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It turned out that Kisaragi Rin's Stand was not J. Geil's Hanged Man from Steel Ball Run.
After an entire class, Kisaragi Rin only managed to figure out that he could change the Stand's appearance.
That's right, change its appearance.
With a thought from Kisaragi Rin, the iron ball in his hand transformed into a rust-covered sword.
And then... that was it.
Changing its appearance was just changing its appearance; it didn't alter the Stand's essence in any way.
"I figured if launching fingernails can become an 'infinite rotation' that transcends time, changing appearance might one day evolve into 'reshaping rules,' right?"
Kisaragi Rin muttered to himself, and the rusty sword in his hand softened again at his will, turning into a bracelet.
If the Devil Fruit Ability users in One Piece had Hirohiko Araki's imagination and ability to manifest, then Mythical Zoan Types wouldn't be considered the strongest fruits.
From awakening until now, he hadn't figured out what this Stand's proper Ability was. Kisaragi Rin temporarily shelved his research plan, intending to go to the Workshop later to find some seafood and conduct some experiments from other research directions.
Hmm... the fresh seafood Spider Mother caught from Chiba Port has truly made a great contribution to the various research efforts at the Workshop.
Class was dismissed.
Unlike Nakano Miku, who usually says "goodnight" in daily life, Nakano Nino was not hypnotized by mathematical formulas; instead, she remained full of vitality.
The reason was that she hadn't even tried to listen.
After realizing she couldn't understand, Nakano Nino began to forget her grievances with Kisaragi Rin, and without any internal struggle, she extended her beautiful pink nails and played Gomoku with Kisaragi Rin on graph paper.
"I said, can't you let me win?"
Seeing that she had inadvertently allowed Kisaragi Rin to achieve a five-in-a-row victory again, Nakano Nino began to doubt if she was really an idiot.
"How can I let you win? Let you go three steps first?"
Kisaragi Rin: "In a game, giving your all is the greatest respect you can show your opponent."
With his 60 points of intelligence, Kisaragi Rin had actually been holding back in many places; otherwise, forget losing, Nakano Nino wouldn't even have any game experience.
"I'm not playing anymore."
Nakano Nino turned her head and crossed her arms again, expressing her displeasure.
Kisaragi Rin shrugged, having no intention of comforting this runaway train. He put away the game Item and asked, "Are you sure you don't want to study a bit? I remember there's an exam coming up soon."
"An exam?"
Nakano Nino lowered her gaze and took out her phone, typing furiously.
However, with Kisaragi Rin's eyesight, he could see that she hadn't even opened a chat window.
"Seriously, this morning a teacher already called me over to talk about tutoring."
"She said she would teach us diligently and guide us on the right path to exploit our strengths..."
It sounded like she was talking to herself, but Kisaragi Rin knew she was still talking to him.
But hearing what she said, Kisaragi Rin wondered if Mafuyu Kirisu was the one taking on the heavy responsibility of educating The Nakano Quintuplets?
Kisaragi Rin mourned for Mafuyu Kirisu for a second; given her serious and strict personality, The Nakano Quintuplets' time with her would probably not be pleasant.
"Are you listening seriously?"
Nakano Nino grumbled unhappily, and started poking Kisaragi Rin with her nail again.
Kisaragi Rin rested his right hand on his face, thinking to himself that today wasn't about him awakening "Hanged Man," but rather Nakano Nino awakening "Tusk" with its launching fingernails, right?
Nakano Nino: "That female teacher said she's looking for a tutor for us! I will absolutely not give in, I'm going to skip class and play pranks, and I'll definitely drive away this so-called tutor."
"Don't go too far; the tutor hasn't done anything wrong."
Although Kisaragi Rin couldn't be bothered, he had a feeling that if Mafuyu Kirisu couldn't teach The Nakano Quintuplets well, she would just dump them all on the Service Club.
"Huh? Shouldn't you be standing by me, your friend, without reservation at a time like this?"
As soon as she finished speaking angrily, Nakano Nino realized what she had accidentally said.
The word "friend" was too formal.
After unconsciously saying it, Nakano Nino suddenly realized she had only known Kisaragi Rin for a few days. What if he only saw her as an "acquaintance she could talk to" instead of a "friend"?
Rash, impulsive, embarrassing... these thoughts echoed in her mind. Nakano Nino twirled her hair around her finger, discreetly peeking at Kisaragi Rin with her beautiful eyes, trying to gauge his reaction.
As for Kisaragi Rin, he was naturally unperturbed.
He wouldn't take such words to heart at all.
Nakano Nino also noticed this, then relaxed and crossed her arms, saying, "Don't worry, a kind-hearted beautiful girl like me won't go too far."
"Kirisu-sensei just came in."
Kisaragi Rin pointed at the stage, and Nakano Nino looked up, meeting Mafuyu Kirisu's gaze.
Mafuyu Kirisu's eyes were exceptionally cold because she felt it was a teacher's dereliction of duty not to recognize her students. So, after two days of quick memorization, Mafuyu Kirisu could already identify The Nakano Quintuplets by distinguishing their hairstyles and hair accessories.
Then Nakano Nino was expelled.
A while later, Nakano Miku, wearing headphones, returned to Kisaragi Rin's side.
Due to Nakano Miku's introverted personality, she rarely showed her emotions on her face.
She didn't initiate conversation with Kisaragi Rin, and Kisaragi Rin naturally wouldn't initiate conversation with her.
Therefore, this legal classmate's relationship with Kisaragi Rin was the shallowest among The Nakano Quintuplets... Mafuyu Kirisu, who was lecturing on world history on the podium, saw this scene and began to hesitate whether to communicate with Hiratsuka-sensei and transfer the recently expelled Nakano Nino to her class.
Since The Nakano Quintuplets are quintuplets, if they were in the same class, it would cause a lot of trouble for the teachers' work. So, upon enrollment, they were assigned to different classes.
Last Friday, after the principal entrusted Mafuyu Kirisu with the important task of "improving The Nakano Quintuplets' grades," she began investigating what teachers in various classes thought of them, and most importantly, why their grades were so poor.
After all... if their scores were thirty or forty points, one could say they weren't studying seriously. But weren't those bright red scores of ten or twenty points on the test papers achievable just by blindly guessing multiple-choice questions?
Through her investigation, Mafuyu Kirisu discovered that Nakano Ichika and Nakano Nino had no intention of studying at all, Nakano Miku had a little but not much, while the youngest, Nakano Yotsuba and Nakano Itsuki, were quite serious about studying, with Nakano Itsuki even wanting to become a teacher. Yet, their academic performance simply wouldn't improve.
During the investigation, Mafuyu Kirisu naturally also learned about the conflict between Nakano Nino and Miura Yumiko from Hiratsuka-sensei's complaints.
Nakano Nino was a transfer student, and most of the students in Class 2-E were close to Miura Yumiko.
If she wasn't willing to back down and apologize, while it wouldn't lead to violence, other students would definitely not awkwardly talk to Nakano Nino due to Miura Yumiko's presence.
"As a teacher, it's my duty to prevent potential emotional bullying."
Thinking this, Mafuyu Kirisu decided to find Hiratsuka-sensei later to transfer Nakano Nino.
Anyway, Nakano Nino had only been at Soubu High for less than a week, and her already non-existent academic performance wouldn't be affected by changing classes.
As for which class to transfer her to?
Mafuyu Kirisu looked at Kisaragi Rin. Nakano Nino being able to come over and talk to him should mean they're friends, right?
Moreover, Kisaragi Rin's grades were excellent, perhaps he could motivate Nakano Nino to study.
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