[Suggestion: Gaze at the starry sky for one hour every night for five consecutive days. Reward: Photographic Memory]
Haru's eyes lit up.
Photographic memory—this reward was absolutely amazing.
His effort in inducing Fumino Furuhashi hadn't been wasted.
"Furuhashi-san, your suggestion is really good. I'll definitely study hard."
He looked at Fumino Furuhashi with glowing eyes, appearing genuinely grateful.
This left Fumino Furuhashi completely bewildered.
Study? Study by gazing at the starry sky?
This method wouldn't be of any use for studying liberal arts, would it?
Rizu Ogata was also somewhat skeptical, thinking that gazing at the starry sky was too ridiculous and not scientific at all.
What could one possibly learn through such a method?
Fumino Furuhashi felt a bit guilty: "Haru-kun, this method might not be useful. I think you shouldn't have too high expectations."
"It doesn't matter. There's no harm in trying."
Haru didn't mind at all, then looked toward Rizu Ogata nearby:
"Ogata-san, do you have any special study methods for science?"
Since he had obtained a system task from Fumino Furuhashi, he might as well try to induce Rizu Ogata as well.
This time it was Fumino Furuhashi's turn to perk up her ears, watching Rizu Ogata with considerable interest.
After all, her goal was to get into a science university and become an astronomer.
"Does science even need to be studied? Don't you just know the answers when you see the problems?" Rizu Ogata adjusted her glasses, also making quite a humble-bragging statement.
Fumino Furuhashi puffed out her cheeks, feeling extremely frustrated.
She had been racking her brains to study science, yet Rizu Ogata made such a humble-bragging comment. It was like standing and talking without back pain.
For a moment, the positions of Fumino Furuhashi and Rizu Ogata were reversed.
"It seems Ogata-san is just like Furuhashi-san, both naturally gifted." Haru smiled slightly, not surprised at all. "So Ogata-san, what habits have you had since childhood? I think we could start with your habits to help us develop scientific thinking."
"Developing scientific thinking through lifestyle habits? That's not very scientific."
Rizu Ogata quite directly denied Haru's idea.
She had a thoroughly scientific mindset, and when she heard something that didn't follow logic, she would unhesitatingly voice her opinion without considering others' feelings.
Of course, Haru didn't mind this at all. He earnestly put his hands together and said:
"It doesn't matter if you just tell us. Please, Ogata-san!"
"Fine, since you insist on knowing." Rizu Ogata sighed. "I've always helped with household chores at home since I was little. Other than that, I don't have any particular habits."
[Ding, advice obtained]
[Suggestion: Do household chores for five consecutive days. Reward: Super Thinking - can accelerate the host's thought processes and grant computational abilities comparable to a computer]
Haru felt delighted. This reward was no worse than Fumino Furuhashi's reward.
Today's harvest was indeed quite good.
[Ding, your current suggestion list is full. You cannot obtain new suggestions until you complete any one suggestion]
At this moment, the system sent another notification.
Haru wasn't surprised by this.
The suggestion list had limitations. With his current basic permissions, the suggestion list could hold at most three suggestions. Only after completing suggestions and freeing up space in the list could he collect new suggestions.
Of course, once his system upgraded and his permissions increased, the suggestion list would also improve, allowing him to collect more suggestions at once.
"Anyway, I already have three suggestions. Before completing these suggestions, there's no need to collect new ones."
Haru didn't mind. You have to eat one bite at a time; you can't become fat in one go.
"Haru-kun, I advise you not to have too high expectations. There's no relationship whatsoever between doing household chores and studying science well."
Rizu Ogata also didn't want Haru to have unrealistic expectations about following her unscientific advice, so she bluntly threw cold water on his hopes.
"I think the same way. Haru-kun, looking at stars doesn't necessarily help you learn Japanese either."
With Rizu Ogata taking the lead, Fumino Furuhashi quickly took the opportunity to advise Haru as well.
Both of them didn't want Haru to harbor any unrealistic fantasies. If it were that simple to learn liberal arts and science, they would have done it long ago. Why would they need to participate in this tutoring group today?
"Please don't worry, both of you. I'm just trying it out. It doesn't matter if I fail." Faced with their advice, Haru responded cheerfully.
After all, both were acting out of goodwill, so Haru naturally wouldn't get angry about it.
Seeing Haru's response, Rizu Ogata didn't particularly care, but Fumino Furuhashi became even more worried.
"Sigh, I hope Haru-kun won't be too disappointed when the time comes," she thought to herself, wringing her hands.
After school, Haru went straight home.
His home was a two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment on the sixth floor of an old-style residential complex.
In Tokyo, where land was worth its weight in gold, this could barely be considered a luxury dwelling.
This apartment was the inheritance left to Haru by his deceased parents, along with a modest sum of money.
The inheritance would at most support Haru through high school. If he wanted to attend university, he'd have to earn the money himself.
Before awakening his past life memories, Haru had originally planned to work part-time after high school to earn university tuition. However, now that he had a cheat system, he naturally had no intention of working anymore.
Who would want to be a corporate slave when they had cheats?
After returning home, Haru made dinner for himself, then began doing household chores.
He completed Rizu Ogata's suggestion once.
Haru felt that his thinking seemed to become much clearer.
Feeling his mental abilities strengthen, Haru smiled.
System rewards weren't something you only received after completely finishing the suggestion.
Rather, they were obtained progressively.
For example, if Haru received a suggestion that said: "Exercise once a day for ten consecutive days to gain ten points of strength."
Then, every day Haru exercised, he would gain one point of strength, until after completing the tenth day of exercise, he would have accumulated all ten points of strength.
With Rikka Takanashi's suggestion, after Haru completed one hour, he also gained a little benefit. His originally somewhat nearsighted vision became unprecedentedly clear.
With real gains in hand, Haru naturally worked even harder to complete the suggestions.
After finishing the household chores, he immediately began meditating on Rikka Takanashi.
When night came and the stars appeared, he went to the window to gaze at the starry sky.
As expected, Haru felt his liberal arts abilities gradually strengthening as well.
Under these circumstances, time flew by for Haru.
In the blink of an eye, three days had passed, and it was time for the tutoring group again.
"We have another test today. Haru-kun, Ogata-san, are you confident?"
Fumino Furuhashi looked nervously at Haru and Rizu Ogata.
Rizu Ogata's expression was calm, but her slightly trembling assets betrayed her nervous mood. She took a deep breath:
"I've been working hard reviewing Japanese these past few days. I should be able to get better results on this test. What about you, Haru-kun?"
Both of them looked at Haru.
They expected Haru to be as nervous as they were. After all, if the test results were poor, they would have to face the stern Mafuyu Kirisu-sensei. Anyone would be nervous about that.
However, to their surprise, Haru showed no signs of nervousness at all. Instead, his face carried an expression of calm confidence.
Faced with their curious gazes, Haru smiled slightly: "These past few days, I followed both of your suggestions, and I feel they were very helpful. I should be able to achieve good results this time."
It's over. Haru-kun is so nervous that he's having mental problems.
At this moment, Fumino Furuhashi and Rizu Ogata exchanged glances, both seeming to see each other's thoughts.