"...Heh."

The speech the vice-president gave out was actually not that bad. While his previous school treated opening ceremonies as a chore, this particular academy seemed to treat it differently. It already gave him a decent vibe. And so far, he had already seen some weird things. There were people who had different physical bodies, unique powers, strange habits they pulled off once in a while... it was everything he could have ever wished for when he was younger. He was now in an environment where his power was considered as one of many powers.

Needless to say, Ryuu Yamuachi, otaku-since-childhood, laughed like crazy as he read some manga on his mobile media player.

"[b]Go get him, Saitama! One-punch his ass! Mwahahahahaha!!![/b]"

The students around him began to leave, heading straight to somewhere else.

"Hahahaha... ha... ha?" Ryuu muttered in curiosity, turning around as he noticed the crowds of people leaving the gymnasium. He then paled before slamming his face onto the palm of his free hand.

[i]That's right,[/i] he thought, feeling somewhat annoyed now that he was brought to reality again. [i]I'm in [b]school[/b] again, right?[/i]

Ryuu sighed, putting away his media player in silence. He then stood up from his chair, exercising his shoulder due to how stiff they became throughout the ceremony.

As much as he liked the idea of going to an academy filled with students like him, one of his habits made him realize that he needed to change as soon as possible if he wanted to live out a decent school life. That habit was his tendency to not forget about his hobbies and proceeding to do something his parents would disapprove of. He loved his parents, that was for certain, but he had run out of things to show them how he loved them. Maybe it was due to him succumbing to the life of a street brawler, where frightening others with a totalitarian beating proved to be entertaining for him. It was only when he talked to his family again that he realized just how much he changed in a negative way.

Ryuu hoped that this academy would change him. He was already on a bad start, watching manga throughout the vice-president's speech. What if he started doing this in lectures? But then again, he would be able to see Asuka-chan go ham on-

[i]SHUT THE HELL UP, YAMAUCHI!!![/i] He screamed internally, his eyes lit on fire. [i]You came here to become different! You came here to meet people like you![/i]

...

[i]...and beat them up- no, wait- [B]ARGHHHHHHHHH!!! WHAT AM I EVEN THINKING?!?[/B][/i]

Ryuu briefly tore at his hair as he shook his head like a maniac. He then stopped, humorously staring at the ground as he huffed and puffed out air to calm himself down. The student was just about to start firing lasers out of his clothes.

"Just... breathe, my otaku friend," he said to himself, earning weird looks from several students passing by. "You just need to survive, and people will just naturally start coming to you. You're socially awkward, so you just need to [i]practice[/i]."

Indeed, he managed to calm himself down. But now he wondered what he should do. The dark-haired student looked around, searching for something to do. His eyes laid upon a timid-looking girl with three silver fox tails. Ryuu stiffened.

[i]I wonder what it'd be like to have three telepathically-connected strings up your ass?[/i] Ryuu thought innocently.

He simply stared at the woman for a while, his eyes set straight on her without any shame of looking like a stalker. In fact, he looked like a gangster wanting something dangerous from her. The joys of not looking like the kindest man in the world!