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

As long as he came to her, she could entrust him with leading the class. And she would provide him with the maximum assistance permitted within her authority.

Thus, Chabashira waited another three days, and naturally, nothing happened.

However, there was a bit of progress for the students.

That was that the study group had truly begun.

As the group leader, Nakano began tutoring the underachievers.

"First of all, you've all seen the class grades. My own grades are right there, so I won't say anything else. If you want results, then do problems, do problems, and do more problems."

"Do more problems. If you do enough, you'll naturally learn how to do them," group leader Nakano stated his philosophy. "If you can't solve them, can't you at least memorize them?"

Then, the group members despairingly discovered that group leader Nakano had truly brought them a mountain of problems.

But it didn't take long.

"I think you should start from the basics," Nakano said to Sudo. "Before doing these problems, you need to dig out your middle school textbooks. The school library has these books, and you can borrow them for free."

Nakano was actually quite patient with Sudo, though of course, it wasn't because he wanted to nurture him or anything like that.

It was because Sudo was the sports representative for Class D in the original story, meaning he was an all-rounder in athletics. You could say that as long as it wasn't a monster, basically no one could beat him.

And this kind of strength was enough to threaten the upper-tier classes.

So, when students from Class A faced sports events where Sudo was participating, they would definitely be nervous and take it seriously. At that moment, as long as Nakano unleashed strength surpassing Sudo's, the students from Class A would surely be able to adapt flexibly.

Having one cheater was already hard enough to deal with, but what if a monster came along too? How were they supposed to fight that?

And when the time came, as long as Nakano indicated that he was an easygoing person, he could not only slack off and avoid participating, but also collect money from three different classes.

So Sudo, you can continue to dig deep into your athletic potential and go set an example for Classes A, B, and C. The more pressure you bring them, the greater the chance that Nakano can collect money and slack off.

"I have to read books myself?"

"Do you think you can solve these problems? Many things require a foundation," Nakano Yuu said. "And cramming at the last minute won't save you. You want to say you're good at sports, right? But you have to know that in this school, failing a single exam leads to expulsion. Are you willing to be expelled before you've even shown your athletic ability?"

"And there are special exams every month now. Maybe next month won't be a written test, but what about later? Are you sure you're safe?"

"So, take advantage of being a first-year student to catch up on the basics and academic ability. Even if you are strong in sports, you still need a certain level of academic support."

Nakano said this bluntly and without mercy.

Uh.

Sudo felt that Nakano Yuu's words were a bit excessive, but thinking about it, it was normal.

His goal was to develop his sports; he wanted to climb up through the only thing he was good at.

"Then I'll go read books too." Seeing Sudo go to pick out middle school textbooks, Ike Kanji, who had been completely lost after seeing the sea of problems, immediately surrendered.

"Um, I'll go look for textbooks too." Having persisted for twenty problems, Sotomura also hurriedly stood up and said.

Actually, his grades were slightly better than Sudo and Ike's, and he could have continued a bit longer, but since Sudo and Ike had run off, and now there were only two girls left besides Nakano.

Ah.

Was he supposed to strike up a conversation with the girls?

Don't look at how he chatted with Yamauchi and the others about the "big chest" rankings in class; in reality, he had almost never spoken to a girl.

So he immediately felt awkward and nervous.

Thus, he quickly chose to retreat.

"..." X3

The study group, which originally had six people, suddenly lost half its members.

"These problems—" Unlike Ike and Sudo, Nakano Yuu's tutoring group actually had a hidden academic genius besides Sakura, who was struggling through the problems with a pained expression.

Matsushita watched the sea of problems Nakano had brought. She discovered that many of the problems were quite difficult. They were certainly not something that academic underachievers could easily handle.

As it turned out, the other party wasn't looking at her at all.

"You can study on your own," he said. "I believe you can pass the exam."

"..." Matsushita Chiaki.

6.

Having been in the library for less than half an hour, Matsushita felt the difference in treatment.

Because when Sudo and the others hadn't left yet, Sakura had asked questions, and he had answered them quite thoroughly.

But for her, it was just "you can study on your own, I believe you can pass the exam."

Was this literally believing in her ability, or did he just not want to deal with her?

If it was the former, she had only shown mediocre grades, which weren't exactly safe. Or had he discovered she was hiding her academic ability?

After all, Nakano was a super genius, so perhaps geniuses were very sensitive to scores, grades, or discovering other geniuses.

So, was she... discovered? How did she get exposed?

Matsushita couldn't immediately determine what the other party meant, but Matsushita Chiaki's emotional intelligence was decent enough.

She had already discovered that Nakano Yuu had lent Sakura 30,000 points at the beginning of the month, and that Sakura often peeked at Nakano in class.

And now, with only her, Nakano, and Sakura left in this corner of the library, the situation was quite peculiar.

If she were to stay any longer, it would seem like she was the one being tactless.

And so.

The six-person study group had gone through a shortage of people, a collapse, and a moment of self-awareness within an hour, eventually ending up with only two people left together.

"I have absolutely no idea how to approach these two problems."

"I think I might need to start over from middle school..." Sakura finally looked up, her face filled with dejection.

Then, she was stunned to discover something unusual, which was.

"Everyone... where did they go?"

How did it end up being only, only her and Nakano here? Wouldn't this, wouldn't this be a case of a lone man and a lone woman being alone together?

Waaaaah.

She was completely, absolutely not prepared for something like this.

Sakura felt as if she had turned into a steam engine.

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Chapter 036 Horikita: I am beginning to understand Nakano Yuu!

Sakura quickly turned into a steam engine.

Sakura had always been intentionally dressing in a dowdy way, but both Nakano and the readers were well aware that she was a cute girl hiding her true appearance.

And when she blushed, her cuteness level increased by another point.

However, considering it was still study time, Nakano maintained the professional ethics of a top-student tutor.

Therefore.

"Sakura, please continue studying," Nakano Yuu said. "I have something I need to ask of you after the tutoring session ends."

"I assigned you all a rather difficult sea of problems today. It's to let you get familiar with this level of difficulty, and once your academic ability catches up, these kinds of problems will be solved easily."

"Is that so?" Sakura let out a soft sigh of relief. She felt that this sea of problems was very difficult, many times harder than the entrance exam paper she took when she first enrolled.

She couldn't do most of them, even though she hadn't done many on the entrance exam either.

Wuu wuu.

She knew she was a poor student.

And so, she obediently went back to looking at the problems.

But about ten minutes passed.

Then.

"Ask, ask of me?" Sakura suddenly looked up. "I, what could I possibly do? I, I am completely unprepared right now!"

??

Sakura, what are you talking about? What do you need to prepare for?

He just wanted to consult her about a few questions.

Although he felt that Sakura must have misinterpreted something, this was the library after all, not a place for such thoughts, so Nakano said, "Actually, I just wanted to consult you about..."

"You know, right? The number of security cameras in this school is absurd," Nakano Yuu said.

"Mm, yes, I know. There are at least over 200 cameras," Sakura nodded hurriedly.

"..." Nakano Yuu.

But this statement made Nakano unable to help but look at Sakura seriously.

So, you actually went and counted them, girl?

However, it made sense that she would pay attention to such things.

"Actually, Sakura, you were a gravure model back in middle school, weren't you?" Nakano said.

"Th-th-this..."

This made Sakura unable to speak clearly.

"I-I-I—"

In other words, had she really been exposed? The fact that she used to be a gravure model had been exposed.

"I know everything about you," Nakano said. "And just now, I intentionally created an opportunity to speak with you alone."

"Ev-everything?" These words startled Sakura Airi directly.

"I, I will be honest," she said.

No.

Are you really just going to be this docile, miss? Shouldn't you be a bit suspicious or question me?

"Do you think I'm the type of person who would discover someone's leverage and then choose to threaten them?" Nakano Yuu said.

"This..."

However, faced with this question from Nakano Yuu, Sakura Airi actually thought about it seriously, then hurriedly shook her head.

"I don't think Nakano-kun is that kind of person," she said. "Because Nakano-kun has never looked at me with strange eyes."

Is that so.

This line of dialogue felt strangely familiar; right, this was what she said in the original work after Sakura was rescued by the protagonist from danger.

It was also the exclusive line that signaled an increase in Sakura's affection.

But doesn't this mean I've managed to break into her heart?

Although Nakano Yuu didn't mind gaining a little fan, or rather, that was what he had intended to do from the start.

Besides.

He clearly knew that Sakura was a stunning beauty hiding her identity, and he also knew that she had been secretly taking selfies of herself.

And the photos she took weren't of her current, intentionally dowdy appearance, but of her true, beautiful self.

This made him somewhat curious.

So, at the very least, he should get her to lend him the photos to take a look, right?

No.

Quickly suppressing his thoughts, Nakano Yuu said, "I don't mind your current actions to hide your presence, because everyone has their own way of living."