The Favored of the Group Assignment, Ibuki Stop Being a Bodhisattva

Time in class always passes quickly, but time during holidays passes even faster.

For the first-year students still living in a dreamlike state, the judgment day of May 1st is drawing ever closer.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the first swimming lesson, a week after school started.

Tennoji Kaede boarded one of the two elevators in the dormitory building to head to class.

Come to think of it, it wasn't until a coincidence a couple of days ago that he discovered his dorm room was directly above Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's.

Ayanokoji was in 401, and Kaede was in 501. This must have been the Haigoku System's doing from behind the scenes.

The student dormitory building at Kouyou Academy was not only co-ed but also had free utilities and internet.

Aside from the individual rooms being a bit small, Tennoji Kaede felt the accommodation conditions were truly generous.

Tennoji Kaede arrived at Class C. After a week's buffer, Ryuen Kakeru had already completely established his absolute tyrannical rule.

In Shijiao, the gender distribution for the 40 students in each class was initially 20 males and 20 females.

In Class C, besides Ibuki Mio and Hiyori, the other 18 females likely didn't even dare to harbor dissatisfaction in their hearts, all completely subdued by Ryuen's oppressive might.

Among the 20 males, excluding the special Kaede, there were actually a few who outwardly submitted but inwardly disagreed. However, on the surface, they were just like the girls, all subservient.

Among them, Ishizaki Daichi, who was beaten by Ryuen on the first day, as well as Komiya Haigo and Kondo Reion, had already become loyal followers of Ryuen.

Interestingly, Yamada Albert, the peculiar giant, under Tennoji Kaede's escort, personally witnessed how Ryuen Kakeru gradually eroded and subdued him.

Honestly, it was quite pitiful to watch.

Through this incident, Kaede understood that Ryuen Kakeru's determination to attack with all his might was by no means an empty threat.

Speaking of which, Tennoji Kaede's popularity among his classmates was currently very average.

Because in the eyes of many in Class C, he was the first to "surrender" to Ryuen Kakeru's side, an unquestionable loyal henchman of the tyrant.

Another reason was that Kaede was too lazy to interact with others, except for the two female classmates—Shiina Hiyori and Ibuki Mio.

After spending a week sitting next to them, with the boost of Tennoji Kaede's Charisma, the relationship between the three of them developed well, and they even exchanged contact information.

Deep down, neither of the two girls truly believed that Tennoji Kaede was sincerely submitting to Ryuen Kakeru.

This was indeed the correct answer.

However, Ibuki internally speculated that Tennoji was likely the type to feign surrender;

While Hiyori thought that Kaede-san actually possessed considerable strength, and he only acted with Ryuen because he found the task of leading the class troublesome.

It had to be said that these two, Kaede's best female friends at the moment, had already seen through a part of his true nature.

Their combined thoughts had already guessed 90% of Kaede's truth.

Returning to Kouyou Academy, the class assignments also followed a certain pattern.

For example, students with the strongest overall abilities were all in Class A. Those with minor flaws were prioritized for Class B. There was a tier between A and B, with A being slightly stronger than B.

There was another tier between Classes C and D. Students with weak academic ability, strong physical fitness, or significant imbalances in their subjects were prioritized for Class C.

But this would lead to an awkward situation where Class C was stuck in the middle.

Class D, on the other hand, served as a dumping ground, making it easier for some monsters to infiltrate. Once they passed their developmental period, their potential would be very strong. They were like the barefoot who feared no one with shoes, not to be underestimated.

"Interesting, is this the intelligence you've gathered over the past week?"

"Pretty much. As long as you look outside the classrooms of other classes a few more times, you can easily sense this obvious trend of preferential class distribution from the atmosphere of each class."

At the swimming pool lesson, beside the pool.

Ryuen Kakeru, after listening to Tennoji Kaede's "preferential class distribution" remarks, was also lost in thought.

With the fact of strong and weak students being divided into classes, what kind of purpose was the school hiding behind this?

Ryuen Kakeru knew very well that Tennoji definitely knew more than he was currently revealing.

Possessing such extraordinary strength, yet only wanting to watch the show from the sidelines?

He was truly a mysterious and disgusting fellow. Sooner or later, I will...

Wait!

A flash of inspiration struck Ryuen. Although he was very reluctant to admit it, he was indeed the weaker party compared to Tennoji Kaede, and Ryuen Kakeru's greatest strength was to overthrow the superior!

This was the purpose of dividing classes based on strength.

Ryuen suddenly chuckled, "...In this school, only Class A can receive various benefits when entering society. I see, Tennoji, have you already grasped this point?"

Tennoji Kaede knew that Ryuen had finally gotten on board, and he smiled without speaking.

It was very easy to communicate with smart people like Ryuen. Often, saying too much was not good; letting him guess for himself was the most correct approach.

Suddenly, the Haigoku System panel popped up!

[Detected 'Horikita Manabu' from Black House, with a score of 10 points, failing the exam.]

[Causal Mark for 'Horikita Manabu' has been deployed.]

['Cause': Horikita Manabu learned about you from his classmates and became very interested. He specifically came to the poolside to observe Class C because of this.]

['Effect': Charisma +5, Leadership +10]

Is the Student Council President already paying attention to me?

Meanwhile, Student Council President Horikita Manabu was currently in a hidden classroom behind a window on a high floor, carefully observing the swimming lesson of First Year Class C.

"Tennoji Kaede..."

This was information Horikita Manabu had heard from his classmates:

A certain freshman's strength was quite impressive. He had already grasped the school's hidden rules and had begun to put them into action on the very first day of school.

"This S System, to what extent have you truly understood it?"

A knock sounded on the door.

"Come in."

"Senior President, hello. I am Ichinose Honami from First Year Class B..."

Although it was difficult to say, the quality of the Class C girls... seemed to be the worst among the first years as well.

Art connoisseur Tennoji Kaede stood by the pool, sighing.

"Can you stop that lecherous gaze?"

Ibuki Mio, wearing a standard one-piece swimsuit, emerged from the water in front of him and said irritably.

Tennoji Kaede casually looked up and down at Ibuki's swimsuit-clad figure...

Tsk, truly unbearable.

"Tennoji, you're asking for death!"

Ibuki used the ladder on the side of the pool to propel herself halfway up before lunging at his face with a kick!

Hey, hey, hey, class is still in session!

Fortunately, everyone else in Class C was not paying attention, and Ibuki's movements were well-controlled.

Tennoji Kaede leaned back, narrowly dodging her kick.

It was a bit awkward, as many water droplets fell from her leg onto Kaede's face. Fortunately, he maintained a serious expression and kept his lips tightly shut.

"Alright, Ibuki, stop messing around. The swimming class instructor is calling us to gather."

Ibuki Mio snorted dismissively, which gave Kaede a headache.

Within this week, they had sparred privately more than once, and Tennoji Kaede was starting to feel a little annoyed.

Although he won every time, Kaede really didn't have any intention of peeking under girls' skirts every day!

Ibuki's behavior was bordering on being a 'female Bodhisattva'.

Swimming class instructor: "Class C, gather!"