"Marry and have children!"
Japan's population has been declining at one of the fastest rate in the world.
Stagnant economy, very high taxes, overwork, and the main factor? Everything is expensive and everyone is tired.
The logical solution to this would obviously be to cut tax rates, stop overspending in pensions to win the votes, enforcing strict labour protection instead of letting the black companies run amok.
Well, I don't think that the population declining is a bad thing at all. Just stop overtaxing us to support the useless elders for your votebank!
As the population declines more, the housing prices will come down further, job competition will also reduce, leading to less unemployment. AI and machines are already eating up the already meagre jobs.
But they don't do anything and keep blaming us working class. On one hand Gen Z is lazy. And on the other hand they don't have kids. These politicians can't decide on one thing!
I grumbled as I had to apologise for quitting my bad job, and moved the fuck out of this black company.
I spent the rest of the day in my internet cafe, researching about the best political party to join.
I have decided to give up on searching for a new job. Instead, I will enter politics.
...Sigh... If only I hadn't wasted my youth...
Thinking about it, I decided to start reading COTE again, after having dropped it when Horikita became stupid and got Sakura expelled instead of Kushida.
Suddenly, a pop-up appeared on the computer screen before me.
Do you want to reincarnate?
I, of course, wanted to close it. But the cross sign was so tiny that I accidentally clicked on the pop-up.
The computer exploded, and I died.
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And that's how 16 years ago, I died and reincarnated as Horikita Suzune in the world of COTE.
Which is just basically the real world aside from colourful hairs and eyes.
I have already bought several stocks of Nvidia, and a lot of Bitcoins from my earnings from writing webnovels. In some years, I will become a millionaire.
And that's not all. I haven't wasted my second life. Taking advantage of the top-tier genetics and mature mind, I intend to become the PM of Japan and fix this country.
And for that, Advanced Nurturing High School is the perfect place to start.
Sakayanagi, Koenji, Ayanokoji, Kiryuin, all kind of important people are in this school afterall.
I glanced back at Ayanokoji who was staring at me, and he started staring outside the window, pretending that he wasn't actually looking at me.
Ayanokoji is a key asset for my future political career. Afterall, exposing White Room will bring lots of benefits for me.
And well, I pity him and several other victims of dumb politicians' dumb goals and decisions.
So, pitying him, I started a conversation.
"Which middle school did you go to?"
"I was homeschooled."
"I see."
Poor kid.
"I am Horikita Suzune. I guess we will be schoolmates. Maybe even classmates."
"I a-am Ayanokoji Kiyotaka. Umm, I hope, uh, the same."
...
Poor kid can't even communicate properly.
My thoughts were interrupted by a commotion on the bus.
Koenji not giving the seat reserved for oldies to an old woman.
What a jerk.
It is one thing to not give up a seat to someone just because she is old. It is another thing to actually sit in the seat reserved for old people like her.
I ignored the commotion and continued reading my book.
Kushida asked if anyone wanted to give up their seat, and I ignored that, too.
Because people are willing to tolerate and compromise bad behaviour like Koenji, they become more entitled to continue doing it.
The bus conductor should have forced Koenji to get up, but he most likely didn't do so because of Koenji's family's influence. No one wants to get on the bad side of the wrong people.
Speaking of problem children, I stared at Kushida, though she continued to act as if she didn't see me staring at her.
In middle school, I didn't really interact with her.
Such a malicious person will always be a time ticking bomb. She might be an asset for the political party at first, but will take down the entire party with her when she explodes.
Well, I should assume that she will try to get in my way in the school. And since I probably won't be in D class, she might become Ayanokoji's puppet.
I have all the evidence of her deeds in the middle school on cloud just in case.
I somehow need to make Ayanokoji confess about everything regarding White Room to the public, so I guess I will need to actually defeat him fully.
So, I will let off his future puppet for now.
I stopped looking at Kushida and went to book again, but whispered to Ayanokoji.
"Please stay cautious around that girl, Kushida."
"Huh? Why?"
"Just an advice. Though I wonder how she even managed to get into this school. It's a waste of taxpayers' funds for letting degenerates like her."
"Oh..."
Alright. Now Ayanokoji and Kushida will interact inevitably despite me not being in class D.
Soon, we arrived at the school. Built on an artificial island... in Tokyo.
Truly a waste of taxpayers' money.
I went to the reception desk, submitted my admission letter, and got the school map and the information about my class.
"Your class is 1-A. Just walk straight through the corridor. It's the last class on the ground floor of this building."
"Thank you."
So, I am in Class A huh? I wonder how things will change because of me.
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