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

Was she just flying?

And...

He noticed that Elsie was holding something in her arms.

It was a small box, but through the slightly opened gap, countless eyeballs were clustered together like grapes.

In the next instant, dozens of tentacles shot out from within, completely binding and compressing the other monster before dragging it directly into its own body!?

At the same time, another tentacle silently coiled like a python, wrapping around the clerk and hoisting him several meters into the air.

However, seemingly deciding that the target was not food but rather something akin to trash, it slammed the clerk heavily onto the ground as if he were a stone.

"You, why are you here?! What is all this?!"

Keima Katsuragi rushed directly to Elsie's side, asking with a look of horror on his face.

"Eek! God of Conquest! You, didn't you go back to your dorm to play games?"

"No! You tell me first, what exactly is going on here!"

"Oh my, does God of Conquest not understand yet? I was supposed to prepare lunch for you at noon, right? But one of the ingredients accidentally got loose! But please rest assured, God of Conquest, that ingredient has just been retrieved! And don't worry, I used my Feather Haori to block the surrounding surveillance, so they couldn't see me at all along the way!!!"

"What do you mean by 'the ingredient accidentally got loose'!!!"

Keima Katsuragi felt too exhausted to even retort.

What on earth did this girl Elsie consider an ingredient?

"The security guards will be here soon, you need to leave quickly!"

Keima Katsuragi glanced at the strange creature in Elsie's arms and scanned his surroundings; fortunately, there was no surveillance nearby.

"Understood, God of Conquest!"

Elsie then flew up into the sky and vanished from sight.

"Come to think of it..."

Keima Katsuragi lowered his head to look at the clerk lying on the ground; he seemed to have lost consciousness.

This guy certainly deserved it.

He probably didn't see any of that, either.

Meanwhile, behind Keima Katsuragi, Airi Sakura, who had been incredibly worried, finally caught up.

Seeing the clerk lying on the ground, Airi Sakura was somewhat surprised.

Did Keima Katsuragi knock him down?

Soon, several security guards from the school arrived. Each of them was tall, moving with uniform, well-trained precision; they were definitely not ordinary security guards, but rather more like soldiers.

"Is this the suspect?"

The security guard looked at the clerk lying on the ground with some confusion. The man was unconscious, covered in dust, and then the guard glanced at Keima Katsuragi.

This boy was thin, yet he had managed to take down an adult much larger than himself.

And he had ended up in this state?

Keima Katsuragi gave them a rough account of what happened, and they immediately took the suspect away for investigation, preparing to send him to the hospital first.

The moment he was lifted onto the stretcher, the clerk seemed to regain a sliver of consciousness.

His dazed eyes looked toward Keima Katsuragi, and the terrifying memories from moments ago flooded back into his mind.

"Monster, monster!!"

He let out two screams before fainting once again.

The security guards looked at Keima Katsuragi with surprise. The latter pursed his lips and could only shrug, pretending to know nothing:

"It seems like he fell and hit his head, maybe he damaged his brain."

The security team didn't say anything more and quickly sent the clerk, who had passed out again, away.

It wasn't until their figures disappeared from view that Airi Sakura finally snapped back to reality.

Everything that had just happened felt so surreal...

It was all thanks to Keima Katsuragi saving her...

"Katsuragi-san... why are you here?"

Airi Sakura asked with curiosity.

"Because I was worried about you, Airi, so I followed you."

Keima Katsuragi replied.

Hearing the word "worried," the tips of Airi Sakura's ears turned bright red instantly. Her fingers twisted the hem of her shirt unconsciously, and her body seemed to shrink a size.

"I'm sorry for causing you trouble, Katsuragi-san... I'm really completely useless... in the end, I couldn't do anything myself."

"No, Airi, you've already done great. Being able to face a guy like that and bravely express your inner thoughts is not something just anyone can do."

Keima Katsuragi looked at Airi Sakura, and their gazes met.

Airi Sakura did not avoid eye contact this time.

Looking into the eyes of Keima Katsuragi, she felt not a shred of fear in her heart.

"As I thought, it really is only you, Keima-kun..."

"What?"

"N-nothing, it's nothing!"

A smile bloomed on Airi Sakura's face, her blue eyes shining like gemstones. After a thoughtful moment of silence, she spoke again.

"Keima-kun... if I stopped wearing glasses and changed my hairstyle in the future, do you think everyone would notice...?"

As she spoke, she took off her glasses, revealing a face so cute it felt like a crime, displayed without reservation before Keima Katsuragi for the first time.

"They would definitely notice. After all, you're so pretty, Airi; I doubt the students in our class could fail to notice you."

"I..."

Airi Sakura instantly became shy and fell silent, hurriedly lowering her head again. The few steps she thought she had taken forward retreated back to the starting point the moment she heard Keima Katsuragi's praise.

But she was incredibly happy.

"Thank you, Keima."

This time, Airi Sakura did not use the honorific "kun."

"Don't mention it. I said it before: if you ever need anything, feel free to come to me for help."

Suddenly, Airi Sakura recalled something.

Keima Katsuragi had just helped her out of a tight spot...

If that was the case, hadn't he heard everything she said to that person earlier!?

"K-K-Keima, did you hear what I was saying to that person earlier?"

Airi Sakura asked, looking incredibly anxious.

"I didn't hear it clearly. Why?"

"N-nothing at all!!!"

Airi Sakura's head shook back and forth like a metronome.

Just then, the sound of high heels clicking against the concrete pavement rang out.

Sae Chabashira, dressed in a suit jacket with black stockings accentuating her legs, walked quickly up to the two of them.

"Teacher Chabashira, why are you here?"

Keima Katsuragi asked, while Airi Sakura hurriedly put her glasses back on.

"I just received a notification from the school. I heard you two were in trouble, so I rushed over. What happened?"

Keima Katsuragi did not answer immediately; instead, he tilted his head slightly to look at Airi Sakura. After seeing her nod, he spoke.

"Sakura-san was being harassed by a clerk at the school store, but thankfully, it's already resolved."

"I see. As long as you're both fine."

Sae Chabashira nodded dismissively.

Just then, her phone rang.

Sae Chabashira answered immediately, her tone turning very respectful.

"...Yes... everything is fine... I understand..."

Sae Chabashira hung up the phone quickly and shifted her gaze back to the two of them.

"The two of you, come with me."

"What for?"

"The Chairman wants to see you."

"The Chairman?"

Further away from the three of them, a pair of eyes was observing them intently.

Masumi Kamuro.

She was following orders from Arisu Sakayanagi to secretly tail and monitor Keima Katsuragi.

To avoid being exposed, Masumi Kamuro kept a certain distance.

She had seen Keima Katsuragi confront the clerk and watched the latter flee, but due to the angle, Masumi Kamuro had been forced to change her position to keep a better watch on him.

By the time she found a suitable vantage point, she saw the clerk lying on the ground with Keima Katsuragi standing nearby.

There was no doubt about it; Keima Katsuragi had defeated him.

And in less than a minute, too...

"This guy... so he's actually this strong..."

Masumi Kamuro couldn't help but swallow hard.

There is a monster in Class D...

Before long, Sae Chabashira brought the two of them to the office of the Chairman.

Pushing the door open, Sae Chabashira stood respectfully to the side.

Standing before them was a thin, middle-aged man with slightly graying hair.

"You must be student Keima Katsuragi and student Airi Sakura. Nice to meet you, I am the Chairman of this school, Narimori Sakayanagi."

The man who identified himself as Narimori Sakayanagi wore a polite smile on his face, and his manner of speaking was very gentle, showing absolutely no airs of superiority.

Narimori Sakayanagi noticed that Airi Sakura seemed a bit frightened, so he spoke again in a relatively soft tone:

"There is no need to be afraid. We have already investigated the culprit's phone and his recent whereabouts; his crimes are beyond doubt. As the Chairman of this school, it is my dereliction of duty that such a thing occurred, and I am very sorry. I asked you here simply to ask what exactly happened and to confirm some specific details, so please be as detailed as possible."

Airi Sakura took a deep breath. Although she was a bit timid inside—after all, this matter involved her other identity—she also knew that the school must have already known about these things long ago. Therefore, she did not hide anything and, gathering her courage, recounted everything that happened today, right up until Keima Katsuragi came out to save the day.

"I see... I am truly sorry that such a thing happened. However, Keima Katsuragi, Airi Sakura said she only saw you chase after him. What happened afterward?"

Narimori Sakayanagi narrowed his eyes slightly, his scrutinizing gaze focused on Keima Katsuragi.

"He tripped while he was running away."

Keima Katsuragi answered without a blush or a skip in his heartbeat.

"Tripped?"

Narimori Sakayanagi frowned slightly, then picked up his phone to look at the report that had just been sent over.

"Are you saying that the culprit accidentally tripped, and then suffered four broken ribs, two fractured arms, ligament sprains, and a moderate concussion?"

"That is correct."

Volume 1: Chapter 61: Chairman, your daughter is really cute