A Pal Who Came Knocking-No Reason to Turn One Down

He tossed the book he was flipping through, the contents of which were unknown, directly into the hands of Chi, who was standing there dumbfounded.

"Excuse me, is there... anything I can help you with?"

Logically speaking, Yamauchi shouldn't be able to talk to someone like Sakayanagi, as their abilities and status are far inferior, which is why he stuttered a bit when he said his first sentence.

However, Sakayanagi didn't seem to mind. After seeing the person in question, he smiled slightly and then offered a small apology.

"Excuse me, is it alright if I take up a little of your time?"

"Of course, that's possible..."

"... It's a bit inconvenient here, I'll wait for you in the hallway next to the stairs."

After saying this, Sakayanagi bowed slightly in farewell and disappeared around the corner of the corridor under the watchful eyes of the students in Class C.

During the time between Sakayanagi's appearance and his disappearance, Class C was shrouded in an immense silence, with almost everyone staring blankly at Yamauchi, completely bewildered.

"No, no, no, no... That can't be!"

So shocked was Kanji Ike that he started stuttering, and it took him a long time to utter a complete sentence.

It's not his fault. Although they usually act all high and mighty, like they've never seen anything like it, these two guys have probably never even held a girl's hand.

Therefore, Ike was greatly shocked when Yamauchi, who was also from the lower class, was invited by a beautiful girl.

Faced with the beautiful girl's bold invitation, most of the students in the class seemed to be caught off guard, and even Yamauchi himself looked completely bewildered.

Even so, Yamauchi instinctively managed to quickly pack his things.

"Sorry, Kanji, something's come up."

Seeing that Yamauchi had packed his things in Yamauchi blink of an eye, Ike nodded mechanically. "Ah, um, oh..."

However, just as Yamauchi was about to dash out at a speed comparable to a 100-meter sprint, Horikita blocked his way.

"Halt, Yamauchi."

"W-What are you doing, Horikita?"

"Don't you think she only asked you out to deal with Class C? Didn't you consider that this invitation might be a trap?"

"How could that be? Didn't Ayanokoji also get invited by students from other classes? And isn't Kanda quite close to several students from other classes?"

Hearing Yamauchi's words, Horikita laughed in anger.

Ayanokoji aside Ayanokouji for now, don't you have any idea who Shuichi Kanda, or who you are?

Don't you have any common sense? Don't you even consider whose credit it was for Class D achieving 898 Class Points in less than a year?

"Huh? You think you can compare to Xiu Yi? Why don't you look in the mirror? Do you even deserve it?"

Yamauchi's words seemed to directly provoke public outrage, with the first to attack him being the central figure among the girls— Kei Karuizawa.

Karuizawa is quite different from Horikita; she's known in class for being unreasonable and doesn't care about the consequences of publicly swearing.

Moreover, Yamauchi publicly compared himself to Shuichi Kanda, which immediately caused Karuizawa to explode.

"So, Kanda led our class to get a lot of Class Points. Who do you think you are, Yamauchi? Do you even deserve to be compared to Kanda?"

"No, no, no, Yamauchi caused our class to lose 20 million Private Points. In a way, he's pretty amazing too."

"Haha, that's a really bad thing!"

Angry, sarcastic, and mocking voices immediately filled the classroom.

Before Shuichi Kanda could even speak, Yamauchi's face turned bright red, whether from anger or embarrassment was unclear.

"You! You're all just jealous of me!"

"He bumps into a transfer student on a street corner while holding a piece of bread, and then they fall in love... Don't you know this classic plot?"

So what the hell is that outdated comic from?

"And even if it's a trap, I'll handle it properly, so you don't need to worry about it!"

After saying that, Yamauchi fled the classroom as if he were escaping.

"No! I have to go check! I can't let my best friend be scammed!"

No sooner had Yamauchi left Yamauchi found a perfectly plausible reason to follow him.

Several students from Class C were with him, but surprisingly, Horikita Hirata also seemed to be planning to go and take a look.

"You're interested in this kind of gossip?"

"I'm not interested, but I need to know if Sakayanagi did this to gather information about Class C."

Horikita picked up her schoolbag and stood up, her expression not looking too good.

During this period when the scores of classes A, B, and C were almost identical, Sakayanagi suddenly came to Class C looking for Yamauchi. It didn't seem like he had simply fallen for Yamauchi.

There must be some conspiracy!

Hirata seemed somewhat worried about Yamauchi; what if it really was a trap?

"Shuichi, shall we go take a look too?"

At this moment, it Hasebe Haruka, who often studied with Shuichi Kanda, who came to invite him. This girl seemed to be quite interested in gossip.

As Hasebe Haruka action, Kushida immediately came over and hugged Shuichi Kanda's arm.

"Yeah, Shuichi, I'm interested too."

Seeing Kushida's bold move, Hasebe Haruka Sakura Airi, suddenly felt a little dizzy.

"Well, let's go take a look."

Since he had nothing else to do, he agreed. As for Sakayanagi's purpose, Shuichi Kanda knew very well that he probably wanted to teach Yamauchi a lesson he would never forget, naturally because of what happened during the training camp.

Of course, she would be more than happy to deal a blow to Class C while dealing with the trouble in the Yamauchi.

"Those two are talking over there right now."

Chi, who arrived first, seemed to have grasped the situation and reported the current status to the Class C students who arrived later.

The mobilization of Class C students couldn't have been kept secret from Sakayanagi and Yamauchi, but the two began to talk as if they hadn't noticed.

"So, you have something to say...?" Yamauchi asked nervously.

On the other hand, Sakayanagi shyly used her left hand to slightly lift her hair up.

Grass!

Your acting is so fake!?

However, for Yamauchi himself, this was nothing short of an Oscar-worthy performance!

Psychological studies suggest that touching one's hair in front of someone of the opposite sex is an unconscious behavior aimed at making oneself look more attractive in front of that person.

Although Yamauchi, that idiot, certainly wouldn't understand, this action still managed to attract men's attention, and the current situation did not disappoint Sakayanagi's expectations.

Yamauchi this moment, Yamauchi's heart started pounding, and his breathing became slightly rapid.

Could it be that Sakayanagi really likes Haruki?

Seeing the atmosphere before him, Chi muttered resentfully.

"No, no, that's so stupid, so pretentious! She definitely doesn't like Yamauchi." Hasebe Haruka, made a different deduction.

"Perhaps it's because Classmate Sakayanagi's first time too, so she wants to do her best."

Kushida also offered her suggestion, saying that from her perspective, it would be very gratifying to help her classmates be happy.

Although their opinions differed, they reached the same conclusion: the current atmosphere, including Sakayanagi's previous actions, was deliberately created by her and was not a subconscious move at all. In other words, the other party came prepared!

"Are men really that naive? They actually fell for that? It was definitely an act."

Is it really acting skills?

Most of the boys who came with them were a little confused, because in their eyes, Sakayanagi's movements looked so natural.

"It's definitely acting, don't you agree, Geng Geng?"

"Puff!"

Before Kushida could answer, Shuichi Kanda laughed first.

What a strange name "Genggeng" is!

"Hey Haruka, you really need to change that weird way of addressing her."

"Hmph, no way!"

While the group was discussing, it seemed that there was new progress on Sakayanagi and Yamauchi.

"It's a bit too restful here, shall we go somewhere else?"

As he spoke, he glanced at the gossip squad from Class C, who were openly spying on them.

"Yes, yes, um, let's do it that way, let's do it that way."

"Then, please stay with me a little longer."

The two walked side by side.

Yamauchi walked slowly, keeping pace with Sakayanagi, and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Watching the two figures disappear into the distance, Kanda Shuichi Kanda. "Sakayanagi, you're really shameless, even resorting to using your beauty to seduce them."

Chapter 242 Palu's Offer: Why Not Take It?

On Saturday, most students chose to rest in their rooms, while some, having been cooped up for several days, headed towards the Keyaki Mall.

As for Shuichi Kanda, he was dragged out shopping by Kamuro.

In her words: You've been having dinner with Kikyo every night for the past few days, it's time to have dinner with me today!

There's no way to refuse, absolutely no way to refuse!

So on his first day off after returning to school, Shuichi Kanda was forced to spend the whole day shopping.

"Masumi, is Class A out of options? To deal with just Yamauchi, Sakayanagi is actually resorting to a honey trap?"

During dinner, Shuichi Kanda and Kamuro Masumi sat facing each other, eating and chatting casually.

"Who knows what that shorty is thinking," Kamuro said, putting down his soup bowl. "Besides, even the girls in Class A might not be willing to listen to her and go after that idiot Yamauchi."

Seeing the familiar look of disgust on Kamuro's face, Shuichi Kanda's mind flashed back to the scene of the Class A girls interacting with Yamauchi.

Well, being targeted by a guy below you does feel pretty disgusting.

Among the girls in Class D, apart from Kushida who insists on maintaining her image, the others rarely approach Yamauchi anymore.

During that year, Yamauchi made a complete fool of himself and was almost excluded by all the girls in Class D.

Moreover, he was on the verge of dropping out of school, meaning he might disappear at any time, which made girls even less willing to get involved with him.

Suddenly, Shuichi Kanda felt a pang of pity for Sakayanagi, who had gone to personally approach Yamauchi just for revenge.

Moreover, they even resorted to the somewhat underhanded tactic of using their feminine wiles.

No, no, no, we shouldn't laugh at her. After all, given her physical condition, she should have very little contact with outsiders. She might not have even had a normal primary or junior high school education. Considering her life experience, it's already quite impressive that she could come up with such a method.

Of course, it's also possible that all of this was done intentionally by Sakayanagi, with the aim of misleading students from other classes into thinking that Class A had no one left to use, thus causing them to look down on them.

"Oh, right, Sakayanagi contacted Nagumo yesterday and even got some information from Nagumo." Kamuro, who was engrossed in eating, looked up as if he had just remembered something.

"Oh, I know that, it's about Honami, right?"

Shuichi Kanda nodded, indicating that he understood.

"As expected of you. But aren't you planning to do anything?" Kamuro seemed unsurprised by this.

"There's really not much I can do about this, but you, Masumi, might be able to help her."

Shuichi Kanda was referring, of course, to Kamuro's habitual petty theft.

As soon Shuichi Kanda finished speaking, he was kicked by Kamuro's foot, which was under the table.

Holy crap, you can't just kick randomly like that! What if you kick something you shouldn't?!

"It seems you also know about what happened on Honami's side."

"Yes, Sakayanagi told me about this yesterday after receiving the information, and she plans to have Hashimoto spread the word about it at school."

"Sigh, "Shuichi Kanda.

This guy is really something else, using honey traps and spreading rumors.