Classroom of the Elite, I Really Just Want to Collect All the CGs

This thought also caused Horikita Suzune to subconsciously ignore the current situation of Horikita Manabu—he did not want to keep chatting, and Nagumo Miyabi was right there beside him.

If Horikita Suzune's observational skills were even slightly better—no, perhaps it should be said that if she could read the atmosphere even a little—then she would have simply grabbed Shikime Natsu and left.

Unfortunately, Horikita Suzune's current observational skills were indeed limited to herself.

Horikita Manabu looked into Horikita Suzune's eyes, a flash of disappointment crossing his own; as expected, there was still no growth whatsoever. If she only chased after his shadow, she would never be able to achieve any real growth.

For so many years, he had been unable to help Horikita Suzune change her mindset. No, it should be said that precisely because it was him, he was unable to help her progress; Horikita Suzune's longing for him could be said to have harmed her.

Now that Horikita Suzune had been assigned to Class D, was there anyone who could help her grow?

At the very least, Horikita Manabu did not believe anyone in Class D could help Horikita Suzune achieve growth.

As his thoughts drifted, Horikita Manabu's gaze fell upon Shikime Natsu. He had looked into Shikime Natsu's affairs and knew that Shikime Natsu had obtained information about this school within a short time of starting.

In terms of insight and initiative, Horikita Manabu felt inferior.

In fact, when Horikita Manabu had initially chosen to reject several people, it was partly due to Shikime Natsu; he was his ideal candidate. However, during their brief exchange just now, he felt a bit worried about whether Shikime Natsu might become the next Nagumo Miyabi.

Especially after he had issued an order for them to leave, Shikime Natsu clearly knew the current situation, yet he chose to turn a blind eye, looking like the type who enjoyed watching the chaos unfold.

"President..."

Tachibana Akane looked at Horikita Manabu with some concern; the current situation felt very wrong.

"If you are willing to join the Student Council, I can offer you the position of secretary. Among the entire first-year cohort, you are the only one who meets the standard."

Horikita Manabu adjusted his glasses and stated his intention. Since Shikime Natsu wanted to watch the show, then he might as well pull him in. Even if this guy wouldn't stand on his side, he certainly wouldn't stand on Nagumo Miyabi's side either.

Regarding Katsuragi Kohei and Ichinose Honami earlier, Horikita Manabu had determined that neither of them had the ability to deal with Nagumo Miyabi.

Among the entire first-year cohort, the only one capable of dealing with Nagumo Miyabi was likely Shikime Natsu. Whether it was Katsuragi Kohei, Ichinose Honami, or Sakayanagi Arisu, they all had their own weaknesses and could not handle Nagumo Miyabi.

Only Shikime Natsu possessed a set of stats that appeared quite balanced, and he belonged to the more good-natured type.

Hearing Horikita Manabu's words, Horikita Suzune couldn't help but tremble inside. Was she still not recognized? Even after chasing him all the way to this school, in her brother's eyes, had she still made no progress at all?

To receive no recognition whatsoever...

Shikime Natsu noticed the somewhat shattered girl beside him; her mood seemed quite heavy.

"There are two people here, yet only one has received the President's recognition?"

Nagumo Miyabi's gaze fell upon Horikita Suzune. Although he didn't know who she was, she looked so much like the President that she must be his younger sister, right?

Is he really this harsh even to his own sister? The President is truly something else.

"She does not yet have the qualifications."

To this, Horikita Manabu replied only with a flat statement, shattering the girl's already fragile heart once more. Horikita Suzune couldn't help but clench her fists; it was simply too frustrating.

"Is that so? Then that is truly a pity. Does this underclassman intend to join us?"

Nagumo Miyabi no longer looked at Horikita Suzune, turning his attention to Shikime Natsu instead.

"Although I haven't joined the Student Council yet, I have the right to ask some basic questions about it, don't I?"

Shikime Natsu spoke, not agreeing immediately. As for the concern of being backtracked on after asking too much, Shikime Natsu had considered it, but the cooldown for his Mind Interference had already ended, and using it a little would be sufficient.

Chapter 45: Do you not even have your brother's contact information?

"Tachibana."

Horikita Manabu's gaze fell upon Tachibana Akane. Even though he only called her name simply and communicated through his eyes, Tachibana Akane knew what he was expressing; this was the rapport built over many years of working together.

"Yes!"

Tachibana Akane quickly ran to a shelf on the side, grabbed a manual, and handed it to Shikime Natsu.

"These are for those who intend to join the Student Council. Even those who haven't joined can read them."

Tachibana Akane handed the manual to Shikime Natsu and explained it briefly, seemingly indicating that this was not a special privilege for him.

Shikime Natsu scanned it a few times, and with his Photographic Memory, he quickly finished reading the entire booklet.

To be honest, although Shikime Natsu had never joined a student council and had never taken the initiative to learn about one, he really felt that this was how a student council should be.

The contents were basically nonsense. Shikime Natsu focused his attention primarily on resigning from the Student Council. Hmm... as long as one gives advance notice, it is fine. It does not require completing assigned tasks before being allowed to quit, nor does it require writing a long-winded resignation letter. Hmm, it was still relatively humane.

After joining the Student Council, as long as one did not commit any major errors, one could basically only leave by resigning voluntarily. Even the Student Council President did not have the right to kick someone out directly.

Looking at it this way, the Student Council President's power did not seem as great as he had imagined. Of course, being able to control who gets in was already quite good. If it were Shikime Natsu, he might charge a fee—one million private points per seat. That way, if it were discovered later, he could claim it was a transaction rather than soliciting a bribe.

"Alright, then I have decided to join the Student Council."

Shikime Natsu closed the manual, placed it on the table in front of him, and revealed a faint smile.

"Then congratulations to our new member."

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

Nagumo Miyabi looked very enthusiastic as he clapped for Shikime Natsu. For a moment, Shikime Natsu almost thought Nagumo Miyabi was Hashimoto Masayoshi.

Hmm... they were both blondes. Of course, in terms of looks, Nagumo Miyabi was slightly superior, and with the buff of being the Student Council Vice President, his charm in the eyes of ordinary girls would naturally surpass that of Hashimoto Masayoshi.

"Thank you."

Shikime Natsu accepted Nagumo Miyabi's welcome quite naturally.

Tachibana Akane stood there in a daze. Was this really okay? To let Shikime Natsu join the student council so rashly? If... if he chose to join Nagumo Miyabi's side, what would happen?

"Tachibana, send him the student council's duties later."

Horikita Manabu spoke, his gaze falling upon Shikime Natsu and Horikita Suzune, though he said nothing more and sat back down in his seat.

"Yes!"

Tachibana Akane didn't know what Horikita Manabu was thinking, but she followed his instructions nonetheless.

"Shikime-kun, give me your contact information."

Tachibana Akane took out her phone and exchanged contact details with Shikime Natsu.

"In that case, add me too. We're colleagues now, so we should naturally get along well. Don't you agree, President?"

Nagumo Miyabi smiled, though his eyes remained fixed on Horikita Manabu.

Was such an obvious provocation really happening inside the student council?

Shikime Natsu felt this student council was quite something; he even suspected that Horikita Manabu had recruited a new member specifically to counter Nagumo Miyabi.

After all, Horikita Manabu was already a third-year student and would be leaving this school next year. Since the student council president was usually succeeded by the vice president, that meant Nagumo Miyabi would become the next president.

For Shikime Natsu, it didn't matter who became president. He had come to this school to enjoy himself, not to act as a beast of burden for the student council.

Now that he was the secretary, he didn't intend to hold the position for long; he had already figured out how to offload the job.

There were so few people in the student council, and Tachibana Akane seemed to be the only cute girl. Plus, they were basically split into two factions, which was quite troublesome.

Shikime Natsu didn't just have to deal with the problem children around him; he also had to get involved in the student council's infighting. That would be exhausting.

At the very least, this wasn't the life Shikime Natsu wanted. He just wanted to spend time happily with beautiful girls, even if it was a problem child like Sakayanagi Arisu.

After his interaction with Sakayanagi Arisu last night, Shikime Natsu was in a pretty good mood. Of course, whether Sakayanagi Arisu was in a good mood was another matter entirely.

After all that, Shikime Natsu had directly obtained the contact information of Horikita Manabu, Nagumo Miyabi, and Tachibana Akane. It felt like a "make friends" mission, though he wondered how far behind Ichinose Honami he was.

Probably quite a bit...

Shikime Natsu remembered the angel from Class B; he really couldn't compare to her.

Of course, Shikime Natsu didn't care about that. As long as he added cute girls, he was satisfied. He had no interest in adding losers like Yamauchi Haruki.

Soon, Shikime Natsu and Horikita Suzune left the student council, leaving the rest of the time to the power struggle between Horikita Manabu and Nagumo Miyabi.

If it were a struggle between beautiful girls, Shikime Natsu would be happy to get involved, but... two men? He didn't know what to say; he had absolutely no interest. Anyone who didn't know better would think they were fighting over a kingdom, but in the end, it was just a student council presidency. It didn't pique his interest at all.

After walking out of the student council, Horikita Suzune was still in a daze. From the moment they entered until they left, Horikita Suzune had only said one word: "Brother..." And even then, she hadn't received any response from Horikita Manabu.

Moreover, when discussing who was qualified to join the student council, Horikita Manabu hadn't even glanced at Horikita Suzune.

This visit to the student council seemed to have dealt a heavy blow to Horikita Suzune.

Otherwise, why would she still be walking in the same direction as him after leaving the student council?

Although they hadn't spent much time together, Shikime Natsu felt that Horikita Suzune should have quickly grabbed her bag and parted ways with him by now.

On several previous occasions, if not for his own interference, Horikita Suzune would have wanted to stay as far away from him as possible.

"Give me my brother's contact information."

Horikita Suzune's face was full of hesitation, but she finally raised her wine-red eyes to look at Shikime Natsu.

No... aren't you being a bit too pathetic?

Where did the high-and-mighty Horikita Suzune from the bus go?

Looking at Horikita Suzune like this, Shikime Natsu didn't even feel like teasing her anymore.

"I can give it to you, but... never mind. Let's go to the cafe first and sit down to talk. I'm still a bit interested in your brother's affairs."

Shikime Natsu took out his phone and sent a message to Kushida Kikyo, confirming that she had already saved a spot and that the other seats were mostly occupied.

One had to admit, Kushida Kikyo's popularity was quite high, but... why was she so obsessed with Horikita Suzune?

Chapter 46: Being with you is already troublesome enough

The two soon arrived at the cafe in Keyaki Mall. It had to be said, there were so many people here; with this many customers every day, they must be making a fortune, right?

Shikime Natsu even had the thought of opening a cafe here himself to rake in money from these high schoolers.

"Eh? Shikime-kun, Horikita-san, if you don't mind, I have a seat here."

Kushida Kikyo noticed their arrival with "great surprise." Currently, there was a cup of coffee sitting in front of her.

"There are no seats."

Then, as if ignoring Kushida Kikyo entirely, Horikita Suzune spoke directly to Shikime Natsu, her expression returning to its usual cold, aloof state.

"Isn't there one right here? Kushida-san is quite kind to be inviting us. I gave her my seat yesterday, so she's probably just trying to return the favor."

Shikime Natsu explained, though he thought about how he hadn't come to the cafe once in the few days he'd been at school. He felt he had contributed quite a bit of money to this place; surely they owed him some kind of loyalty reward?

"Do you want to talk about what just happened in front of her?"