In Classroom of the Elite, Ichinose You Will Regret This

I had clearly looked through her file before...

"I think it's perfectly normal that you didn't notice that, Gen-chan."

Hoshinomiya sat beside me, offering comfort.

"Isn't that the same reason you were assigned to Class B?"

Indeed, Uesugi Gen had been assigned to Class B because of his long-term truancy; the only difference was that he had private tutors at home, so whether he attended school or not made no difference.

In a way, the two of them were quite similar.

Uesugi Gen explained casually, "The reason I didn't attend school for so long was that I only needed a student status to prove I was enrolled. Besides, my family invests in the school itself, so whether I go or not is entirely up to my own whim."

"But I can't believe I didn't think about why Ichinose's long-term absence was so strange before. What a blunder."

For a model student who would come to call for him every day even when he didn't attend class, having a record of long-term absence was suspicious no matter how you looked at it.

Something must have happened beforehand, leading to Ichinose's long-term absence and subsequently shaping her current personality.

Uesugi Gen immediately looked up at Hoshinomiya and said seriously, "Hoshinomiya-sensei, could you help me find the most detailed background investigation report from when Ichinose first enrolled? I need to figure out exactly what happened."

Since it wasn't in the standard enrollment file, he would have to dig deeper.

Hoshinomiya tilted her head and thought for a moment.

"That shouldn't be a problem, but accessing that detailed background report requires quite a few points. After all, it involves things like personal privacy."

"If I remember correctly, Gen-chan, you don't have any personal points left, right? Do you need me to pay for it?"

"Oh, about that, you don't need to worry, Sensei."

As he spoke, Uesugi Gen took out his phone and, right in front of Hoshinomiya, logged out of his account and into another one, then showed the screen to her.

30,000,000!

Hoshinomiya's pupils constricted slightly. Even she was shocked by this number; it was a figure that far exceeded the highest record of personal points held by anyone in the school.

"Gen-chan... you."

Hoshinomiya looked at Uesugi Gen, wanting to say something but stopping herself. As a homeroom teacher, she knew better than anyone that twenty million was enough to graduate from Class A.

"Don't worry, Hoshinomiya-sensei. Compared to Mashima-sensei, who looks like a corporate slave, I prefer the cute Hoshinomiya-sensei much more."

"Besides, I have no personal interest in graduating from Class A. These 30 million are just a reward provided by the school."

This time, it was Uesugi Gen's turn to comfort Hoshinomiya.

Hoshinomiya's pretty face flushed, and she lightly tapped Uesugi Gen.

"You shouldn't talk to your teacher like that."

"Leave this matter to me. I'll apply to the school to review Ichinose's background check materials later."

Hoshinomiya-sensei patted her chest, promising him.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Hoshinomiya-sensei."

Uesugi Gen requested solemnly.

Having realized the significance of this, Uesugi Gen had become uncharacteristically serious, wanting to uncover the factors that caused Ichinose's long-term absence.

If the school's background files didn't have the answer, he would have to ask Hoshinomiya-sensei to go out and investigate.

He couldn't leave the school, but Hoshinomiya, as a teacher, was different. Even with restrictions, she could still leave if she wanted to.

If he still couldn't find it, he would use the influence of the Uesugi family to...

"As for the costs incurred during this process, please let me cover them."

Uesugi Gen picked up his phone, intending to transfer points to Hoshinomiya.

"No, no, leave the costs to me. I've been a homeroom teacher for so long, I have some savings."

"Consider it a reward from me for your deal with Class D this time."

Hoshinomiya waved her hands repeatedly, refusing the transfer, then covered her mouth and giggled as if she had remembered something funny.

"I heard that when the people from Class D brought back the news that we were signing a contract, the entire class exploded."

Uesugi Gen felt a bit embarrassed.

The fact that Horikita Suzune could endure her disgust to save those people was, in a sense, quite remarkable.

Meanwhile, in Class D.

"Are you kidding me? Why should we sacrifice a condition for the next special exam to save these three losers who can't even pass a test? And this 1.9 million points isn't a gift, it's a loan!"

Class D's top student, Yukimura Teruhiko, pointed angrily at the Heaven-Defying Trio hiding behind Hirata.

"Hmph, how unbeautiful. Hirata-boy, I never agreed to spend my own points to save those unbeautiful people. How pathetic."

Koenji Rokusuke looked into a mirror, admiring his own reflection, and muttered to himself as if no one else were there, "Ah, I am truly beautiful."

"Exactly! Hirata, we only agreed to help you borrow points, we never agreed to this condition!"

At the same time, a group of people began to denounce each other in a scramble.

Horikita Suzune then stepped onto the podium, scanned the entire class, and said in a calm tone, "Didn't I make myself clear before? Without knowing the specific situation of the class competition, we cannot determine whether a shortage in class numbers will put us at a disadvantage in the class struggle."

"Things have reached this point, and at the end of the day, isn't it because of your reckless violation of the rules during the first month?"

"..."

"What the f***..."

Horikita Suzune's preachy words directly set off the students of Class D, and Hirata Yosuke couldn't stop them even as he tried to intervene from the side.

Kushida Kikyo covered her mouth, trembling all over, looking completely incredulous.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, on the other hand, had his mouth agape as if he had just learned something new.

At this moment, Chabashira Sae, the homeroom teacher of Class D, looked at the situation in her class and felt a bit of regret; if she had known, she would have informed her class of the passing criteria in advance.

After all, what she wanted was to be promoted to Class A, not to watch Class D fall apart.

She had originally assumed that since Hirata Yosuke hadn't borrowed enough points, he would naturally come to her, his homeroom teacher, for help.

At that point, she would have logically put forward her own demands.

She hadn't expected that Hirata, Horikita, and the others would not only borrow the points today but do so from the class of Hoshinomiya Chie, the person she found most troublesome.

They even agreed to a condition; she didn't believe for a second that the class of Hoshinomiya Chie, who held a grudge against her, would only ask for some trivial favors.

But things had reached this point, and Class D could not continue to collapse; she had finally waited for a class with the hope of promotion, and if things kept going like this, it would be completely over.

Chapter 38: The War God of Class D — Yamauchi Haruki

Inside a KTV at Keyaki Mall.

Ryuen Kakeru looked speechlessly at the three people kneeling before him.

"You're telling me he beat you up, and yet you only have a few scratches?"

The three underlings from Class C knelt before Ryuen Kakeru and said sheepishly, "Boss Ryuen, we didn't want this either. We already thought we were acting very convincingly, and he even believed that he had actually beaten us. Who knew he had so little strength? We didn't feel a thing after he punched us for so long. But we did throw out some harsh threats when we finally ran away."

Yes, a long time ago, Class C had set Class D as their hunting target and had always kept their eyes on the hot-tempered Sudo Ken.

However, for some reason, Sudo Ken had been acting as quiet as a quail lately, and no matter how much the people from Class C tried to provoke him, it had no effect.

In the end, Class C couldn't find an opportunity to make a move, so they had no choice but to look for another target.

Yamauchi Haruki, the guy who had always hung around with Sudo Ken, naturally entered their field of vision.

After a period of observation, the people from Class C discovered that this guy, who bullied the weak and feared the strong, had a loose mouth, and was prone to getting carried away, was undoubtedly the best choice.

Thus, having found a new target, the trio from Class C decided to team up to put on a show for Yamauchi Haruki.

They first found an area without surveillance cameras, took the initiative to provoke him, and then pretended to be no match for him.

After all, Yamauchi Haruki didn't look as strong as Sudo Ken, who could take on three people at once; if they all went at him together, he might run away before they even started.

Therefore, to make this frame-up look authentic, the Class C trio first sent the one who looked the weakest to provoke Yamauchi Haruki. To get Yamauchi Haruki to make a move, the weakest one fell to the ground the moment he touched him.

Once Yamauchi Haruki, that bully who feared the strong, realized he was easy to handle, he started attacking him, and the guy then pretended to be knocked down.

Immediately after, the second one started attacking him, then pretended to be defeated by him, and finally the third...

Then the three of them went up together to challenge Yamauchi Haruki again, pretending to be beaten down once more.

Once Yamauchi Haruki's confidence had inflated, the three of them would stand up again and lure him to a location with surveillance cameras, allowing the cameras to capture evidence of Yamauchi Haruki beating the three of them.

Finally, the three of them would throw out some harsh threats and run away...

At first glance, this plan couldn't be called flawless, but it could be described as full of holes; yet, it had no problems during implementation. It went very smoothly at first, but in the end, a situation occurred that they could never have imagined.

Yamauchi Haruki, who looked like a normal guy on the surface, threw a flurry of wild, uncoordinated punches that didn't move them at all; they couldn't feel any pain.

And after fighting for a while, he actually exhausted himself to the point of collapse. With no other choice, the Class C trio had to use 120% of their acting skills to pretend they were injured and ran back.

Looking at the Class C trio who only had a few scratches, Ryuen Kakeru sighed and turned around.

If they weren't actually injured, this kind of trick would be exposed the moment they were examined tomorrow, and the school authorities wouldn't believe it.

"Albert."

"Ok boss!"

A sturdy, muscular black man stepped out from behind Ryuen and responded in a deep voice.

He then cracked his knuckles and walked straight toward the Class C trio.

Then, without mercy, he landed a straight punch on the faces of the Class C trio, and soon, miserable screams echoed from the KTV room.

At this time, several days had passed since the contract between Class D and Class B was signed.

With homeroom teacher Chabashira Sae personally stepping in to mediate, she finally managed to pull Class D back from the brink of total explosion.

Although the students of Class D were extremely dissatisfied with the unauthorized contract signed by Horikita Suzune and Hirata, the deed was done, and there was no way to go back on it now.

After all, Hirata had obtained the consent of the vast majority of the class before going out to borrow the points.

Dissatisfied or not, the resentment of the Class D students toward The Heaven-Defying Trio had reached its peak at this moment.

Sudo Ken was one thing; he had shown no signs of dozing off or talking during class lately, suggesting he was genuinely trying to reform himself.

However, the other two had immediately become carried away the moment they learned they had survived the expulsion crisis.

Yamauchi Haruki stood next to Ike Kanji, ostensibly talking to him, but his voice was loud enough that he clearly wanted the entire class to hear.

"Hey, Ike, maybe, just maybe, I've awakened a superpower..."

Ike Kanji scoffed from the side, "How is that possible, Yamauchi? There's no such thing as superpowers, stop joking around."

Ignoring Ike Kanji's mockery, Yamauchi Haruki continued to boast loudly, "It's true! I've noticed lately that I've suddenly become incredibly strong. I could probably take down that guy Sudo with ease."

Without any warning, Yamauchi Haruki began to provoke Sudo Ken.

Sudo Ken stood at his desk, listening to Yamauchi Haruki's provocation. He gripped his pen tightly, but eventually unclenched his fist and continued reviewing his lessons as if he hadn't heard a word.

"Stop kidding yourself. With your build, how could you possibly beat Sudo? You can't even beat me."

"It's absolutely true! Yesterday, three people from Class C came to provoke me, and I... I took down those three guys from Class C without any effort at all!"

Yamauchi Haruki's voice echoed throughout the entire Class D classroom.

Horikita Suzune sat at her desk, staring blankly at Yamauchi Haruki. The moment she heard him claim to have beaten back the students from Class C, she had already guessed the cause and effect of the situation.