Even with chuunibyou, let's learn together!

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As for being intelligent, that's out of the question. All five sisters scored in single digits in every subject. Such poor grades made their agent give up on their efforts to present themselves as good students.

As for acting skills, which are the most important aspect of an actor's career, I'm a self-taught actor, so it would be good enough if they didn't become a weakness, let alone an advantage.

Can someone like me really be lucky enough to be chosen and fulfill my dream?

Ichika Nakano leaned against the wall, tilting her head slightly back to look at the starry sky. Her heart was shrouded in a dim shadow. She suddenly regretted that she always slept in class. If she had better grades now, she might be a little more confident and able to stand up straight when facing the director.

But even if you lack confidence, you still have to go.

"..."

Nakano Ichika stood up, dusted herself off, and walked dejectedly toward the light in the alley, just as she saw Hayakawa walking by.

Huh? Hayakawa-kun?

Ichika paused slightly, instinctively peeking over from behind the wall. She saw Hayakawa not far away, searching frantically as if possessed, his lips twisted into a grotesque grin. His laughter, like that of an owl in a graveyard, was chilling: "Where? Where?! Where are Furuhashi and Ogata?! Gagagagagagagagaga~ Come out here~"

Nakano Ichika: "..."

"Haha, still looking for Furuhashi and the others?"

Ichika said expressionlessly, "It's been so long, aren't you going to give up yet?"

And how could Yotsuba be so inconsiderate? She finally had a chance to be alone with her sweetheart and stroll through the temple fair together, but Yotsuba didn't even realize it and actually took Furuhashi and the others along! Didn't she completely waste all the effort her older sister put in, risking offending Nino, to help her out? Seriously.

Ichika couldn't help but puff out her pink cheeks in annoyance, but thinking about Yotsuba's silly appearance, she felt helpless. After all, Yotsuba was recognized as the most clueless of the five sisters.

"Let's go take a look."

Ichika thought for a moment, then walked out of the alley: "Hayakawa-kun."

"Um?!"

Hayakawa turned his head sharply, his scarlet eyes fixed on the direction from which the voice came. When he saw Nakano Ichika, his eyes lost their light and he said expressionlessly, "What? It was you."

"..."

Nakano Ichika's feelings were somewhat complicated, and she forced a smile, saying, "What are you doing here, Hayakawa-san? You look like you're looking for someone. Are you still looking for Furuhashi-san and Ogata-san?"

"Yes."

Hayakawa nodded, his expression indifferent.

Besides these two unforgivable criminals, there is also the accomplice Yotsuba, who actually colluded with two people to skip school. I can never forgive these people.

"Seriously, Hayakawa-san, what's wrong with letting them relax a little?"

Nakano Ichika sighed slightly, then seduced her in a dreamy tone, "Wouldn't it be wonderful to stroll through the streets of a lantern festival with a cute girl on a midsummer night, watching the fireworks bloom in the sky?"

Chapter 98 Am I really that stupid?

"Isn't such a beautiful night more memorable than studying boring subjects at home?"

As Ichika spoke, she couldn't help but reveal a longing expression: "You really have to have a deeply unforgettable romance during your three years of high school, that's what youth is all about~"

"enough!"

Hayakawa was instantly enraged upon hearing this; his sacred ears could not tolerate such blasphemous words.

He had heard these kinds of conversations about love from his classmates far too many times, and each time he felt a surge of disgust.

Hayakawa couldn't help but recall the lessons he learned from his own life as an emperor. During his elementary school years, around the time he was in the third grade, his original homeroom teacher suddenly resigned and was replaced by a new teacher who transferred from another school.

This teacher is young, witty, and humorous. Her thinking is also more open and innovative than that of other experienced teachers. In just a few days, she became close with the students, and her teaching ability is also excellent.

Hayakawa initially paid no attention to his arrival. The young emperor was kind and benevolent, and as long as it did not affect his studies, he would allow anyone to enter his temple. However, this teacher was the kind of person who encouraged students to fall in love, and even said things like, "If you don't fall in love during your student years, you will never find that innocent feeling again when you grow up."

Hayakawa was furious and immediately put this person on his kill list. However, before the Emperor could crush him, he was reported by several students' parents and forced to resign.

Hayakawa was very pleased and recorded this event in his list of glorious achievements.

Now, after hearing Ichika Nakano's words, he once again recalled the chill he felt when he heard that teacher make his remarks, the suffocation and anger that welled up from the bottom of his heart that overwhelmed his pure soul.

“Listen carefully, Ichika,”

Hayakawa opened his arms as if to embrace this filthy world, and recited aloud like an aria: "The ultimate meaning of youth can be summed up in just two words: studying. Those who can't control their emotions and fall in love in just three short years will become mediocre and ordinary, and their lives will become uneventful. Will your decision now change your future...?"

As Hayakawa spoke, he looked directly at Ichika, hoping that his heartfelt and moving speech could influence a lost lamb.

After all, most students aren't unwilling to study, but rather they're caught in a dilemma. On one hand, they yearn for the fragrance of flowers and grass, for the youthful days of long, straight black hair, pleated skirts, and long, slender, white legs like chopsticks, while on the other hand, they fear the impending graduation. They understand the fact that they need to study, but they're unwilling to endure the daily hardships, ultimately ending up in a state where they can't have either.

If this kind of student can be awakened, he can still study seriously, and Hayakawa thinks so too.

However, Ichika was not one to change her mind. Her grades were clearly at the level of someone who didn't study at all. So after hearing Hayakawa's words, Ichika gave an awkward but polite smile and said, "You're right, but I still want to be in a relationship."

Hayakawa: "..."

"Haha, telling me this is useless. Look at me, I'm an idiot, studying is useless, my grades are already terrible."

Ichika smiled sheepishly, then said, "Let's go find Yotsuba instead."

"Hmph, giving up on studying just because you think you're stupid is nothing but escapism."

Hayakawa looked at Ichika with disdain, then waved his hand dismissively, saying, "Forget it, talking to you like this is just like casting pearls before swine. Do you even see where Yotsuba or Furuhashi are? I'll go find them myself."

Ichika pursed her lips, then forced a smile: "I didn't see them either, but I'm leaving the temple fair anyway, so we can go together and look for Yotsuba and the others."

"okay."

Hayakawa thought for a moment and, seeing no reason to refuse, nodded and went out first.

……

The two walked out of the alley and into the surging crowd.

"Huh? You're going out?"

Hayakawa took a few steps before realizing what was happening, and turned around to look at Nakano Ichika with a puzzled expression: "Are you going home? But your sisters are still here."

Upon hearing this, Nakano Ichika was startled and turned her head away, saying, "I have something to do and need to go out for a bit."

"Oh."

Hayakawa, unsuspecting, followed the flow of people out of the temple fair. His eyes, like two laser beams, scanned the faces of the people passing by, trying to find someone he recognized, but he couldn't find them anywhere; it was as if those two people had vanished.

Nakano Ichika followed closely behind, head down, looking preoccupied. After a while, she looked up at Hayakawa and suddenly said, "Hayakawa-san..."

Hayakawa turned her head: "Hmm?"

"What do you think of the idol profession?"

Nakano Ichika asked softly, seemingly casually, "What are your thoughts?"

"Idol?"

Hayakawa frowned slightly, then said nonchalantly, "I have no opinion, it's just a profession."

After Hayakawa finished speaking, he turned around and left. He disliked the idol profession because of some historical issues.

When Hayakawa was in junior high school, he went to school in Tokyo with his family. The school he attended was a long-established private academy for the elite. The students there were either children of officials or children of big business owners. Their elders and relatives were also familiar with each other, forming part of the intertwined interests between factions in Tokyo. In this educational environment, their children were naturally influenced and learned many things that they should not have learned at their age.

Hayakawa was one of them, but as always, he was oblivious to everything else at school, focusing solely on his studies and never caring about the social interactions or sordid matters among the students around him. However, though Hayakawa ignored others, some people still took the initiative to provoke him.

At that time, some children in his class whose families ran businesses wanted to befriend him, so they invited him to social events many times. They invited many of the school's socialites or art girls from other schools, hoping that Hayakawa would come.

Hayakawa naturally wouldn't go, but this caused a misunderstanding among the students, who thought Hayakawa had unusual fetishes and wasn't interested in schoolgirls, so they changed their approach.

So one day he secretly told Hayakawa that he had secretly found several famous underground idols in Tokyo to accompany him for drinks, and hoped that Hayakawa would do him the honor of going.

Hayakawa was furious, feeling greatly humiliated, and angrily refused, which caused her to develop a dislike for the idol profession that continues to this day.

"..."

After hearing Hayakawa's indifferent reply, Nakano Ichika pursed her lips and softly said "Oh".

After a while, she suddenly asked in a low voice, "Hayakawa-san, am I really that stupid?"

Hayakawa turned to look at her blankly, a strange expression on his face.

Is that even a question?

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Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Power of the Omnipotent Emperor

"Okay, okay,"

Nakano Ichika could tell what Hayakawa was thinking just by looking at his expression, so she quickly waved her hand with a slightly flushed face and said, "Don't say anything, I know I'm stupid."

"Know…"

Hayakawa wanted to sneer and say "Good to know," but he suddenly remembered his gentle persona and superficial skills that he had forgotten for a long time. So he immediately put on a hypocritical, gentle expression, revealed a sunny smile, and pretended to be surprised, saying, "How could that be! Ichika-san is not stupid at all."

Nakano Ichika: "..."

Such deliberate and false comfort is completely ineffective and feels rather strange.

"Well, so be it if I'm a little slow."

Nakano Ichika smiled slightly, stretched, and said, "Anyway, all five of us sisters are equally stupid, so it doesn't matter."

"Oh,"

Hayakawa raised an eyebrow at Ichika, noticing that she seemed eager to chat. Hayakawa didn't mind talking to her for a bit, since she had come to help him find those two people. So he sighed, "Five sisters, I really don't know what it's like to have so many sisters."

"We've been asked this question many times since we were little,"

Nakano Ichika smiled slightly, then said softly, "How should I put it? We five sisters are all divided into five equal parts. Our bodies, feelings, thoughts, and minds can all be shared without distinction, just like dividing a person into five parts."

"Oh!"

Hayakawa was deeply shocked, his mind racing.

Ichika Nakano covered her mouth and chuckled: "I'm not afraid to tell you, we even have the ability to sense each other's thoughts and connect on a spiritual level sometimes. For example, when Yotsuba and I are not in the same place, but she is very sad, I can also feel it."

Ninja Clone Technique?

Upon hearing this, Hayakawa's pupils suddenly shrank to an extreme size, and he felt a genuine sense of envy.

If I had the ability to create clones, wouldn't I be able to split myself into five bodies to study? At that time, I could easily suppress even the formidable Furuhashi Ogata and Bunri.

"Ah...it's so nice to have twin sisters,"

Hayakawa lamented the unfairness of fate once again: "It's a pity I didn't..."

"That's not good."

Ichika Nakano puffed out her cheeks and said with dissatisfaction, "Fivepuppet families are also troublesome. You can't just think it's great just because I say so. I also have many unbearable things to do every day."

Hayakawa raised an eyebrow: "For example?"

"Well…"

Nakano Ichika glanced cautiously at Hayakawa, hesitating whether she should speak or not. However, the events of the evening had left her feeling very down, so she naturally felt the urge to confide in someone. Therefore, she said, "You don't have to tell anyone else about what I'm going to tell you later, especially my sisters."

Hayakawa paused for a moment, then nodded: "I know."

"...This is probably the hardship and responsibility I bear as the eldest sister, something my other sisters don't experience,"

Nakano Ichika pondered for a moment and said, "I need to maintain a good relationship between the sisters."

"Ok?"

Hayakawa frowned slightly and listened intently.

"Simply put, if two of the five sisters suddenly become very close, often shopping together or whispering to each other, I'm responsible for 'stirring things up' a bit,"

Nakano Ichika pursed her lips slightly, and seeing Hayakawa's strange expression, she immediately explained, "Hayakawa-san, you don't misunderstand. I'm not the kind of evil older sister who makes sisters turn against each other. What I mean by stirring up trouble is that I don't let two of them go out alone, but instead make them go together. That way, it will soon be the five sisters going out together again."

Hayakawa lowered his head in thought: "Why do this?"

"This is to get the five sisters' relationship back on track. After all, if one of the five sisters is inseparable every day, they will form a clique. They will talk about their own feelings and secrets in private, and the relationship between the five sisters will no longer be equal. They will no longer be able to be inseparable and confide in each other."

Nakano Ichika frankly said, "We are a family made up of five sisters. Even quintuplets who are close at heart are like any other family. They have some trivial matters, conflicts and frictions, or misunderstandings. For example, Nino and Miku, to be honest, the two of them really don't get along. They often have some arguments. Although they usually make up quickly, I have to go over and help to smooth things over."

"Maintaining a good family atmosphere is not an easy task for anyone, so when conflicts arise between the sisters, I am responsible for listening to their stories, smoothing things over, chatting with them, having meals together, and so on."

Nakano Ichika calmly said, "When the sisters get too close, I have to distribute their feelings among the five sisters, otherwise it will ruin our unity."

"..."