Ayanokoji, What Have You Done!?

After that, the perverted clerk naturally lost his reputation and ended up behind bars. The operation team, led by Ayanokoji, also successfully scared the three students from Class C into dropping their complaint.

Inside the student council office, the seat for Class D was empty, lacking Ayanokoji's presence, while the three students from Class C looked restless.

"Where is Ayanokoji?" Chabashira noticed Ayanokoji's tardiness and asked Horikita Suzune.

"He won't be coming. It makes no difference whether he's here or not anyway," Horikita Suzune replied indifferently.

Chabashira put on a thoughtful expression and sighed. Horikita Suzune couldn't help but find this strange.

"Please remain quiet, both parties. The review will now begin," Secretary Tachibana announced the start of the proceedings.

Perhaps noticing the confused looks from everyone, Horikita Manabu spoke up: "The student council treasurer, Baiye Ying, is tied up with business today, so Secretary Tachibana will be presiding."

Chabashira's eyes darkened; she knew that the absence of Ayanokoji and Ying could not be a mere coincidence.

"U-um, can we drop the complaint?" Komiya from Class C raised his hand and said.

Chabashira and Sakagami were both startled. Sakagami hurriedly tried to stop the Class C students, but he couldn't get the three of them to retract their statement. Meanwhile, Chabashira laughed to herself, silently praising Ayanokoji for such a brilliant move.

After the review concluded, Horikita Suzune and Chabashira began lecturing Sudo. Sudo realized that the root cause of this incident was his own usual behavior, and he promised the two of them that he would regulate his conduct in the future.

Once everyone had left, Chabashira asked Horikita Suzune, "What did you do, Horikita?"

"What are you talking about, Teacher?" Horikita Suzune chose to play dumb; after all, this plan was a form of deception, and she wasn't sure if the school would hold them accountable for their actions.

"It's a secret, then? Let me ask another question: who came up with this plan?" Chabashira lit a cigarette and continued to press.

"...Why do you care about these things?" Horikita Suzune was puzzled. She was the one who thought of the plan, but she didn't understand why Chabashira was so concerned.

"Because I'm a bit curious about the absent Ayanokoji."

Chabashira has been paying attention to Ayanokoji ever since he enrolled. I can vaguely sense that something is wrong, Horikita Suzune thought to herself.

Horikita Suzune had long realized that Ayanokoji was a clever student, yet such a person had always remained in the shadows, appearing to have no motivation for anything.

"The students of Class D all have some flaws, more or less. What do you think Ayanokoji's flaw is?"

"Is it because he is an escapist?"

"Horikita, is that what you think? You should take this opportunity to understand the person that is Ayanokoji as much as you can. Otherwise, it will be too late, because it seems you have already walked into Ayanokoji's trap. Is Ayanokoji really just an escapist?"

Hearing Chabashira's words, Horikita Suzune also realized that something was amiss. She recalled Ayanokoji's actions since the start of the school year. First, he scored exactly 50 points on every subject in the exams, and then, when Sudo and the others were facing expulsion, he proposed the strategy of buying points. Perhaps the reason she was able to come up with this strategy was because Ayanokoji had intentionally let her see the surveillance footage at the dormitory entrance that day?

"Although this is my personal opinion, the most severely flawed product in Class D is Ayanokoji. The higher the functionality of a product, the harder it is to use. If you cannot understand him well, the class might fail because of it." Having said that, Chabashira didn't say anything more and walked away.

At the entrance of the student council office, Ayanokoji was waiting for everyone.

"Is this the perfect solution you came up with? Not bad. As long as Class C drops the complaint, then neither Sudo nor Sakura will be the ones lying—it can only be Class C," Horikita Manabu said to Ayanokoji.

"This incident was facilitated by your sister; it has nothing to do with me," Ayanokoji stated the facts flatly.

"The student council is still missing a secretary. Would you like to join?" Horikita Manabu invited him.

"I hate troublesome things. I want to live an ordinary student life. So, please forgive me for refusing."

"What!? You're actually refusing the student council president's invitation?" Tachibana, standing nearby, thought this year's freshmen were truly strange. Others were fighting tooth and nail to get into the student council and couldn't, yet he was personally invited by the president and still refused. At least this student was more polite than the previous one...

Following that, Horikita Manabu and Tachibana left. Not long after, Chabashira and Horikita Suzune appeared, but Chabashira left without saying a word, while Horikita Suzune walked straight toward Ayanokoji.

"Hi, how did it go?" Ayanokoji greeted Horikita Suzune.

Horikita Suzune just glared at Ayanokoji fiercely and asked, "You've been playing me in the palm of your hand, haven't you?"

"Playing you? What are you talking about?" Ayanokoji felt wronged. Although he had thought of this strategy and prepared a backup plan in case it failed, he really hadn't done anything this time.

"You intentionally left early while scouting to get my attention and make me leave too. In reality, you were waiting for me at the dormitory entrance. Once you saw me return, you colluded with Baiye from Class B to intentionally let me notice the surveillance camera, thereby guiding me to come up with this strategy," Horikita Suzune voiced her thoughts.

"You're overthinking it. It was just a coincidence. I am an escapist, after all."

Ayanokoji could only lament the terror of coincidences to himself, or perhaps this was a trap set for him by someone else?

At this moment, a male student walked over; it was Ryuen Sho from Class C.

"Who are you?" Horikita Suzune asked calmly.

"Next time, I'll be your opponent. Look forward to it."

Having said that, Ryuen ignored whatever the two were doing and left the scene.

"Ayanokoji, you said you would assist me in rising to Class A, right? I want to know what you are thinking. You claim to be an escapist, yet you keep providing us with help in such an ambiguous way." Horikita Suzune stared into Ayanokoji's eyes, hoping to glean some information, but it was all in vain.

"Ayanokoji, what exactly are you?"

"I promised to help you rise to Class A, but please do not probe into me too deeply." After saying this, Ayanokoji also headed toward the dormitory. Setting aside previous events, he had truly just been a bystander for this one, at most providing the bare minimum of physical help. He had done nothing at all, yet now Horikita Suzune was paying him abnormal attention, which made him feel annoyed.

However, it wasn't a big deal. Ayanokoji finally reached this conclusion.

On campus, Ryuen and the group from Class C were on their way to karaoke, thinking about the incident, when an uninvited guest appeared ahead.

"You must be Sakayanagi. Only a few months into the school year, and you're already acting like a queen," Ryuen provoked.

"Hehe, even so, it doesn't match half the flair of Class C's tyrant," Sakayanagi from Class A said. Beside her, Kito and Hashimoto were on guard against Ryuen.

"Hahaha, once I tear Class D apart and trample Class B, I will personally pull you down from your throne in Class A." With that, Ryuen led the Class C group, brushing past the Class A students.

Sakayanagi just smiled silently: "What an interesting school this is. Hashimoto, have you found out who that person is?"

"Princess, I have. It is Baiye Ying from Class B. Daring to use your wisdom, he will surely regret it," Hashimoto said respectfully.

"Ying, is it?" Sakayanagi felt like she had seen that name somewhere before.

Ying: Danger.