Shiro looked at her confused expression and immediately realized that she didn't understand that aspect.
However, at that moment, someone else spoke up first and began explaining, and as the other person listened to the explanation, her gaze became increasingly confused while finding the whole thing extremely interesting.
Shiro noticed her impatience and immediately extinguished the restless thoughts that had appeared in her mind.
"It's only impressive to ordinary people. You're different. If you went there, it would be like an adult bullying a child."
"You'd get bored. You'd probably play for a few days, and then you wouldn't have any desire to continue."
Shiro said those words in advance to nip her little plans in the bud because he wasn't joking. Judging by what he knew about her, in certain situations she could be an absolute nightmare for her opponents.
It was probably better not to touch such things at all because she would stop playing after only a few days anyway.
Shiro's sudden words caused everyone present to fall silent for a moment. They hadn't expected him to speak up, and what he said made it seem as though something was wrong with it.
"Don't look at me. She's overflowing with curiosity, but a game like this wouldn't interest her once she could crush everyone else after two days."
"The essence of things like this is strategy and calculation. How could someone who can stuff a miniature black hole into a vacuum cleaner miss the chance to completely destroy these people in a game?"
After hearing those words, Lala thought for a moment and then, in what sounded like a modest tone but was actually bragging, said:
"It's not that amazing. If it gets out of control, it can cause problems."
"It's still being improved."
The moment she said that, everyone immediately fell silent. Indeed, it seemed as though they were all completely different. For example, it felt as if she was playing an entirely different game from the rest of them.
After all, just listen to that. Was that even something a normal person would say?
"Shiro, now I finally understand why you have so few friends. Being around someone like you really creates pressure."
Shiro heard that and immediately replied:
"You're slandering me."
"You're seriously slandering me! I usually behave perfectly normally."
Shiro insisted that it was pure slander. Didn't he usually behave completely normally?
However, his words received no approval whatsoever. In everyday life he could be called normal, but at the same time completely abnormal.
Everyone then continued watching the television report with great interest, while a certain violent teacher sighed and commented:
"Tsk... If this were somewhere else or another school, they'd probably use it as advertising and a trademark."
"It's a shame he chose the wrong place. People like that aren't rare here at all."
Shiro nodded and agreed.
The others were left stunned when they heard that. Wasn't this really good enough to be used for promotion?
Shiro looked at their surprised expressions and simply rolled his eyes.
"Although first place sounds impressive, in this crazy place it's not something you'd want to brag about, understand?"
"More precisely, it's just not special enough for that. Just look at what kind of place this is."
"At most, it'll become a topic of conversation after dinner."
"Exactly."
Hiratsuka Shizuka joined the conversation at that moment because some things can only be understood by those who truly know them.
After hearing that, the others wondered:
"Are their standards really that high?"
Afterward, they continued reading the report, but its contents only confused them even more.
"What does it mean, a smile that has never been seen before? One that countless people are unable to interpret?"
Although Yui didn't understand what it meant, the praise awakened tremendous curiosity within her.
"Very simple. You can think of it as a way of thinking that is completely opposite to human nature."
Shiro explained slowly, and the moment they heard that, everyone turned toward him at the same time, as if asking:
"How do you know that?"
"Shiro, don't tell me you're the one who taught him that?"
Mikan immediately got straight to the point. Seeing his handsome appearance combined with his perverted nature, she instantly connected all the dots. Everything had already become clear to her long ago.
"And who else would it be? If I hadn't taught him, how could someone who kept losing all the time have come up with something like that?"
"Shiro, you know Ginko?"
"Yes. Didn't I tell you?"
Shiro asked, and the other person immediately shook her head energetically.
"It seems that loser actually has quite a lot of friends after all."
Someone deliberately emphasized the word "friends," while Shiro, pretending not to understand anything, shamelessly replied:
"I don't have many flaws. I just like making friends."
His shameless statement left everyone speechless because they knew very well what kind of friends he liked making the most.
"Wait, didn't you say a little while ago that you kept losing? Then how is that possible? You taught him all of this in just a few days? You weren't even here not long ago."
Mikan knew very well that he had gone to another world earlier and disappeared. So how could he have been teaching him?
"Three days. It only took me three days to teach him."
Everyone was stunned when they heard that number.
"I heard that in this field it takes at least ten years for someone to go from a complete beginner to becoming a recognized expert. And yet you taught him such an extreme method in only three days? Is your teaching ability really that incredible?"
Doubt could be seen in Hiratsuka Shizuka's eyes. She wasn't a naive person; life had forced her to try her hand at many different fields, and she knew very well that it wasn't simple at all.
"I used a few little tricks. Within three days, we played tens of thousands of matches, and only then did I manage to teach him."
"Besides, he has talent for it. If he didn't, trying would be meaningless. People like that simply can't be taught."
The moment Shiro said that, everyone understood. Although they didn't know what method he had used, considering the number of games they had played and the amount of time each one took...
It was perfectly normal that he had suffered so many defeats. By the way, could this man really be that patient?
"Shiro, since when did you become so patient?"
At that moment, Yui asked the question that confused everyone present the most. If someone else had done it, she wouldn't have found it strange, but when it came to her childhood friend, it was a completely different story. He had never been a particularly patient person.
"If I hadn't acted that way, how could I have caught up with him? You have to know that this is only an exception."