Manabe Shiho

Time passed quickly.

It was soon May 28, with only five days left until next month's points were issued.

Now that they had the exam questions, the students of Year 1 Class D no longer had to worry about next month's test.

As usual, Akasaka checked the surveillance devices he'd placed in various blind spots and replaced their backup batteries.

The devices could stay on standby for about a week.

All he had to do was replace the batteries once a week, and they would keep working properly.

As usual, he checked the memory cards today to see if they held anything interesting. It seemed about time something turned up.

Although Ken Sudō had been expelled, Akasaka didn't know whether the events from the original story would still happen.

Still, he'd taken precautions. You never knew what might happen.

This was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to make money—a chance to earn Class C points.

Just as Akasaka had expected, he found something interesting.

It was Miyabi Nagumo with a female student in a secluded alley, doing something naughty.

Of course, they only kissed and touched each other. They did everything except go all the way.

Akasaka watched with great interest, then quietly saved the footage for later.

Naturally, he wasn't doing this out of boredom. He planned to use the footage to get some points from Miyabi Nagumo.

If Nagumo really refused to pay, then Akasaka would just have to accidentally let Asahina Nazuna get hold of it.

After all, he wasn't some kind of demon.

Hey, he wouldn't be doing it on purpose. He'd just lose it by accident. Besides, who could prove he was the one who'd done it?

As long as he didn't say anything, nobody would know.

Akasaka set that aside for the moment and continued watching the other clips on the memory card. Then he found something else interesting.

Yamauchi Haruki was dating a girl from Class C.

Oh?

Now this was getting interesting...

Meanwhile, Yamauchi Haruki was holding a girl's hand.

She was Manabe Shiho from Class C.

Yamauchi kept stroking the girl's hand, wearing a lecherous grin.

The girl looked disgusted, but for the sake of Ryuen's plan, she forced down her revulsion and acted like a timid girl, speaking in a sweet, coy voice.

"Yamauchi, why don't we go into that alley and do something fun together?"

Yamauchi looked like a fool in love, practically drooling as he replied,

"Sure, Manabe."

As he spoke, he shamelessly slipped an arm around Manabe's waist.

Manabe suppressed the urge to hit him, put on a stiff smile, and walked into the alley with Yamauchi Haruki.

Ryuen Kakeru was waiting in ambush there.

As soon as Yamauchi entered the alley, he eagerly tried to lunge at her.

But a towering figure quickly blocked his way. It was Albert.

Yamauchi stared, completely dumbfounded.

Wait, who was this big guy? Where was my Manabe?

Manabe Shiho had already gone over to Ryuen Kakeru. Disgusted, she took off the coat Yamauchi had touched and handed it to Ryuen.

"Here! This coat's dirty now. I don't want it anymore. Get rid of it for me afterward."

Ryuen wore a teasing smile.

"Got it. I'll take care of it later. Then you can go to Class A again."

Manabe Shiho raised an eyebrow.

"Me again?"

Ryuen shrugged.

"Can't be helped. Besides you and Ibuki Mio, the only good-looking girls in our class are Shiina Hiyori and you.

Shiina's our strategist, so we definitely can't sacrifice her. We don't have any other options."

Manabe Shiho was immediately indignant.

"Then go ask Ibuki! Why do you have to keep asking me?"

Ryuen pointed at Ibuki Mio beside them.

When Ibuki saw Ryuen point at her, she broke out in goosebumps and kept backing away.

"Don't look at me. I can fight, but seduce someone? No way. I'd rather fight."

Ryuen spread his hands.

"See?"

Manabe Shiho gritted her teeth in frustration.

"Fine! I'll go, okay? Damn it!"

Manabe Shiho kicked over the nearby trash can to vent her anger, then headed to Class A to continue her seduction mission.

Meanwhile, Ryuen forced Yamauchi's hand onto the coat Manabe had just taken off. The coat was now covered in Yamauchi Haruki's fingerprints.

Once Ryuen had accomplished what he'd set out to do, he told Albert to let Yamauchi go.

As soon as Yamauchi was free, he hurriedly ran off.

At that moment, he wasn't thinking about why they'd made him leave fingerprints. Getting away was all that mattered.

Ryuen watched Yamauchi flee with a mocking expression.

"What a useless guy. He doesn't have a shred of backbone."

"Still, it's a good thing that Class D's spy gave us the information. Otherwise, it would've been hard to find a way in."

"But that spy's pretty capable. She even has information on Class A. She might be useful..."

That's right! The one selling information to Ryuen Kakeru was our angel, Kushida.

She was doing it purely because Yamauchi had gotten on her nerves.

He was always running his mouth, talking about her figure and her cup size in the classroom.

She'd long since had enough.

She was cooperating with Ryuen because she wanted to get Yamauchi expelled and make that annoying fly disappear for good.

The information about Class A was just a bonus.

They'd simply gotten caught in the crossfire, so to speak.

She'd given Ryuen Kakeru information about Class A to keep anyone from suspecting her.

She wanted to divert attention so nobody would point fingers at her.

Ryuen had originally planned to use a more violent method.

Just like in the original story, he would provoke three different classes and make them fight back, then use that as an excuse to take them all down.

But now that he had a better method, there was no need to take that risk.

Ryuen Kakeru and the others slowly disappeared into the dark alley.

Meanwhile, in Class A, Manabe Shiho deliberately put on a coy act, playing the part of a sweet, bashful girl.

She was practically making herself sick.

She wasn't that kind of person at all!

But for the sake of her class, she had no choice.

Manabe Shiho forced herself to act like a refined young lady, graceful and beautiful, like a quiet heiress.

She gently knocked on the door to Class A, her face tinged with shyness as she said,

"Excuse me, is Totzuka Yahiko here? I need to talk to him."