Charlotte (シャーロット)

Since I was little, I've had a question in my mind

why am I only myself and not someone else?

I'm aware that I think, therefore I am are

the words of a great ancient philosopher.

But when I thought I thought about someone else,

that perhaps the other person was myself too.

Think about others. When I did that, I turned into someone else,

but for no more than five seconds.

Furthermore, for the duration, my body completely

lost consciousness and just collapsed wherever I stood.

I often found myself injured in some way,

and I could only possess someone that

was within my line of sight.

So I couldn't use it for lewd things.

I mostly possess people who pissed me off,

picked a fight with a stranger, and returned to myself.

That kind of retaliation was all I could use this for.

Ha. That's funny,

huh? Oh, you bastard. What the hell are you doing?

But finally, I came up with a brilliant

idea that could take full advantage of my special ability.

Mm. You have five minutes left.

Oh, I could possess one smart person in class after another,

memorize their answers and fill in my answers after returning.

Of course, I was planning on attending a very prestigious high school.

However, unlike a normal test, I didn't

know who was intelligent during an entrance exam,

and so I snuck into top rated cram schools one after another,

pretending to be one of the students attending their.

Which students applied to which schools and

which subjects were they best at?

I researched all of that thoroughly.

I found one student after another vying

to enter the same school I was

that I could possess and take answers from,

and I was admitted to an elite high school.

Now a word from the representative for new

students, Yu Otosaka. Please come up.

Yes. So that means he's the very

top of the class. And he's good looking too.

Today for us new students. You have organized

a grand ceremony to welcome us here, and we are deeply grateful.

Wrapped in the warm rays of the

spring sunshine we are now. Hey.

Huh? He's really good looking, isn't he? Yeah.

He might even be your type. My type, huh?

Well, I think. You think he might be your type, too.

On behalf of all of us, thank you for the opportunity.

Got

this again. This is happening more and more often.

Not only am I at the top of the class academically,

I'm one of the more attractive.

It's impossible to not be popular. Sheesh,

I'll just hurry them all on home.

Sorry for calling you all the way out here.

Don't worry about it. So what did you want from me? I.

I'm fine. Starting as just friends. Can

you maybe think about dating me, please?

The thing is, in order to keep

my grades up at where they are now,

I have to shave time from sleep to keep studying.

I don't have the luxury of relationships, so I'm sorry.

Of course, that's a pack of lies. I don't study at all. Ever.

Oh, I see. I understand.

Ha. There's

no way I would ever choose a plain, normal girl like you.

The one I'm after. You mean you didn't watch that? Last night.

It's the Madonna of this school, of course.

Yumi Shiori Yanagi I will make you mine.

I know I'll definitely get a chance.

It all lies in how I use the five seconds,

which are the limits of my ability.

That's it. So then I. Huh? What's the matter? Uh.

Oh, did you see that? She almost got run. It

looks like the airbag saved him. I'm so glad

that was close, but it went according to plan.

Oh, yummy. You all right? Yeah. That was really a close one.

You. Me. You were about to be run over by a truck.

Otosaka from class one ran out and saved

you. Really? Is that true? Yeah.

Are you hurt at all? Oh, Let's

go to the nurse. Can you walk? Uh, yes. Okay.

Well, guess I'll go home. Please, wait a minute.

You see, the two of us were just about to walk over to our

favorite restaurant to eat our favorite pancakes together.

Would you like to come with us?

Sorry. I think I'm going to pass.

It's better to keep this among friends.

But you just put yourself in danger.

In order to save my life.

I'd like to properly repay that. And I'd

like to talk with you a little while longer.

Hmm. Whoa. I have a phone call. Who is it?

Huh? Then I'll go home right away. Neechan.

What's the matter? My big brother suddenly came back from Kyoto,

and he apparently ordered tapas and sushi for the whole family.

So I'm leaving the rest to you, too. Bye.

That was an obvious farce, but a nice assist nonetheless. Michon.

Enjoy your meal.

Wait a sec. There's a special way to eat this.

Just copy me. If you do this,

the syrup gets across the entire thing.

Then stack them up, cut them up and try a bite of it.

Mhm.

Oh.

Mhm. Amazing. Just by changing

how you eat it, it gets this delicious. I never realized

it's delicious every single time.

Oh Mom. The song they're playing right now is.

Hello. Hello, isn't it? Uh huh.

Hello. Hello. You look like you've never heard of them.

I thought every boy our age knew

them really well. So that's what's popular nowadays.

Otosaka Can we walk home together after

school or go out to eat like this again sometime?

Um, sure, I guess. Why not? I'm so glad.

Hahahahahahahahahaha.

I shouldn't do this out loud.

I'll hurry on over. You otosaka from class one one.

Please report immediately to the student council room.

I repeat, What's this? Osaka from class

one one Please report immediately to the student council room.

I'm Student Council President Omura. What is it you

want with me? I'm making someone wait.

So I'm hoping you can make this quick.

That is completely up to you. This

is an exact copy of your answer

sheet to the aptitude test you took the other day.

You managed a perfect score. The same

test has been placed right there.

Right here and now. Try to get a perfect score again.

Huh? Why do I have to take it again?

You've been accused of possibly cheating on the exam.

If you score 90% or above, you're innocent.

If not, you're guilty. This is ridiculous.

I'm leaving now. Regarding this. We have

the support of both the principal and the vice principal.

If you leave now, you will be expelled from school.

All of the answers are right there.

I'll just possess him and find out

what they are. It's the only way.

He's making a fool of me. Huh?

What in the world just happened? I don't know.

It seemed like you were just tearing whatever that was up.

We got enough. Ha ha ha.

I'm Tom Hardy. Student council president of another school, though.

So I've been recording you since you got here.

Please take a look at the video

I just recorded and take a note

of the time you were not looking

at Omuta the moment he ripped up the answer sheet.

Yet you said he ripped it up.

Isn't that a bit strange? I'll show you others.

You have a special ability to possess other people.

Using that, you cheat on every exam.

Isn't that right? That's not true. It's a sleeping disease.

I suddenly get tremendously sleepy and can't

fight the urge to nod off.

You really are troublesome. I'll show you this then.

Look, a copy of a recent medical exam.

According to this, you have no disease.

Now, please solve the problems on the test.

You can't deal with this. Leave me alone.

There he goes. She even foresaw that things

would end up this way. Huh?

Well, then everything from here on is my job.

Start running right now. Damn it.

Oh. Are you injured? No, I'm fine. Well,

what's wrong with him?

Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha.

Uh.

What? What the hell is going on here?

Ha ha ha.

Yeah.

What?

Stuff. What the hell? What did

you just do? That was teleportation.

Teleportation? Yes. Just like it sounds. I instantly moved to another location.

Only I can't stop where I want.

Thanks to my special ability. I don't

know how many times I've been hospitalized.

What a half assed ability. So, anyway,