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

During the class that had just concluded, Sae Chabashira had been observing these students the entire time.

This pop quiz was a means to further test the academic ability of these students.

On the first day of school, Sae Chabashira wanted to see exactly what kind of level these Class D students possessed—

Of course, the only two students she was truly concerned about were just two.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and Keima Katsuragi.

Especially Keima Katsuragi.

Sae Chabashira had only decided on this test yesterday.

She wanted to know if the exaggerated academic ability of Keima Katsuragi was the real deal.

And Sae Chabashira had also hidden a little "design" of her own within the test paper.

Sae Chabashira quickly distributed the test papers, and after Suzune Horikita received hers, her gaze swept rapidly over the questions.

Although there were not many questions, they were indeed all based on the content Sae Chabashira had just explained in class.

Suzune Horikita possessed quite excellent learning ability; even though the class content was relatively difficult to understand, she was still able to keep up with the pace of Sae Chabashira's lecture, and she finished the earlier questions quickly.

She also had the confidence that she wouldn't get a single one of the preceding questions wrong.

However, when she reached the final question, Suzune Horikita's brows furrowed slightly.

The difficulty of this question was significantly higher than the ones before it.

Is this... content that was covered in class? Or is it that my initial approach to solving the problem is flawed?

Suzune Horikita's brain spun rapidly, but she couldn't come up with the answer for a long time.

She raised her head and looked at Sae Chabashira on the podium, but the latter was merely closing her eyes to rest, her attention not on the students at all.

This made Suzune Horikita feel somewhat strange; even though it was a test, Sae Chabashira didn't look like a proctoring teacher in the slightest.

Did she believe that these students absolutely would not cheat—

Or was it that Sae Chabashira thought it would be useless for them to cheat anyway?

Suzune Horikita's gaze swept over the other students; most of them had troubled expressions, and some hadn't even started writing yet.

Yosuke Hirata also looked at the test paper with a serious expression, seemingly having encountered a difficult problem.

After all, not one hundred percent of the students listened attentively the entire time, and even if they did, they might not be able to digest all these knowledge points in such a short time.

Suzune Horikita could basically confirm that this pop quiz was intentionally designed to be difficult by Sae Chabashira.

Was it to give them, the new students, a show of force?

No, she couldn't overthink it; for now, she had to solve the last question first.

Although it was difficult, as long as she spent some time on it, she should be able to finish it before the papers were collected...

"Teacher, may I hand in my paper early?"

Just at that moment, that familiar voice rang out in the classroom, and almost everyone's gaze was drawn to the source of the sound.

Keima Katsuragi raised his hand and said to Sae Chabashira.

"Oh?"

Sae Chabashira's gaze locked onto Keima Katsuragi in an instant.

She walked to the front of his desk, glanced at the test paper on his table, and then her line of sight fell back onto Keima Katsuragi's face:

"Are you sure? Do you really not need to check it again?"

Volume One: Chapter Eleven: Both a Demon Sister and an Idiot

A normal student hearing a teacher say that would definitely feel a bit shaken, and might even think the teacher was hinting that they had gotten a question wrong.

However, Keima Katsuragi did not hesitate in the slightest.

"No need, I want to hand it in now."

Looking at Keima Katsuragi's incredibly firm gaze, Sae Chabashira merely narrowed her eyes slightly and said with a smile:

"Fine, I agree to let you hand it in early, but there are only ten minutes left until collection anyway. I'd like to hear your reason for handing it in early."

"The reason? It's simple. I just want to hand it in early so I can go to the cafeteria to eat and then play games to my heart's content. After all, it's easy to be accused of cheating if I take out my handheld console during a test, so I thought I'd just hand it in early."

Keima Katsuragi said to Sae Chabashira with a serious face.

"?"

And for the first time, such a bewildered expression appeared on Sae Chabashira's face, and she even spent half a second confirming whether she had misheard.

He chose to hand in his paper early just to play games?

Was he saying this right to her face while she was the teacher?

Earlier in class, Keima Katsuragi had also been playing games the entire time.

Sae Chabashira had taught Class D before and had seen how those students gradually headed toward giving up, but on the first day, they would all restrain themselves to some extent.

She had never seen anyone as "arrogant" as Keima Katsuragi.

However, it didn't matter.

Let's just witness for a moment exactly what kind of ability Keima Katsuragi possesses.

"I will grade the results of this quiz and post them in the class group chat later. You can check them on your student terminal. Since you've chosen to hand in your paper early, please leave the classroom now."

"Mm."

Keima Katsuragi had already packed up his stationery, stood up immediately, and left the classroom.

Suzune Horikita watched the back of Keima Katsuragi as he left, feeling somewhat shocked.

Did he... did he finish it?

Did he finish even the very last question?

Suzune Horikita's heart wavered slightly.

When it came to academic performance, Suzune Horikita had a certain amount of confidence in herself.

But she had to admit that the difficulty of the final question on this quiz was indeed quite high.

Even so, not only did Keima Katsuragi finish it, but he also handed it in early?

Is that for real?

Didn't he spend the entire time playing games from start to finish?

No, I cannot keep thinking about that guy. I must not let myself be influenced by him again.

Suzune Horikita hurriedly lowered her head, refocusing her attention on the test questions.

But just as she gripped her pen and cleared her thoughts, another voice rang out from nearby.

"Teacher! I want to hand in my paper too!"

The speaker was none other than Elsie.

What on earth is going on with these two siblings?!

About thirty minutes later, in the cafeteria.

"There are no classes this afternoon, so I can go back to the dorm and play games as much as I want!"

Keima Katsuragi had almost finished his meal and was preparing to return to his room to enjoy himself.

Previously, Keima Katsuragi had been resistant to this school, but after only one day, his attitude had undergone a complete transformation.

This place is actually quite nice!

Although there are strange systems and rules, in a sense, the students here have a considerable amount of freedom, and the entire school is fully equipped with all kinds of facilities and goods—

Of course, the only thing Keima Katsuragi cared about was games.

"God of Conquest! Please pay a little attention to our mission!"

Elsie, who was following beside him, tugged at Keima Katsuragi's arm, shaking it incessantly.

"I know, I know..."

Keima Katsuragi felt a bit dizzy and spoke up quickly.

Just then, both of their student terminals vibrated almost simultaneously.

Keima Katsuragi took out his terminal and looked at the screen; what caught his eye was the quiz results list.

[1st Place Keima Katsuragi: 100 points]

Keima Katsuragi found his score immediately—as if he knew exactly where he would appear on the list.

After confirming his score, Keima Katsuragi put the terminal away, looking completely indifferent.

"As expected of the God of Conquest! You actually got first place?!"

Elsie, standing to the side, looked at Keima Katsuragi with eyes full of admiration.

She never expected that Keima Katsuragi, who usually had his mind set on playing games, would have such good grades.

"This is something that should have been expected, isn't it?"

Keima Katsuragi replied nonchalantly.

Back at his school in the previous world, Keima Katsuragi had relied on his exceptionally high grades to earn the privilege of playing games during class.

And this school emphasized the word 'ability' in every aspect—

Academic performance should also be included within that ability.

As long as one has enough ability, one can do whatever one wants. In a sense, this school was paradise for Keima Katsuragi.

As long as his grades were good enough, he could play games even more freely!

"Speaking of which, how were your results? You were the one who handed in your paper right after me, weren't you?"

"Um, God of Conquest, hehe... please don't look."

Elsie hurriedly reached out to stop Keima Katsuragi, but this only piqued his interest further, and he picked up the terminal to check again.

He scanned down the rankings, but he didn't see the name of Katsuragi Elsie for a long time, only finally spotting her score after a few seconds.

[40th Place Katsuragi Elsie: 8 points]

"?"

Keima Katsuragi froze for a moment, then wiped his phone screen.

"Did I miss a digit? Or do you really only have a single-digit average? Even Ken Sudo, who's second to last, has double your score!"

"You can't blame me for that, God of Conquest! Even though I've been trying hard to study, there are some questions I just don't understand!"

Katsuragi Elsie replied with a slight pout.

"You're actually proud of that? Did you hand in your paper early even with a score this bad?"

"Anyway... even if I stayed there, I wouldn't have been able to solve them."

"."

Keima Katsuragi fell into a momentary silence.

"Wait a second, God of Conquest! I have an idea!"

Just then, Katsuragi Elsie seemed to think of something; she snatched the terminal from Keima Katsuragi and pressed it against her haori.

A faint puff of smoke drifted by.

"What are you doing?"

"It's done!"

Katsuragi Elsie handed the terminal back to Keima Katsuragi, who hurriedly checked to see what she had done.

[3rd Place: Katsuragi Elsie 99 points]

"I just changed my score and solved it!"

Katsuragi Elsie patted her chest with immense pride, having just used her powers as a demon.