In Classroom of the Elite, My Future Daughter Provides Assists

"I might be a little late," Shirogane said to Shiina.

As for the reason, Shiina, acting as the messenger, understood perfectly well: Shirogane was preparing to head to the Student Council.

"Then, would you like me to save you a seat?" Hiyori asked.

Although she didn't have many friends at school, she still hoped to find someone who truly shared her interests.

However, she could still handle ordinary social interactions. Moreover, having learned the true nature of this school in advance, and with her class having achieved such results, it meant there were important battles to be fought ahead. Since there was hope of challenging Class A, she would continue to put in the effort.

Therefore, the person standing here was not the Shiina who had discovered that her class had no hope of promotion and had retreated to the library to act like an NPC, but the Shiina who saw hope for her class and was contributing her strength.

"Save a seat? No need," Shirogane said. "I'm not sure how strict President Horikita is with his entry requirements, so I might not be able to return very early."

Having said that, Shirogane waved at her and left the classroom.

"Then I wish you the best of luck," Hiyori said, though her gaze did not immediately turn away.

It could be said that Shirogane was both hardworking and earnest, treating this school with caution. If not for his intervention, the class likely wouldn't have climbed to the position of Class B so quickly.

Under normal circumstances, unless Class A fell on its own, it would be very difficult for Ryuen's class to charge upward.

Thinking of how Shirogane had just waved at her, Shiina raised her own left hand, but before she could wave back, Shirogane had already left.

"..." This left Shiina, who was still holding her hand in a waving gesture, feeling a hint of regret.

Because, if she had been better at interacting with others in the past, she wouldn't be in a situation where she couldn't even manage a simple wave to a friend.

Just then, a girl with short blue hair walked over.

"Shiina, Ryuen is looking for you. It seems he's preparing to consolidate a small team. He's currently selecting members. It seems to be in response to the monthly special exams."

"He's planning to collect protection money in class, but as long as you join, you won't have to pay him," the girl said. "Even if you hate him or oppose him internally, this plan seems useful for the class."

In other words, Ryuen still couldn't shake his delinquent nature and was still resorting to protection money, but he understood human nature well enough to know that relying solely on extortion wouldn't allow him to stay in this school for long.

Otherwise, if a class-wide expulsion vote were to occur, Ryuen, as the exploiter whom everyone hated, would likely be the first one voted out.

"Oh."

Shiina nodded, then followed the girl.

"Is it Ibuki? This is the first time we've spoken in class," Shiina said.

"I don't care," the girl's expression remained unchanged.

"Then, Ibuki, do you hate Ryuen?" Shiina continued to ask.

"I do," Ibuki seemed to be a straightforward person.

"That's a coincidence, I hate him too," Shiina said.

With that, the two walked out of the classroom.

On the other side.

Although Shirogane's destination was the Student Council office, he didn't head there directly, but instead went to the second-year student area.

Soon, he saw the small blackboard in the second-year area.

The blackboard had some data written on it.

A: 1400

B: 780

C: 500

D: 350

He took out his phone to compare it with the data he had photographed in the second-year area when he first enrolled.

A: 1210

B: 780

C: 430

D: 200

Having learned the true nature and rules of this school, he could clearly discern that these figures were the class evaluation points for the four second-year classes.

A month had just passed for the freshmen, and a month had also passed for the seniors.

Following the pattern that there was a special exam every month, the current second-year data was the result after one special exam.

And this result was somewhat terrifying.

Because, except for Class B which gained no points, classes A, C, and D had all gained points.

If the second-year Class A were strong enough, then maintaining their lead would be fine, but the current result was that only Class B had been left behind, while C and D had both gained points.

One had to realize that this second-year Class B was the former Class A; the overall strength of the students couldn't be that poor.

Then there was only one possibility.

As the Narrator System had said, Nagumo had already managed to dominate the entire grade, treating the special exams that students feared and found difficult to handle as welfare distributed by the school, which he then divided up directly. An ordinary class obviously couldn't do this, but if he controlled all the examinees, he could naturally achieve it.

The fact that only Class B of the second year failed to score points clearly shows he wants to continue consolidating his position in Class A.

Thinking this, he mused.

"Although I learned the true nature of this school from the teachers today."

"Our class is still lagging far behind, after all."

"I want to head to the Student Council in a bit." The faint sound of students talking drifted over, seemingly a boy and a girl.

Shirogane looked over. The boy had slightly curly purple hair and was quite handsome. His name was Kanzaki Ryuji, and Shirogane had already seen his photo. From the information provided by Kushida, he knew this boy was a key male student in their class, excelling in both academics and physical ability, with his only flaw being a slightly introverted personality.

As for the girl, she was a very familiar face.

She was a girl with long, golden-pink hair and a stunning figure. Her personality was lively, her appearance was top-tier, and she was extremely outgoing; he had seen her surrounded by companions on several occasions.

Should he call this good luck, or bad?

Because, in the same location and the same situation, Shirogane found himself running into Ichinose Honami again.

When he first enrolled, Shirogane had investigated information about the school, come to the upperclassmen's area, and met Ichinose, who had also come to investigate.

The result.

Ichinose had honestly and innocently shared the intelligence she had gathered, but Shirogane had let her experience the malice of the human heart.

She treated Shirogane as a friend, while Shirogane had wanted to act as her upperclassman.

Therefore, in Ichinose's eyes, Shirogane was a senior from a higher grade who had put on airs of authority.

The result.

Was he about to be caught red-handed now?

Actually, there was no need to panic.

Because nearly a month had passed, and since Ichinose and her group were students of Class B, even if they were naive, they would have come into contact with students from other classes.

So, Shirogane felt that even though Ichinose hadn't come looking for him, she should have long since grasped the information that he was also a first-year student.

Thinking this, Shirogane maintained his composure, while Kanzaki and Ichinose had already spotted him.

"That person is—Shirogane, who promoted from Class C." The boy with the curly purple hair walking with Ichinose seemed to want to say something.

And listening to the other party's phrasing, didn't this show they already knew who Shirogane was?

So.

While Kushida was constantly contacting students from her own class and others, Ichinose's class was also reaching out to students from other classes.

They were keen on participating in club activities.

They were searching for the unique aspects of this school.

Even in the first month, while they still had their living expenses, the whole class began to experience the free meals in the cafeteria.

It seemed they were worried about whether they would have enough living expenses for the next month, so they were being as frugal as possible.

It could be said that although their class didn't have any cheats, they were using a powerful force of unity to cope with this school.

"Yo, Ichinose-san, and Kanzaki-kun, you've come to the upperclassmen's area too." Shirogane summoned the courage of a Social Butterfly. "I'm Shirogane Miyuki from the current first-year Class B. Like you, I'm just here in the upperclassmen's area to see how things are."

Before entering this school, Shirogane had actually considered getting a part-time job once he reached high school.

And since he was going to work, he naturally had to set aside some of his pride.

Therefore, Shirogane had trained his personality.

Cannot be introverted, cannot be introverted; you get nothing by being introverted.

So, he named this state he had trained himself into: Social Butterfly.

And now, he was proactively greeting Ichinose, whom he had deceived back then.

"Shirogane-kun." Although Ichinose responded to Shirogane, she couldn't help but look at him a few extra times.

However, Shirogane was currently in his Social Butterfly state, his skin at least ten times thicker than usual, so Ichinose's gaze had zero offensive power.

"Then, congratulations on climbing up a grade." Ichinose was, after all, a good person with a great personality, and she began to offer her congratulations.

But the position Shirogane was currently in—first-year Class B—was their former position, so saying such things was somewhat cruel to Ichinose and her group.

Thus, the fact that she could still congratulate Shirogane and his group showed she had a lot of class.

ps: Quack, although I had a massive update yesterday, having zero updates at this hour is indeed a bit subtle. And I suddenly discovered that the perfect attendance for Hedgehog Cat is calculated until 6 AM, so even though I updated 10,000 words at midnight, they were all counted as yesterday's updates.

ps: So, I just wrote a chapter now.

ps: Begging for data, ying ying ying.

Promoting a big shot's book.

Chapter 057: Congratulations, a Meeting at the Student Council!

Ichinose displayed her grace.

"Although your class had the advantage in last month's exam, that doesn't mean our class is incapable." Kanzaki spoke up at this moment. "Our class has also been working very hard."

"If it weren't for the provocations from the students in Class A, our class wouldn't have had so many points deducted."

It was clear from the information provided by Kushida that Kanzaki was a rather introverted person, yet he was the one taking the initiative to strike up a conversation now.

He currently appeared more like someone in an irritable state after having their bottom line crossed.

As for the provocations from the Class A students he mentioned, it was likely that after Class A grasped the school's intelligence and learned about the behavioral conduct assessments, they targeted Ichinose's class to gain an advantage and widen the gap between them and the lower-ranked classes.

They had spent money to bribe two students from Class D to pick a fight with students from Ichinose's class.

This subsequently led to a situation where a fight broke out under the surveillance cameras.

As a result, Ichinose's class suffered a major loss, having a significant number of points deducted for no reason.

That was why, at the end of the first month, after learning the true nature of this school from the teacher, they had dropped in rank before they had even truly begun, ending up as Class C.

"I'm powerless to help with your situation," Classmate Shirogane said. "However, this also goes to show that while all four classes aim to graduate as Class A, they won't necessarily play by the rules; they might resort to other methods, making it impossible to guard against everything."

"Oh." Ichinose looked over again.

Stare.

Stare.

Stare.

Ichinose looked at Classmate Shirogane with an expectant and innocent gaze.

Although Classmate Shirogane was a Social Butterfly and his skin had thickened, he still found it hard to handle such an innocent expression.

After all, the last time they met, Classmate Shirogane had deceived her to obtain the information she provided.

And now, was Ichinose hoping that he would give something back in return?

You really are greedy, Ichinose.