Classroom of the Elite: Houtarou Oreki

Manabu Horikita's punch missed. Then he realized Oreki was incredibly far away from him.

"..." Oreki.

The Student Council President, This Is Classroom of the Elite, Please Don't Put Violence Above All Else!

"..." Horikita Suzune. "How did he do that?!"

Little Sister Horikita looked utterly shocked.

Her eyes were wide open, but all she could see was Oreki appearing ten meters away in an instant.

"The current best record for boys' 100-meter dash is around ten seconds."

"So Houtarou Oreki probably sprinted ten meters in one second... or perhaps less than a second." Manabu Horikita pushed up his glasses. "But being able to retreat that far in an instant means his physique is likely approaching the limits of human capability."

Yet as he spoke, Manabu Horikita immediately watched Oreki with a wary gaze.

He assumed a defensive stance.

"..." Oreki.

He had clearly used the supernatural ability—Teleportation.

But it was fine if they interpreted it as physical ability.

Still, Oreki found this Student Council President a little troublesome. He had repeatedly talked about putting ability above all else.

Yet both times, he had tried to attack someone.

Didn't that make it putting violence above all else?

And why was he taking a defensive stance?

Wasn't he the one who had attacked?

Still, considering the other party had contributed one million points, Oreki returned to Manabu Horikita's side.

Manabu Horikita seemed to be thinking.

In the end, he glanced at his cowering younger sister.

Then he spoke.

"I am Manabu Horikita, the Student Council President." Manabu Horikita introduced himself. "You probably learned that during the entrance ceremony.

"And I am Suzune's older brother."

"As Student Council President, I possess extremely high authority. Yet I have such an... embarrassing younger sister."

"...Ugh." Having been called embarrassing, the embarrassing younger sister lowered her head weakly.

"You are Houtarou Oreki. I know about you. This morning, you went to observe the bulletin board on the first floor for third-years, didn't you?"

"Very sharp observation skills."

"As a student of Class A, you have potential. Or perhaps you are even more outstanding than we imagined." Manabu Horikita said.

But those words did not sound like an evaluation. They sounded more like... deliberate praise.

He had clearly wanted to fight just now, yet now he was directly complimenting him?

Was he backing down?

No.

Oreki already understood.

Manabu Horikita meant that he possessed considerable authority, so if Oreki spread those photos, he could deal with it.

But he was willing to transfer points because he wanted to buy Oreki's silence.

At the same time.

This one million could be used to earn Oreki's favor.

Manabu Horikita would not truly hit Horikita Suzune. He merely wanted his younger sister to recognize the difficulty and give up.

But now, this scene had been exposed.

And if his younger sister withdrew from school in this state, he might worry about how she would live outside.

In other words.

Manabu Horikita might want his younger sister to remain.

Although he was the Student Council President, he could not casually leave the school either. He had to abide by the closed-campus management.

Therefore.

Rather than letting his unstable younger sister go outside, it would be better to keep her under his watch for a year.

And because he was Student Council President, it would not be appropriate for him to constantly interact with a first-year student. So he needed to find a suitable first-year student to act as his younger sister's teacher.

And that teacher was probably Oreki.

In other words, these were the considerations of an older brother.

His starting point was entirely for his younger sister's sake.

That made Oreki a little envious.

Because his own older sister... did not really care about him.

Even when he went home, she made him cook.

Other people's older brothers were really nice.

Oreki thought.

And now, what lay before Oreki was this:

Should he accept the Student Council President's favor, take the one million points, and lead Horikita Suzune?

Their classes were different, after all.

No.

Or rather, precisely because their classes were different, he needed to lead her.

As for Class D... well, under the current circumstances, no one held any hope for Class D. So arranging for Horikita Suzune to act as Class A's spy... might be beneficial to Class A.

Although Horikita Suzune might not agree, she was fairly straightforward, so she could be fooled.

So the one million points Manabu Horikita had handed over so easily were meant to find a teacher for his younger sister?

Since they were still at school and under Manabu Horikita's watch, the teacher could not do anything to Horikita Suzune.

So it was very safe.

"..." Oreki.

After considering it.

"Although it is tempting, I refuse." Oreki said. "I don't like troublesome things."

"I am merely an ordinary, harmless high school student."

"Heh..."

But Manabu Horikita seemed to laugh. "You call yourself ordinary?"

"This is Classroom of the Elite. Points come above all else. If you were not tempted, it only meant there were not enough points."

"Then, for this year, I will give you one hundred thousand points every month. Whenever you do something, just bring Suzune along and broaden her horizons. That is my only goal."

"The fact that you accepted my points earlier, and that you went to Class D to sell information, both prove that you lack money. You want points, don't you?" Manabu Horikita said. "I will graduate soon."

"I'll tell you something for free. When third-year graduates leave the school, the school will exchange their points for cash."

"Although there may be slight adjustments to the exchange rate, points can be converted into money."

"You want that too, don't you?"

"For example, the one million points I gave you are worth eight hundred thousand in cash." Manabu Horikita said. "And eight hundred thousand is what a fresh graduate would need four months to earn. Isn't that somewhat appealing?"

"That much?" Horikita Suzune spoke up at that moment.

"..." Manabu Horikita.

"..." Manabu Horikita.

"My foolish younger sister—+" If before it had merely been his tone, now he genuinely wanted to say it.

So his younger sister had casually spent one hundred thousand points on Oreki because she had not considered the points on her Student ID Card to be money.

Helping the Student Council President Look After His Younger Sister!

Manabu Horikita seemed to take a deep breath.

That made sense.

Today was the first day of school, so she had not yet developed a real sense of using points as money for purchases.

His mood worsened slightly.

But Manabu Horikita stared at Oreki.

He felt that he absolutely could not let his younger sister leave now.

When she was little, she had always followed in his footsteps. But after two years without seeing her, she had... become this terrible.

It was difficult to guarantee that if she withdrew now, enrolled late in another high school, and continued acting so cold and somewhat foolish, she would not be bullied or taken advantage of.

As her older brother, he felt he had failed in his duty.

So he should keep his younger sister at the school for now.

He thought.

"..." Oreki.

"..." Oreki.

Oreki had indeed received the one million points transferred by Manabu Horikita.

And now, Manabu Horikita was going to offer another one hundred thousand points per month to buy him off?

In other words.

"System!"

Oreki brought up the system's mission progress.

[Main Mission—20 Million Points Operation]

[Mission Requirement: Gather 20 million points within three months]

[Remaining Mission Duration: 90/90 days]

[Mission Reward: Supernatural Physique (Major Physical Transformation)]

[Current Progress: 1,193,500 points/20 million]

[Note: All points earned by the host may be entrusted to graduating third-year student Manabu Horikita, who can absolutely guarantee their conversion into cash.]

Hmm.

Once the massive mission of twenty million points appeared, it was clear that no student in this school had ever gathered that many points.

The difficulty was extremely high.

Yet.

As expected of the Student Council President, Manabu Horikita had contributed one million points in one go. Then, over the next year, there would be one hundred thousand points per month, making another 1.2 million.

It seemed... very tempting.

Manabu Horikita alone would nearly help him complete one-tenth of the mission requirement.