A Story Starting from Classroom of the Elite

Then, with a mischievous laugh of success, she took off her clothes and grabbed a gray T-shirt and slightly long denim shorts to put on.

After the scar on her abdomen healed, she had once really wanted to wear more revealing clothing.

To completely sweep away the shadows of her past.

But Tanaka Yukishin was the most important person to her.

So, she would be mindful of that.

However, who told the bad guy to keep brushing her off.

It was time to let him witness her invincible prank.

After matching their outfits, she linked arms with Tanaka Yukishin and walked out of the dormitory.

On days without classes, the flow of people was even more intense than usual.

Sunlight cast mottled shadows at the corner of the shopping street, and Tanaka Yukishin held Karuizawa Kei's hand.

Just as they turned the corner, they saw Ayanokoji Kiyotaka standing at the entrance of the Palette dessert shop, holding a shopping bag in one hand.

Horikita Suzune was standing next to him as well.

Tanaka Yukishin's lips curled into a teasing smile, and he deliberately brought up the topic.

"Are you two actually together?"

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and Horikita Suzune paused, and the latter immediately explained, "No, Tanaka-kun, you've misunderstood."

Her voice was like a taut string, and her peripheral vision swept over Ayanokoji with a blade-like coldness.

The latter shrugged helplessly.

"Don't misunderstand, you two."

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka spoke, his tone as calm as ever.

"Actually, I saw that Palette was full of girls, and the atmosphere was too exclusionary. I didn't dare to go in alone, so I asked Horikita to come with me."

Tanaka Yukishin raised an eyebrow, resting his chin on his right hand, his gaze scanning back and forth between Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and Horikita Suzune.

"Is that so?"

There was obvious skepticism in his tone.

"From the first day we met until now, Ayanokoji's face has always been calm and unflappable. You'd be afraid of this atmosphere? I highly doubt it; you guys are just making excuses."

"It's not an unforgivable sin for classmates to know about a relationship. Look at me and Kei-chan, we just stated it directly."

Tanaka Yukishin's face was full of disbelief; clearly, he didn't buy their explanation at all.

Karuizawa Kei heard everything clearly from the side, and she cooperatively leaned her head gently on Tanaka Yukishin's shoulder, a sweet smile hanging on her lips.

She knew Tanaka Yukishin's personality; once he got interested, he had to stir the pot.

Seeing Tanaka Yukishin determined to cause trouble and keep fanning the flames.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka simply laid the matter out and exposed Kushida Kikyo directly.

"Actually, Kushida Kikyo asked me to invite Horikita out because she wanted me to do her a favor."

"She wants to be friends with Horikita, but Horikita is in the class..."

He paused and looked at Horikita Suzune.

Then he took out his phone, the screen showing a screenshot of a message sent by Kushida Kikyo.

In the pink bubble, an emoticon bounced: Please be the peacemaker, Ayanokoji-kun (

Ever since it was made clear that the four classes were in a competitive relationship, Kushida Kikyo's progress in becoming friends with everyone plummeted.

So she decisively changed her mindset and temporarily gave up on the outside.

Instead, she focused on connecting with her classmates.

Although her gains weren't as great as Ichinose Honami's, she had managed to build connections with most of the students in Class D within two days.

Only Koenji Rokusuke, Tanaka Yukishin, Horikita Suzune, and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka... these few remained without progress.

Kushida Kikyo had wanted to use the opportunity of scouting for information to get closer to Horikita Suzune.

Who knew that aside from official business, Horikita Suzune remained that same icy person.

Only when talking about Koenji Rokusuke, Tanaka Yukishin, and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka would she act normally.

So she asked Ayanokoji Kiyotaka to be the intermediary to invite Horikita Suzune out.

"Kushida, it really is hard for her."

"I will never waste my private time on meaningless socializing."

After understanding Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's true intent, Horikita Suzune turned and left.

She was stubborn and not good at socializing.

But she had the ability to discern and think.

Having been hit by a series of critical strikes from the Sender and Koenji Rokusuke.

She admitted that there were a few people whose strength currently surpassed her own.

So, she didn't mind spending time interacting with them.

But the others?

They were nothing more than dogs on the side of the road.

"I am truly sorry, Ayanokoji."

Tanaka Yukishin spoke with a tone of regret.

An outsider who didn't know better might actually think he was genuinely embarrassed.

"It's fine."

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka waved his hand and turned to leave.

His understanding of Tanaka Yukishin deepened a little more in his heart.

Club Orientation

Horikita Manabu, who was sipping coffee not far away, took everything in.

Sunlight filtered through the glass, refracting prismatic spots of light onto his lenses, yet it couldn't hide the flash of disappointment in his eyes.

The bitterness of the black coffee spread across his tongue, much like his mood when observing his younger sister's behavior.

He had been at this school for two years now.

He hadn't expected that after such a long time, Suzune would still maintain this near-foolish arrogance.

The way the girl tucked her black hair behind her ear was exactly the same as in his memories.

Her appearance, however, had matured from childish to youthful.

But every word she spoke proved that she still couldn't distinguish between being aloof and being arrogant.

"I will never waste my private time on meaningless socializing."

This statement itself wasn't wrong, but it was only suitable for someone standing at the very top to say.

He flipped through his tablet, pulling up the data he had organized yesterday.

The quality of this year's first-year students was high, especially after Ichinose Honami's sudden visit to the Student Council; he had specifically sent people to investigate the situation of the four classes in detail.

It was no surprise that Class B, where Ichinose Honami resided, would remain in Class A for some time.

Thinking of that girl with the sunflower-like smile, he relaxed his tense shoulders slightly.

Given that girl's personality, there was no need to worry too much about Suzune.

He would observe for one semester, and if she didn't show sufficient progress.

He would have her expelled.

This school was not a place where someone like her could survive.

"President, who is that?"

As someone close to Horikita Manabu, Tachibana Akane naturally didn't miss the gaze he had just cast.

"That black-haired girl is my sister."

Horikita Manabu picked up his coffee and took a sip, savoring the rich, mellow flavor in his mouth.

Only then did he answer slowly.

His relationship with his sister was not meant to be public.

But given his relationship with Tachibana Akane, and her discretion, he could tell her.

Hearing this, Tachibana Akane nodded in realization.

She finally understood why the President had made an exception to attend the club recruitment.

The girl hid her smile, and while secretly holding Basisuwu, she added a note to her private journal:

"-Yue Yiya is the future sister-in-law of the President, needs key protection."

She had to maintain a high level of vigilance.

Although Manabu's principle was not to interfere with other grade levels.

Nagumo Miyabi from the second year certainly didn't think that way.

As a sister-in-law, she couldn't let anyone else harm her.

The Sender incident had spread throughout the entire school over the past two days.

However, aside from sighing that this year's freshmen were truly impressive, the second and third-year students, restricted by school regulations, still did not take the initiative to approach the first-year students.

But the four first-year classes would not remain stagnant.

The flexible Class A, after communicating, demonstrating their own abilities appropriately, and paying a certain amount of points, By chance, in a restaurant where upperclassmen often passed by, a notebook belonging to an unknown person was found.

It contained a record of much disorganized information.

Through filtering and summarizing, Class A obtained a portion of the school rules.

Class B hit the jackpot; Ichinose Honami spent money to purchase a divine manual from Tanaka Yukishin, an overpowered boss character who wandered around.

After studying and using it, she gained a powerful buff, and her strength leaped forward, making her the strongest in the first year.

As long as she overcomes her only three weaknesses.

She would have no rivals in the first year.

Class A would be a piece of cake.

After all, in this school filled with surveillance cameras everywhere, the intensity of the competition was not high.

Overly gentle methods would not be very effective against the class led by Ichinose.

Ryuen Kakeru of Class C used violent intimidation to force information out of some weakling seniors in their third year.

After sharing it with his follower Albert, he decided to select a few suitable students from his class to serve as his subordinates.

When the third years neared graduation, he planned to use the 20 million points method to transfer to Class A together.

Only Class D had few people actually getting things done.

The only three genuinely working were Horikita Suzune, Kushida Kikyo, and Hirata Yosuke.

Yet, due to their individual abilities and personalities, they had achieved nothing.

On the surface, Horikita Suzune, Kushida Kikyo, and Hirata Yosuke formed an iron triangle—the aloof theorist, the social butterfly who got along with everyone, and the gentle pragmatist.

Among them, Hirata Yosuke and Kushida Kikyo belonged to the type who could do the work but lacked the foresight.

Horikita Suzune was the type who had the foresight but lacked the ability to execute.

However, because their communication was not smooth, they failed to complement each other at all.