Classroom of the Elite, Starting with a Zero, Knowing the Plot I Just Lay Flat!

"You have coffee; I'll go ask for a cup of warm water," Horikita Suzune said.

"..." Nakano Yuu.

Hmm.

That's a bit stingy, isn't it?

Of course, as the person who had robbed her of most of her points, Nakano Yuu couldn't actually bring himself to say that out loud.

"I'll order for you too," Nakano Yuu said. "If I'm sitting here drinking coffee while you're stuck with warm water, it'll make me look incredibly cheap if word gets out."

"Most of my time right now is meant for studying, not for playing some love game with anyone. I hope you can understand that," Horikita Suzune replied quickly.

?

Nakano Yuu was momentarily speechless.

Is that so?

Or does she actually think that his actions—hanging out after school, paying to hire her, and even bringing her here for coffee—are all part of an attempt to woo her?

Does she, Horikita Suzune, actually believe that he, Nakano Yuu, is trying to play some kind of romance game with her?

Wow.

Nakano Yuu felt a bit strange. Horikita Suzune, that super dense girl from the original story who only realized what feelings were right as the series was nearing its end—does she already know what romance is now?

Hmm.

She probably doesn't; she likely just instinctively felt that Nakano-kun was the type of person who would do such things.

But this misunderstanding...

"I'm not interested in you," Nakano Yuu said. "So don't get the wrong idea. Since we're students in the same class, and given what happened a few days ago, I think you're well aware of the situation with some of the other students in class. I imagine it's hard for you to find someone to talk to."

"And since we have special exams every month, I occasionally need someone to assist me."

"That's why I need a partner, and I think you're quite suitable. 1,000 private points per hour—I think that's a great deal, Horikita Suzune," Nakano Yuu said.

"..." Horikita.

Horikita Suzune felt that what this guy said was incredibly rude, yet at the same time, she couldn't deny it was perfectly logical.

Because when this guy was in class, he would sometimes suddenly turn toward her direction, but he wasn't looking at her—he was stealing glances at Sakura Airi, who sat next to her.

If he really wanted to play a romance game, it clearly wouldn't be with her.

And since this school is different from the outside world, it was perfectly reasonable for him to have these kinds of considerations.

Horikita Suzune instantly deflated like a punctured ball.

"Alright, then let's keep waiting here. We'll head back once it's close to 9 o'clock."

"If you want to go somewhere else, that's fine too," Nakano Yuu said.

"Why wait so long?" Horikita felt his actions were a bit suspicious.

"There's someone I want to see," Nakano Yuu said. "So I need you to be here on the scene."

"..." Horikita.

Horikita felt she couldn't grasp his intentions at all.

And of course, she didn't know that while Nakano-kun bringing her out to shop was true, it was also true that he absolutely needed her to be present.

Because.

He tapped his phone.

"Enable GPS function?"

Yes.

Nakano Yuu immediately retrieved the location of a contact he had added, labeled as "Brother."

"This is?" Horikita Suzune noticed Nakano Yuu's actions. "Your brother?"

Horikita Suzune seemed somewhat surprised. "You actually have an older brother at this school too?"

She wondered how Nakano Yuu was able to sell her information about upcoming events when he was just a student in Class D; she had assumed he was tipped off by a relative.

But.

Actually, that's not it.

It's your brother, he thought with a clear gaze.

"As long as you add someone as a friend, you can use the location tracking function. The school's phones are specially made, and the GPS is very accurate. For example, if you add me as a friend, you could find me at any time," Nakano Yuu explained. "Also, if you open your own location info, you can check how many times you've been tracked."

Once you add someone as a friend, you can track their location.

In the original story, this was a useful feature, and the original protagonist used this trick to save Sakura Airi when she was being stalked by a fan.

After Nakano Yuu got his phone, he hadn't been able to use this feature.

Because he didn't have any friends.

However, after obtaining the number for Student Council President Horikita Manabu from Chabashira, he had sent a friend request, and the other party had accepted it.

That was the only reason he could use this feature.

He then discovered, quite by surprise, that besides being able to track the other person's location, he could actually check how many times he himself had been tracked.

As of now, the number of times he had been tracked was six.

And Nakano Yuu only had one friend.

So, that meant.

He was out and about with Student Council President Horikita Manabu's younger sister, and he had even sent the other party screenshots of the transfers the sister had made to him and the transfers he had sent back.

In the last 20 minutes, he had even sent a screenshot of the 360,000 points currently in his balance to the other party.

Although Horikita Manabu had added him as a friend, he hadn't said a word, but wouldn't he still be keeping an eye on him?

After all, the only person who could search for Nakano Yuu was Horikita Manabu.

To avoid any errors, Nakano Yuu hadn't even saved the number of Horikita Suzune, who seemed easy enough to trick into adding him.

Therefore, even if it wasn't today, the other party would surely come knocking by tomorrow, or at the latest, the day after.

Nakano Yuu remembered that in the original Classroom of the Elite, Class 3-A, where Horikita Manabu belonged, suffered a heavy loss during the training camp exam. To ensure Horikita Manabu's follower wasn't expelled, the entire class paid 20 million points to offset the expulsion penalty.

And if that follower hadn't been expelled, wouldn't those 20 million points have been saved?

Of course.

This might have been a collective fund from the entire Class 3-A, the kind where everyone saves on living expenses to deal with exams.

However, as the student council president, Horikita Manabu should have had some savings of his own.

Thus.

Nakano Yuu decided to continue taking the man's sister out for a stroll.

And just as he was thinking this.

"Etou, what a rare combination."

"Horikita-san, and Nakano-kun."

At that moment, a girl's voice drifted over, and a cute girl with short blonde hair waved at them curiously.

Wait, sister, who are you?

Perhaps sensing the question conveyed in Nakano Yuu's gaze, the girl who had greeted him and Horikita-san took the initiative to introduce herself.

Kushida Kikyou.

Short blonde hair, a lovely face, and a personality that seemed like an angel's. It was said that upon entering the school, she had obtained the contact information of most of her classmates in just a day and a half, and had even made connections with other classes.

Some had witnessed her trying to make friends with every student in the school, greeting everyone on the first floor of the dormitory.

She was an incredibly optimistic person, and combined with her cute appearance and delicate heart, she had quickly become very popular among the first-years.

Now that a month had passed, she had likely interacted with most of the students in the entire grade.

One could only say that her social skills were terrifyingly good.

This was also a characteristic of Class D. After all, it was the protagonist's class; although it was rated as the worst, it definitely had students capable of going toe-to-toe with those in Class A.

Like the all-rounder Kouenji Rokusuke, the academically and physically gifted Horikita Suzune, the warm-as-sunlight "Mother" Hirata, and then there was the A+ socialite, Kushida Kikyou.

However.

Nakano-kun put his phone away, a look of slight confusion on his face.

Because.

His original plan was to take Horikita's sister out to go fishing—to fish for Horikita Manabu.

But the one who had taken the bait first was Kushida Kikyou.

Nakano Yuu certainly had an impression of this Kushida Kikyou, as she was the "fan service" representative of the Classroom of the Elite world. If Sakura-san was a gravure model hiding her identity, then Kushida-san was the recognized little angel.

She was the most popular girl aside from the Class B school beauty, Ichinose Honami.

Kushida treated all students equally, even flashing smiles at boys with poor reputations, so in the eyes of the boys in her class, she was nothing short of an angel.

And she truly was an angel; if you were in trouble, she would be the first to help you.

However, there was one exception.

That was the fact that she was a student in Class D. Why would someone so excellent in every way, possessing an A+ social ability that Horikita Suzune completely lacked, be assigned to Class D?

Naturally, she was a problem child.

The Kushida in the original story was dark, harboring her own dark history. She was particularly wary of Horikita, who was from the same middle school, spilling her secrets, and she was even willing to betray the class's interests to prevent that.

In the early stages, she had intended to get on good terms with Horikita Suzune.

According to the original development, she should have taken the initiative to talk to Horikita Suzune, wanting to walk to school with her, waiting at her door every day, and insisting on interacting with her.

One could say she was quite a persistent person.

"..." Horikita.

Although Kushida had greeted her, Horikita did not respond. Under Nakano Yuu's observation, her expression even underwent a subtle change.

Although she was generally expressionless, she now appeared somewhat tense.

Clearly.

Some developments from the original story were indeed manifesting; Kushida was pestering Horikita just as she had in the original work.

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Chapter 012 Nakano Yuu: I Suggest Horikita Suzune Drop Out! Horikita x2: Excuse me?

Kushida's dark history took place in middle school, and since Horikita Suzune came from the same school, Kushida had come to this institution hoping for a fresh start.

That was why she was so incredibly repulsed by Horikita Suzune, who hailed from her same middle school.

Her chosen method was quite direct: get on good terms with Horikita Suzune. As long as they were on good terms, it would be easy to handle her—whether it was ensuring Horikita wouldn't reveal her dark history, or maintaining a superficial friendship while secretly plotting to eliminate her.

She was still in the early stages, merely pestering Horikita and trying to establish a rapport first.

However, it seemed she hadn't succeeded.

After all, Horikita Suzune was the heroine; according to traditional logic, only the protagonist could win her over, and a fan-service character like Kushida couldn't pull that off.

However.

Nakano Yuu recalled some of the strange thought processes of this fan-service character.

Kushida-san appeared to be a little angel.

But since she kept hitting a wall with Horikita Suzune, would she perhaps choose a more circuitous route? Would she try to get close to the protagonist—who appeared to have a good relationship with Horikita—in an attempt to "save the nation by a devious path" and bridge the gap with Horikita?

But she was a little fool, completely unaware of just how terrifying the seemingly harmless protagonist actually was.

So, it would truly be a case of losing her investment and her soldiers as well.