Scheming in the real world? I can also do a little.

"Heaven? Not exactly."

Ayanokoji Kiyohime also picked up a skewer and took a bite. She chewed slowly, with great elegance. But that elegance didn't mean she was slow; she finished the skewer in no time: "You can't possibly be getting 100,000 points every month, can you?"

"Yeah, that's impossible. It's a real shame."

Hoya Chukai shook his head: "You're smart, but your only flaw is that you rarely interact with people. To be honest, coming to this school is the worst choice you've ever made."

"The worst choice?"

"You're clever and calm. If you had spent three years in a regular high school, even without friends, you would have at least gained a basic understanding of how to deal with people. But unfortunately, in this school, merit is everything. You might not actually learn anything at all."

Biting on a bamboo skewer, Hoya opened a can of beer for Ayanokoji: "You know, your abnormality is something anyone who sees it will notice. You've never understood the circumstances of others, and without comparison, you don't know what a normal person is like. You don't understand the ways of the world, which makes some of your behaviors look quite ridiculous."

"For example?"

"For example, your test scores. Tell me, what did you get on all five of your entrance exams?"

"They were all 51. Is there a problem with that?"

"Yes, there's a huge problem."

Hoya chuckled. He took out his phone, found the entrance exam score sheet for the class that he had requested from teacher Sakagami on the way back, and handed it to Ayanokoji: "You think everyone's test scores should be randomly distributed between 1 and 100, right? But I'm telling you, that's not the reality. These are the test levels of the students in my class. To be honest, I held back on this exam too, but compared to yours, don't I look completely natural?"

Taking the phone, Ayanokoji scrolled through everyone's scores from top to bottom.

There were no perfect scores; the highest was only 94. Most people hovered in the 60s or 70s, with the occasional 50s or 40s, but scores below 40 were rare.

"Your lack of common sense led you to believe that getting 51 on everything was correct. In reality, it's not; the scores should range from 60 to 70. Also, I got the entrance exam papers from the teacher. Take a look at the situation on the papers."

After taking the phone back, Hoya started looking for the papers for Ayanokoji. He found them quickly and handed them over again: "The difficulty of the questions varies. If you really want to hide your ability, you need to understand which questions are easy and which are hard. It's not about randomly getting some right and some wrong; it's about getting the easy ones right and the hard ones wrong. You'll want to hide your ability in future exams, right? So, learn these basics first."

Chapter 28: What Kind of Strategy? You Two Are Just Crouching Dragons and Fledgling Phoenixes

Hoya Chukai was genuinely planning to educate Ayanokoji.

You ask why? Because she is a good chess piece.

Who are Class C's rivals? Class A and Class B.

Class B is full of good kids; you can bully them however you want. So the only real rival is Class A.

Is the entire Class A difficult to deal with? No, the only difficult person in Class A is Sakayanagi Arisu. Katsuragi Kohei? He is too conservative and too steady, and people like that are easily sabotaged by the idiots around them.

Because he is steady, he doesn't dare to make trade-offs; he isn't decisive enough. Hoya had already figured out how to sabotage them, and all he needed was for Ryuen Shoko to put in some effort.

He didn't expect much from her, just that she could have one "dead soldier" at her disposal.

"Dead soldier" was an exaggeration, of course, but he needed a subordinate who was obedient enough and willing to be ruthless to themselves.

So, who was the most suitable?

Yamada Albert? Maybe a bit too bulky, but Hoya still had ways to 'weaken' him.

In the original story, Ryuen Shoko sending Komiya Togo, Kondo Reon, and Ishizaki Daichi to beat up Sudo Ken was, in Hoya's view, just plain stupid.

Three against one and you still couldn't win? That looks suspicious no matter how you slice it. Why not one against three? Why not find bystanders as witnesses?

If you find a place without surveillance, that's fine, but you should at least have your own surveillance, or find a photographer to record it so you have physical evidence.

But honestly, is that strategy useful? It is. But Ryuen Shoko managed to ruin a good hand completely. With that level of intelligence, calling her a "B" is actually a compliment.

First of all, why bother with Class D? What special ability do they have? Isn't bullying Class A better than bullying Class D?

Secondly, although Sudo Ken isn't very bright, is Totsuka Yahiko any smarter? Isn't he easier to manipulate than Sudo Ken? That self-righteous lapdog of Class A could be provoked into a rage with just a few simple insults, and if you pushed a little harder, he might actually throw a punch.

After all, people do strange things when they're angry. Once he throws a punch, you play dead, a passerby happens to see it, and a photographer accidentally records the process. Great, you have both witnesses and physical evidence. What can they say?

As for the wounds... that's why Hoya said he needed a "dead soldier"—someone who could be ruthless to themselves.

Use the momentum to slam into a wall, hit it hard enough to cause an injury. You say the action looks too fake and no one will believe it? Who would know? Everyone only sees the witnesses and the evidence, and both of those are seen after the fact. Who would know you self-harmed?

See, if you expand on Ryuen Shoko's plan just a little, it becomes perfect—a simple "lure the enemy into the trap" is enough.

Then you can watch Class A get sanctioned.

After the sanction, you choose to borrow a knife to kill someone else and deliver another heavy blow. Someone like Totsuka is meant to be used; is it hard to reuse a piece of trash? Not at all. Borrowing Class D's knife to kill Class A—perfect. Another strike, and you've blown up Class A right from the start.

Once Katsuragi is ousted and replaced by Sakayanagi, you then have her old rival, Ayanokoji, drag her down and keep her occupied. The two of them start fighting each other, and Hoya can just sit back and watch the show from the shadows—it's perfect.

He thought his plan was flawless... it's just a pity he didn't know that he was now being watched by Sakayanagi as well.

So why was he trying to get close to Ayanokoji now? He knew what would happen to Ayanokoji later.

If things followed a normal life, she should have just spent her three years of high school like an ordinary person. But Chabashira Sae wasn't having it; she wanted Ayanokoji to stir things up. So, truthfully, a large part of Ayanokoji's motivation for everything that happens in the series is because of Chabashira Sae. She pushed Ayanokoji into this whirlpool, and now she can never escape.

Does Hoya want to save Ayanokoji Kiyohime? He doesn't. Because he can't control Chabashira Sae.

But he only hopes to protect himself, for example... by turning Ayanokoji Kiyohime's gaze toward Class A.

Class B goes without saying; even if they became Class A, so what? A bunch of little angels are too easy to deal with; there's no difficulty at all. So Class C's strategy is to drag Class A into the water and keep Class D pinned under the surface.

Class D has too many idiots; with them around, there's no need to worry about Class D. He only needs to take down Ayanokoji. As long as her attention isn't on Class C, then at least during the first year, Class C will be safe.

You ask what about the second and third years? Who knows? Take it one step at a time. The author hasn't even finished writing the second year yet, so how would you know what happens then? When the situation becomes turbulent, he'll just protect himself again.

At worst, he can just save up 20 million points during his first year and jump to Class A upon graduation.

Otherwise, why would Hoya be helping Ayanokoji now? Because adding a little private agenda while helping someone is perfectly normal, right?

As long as he makes her understand that he is "helping" her, it's help on the surface, but in reality, it's... PUA?

No, it hasn't reached that point yet.

"In your daily life, try to interact with other girls as much as possible. I can help you with that. You can just relax and be a little princess who is naive to the ways of the world. Just use your observational skills and intelligence to observe what these girls are like. You don't have to worry about offending anyone; after all, to be honest, being 'naive to the ways of the world' is sometimes an advantage."

Hoya Chukai began to guide Ayanokoji Kiyohime. While telling her what a real ordinary person is like, he tried to find a way for her to disguise herself as a little princess.

Well, there's no need to disguise, as her demeanor is indeed that of a little princess.

As an excellent, perfect creation, she naturally has to develop according to the standards of the most perfect woman. Mastery of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor—that is a given.

Uh... she should have the intelligence, it's just that she isn't very good at calculating people. Her previous life must have relied on strength as the ultimate authority; she doesn't know how to use schemes and tricks, otherwise, how could she and Ryuen have become such a pair of "crouching tiger, hidden dragon" fools?

Ten plans, nine are major disasters, and the last one results in academic probation. A real wise person would try their best to keep themselves out of it.

Yes, I'm talking about me, Hoya Chukai~

Alright, enough nonsense. While Ayanokoji was absorbing the knowledge, Hoya Chukai took out his phone and made a call.

"Beep, beep, beep... Hello? Is this Hoya-kun?"

The call went through very quickly, which didn't surprise Hoya Chukai.

Because he had called Ichinose.

"Is that Ichinose-san? May I ask if you are free right now? I have a problem child here who needs your help. Could you please lend a hand?"

"Is that so? Then where should we meet?"

"Um... let me ask, would the boys' dormitory be a bit inappropriate?"

Chapter 29: When there are more people, it is actually less easy to be misunderstood

The boys' dormitory is a strange place.

It doesn't seem to be just this school; especially in China, it seems that girls entering a boys' dormitory isn't something that gets overly targeted.

Perhaps it will attract a lot of attention, but targeting is impossible. Unlike boys entering a girls' dormitory, where you basically have to keep your head down, eyes not wandering, and act like a servant with a hunched back.

If you run into a few "keyboard warriors," even nothing can become something.

The boys' dormitory was indeed a bit too stimulating for Ichinose, but she still trusted Hoya Chukai's character. After all, he's a little angel, so it's normal.

She felt that Hoya Chukai couldn't possibly do anything to her in the boys' dormitory, especially when there was a problem child present.

Hoya Chukai had briefly mentioned the problem child to her, and upon learning that it was also a girl, she breathed a sigh of relief and did not refuse Hoya Chukai's request.

She was indeed free right now.

Having just come out of the library and preparing to go to dinner, she received Hoya Chukai's call. Plus, when Hoya Chukai mentioned that he had some barbecue to eat, she was indeed a tiny bit tempted.

Girls, after all, find barbecue and desserts to be soul-captivating existences, not to mention oden.

Well, the food and the act of helping someone made her choose to head to Hoya Chukai's room. More importantly, Hoya Chukai is not the type of bad student.

Although he might be a little bit bad, as for doing any coercive acts here... that is impossible.

Therefore, she soon arrived at the place mentioned on the phone and knocked on the door gently.

"Ah, Ichinose-san, please come in, please come in. I need your help."

Ichinose's arrival made Hoya Chukai very happy. This was a great opportunity, a way to prevent Class B and Class D from fighting.

Who will be the future leader of Class D? It's nothing more than Horikita and Ayanokoji. Hmm? You say Hirata and Kushida? Hmm... let's forget about them; they lack the caliber.

Perhaps they can play with Ryuen, who doesn't intend to use force. In terms of intellectual combat, he probably can't beat Shiina.

As everyone knows, the peak of intelligence in Class C is Shiina, not the gorilla Ryuen Kakeru who calls himself king... or perhaps he has become a female gorilla now? Well, it doesn't matter.

With himself and Ichinose, Ayanokoji's priority target would naturally not be Class B or C, so it could only be Class A. A confrontation between four classes is even more complicated than the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu, but it is limited to that. If B and C form an alliance, and D does not fight with B and C, the firepower of all three classes will suppress Class A. If Class A can still hold on under these circumstances, then Hoya Chukai would really have to praise Class A as social elites.

Hoya Chukai didn't notice that when he brought Ichinose into the dormitory, his neighbor saw this scene again.

"Oh no, why has the class representative also fallen into the hands of a scumbag..."

The cute boy's expression was incredibly terrified at this moment, with even a hint of a scream in his tone.

But Hoya Chukai knew nothing. He just wanted Ichinose to help solve Ayanokoji's problem quickly.

If only he could contact Kushida, but... to be honest, although he chatted with Kushida for a while, the two of them hadn't actually added each other as friends.

Wait, Ayanokoji should have Kushida as a friend, right?

Well, he would ask her later; first, he had to resolve the situation with Ichinose.

"Ichinose-san, let me introduce you. This is Ayanokoji Kiyohime-san. She is... how should I put it."

How to describe her became a problem. Hoya Chukai naturally couldn't say she escaped from the White Room, so he had to modify the details. Just like when he told Kamuro Masumi about his past yesterday.

How could he talk about the Second Ring Road? Of course, it was Tokyo!

"She is a young lady who ran away from home. Because she has been self-studying at home for many years, her interpersonal skills are zero, and she doesn't even know what an ordinary girl should be like. So I hope you can help out, take her out to play more often later, and let her integrate into this society more easily."

As Hoya Chukai spoke, he whispered in Ichinose's ear: "This young lady is completely naive to the ways of the world, so she needs a helpful classmate like you to lend a hand."

"Eh? No, no, I'm not that good. But Ayanokoji-san, don't worry, I will definitely help you."

Ichinose held Ayanokoji's hand, her eyes filled with conviction.

"Uh... okay."

Hmm, this attitude is great, just like a young lady from a wealthy family.

Hoya Chukai nodded from the side and reached out his hand: "Ayanokoji, could you lend me your phone? I don't have Kushida's contact information, and I think her help would make things easier."

"Kushida Kikyo? I have her contact info."

Ichinose waved her phone with a smile, but Hoya Chukai shook his head: "No, let's use Ayanokoji's phone. Otherwise, it might be harder to explain if we use yours."

That was correct; contacting Kushida through Ichinose's phone versus Ayanokoji's phone would lead to different situations. If it were the former, it would be easy for Kushida to assume he had done something to Ichinose.

Ayanokoji handed over his phone. Right now, having just started school, Ayanokoji was at his most malleable; if he actually understood the ways of the world, he would be much harder to deceive.

"Kushida? It's me, Hoya Chukai. Yes, Ayanokoji has a small problem here, could you come over? Hmm... in my room. Don't worry, Ichinose is here too. Yes, yes, please come over, I'll send you the address right now."

If a man and a woman being alone in a room would be awkward, then having three girls and one boy in the room would actually diffuse that awkwardness.

Especially since Hoya Chukai didn't look like a delinquent, which made it easier for them to feel relaxed.

Hoya Chukai didn't intend to do anything to them anyway. This was school; a moment of pleasure is one thing, but if you end up in jail afterward, you'll be the one crying. It wasn't worth it.

Slow and steady, taking it one step at a time—there was no need to rush.

Before long, under the shocked gaze of that neighbor, a third girl entered the room.

"No, if there are three girls, then it shouldn't be what I thought. Hmm, it definitely isn't what I thought. The class representative is a good student, how could she do something like that? I must have misunderstood her, definitely."

That silly kid was still muttering to himself, but he finally managed to calm his restless brain down.

As the saying goes, it's hard to say what a man and a woman are doing in a room, but one man and three women... unless that guy has incredible stamina, people generally wouldn't think they were doing anything strange.

Chapter 30: Which bastard? Which bastard is spreading rumors about me!

"Eh? A young lady from a wealthy family!"

Kushida hadn't expected Ayanokoji to have such a background; her reaction was the same as Ichinose's.

Indeed, if one were to mistake the White Room for the mansion of some prestigious family, Hoya Chukai's explanation wasn't wrong at all.