"Life, this is the painful life.... socializing, studying, why are humans social animals? And in a group of social animals, why can't I fit in?"
The guest room of Uchiha Ryo's house had been simply renovated into a study. Bocchi held a Coke, looking blankly out the window.
Outside was heavy traffic, people venting the beauty and dreams of youth, but I could only look at Japanese and mathematics in the room.
Hayasaka Ai: "Snap out of it, Bocchi! Hurry up and read your books and study!"
Gotou Hitori: "Yes...."
Yukinoshita, sitting opposite Hayasaka Ai, looked up. "Gotou-san, right? Although your guitar playing is very good, to be honest, your grades are ridiculously poor."
Gotou Hitori: "Ugh...."
Studying is so painful! Life is hard, Bocchi sighs. Now Bocchi just wants to finish the exams early and then have a holiday.
Speaking of long holidays, where will everyone go to play?
Bocchi thought about herself. Ah.... if no one invites me, I guess I'll stay at home for the whole summer vacation.
Suddenly, Bocchi looked at Uchiha Ryo, who was tutoring Gotou Futari on the other side. If I pass this exam, Ryo-kun said he would take me out to play....
Yukinoshita: "Stop daydreaming! Ask me immediately if you don't understand anything in math or Japanese."
Hayasaka Ai: "And your English is terrible too! Is your brain a transfer station? Why can't you keep the words you've learned, but send them all out?"
Seeming to see Bocchi's fear, Yukinoshita and Hayasaka Ai fell silent at the same time. Then Yukinoshita chose to change her tone.
For such a withdrawn child, blind pressure won't work, but they can't completely stop applying pressure either. Hayasaka Ai chose to continue being the bad cop, so Yukinoshita had to change her teaching method.
Yukinoshita: "I heard they all call you Bocchi, so I'll call you that too."
"Mhm...."
"On this page of math problems in front of you, which ones don't you understand?"
Bocchi: "This page.... "
Gotou Hitori scratched her head. "Just these two..."
Yukinoshita nodded. "They're not difficult problems. What's wrong?"
"Just these two I understand....."
Yukinoshita fell silent again. Hayasaka Ai held her forehead with one hand. She was really glad Uchiha Ryo invited Yukinoshita over, otherwise if she had to teach Bocchi alone....
On the other side, Uchiha Ryo picked up Gotou Futari's small notebook. This was her homework.
"Your school really knows how to play. And your homework, is this really okay?"
Gotou Futari giggled. "I think it's great. It's just that I don't know how to write some parts. Ryo-oniichan, help me polish it."
Uchiha Ryo flipped through Gotou Futari's observation diary.
This was a long-term assignment given by elementary school teachers to mobilize children's observation skills and curiosity about external things.
"Futari-chan, you don't want me to write it for you, do you.... That's not right."
Gotou Futari put her hands on her hips. "Actually, I've already finished writing it, I just don't know how to describe some parts."
"I see...."
Uchiha Ryo began to help Gotou Futari polish that unusual observation diary, while Gotou Hitori on the other side started a nightmare-like forced study session.
Bocchi: "So.... so painful!"
Hayasaka Ai: "This is just the beginning. To pass all subjects, Bocchi, you are receiving tutoring from Yukinoshita-san, who is ranked fifth in Shuchiin."
Yukinoshita sighed.
What is Bocchi suffering for? The one suffering the most right now is her, the one teaching, okay?
Seeming to see Yukinoshita's troubles, Uchiha Ryo walked over pulling little Futari.
"Shift change. Yukino-san, you go accompany Futari to write her observation diary. I'll give Bocchi some motivation."
Yukinoshita nodded, then smiled at Gotou Futari.
"Observation diary.... what is Futari observing?"
Gotou Futari: "Secret. Yukino-oneechan, come and take a look."
Bocchi glanced at Yukino leaving to accompany her sister. She was really sorry, but learning was not something that happened overnight. Wanting her to master these knowledge points so quickly...
Not to mention Yukinoshita, who was fifth in Shuchiin, even if Uchiha Ryo, who was first, came, he couldn't do it, right?
"Sorry, Ryo-kun.... I might be a little stupid."
Uchiha Ryo: "No, you're not stupid. Being able to teach yourself guitar at home to that level, your learning ability is definitely not bad. It's just that your personality makes you afraid to ask questions in your studies."
Bocchi looked up and saw those dark eyes. She didn't know if it was an illusion, but Bocchi only felt a red light flash in his eyes, and her consciousness suddenly became clear.
Uchiha Ryo: "Relax your mind. Don't think about exams, pressure, not being able to learn, guitar, or anything like that. Focus on studying."
This wasn't some profound genjutsu, just simple hypnosis plus psychological suggestion.
Whether in learning knowledge or doing other things, half-heartedness would only make things more and more troublesome. Uchiha Ryo eliminated Gotou Hitori's distracting thoughts. If using a more mysterious term, Uchiha Ryo actively helped the other party enter a state of epiphany.
It had to be said that Bocchi was really easy to hypnotize. Hypnotizing her to make her study or something was really great.
[Warning: After using genjutsu on a capturable female target, you will be unable to obtain G-Points from her for a short period.]
While Bocchi was absorbing the knowledge instilled by Uchiha Ryo like a sponge, Yukinoshita on the other side was a little dazed by the elementary school student's observation diary, and couldn't help but pat Futari's head.
"It's really hard on you."
Gotou Futari: "Not hard! I'm happy writing it every day, and Mom often guides me on how to write it."
Soon, time passed to the afternoon. Bocchi shook her sore arm, and then felt a sense of fatigue, but today's study was really different from usual.
She felt that she had been filled with Uchiha Ryo's knowledge. Studying for a day today was more effective than reading books by herself for a month.
Uchiha Ryo also breathed a sigh of relief. He took back his words about Bocchi being easy to hypnotize. This girl had random thoughts in her head all the time. To make her concentrate on studying, he had to keep activating the Sharingan.
However, the effect was not bad. He had already directly instilled the knowledge points in the notebook into Bocchi's brain using skillful combos.
Hayasaka Ai opposite also felt much more relaxed. Because of Uchiha's help, the pressure of teaching Bocchi was really reduced a lot.
Uchiha Ryo reached out and rubbed the pink hair. "You've worked hard. Let's go eat something."
Bocchi: "Mhm."
Gotou Hitori stood up, but Hayasaka Ai immediately leaned over, looking at Uchiha Ryo with big watery eyes.
Helpless, Uchiha Ryo had to put the hand that had just rubbed the pink hair on top of the blonde hair.
"You did very well too. Is this exam going to be the same as before (controlling scores)?"
Hayasaka Ai: "Yeah. As long as I'm still Lady Kaguya's person, I have to maintain my persona."
Hayasaka Ai got up and went to the kitchen to cook, while Uchiha Ryo came to the side of Yukinoshita and Gotou Futari.
"You guys rest first too. Hayasaka has already gone to cook."
Yukinoshita looked up. "Amazing. You made Bocchi study so easily, and even made that gyaru Hayasaka go cook for you."
"...."
Uchiha Ryo didn't speak, but put his hand on Yukinoshita's head and rubbed it non-stop.
"Sorry, sorry. I forgot there was another one here who needed comforting."
Yukinoshita turned her head and swatted away Uchiha Ryo's claws. "I.... I'm going to help with the cooking."