The next day, after school.
The Palesen Cafe, private room.
Dokuho Kouya and Kohei Katsuragi sat facing each other.
Yahiko Totsuka, one of Katsuragi's underlings, stood beside him.
"When we exchanged contact information, I knew it was only a matter of time before you got in touch."
Katsuragi paused, then studied the boy across from him with a curious look. "But I didn't expect you to contact me this very afternoon."
Kouya smiled faintly. "I'm surprised too."
"Hey!" While the two of them exchanged pleasantries, Yahiko Totsuka spoke up irritably from the side. "What do you want with Big Brother Katsuragi?"
"Big Brother Katsuragi's time is precious!"
At the boy's words, Kouya didn't get angry. Instead, he turned his gaze toward him to assess his abilities.
[Name: Yahiko Totsuka] [Academic Ability: C] [Intelligence: C] [Judgment: D] [Physical Ability: D] [Teamwork: B]
A student with stats like these wouldn't have been out of place in Class D.
And yet, ironically, Yahiko Totsuka had ended up in the former Class A.
But that was consistent with how most companies operated.
No matter how excellent a company was, once it grew large enough, there would always be a few people whose abilities didn't match their positions.
Perhaps the school had taken that into consideration when it placed someone as lacking in every area as Yahiko Totsuka in Class A.
"Yahiko!"
Seeing his underling stir things up again, Katsuragi frowned in displeasure. "Keep quiet over there."
"Right..." Yahiko obediently shut his mouth, but the displeasure remained on his face.
Anyone who didn't know better might have thought Katsuragi was his goddess.
"Kouya, I apologize on Yahiko's behalf for what just happened." Katsuragi bowed slightly.
He'd only appeared twice so far, and he'd already apologized twice.
If he ever entered politics or became