Ch.271271 – The Organization’s First Summons

<271 – The Organization’s First Call to Arms>

Angry glares poured down on the fool who had committed the sacrilege of challenging Oknodie’s opinion, resulting in the immediate confiscation of all scholarship students’ friendship funds.

The scholarship student who had asked the question trembled in fear at the thought of facing retaliation from fellow scholarship students.

Primer felt the same way.

‘The atmosphere among the scholarship students has changed.’

Thoughts like “So what if you’re strong and favored by the foundation? We’re scholarship students too, and if we unite, we can stop you from pushing us around!” had been subtly emerging, but now they were completely gone.

One act of defiance resulted in the confiscation of friendship funds.

What disadvantage would the next rebellion bring?

Would they alone suffer the consequences?

Would other scholarship students just stand by and watch?

With so many considerations, no one could act rashly anymore.

They had realized the power Oknodie wielded.

The hierarchy was perfectly established.

‘How frightening. To show such psychological manipulation with such an innocent face.’

The terrifying skill of this child who, with a single word, ensured that scholarship students would never again question or oppose her instructions, while shifting the blame onto someone else.

Her cruel and clever tactics, worthy of the foundation’s leadership, proved why she was the “head” scholarship student.

It was time to give up.

To stand against Oknodie.

As Primer’s resolve crumbled, the minor event known as <The Scholarship Students’ Rebellion> disappeared in that moment.

However, at the same time, a notification that should never have appeared popped up for Oknodie.

[Bad Kid Experience +3]

[Bad Kid Experience has reached the threshold.]

[<Bad Kid> function has evolved into <Scary Kid>.]

She was no longer a bad kid.

She had become a scary kid.

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*Scary Kid*: Your every action makes people tremble in fear. It becomes much harder to gain anyone’s favor.

Oops.

Was I too immersed in playing organization?

The Bad Kid function finally evolved into Scary Kid.

A function with massive penalties to likability increases.

Most players would immediately think “this run is ruined” and quickly press the <Abandon Game> button or return to the lobby to <Restart>.

In an academy where relationships with NPCs significantly impact graduation, becoming someone feared by everyone is naturally an extremely disadvantageous event.

‘This is going to be a bit troublesome.’

Even as a veteran player, I couldn’t help but frown for a moment!

“Is something troubling you?”

I must have frowned enough to worry April.

I shook my head, returning to a smiling face.

“I just had an unpleasant thought. It’s nothing to worry about!”

“Whenever you need help, please rely on me or the <Secret Scholarship Society>. It would be a waste not to use the organization we created specifically to provide assistance.”

“I will!”

Well, what does a little inconvenience matter?

I’ve already built up considerable likability through my efforts so far.

I’ve gotten close enough to the necessary supporting characters.

Many professors have developed special favor toward me.

Besides, with veteran player techniques, I know methods to instantly reverse high hostility into likability.

The famous <This Guy Was Actually Good All Along> gimmick!

Though it can’t be used often, when used well, it can raise all characters from the hostile faction to <Intimate> or <Friendly> levels at once.

‘There’s no hostile faction I’m particularly interested in right now, so I’ll leave it be!’

Organization among first-years has begun in earnest, but it’s still in the early stages.

With the first semester finals approaching, competition is fierce among the lower ranks to avoid becoming dropouts who pack their bags and go home.

Everyone’s immediate goal is <Doing Well on Finals>.

Support is limited to providing resources to lower-class students in their organization, studying together, or sharing the burden of gathering lecture materials.

In other words, for someone like me who has already stolen a peek at the professors’ exam questions and answers through the Second Mad Hatter, it’s time to fully enjoy my asymmetrical information advantage!

“If you collect insects that look like this, I’ll tell you which title will be offered as an alternative final exam assignment in <Let’s Try for a Title>! For other lectures, well, I’ll tell you the final exam questions or answers!”

Insects that I would have had to personally collect by wandering all over the mountains can now be easily gathered by others.

[One-Bite Crispy Mantis]

[Strawberry Black-Spotted Bug]

[White Fluffy Silkworm Moth]

The One-Bite Crispy Mantis that dies with a crunch under your shoe if you’re not careful.

The mischievous Strawberry Black-Spotted Bug that disguises itself as black spots on strawberries to eat them from within.

The White Fluffy Silkworm Moth, an even cuter and more lovable version of the already somewhat cute silkworm moth.

All sorts of insects filled my collection box.

[You have achieved Insect Collection Introduction Level 5.]

[You acquire the title <Elite Baby Fabre>.]

[Title effect: All activities consume 1% less stamina.]

[Title achievement bonus: You acquire 50000 points.]

“Oknodie. Why are you collecting so many insects?”

“It’s my hobby to build collections!”

“I don’t care about the reason since you’re giving me points and exam questions, but you’re really strange.”

“Well, strictly speaking, I’m only giving points! The exam questions and answers are organizational products from <Play with Oknodie Organization> that you buy with points!”

“Where else would sell these things, let alone this cheaply? I’ll take them gratefully.”

“Take care, Rozini!”

Creating an organization of errand runners was really a good decision.

Recruiting April as an ally was truly a master stroke.

Thanks to her, my collection quest has accelerated tremendously.

This is an incredible achievement that would have been unimaginable in a normal playthrough.

Back then, there were no foundation scholarship students, so I couldn’t get help with collection quests from so many students.

Above all, even without functions like <Scary Kid>, I was already feared.

-Ahhh! Run away. StrengthOnlyOneHitCharacterLoverMarine is coming to talk to us!!

-StrengthOnlyOneHitCharacterLoverMarine. We’ve received multiple complaints from students. Stop approaching other students carelessly. You’re too big. It’s becoming a burden for instructors to constantly move students who faint in shock to nearby benches or the infirmary, so please keep to yourself.

-StrengthOnlyOneHitCharacterLoverMarine. Didn’t I tell you you’d get penalty points for talking to classmates where instructors can’t see? I’ll let you off with -500 points this time, but next time it’ll be -5000!

Ugh.

It really was a harsh academy life.

The strength-only path was truly difficult.

Come to think of it, being reincarnated as a female character was quite fortunate.

Hero Ishtar is also a strength-focused character, but being a different gender, she doesn’t experience the oppressive academy life I did as a player.

All that disadvantage just because I was male!

“Gasp. It’s the Black Knight.”

“He’s kind of scary.”

“Why doesn’t he take off his armor? Is he under some kind of curse?”

Just then, a student who was suffering disadvantages for being male approached.

“Hello, Morb! Did you collect some too?”

“I ran into a problem while collecting.”

“Did your friend get caught by a harpy while climbing a tree and get kidnapped to its nest?”

“…You can get caught like that when climbing trees?”

“Then did someone try to find bugs under a rock and accidentally touch the face of a wild golem taking a nap, getting hit in return?”

“I should definitely never touch under rocks either.”

“Oh come on. If it’s neither of those, what problem did you encounter?”

Morb, who was subtly ostracized by his classmates and always trained alone, eating only protein shakes with straws, stopped his amazement and explained his purpose for coming.

“On my way here, I saw first-years who were trying to capture silkworm moths getting caught by human-sized silkworms and being kidnapped instead.”

“Wow. Even the subquests are properly implemented.”

“Subquests?”

“Nothing!”

“They looked like they needed help, so I came to report it. Since we’re an organization, it seemed like a good opportunity to build our reputation through positive activities outside.”

“The <Moth People Attack> event that appears as a difficulty spike in the silkworm collection quest does have an extra character likability +20 as a clear reward! But we don’t really need to clear it. If we wait, the instructors will rescue them anyway!”

“Is that so? Then it doesn’t matter.”

Morb sat down with clanking armor sounds, opened his visor to reveal his eyes, and let out a heavy sigh.

“By the way, how do you know so many exam questions and answers? Don’t tell me there’s a foundation scholarship student hiding among the professors?”

“It’s a secret!”

“…Doesn’t saying it’s a ‘secret’ usually mean that something exists but you just can’t say who it is?”

“It’s really a secret!”

For Morb’s sake, I needed to draw a firm line here.

“If someone found out you obtained this information, you might suffer an <unfortunate accident during education> to silence you!”

“……I’m not curious at all. In fact, I’d rather not know, so please don’t tell me.”

I was enjoying my days like this, but a few hours later, I had to jump to my feet when Arcadia came running in a hurry, shouting:

“It’s terrible, Oknodie! Titosoga’s lighting rod was stolen by moth people!”

Goodness! Titosoga without his lighting rod? Such a thing shouldn’t exist in this world!

“April. Please call the organization members from the training room!”

The first call to arms for <Play with Oknodie Organization> had been issued.