Classroom of the Elite, It's Not About Meritocracy, It's Me Ruling the World! Chapter 26

"I have already said it: whether you choose to resist, engage in infighting, split up, or even betray the class, or strike out at me—anything you want to do is your own freedom."

"The Tenmei will not change!"

"I am issuing my orders now, Morishita Ai!"

"Yes-sir!"

Morishita Ai stood up in a flash and gave a military salute; he did not doubt Kijima Tsukur's words in the slightest.

"Tell the leaders of the other three classes to meet me on the rooftop at 4:30 after school. If they don't have a leader yet, have their class representatives come instead, with a maximum of three people."

"Yes-Sir!"

Morishita Ai responded loudly, then theatrically pulled out his phone to take a look before saluting and replying:

"Reporting, sir! There are 20 minutes left until class starts. Should I go now?"

"Suit yourself. I only care about the results."

"Understood!"

Morishita Ai ran out of the classroom with a clatter, clearly off to notify the other classes, leaving everyone else completely bewildered.

What is with the "Yes-sir" and "sir"?

Are you two playing cosplay?

More importantly, why is this weirdo listening to Kijima Tsukur so obediently?

Yamamura Miki is like this, and now Morishita Ai too?

What on earth happened when they weren't looking that allowed Kijima Tsukur to win both of them over?

Could there really be some so-called Tenmei?

Impossible.

Absolutely impossible!

On the other side, Katsuragi, Sakayanagi Arisu, and Hashimoto Masayoshi frowned, their focus clearly lying elsewhere.

Clearly.

Judging by Kijima Tsukur's attitude, he wasn't just acting on a whim or shooting his mouth off; he had prepared something before doing this.

Perhaps, he didn't actually intend to reveal intelligence, but rather wanted to use false information to deceive the other classes while simultaneously probing for their own intelligence?

Hashimoto Masayoshi and the others thought to themselves.

Could it be that Kijima Tsukur believes that to deceive the enemy, one must first deceive their own people?

In reality, Kijima Tsukur doesn't trust them, which is why he said that?

I see!

The three of them suddenly realized.

If that were the case, then Kijima Tsukur's irrational behavior would make sense.

Or perhaps there were other possibilities.

Could this actually be a test by Kijima Tsukur, a method of managing subordinates to filter out those who are useful?

The more they thought about it, the more Katsuragi and the others felt it was possible, sensing that this must be the truth; otherwise, Kijima Tsukur's way of thinking was simply too abnormal.

What the hell.

Hashimoto Masayoshi felt a bit helpless.

Kijima Tsukur is truly cautious. It seems I haven't gained this leader's trust, which will make things troublesome in the future.

However, limiting the other classes to three people?

I wonder who Kijima Tsukur will bring with him?

Chapter 24: Girl, why are you so confident?

On the other side.

There was still some time before class, which was more than enough to run through the other classes.

After leaving the classroom, Morishita Ai notified Class B and Class C in succession, then headed toward Class D.

Class D was different from the other two classes.

In the hallway, before even approaching Class D, Morishita Ai could already hear noisy, chaotic sounds.

Even though class hadn't started yet.

But this volume was truly noisy enough to be somewhat annoying.

Unlike the somewhat boisterous sounds from Class C, Class D seemed... it seemed as if they were competing to see who could make the most noise just to vie for class status; that was what Morishita Ai thought.

Morishita Ai walked to the doorway, raised her right hand high, and said in a loud voice:

"Hello~"

"Hm?"

Upon hearing this.

The people in Class D suddenly fell into a silence.

Mainly because school had only been in session for three days, many people hadn't even recognized their own classmates, let alone Morishita Ai.

Quite a few people looked at each other, as if asking: Who is this?

Since she was greeting them, she was likely from another class, but how awkward would it be if she actually turned out to be a classmate?

Gradually, Everyone's gaze converged on a boy with short yellow hair; clearly, most people hoped he would step forward to handle the situation.

Having notified two classes, Morishita Ai observed the performance of each class, and for now, only Class D seemed the most foolish and the slowest to react.

Furthermore...

"Yo~"

Before the yellow-haired boy could speak, a boy sprinted quickly to stand in front of Morishita Ai.

He placed his right index and middle fingers together, swept them from his forehead forward, struck a pose he considered very cool, and lifted his chin high:

"Good morning~ beautiful, my name is Yamauchi Haruki. Did you run into some trouble? You can tell me anything; you should know that I was the ace of the rugby club in middle school. There's nothing in this school I can't handle!"

"Yamauchi!"

The yellow-haired boy had just reached Yamauchi Haruki's side and smiled apologetically at Morishita Ai:

"Sorry, Yamauchi likes to joke around. I'm Hirata Yosuke. You don't seem to be a student from our class; is there something you need?"

"Huh? What, she's not from our class?"

Yamauchi Haruki was stunned for a moment, muttered a few words, and turned to leave, clearly quite disappointed.

Although Morishita Ai was indeed cute, the chances of success with someone not in his class were too low.

Besides, there were so many beauties in Class D; he had no need to give up the whole forest for a single tree.

"Yes!"

Morishita Ai didn't mind this obviously unreliable guy. She raised her right hand high and, like a robot, said word by word:

"Conveying the order of Lord Kijima Tsukur: today after school at 4:30, please have the leader of Class D come to the rooftop to have an audience with Lord Kijima Tsukur!"

"Hm?"

Hirata Yosuke tilted his head.

The woman before him was a bit strange; the combination of words she used made it difficult for him to understand.

Several girls behind him also huddled together, whispering while looking over:

"What was that?"

"Orders and such? 'Lord' and the like, what's going on?"

"Kijima?"

At the back of the classroom, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji was somewhat surprised; he hadn't expected to hear that name so soon.

And...

That man seemed to have already attained a certain status within the class.

However, if it were before enrollment, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji wouldn't have thought much of it.

But after seeing Class D, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji was already very clear that

the popular ones were mostly the sunny and cheerful types like Hirata.

For someone like Kijima Tsukur, it would be good enough just to integrate into the class; the fact that he could actually attain a certain class status was truly somewhat incredible.

Just then, Horikita Suzune, who was beside him, looked toward the doorway:

"Are you from Class A?"

"Hmm?"

Morishita Ai looked a bit surprised, asking with some confusion:

"Do you know me, or do you know Kijima Tsukur?"

"I've met him twice."

Horikita Suzune nodded: "Did he send you to find me?"

Not exactly...

Sister, where does this confidence come from?

"No."

Morishita Ai turned her head to look at Hirata in front of her:

"Lord Kijima Tsukur wants your class leader to meet him on the rooftop at 4:30 this afternoon."

"Um..."

Hirata Yosuke still looked somewhat puzzled:

"Excuse me, what do you mean by class leader? I recall that the school hasn't established any positions like class monitor, right?"

"Hmm..."

Morishita Ai stared at him intently.

Clearly, Class D hadn't even considered selecting a class leader, let alone doing so; they had completely bought into the school's narrative.

This was unique among the three classes.

In her view, not to mention Class B, even Class C had at least some level of suspicion, but the bewildered expressions on the faces of the Class D students.

It was truly weaker than she had expected...