Next, Your Task Is to Assist Me

"Arisu, I know what you were thinking at the beginning. Internal strife with Katsuragi can indeed quickly consolidate the class, but there is no need for that because you have me now. I will always stand on your side.

If you push him into a corner, he will just run to another class, which only increases the strength of the others.

He is still useful and very easy to manipulate. As long as it is for the benefit of the class, he will not refuse."

Sakayanagi Arisu recalled Yagami Shizuka's rhetoric once more. If she remembered correctly, that should belong to a classic historical strategy.

"The Dao King Qin Wang?"

"Oh my, I didn't expect you to know about the Dao King Qin Wang." While Yagami Shizuka was surprised, he felt that explaining things to Sakayanagi Arisu would be much easier.

When speaking to a smart person, she will understand the second sentence after hearing the first.

Only those with a deep understanding of strategy would know what the Dao King Qin Wang means.

This is a blatant, yet unavoidable, open conspiracy.

Starting from the perspective of group interests, you reason with others and get them to work for you, and they will even say that you are a good person.

This is the Dao King Qin Wang.

This "Dao" is only useful for those with a strong sense of justice, and it also works on the greedy, but it is ineffective against the lazy and those who have given up.

For example, Cao Cao used a fake imperial edict to gather eighteen feudal lords, claiming he was attacking Dong Zhuo for the sake of the Han Dynasty.

Or, for example, all the rebel armies in history claimed to be doing it for the world and for the greater good.

There is one thing you must not get wrong: a successful strategist would never use the petty trick of standing on the moral high ground to accuse others.

The true Dao King Qin Wang is about mutual consent between both parties.

Even though you are the one using the scheme, the person being schemed against jumps into it willingly, and they are even hoping you will make this move.

Yagami Shizuka uses the members of the Katsuragi faction very simply; as long as he tells them it is for the good of the class, they will not object.

Even if they know they are being used, faced with such an open conspiracy, they can only obediently accept it, praise you for doing a good job, and ask if there is anything else they can do to serve.

How could one not use such useful talent?

"That's right, it is the Dao King Qin Wang. As long as I use the greater good to pressure him, he will be obedient. If he isn't, I'll just tell the other students in the class, and he will soon have no choice but to submit."

"Fine, then I will wait and see what you are going to do next." Sakayanagi Arisu stood up and walked away slowly.

Yagami Shizuka sent a message to Shiraishi Asuka.

"Meet me downstairs at the dormitory."

[You are very smart. Your talent exceeded my expectations. My appearance might even be a bit redundant; it turns out you have been hiding all along, even deceiving me.

Perhaps you already know what to do without me saying anything. It is my own lack of confidence that led me to act on my own, but please, look at these hints first.]

[1. Fate is a very strange thing; it easily tilts in one direction.

In this classic novel, Classroom of the Elite, most of the heroines... or rather, 80% of the women will fall in love with the protagonist.

It can't be helped; he is the protagonist, possessing the ability to cast a love spell on all women, easily infecting them.

Shiraishi Asuka has not yet begun to contact Ayanokoji. You can disguise yourself as her absolute superior and change her mission.

If you choose this option, you will receive follow-up hints, ensuring she will not know the truth for the next year.]

[2. Do not choose 1. Use her secrets to threaten her and make her work for you, but in the process of observing Ayanokoji, she will slowly fall in love with him.

Two years later, Shiraishi Asuka will confess her past to Ayanokoji and become a mole he arranges in Class A.]

After just one glance, Yagami Shizuka knew what he should do.

I have to say, the protagonist's love spell is truly powerful. Even though he has a girlfriend, there are still many women throwing themselves at him.

These women are all outstanding in their own right, and they are all love-struck. If not curbed, it will turn into a situation where I have to fight his harem team in two years.

That would be too tiring. It is best not to give him the chance. I will poach his harem if I can; he doesn't want them anyway, he is just playing with these women's feelings.

Sakayanagi was used and set up by him after she confessed to him, eventually leading to her expulsion.

An expelled Sakayanagi like that is no different from someone under a love spell.

It is worth mentioning that it is not just women; even the leader of Class C—the tall and mighty Lord Ryuen—fell in love with the protagonist in the end.

Things shouldn't be taken too far, so I'll leave that one for him. I hope he likes it.

A few minutes later.

Downstairs at the dormitory, in a walkway where few people pass by.

There is surveillance here, but it is also easy to avoid.

He stood with his back to the wall, waiting patiently.

Before long, he heard the sound of footsteps.

"Sneaking around and choosing such a remote place, Shizuka-kun, you don't seem very honest, do you?" Shiraishi Asuka stopped five meters away from him.

"Your operation is canceled. From now on, your mission is to assist me." Yagami Shizuka did not turn around, exuding a sense of mystery in the dim corner.

The smile on Shiraishi Asuka's face froze for a split second, her eyes turning momentarily blank and vacant before she laughed, "I don't know what you're talking about. Is this some kind of game?"

"Shiraishi, there's no need to be suspicious. I'm on your side. The mission to monitor Ayanokoji Kiyotaka has been canceled."

"Road Tyrant, or rather, Ayanokoji's father, has no intention of having Ayanokoji expelled. Everything he said about forcing Ayanokoji to drop out and return to his side was a lie."

"He wanted to use that facade to confuse us, but in reality, he wanted to verify Ayanokoji's true strength. On the other hand, he hasn't given up on the original plan to use the White Room to oppose Advanced Nurturing High School," Yagami Shizuka said with calm composure.

When you reveal enough information, you don't have to worry about whether they believe you or not.

"Who are you?" Shiraishi Asuka was forced to re-evaluate Yagami Shizuka's identity.

"I am the greatest trump card of our organization. It's normal that you don't know me; very few people do. If you don't believe me, you can go check. I guarantee you won't find any information on me, including records from the White Room."

This was only natural, as even he himself couldn't find any information about his existence in this world; the school archives contained nothing but blank pages for him.

Students like him, who were essentially blank slates, appeared every year. Because the relationships between conglomerates and the powerful were so complex, no one would ever bother to dig deeper.

"Now, our plan has changed. Road Tyrant won't let Ayanokoji be expelled. Since he wants to know Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's strength and strike at Advanced Nurturing High School, and we are in Class A while he is in Class D, we should just crush him directly."

Shiraishi Asuka's eyes flickered as if she were contemplating something, "Between you and Ayanokoji, who is stronger?"

"Well, I can tell you clearly: even in chess, I am one move ahead of Ayanokoji. I am not being arrogant, nor am I overconfident; I wouldn't say that if I weren't certain."

"In short, he is the artificial genius known to the public, but it is still impossible for him to surpass me. If you don't believe me, I will give you the answer within the next six months."

"Then, will you make Ayanokoji drop out?"