Classroom of the Elite, Keima Katsuragi's Love Brain Battle

Airi Sakura saw this comment, and the smile on her face gradually stiffened. A subtle sense of discomfort crept into her chest, and she couldn't help but recall what had happened earlier that day.

The clerk's somewhat lecherous gaze.

However, she quickly calmed down and pushed the comment to the back of her mind.

She had seen too many comments like this.

Most of them were just empty talk anyway.

Airi Sakura then closed her blog and opened the website's latest trending rankings.

Sometimes she would check out other bloggers' updates to learn tips on photography and fashion. The top-ranked ones were basically bloggers in the lifestyle section—beauty, cooking, and fashion—and they were mostly familiar IDs. The most popular bloggers on the site were essentially the same fixed group of people.

But as Airi Sakura scrolled down the rankings, she noticed a somewhat unfamiliar ID.

[Nickname: God]

[Section: Gaming/Electronics]

[Bio: I am the God of Conquest for AVG games (I will not reply to any comments or private messages. If you want to see a walkthrough for a specific game, leave a comment. I specialize in AVG.)]

This bold, chuunibyou-esque ID piqued Airi Sakura's curiosity. She clicked into the user's homepage. Although the follower count wasn't high—certainly incomparable to her own—gaining this many followers in just a few days since the account was created was quite impressive, and the recent engagement was high.

Airi Sakura stared at the account's creation date.

It was the same day school started.

Was this a coincidence?

But the bio of the God of Conquest for AVG games once again drew Airi Sakura's attention.

Although Airi Sakura didn't play games and didn't know what AVG games meant, she vaguely remembered hearing the term somewhere.

Wait a minute...

Could it be?!

When Keima Katsuragi and Suzune Horikita were talking this morning, Airi Sakura had overheard a few things. At the time, Keima Katsuragi was rapidly editing something on his terminal.

Could it be this blog?

Intense curiosity drove Airi Sakura to open the content posted by God. There weren't many updates, seemingly just two game walkthroughs.

Airi Sakura didn't understand what these were, but she clicked in to take a look anyway, and before long, she was drawn in by the content.

The walkthroughs by God weren't just about helping players clear the game.

He broke down the different heroines in the games individually and analyzed their personalities, likes, and dislikes with great seriousness, describing what type of girl they were as if they were living right beside him.

Not only that, but this blogger distilled the story arcs of the different heroines, preserving the essence of the story while expressing the delicate emotions between the protagonist and the heroine without ever feeling long-winded.

Such powerful writing ability might even put some professional writers to shame.

This wasn't just a walkthrough; it was more like a story of youth.

Even without playing the games, Airi Sakura was captivated by the stories within. She read a lot without realizing it, and her heart even began to flutter.

In that instant, she felt a sudden impulse to fall in love.

Airi Sakura took a deep breath to calm herself down and looked at the comment section.

[User Anonymous] You are my God! The best walkthrough on the entire internet!

[User 3249877] I'm begging God of Conquest to do a series on WHITENOeS_Story of Memories Telling Lies, please!

[User King of Harems] How does the author maintain such high quality and high output? Exactly how many livers do you have?

She focused her gaze on the blogger's ID once again.

This ID, this style... and this account creation date...

This absolutely has to be Keima Katsuragi!

If...

If I just click follow, it shouldn't be a problem, right?

Airi Sakura set her privacy settings so that followers couldn't see the bloggers she followed; only the other party could see it.

Keima Katsuragi shouldn't be able to tell that she was Shizuku. He might not even know who 'Shizuku' was; he only focused on gaming-related circles.

And since his follower count was growing so fast, he probably wouldn't notice her follow notification.

"Katsuragi-kun..."

For the first time, Airi Sakura felt a strong sense of curiosity toward another person, and even a glimmer of expectation.

"It's up to 42%?! What's going on! God of Conquest! Could it be that you have a shadow clone technique?! Is another God of Conquest actually out on a date with Sakura-san?"

At this very moment, in Keima Katsuragi's dormitory, Elsie simply couldn't understand what was happening.

"This is called self-conquest. It sometimes happens with girls who have delicate sensibilities."

Keima Katsuragi didn't pay much attention to it. He just picked up his terminal and said slowly, preparing to edit the walkthrough for another game he had just cleared.

As soon as he opened his blog homepage, quite a few system notifications popped up, including recent visitor logs and new followers.

Due to the popularity of his guides, Keima Katsuragi's ranking among new bloggers skyrocketed; it was only natural that his exposure increased and his follower count grew.

[User 123] has followed you.

[User I am Natsuyo Mizuki's Dog (Practicing Diving)] has followed you.

[User Shizuku] has followed you.

Keima Katsuragi merely glanced at them briefly before preparing to start editing his guide.

Wait a second.

He thought he just saw a somewhat familiar ID.

Airi Sakura?

[User Shizuku] viewed your post at 18:11.

[User Shizuku] viewed your post at 19:17.

[User Shizuku] entered your blog at 20:11.

[User Shizuku] viewed your post just now.

Airi Sakura had set her user privacy settings, so followers could not see her following list...

But she had forgotten one thing.

That was the fact that the visitor records left on someone else's blog could not be hidden.

In Keima Katsuragi's eyes, Airi Sakura had entered his blog multiple times.

Had this girl discovered that he was the God of Conquest?

However, Keima Katsuragi hadn't intended to hide it from the start anyway.

Keima Katsuragi then clicked on Airi Sakura's blog homepage.

Volume 1: Chapter 30: Hiyori Shiina, you've caused me so much trouble!

Keima Katsuragi quickly saw Airi Sakura's latest post.

Cute, sunny, and full of youthful vitality.

The slightly blurry dormitory background behind her also allowed Keima Katsuragi to further confirm her identity.

Airi Sakura was Shizuku.

Previously, Keima Katsuragi had made his judgment based on the card art, and this latest post confirmed it.

His gaze swept through the comment section, where he also caught that somewhat discordant comment from earlier.

[User Anonymous] Two days later, I saw you up close again today, Shizuku. Do you know, Shizuku? Being by your side is truly blissful~

Keima Katsuragi knew that under an idol's account, such comments were not rare; after all, as long as one was an idol, even a D-list one, there would definitely be fanatic fans.

But the problem lay in the wording used by this person.

'Again?'

Was this just a joke?

No, this wasn't a joke, especially with the preceding phrase 'two days later.'

The time was stated so precisely, as if he had truly seen Airi Sakura two days ago—

Two days ago was the day school started, when Keima Katsuragi had run into Airi Sakura at the supermarket while she wanted to buy something but didn't dare to speak up.

And today, the two of them had gone to the supermarket again.

Keima Katsuragi couldn't help but associate this with the store clerk from earlier that day.

No, no, no, he shouldn't form a stereotype about someone just because they had a face that fit a stereotypical look.

Although, he really did look like that kind of perverted, sleazy man.

Keima Katsuragi clicked on the person's homepage. The latter had hidden their posts, but Keima Katsuragi was still able to find that person's previous comment history in Airi Sakura's past posts by looking at their avatar and way of speaking.

It was really... too fanatical.

Every time a post was updated, he would be the first to post some fanatical comment.

Was he watching Airi Sakura's blog with high intensity at every single moment?

Although the probability wasn't high, he should still keep a slight eye on it.

"Ah, God of Conquest! This person looks so familiar!"

Just then, Elsie leaned her head over to look, and after a few seconds, she suddenly realized, "Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Is this classmate Sakura?!"

"Yeah."

"This, this, this, this, how could this be?!"

Elsie's face was filled with surprise.

"This is normal, isn't it? After all, many characters have two sides. Classmate Sakura is the most classic example of this. A persona where one is a student on the surface and an idol in private isn't rare, and she's only a flat-image idol, at that..."

"That's not what I meant. I'm talking about the likes and comments! She only posted it a few minutes ago, and it's already several times the number of likes on your walkthroughs."

"..."

At this very moment, a young man's heart shattered.

The traffic data for the walkthroughs by Keima Katsuragi wasn't bad; in fact, one could say it was excellent.

It was just that, in front of Shizuku, a popular gravure idol, it didn't quite measure up.

A photo someone snapped casually could surpass the content Keima Katsuragi had poured his heart and soul into creating.

No matter what it was, it stood no chance against a beautiful girl.

"This is exactly why I hate the real world!"

Keima Katsuragi let out a roar of fury.

At the same time, Airi Sakura was also scrolling through her blog.

Her visitor logs were overflowing, filling the screen in an instant.

However, she still managed to catch sight of a familiar ID.

Usually, Airi Sakura would just glance over them; after all, there were simply too many visitors every day, and it was impossible for her to remember every single ID.

But today, she happened to remember this specific ID, and she saw it right there in the visitor logs.

Or perhaps, she was subconsciously drawn to this name.

This also made Airi Sakura realize one thing...