Classroom of the Elite, but It's a Diary Style

For one, the students in Class B aren't that rotten; if it were Class D, he probably wouldn't dare do this. For another... how can you use moral kidnapping on someone who has no morals?

Thirdly, 'friends' are the best source of information. Whether true or false, you can always gather fragments from their idle chatter.

Just like right now.

"Tell me more." Pulling over a chair, Asakusa Toru joined the group of classmates chatting away with clean, decisive movements.

And then, he roughly pieced together the full picture.

"..."

Consequently, Asakusa Toru fell into silence.

...No, wait, I've been writing the Diary in such an obviously masculine tone, so how could she still end up targeting Xiao Mei?!

Although Sakayanagi Arisu's track record is indeed quite notorious, at least according to her character setting, she's supposed to be a genius, right?

She is a genius, right? She's definitely a genius, right?

Why did she just go ahead and reach a completely wrong conclusion, and why is she completely oblivious to it?

Does being love-struck affect the brain... that much?

Asakusa Toru was baffled.

However, this should count as good news.

After Horikita Suzune, the second Diary reader to jump out on her own initiative is Sakayanagi Arisu.

...Of course, the possibility of it being Kamuro Masumi cannot be ruled out.

But thinking about it carefully, with Kamuro's brain, she shouldn't be able to come up with the scheme of having her master stand at the forefront for her.

More importantly, a substitute standing in the front is usually someone insignificant, someone whose assassination wouldn't matter; who would ever find a substitute in their own master?

If Kamuro really were a holder of a Diary copy, he honestly couldn't think of any dark history that could be exposed.

Aside from Miaoshou Kongkong, there really doesn't seem to be anything.

If he had to say... she might have a bit of a masochistic streak.

Or perhaps she just likes the feeling of being threatened by someone holding leverage over her.

But personal kinks are free; even if something like that were written in the Diary, it doesn't seem particularly significant.

So, as expected, Sakayanagi Arisu is still more fun.

A high-achieving, single-minded model like Horikita Suzune, and a proud, love-struck girl with high-spec settings like Sakayanagi Arisu—no matter how you look at it, messing with them is more interesting than anyone else.

However, there's no rush to mock her in tonight's Diary.

Let her hold onto her answer and keep her proud head held high in self-satisfaction for a while; he'll mock her ruthlessly later.

...Fine, he admits that he doesn't intend to mock her to her face because today's plot index is terrible.

That's right, today's plot index is even worse than yesterday's.

'E'

Although he admits that there was absolutely no plot on the third day of school—in the original work, aside from the first two days and the first swimming lesson, the first month was basically skipped over with the phrase "dream life."

But isn't an E a bit too excessive?

Asakusa Toru has reason to suspect that he might have touched the cake of the capitalists.

I've clearly been racking my brains so hard trying to figure out how to fabricate the daily Diary entries, yet this is the only plot index I get?

Capital, you win.

Chapter 43: She is actually quite curious to see it

Once the plot index dropped, Asakusa Toru felt a bit listless.

But today's Diary still had to be written; after all, he had already decided that no matter how low today's plot index was, he would make one final attempt.

So... what exactly should he write?

Considering he had already spoiled this special exam, and the subsequent plot seemed a bit far off without much timeliness, after much thought, Asakusa Toru felt he should find someone to "torture."

However, he was having a hard time choosing his target.

He wouldn't mess with Sakayanagi Arisu for now, Horikita Suzune needed a break, and he had already talked about Kushida Kikyo at the beginning.

He had already plucked the "god-man" from Class D twice and the "Little Princess" from Class A once; if he wanted to keep things balanced, he definitely had to talk about Class B or Class C this time.

Although everyone in Class B is a little angel, well... if you count carefully, there are quite a few points to talk about.

Like the noble Kanzaki, who is practically the embodiment of a god-man; Himeno, whose purpose is unclear; the lily-blooming Shiranami; and Watanabe, who seems to have quite a few scenes later on but whose specific image he can't quite outline when he thinks back.

As for Class C, it goes without saying; Ryuen is the biggest source of entertainment.

Decided. He'd talk about Ryuen and that great traitor of his who, for some unknown reason, suddenly pops up later without warning.

Of course, before that... he still has to attend class.

Following the duties expected of a student, he must cope with this first month of exams where every detail is recorded and points are deducted accordingly.

Student Council.

Time ticked away. Although the declaration to recruit new members had been made yesterday, after that commotion caused by Asakusa Toru, the vast majority of those who were self-aware of their own abilities had abandoned the idea of joining the student council.

Now, as the student council's working hours were nearing their end, only Katsuragi Kohei from Class A had come to express his intention to join.

Although an interview was conducted on the spot, it was a pity that despite being a student from Class A, he did not quite meet the needs of the current student council president, Horikita Manabu.

"...That guy from yesterday, didn't he come?"

Looking up at the clock that seemed to be approaching 'quitting time', Horikita Manabu asked Tachibana Akane beside him out of the blue.

Tachibana Akane shook her head gently: "He didn't come."

The result would not change no matter how many times he asked; the quiet door that never seemed to open, the clock on the wall with its hands constantly turning.

Everything was telling Horikita Manabu one fact.

--He had been stood up.

...No, come to think of it, the term "stood up" might not be entirely accurate.

Because Asakusa Toru had said at the time that he would "next time" take the initiative to visit the student council office.

But he hadn't specified exactly when "next time" would be.

"..." Horikita Manabu fell into silence.

Watching the hands reach the end, he finished the remaining work in his hands and stood up.

It was better not to deceive himself anymore; he had indeed stood him up.

There was no point in obsessing over the definition of "next time"; the fact was, he hadn't come.

"Um... President." Seeing him stand up, Tachibana Akane hurriedly tidied up the documents on the desk and asked in a low voice: "The secretary position is still vacant..."

There were too few people interviewing.

Since no one had taken the initiative to come to the student council for an interview on the first day, it would likely be difficult to find students willing to join the student council in the days to come.

"Better to have nothing than to settle for less," Horikita Manabu said calmly. "If there is no one who meets the criteria, let it remain vacant."

The student council only welcomes those with aspirations.

He should have already said that yesterday.

Class A had not changed much compared to the previous two days, and Ryuen from Class C was still trying to find a way to subdue Yamada Albert.

As for Class D...

They should have realized by now.

The arrival and departure of Sakayanagi Arisu had not changed anything; to the students of Class D, it was nothing more than a small interlude.

Although there was much speculation about the relationship between Sakayanagi Arisu and Wang Meiyu, what was more important to them at this moment was the exam information they had exchanged for 200,000 points from Chabashira Sae.

'Behavioral Norms Exam'

Any non-compliant behavior would result in point deductions, and by now, they might have already been deducted over a hundred points.

It sounded nerve-wracking; it sounded terrifying.

Exams were things that students instinctively felt intimidated by, let alone this kind of exam that was being conducted in secret, silently.

"Th-that, teacher, what happens if... too many points are deducted?" Swallowing hard, a girl raised her hand: "Will our parents be notified?"

Having been students for nine years, they were actually very clear about the consequences of failing an exam.

Other than notifying parents, nothing much would really happen.

In Class D, the number of students who had never failed an exam could be counted on one hand, and for some, the number of times they had passed was also countable on one hand.

However, Advanced Nurturing High School seemed to be different from the schools they had attended in the past.

"Notify parents? No, parents will not be notified." Chabashira Sae raised her eyebrows.

Money would be deducted.

However, the value of the 200,000 points was limited to explaining the rules of the special exam.

As for the significance of the point deductions, that was not within the scope of what she needed to elaborate on.

Do not blame her for being heartless; if they wanted to promote to Class A, this was the bare minimum.

For the current Class D, the bottom line for the personal points they could scrape together was 200,000.

Anything more than that would exceed their psychological expectations, causing them to refuse to pay.

But even on this third day, when information was rapidly devaluing, it would take at least 500,000 personal points to clearly lay everything out before them.

That was a number they would absolutely never take out.

Therefore, in a sense, Chabashira Sae felt she had done her best.

She had lowered the cost from 500,000 to 200,000, while simultaneously reducing some expensive but unnecessary information to lighten the burden of the costs they needed to pay.

Even if they didn't know that the exam results were related to class points, knowing that the exam existed, they should have behaved with more restraint.

Although she had observed Class D for three days and had a rough grasp of their habits, Chabashira Sae still did not think they would be so rotten as to recklessly disregard point deductions even when they knew they were being tested.

She had been a teacher at Advanced Nurturing for many years and had never seen such defective products to that degree.

If there really were any, she would quite like to see them for herself.

"There will be no notification to parents, no expulsion; the only thing that will change... is the school's 'evaluation' of you."

Looking down at the students below, Chabashira Sae said softly.

When the word 'evaluation' came out, the tense atmosphere in Class D collapsed in an instant.

However, everyone still had their own different views on the understanding of such a result.

Generally speaking, it was divided into three factions.

Those who felt that "we have already hit rock bottom, so any direction we move is upward."

Those who felt that "although I don't know what will happen, wouldn't it be bad if we fail?"

And those who felt that "it's fine, it looks like there is still time."

The former was the Yamauchi Group, the middle was the Gal Group, and the latter was Horikita Suzune.

"Phew, it's just a change in evaluation, it's really no big deal." Yamauchi Haruki breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand: "After all, didn't the school say we were all trash? It doesn't matter if we lose a few more points."

"Anyway, we won't be expelled."

It didn't sound like it was based on a hundred-point scale; they had already lost over a hundred points, so a few more wouldn't make a difference.

At most, he would just restrain himself a little.

However, if he really encountered force majeure and had no choice but to be late, then there would be nothing he could do about it, right?