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

"May I ask who you are?"

Arisu Sakayanagi asked in a polite tone from the side.

"Ah! You're Sakayanagi!"

Elsie's eyes widened abruptly after seeing Arisu Sakayanagi.

Because she remembered the other person's name.

Arisu Sakayanagi was also one of the mission targets in this world.

"Oh? Do you know me?"

Arisu Sakayanagi looked at Elsie in front of her with some curiosity; she had never met her before.

"That... I, I just heard about you!"

Elsie hurriedly found an excuse to explain, "Oh, sorry, my name is Elsie! This person is my Big Brother Keima Katsuragi, nice to meet you!"

"I see. However, 'Big Brother' is really a rather old-fashioned way of addressing someone."

Arisu Sakayanagi nodded, then shifted her gaze to Keima Katsuragi, "Student Katsuragi just... just suddenly fainted, so I had to ask my classmate to help move him to a chair, but we couldn't wake him up no matter what. Do we need to contact the medical staff?"

Arisu Sakayanagi did not mention the fact that the two had just collided.

"Oh, I see, it's fine! I have a way!"

Elsie said with a smile, then turned her head to look at Masumi Kamuro, "Student Kamuro, could you please hand me the handheld console?"

"Huh? Oh..."

Masumi Kamuro was stunned for a moment, then handed the handheld console she had just picked up to the other girl.

Elsie placed the handheld console in front of Keima Katsuragi, turned on the speaker, and started the game.

The sound effect of a Gala Game launching rang out instantly!

"This is the theme song for <After Confessing to My Classmate, I Discovered She Is a Demon Princess Who Must Have Intimate Contact With Me for Ninety-Nine Days to Break a Curse>!"

Without half a second of delay, the previously unconscious Keima Katsuragi suddenly woke up and catapulted straight up from the chair.

"?!"

Arisu Sakayanagi, who was standing to the side, was startled by this sudden, unprompted turn of events, and the hand gripping her cane couldn't help but tremble.

What is the situation with this guy?

Was the fainting just now faked?

No, that's not right; he didn't look like he was faking it.

But why...

What on earth was that name just now?!

For the first time, Arisu Sakayanagi encountered a situation she could not understand at all.

Volume One: Chapter 55: White-Haired Loli, None of Them Are Simple!

The first thing Keima Katsuragi did after waking up was to check if his handheld console was safe and sound.

After confirming that there were no issues, Keima Katsuragi let out a long sigh of relief.

Arisu Sakayanagi walked over to Masumi Kamuro's side and whispered something.

"Big Brother, you really make people worry!"

Elsie bowed deeply to Arisu Sakayanagi and Masumi Kamuro, "Thank you both!"

"You're welcome, Student Elsie. Helping each other among classmates is only natural."

Arisu Sakayanagi responded simply, but there was a meaningful smile on her face, as if she were looking at something interesting.

After a brief exchange, Keima Katsuragi and Elsie left first, and Arisu Sakayanagi's gaze remained fixed on their retreating figures until they disappeared from sight, at which point she turned her interest toward Masumi Kamuro.

"Tell me, Student Kamuro, what is your opinion of those two just now?"

"Opinion?"

Masumi Kamuro completely failed to understand Arisu Sakayanagi's question, "The brother seems to be a game otaku, and the sister is a very cute girl, but that should be all there is to it."

"You are completely mistaken, Student Kamuro."

The corners of Arisu Sakayanagi's mouth curled up slightly as she spoke in that crisp voice, "That pair of siblings is likely not simple at all."

"What?"

"My younger sister was able to call out my name directly earlier."

"That isn't particularly strange, is it? After all, you are quite famous in school, Arisu Sakayanagi."

There was a hint of sarcasm in Masumi Kamuro's words.

However, Arisu Sakayanagi didn't seem to mind, simply continuing:

"If it were me, I wouldn't mind, but... that girl named Elsie also said your name just now."

"What?"

Masumi Kamuro looked surprised; she had completely overlooked that fact earlier.

Arisu Sakayanagi was quite active, so it wasn't strange for people to know her name.

But Masumi Kamuro, aside from occasionally being with Arisu Sakayanagi, spent most of her time alone and had no friends in Class A, let alone in other classes.

Why would the other party know her name?

"It means they have already investigated us."

Arisu Sakayanagi lifted her chin.

"As students of Class D, they don't know their place and have dared to investigate us."

"To think it would be like this..."

"The thing I asked you to do, is it done?"

"Yes."

Masumi Kamuro nodded, then pulled an object from under her skirt.

It was exactly one of Keima Katsuragi's game cartridges.

Earlier, under the secret instructions of Arisu Sakayanagi, Masumi Kamuro had pretended to return the items to Keima Katsuragi, but in reality, she had stolen one of the game cartridges back.

Masumi Kamuro possessed superb thieving skills, and she was confident she wouldn't be discovered.

"Why steal this thing?"

"With this, won't we have a suitable excuse to continue interacting with them later? When the time comes, you just need to pretend you forgot and left this cartridge behind; the other party shouldn't be too suspicious of your reasons for approaching her."

"I see..."

Arisu Sakayanagi looked up and cast her gaze into the distance, the smile on her face becoming even more radiant.

"Perhaps they really will be able to bring me a little bit of fun!"

Meanwhile, on the other side of the school.

"I'm telling you, God of Conquest, those two people just now were both mission targets!"

As Elsie spoke, she took the mission card out of Keima Katsuragi's pocket.

This was created using abilities that surpassed those of Hell; aside from Elsie and Keima Katsuragi, no one else could see or touch it, which was why Masumi Kamuro hadn't noticed its existence earlier.

[Name: Arisu Sakayanagi]
[Affection: 1%]
[Name: Masumi Kamuro]
[Affection: 0%]

"Sigh, strange, why is Arisu's affection slightly higher?"

Elsie scratched her head in confusion, then turned to look at Keima Katsuragi.

"God of Conquest, shouldn't we take this opportunity to get to know her better? They seem to be from Class A; we rarely see students from Class A."

"No need."

Keima Katsuragi had returned to his usual state of playing games at all times, responding to Elsie:

"Because they will come looking for us on their own later."

After his "coma" (a nap), Keima Katsuragi's stamina bar had recovered quite a bit.

"Huh? Why is that, God of Conquest!"

"Because that person named Masumi Kamuro just stole one of my game cartridges."

"What?!"

Elsie's eyes widened in surprise; she hadn't seen anything just now.

"They probably think they did it without anyone knowing, but that was the game I was planning to clear next: <As an Ordinary Office Worker, After Signing That Contract, I Have No Choice But to Start a Love Simulation Project That Will Determine the Survival of Humanity with Five Goddesses from Another World with Distinct Personalities in a Modern City>!"

"God of Conquest, that title is getting more and more ridiculous..."

Elsie sighed, then quickly asked another question.

"But God of Conquest, what is her purpose in doing this?"

"I'm not sure yet. When I was checking if my handheld console was damaged, Arisu whispered something to Masumi. That was likely the order. It must be because you did something strange earlier that we've been targeted."

"I didn't do anything strange!"

"Anyway, it's basically certain now that at the very least, Sakayanagi is a person with a very deep mind, while Kamuro is... something like a rogue in a party? Following common logic, after I return to the dorm, I'll discover something is missing, and I'll definitely go to them first to ask if they've seen it. Perhaps that's their plan."

"God of Conquest, I didn't understand a single word."

Elsie wore a very blank, adorable expression.

"...Not surprised. Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything. Anyway, you just need to know that Sakayanagi is likely a troublesome person, that's all. After all, for this kind of thing, you only need one look to be sure."

Keima Katsuragi sighed.

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"White hair plus loli—none of the characters with these two traits combined are simple people!"

Keima Katsuragi suddenly thought of something and turned his head to look at Elsie again.

"You didn't do anything strange just now, did you?"

"Strange things? Absolutely not!"

Elsie looked completely innocent.

"Really?"

Keima Katsuragi's face was filled with suspicion.

"It's the absolute truth! While Ayanokoji was looking for you, I just went to find some ingredients, preparing to show off my cooking skills to the God of Conquest!"

Elsie patted her chest with great confidence.

Volume 1: Chapter 56: God of Conquest, No Running Away!

"You... can cook?"

Keima Katsuragi looked at Elsie with some disbelief, his eyes full of distrust.

"Hey! God of Conquest, don't you underestimate me!"