Chapter 1 The Man in Blue

The man who burst into the classroom looked to be in his twenties or thirties. He had strange short hair, a topknot, and wore a blue long-sleeved tracksuit, exuding an eerie aura.

Shortly after his entrance, another man, who appeared somewhat younger, followed him in.

This second man had neat, short brown hair, and wore a red sleeveless tracksuit. Overall, he seemed like a more normal person.

[Side Quest Triggered]

The two men walked into the classroom one after the other, and the system voice followed suit.

Feng Bujue and Wang Tanzhi opened the quest log and saw an instruction: [Before the end of the morning classes, drive Prince and Ime out of the school].

"Prince... and Ime?" Xiao Tan muttered, looking at the quest.

"Full names are Prince Shotoku and Ono no Imoko." Feng Bujue explained, seeing the puzzled look on his face.

Brother Jue knew these two people. Even without the quest prompt, he knew their names and other relevant settings...

"Eh?" Xiao Tan was taken aback. After all, he wasn't very familiar with *Hiyori*, he only knew... "Another famous historical figure?"

"Whether they're famous or not... and how they're portrayed in history, doesn't really matter." Feng Bujue continued, "Don't forget, this is the *Hiyori* universe. No matter how great the original character was... in this kind of gag manga world, they'll become idiots."

"Hmm..." Xiao Tan pondered for a moment, the figures of Basho and Sora flashed through his mind.

"Yaho~" Just then, the one in the blue tracksuit spoke up again, "Hello, everyone~ I'm Prince Shotoku. Today is 'School Experience Day.' Because the imperial court ordered it, I couldn't refuse, so I brought Ime here to play with everyone... or rather... to experience school life~"

"It was a regulation that you spontaneously added yesterday..." In the next second, the one in the red tracksuit exposed the Prince's nonsense at lightning speed.

"As you can see, that's how it is." Panda Teacher stood on the podium and continued their words, "They're from the imperial court, so it's hard to refuse. Please bear with them, everyone."

"What's with the imperial court..." Xiao Tan muttered, "Speaking of which, isn't the era background and political system of this world a bit chaotic?"

"It's good that you know it's chaotic..." Feng Bujue said, "Look at the Prince's getup, a mishmash of ancient and modern, East and West... what's there for us to agonize over..."

"Then..." A few seconds later, Panda Teacher looked at Prince and Ime and said, "Please take those two empty seats in the back row."

"Okay~~" The Prince replied to the teacher with his catchphrase, and walked down with a very light step.

Ime shook his head helplessly and followed with a sigh.

"Hmm..." After they were seated, Panda Teacher said, "Students, please turn to page twenty-two of the textbook. Last time we talked about..."

The teacher began the lecture as usual. For the top students, the following content was clearly transmitted into their ears; for the slackers, all they could hear was a "buzzing buzzing buzzing——" sound.

"Hey! Hey! What's your name, student?"

Feng Bujue was still thinking about how to complete the quest when the Prince took the initiative to talk to him.

Whether it was a coincidence or a system arrangement... the Prince and Ime's seats were to the right of Feng Bujue and Xiong Ji respectively.

"Furuhata Ninzaburo." Feng Bujue turned his head and looked at the Prince.

"Oh, it's Furuhata-kun, haha..." The Prince smiled憨厚ly, "Hello~ How old are you this year?"

"None of your damn business, old man." Feng Bujue replied with a very bad attitude.

"O...old man..." The Prince's expression twitched, and he lowered his head, trembling. His face fell into a haze, and he muttered, "These... these kids are becoming less and less cute..."

"And also, old man." Feng Bujue's taunt had only just begun, "What's that strange smell on you?"

"Y...you're actually bringing up such a question to my face..." The Prince was shocked, "What strange smell! It's your nose that's the problem, kid!"

"You won't admit it..." Feng Bujue replied coldly, then turned his head and looked at Ime in the side rear, "Hey, big brother over there, this old man has a weird smell on him, right?"

"Of course, he always has." Ime rested his cheek on his hand and replied calmly, "Probably because he's not wearing underwear."

"I see." Feng Bujue heard this, exerted his acting skills, condensed a look of extreme disgust and contempt, and cast it at the Prince, "Hehe..."

"'Hehe'?" The Prince covered his face with his hands, a mixture of shock and anger, "Th...this kid... what kind of look is that! Damn it!"

"Prince, I told you to get rid of that habit a long time ago. Now even I'm losing face with you." Ime, after angrily selling out his teammate, added another knife to the Prince's back.

"Shut up! Ime, you bastard!" The Prince replied unhappily, "You know I adhere to the 'non-essential, no underwear principle'!"

"That's why I'm telling you to change... that inexplicable principle..." Ime replied, rolling his eyes.

"Um..." Before they could finish speaking, Panda Teacher had already turned around and said to them, "Prince, although strictly speaking you're not here to attend class, please don't disturb the other students from listening, okay? You're talking too loud, and the content is terrible."

"Eh? Is it my fault?" The Prince replied aggrievedly.

"A big idiot..." Ime stabbed another knife in his back at the right time.

............

The first class passed quickly.

As the bell rang for the end of class, the nerves that Feng and Wang had relaxed slightly immediately tensed up again.

The triggering of the side quest did not mean the interruption of the main quest.

With Xiong Ji having been arrested nine times, the two players could not afford to lose.

"Okay... you keep an eye on Xiong Ji, I'll take care of the Prince's side." As soon as class was over, Feng Bujue ran up to Xiao Tan and said in a low voice, "I'm more familiar with their character settings. As long as I make good use of Ime, this potential 'teammate', it shouldn't be difficult to force the Prince to leave." As he said this, he seemed to feel a little uneasy again, so he added, "Um... if something happens on Xiong Ji's side that you can't handle on your own, just give me a hand signal or call me, and I'll come over immediately."

"Understood." Xiao Tan replied, "Main quest takes priority."

"Meow——"

The two had only said a few words when Miao Mei's scream rang out again.

"Okay, I have to go over..." As Xiao Tan spoke, he had already turned his eyes in the direction of the shout.

"You hang in there, and I..." Feng Bujue looked at the Prince and Ime, "Gotta move out."

With that, the two parted ways and went to their respective targets.

"Ah~ I'm a little hungry, Ime." Brother Jue had just walked over to the Prince and Ime when he heard the Prince say, "When are we eating lunch?"

"The first class has only just ended, it's still a long time before lunchtime." Ime replied.

"Eh?" The Prince looked surprised, "But I'm so hungry~"

"Didn't you eat breakfast properly? Prince." Ime asked.

"Because I was really looking forward to the 'school lunch', I haven't eaten anything since yesterday afternoon." The Prince replied.

"But..." Feng Bujue interjected at the right time, "Our school... doesn't provide lunch. Students bring their own bento."

"Nani!" The Prince jumped up from his seat, but two seconds later, he orz-ed on the ground, "What... what did I come here for today..."

"Hey... is the so-called 'School Experience Day' essentially a 'School Lunch Experience Day'..." Ime complained.

Having said that, a few seconds later, Ime sighed and took out a cloth package from his desk, and said as he unwrapped it: "Sigh... there's no way around it. In any case, it's not good for your health to not eat for so long, so let's have a rice ball first."

"Wow!" The Prince jumped up again, his eyes shining, "Ime... you actually..." In that instant, he seemed to realize something again, and his gratitude instantly turned into resentment, "...you actually brought a bento?"

"Yes, I investigated in advance, this school does not provide lunch." Ime replied calmly.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier!" The Prince grabbed Ime's collar and shook him, shouting.

*Pa——*

Ime decisively slapped the Prince's face and replied, "You were the one who proposed coming here, you should know this kind of thing better than me, idiot!"

"Bu——hee——" The Prince made a strange interjection, "You called me an idiot again! How many times a day do you have to call me an idiot to be satisfied!"

"About ten times..." Ime replied in a deep voice, "Also, do you want the rice ball or not?" As he asked this question, he had already unwrapped the cloth package and opened the lid of the bento box.

"Yes!" The Prince said, grabbing a rice ball and taking a bite.

But after chewing a few times, he showed a disappointed expression: "What's going on? There's nothing in this rice ball..."

"Can you go die, Prince." Ime replied calmly.

"If you want filling..." Feng Bujue continued, "This will do, right..." When he said this, he scratched his nose with a cat's paw, and then casually stuck a piece of what he had dug out on the rice ball in the Prince's hand.

"Ah——" The Prince screamed in horror, "Th...this kid!"

"It should be a little salty, and it can also make the taste more mysterious and layered." Feng Bujue replied nonchalantly, "The color also makes people feel refreshed, right."

"Damn it!" In the next second, the Prince seemed to have reached the end of his patience, immediately threw away the rice ball, shouted loudly, and pounced on Brother Jue.