Classroom of the Elite: The Strength-Based Classroom of Kageya Shinjitsu

With a loud bang, the door of the metal locker caved inward.

Although there was no blood, a red mark was left on Ike Kanji's forehead, and he looked a bit dazed.

"What are you doing? You've gone too far."

"Ike, are you okay?"

They had originally thought that Ike Kanji would be the one bullying a classmate.

As it turned out, the situation had flipped far too quickly.

Some glared fiercely at Kageya Shinjitsu, while others rushed to Ike Kanji's side to help him up.

"I didn't do anything. I was just startled by him a moment ago. I intended to steady him, but he was just too fast."

"I'm truly sorry, Ike-kun."

"However, I feel like your brain should be a bit better now; it won't be filled with nothing but thoughts of breasts like before."

"After all, it can't hold anything else now that your brain matter has been shaken into mush."

Watching Ike Kanji, who had yet to regain his senses, Kageya Shinjitsu spoke to himself.

"You pretentious bastard, do you think we're afraid of you?"

Yamauchi Haruki had already turned a bit cowardly, but Sudo Ken looked ready to start a fight, only to be stopped directly by Ayanokouji Kiyotaka.

"Ayanokouji, what are you doing? Don't stop me."

Sudo Ken's loud voice echoed throughout the locker room.

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Chapter 30: The True Face of Kageya Shinjitsu

A conflict had erupted.

The boys' locker room was in a state of chaos.

However, the relationships between them weren't exactly that friendly.

At the very least, they hadn't reached the point of helping Ike Kanji fight.

Getting into a group fight was different from slacking off or skipping class; everyone knew that if things escalated, there would be trouble, potentially even expulsion.

Moreover, it was clear that Kageya Shinjitsu wasn't someone easy to bully.

He didn't seem like the gloomy loner who usually sat in the corner.

"Yeah~ it seems Ike-kun's friends aren't all that great either."

"I thought you would all be friendly enough to charge at me shoulder-to-shoulder, but it ended up being just one person, and even he was held back."

"Ike-kun, you've chosen your friends poorly."

Regarding the fact that he was surrounded, Kageya Shinjitsu felt a strange sense of anticipation and spoke with a sarcastic tone.

No one had expected that the gloomy, antisocial boy who usually kept to himself in class would dare to speak to others like this.

"So this is your true face, Kageya Shinjitsu."

Kageya Shinjitsu's blunt words made many people's expressions sour and caused Ike Kanji's face to flush red.

Now that he had regained his senses slightly, his brain-mush state had reverted back to being driven by his lower instincts.

"I knew it, you've been acting like a loner all this time just to gain Kushida's sympathy."

His voice grew louder toward the end.

"Heh, if that's what you say, then that's what it is." Kageya Shinjitsu laughed.

Whether it was true or not, as long as it was something that bothered the people you disliked, or the people who disliked you, then you might as well make it a reality.

"You bastard!"

Ike Kanji shouted loudly.

He tried to rush forward again, but was held back by the others.

"Calm down, calm down."

"We still have class; if we fight here, something bad will happen."

Besides, it wasn't even certain if they could win, so the boys kept Ike Kanji restrained.

They were also worried that things would spiral out of control.

"Swimming class is about to start."

"Haven't you guys finished changing yet?"

In the midst of this delicate atmosphere, Hirata, who had previously been surrounded by the girls, finally managed to come in to change his clothes.

He looked at the people on the scene with a hint of surprise.

They should have arrived early and finished changing by now.

"Nothing happened, we were just chatting."

"We're leaving now."

"Is something wrong with Ike?"

Seeing Hirata Yosuke arrive, some people breathed a sigh of relief, and Ike Kanji and the others didn't continue to drag things out here.

"I won't let you get away with this."

Ignoring even Hirata Yosuke's concern, Ike Kanji threw down a harsh threat and chose to leave.

In his mind, he had perhaps already become the hero who saved Kushida Kikyo.

And then, as Kushida Kikyo's hero, he would be with her.

"Then I'll look forward to it, Ike."

Kageya Shinjitsu waved his hand, just like classmates greeting each other on a normal day; if one didn't know the situation, they might think they were close friends about to exchange gifts.

But both of them had their own agendas; Ike Kanji was thinking about how to make Kageya Shinjitsu pay.

And Kageya Shinjitsu.

Hmm~~ Should I find them a bit more to do?

Or how about getting them expelled, clearing out everyone in Class D?

I just don't know how the school would react, but since they already treat Class D as defective goods, they probably wouldn't care.

"Hmph."

Ike Kanji let out a cold snort and made a dashing exit.

The others who had wanted to leave all along quickly followed.

Most of them didn't want to get involved in this matter to begin with.

Only Sudo Ken looked at Kageya Shinjitsu with a sense of "loyalty" for a moment before leaving.

Finally, there was Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, who had been looking worried that Sudo Ken might do something reckless.

"Uh~~"

"You'd better just..."

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka walked at the back, originally wanting to say something.

"Ayanokouji, hurry up."

But Ike Kanji's voice came from the front.

"I'm going now."

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka wore a helpless expression and walked out directly.

Before leaving, he glanced at Hirata Yosuke, who had been standing to the side without saying much.

It was as if he were conveying some kind of message.

Kageya Shinjitsu stood where he was, not at all worried about having annoyed his classmates.

A group of pigs, and feed pigs at that; even if they gathered together, it was useless. In the end, they were just waiting for someone to decide when to sell them off and eat them. Watching them, Kageya Shinjitsu felt a strange sense of dark humor rise within him.

He really wanted to know what these guys would be like when no private points arrived next month.

The more they acted like this, the more Kageya Shinjitsu looked forward to them finding out the truth about this school next month.

When the time came, if they found out that he had sold out the class and enjoyed the good price he got for them all by himself.

They wouldn't try to beat me up, would they? Kageya Shinjitsu anticipated the arrival of school bullying with excitement.

A subtle smile appeared on his face as he wondered if he could take the opportunity to scam them when that time came.

Meanwhile, Hirata Yosuke watched all of this with a complex expression.

He had actually heard Ike Kanji's shouting when he arrived, so he had hurried over, but he still didn't know what the issue was.

He had originally thought that Ike Kanji and the others were bullying Kageya Shinjitsu.

Now it seemed it wasn't one-sided bullying at all.

"Kageya, are you alright?"

Another problem child. Hirata Yosuke looked at Kageya Shinjitsu and could already feel it.

No wonder he was so resistant to him usually.

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Chapter 31: Hirata Yosuke's Plan

Hearing Hirata Yosuke speak from the side.

Kageya Shinjitsu finally turned his head.

"Nothing happened at all."

His smile had already faded as he gave his response.

He did not care what the other party might have discovered; even if the school matters were exposed early, he had other ways to handle it, so there was no need to worry.

He did not say anything more after that, stripping off his clothes to reveal bulging muscles, the marks of long-term training that were usually hidden by his school uniform.

He changed into swimming trunks and pulled on a swimsuit over them, which he had prepared beforehand.

Even so, the taut lines of his muscles were still clearly visible.

Then, he left and headed toward the swimming pool.

"Kageya Shinjitsu."

"What on earth have you been through?"

Hirata Yosuke watched Kageya Shinjitsu's disappearing back.

He felt a bit of a headache; he had seen the other boy's physique just now, and it wasn't just the muscle definition, which was clearly the result of accumulated training, but it felt even better than his own.

Moreover, there were quite a few scars visible on his body, some even looking like knife wounds, which did not look like the body of an ordinary high school student.

Although he had quickly put on the swimsuit, Hirata Yosuke had still seen them clearly.

If not for the previous incident, he might have thought the other boy was a pitiful person, perhaps someone scarred by past school bullying.

But given what had happened earlier, he was more inclined to believe it had to do with Kageya Shinjitsu's past.

His question had gone unanswered, and the figure was already out of sight.

Hirata Yosuke secretly made up his mind.

"No matter what you were like in the past, I won't let you disrupt the harmony of the class."

At this moment, Kageya Shinjitsu's threat level had risen several notches in Hirata Yosuke's mind.

Originally a weak classmate in need of care, he had now transformed into a beast that could bully others at any moment.