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

"Th-then what about the study session?!"

"Rest assured, the study session will proceed as planned."

Keima Katsuragi replied.

The members of the study session were all his current mission targets.

Although in Keima Katsuragi's philosophy, multitasking was not a wise move, as it could sometimes even lower affection levels.

However, he was just starting out, and this was a way to close the distance with the others.

He could maximize his presence in front of the other targets while learning their preferences.

The study session provided exactly such a platform.

And besides...

Keima Katsuragi certainly couldn't allow his targets to be expelled.

Come to think of it, among his mission targets, the grades of Airi Sakura and Haruka Hasebe were not exactly stellar.

Airi Sakura performed quite averagely across all subjects and wasn't particularly sharp.

Haruka Hasebe was more extreme; she excelled in the subjects she was good at, while her performance in the ones she struggled with could only be described as a tragedy.

If they failed even a single subject, they would be expelled.

Both of them were at significant risk—

Of course, compared to Elsie, those two were practically geniuses.

Keima Katsuragi shook his head helplessly and immediately took out his Mission Card.

[Name: Haruka Hasebe]

[Affection: 20%]

He had only really had significant contact with Haruka Hasebe today, yet he had already gained a decent amount of affection.

She was the type of person who relied heavily on "vibes"; if she felt you were on the same wavelength, she could build a relationship at lightning speed.

If you didn't click, it would be troublesome.

Fortunately, Keima Katsuragi was seen in a positive light by Haruka Hasebe, otherwise, he would have definitely needed to put in more effort.

[Name: Airi Sakura]

[Affection: 88%]

[Affection: 89%]

[Affection: 90%]

"God of Conquest! Airi's affection is skyrocketing! Is it because of what happened tonight?"

"Mm, as long as I can enter Airi Sakura's heart, she will gradually be conquered."

Keima Katsuragi said.

The unexpected situation that occurred tonight had significantly accelerated his progress.

But even before that, Keima Katsuragi had actually sensed that something was off with Airi Sakura.

It wasn't just because of him; it seemed more like she was worried about something.

Combining this with the comments from the anonymous user on her blog, Keima Katsuragi had guessed her identity and potential actions, which was why he hadn't chosen to leave after Airi Sakura delivered her gift, but instead followed her directly.

However...

Airi Sakura's level of fanaticism was no less than that of his own fans...

Keima Katsuragi lowered his head to look at his terminal, which kept receiving notifications.

[User Shizuku] viewed your post at 21:12

[User Shizuku] viewed your post at 21:17

[User Shizuku] entered your blog at 21:40

[User Shizuku] just viewed your post

"..."

Keima Katsuragi pursed his lips, put down the terminal, and turned his gaze toward the other cards.

There were no changes for Suzune Horikita or Kikyo Kushida.

Suzune Horikita already had a good start, and subsequent progress should gradually pick up speed.

He had hit a temporary bottleneck with Kikyo Kushida.

Keima Katsuragi didn't know what the true side of Kikyo Kushida looked like, but he was basically certain that her past was closely related to Suzune Horikita.

Perhaps in the process of conquering Suzune Horikita, he would be able to unearth the truth bit by bit.

Or perhaps he just needed to wait for the right opportunity.

He flipped to the next card.

Masumi Kamuro's favorability remained at zero; after all, they had only just met.

However, Keima Katsuragi had actually noticed long ago that Masumi Kamuro seemed to have been tailing him throughout the evening.

Was it because of Arisu Sakayanagi?

Fortunately, the other party shouldn't have known about Elsie or the demons at the time.

[Name: Arisu Sakayanagi]

[Favorability: 10%]

Looking at Arisu Sakayanagi's favorability, Keima Katsuragi narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Hey! Is that the Sakayanagi from today?"

Elsie asked with a puzzled expression, "Didn't she only have a tiny bit this morning? How did it suddenly jump to ten percent now?"

Keima Katsuragi understood the reason; it was definitely because Masumi Kamuro had told Arisu Sakayanagi about what happened tonight, and it was likely accompanied by a massive misunderstanding.

Just like the misunderstanding the Chairman had about him.

And the increase in Arisu Sakayanagi's favorability also indicated one thing.

This girl was definitely not a simple person.

Rather than calling it favorability, it was more like Arisu Sakayanagi's anticipation and curiosity toward him.

"I hope I don't run into any troublesome matters in the future."

The next day, at noon.

After packing his things, Keima Katsuragi left his room.

Hiyori Shiina was already waiting downstairs.

"Good morning, Keima-kun."

Because of Haruka Hasebe's 'interference,' the way they addressed each other during the study session had changed.

For Hiyori Shiina, this was actually a happy thing.

She knew that friends with close relationships addressed each other by their first names.

Hiyori Shiina herself hadn't known how to proactively suggest such a thing.

Haruka-san really was a huge help.

However, when saying his name, Hiyori Shiina's voice did indeed drop a few decibels.

"Good morning, Hiyori. Have you been waiting long?"

Keima Katsuragi looked at the girl in front of him.

With long silver hair, purple eyes, and skin as white as snow, Hiyori Shiina looked just like an elf who had walked out of a fairy tale.

Because it was the weekend, students didn't have to wear uniforms, so Hiyori Shiina had changed into an outfit completely different from her usual one.

Over a light-colored sweater was a dark dress, and she had swapped her knee-high socks for gray pantyhose, which further accentuated the slenderness and straightness of her legs.

Keima Katsuragi had already left half an hour early, but Hiyori Shiina had arrived even earlier.

"No, no, I just got here too!"

Hiyori Shiina replied with a smile.

In reality, after returning home last night, Hiyori Shiina had been incredibly excited for today to arrive, to the point where she had even suffered from a bit of insomnia.

Because she had never had the experience of going out on a weekend with a friend—or even a classmate.

Although Hiyori Shiina was the one who had taken the initiative to invite Keima Katsuragi yesterday, there was still a significant difference in Hiyori Shiina's heart between a weekday and a weekend.

Hiyori Shiina had never had any very close friends.

Keima Katsuragi counted as the first.

Hiyori Shiina had thought that she absolutely could not let a friend wait for her, so she had arrived early to wait downstairs.

However, Hiyori Shiina hadn't expected that just after she arrived, Keima Katsuragi would also arrive early.

"I'm very sorry for suddenly asking you out yesterday, Keima-kun."

"No, I'm the one who should apologize. I had some things I had to deal with last night, so I was delayed. It's actually me who made you take time out of your weekend."

"No, no! It's just that after playing the game, there were so many things I didn't understand that I wanted to learn about, which is why I wanted to find Keima-kun. I felt like these things were better discussed in person..."

Hiyori Shiina's amethyst-like eyes cast a serious gaze toward Keima Katsuragi.

"Then let's head to the cafe first. I haven't really been there much."

"The coffee there is delicious, and you can stay for as long as you like."

Keima Katsuragi and Hiyori Shiina then began walking in the direction of the cafe.

It was just that...

Behind the two of them, someone was stealthily tailing them, hiding behind a street corner like a thief, only poking her head out to watch Keima Katsuragi from afar.

Airi Sakura.

"I, I need to figure out Keima-kun's preferences!"

"I need to know what Keima-kun is doing every single moment of today!"

"I, I am definitely not here because I'm worried about Shiina-san!"

Airi Sakura muttered to herself.

Volume 1: Chapter 63: The Stalker, Airi Sakura

Airi Sakura had actually left the house very early today, waking up even earlier than Shiina Hiyori and Keima Katsuragi to wait for them.

To avoid drawing attention, she had even gone out of her way to slightly alter her appearance today, taking off her glasses and changing her hairstyle, making her look like a completely different person than usual.

As Keima Katsuragi and Shiina Hiyori headed toward the cafe, Airi Sakura followed the pair in this "sneaky" manner the entire way.

However, Airi Sakura was completely unaware that her behavior was no different from that of a stalker.

And what's more...

She had absolutely no self-awareness regarding her concealment.

"Hey, hey, hey, what is that girl doing?"

"Is she peeping?"

"She's quite cute... but why does she look so suspicious?"

Passersby whispered and discussed among themselves.

But Airi Sakura's attention was entirely focused on Keima Katsuragi, and she failed to notice the gazes of others at all.

In a sense, her extreme social anxiety was completely drowned out in this moment.

However, Airi Sakura did not notice at all that there was yet another person behind her.