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

He did not believe that such highly targeted photos were sent at random.

Especially since Nakano Yuu had indeed been waiting for him like someone waiting for a rabbit to hit a tree stump.

"Yes," Nakano Yuu said. "I happened to learn that you two are siblings, and that your sister has always looked up to you, wanting to become as strong as you are."

"Nakano-kun—"

Horikita Suzune, who had been acting like a little sister just moments ago, seemed to react, wanting to stop him from continuing, yet finding herself unable to do so.

"It seems you are still the same, Suzune." Horikita Manabu's reaction, however, was quite cold.

This caused his sister to lower her head instantly.

"And the true nature of this school is exactly what the teacher announced to us today," Nakano Yuu said. "You are the Student Council President, yet your sister is trash from Class D. The idea of her wanting to be like you is simply unrealistic."

Despite him saying such harsh words, Horikita Suzune did not refute him; instead, she looked at him with a slightly weak gaze, appearing somewhat pitiful.

This made Nakano Yuu feel as if she were a puppy he had once raised.

However.

"Therefore, I suggest you let her drop out," he said.

"..." Horikita Manabu.

"..." Horikita Suzune.

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Chapter 013 What do you mean by that? I don't like it, take it back!

Nakano Yuu had specifically called Horikita Manabu out.

To be precise, it was the other party who wanted to lure him out.

Horikita Manabu was aware of this, having already arrived here and waited for several minutes, observing the interaction between the other party and his sister before reaching this conclusion.

The other party had intentionally tried to use his sister to make some sort of deal with him.

However.

The current proposal was for Horikita Suzune to drop out.

To have his little sister drop out.

In truth, if Nakano Yuu hadn't actively fished for this, Horikita Manabu would have also prepared to find his sister after the first month of the freshman year ended to tell her to drop out.

Of course, the original intention wasn't for her to actually drop out, but to make her choose. Since she now knew the special nature of this school, she should understand the hardship of climbing up from Class D.

Therefore, he had intended to educate her.

But now.

"Let me... drop out?" Horikita Suzune seemed completely astonished.

She looked at Nakano Yuu in shock.

"Of course," Nakano Yuu said. "First of all, four days ago, I used a piece of expiring information to take all of your points."

"And it wasn't until this month that you realized what a significant amount those 80,000 points actually were."

"This demonstrates your rashness and impulsiveness."

"Furthermore, Class D's evaluation score is zero. A class that starts its first month with zero points will be the trashiest class in history, and yet a student in such a class is the sister of the Student Council President."

"Who do you think will ultimately lose face?"

"Horikita Suzune, do you have absolutely no self-awareness?" Nakano Yuu looked at Horikita and said.

"This..." Horikita's sister was completely stunned.

Then, she fell silent, appearing almost as if she were shrinking away.

If her brother had said these things to her, she might have been able to struggle and declare that she would definitely work hard to climb up, but Nakano Yuu's lack of action regarding the class made her feel resigned.

If even he didn't want to lead the class, did she really have a chance to bring it up?

It was likely like throwing an egg against a rock.

And so, Horikita Suzune became very timid.

"..." Horikita Manabu.

Although Horikita Manabu was watching from the side, he now felt that this guy's remarks were too harsh.

Moreover.

Why was this guy stealing all of his lines?

These were clearly things he had wanted to say to his sister.

Thinking this.

"Horikita Suzune, although you are often alone, you seem to have misinterpreted the meaning of being aloof and being lonely."

Horikita Manabu heard Nakano Yuu say exactly that.

"..." Horikita Manabu felt that this junior, Nakano, was indeed problematic; it was as if he knew exactly what he was going to say and had stolen his lines directly.

"I..." Horikita Suzune's attitude became even weaker.

"Right now, while I'm the only one who knows you're the student council president's sister, just drop out of school right here," Nakano Yuu interrupted her. "You can get the withdrawal application from Chabashira-sensei and be done with it."

"The student council president is a third-year student in Class A, which means he only has one year left until graduation. If, during this time, rival classes attack him with the news that he has a sister in Class D, and he ultimately fails to graduate from Class A, do you think you can shoulder the responsibility for that, Horikita-san?"

"So, Horikita-san, drop out here. As long as you withdraw, your brother won't have any weaknesses," Nakano Yuu said.

"?" Horikita Manabu.

No.

Horikita Manabu knew that if things continued like this, his sister might really just drop out on the spot.

Therefore, feeling a bit of a headache, he pressed one hand against his forehead.

"You can stop trying to deceive Suzune now," Horikita Manabu said. "What are your demands? To be precise, what do you want to get from me?"

"Well." Nakano-kun's attitude changed instantly.

"Horikita-san, my analysis just now was merely the potential risks that might arise if you continue to stay at this school."

"However, since your brother is the student council president and the representative of the third-year Class A, I suppose it won't be that easy for him to fall. So it seems you can influence him, but not by much," Nakano Yuu said.

"..." Horikita Manabu.

You were just about to trick his sister into dropping out voluntarily, and yet you call that "not by much."

However, Horikita Manabu kept a straight face.

Nakano Yuu also knew that bullying a sister in front of her brother would surely anger him, so he said, "I'm actually quite curious about how much authority the student council of this school has."

"Are you sure it's the student council? Isn't it that you want to know the authority of the student council president?" Horikita Manabu had already categorized this junior, Nakano, as a dangerous person.

"Nothing gets past the student council president." Nakano Yuu offered a humble smile.

He had spent several days specifically trying to lure the student council president; naturally, he didn't want just a few tens of thousands of points.

"The system of this school is very unique, and the authority held by the student council is immense. It has everything a student council in the outside world has, and it also has things they don't. You remember the opening ceremony, right? There were no faculty members present, and not even the school leaders gave speeches. That is to say, events of this level are entirely entrusted to the student council."

"The student council has obtained a large portion of the school's authority."

"And becoming the student council president even allows one to issue orders to some teachers."

"Of course, after becoming president, one can also participate in the arrangements for some special exams. It's not about writing the questions, but rather deciding the point values. After the school sets the questions, they provide a range of scores for the student council president to choose from."

Is that so?

Then, being a student and yet being able to participate in exams, or even acting like an examiner—isn't that incredibly overpowered?

Moreover, this president can actually directly decide the point values for the monthly special exams, and those point values are incredibly important for the various classes to climb up or fall down.

For example, if one's own class is far from Class A, then one could arrange for more special exams with high point values, allowing one's class to climb up quickly, and vice versa.

As long as one's class has moved up, then one could stick to low-point exams; that way, even if they underperform in those exams, they wouldn't be immediately caught by the lower-ranked classes.

So, becoming the student council president is simply heaven-defying!

"And then," Horikita Manabu's tone became much more serious, "becoming the student council president also grants the authority to expel a student unconditionally."

Oh.

I see.

So it's the ability to expel students while ignoring the rules—a total bug.

But.

Why are you looking at him while saying something like that? Hurry up and take that back!

Nakano Yuu gently rubbed his chin.

"I understand now," he nodded slightly.

"So," Horikita Manabu said, "Nakano Yuu, do you want to join the student council?"

You are an interesting student council president, too.

Nakano-kun marveled inwardly, because even though Horikita Manabu knew he was being baited, he still chose to invite him to the student council; perhaps this was the magnanimity of a student council president.

However.

"Then, can you let me be the president?" Nakano Yuu said.

Horikita Suzune stared at him, dumbfounded. From initially being so discouraged that she wanted to drop out, to learning that her brother was so powerful, and then... this guy Nakano Yuu was actually this audacious.

And now, he was even saying he wanted to be the president.

"What would you do after becoming president?" Horikita Manabu didn't completely refuse.

"Two plans," Nakano Yuu said. "The first, naturally, is to demand a sharing fee for the student council."

Nakano-kun said, "Levy it from every student. And I will ensure fairness and impartiality when exercising the authority of the student council president."

In other words, he wouldn't be biased in choosing point values for the monthly special exams out of personal interest.

In that case, the students would indeed be willing to pay.

This school has three grade levels, with 160 students per grade, meaning there are 480 students in total across the three grades.

If everyone gave him 50,000, 20 million would be a sure thing.

Of course, this number would decrease because the monthly special exams include the option of expulsion, but it would still be possible to scrape together 20 million.

However, this plan was truly a bit too extreme, so Nakano added.

"This is to make them express dissatisfaction with this system, thereby heating up the next year's student council president election, and to serve as an examination of the next president's fairness—in other words, a disguised way of motivating them to move forward."

"Hmm." Horikita Manabu was taken aback for a moment.

"Then what about the other plan?" Horikita Manabu said.

"Naturally, it's wanting the authority to randomly expel one student. I'd notify Nagumo Miyabi from Class A of the second year in advance, saying that I intend to use this authority to expel him."

"How do you think that would go?" Nakano Yuu said.

How would it go?

Of course, Nagumo would honestly pay up. And Nagumo wouldn't just pay up honestly; he would even want him to use this authority to expel someone Nagumo himself wanted gone.

Horikita Manabu understood completely now.

This guy, the message he sent his sister about the transfer wasn't for anything else—it was for the money. This guy wanted to collect 20 million private points.

That way, regardless of what class he was in, or even what kind of student he was, he could guarantee that he would eventually graduate from Class A.

He only cared about being a Class A graduate.

However.

"I personally don't have many points," Horikita Manabu said. "So I won't be giving you any support in terms of points."

"And to become the next student council president, one must satisfy the status of being vice president or be nominated as a candidate by the outgoing president, and then obtain the votes of the entire school; only the one with the most votes can become president."