Ryuen, We're Close Partners, After All!

Although the feeling of having a warm and soft body in his arms was very comfortable, if this continued, Shuichi Kanda would not be able to control himself. After all, this body belonged to a 16-year-old boy.

They're in the prime of their youth; if they get hard in a minute, who'll be embarrassed?

" With Airi-chan in your arms, Kanda, don't you want to hold her a little longer?"

Hasebe Haruka calmly put away her phone, then stepped forward and, together with Shuichi Kanda, helped Sakura Airi up.

"What's wrong with Sakura? Why did she suddenly faint? Is she anemic? Should we take her to the ship's medical room?" Shuichi Kanda frowned.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, I was probably just too excited." Hasebe Haruka didn't seem to mind, as if she was used to it.

"You stay here and watch over her, I'll go get the teacher."

"It's okay, no need, no need."

After the two of them worked together to place Sakura Airi on the deck, Shuichi Kanda checked her breathing, which seemed normal.

However, he was still a little worried, so he stood up and prepared to take out his phone to call Chabashira-sensei over.

But as he stood up, he suddenly noticed that Sakura Airi's eyelids seemed to twitch.

Good grief, you're just faking it, aren't you?

"By the way, Hasebe, could you please delete the photos you just took?"

Since Sakura is alright, Shuichi Kanda is going to deal with Hasebe for taking pictures of me while my hands were occupied.

Is this evidence you're preparing to frame me?

"Eh? I won't tell anyone~ Don't be so stingy, I want the person involved to know about Kanda's heroic rescue."

As she spoke, she glanced at Sakura Airi, who was lying on her lap, with a sly smile.

"No way! What if you use these photos to accuse me of molesting Sakura? I don't want to be expelled."

Hasegawa Haruka tilted her head, her expression full of confusion. "Why would you think of such a dark thing when you see such a touching photo?"

"I swear I will never do that."

With that, Hasebe Haruka raised her right hand.

"No, no, no." Shuichi Kanda's attitude was firm. "If you really want to keep it, you have to let me confirm the photos first."

Seeing Shuichi Kanda's serious expression, Haruka had no choice but to take out her own phone.

Here, take it!

After taking Hasebe's phone, Shuichi Kanda immediately opened the photo album and began to check the pictures.

Besides the photo of Shuichi Kanda helping Sakura Airi that was just taken, there are also some selfies of her and photos of her with Sakura.

He didn't look at any more photos after that; he simply deleted the few inappropriate ones and returned them to Haruka.

After getting his phone back, Hasegawa immediately began to check it.

"Wow... you really did delete everything completely."

Hasegawa sighed and then put away his phone.

"Since there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

After glancing at Sakura, who was still feigning unconsciousness, Shuichi Kanda left.

Chapter 133 Ryuen, we are close partners!

After leaving the awkward situation, Shuichi Kanda long sigh of relief. The slightly cool sea breeze of the night gradually calmed Shuichi Kanda agitated body.

Luckily, the clothes I wore today were suitable. Also, it was backlit, so the view from Hasebe probably wasn't very good, otherwise it would have been embarrassing.

After calming down, Shuichi Kanda took out his phone and emailed Hirata, calling him to the second-floor deck. He was prepared to tell Hirata about how he had broken the rules.

Without Hirata's cooperation, things might get quite difficult from here on out.

[Could we meet on the second-floor deck? I have something to discuss with you about the exam. If possible, please come alone.]

After enjoying the sea breeze for a while, Hirata went to the second deck of the cruise ship alone, as requested by Shuichi Kanda.

Upon seeing Hirata's figure, Shuichi Kanda checked the time again. There was less than half an hour before the next meeting, which was enough to cover some basic matters.

"Kanda, has there been any progress on your end?"

Hirata walked over with his usual smile and sat down opposite Shuichi Kanda.

"Yes, I already know the rules for selecting students for VIP in this exam." Shuichi Kanda pushed the cold drink he had ordered in advance in front of Hirata, and also explained the reason why he had called him out.

"Is this true?" A hint of surprise appeared on Hirata calm face. "No, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just that this is all too fast."

Indeed, the exam lasted four days, and you found out the final answers before you even finished the first day.

Just like Ichinose afternoon, Hirata was also very surprised.

If it were someone else, Hirata probably wouldn't have believed it, but Shuichi Kanda had already created too many miracles in Class D, which gave Hirata Yosuke a blind sense of trust in him.

"Actually, I only realized it by chance. I already confirmed with Ichinose this afternoon that they are the VIP in their class, so there's no mistake. As for the specific rules, I regret that I can't tell you the rules right now."

Hirata nodded understandingly. "Yeah, we're outside after all, and we don't know if others will hear us, so it's good to be cautious."

"And here's my plan..."

Then, Shuichi Kanda lowered his voice and told Hirata everything about his plan.

"Wouldn't that...?"

When Hirata learned of Shuichi Kanda's plan, Hirata hesitated. Wasn't this just a completely evil person?

In fact, if Shuichi Kanda wanted to be a complete villain, he had far more methods than just this.

He only needs the points temporarily; if this plan succeeds...

Thinking of this, Shuichi Kanda felt a surge of excitement in his heart.

"It's alright. Compared to directly exposing all the leaders, we're already giving them a lot of face." Shuichi Kanda shook his head, his tone becoming more serious.

After hesitating for a long time, Hirata nodded. "Kanda, I will fully cooperate with you."

That would be perfect.

If Hirata doesn't cooperate, then Shuichi Kanda will really have no choice but to resort to the method of offending all the first-year students.

At 8 PM, the second discussion began in the Dragon Group's room.

[Now let's begin the second round of group discussion.]

After the school's brief announcement ended, the second discussion session of the VIP Exam began.

However, compared to the first time, the expressions on the faces of the students in Class A were even more unpleasant.

Because during the first exam, Shuichi Kanda and Ryuen teamed up to set a Matoba for their class, causing Class A to lose another fifty Class Points.

The points dropped from 892 to 842, a full 100 Class Points less than Class B's 969.

However, given the current situation, no one is willing to take on the responsibility of facing the combined attack and blockade of three classes.

Even Katsuragi was forced to defend in this situation, let alone those who were even less capable than Katsuragi.

"Hey, you guys from Class A, did you lose some money? You look so pale."

Ryuen immediately began repeatedly whipping the wounds of Class A, as if afraid they wouldn't feel the pain.

"Ryuen! You did what happened this afternoon on purpose, didn't you? And you, Kanda!"

As a pitiful victim orchestrated by the two, Shinji Matoba naturally harbored intense anger.

"What does this have to do with me? Ultimately, it's because you didn't want to follow the school rules and refused to introduce yourself after coming to this room. If you had followed the rules, even if Ryuen and I tried to coax you, you wouldn't have lost anything, right?"

Shuichi Kanda glanced at Shinji Matoba and said indifferently, "Or have you been an elite for so long that you no longer respect the school rules? To put an idiot like you in this room, I really wonder if Mashima -sensei's eyes are playing tricks on her."

"What did you say?"

Shuichi Kanda's provocation enraged Shinji Matoba, but he dared not lay a hand on Shuichi Kanda in front of everyone.

"Um, you two, please stop arguing."

Seeing the tense atmosphere Ichinose quickly stood up to try and calm things down.

"Shut up! Ichinose! If you hadn't ended your self-introduction prematurely, I wouldn't have..."

Upon hearing what Matoba said, Ichinose looked somewhat embarrassed, as she realized that she seemed to have unwittingly become an accomplice to those two.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The sudden burst of laughter came from Ryuen Kakeru of Class C.

"Katsuragi, is this self-proclaimed elite, who refuses to admit his mistakes, lacks responsibility, and instead shifts all the blame onto others, really a student in Class A? If all students are like this, why don't you come to my Class C? You can't stay in Class A anyway, can you?"

To poach someone from Class A right in front of them, Ryuen is incredibly audacious.

"I refuse."

Without a second thought, Katsuragi rejected Ryuen's request. Even though Class A had temporarily fallen behind, and even though the students in Class A were making a fool of themselves, their basic qualities were still there, which was far superior to those of the Class C.

Therefore, Katsuragi always believed that as long as he returned to school, Sakayanagi would definitely be able to lead the class back to Class A. At that time, for the sake of Class A, he would have no choice but to be a pawn.

"Really? That's such a shame."

Ryuen's smile faded, but he didn't give up. Class C had very few usable players, and if he could recruit Katsuragi, he wouldn't mind spending 20 million points.

"Alright everyone, the farce is over. Now let me give you some surprises."

After the scene calmed down again, Shuichi Kanda stood up, placed his hands on the table in front of him, leaned forward slightly, and looked at everyone except Class D.

"Regarding this exam, I have identified all the VIP in each of the twelve groups!"

Shuichi Kanda's words caused Ryuen and Katsuragi to change color drastically. Several students from Class B also looked over, and even Horikita Suzune and Kushida Kikyo from Class D looked extremely surprised.

"What did you say?"

Ryuen stared at Shuichi Kanda with a grim face, while Katsuragi also looked over intently, as if trying to find some flaw in Shuichi Kanda's face.

"Don't look at me like that. No matter how much you look at me, you can't make me forget the VIP in your class, right, Ryuen?"

As he spoke, Shuichi Kanda took a folded piece of paper out of his pocket and tossed it in front of Ryuen.

"This is from your class, do you want to confirm?"

He then pulled out another piece of paper and tossed it towards Katsuragi: "This is yours."

"There's no need; our class hasn't integrated the information."

Katsuragi had no intention of picking up the piece of paper in front of him.

"I see. Aren't you afraid that Ryuen will seize that piece of paper after confirming it?"

These words made Katsuragi frown, but he still reached out and put the folded paper away without opening it.

As for Ryuen, he had already picked up the paper that Shuichi Kanda had thrown over, opened it, and confirmed the name on it.

It was exactly the same as the list I had confirmed; without a doubt, this paper contained the names of the students in my class VIP.

"Did Hiyori betray us?"

Ryuen's voice was extremely low, as if he were brewing up anger.

"Shiina? What does this have to do with her?"

Seeing Shuichi Kanda's strange expression, Ryuen frowned.

After compiling the list of VIP, I deleted the information from everyone's phones.

Therefore, the current situation in Class C is that the general students have no idea about their own status, and only Ryuen Kakeru, Hiyori Shiina, and Kaneda Satoru know that they are the VIP in Class C.

Therefore, his first reaction upon seeing the name was that Hiyori had betrayed him; she had secretly told Shuichi Kanda the list of those VIP in Class C.

But Shuichi Kanda's reaction just now was too natural, it didn't seem fake. Could it be that he really found the pattern on his own?

No, it's far too difficult to find them based solely on the VIP in one class. Could it be that...

Ryuen turned her gaze to Ichinose.

"Did you tell him about the VIP?"

Faced with Ryuen's questioning, Ichinose shook her head with a wry smile, "No, I was quite surprised when Kanda suddenly sent me the information about the VIP this afternoon. I did suspect that someone in the class might have tipped us off, but..."

At this point, Ichinose shook his head again with a wry smile.

Hearing Ryuen and Ichinose's conversation, Katsuragi's brows furrowed even deeper. Were they serious? Or were they just putting on an act?