The Classroom of the Elite Backed by Black Technology

Kushida Kikyo's fingers went a little weak, and the card reader containing the memory card fell to the floor. Even her voice sounded somewhat unsteady.

"Who I am isn't important. What matters is that you know I'm not your enemy." Shuichi Kanda picked up the memory card from the floor and casually placed it in a drawer.

"Then... can you delete that video?"

"Of course I can. But after you did something so excessive to me, how do you think you should compensate me?"

Excessive?

You just had one phone smashed. How was that excessive?

You even took my first kiss!

You damn bastard!

Kushida finally understood. This guy was an even worse villain than she was.

"So, what exactly do you want? Do you want me to be your slave?"

As she spoke, Kushida placed her hands before her chest and put on a pitiful expression.

You're still acting for me, huh?

"In that case, Kushida, lift up your skirt. As long as you do that, we'll call it even between us. How about it?"

Shuichi Kanda's words froze Kushida Kikyo in place, and the pitiful expression on her face instantly vanished without a trace.

"My, my. It seems that all that talk about becoming my slave was just a joke after all."

Why didn't I learn my lesson?!

This guy's from the evil camp!

I brought this on myself!

Sae, Head Pats

Kushida Kikyo's expression kept shifting, as though she were making a major decision.

"As long as you lift up your skirt, not only can I give you the memory card, I can also let you take this computer away for one night. After you take it back, whether you format the disk, reset the system, or do both, I won't object."

"And I guarantee that I haven't leaked, or kept backups anywhere else, of any videos or pictures of you venting by the lake."

"Why should I believe you?"

"Because of my credibility. Think about it—since school started, have I ever told you a single lie?"

Kushida Kikyo carefully recalled everything Shuichi Kanda had said while they were together. It seemed... he really hadn't?

Anyway, he'd already kissed her. Letting him look shouldn't be a big deal, right?

Ten minutes later, Kushida left Shuichi Kanda's room looking relaxed. During those ten minutes, Shuichi Kanda had reinstalled the system in front of Kushida Kikyo and formatted the computer's hard drive as well, ensuring there was no room for error.

She had wanted to take the computer away, but there was nothing she could do. She did not know much about this sort of thing, and although there was a risk that he was fooling her, she still asked Shuichi Kanda to format both the system and the hard drive.

Her only regret was that she had only learned from his reminder that the uniform she was wearing could not retain fingerprints. Damn it! Shuichi Kanda, one day I'll catch you slipping!

Before seeing Kushida Kikyo off, Shuichi Kanda glanced at the peephole on the door.

That's why, Kushida, you're far too simple. I almost feel a little bad bullying you like this.

After seeing Kushida off, Shuichi Kanda immediately removed the pinhole camera from the peephole and connected it to his computer. Its storage device contained not only footage of Kushida rushing into his room and crazily smashing his phone just now, but also the footage he had previously backed up of Kamuro bullying him.

After copying the data back onto his computer, Shuichi Kanda cleared the pinhole camera's memory and installed it back into the peephole.

Next, Shuichi Kanda went to Room 408 and knocked on Akito Miyake's door.

Knock, knock, knock!

At last, it was his turn to knock on someone else's door.

Before long, Akito Miyake, dressed in pajamas, opened the door.

"It's rare for Shuichi to come to my place."

"Yeah, I need a favor?"

Shuichi Kanda did not stand on ceremony and walked straight into Miyake's room.

The initial layouts of their rooms were almost identical, except Miyake's was obviously somewhat messy now.

Well, what ordinary male high school student would feel like tidying his room every day?

"Lend me your phone for a moment. Mine accidentally fell into the lake, so I want to ask Chabashira-sensei for a replacement."

"It fell into the lake?"

Though Miyake was curious, he did not ask any further questions. Instead, he picked up the phone that was charging and handed it to Shuichi Kanda.

Shuichi Kanda did not waste words either. He took Miyake's phone and directly dialed Chabashira-sensei's number.

It was only after the next day's morning homeroom that Shuichi Kanda headed to the school. Naturally, he was suspended at the moment and could not enter the school grounds. That meant he could not even attend club activities, so he could only wait for Chabashira-sensei at the school entrance.

Class morning homeroom ended at 8:50, so they arranged to meet at 9:00 a.m.

When Shuichi Kanda arrived, Chabashira-sensei was walking toward him with a stormy expression.

Watching Chabashira-sensei hand him his phone with a sour look on her face, Shuichi Kanda could not help but feel puzzled. What was going on? It did not seem like he had offended her. Hadn't she been in a pretty good mood yesterday when she said she would deliver his phone?

"Chabashira-sensei? Did something happen in class again?"

"Where did the more than twenty million points in your phone come from?"

Holy shit. Had it been exposed?

Well, when he had gotten a replacement phone, they probably needed to re-register his student card information. The amount of Private Points that was normally hidden would have been displayed, and since Chabashira-sensei had handled the process, it was no surprise that she had seen it.

But judging by her current reaction, she probably did not know where it had come from. And although she was confused, she did not seem to find it all that strange.

The system really was reliable!

"Oh, that? I just used a few little tricks. After all, even just eating costs me quite a few points, so it's only natural that I work hard to earn some, right?"

Shuichi Kanda felt that, while his performance might not have been flawless, it was perfectly reasonable.

"You're planning to use twenty million points to transfer classes, aren't you?"

"Transfer classes?"

Shuichi Kanda seemed to have caught hold of some important information.

"It's nothing."

Chabashira regretted speaking the moment the words left her mouth. Damn it, why had she been so talkative? Judging from his expression, he definitely had no idea that twenty million points could be used to freely change classes!!!

Seeing the regret written all over Chabashira's face, Shuichi Kanda smiled. This seemed interesting?

"Then I'll go ask Hoshinomiya-sensei."

"Wait!"

Even though she knew Shuichi Kanda was threatening her, Chabashira Sae had no choice but to compromise.

After glaring at Shuichi Kanda with a huff, she gave him the information.

"As long as a student spends twenty million points, they can move to any class they want. Twenty million points can also be used to prevent one expulsion."

Wow, that was some incredible information. Shuichi Kanda marveled inwardly.

Chabashira Sae, meanwhile, only felt as though everything before her had gone dark. Over these two months since school began, she had fully come to understand Shuichi Kanda's excellence. Even in Class A, he would have been an outstanding figure.

Moreover, this guy was extremely cunning and would stop at nothing to achieve his goals. He was capable and had no bottom line. His only flaws were his overly frail body and somewhat lazy personality.

If this guy went all out, Class D might really be able to charge into Class A. But wasn't he a little too outstanding?

In just two months, he had accumulated twenty million Private Points, and before this, she had not caught even the slightest hint of it.

Chabashira Sae felt that her life had turned completely bleak. If someone like him went to another class, how could Class D possibly rise to Class A?

She had yet to figure out just how capable that Ayanokoji was, and now this known trump card was about to fly away first?

"I see."

Looking at Chabashira-sensei, who had lowered her head in silence and was clearly shaken inside, Shuichi Kanda's playful side flared up.

Shuichi Kanda was much taller than Chabashira-sensei, so he simply reached out and placed a hand on Chabashira Sae's head, stroking her beautiful ponytail.

"Don't worry, Sae-chan. I'll stay in Class D. I'm not going anywhere. But if we're going to rise to Class A, Sae-chan needs to work hard too."

She had been patted on the head, and he had even called her Sae-chan...

For a moment, Chabashira did not know whether she should feel humiliated and angry at being treated this way, or happy over his promise not to leave. She simply stood there in a daze.

Meanwhile, Shuichi Kanda quietly withdrew his hand, then slipped away.

Come on, if he stayed any longer, he might get killed!

June 1, Monday

In the end, news of Shuichi Kanda's suspension did not remain hidden at school for long. That meant word of what had happened in Class D that day had spread.

Because by Tuesday afternoon, Shuichi Kanda had received a concerned text from Sakayanagi Arisu.

Shuichi Kanda ignored it outright and sent another screenshot of the notification showing that two million Private Points had been deposited.

[Table flip!]

[Table flip!]

[Table flip!]

After Sakayanagi Arisu sent three consecutive table-flipping messages, she fell silent. As for where she had gone, did that even need asking?

Poor Kamuro. Take care of yourself!

The week-long suspension quickly passed. Shuichi Kanda's days had been quite peaceful during that time. Other than Kushida coming to visit his room almost every day, nothing particularly noteworthy happened.

If some other girl had been frequently coming and going from Shuichi Kanda's room, there would probably have been rumors. But Kushida was different—she was everyone's angel.

And Shuichi Kanda had already earned everyone's sympathy before this, so naturally, he needed the angel's care.

Then Monday, June 1 arrived. Shuichi Kanda put his uniform back on and prepared to go to school.

Honestly, that week had been far too comfortable. It had made him forget that he was still a student.

When he returned to the classroom, he found it in an uproar.

I was only gone for a week, and the class had turned into this mess?

Hirata, what the hell have you been doing?

And Horikita, what did she mean by sitting there like it had nothing to do with her?

"Good morning, Kanda."

Shuichi Kanda froze for a moment. After all, he hadn't seen Kushida's sweet smile for several days, and he found that he did miss it somewhat.

"Good morning, Kushida."

After greeting her, Shuichi Kanda prepared to return to his seat.

"Kanda, did the points come in today?"

Points?

Oh, right. May 1st had been a Friday. Three weeks had passed after the exam, he had been suspended for one week, and today was Monday—June 1st.

Didn't that mean the system was about to refresh a new item?

Since arriving here, the system had refreshed three items for Shuichi Kanda: Translation Konjac had allowed him to quickly fit into this new world, Value-Added Bank: One Day had given him substantial starting capital, and Memory Candy had enhanced his learning ability.

So what kind of advanced technology would it give him this month? Shuichi Kanda was rather curious. He hoped it would be something that could improve his physical abilities!

System Dad, please! Please! Help your host out!

"Kanda?"