Classroom of the Elite: Starting with a Zero, I Know the Plot So I'm Just Going to Lay Flat!

But now.

You no longer need to face the risk of your photos being leaked.

"Turn the tables," Nakano Yuu said. "And then. Make a small profit."

A, a small profit?

Eh?

How is he going to make money from this?

Sakura had started paying attention to Nakano after he stood up for her in class a while back, and she had also noticed his relationship with Horikita, which seemed to go beyond mere friendship.

The two were always together, whether in class or after school.

She had tried to join their conversations in class several times, only to find that she felt completely out of place.

For instance.

She couldn't understand what he was saying right now, either.

And what was he saying?

Even Horikita knew about it by the next day.

As for Class C, Ryuen Kakeru, who had already submitted the complaint against Class C and received an approval response, hadn't even had time to celebrate before he found a disgusting message on his phone.

[Good brother, since you've found a way to make money, don't keep it all to yourself. Share half, won't you!] by Nakano Yuu.

ps: Meow. Begging for data, brothers.

Chapter 037 Thanks for the Gift from Class A!

Nakano Yuu believed that Sudo being beaten was a setup orchestrated by Ryuen of Class C.

Even without having read the original story, one would still reach this conclusion, because while the fight between the two sides looked like a fight, it didn't last long, and the three students from Ryuen's class basically ran off as soon as they had provoked Sudo enough.

This did not align with how a real fight would play out.

Therefore, after recording the state of the Class C students as they left, Nakano also left the scene with Sakura.

Because of what had happened, the search for a secluded spot without security cameras had to be temporarily suspended for the day.

However, the class was quite lively the next day.

"It's all Sudo's fault! Why did he have to go and fight with others!"

"That guy should just drop out. He's useless and only ever drags us down."

Early in the morning, before Nakano had even entered the classroom, he heard the noisy commotion inside Class D.

Walking into the classroom, he saw Chabashira Sae, still dressed in her signature lady's suit and skirt, standing on the podium.

Yet, despite that, she made no move to stop them.

"I already told you, it wasn't like that! There were three of them!"

Sudo had an angry expression on his face, desperately trying to explain to the surrounding classmates, "They were the ones who started it! It was self-defense! Self-defense!"

"But, they've already filed a formal complaint, you know."

Clearly, the others didn't quite believe Sudo's side of the story. Because of the delinquent behavior Sudo usually displayed and his attitude of always provoking others, it was hard to imagine him as the type to wait for someone else to strike first before retaliating.

Instead of that, they were more inclined to believe the seemingly absurd report--

That Sudo Ken had beaten up three people all by himself.

"Things escalated this quickly?"

Nakano Yuu was somewhat surprised; just by listening to the class argument, he could roughly understand what had happened.

After all, he had been a witness yesterday.

"Nakano-kun, something major has actually happened." Hirata Yousuke, who had been at the front, immediately walked over to Nakano's side. "Just yesterday, members of the Class C basketball team filed a complaint with the school. They claimed that after club activities ended, Sudo asked them to meet at the laboratory building, and then unilaterally beat them, causing serious injuries."

"I told you it was self-defense! Self-defense!"

Sudo Ken was sitting in the back row, and upon hearing Hirata's words, he couldn't help but slam his fist onto the desk with a loud bang.

A girl sitting in front of him jumped up in fright.

"Sudo!" Seeing Sudo's overreaction, Hirata rushed toward him like a firefighter trying to put out a blaze.

Nakano Yuu then turned his head to look at Horikita Suzune beside him.

"..." Horikita.

Horikita had arrived at the classroom very early today, and unlike her usual bookworm mode where she would take out her textbook to study the moment she arrived, her desk was empty today.

In other words, she must be thinking about something.

And it wasn't hard to guess what she was thinking about. It was the current incident regarding Sudo's assault.

Sudo was trying to convince others.

Using every method to make his voice louder, hoping to drown out the voices of everyone else.

But in reality.

This simply couldn't convince anyone.

The louder the voice, the less persuasive it becomes, because it only makes you appear incompetent and guilty.

The correct approach would have been to either present facts and evidence or to deny it to the bitter end.

In any case, Class C had deliberately chosen a spot without surveillance cameras to avoid being discovered.

Therefore, no one knew they had fought yesterday.

As long as he stubbornly refused to admit it, he could have completely bluffed his way through.

But by shouting like this, wasn't Sudo essentially admitting that he had beaten the other three?

As for whether it was self-defense, what meaning did that have?

Class C had already reported him; shouting about self-defense to his own classmates was utterly meaningless.

And so, despite having a viable solution, Sudo had single-handedly ruined his own chances.

The students in this class were beyond help.

Take the current situation, for example.

"They were just jealous that I became a regular player, so they came looking for trouble on purpose!"

Sudo's voice was loud, further punctuated by the violent act of slamming his desk.

It seemed to temporarily suppress the murmurs of the students in the class.

But this was clearly meaningless; if anything, it only made the students of Class D increasingly certain that he had unilaterally beaten the others.

At this rate, not even his own classmates would believe him.

"But you have no evidence."

Chabashira Sae said coldly, without a hint of mercy, "Unless there is an eyewitness who can prove what you are saying."

At this moment, Sudo Ken could have actually just revealed his own injuries to increase his credibility.

Yesterday's incident was a mutual fight, and the reason the school accepted the claim that the three from Ryuuen's class were beaten by Sudo alone was simple: they had detected injuries on the three of them.

Then, by factoring in Sudo's usual volatile behavior, they concluded it was indeed possible for Sudo to have committed such an act.

Therefore, there was a way to break the deadlock: Sudo was also injured. As long as he showed his injuries, it would prove it was a mutual fight, and a mutual fight would result in both sides being punished equally.

Even so, Class D would still have an advantage.

That advantage was that Class D's class points had already hit zero, so there were no points left to deduct.

Thus, there would be no risk to the class. But for Class C, the points they had worked so hard to preserve would be deducted.

Regrettably, however, Sudo lacked the brains for that.

Faced with Chabashira Sae's demand for evidence, he was unable to react.

"Sudo, you are suspended for now."

Chabashira Sae's voice was calm, "The school will give you one week to find evidence that the other party started the fight. After a week, the Student Council will intervene to negotiate with Class C, and disciplinary action will be taken based on the results of those negotiations. The worst-case scenario is... expulsion. And the class evaluation points will be deducted accordingly."

"I think it would be better if you just dropped out, Red-Hair-kun."

Koenji had his legs propped up on his desk, holding a mirror in one hand while fiddling with his hair with the other, "Your existence isn't beautiful at all."

"You bastard!"

Sudo clenched his fists, glaring at Koenji through gritted teeth.

Even at a time like this, he was still making sarcastic remarks.

"Everyone! Has anyone seen Sudo and the others fighting, or does anyone know anything about it?"

At this moment, Kushida Kikyou, who had been silent until now, finally began to speak.

She quickly stood up and started seeking help from the others, asking each classmate one by one.

"What do you think?" At this moment, Horikita Suzune finally spoke, though she was looking at the boy beside her.

Ever since arriving in the classroom, Nakano Yuu hadn't said a word, merely watching from the sidelines.

"What do I think?" Nakano Yuu said. "I think it's dangerous."

"Yes, Sudo's volatile reaction, the fact that he was reported for beating three people alone, and the lack of cameras to prove he actually did it, yet the Student Council still accepted the report," Horikita Suzune said.

But Nakano Yuu shook his head.

The danger he was referring to wasn't that. It was the fact that Hirata, who had been standing so far at the front, had walked straight over the moment he saw him enter the classroom and proactively informed him about Sudo's situation.

Why was that?

Did he think he was the backbone of the class?

Nakano Yuu didn't believe he had that kind of relationship with Hirata.

So why did Hirata do it?

In other words.

Chabashira-sensei, you must have said something to Hirata, didn't you? You still harbor ambitions, hoping that he will lead the class?

You really are obsessed, aren't you?

Are you going to keep probing as long as he doesn't state his position?

If that is the case, then so be it, just as you wish.

Yuu Nakano thought to himself.

At the same time.

Yuu Nakano also noticed that Kushida seemed to have been keeping her distance from him lately.

She had been going around asking every single classmate if they knew any information, yet she completely avoided his direction.

This was a highly unusual move, as if she were deliberately avoiding him.

So, how exactly had he made Kushida so wary?

Yuu Nakano felt that this matter was worth paying more attention to.

However.

"..." Yuu Nakano.

"..." Chabashira.

Yuu Nakano did not look toward the podium, but he could feel it—he could feel the gaze fixed upon him.

It was the gaze of Sae Chabashira.

"Actually." Student Nakano suddenly stood up. "If you're looking for a witness, then there is one."

"What!?" XN

Everyone turned to look. Even Kushida, who had been deliberately avoiding Yuu Nakano earlier, looked over as well.