It's almost time for the inter-class battle among students of the same grade.
It has been about two weeks since Maria forgave me.
I can now talk to Maria normally, and going to school has become enjoyable for me.
Above all, she has become quite gentle towards me.
This has put my mind at ease more than anything.
However, when I moved to a seat nearby, I honestly became complicated.
This is just a hunch, but I'm concerned that I might have caused a fatal error.
The letter that Maria gave me? I think I had it when I was having dinner with Moridori-san, but where did it go?
Moridori-san has become a little distant since then.
That's also a concern. Why?
It's not good that I haven't checked the contents of the letter, but oh well.
I've paid off my debt already, so there's no need to stress myself by looking at the invoice amount.
"That Ayaka. She never becomes our friend. I guess we have to invite her to dinner and butter her up."
I'll praise Ayaka and shower her with compliments. That's my strategy.
For now, I'll just keep buttering her up.
This is entertainment.
I'll show her my specialty, "48 entertaining techniques".
But more importantly, I gained a "new friend".
I made one of the mob members my ally.
I've been trying to recruit Ayaka all the time, but it was a bit difficult since she kept shaking her head.
That's when I met the best talent.
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I, for some reason, had become the flag-bearer of rebellion for the shadowy figures among the lower-class, same-class, and upper-class students at school.
In other words, I was becoming the leader of the "mob boys" who were treated as the bottom rung at school.
And their numbers had already exceeded 100.
Moreover, this was an ongoing expansion.
Before I knew it, I had risen to the position of "President of the Mob Union."
Our organization, called the "Dark Rebellion of the Shadowy" or simply DROTS, was busy enriching itself by systematically stealing school supplies.
"Your Excellency, are you going to inspect the underground casino?"
Suddenly, a boy wearing a visor appeared out of nowhere and addressed me.
"Yes."
I nodded with dignity.
This boy's code name was "Kakko."
He lived in the shadows, always unpopular.
He was a shadowy figure who had been treated like an invisible person by female students and had even created a girlfriend in his own delusions.
He was a truly unlucky person, even for a Megashuva character, who was a rarity of rarity with only one level.
He had crawled around the bottom of the school, always living in the shadows.
He was a solitary and truly fearsome man.
His super rare skill, "Shadow Presence," was always passively activated, which was too cruel.
He said that he had been told "Oh, you were there," a total of 3,761 times in his life.
Of course, this included his parents.
He had lived a life of hardship that could not be spoken of without tears.
His parents would forget about him if they let their guard down, to the point of saying "our son is dead" or "our son is missing."
During junior high school, he participated in a school trip, but all the teachers and classmates forgot about him.
Eventually, he was left behind at a service area and had to walk from Shin-Nagoya to his home in Shin-Sendai. (Note : Shin-Nagoya and Shin-Sendai is the real Japan location you can try search from Google)
The Mahoro region is said to have a high number of individuals with high quality magical power, making it barely recognizable by others.
Even so, when Kakko concentrates, everyone seems to overlook his existence.
There is a rare skill obtained through leveling up by bringing all stats to zero in the game Mega Shuva.
It is a silly skill intentionally hidden by the developers.
That skill is called "Shadow Presence."
I never imagined that someone in this world would acquire it.
Although it is not suitable for combat due to the low stats, it can be used as "the deadliest weapon" in the right way.
I discovered him, and I immediately felt that he was "unusual."
He is too much of a "prodigy."
I felt a "talent" that was not present in any rare character used in Megashuva.
A mob among mobs, the one who mastered the "ability that only mobs can possess."
No, it's better to say that he is the shadow of a mob.
He is a shadow, the very essence of hiding in the light.
I call him the sixth man of the phantom party, even though he cannot be included in the main party due to his secrecy.
I taught Kakko several arts and skills, and he learned them effortlessly.
These are the arts and skills he has acquired:
Special Action Art: "Stealth."
Special Action Art: "Invisibility."
Skill: "Shadow Ninja."
Skill: "Brilliance."
"I had him take this skill to make him more noticeable to the people around him"
When combined with his "Shadow Presence," these arts and skills are highly compatible.
The thinness of the shadow that surpasses any mob.
These skills and arts are so compatible with each other.
There is no other mob that excels at stealth as much as he does.
No...he is an anomaly that surpasses even mobs.
A heretic.
Furthermore, he is currently performing adeptly as the leader of the intelligence division in DROTS.
"And so, kakko became a true member of the Phantom Machinations project."
When I invited kakko to join us, he replied through tears of joy:
"For the first time, I feel needed by someone..."
"There is such class"
"in this world..."
I caution kakko, "This is a dangerous gamble. Don't let the student council, especially the disciplinary committee, catch you. We can't afford to get caught."
I put on my hood and blend into the darkness.
"Ha!"
Kakko also vanishes into the darkness with me.
The two of us head towards the underground casino operated by DROTS.