Bab 1: Chapter 1: Lucid Dreaming?
*SMACK*
An impact force hit his head as his consciousness gradually became clear. A high pitch ringing sound is still heard in his ear as he processes his current situation.
'Urgh… What the hell happened?'
Unknown location, unknown faces, unknown tables and chairs and yet, a familiar language. It can be deduced for the time being that he is still somewhere around Sakura Country and hasn't been kidnapped to the freedom country.
"HAHAHAHA, Jianyu! This is what you got from protecting this Otaku."
"What's up with this nasty otaku anyway?! Did he stay up all night to play games again? Ehehe… was it an erotic game?"
"Ew, soo gross~ Playing erotic game for the whole night is really so disgusting~"
Few voices coming without a context he can be familiar with is coming to his ears. 'Otaku? Eroge? Me? Protecting someone who is a pervert? What the hell happened?'
He can't understand what they find so funny for them to burst into loud laughter? After all, He doesn't believe they never touch that kind of stuff. As a sakura country teenager, especially with today's well developed internet, he feels that kind of mature stuff is already normal for them.
At that moment, several strands of memories got into his brain as he recognised their voices.
'Hiyama Daisuke, Saito Yoshiki, Kondo Reiichi, and Nakano Shinji? Furthermore, the object of their bullying seems to be named Hajime Nagumo? …Dare(Who????)'
He raises his head to stare at those four idiots who seem to consider bullying the weak as a pastime enjoyment. Although the criticism that otakus received was indeed very strong in Sakura country. Of course, even in some countries too, but it was only to the degree of mockery. Never would it give rises to any hostility.
Why would they harass the guy named Hajime then?
But is that what matters to him? Hell no! The fact that they hit his head is all that matters!
Gathering his power in his fist, he unleashed a punch toward the guy named Daisuke who seems to be the one who hit him earlier.
'A face for a face!'
*BANG*
His punch landed squarely on Daisuke's face as he fell down and crashed to the table behind him. *Crash*
"Kusoyarou(M0th3r F|_|(k3r)"
That guy cursed as he got up trying to take revenge on him.
Seeing that guy getting closer to him, he said in a calm yet threatening voices:
"If you punch me once again, I'm gonna kick your balls so that you can no longer nut anymore."
Of course, the above passage is said in English using the correct pronunciation, not the "ifu yu punchi mi onsu egein…"
And viola, that mad guy stopped in his tracks bewildered by what I'm saying. Forget about speaking English, most Sakura teenagers have a hard time hearing it due to the difference of pronunciation between english and sakura language. Furthermore, saying this in sakura language sounds inelegant for others(not like saying it in English will be more elegant…)
In his stay in this country, the only native who can speak English correctly can be counted on his fingers. With the majority of them being actually half blood or living in another country in their childhood. As for the rest? Some pronounced 'Earth' as 'ass', some pronounced 'this' as 'rizz', etc.
It goes to the point where if you encounter a Yakuza in the middle of nowhere, you can just swear in English and he will probably stop and stare at you dumbfounded, not understanding what you are saying. If you are asian or have a sakura country looking face, he must be more dumbfounded.
Well, for the current case, it seems that his words not only silenced the fool and his cronies but also the entire class.
"Good morning, Nagumo-kun! Almost late, as usual, you should come earlier next time."
One female student smiled happily as she walked beside Hajime. She seemed to just come back from outside the class with her friend and didn't know what happened before.
"Ah, good morning Shirasaki-san."
With his reply, comes a murderous aura under the silent gaze of everyone which Hajime could only accept as the guy smiles bitterly.
'I see jealousy huh?'
One of his previous questions was answered unexpectedly at this moment. Only, jealousy can cause hate to this extent unlike an 'Otaku' identity.
From his newly emerging memories, the girl called Shirasaki Kaori was one of the two goddesses in the school. Regardless of male and female, she was extremely popular due to her beauty. Her gorgeous black hair reached up to her waist, her big droopy eyes revealed a hint of gentleness, and her tiny nose aligned perfectly with her pink-colored lips.
She always wears a big smile and shares a strong sense of responsibility, she knows how to take care of other people. She was always relied on by her classmates, she didn't abhor anyone, and treated everyone with equal sincerity. She possessed a maturity unlike that of a high school student.
It was not a surprise if this is a world in fiction, how much hate that would generate if such a girl gave special care toward a gloomy, otaku and mob like protagonist.
Following that, Kaori wore a very joyful expression and even more piercing gazes were directed at Hajime, which caused that guy to break out in cold sweat.
As if everything was just as planned, when their conversation came to an end, three people approached them. This group of people can be described as the 'good-looking guys' group.
Looking at these 'good-looking guys' group, both Daisuke, his cronies and him have a tacit understanding before leaving the current position to avoid further conflict.
"Tch" …Of course, without forgetting to sneer at him as that guy leaves for his seat.
Feeling that the current matter is now over, He comes to a location where somehow his intuition is directing him to what seems to be his chair and table position. As he sits down, he can't help but start to think about what is going on right now.
Transmigration? Possession? Reincarnation? Such plots pass through his mind before he dismisses them. He can't make sure such things exist before confirming some things. Especially that right now he got a massive headache that prevents him from thinking properly.
Finally, as those people approached the area in between Hajime and Shirasaki, he only realized belatedly that something is amiss, something he later would finally remember.
'What is this? Why do I feel like I'm experiencing a deja vu?'
Dream? A scene from a movie? Experiences in a parallel world? That weird feeling kept on haunting him as he tried to recall what happened.
As he was trying to remember, the other side has already started their conversation as three voices sound out from the new group of people that appears.
"Nagumo-Kun, good morning, isn't this hard on you every day?"
"Kaori, looking after him again? Seriously, Kaori is too kind."
"That unenthusiastic guy, it's useless no matter what you say to him."
Out of the group, the only one who greeted Hajime among the three was a girl called Yaegashi Shizuku, she was Kaori's best friend. The long black hair tied in a ponytail was her trademark. Her slit and delicate eyes were sharp, but gentleness also leaked out from within.
Thus, rather than ice-cold, it would be better to say that she was elegant. Her height was around 172 cm, she could be considered tall among the girls. Her body posture and imposing temperament automatically made people associate her with samurai.
In fact, her parents owned the Yaegashi Fencing Dojo and Shizuku herself had been undefeated in any kendo convention since elementary school. In fact, she once accepted a magazine interview as the modern-day beautiful swordswoman.
She was also frequently followed by diehard fans and even the younger schoolgirl would use passionate eyes to gaze at her, and call her "onee-sama".
Such an introduction flashes through his mind once again like a panel in a manga or a narrator in an anime.
Anyway, the next one who spoke to Kaori with a somewhat self-important line was called Amanogawa Kouki. He doesn't think this guy needs any introduction besides the common hero material with a hot-headed personality who screams justice at every moment.
The last one who spoke with a ridiculing tone was a male student called Sakagami Ryutaro, Kouki's best friend. He is tall and has a muscled brain. However, He is a hardworking, determined, and hot-blooded person, that's why he dislikes someone like Hajime who came to school to sleep and his unmotivated appearance.
After shooting a glance at Hajime, he just snorted with his nose, and completely ignored him.
"Good morning, Yaegashi-san, Amanogawa-kun, Sakagami-kun. Haha, it's okay. Jianyu helped me before so I'm fine."
After the greetings, he could clearly feel many lines of sights pricking at me again, not that anyone has set their eyes away from me since a moment ago. After all, how come a physical fight between two students is not something that these highschoolers do not take a look at and eat melons?
"Since you understand your own conduct, why not try to fix it? Until when are you going to stop taking advantage of Jianyu and Kaori's kindness? They can't take care of you forever."
After that, that annoying justice guy Kouki gives Hajime the so-called 'advice' since he is blind. And Hajime being Hajime, can only reply weakly while trying to hide his urge to retort that so-called 'advice' in his heart.
"~Ahaha..."
Therefore, Hajime tried to shrug it off with a laugh. However, just as usual, our goddess dropped a bomb without even being aware of the situation.
"Kouki-kun, What are you saying? I… I was just talking with Nagumo-kun?"
The classroom became very noisy, the male students gnashed their teeth and stared at Hajime with malicious intent. Hiyama and the other three even discussed where they should take Hajime for a beating during lunch break. What a mess this is… At the very least, many people started to take their attention from me.
"Sigh… Seriously, Kaori is too kind."
Clearly, Kouki had misunderstood Kaori's intention. A perfect superhuman who transcends the definition of stupid, it was due to this reason that he hadn't the slightest doubt of his own shortcoming, a really troublesome guy in his opinion.
"...Sorry about that, but those two don't have any bad intentions..."
Shizuku, who had a complete grasp of the situation, secretly apologized to Hajime. On the other hand, Hajime just shrugged as if there's nothing he can do about it, and forced a smile.
Just as they were talking about this, the bell that signaled the first class had resounded, as the teacher entered the classroom.
Perhaps He was already used to the atmosphere in the class. He didn't say anything and immediately took the morning attendance.
'What an unqualified teacher!'
After that, the class started like usual, and as it should be, I continued to concentrate my mind on the notebook that I used to record my thoughts.
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Transmigration?
'Nah, that thing only exists in novels, manga and anime. There is no way that I will experience it.'
Let the fiction stay fiction while considering a more approachable and realistic possibility.
Dream?
'A possibility, as there is no way I as an engineering undergraduate will study a sakura country highschool curriculum right now.'
But how does he explain the current situation?
3. Lucid Dreaming?
'The highest possibility, but even usual lucid dreaming will be disturbed by a rational thought that he is doing right now. This can only means that his current physical body is very tired to the point he is unable to wakes up in the slightest'
Hence, this leads to the next question: What happens before he dreams?
'I was finishing up on my project before planning to return to my home country. Why am I here then?'
Exhausted after doing experiments? Collapse from lack of sleep? Honestly, there are many reasons that might lead to his current situation.
But for the current situations, he decides to just follow the flow where his dreams lead him to.
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