The bus heading to Advanced Nurturing High School was full of students wearing red uniforms.
Takada Hikaru boarded the bus with other new students. After seeing the blond man sitting in the priority seat, he imdiately breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully, he's in the sa batch as the protagonist.
Takada Hikaru had transmigrated to this world over a decade ago. In elentary school, he learned about Advanced Nurturing High School from others, thus realizing he had transmigrated into the Classroom of the Elite world.
Although Advanced Nurturing High School was mocked as a vocational school free-for-all in his original world, in this world, it is a top high school backed by the governnt.
Just the fact that tuition isn't required during enrollnt is enough for parents in Japan to send their children to ANHS.
Not to ntion, the school also advertised that after graduation, students could freely choose their desired university or job.
In the eyes of the uninford, getting into ANHS ans half of one's life is already a success.
Takada Hikaru had read the original series and knew that the school's propaganda was nothing but lies. But considering three years of free tuition, he, whose family wasn't wealthy, still chose to study at ANHS and... activate his system.
[Host detected participating in the plot.]
[Popularity System activated successfully.]
A cold voice echoed in his mind, but to Takada Hikaru, it sounded incredibly lodious and pleasant.
As a transmigrator, having a system is a common occurrence. However, so activate it as soon as they transmigrate, while others activate it only after more than ten years. Takada Hikaru belonged to the latter.
According to the requirents, he had to participate in the original plot for the system to activate.
'Good thing I'm in the sa year as the protagonist.'Takada Hikaru thought to himself, feeling fortunate.
If he were a year older than Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, he might have had to study for a year before being able to activate the system. Fortunately, his luck was good. Not only was he in the sa year as the protagonist, but he was even on the sa bus.
What was happening now should be the classic scene from the original series—not giving up a seat to an old lady.
[First!]
[Woohoo! New series starting!]
Comnts appeared before Takada Hikaru's eyes.
According to the system, the world he was in had turned into an ani, projected into another world. In that world, Classroom of the Elite was an original ani. This ant that for the viewers, what was happening at the mont had no original work for reference, and they were completely unaware of the ani's future developnt.
[A protagonist with no emotions, no desires, and no words is really rare.]
[The girl with long black hair sitting there is so cute.]
[This is my waifu, don't even think about it.]
[Nonsense, she's clearly my waifu!]
The emotionless protagonist and the long black-haired girl ntioned in the comnts were likely Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and Horikita Suzune.
According to the Popularity System's description, the protagonist of this ani was still Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, and the cara's perspective would mostly focus on him.
Takada Hikaru, on the other hand, had to seize opportunities when the cara was nearby to showcase himself to the audience as much as possible, thereby gaining popularity points. The accumulated popularity points could be exchanged for abilities and skills through the system, enhancing his strength.
Takada Hikaru's academic and athletic abilities were considered excellent in a normal school. But in ANHS, a school full of monsters, he might only be able to rank in the upper-middle.
With the help of the Popularity System, his strength might soon surpass Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, the White Room's masterpiece.
'Currently, my Popularity Points is 0. I must seize this opportunity to stir up so trouble.'
Just as Takada Hikaru was pondering his next move, a dispute broke out on the bus.
[Is this blond guy sick? Not giving up his seat to an old person and still complaining.]
[The protagonist is also a monster. With young people like you, the nation is definitely dood.]
[Our values don't align, I'm dropping this.]
The comnts in front of him beca denser.
Takada Hikaru quickly retracted his thoughts and enabled comnt shielding, ensuring that only a few key comnts flowed before his eyes.
'The audience is actually criticizing Ayanokoji? It seems his inner thoughts from the original novel have been revealed to the audience.'
The ani adaptation of Classroom of the Elite changed a lot of the original content. In the first bus incident, the ani did not depict Ayanokoji's inner thoughts at the ti, whereas the original novel had a detailed description of them.
In short, the protagonist believed that although the elderly had contributed a lot to the country in the past, young people were now more useful than the elderly, so young people were more entitled to a seat on the bus.
Without knowing that Ayanokoji was an emotionless egoist, after learning his thoughts, people would definitely find him monstrous and sick, so it's no wonder the audience got agitated.
[The protagonist looked at the black-haired girl next to him.]
[My wife will definitely give up her seat to the old lady next, right?]
The audience's comnts ca in, seemingly placing all their hopes on Horikita Suzune. But unfortunately, she also had no intention of giving up her seat.
Facing Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's gaze, she rely glared at him in dissatisfaction, then did nothing more.
[I'm done, are all the characters in this ani heartless?]
[Original ani plots really aren't good. The characters are drawn so well, yet after only a few minutes of airing, it can already deter a wave of viewers.]
Seeing that Horikita Suzune also made no move, the audience's emotions beca quite dissatisfied.
Takada Hikaru looked at the comnts and felt it was ti to act. Even though the chances of success were slim, he still needed to try.
Perhaps this attempt would make the audience notice him?
Takada Hikaru walked forward, coming before Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and asked with a smile, "Classmate, could I ask you to give up your seat to the old lady?"
"Why ?" Ayanokoji Kiyotaka said expressionlessly, his voice flat.
"I'm willing to pay 1,000 yen." Takada Hikaru didn't answer the question but pulled out a banknote.
"Sorry, I don't want to do sothing like that." Ayanokoji Kiyotaka shook his head.
Just standing up and giving up a seat to get one thousand yen, many people would be happy to do it. But as an isolationist, he didn't want to do anything conspicuous.
"Then..."
Seeing him refuse, Takada Hikaru wasn't disappointed. Instead, he looked at the male student sitting next to him, a passerby. "Excuse , are you willing to take 2,000 yen and give up your seat to the old lady?"
Saying that, Takada Hikaru pulled out another banknote.
At Advanced Nurturing High School, paper money cannot be used. Even if kept, it wouldn't be of much use. Might as well use it to leave a good impression on the audience.
[Rich guy, Venmo 50!]
[What rich guy, this is my husband!]
[This guy is so handso, he must be an important character!]
[Could it be that he's the protagonist?]
[Not only is he handso, but he's also willing to spend money to tell people to do good deeds. This kind of talent should be the protagonist.]
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