Classroom of the Elite: Houtarou Oreki

Student ID Cards were linked to private accounts, so as long as he knew someone's number, he could transfer points directly.

Perhaps having noticed the transfer, Masumi Kamuro's message arrived quickly.

[Also, is your phone broken? I wanted to check your GPS location this afternoon, but it said it was blocked.] —Kamuro

Oh.

She didn't need to know that.

Oreki knew that since he had already left High School of Advanced Education, Kamuro could no longer contact him.

Naturally, she could not locate him either.

Oreki headed to the Shopping District. Though it was called a shopping district, it was exceptionally lively. It had everything: food, entertainment, drinks, daily necessities, study supplies, and shops for hobbies and self-cultivation.

There were even bathhouses, karaoke rooms, art galleries, movie theaters, and more.

It seemed that while the school restricted students from leaving campus, it still provided for all their daily needs.

Naturally, he stocked up on daily necessities as well.

"That'll be 6,500 points."

"Please show me your Student ID Card."

The clerk was very polite, and Oreki bought a large bag of things.

Teacher Majima had been right that points could be used as money, but prices within the school were slightly lower than outside.

Considering that the dorms were still some distance away, Oreki chose to take a shortcut.

All he had to do was find a place without cameras or people, use Teleportation, and he would be done.

So he chose the area beside a camera-free vending machine that Kamuro had told him about.

However.

The moment he walked over—

"My little sister, who got assigned to Class D..." A somewhat familiar male voice drifted over.

Relying on his powerful memory, Oreki immediately found the source in his recollections, and the other person's name surfaced as well.

Manabu Horikita.

He was the Student Council President.

That Student Council President who loved leaking information.

"In the end, I'm the one being humiliated. Have some self-awareness!"

Yet this Student Council President looked as though he wanted to hit his sister.

Ah.

Oreki felt like he had hit the jackpot.

Chapter 12: If I Get Bought by Class D--

Student Council President Manabu Horikita was the older brother of Horikita Suzune, a first-year student in Class 1-D.

Back in Class 1-D, Oreki had merely thought the information was true.

But now, they had demonstrated it themselves.

Manabu Horikita really was Horikita Suzune's older brother.

The older brother stood at the top of the school, while the younger sister was at the bottom.

It really was rather outrageous.

Still.

Was that why the Student Council President wanted to hit someone?

Yes.

If it was troublesome, Oreki would definitely avoid it.

After all, he needed to conserve energy.

But.

What he saw now was Horikita Suzune with her back against the wall beside the vending machine.

She looked weak and helpless.

Her head was lowered slightly.

That lack of presence created quite a contrast with her usual self.

Meanwhile, Manabu Horikita pushed up his glasses with his left hand, his right hand raised as if he were about to slap his sister.

And his sister lowered her head meekly, accepting it without resistance.

Still.

Oreki did not think Manabu Horikita would actually bring his hand down.

If he truly intended to hit her, he would not be standing like that.

Nor would he be talking. If he wanted to hit her, he would have done it already.

So what was the Student Council President trying to do?

Oreki decided he could wait and see.

"But, Brother... Although I'm in Class D, the positions of the four classes, ABCD, are fluid. And since they are fluid, the school must have assigned suitable seeded candidates to each class."

"So even though I'm in Class D, I'm also a seeded candidate."

"It isn't humiliating."

"This is the school's arrangement," Horikita Suzune said.

"Hehehe—"

But Manabu Horikita laughed.

"..."

And Oreki knew that this was probably his fault.

Sure enough.

No wonder Horikita had paid so decisively in the classroom.

And she had shown none of the awful mentality one would expect from being placed in a garbage-heap class.

In other words, she had taken his well-intentioned lie seriously and believed that she was a seeded candidate placed in Class D, rather than a defective product.

So she had probably thought she had ability and arranged to meet her brother.

Only to be mocked by her brother, the Student Council President.

"Although I don't know where you heard that information, I did consider the seeded candidate theory. And such candidates do indeed exist in the other classes."

"But Class D has no chance."

Manabu Horikita said, "As Student Council President, I have the authority to investigate the class ranking records of past students."

"This school has existed for fifteen years and has educated fifteen cohorts of students."

"And then."

"Among all previous cohorts, only two classes have ever climbed up from Class D."

"One of them was your Homeroom Teacher Sae Chabashira's class. The Class D she led came within one step of reaching Class A, but ultimately failed."

"And the other Class D only made it to Class C for less than two months before being knocked back down."

"So, Suzune, what kind of foolish dream are you having?"

Manabu Horikita truly deserved to be called the Student Council President who loved leaking information.

Oreki unexpectedly learned that Class D's Homeroom Teacher was that impressive too.

She was a real powerhouse.

But there was no need for Oreki to meet her. After all, he was a Class A student. Class D had little to do with him.

Could Class D possibly pay 20 million to buy him over?

"..."

Though he thought it was impossible, it would be terrifying if something like that really happened.

Because among the rules Teacher Majima had revealed, there was one stating that 20 million points could exempt someone from expulsion and could also... transfer classes.

But this class transfer rule did not specify whether it applied to oneself, or whether someone with those points could designate another person to transfer classes.

No one in the school's history had ever gathered 20 million points.

Therefore.

It was possible that he could be bought by someone else who possessed 20 million points.

However.

If Class D bought him, he would truly want to drop out.

Oreki felt that perhaps he should save up some points to protect himself.

Just as he thought that—

Beep!

At that moment.

[Congratulations, Host, for triggering the main quest—The 20 Million Grand Mission]

[Choose one of two missions]

[1. Contact Sae Chabashira. She will pool together her savings to make up 20 million points and purchase a spot for the Host in Class D, providing assistance without limits.

The Host must lead Class D to Class A once within three months.]

Oh.

What kind of devilish mission was this?

And Teacher Chabashira, had she failed to reach Class A herself in the past, leaving behind an unfulfilled wish to make Class D soar at least once?

Oreki quickly looked at the second mission.

[2. Earn 20 million points within three months.]

[Mission Reward: Supernatural Physique (major physical transformation)]

[Mission Penalty: For the next three years, two girls will confess to you every week.]

[Mission Deadline: Three months]

Oh.

The reward was a supernatural physique. Although he had already obtained Teleportation, Oreki did not mind stacking a few more abilities.

Also.

This penalty...

How popular would he have to be for two girls to confess to him every week?

There were only a little over two hundred girls in this school.

In other words, it would take two years just to cycle through all of them.

And being liked by girls was actually a punishment?

It made it sound as though he had to remain chaste for someone.

Oreki rubbed his head, then made his choice.

"I choose Mission Two!"