The Disciplinary Head’s Grand Entrance

It was finally my turn. Cold sweat slicked my palms.

‘Ants… you’re all just ants… nothing but ants…’

I hypnotized myself with these words. ‘I’ve lived twice already… I possess… the legendary… protagonist’s halo of a ‘man’!’

‘…Or do I?’

The confidence I had painstakingly built up instantly evaporated. Indeed, my trypophobia was truly incurable.

Especially when my fear of crowds intertwined with my trypophobia.

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“Alright, next up, it’s time for our new Disciplinary Committee Head, Student Ye Qi, to deliver her opening address for the new semester. Please give her a warm welcome.”

Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap!

The thunderous applause resonated like a cacophony of drums within me. Even if only a small fraction of students clapped, the sheer density of the crowd was undeniable, creating a truly vexing situation.

The positions of Student Council President and Disciplinary Committee Head, roles that could even influence the academy’s operations, were traditionally decided by academic rank at Gekkoukan Academy: First Place and Second Place respectively.

One of the school mottos declared: ‘To possess corresponding strength yet shirk corresponding responsibility is the act of a coward.’

As the student ranked third city-wide and second in the entire school, I had, without question, inherited this troublesome position.

If not for the scholarship, I would have seriously considered completely abandoning my studies.

This was also why Gekkoukan Academy focused solely on academic performance, completely overlooking the question of what true talent entailed.

****

“Student Ye Qi?”

“Is Student Ye Qi here?”

****

‘Tch.’

I gritted my teeth, adjusted the somewhat loose male uniform I was wearing, and tucked all my hair neatly into the collar, projecting the image of a strong-willed female student representative.

As I stepped onto the podium, had it not been for the augmentation of my psychokinesis, I likely would have trembled and tumbled off the three-meter-high stage.

‘Then I would become the first student representative to be scared to death by a fear of public speaking on the way to the podium, forever enshrined as a girl in an urban legend, wouldn’t I?’

Tap…

Tap-tap…

With each step, the body I controlled with psychokinesis appeared to my classmates to be ‘confident’ and ‘composed’ as I ascended to the podium.

Once I stood at the center of the podium, my upper body fully projected onto the massive twenty-square-meter electronic display behind me—a screen originally set up for live-streaming school sports—the entire academy fell into an eerie silence.

Faint whispers seemed to drift up from the audience.

Though lacking supernatural abilities, my psychokinesis couldn’t be fully utilized, but it could at least amplify my senses.

“Is that for real? That’s our Disciplinary Committee Head? So hot!”

“Uh… yeah, I agree… but that girl looks so small…”

“Haven’t you heard? That legendary Disciplinary Committee Head supposedly had an average score of less than 5 points for all exams from first to fifth grade… yet she snatched third place city-wide in the graduation assessment… scoring over 140 points in every subject… truly a legendary girl!”

“…And she skipped two grades… only remaining in second year junior high due to the school’s conservative objections…”

“Tsk, tsk… So you’re saying… this ‘grade-schooler’ is in charge of our discipline?”

“…Haha… does she even know what she’s supposed to be managing?? Hahaha.”

“Just a little chick, I could have her unable to get out of bed in a few hours…”

“Are you a loli-con…?”

****

‘Hmm, what should I be managing? Do you think saying such things to a ‘man’ with an exceedingly mature psychological age holds any meaning?’

‘Since you dare to question my executive power…’

‘Heh heh… ‘unable to get out of bed’??…’

‘I’ll make sure you truly can’t get out of bed!’

A slight curve formed on my lips.

‘Those books… and… contraband… will soon… not… a single one… remain… Just you wait…’

‘This will be my first grand gift!… Oh, boys!’

“Cough, cough, cough…”

My face, magnified to a giant’s proportions on the large screen behind me, adopted an expression that seemed to preface a majestic speech.

“Uh… well… cough… testing, testing, can you hear me…?”

Ignoring the collective cold sweat of the students, I glared fiercely at the blue sky and white clouds, then began my casual speech.

“Hello, everyone. I’m pleased to be here at Private Gekkoukan Academy…”

“First and foremost… as a member of the Disciplinary Committee, I believe the most crucial aspects are individual moral cultivation and character…”

I, who had just been in an ambiguous situation with the Class Monitor in the classroom, now eloquently spoke of morality in this cradle of education.

“…Early relationships are absolutely forbidden. Your romances, in this pond of clear water, will only sink completely into the mire of moral deficiency, eventually dying from a lack of nourishment…”

A collective cold sweat broke out among all the teachers and students.

“By the way, next week, the Disciplinary Committee will conduct a thorough and complete inspection of the male dormitories. Not a single speck of impurity will be allowed to hide within this sacred academy…”

A wail of despair rose from the boys in the audience.

‘But… what does that have to do with me?’

‘Oh, ho ho… Something I myself can’t enjoy… do you think I’d allow you to have it?… What a joke!’

‘Moreover, to dare call me ‘hot’?’

‘And ‘unable to get out of bed’?’

‘Such an insult, to an intellectual gentleman, is simply the greatest, most groundless affront!’

****

“Head, um, do we really have a scheduled search of the male dormitories? Don’t Disciplinary Committee inspections usually only happen in the second semester?”

My speech was suddenly interrupted by a rare male member of the Disciplinary Committee.

In other words, one of my subordinates.

Without even turning my head, I merely offered a gentle smile so soft it could make the moon wane.

“Yes… now there is, which is why I’m announcing it.”

“Oh, and by the way… once verified, there won’t be any severe punishments… things like suspension are far too extreme. As the Disciplinary Committee Head who genuinely cares for everyone, I personally believe that each holder of contraband found will only need to undergo the bare minimum of education…”

My smile appeared even softer in the green light reflected from the artificial turf.

Like the gentle breeze of March.

“Each person will simply need to write an essay, fifty thousand characters or more, with no upper limit… explaining why they brought ‘their possessed contraband’ to school, thoroughly elaborating on their inner… most… thoughts… and the methods of using… said contraband, as well as providing a de… tailed… explanation… of its pros and cons~”

“Oh, and since this is for everyone’s education, I’ll be using my Student Council authority to allocate funds, revise, compile, and publish everyone’s essays for sale~”

“I’m sure everyone will approach the publication of their literary works with a much brighter and more optimistic mindset~”

‘This Disciplinary Committee Head… they’re a demon, aren’t they?! They absolutely must be!’

To exact my revenge, I was capable of doing even the most horrifying things!

Since my rebirth, my magnanimity had not broadened at all; instead, like a washboard that didn’t even need binding in reality, I had become increasingly petty and calculative.

‘Still not enough!’

‘Those comments just now, I absolutely cannot let them slide!’

‘Dare to provoke this little…? Ptooey, what am I thinking?!’

‘Hmm, it should be…’

‘Dare to provoke this lord?!’

I suddenly turned my face.

“Given the low English and Japanese scores at Gekkoukan Academy, I believe translating your essays into three language versions would greatly benefit your foreign language proficiency, and also encourage your understanding of foreign cultures…”

“What do you say, Chairman?”

Thus, the final step.

‘As long as the Chairman nods… everything will be okay…’

The somewhat portly Chairman glanced at my slightly earnest face and slowly nodded.

“…Excellent, Student Ye Qi’s idea is very novel… I believe it’s highly worthy of promotion, however…”

Without waiting for the Chairman to finish his “however,” I immediately interjected.

“Exactly! So, we must diligently complete this task~ Thank you, Chairman.”

[…]

The speech concluded.

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“Devil!!!!!!”

“Demon!!!!!!”

“Yaksha!!!!!!”

“Fiend!!!!!!”

“Ahhhhhhh, what do I do!!! My precious collection!!!”

“Wuwu.”

****

‘Heh heh heh, the conceited voices had indeed all vanished.’

‘Yes, tremble, you ants! You shall know what true despair feels like with the arrival of my… judgment!’