It had been a long time since they had been in the classroom.
The students in Makoto's class were basically players who had already been selected by the Reincarnation Game.
But there were some exceptions, like the female protagonist of My Dress-Up Darling, Kitagawa Marin, and the 'little loner', Goto Hitori, Bocchi, who was curled up in the back corner of the classroom.
Seeing Makoto and his group enter, the little loner, already trembling in her seat, curled up even tighter, constantly muttering under her breath:
"Can't see me, can't see me, can't see me..."
For a super shy person like her, the radiance of Makoto's group was too dazzling, making it hard for her to even keep her eyes open.
"Goto-san, don't be so nervous."
Seeing her like this, Yui couldn't help but go over to comfort her, reaching out to pat her shoulder.
"Kyaaaaaa! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
Immediately, Bocchi shuddered violently, performed a dogeza towards Yui, and kept kowtowing, shouting, "A, a nobody like me actually being in the same class as the great Commander and Commander's wives is an unforgivable crime! I'll commit seppuku right now!"
With that, Bocchi was so nervous she turned into a pink caterpillar, curling up on the ground and trembling.
Yui was completely dumbfounded.
'How did it suddenly become like this?'
Makoto said somewhat speechlessly, "That's what social anxiety is like. Just get used to it."
Then, Makoto used his Sharingan to forcibly calm Bocchi down, then carried this 'caterpillar' back to her seat.
Eriri also greeted Kitagawa Marin, "Long time no see, Marin."
The two had met at a recent anime convention and become friends.
Marin, dressed in gyaru style, tilted her little head and looked at Eriri curiously, saying, "Didn't we just meet yesterday?"
Eriri was stunned for a moment, then remembered that in the real world, only one day had passed.
But she, who had traveled to the One Piece World, genuinely hadn't seen her for twenty years.
Eriri awkwardly laughed twice, scratched her head, and forcibly changed the subject, "Ahahaha~ I've been a bit tired lately, got it wrong. Oh, right, did you know that Hayama of our class is dead?"
Marin nodded, saying with lingering fear, "It seems like a lot of students have died of heart attacks lately. Last night I called Gojo-kun, but his grandfather answered and told me he had passed away from a heart attack at home. How strange, I never heard before that Gojo-kun had heart disease."
Hearing Marin's words, Eriri's expression changed.
And the others in the classroom all looked sharply at Marin.
Marin was startled.
Seeing the others' intense gazes, especially seeing that the commander of the country, Makoto, was also looking at her, she nearly fell to the floor in fright.
"Ex... excuse me... did I say something wrong?"
Makoto asked, "Who is Gojo?"
Marin was still bewildered, not understanding why a big shot like Makoto would be interested in someone like her.
But she still honestly replied, "Gojo-kun's full name is Gojo Wakana. He's a student in the neighboring class. He's very good at making clothes."
"After I learned about this, I asked him to help make cosplay clothes for me. Initially, Gojo-kun refused because he's not good at interacting with girls. But I thought his craftsmanship was really excellent, so I wanted to ask him again."
"Yesterday when I called, his grandfather answered and told me that Gojo-kun had died of heart disease."
Speaking of this, Marin's eyes were full of confusion.
"I'd never heard that he had heart disease before."
"..."
Megumi looked at Makoto in disbelief.
To be honest, in the real world of rampant Anomaly, daily deaths were not a big deal. After all, the whole world was plagued by Anomaly, which was why more and more people wanted to move to the Nishikawa Nation.
But they, the players, all knew.
Only when a player died inside the game did 'death by heart attack' occur in reality.
And this person, Gojo Wakana, had clearly not been selected by the Reincarnation Game.
At least, they hadn't seen him in the One Piece World.
Sonoko speculated, "Was he selected and transported somewhere else, killed before meeting us?"
After all, they had seen the dangers of the One Piece World.
If that Gojo Wakana had been transported to another island and was killed by pirates before meeting their group, it wouldn't be strange.
Nino patted her ample chest, her heart still racing, saying, "Thank goodness... we were transported to the same place as Makoto-kun. Otherwise, it would have been terrible."
Thinking of all the ugly people in the One Piece World, Nino couldn't imagine how terrifying it would have been if they hadn't been transported to Makoto's side.
"What are you all talking about?"
Marin was full of question marks, completely unable to understand what Makoto's women meant.
"Ah! Don't run!"
Just then, a girl's shout came from outside the classroom.
Immediately, there was a chaotic commotion in the corridor.
Kaguya, sitting in the front seat near the door, subconsciously looked out. Her expression changed drastically in an instant. "What is that?!"
Hearing Kaguya's exclamation, others also stood up and looked out the door.
"Wow! So cute!"
Chika exclaimed, then activated her Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability and teleported out.
Seeing this [Cancer of the Planet Earth] like this, Makoto, sitting further back by the window, was a bit confused. He was curious about what the girls had seen that made them so excited.
Before Makoto could get up, Chika came back in carrying a little creature.
That little creature exhibited many characteristics of rodents… yellow mane, round head, diamond-shaped large ears, and two red circular spots on its cheeks.
Makoto was completely shocked.
'Wasn't that... a Pichu?'
And just then, Bocchi, who had been curled up in the back row being a 'wallflower', exclaimed, "Pichu? Did you run out again?"
Makoto turned his head to look at the little loner.
'Wait, you know it too?'
Then, with a 'pop' sound from Bocchi's waist, accompanied by a flash of red light, a pink ball jumped out of her pocket.
That little thing was round, pink all over, and holding a microphone in its short little hands.
'Jigglypuff!?'
Makoto: "…"