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

Kushida Kikyo looked over in surprise.

"Since my family's finances are average, it's normal to have thoughts like that, right? Besides, the school gives us so much money; saving it is basically making a profit."

"After leaving school, isn't it all just working for money anyway? This is just adapting to that in advance."

"Wouldn't it be strange not to think that way?"

Kageya Shinjitsu spoke up directly.

"That may be true, but the teacher mentioned that the points wouldn't be reclaimed, you know."

Kushida Kikyo pondered this.

"Whether the points are reclaimed is the school's business, but what about between students? Some students from wealthy families—if you let them spend money to buy points, do you think they'd accept?"

"In special circumstances, you could even sell points at a rate higher than 1 to N."

"Even if such situations aren't allowed, you could buy things from the school and sell them when you graduate. Even if you take a bit of a loss, it's still money."

"There are plenty of other ways besides that. Methods are something you come up with; it's just a question of whether you want to do it or not."

Hearing that Kushida Kikyo didn't continue asking about Karuizawa Kei, Kageya Shinjitsu responded a bit more.

He also wanted to let her know the importance of points.

"Oh~~ it just feels a bit unfair that way," Kushida Kikyo said.

"The world has always been like this. Fairness and such, heh..." Kageya Shinjitsu replied.

"Kageya-kun is so smart."

"I feel like I want to understand you more, and I want to become good friends with you even more."

"You're just so reliable. If only you could change that lazy attitude of yours. You have this look of having seen through the world, which makes you seem so listless."

"Tell me, should I take the opportunity to save up some points too?"

Kushida Kikyo stopped eating and shook Kageya Shinjitsu's arm.

This was a surefire technique for a girl to act spoiled.

"Yes, yes..."

"Save them, save them."

Facing such an enthusiastic girl, Kageya Shinjitsu was still quite bad at handling it.

Especially since it always made him think of someone from middle school.

As for her wanting to save points, she could probably only dream about it.

At least in this class, the possibility was very slim.

"We were talking so well, why did it turn out like this again? You're being too dismissive."

"Then let's move on to the next one. Besides making money?"

"Do you have any other small goals?"

Kushida Kikyo increased her efforts.

She was leading him on.

"A small goal, huh."

"How about adding learning how to date?"

"Finding a suitable girl to date or something like that?"

"Girls are very troublesome existences, so I need to learn how to deal with them."

Kageya Shinjitsu thought about it for a moment.

It seemed that when he enrolled, his mother had hoped he would start dating early.

And learning how to date seemed like a major project as well.

It felt like he had misunderstood what dating meant back in middle school.

Perhaps, once he learned how to deal with girls, he could solve troubles like Kushida Kikyo.

Thinking about it carefully, it seemed he had missed out on a girlfriend before.

She was the first girl to confess to him, although that person's motives weren't exactly pure.

Thinking of Karuizawa Kei's appearance.

She still wasn't suitable.

It wasn't about whether her motives were pure or not; it was mainly that fragile look of hers—it felt like she would get hurt.

If the other party had been that original delinquent type, the kind who felt like they wouldn't break no matter how much you bullied them, he might have wanted to give it a try.

"Yay~~"

"As expected, Kageya-kun really does have a goal."

"Is it Karuizawa-san?"

"Also, what you said at the end was a foul. You can't say things like that in the future; it'll make girls hate you."

Kushida Kikyo hadn't expected to find out what she wanted so easily.

She took the opportunity to keep asking.

As she spoke, she even gave Kageya Shinjitsu a playful pat.

What did he mean by calling her a troublesome existence?

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Chapter 58: The Beautiful Girl Kicking the Railing

"It's not Karuizawa, and I don't even have a target. Noda, your curiosity is too strong."

If you really calculated it, a girl like Kushida Kikyo would be more popular with boys, but Kageya Shinjitsu didn't make that kind of joke.

It didn't seem like they had reached the point where they could joke like that.

An average boy might think at a time like this that Kushida Kikyo had a crush on him or liked him.

That would be the only reason she was so gossipy about the girls around him.

But Kageya Shinjitsu, having been tested, knew very well that the girl beside him had no such intentions.

This, this is experience.

Girls don't just like someone that easily.

Especially not someone like him.

"As expected, it's like this again. Every time it comes to this, you use these words to brush me off. You clearly remember Karuizawa."

"It's so infuriating."

Kushida Kikyo pouted in a cute display of anger.

"Hanada, as a mature girl, since you know I don't want to talk about it, you shouldn't bring it up."

Kageya Shinjitsu brushed her off.

"What's that supposed to mean? You're actually trying to reason with a girl? Let me warn you, that kind of dating philosophy is a no-go. Girls aren't interested in logic."

Kushida distorted the nature of girls.

"Is that so? Then please, Teacher Hanada, teach me properly how to date and how to deal with girls."

Brushing off +1.

He changed the subject directly, no longer talking about Karuizawa.

"Of course, no problem. First of all, girls like boys who are a bit more confident; you need to change that. Also, be a bit gentler and have your own opinions—these are all bonus points."

"Yay, how amazing, Teacher Hanada."

"Besides that..."

The conversation between the two single souls shifted rapidly. One dared to teach, and the other actually dared to learn.

The Shokudo no Kushida-chan dating course was now in session.

To be honest, Kageya Shinjitsu was already regretting bringing up the topic.

He was being force-fed a mountain of little tips on how to get along with girls.

By the time he was in the cafeteria, his head was buzzing.

At night, the starlight formed a brilliant and dazzling galaxy.

His body had fully recovered, and facing the radiance of the sun, moon, and stars, Kageya Shinjitsu entered his training state.

He had intended to run a few laps around the school's small park as he did every day.

But at the railing by the lake, a small accident occurred.

"Kageya Shinjitsu, you saw everything just now, didn't you?"

The little angel Kushida, looking completely different from her usual self, blocked his path, refusing to let him leave.

Her gaze was entirely different; her deep purple eyes glared at him viciously, as if she wanted to kill him. Under the glow of the lights, Kushida Kikyo looked somewhat 'bewitching' at this moment.

If the usual Kushida was a little angel, the current Kushida was a fallen angel. Although she was just as cute, her aura was completely different.

The reason for this happening went back a little further.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

He had been running according to his plan when he unexpectedly heard the sound of someone kicking the railing, along with the sound of someone cursing.

"Why does no one do things the way I want them to?"

"Why is everyone just a bunch of bastards and idiots?"

"Damn Ike Kanji, they're all brain-dead. What exactly is inside their heads???"

"Damn Horikita, putting on airs just because she's cute. Why don't you just die?"

"This is just terrible. Horikita is so annoying, Horikita is so annoying, Horikita is so annoying!!!"

"Karuizawa Kei, and you too, claiming to be my friend while constantly trying to get close to Horikita Suzune."

"Kageya Shinjitsu, you delinquent, you keep rejecting me and won't even give me a straight answer to my questions. You jerk, you piece of trash, you should also..."

"And what's with all this talk about dating, or calling me 'teacher'? Do you think this is some kind of roleplay? Die, just die!!"

"Ahhh, I'm so pissed off."

The pleasant female voice sounded somewhat distorted, accompanied by the bang-bang-bang of her kicking the railing.

I felt a strange sense of sympathy for that railing.

By glancing over in that direction, I could see through the Kobayashi Woods.

Kushida Kikyo, standing by the railing and kicking it repeatedly, looked completely different from her usual self.

Although she was still wearing her standard school uniform, with her short skirt and ankle socks looking quite alluring, her current state made one wonder if this was truly Kushida Kikyo at all.

Most importantly, Kushida Kikyo was still busy cursing at me.

"????"

If you hate me that much, why not just stop interacting with me?

"Who's there?"

Perhaps the sound of my approach was too loud, or maybe she had been too absorbed in her own rant, but I had been discovered by Kushida Kikyo.

"Kageya Shinjitsu, it's you. What are you doing there? Come here."

A cold, beautiful face, with a deep and intimidating gaze.

This version of Kushida Kikyo was strangely unique.

And so, for some inexplicable reason, the situation had turned into this.

"Kageya Shinjitsu, you saw everything just now, didn't you?"