Excuse me—for the most transparent person in a class, where should his grades rank?
Option one: Front-row top student. Option two: Middle-tier ordinary person. Option three: Back-row poor student.
If you chose option one, it shows that you are really too smart, actually eliminating the wrong option in an instant.
If you chose option three... please be sure to pay attention to details! Details determine success or failure! "Most transparent" does not mean "most unwanted to interact with."
Are back-row poor students transparent? Actually, everyone in the class knows about those evildoers in the back row, and even the teachers get headaches because of them.
Not wanting to pay attention to them and not wanting to manage them does not mean not knowing them! And the ones who are truly in a transparent position are often the most ordinary people.
They will not be praised for any excellent grades, nor will they be criticized for causing trouble. If their personality is not the cheerful type, then very good! This person is absolutely the class transparent one!
Of course, if their personality is very extroverted, they will gather people around them no matter what position they are in.
This question is very easy to understand, right? People often like to look up and envy those at the peak, and they will also look down and pity those pitiful people. And the ordinary people in the middle receive almost no attention.
Especially a... withdrawn guy who likes playing games and is clearly not socially anxious but is too lazy to socialize.
After hearing the notice about extra credits, Ishigami Yu scoffed. He didn't need credits to fulfill any wishes anyway; this wave was destined not to affect him.
And then...
Sunday night at the Ishigami house, inside Ishigami Yu's private room. The reason Uchiha Ryo was invited over today was not to play games together, but... to help him make a tutoring plan.
"It really surprises me. Why did you suddenly think of studying hard?"
"Senpai can understand it as me finally turning over a new leaf, or having figured things out. Maybe... I just simply don't want to embarrass others because of me."
Uchiha Ryo nodded. "I'm quite interested. Who exactly are the 'others' you speak of? And what kind of thing happened that could make a prodigal like you turn over a new leaf? Did your Yasashii disease act up again?"
Others might not know, but Uchiha Ryo very well understood the gentle personality hidden behind Ishigami Yu's gloomy exterior.
The sealed Ootomo Kyoko incident from last semester, and that scum Ogino Kou. If it were just an ordinary scumbag deceiving pure girls, Ishigami Yu would probably just complain a few words behind his back and let it go.
But... Ogino Kou was suspected of a transaction selling out his own girlfriend, completely treating Ootomo Kyoko as a tool that could be sold. Even after being discovered by Ishigami Yu, he tried to invite Ishigami Yu to join "together," thereby making him an accomplice.
So Ishigami Yu was furious. If Uchiha Ryo hadn't intervened in this matter, what would Ishigami Yu have done?
He would have angrily beaten up Ogino Kou, but then wouldn't dare to expose the matter. Because once exposed, Ogino Kou would indeed be reviled, but Ootomo Kyoko would also be forced to leave due to the strange looks from her classmates.
Because he was gentle and didn't want Ootomo Kyoko to be ostracized, he chose to shout "Fire at me," taking all the problems onto himself, acting as a delinquent who beats people up!
Hey hey hey, self-destruction is never the best way to solve problems, okay?
That's why Uchiha Ryo appeared. Since the problem couldn't be solved perfectly, he directly solved the problem itself. Ogino Kou no longer existed, and all was well with the world.
But Uchiha Ryo overlooked one thing, which is that the problem itself was not just the scum Ogino Kou, but also Ishigami Yu's personality.
So now... what exactly did the "others" he mentioned do to make him gradually change?
"Uchiha-senpai, it was just a few days ago... Didn't I meet that Shiranui Koromo from my class in a game? So a few days ago in the classroom..."
Ishigami Yu, who was currently rotting away—
"You were exceptionally joined into the Student Council, yet you don't work hard with gratitude! Truly hopeless."
Iino Miko turned her head to look over. She was the top student in the grade and a member of the Disciplinary Committee. Ishigami Yu clearly hadn't provoked her, so why did she always hold onto him and not let go! Wasn't it just playing on his phone during class, occasionally skipping class, being late, leaving early, and not doing homework?
"It has nothing to do with you, right?" Ishigami Yu retorted. Then, when he turned his head to the side, he found that another person was also looking at him.
Shiranui Koromo, a famous idol and the ideal type for boys in the entire grade. She originally wouldn't have any contact with a withdrawn student with average grades like Ishigami Yu. Yet, unprecedentedly, she took the initiative to come over and chat the morning before yesterday.
"I had a lot of fun playing PUBG last night. Ishigami-san's skills are great. Tonight I will open a game room and wait for you to come play."
One sentence instantly made Ishigami Yu, a transparent character in the class, arouse public anger! Some people even suspected that Ishigami Yu actually provoked both Iino and Shiranui at the same time! A confirmed scumbag!
Shiranui's unintentional act, or perhaps a joke, brought some trouble to herself as well.
[Iino-san, what's the use of contacting that kind of delinquent? Anyway, he's just the type of dandy who comes to idle his days away. Wasting your breath on him is useless; staying away from him is the best choice.]
[Shiranui-san, you absolutely cannot contact this kind of guy! You are an idol. If he has grabbed hold of some weakness, we can help. We absolutely cannot let a garbage guy hurt you.]
Ishigami Yu couldn't be bothered to explain. He also understood that Shiranui-san, who hadn't come to class for a long time, probably didn't mean anything else by that sentence; there was just a problem with her expression.
Being ostracized is just being ostracized anyway. He originally didn't interact much with other classmates, so they could say whatever they wanted. He hadn't done anything wrong, so he had a clear conscience.
But on the second day of being ostracized, when Ishigami Yu returned to the classroom at noon, he stood outside the door because he heard someone inside discussing him.
"No... it's not like that! Ishigami-san is absolutely not that kind of person."
It was that Iino Miko again. Should he say she's worthy of being a Disciplinary Committee member? Acting as a goody-two-shoes here, when he himself hadn't planned to explain anything. How many people would believe what she said anyway.
"Although Ishigami-san's grades are average, he's a hardcore otaku who likes playing games, has a gloomy personality, doesn't know how to chat, occasionally skips class, isn't serious in class, and leaving early is a common occurrence..."
Are you really speaking up for me? The eavesdropping Ishigami Yu raised a sincere question.
Great, great, great, you Disciplinary Committee member, those rumors about me weren't spread by you, were they?
"He is just a problem student lacking education, not that kind of delinquent! I believe that with my help, he will definitely be able to correct himself!"
Not... a delinquent? Iino Miko's father was a judge in the Supreme Court. Under her family's influence, she had a strong sense of justice and eyes that she believed could distinguish right from wrong.
She believed that Ishigami Yu was just the kind of problem youth who didn't like to study, rather than a hopelessly evil delinquent.
This idiot... Originally she didn't have many friends because she was too serious. If she sang a different tune from the mainstream in the class at this time, wouldn't she marginalize herself even more?
Ishigami Yu still didn't want to implicate others because of himself, so he turned around, planning to skip this class.
That's right, I am a delinquent! Not the problem student you spoke of! Give up on trying to save me as early as possible, alright? Serious Lady Disciplinary Committee Member~