In Classroom of the Elite, My Future Daughter Provides Assists

Considering that Horikita is referred to as a rival by the future Sakayanagi, Shirogane decided to keep his guard up.

However.

[I got the phone number for the Teacher Chabashira of their class from Kushida. The number is 14565XXX]

Shirogane quickly scanned the message sent by Shiina.

Furthermore, this number only differed by the very last digit from the number of his own class teacher, Sakagami.

It was highly probable that the homeroom teachers were also using the special smartphones distributed by the school.

Yet, the phone number for Teacher Chabashira that Horikita provided was identical to the one Shiina had given him.

Does this mean that the Horikita standing before him is actually an honest person?

She didn't even bother to take a detour or try anything clever.

"I can confirm that your class teacher has violated the rules," Shirogane said. "And the fact that she read the message but didn't reply is the most direct answer."

But the reason she only read it must mean the other party already knew about this matter, yet it likely didn't have much of an impact on her.

Shirogane's first reaction was to recall what his homeroom teacher, Sakagami, had said at the entrance ceremony: the points in every student's ID card could be used as money to make purchases at the school, and at the same time, as long as one possessed enough points, one could buy anything.

In that case.

Exemption from punishment might also be possible.

So, as long as she has points, she can avoid punishment; is that why Teacher Chabashira isn't afraid?

Shirogane quickly digested the information he had obtained from Horikita Suzune.

Horikita is not Sakayanagi's puppet.

However, she was driven by her own homeroom teacher to investigate the school, only for the investigation to fail. Although she discovered a few suspicious points, she couldn't find anyone to clear up her doubts, and her attempts to consult upperclassmen had also failed.

Consequently, she chose the second option provided by Teacher Chabashira.

To learn from Shirogane. She wanted to obtain something from him that would allow her to grow.

"..."

"Just as you said before, I do not wish to tarnish my brother's reputation."

"On this point..." Suzune gripped her right hand with her left, her mood seemingly downcast yet becoming firm, "I must succeed."

"..." Shirogane.

Looking at it this way, although this Horikita appears cold and aloof, she is the type who is easily driven and arranged by others to do their bidding.

However, being followed suddenly, or even being treated as a learning object, is quite strange.

Still.

The other party's identity made it impossible to refuse entirely.

The other party is Horikita Suzune; the surname Horikita alone is enough to make one pay more attention to her. After all, Shirogane still hopes to enter the Student Council led by Horikita's brother.

And to completely reject his sister right here... if the brother happens to be a "sister-complex," that would be rather delicate.

Of course, Shirogane could not accept this based solely on such nepotism.

If she were a classmate, Shirogane might be swayed, but they are in different classes, which makes them rivals.

Shirogane has no intention of providing resources to the enemy.

So, Shirogane continued to look at Horikita.

"Our classes are different, contact isn't convenient, and how much do you really know about the students in your own class?"

"Why not interact with the students in your own class?" Shirogane asked.

"The students in my class." Suzune shook her head. "Although I haven't interacted with them, many of them are incomprehensible, and those who seem relatively outstanding, like Hirata or Kushida, don't give me a sense of vigilance."

"They seem to be treating this school as if it were a normal school."

"They have no sense of crisis."

Does this mean Horikita feels she is out of place with the students in her class? Or does she even think the students in her class are all incompetent?

Then her observational skills are truly lacking.

Because Shirogane already knows that several students in her class have secrets, and there are even two "boss-level" monsters among them.

Although these students might not actively stand out, they have been in the same classroom for half a month; she should have noticed something by now.

"Then." Shirogane recalled that he had originally intended to wait for a student from Class A to come to him, then force them to complete the roster of first-year students he was compiling.

As it turned out, only Horikita had come.

Since Horikita is a student from Class D, could she perhaps contribute some information?

Although it is a bit excessive to deceive a girl, if it is a transaction, then it is a case of each getting what they need.

Moreover, the other party is the Student Council President's sister; Shirogane has no intention of bullying someone's sister and expecting to walk away unscathed.

After all, if he puts himself in their shoes, if someone were to bully Kei or use her, Shirogane would definitely take action.

He understands this feeling of being an older brother very well.

However.

If President Horikita was able to recite his and Sakayanagi's basic information back then, he should also be aware that his younger sister is enrolled and has been assigned to Class D.

"Have you been in contact with your brother since you arrived at this school?" Shirogane Miyuki asked.

"..." Horikita. "I followed in my brother's footsteps to this school, but as of now, we have not met in private."

"Perhaps he doesn't know I have arrived here yet," Horikita Suzune said. "Or perhaps my performance hasn't been good enough, so he feels there is no need to see someone like me."

"I have not earned my brother's recognition."

Is that so?

But as an older brother himself, Shirogane had a different perspective.

First of all, President Horikita must certainly know that his sister has arrived at the school, and naturally, he would also know that she was assigned to Class D.

As a competent Student Council President, he cannot show favoritism, especially during this first month of the new school year.

Therefore, he would not do anything.

But.

Does that mean he truly doesn't care about his sister?

That is hard to say.

Because Classmate Shirogane Miyuki is an older brother himself.

And so.

Chapter 040: Heh, he understands me so well, could it be that he likes me?

Classmate Shirogane is an older brother himself, so sometimes he understands.

"I'm giving you a task," Classmate Shirogane said, staring at Horikita Suzune across from him. "You provide the roster information for the students in your class, and I will provide you with the roster information for the students in Class A."

"We will exchange them at that time."

"This is part of gathering intelligence," Shirogane said. "It is a very important thing in this school."

"Your brother hasn't met with you yet, but when he does, if you can produce the data on Class A, perhaps you can turn the tables."

"Besides, I have been doing this myself these past few days," Shirogane said.

Stare—

However, Horikita looked at Shirogane with piercing eyes; she felt that Shirogane seemed to be hiding something.

But.

Shirogane not only received rewards from the school but also earned a high evaluation from Teacher Chabashira. Furthermore, he was able to deduce that she was the Student Council President's sister after meeting her just once.

Unable to uncover the true nature of the school herself, perhaps this was the only path left for her to choose.

"I understand," Horikita said. "I will take responsibility for investigating the information on the students in my class."

"Mm," Shirogane nodded.

With that, the two, who hadn't ordered any drinks, walked out of the shop.

The staff member who had been keeping an eye on them finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Today, they finally didn't have to deal with customers coming in to order right before closing time.

Meanwhile.

The student dormitory.

It is now ten o'clock. Inside Sakayanagi Arisu's room.

"Sakayanagi, the person we sent out sent back a message. Shirogane seems to have a strong sense of vigilance; he discovered someone was tailing him and turned around to make an arrest."

"However, he caught the wrong person."

"He is currently in contact with a student from Class D," Classmate Kamuro, with her purple hair, reported the situation to Sakayanagi with a look of displeasure.

Classmate Kamuro was reporting to Classmate Sakayanagi.

She didn't understand Sakayanagi's train of thought. When she saw Shirogane alone at noon, Sakayanagi had taken the initiative to strike up a conversation.

Yet, upon returning, she immediately arranged for someone to tail Shirogane Miyuki.

It was as if the two of them had suddenly had a falling out.

The person assigned to tail him was Hashimoto Masayoshi, who seemed to be very skilled at this sort of thing. Judging by Hashimoto's performance, he was indeed skilled; he realized Shirogane was highly vigilant and retreated further away, otherwise, it wouldn't have been that Class D student caught by Shirogane, but Hashimoto himself.

And now, Hashimoto had reported the situation to Kamuro, and Kamuro was relaying it to Sakayanagi.

This was a rather strange arrangement.

One must know that Sakayanagi is the leader of the Sakayanagi Faction, yet this task of consolidating information was assigned to Kamuro, only to be passed on to her.

It seemed like an unnecessary extra step.

However, Kamuro had a different experience of it.

Because it wasn't a matter of suspicion; the truth was that Sakayanagi Arisu simply didn't care about class affairs. Even after learning the true nature of this school, she didn't place much value on her status in Class A.

And she had her own way of putting it.

"I am a genius. In this school, I can barely find an opponent worth going all out against."

"This so-called Class A is nothing more than a dull school life."

It was incredibly arrogant.

Despite being so small, she was so incredibly arrogant.

Yet she possessed the capital to be arrogant. The current Katsuragi Faction in the class was a product of that arrogance—something born with her tacit approval. She had seized sovereignty over the class from the very beginning, yet she hadn't bothered to hold onto it tightly.

According to her own words.

"School life is rather boring, but I know a way to make it interesting."

"There are monsters in the lower classes worth competing against. Only when they rise up will I be able to go all out."

"I am looking forward to the lower classes climbing up to compete. But the Class A I reside in is excessively strong."

"So, I must reveal a few openings for them."

In other words, Sakayanagi Arisu was trying to cultivate a poisonous insect.

But as a member of Class A, why would she want the lower classes to climb up? Did she really think there were such formidable people in the lower classes?

Wouldn't that make the current Class A extremely dangerous?

That was why Kamuro was so resistant toward Sakayanagi.

And now.

"Then, let's have Hashimoto-kun head back for today," Sakayanagi said. "There is no need to continue the tailing today or tomorrow. Classmate Shirogane has likely already made preparations."

"Classmate Shirogane seems to understand my behavioral patterns extremely well. To think he could even deduce that I would arrange for someone to tail him. It's as if he knows exactly what I'm thinking," Sakayanagi mused. "Wait."