Chapter Twenty-Four: Stellar Rank

  "Ying, what are they discussing?" Qiao pointed at the group of girls who had been gathered together since early morning, discussing something.

  Ying lowered her head and continued to work on the invention in her hand, answering my question with a cold tone: "They were discussing a singer called 'Blood Princess'."

  "It's like this, Kirishima. 'Blood Princess' is a very popular singer lately, her songs are really catchy, but more people are curious about her appearance. She's a cute-voiced yet mysterious girl, and I heard she'll be holding her next concert soon." The class president suddenly popped out of nowhere to introduce the topic of Blood Princess.

  "Really? I thought it would only be liked by weird uncles, but unexpectedly the girls also like Blood Princess...". Looking at the excited expressions on the girls' faces, they looked just like people who had seen the Night Department.

  "Because they all admired people of similar age who had risen to stardom."

  "I'm back......" Mikan slowly walked over with a weak and listless air.

  "Satsuma mandarin congratulates you on your formal enrollment."

  "But it's a no-star rank..."

  Watching the tangerine cry silently, I could only sympathetically pat her shoulder.

  "What is a Sakura Star Rank?" Mikan tilted her head up curiously and stared at me, her eyes sparkling like stars.

  "Officer Xing Oh, because I'm Shui Aili, the nemesis of dates. That's why we're on the same team, and when necessary, we need to put out fires."

  Logically speaking, it should be tangerine that is paired with jujube. The neutralization of tangerine would be more convenient for jujube, right?

  "Ugh... I'm the only one who's unranked..."

  The quality of life for students at Arethusa Academy is ranked in star classes, with higher star classes having a better quality of life. Conversely, lower star classes are worse off, and those without a star class have the worst conditions.

  In the morning after breakfast, I need to go to the kitchen to wash the bowls and dishes. In the evening after school, I need to sweep the clock tower. The dormitory is a dilapidated house, the meals are plain rice and a small dish of salted vegetables, and clothes are washed by myself.

  As I listened to the misfortune of Wu Xingjie, all I could do was silently hand her a package of cookies in sympathy. The star rank is just like social class, but the higher you stand, the heavier the burden of responsibility.

  "Kumquat, next lesson is an open class, seniors from both junior and senior departments will come, looking forward to it~"

  "Hmm..."

  Alice has Potential Ability System, Technical System, Physical System, Special Power System, and Hazard System.

  Standing in the empty campus, with a face full of black lines, looking at the desolate campus where there is no one in sight, what department was Alice from again...?

  "Hollyhock"

  A faint, soft male voice came from behind, very close as if it was right next to me, a very pleasant sound.

  "Who?" He turned around and looked around, but there was no one in sight. It's strange, he rubbed his head, did I hear it wrong?

  Just as I was about to start, I bumped into Zao "How did you end up here?"

  He had just spoken out loud when he was covered by his hand "Don't make a sound!"

  Whispering warnings in my ear, pulling me into the nearest thicket, vigilantly watching the surroundings as if waiting for someone.

  Who made Zao so nervous? Following his line of sight, he saw a person who was dressed in all black, wearing black high heels and a silver mask.

  "Jujube, where are you? If you're there, respond to me." Perhaps it was because our figures were too small, and not seeing us, he walked in the direction of the forest.

  "Ah..." Zao released his hand covering the girl's mouth and relaxed his tense nerves, leaning against the tree and panting nonstop.

  Looked at the disheveled date and pointed in the direction the strange person left "Was that a human trafficker?"

  "No." Zao slowly shook his head, looking dazed.

  "What are you doing?" Zao grabbed the hand that was shining in front of his chest, she was indeed 'Water Alice', but what was this ability?

  "You're hurt, I'm helping you recover." With his personality, even if he knew there was a different Alice, he wouldn't say that, let alone be treating him.

  The black cat always licks its wounds alone in places where others can't see it...

  "...what is your Alice, after all?" Zao released the girl's hand, but the vigilance and inquiry in his eyes did not disappear.

  "It doesn't matter what Alice is, I'm just an exchange student and will be leaving this school soon anyway." He shrugged indifferently. His injuries looked severe, as if he had been electrocuted recently - did this school still use corporal punishment?

  "This kind of school won't let you go back, they won't let the secrets of this school be exposed." Zao hummed coldly, his eyes filled with countless dark clouds.

  "Let's talk about it after the exchange student period ends. If they don't let me out, they'll be in trouble." After finishing treatment, he withdrew his hand and smiled slightly, looking up at the teaching building not far away, every place has its own darkness.

  "This isn't Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, is it? The student council's Tane, huh! Only Beru would agree with you." A man wearing a middle school uniform looked at the fig tree leaning against the tree with disdain, and behind him were a boy and a girl.

  "Shut up." The words from Zao were filled with a strong warning tone, it seemed that the man had said something to anger him.

  "I won't acknowledge you, you're a dangerous existence, I don't know - Ah! My hand!" Ignoring the warning from the jujube resulted in being burned.

  Zao stood up, ignoring the man who brushed past him. He had originally planned to follow Zao out together, but...

  "Hey! Hinata, stop right there! Your girlfriend is in my hands!" He casually grabbed a handful of my hair and looked at Hinata with a smug expression, as if he had found his trump card.

  "Girlfriend? You must be joking, goodbye dwarf." Zao stopped in his tracks, turned around and gave me a glance with a hint of a mocking smile, then dropped this sentence and ran away...

  "Shorty...? What a joke..." Glaring in the direction where Zao left, gritting his teeth in anger, both of them were talking about my height, just a little taller and they become arrogant...

  "Hey, let me go! Don't you want your hand back?" Turning his head to stare at him with a bullying attitude.

  "Hey, hey~ did you guys hear that? She just said I'd be in for a worse fate? I've heard she's a companion of Hinata no Tsubasa, and her 'Alice' is actually an 'Invalid Alice', completely useless."

  "'Neutralize Alice'? You've got the wrong person, that's another transfer student girl." Raised her hand and fiercely pinched the hand that was pulling her hair, using brute force to pull it back.

  "Ow, ow, ow!!!! What kind of weird strength is this????!" He yelled out loud and flung off my hand, taking two steps back, rubbing his sore hand that had been twisted.

  "My Alice is 'Water Alice', don't think water can only be used to water flowers." He raised his hand and pointed at his head, and a cluster of water suddenly gathered from somewhere, wrapping his entire head.

  “！！！”

  Looking at that person, no matter how he shook his head, the water mass did not move away from his head. As long as I willed it for the water to gather on his head and not loosen, he was unable to shake off this mass of water.

  In less than a minute he would suffocate, Shui Alice can be used wherever there is water, and the air also contains this water, which means I can use it at any time.

  A large part of a person's body is water, if you control that person's blood pressure and compress their internal organs... that person will also die.

  As the person's face slowly turned green, my body suddenly lost control and then slowly put down my hand. The water droplets on that person's head also fell off, coughing painfully.

  "You're already under my control, don't get so angry, I'll punish them." As soon as he finished speaking, my body could move again.

  "An-dou!" Why are they so tense? Is he that strong?

  "Hehe, this has nothing to do with me." One of the girls was so scared that she ran away, it seems he's really formidable.

  Looking at the middle school student wearing a knitted hat with a star on his face, it seems that there will be a good show next, and I quietly squat down under the big tree to watch.

  "You're already within my control, hmm, what should I write?" I leaned in close to him and saw that he was using a tree branch to write on the ground "Squat for an hour" and then amidst the wails they started squatting up and down.

  "My name is Ando Tsubasa, you can call me Tsubasa. I was woken up by them while sleeping in the tree and happened to see that scene, so I'll help you out."

  "I'm Kuroku Akane, Wing-senpai. I'll go ask the teacher what department I belong to, so I'll be off for now, thank you senpai."

  He bowed to him and turned to walk towards the teaching building, being late shouldn't be a problem, right?

  A bead of cold sweat slid down his forehead as he glanced at the girl who hadn't gone far, her ability was so terrifying just now, I guess she'll suffocate to death...