore, certain things that were once a waste of time, will now no longer be mandatory for anyone ... This includes cleaning at the end of the day's classes." Professor Suzuki Nana smiled.

"In return, we hope that you will work even harder during the school years." She looked at the students with narrowed eyes.

"Many of you are not very used to Japanese culture, and we take that into account, but please try hard not to make the school's reputation not deteriorate."

At that point, Ralph simply leaned on his desk, while maintaining the illusion of course.

If it is just one or two factors of illusion, he can maintain his ability for a very long time, but with each additional factor and depending on the synchronization, the energy expenditure increases exponentially.

If he tries to maintain the skill with three factors and perfect synchronization, he cannot maintain himself for more than an hour without stopping. And if the effort is as big as that doll's mission, with a large covered area ... Half an hour is the maximum.

He did not forget to practice a little with the fourth factor, smell. But there is slow progress, this factor is much more difficult to improve than the others.

Every day at the beginning of class, there were announcements made by teachers and students, and classes didn't really start until 8:50.

After saying several things that Ralph simply heard while leaning against the table, the teacher took a deep breath and said:

"If you have any questions, you can raise your hand."

Nobody raised their hand, but the teacher seemed to have expected this and nodded and said how much:

"So, let's start ..."

...

It was time for lunch, after attending four classes in a row, Ralph did not feel tired, despite having found everything but the Japanese language class, boring.

He was already at university in Brazil, so it is not surprising that he knows almost everything about high school subjects, aside from Japanese history and language.

His colleagues don't seem inclined to start a conversation with him, and he has no interest either.

Something that caught his attention, however, is a strange feeling that he feels when looking at some students.

Ralph doesn't know why, but he feels something familiar when looking at them.

After having lunch in the canteen, which is on the first floor of the main building, Ralph returned to the classroom.

As he sat down, he looked in the direction of a girl in the front row, she also gave off the strangely familiar feeling.

She had dyed blue hair, had a slightly chiseled face, had navy blue eyes and was fair-skinned.

Ralph had a strong urge to look at her body pervertedly, but he controlled himself, saying that this was Imamoto's will, not his.

After taking a deep breath, he looked at his notebook.

-I think it is better to use this free time and do some planning.

Ralph thought as he took the pen and started to write down some ideas.

Meanwhile, the girl Ralph had just looked at, looked at Ralph furtively and frowned.

She had felt someone's vision of her, and she was sure it was that boy with brown hair and green eyes.

But that was not what caught her attention. What really surprised her was the fact that she felt something about him that there shouldn't be in anyone in this classroom besides her and two other people.

-Should I talk to him?

She asked herself with a grave expression.

While the girl was perplexed, Ralph finished writing a sketch in the notebook.

At that point, he considered four ways to move on.

The first is to do everything to return to his original world. Being exploring this world with his skills, or getting rich in some way, and using his financial power to explore possible mysteries in this world.

The second is to kill yourself and see if he goes back to the original world, without a doubt the stupidest idea.

The third is to live a normal life in this world and forget about the past. This world seems pretty normal to him, without monsters or things like that.

The fourth is that he becomes an unsurpassed scientist, and opens a portal to his original world. If he came to this world, it is very possible that he can return.

Of all, the safest is without a doubt the third. But she is also the most passive.

The second and fourth are too radical, and he doesn't think he will live long enough to be able to find a way to go to his world through science.

The only one left for him is the first. Explore the mysteries of this world, the reason he came here, and how to return the same way he came. Although this is a little passive, it is all he can really do.

In this world, he probably has no means of earning stats points, nor new skills. But the skill he possesses is enough to be invincible in this world without other people with skills, that's what Ralph thinks.

He still has a lot of room for growth with his skill, and he hasn't even managed to perfect the fourth factor, the smell.

Ralph has the impression that if he reaches the limit of this ability, he will be perfectly undetectable, even for advanced detectors or Walkers like the old man who discovered him before at the secret base. Of course, this is just speculation.

Ralph secretly decided to speed things up outside of school. With his skill, he doesn't have to wait long to get rich.

After attending the rest of the classes, Ralph was about to leave when a student came to the board and spoke out loud.

"Nice to meet you, my name is Dalfine Forbe and I am the club council representative for this room." She then bowed slightly forward, typical Japanese performance.

She was wearing the female school uniform. It was the typical female uniform of anime. White shirt with triangular collar and bow at the neck, black short skirt and black socks with a black shoe.

Ralph, although not surprised, cannot help thinking about the talent of the Japanese in creating uniforms.

"As you may know, our school also has several clubs like the others ... And you can choose one of them to join." She said and pasted a paper on the teachers' desk.

"In that role are listed all the clubs, for those who do not know which one to join, you have a week to decide, or you will be warned by the coordination." She smiled and said.

"Thank you for your attention, and see you soon." She bowed slightly again and left the classroom in a hurry.

Ralph blinked a few times and put his hand behind his head.

Honestly, he doesn't feel like wasting time on extracurricular activity, but he has no choice.

A line formed to go to the paper, and Ralph stood up while activating his skill.

Becoming invisible and leaving a fake Ralph sitting on the chair he was on, he went over to the paper and read the contents.

There were all kinds of clubs, sports, science, math, civics, art ...

After thinking for a moment, Ralph was about to choose math when he saw the last club listed.

Hidden history society.

Ralph narrowed his eyes and looked at the details.

To his surprise, this was the eighth most populous club in the school, with 40 people actively participating in the club's activities.

The name interested Ralph, but he will do a little research on this club before deciding.

He then started walking back to his place, but stopped halfway with a look of surprise.

The blue-haired girl he had been paying attention to was standing in front of his seat, looking at the fake Ralph and looked like he was about to say something.

Ralph went to his place and took the place of the fake Ralph, undoing the illusion soon after.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Aoki Aoi." The girl introduced herself.

Ralph looked at her with narrowed eyes and said:

"Nice to meet you. My name is ... Ralph."

The girl blinked and said:

"Nice to meet you, Ralph ...?"

Ralph hesitated for a moment and said:

"Karman, my surname is Karman. And the pleasure is mine."