That Rude Guy!! / The Probing and Counterattack on the Bus

His prolonged silence also aroused Sakayanagi Arisu's suspicion, and she turned to look at her elderly father.

Before she could utter a sound, the Chairman, who had just been "judging the guilty," immediately replied, "The school will not interfere with students' choices. Whether or not you want to participate is Classmate Sakayanagi's freedom."

"However, if any unforeseen circumstances arise, I will immediately have someone bring you back."

He warned him earnestly.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

First Semester of First Year:

Chapters 145 and 136: That rude guy!!

The next day, July 2nd.

Just like the news Hoshino En heard from her seniors, all the first-year students were "invited" to a Luxury Cruise Ship trip.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Secretary Senior for her dedication, and wish her even greater success in handling the affairs of the Student Council!

At that moment, Tachibana Akane, who was chatting and laughing with her friends in the classroom before self-study, suddenly sneezed.

"Ah, ah... Achoo!!"

"Ju-kun, are you alright?"

Her friends immediately surrounded her, asking with concern.

"It's nothing, my nose just suddenly got a little itchy."

Tachibana Akane rubbed her nose to indicate that she was fine.

Even so, it did not dispel the students' concerns.

"Is it a cold? It must be because you had too much Student Council work last month."

Her friends attributed the problem to the sudden increase in Student Council affairs last month, and then inevitably the two disputes came up.

"Those freshmen are really something. They've caused so much trouble in just two months, forcing Tachibana and Horikita to work overtime every day to handle administrative tasks. They're not giving their seniors any peace of mind at all."

Qi: "Yes..."

Tachibana Akane responded casually, but her thoughts suddenly began to wander.

She looked at a window in the classroom that faced the school gate, and her thoughts drifted back to noon yesterday.

Liu, that rude junior, suddenly called, demanding to know the content of the Special Exam for first-year students in July. He used a cold tone to threaten her with that unresolved molestation incident.

Honestly, it was Class D who withdrew the complaint themselves, and their Student Council didn't fail to help.

Besides, even if he didn't use that kind of thing to threaten her, as a mature senior, she wouldn't hide anything from him out of concern for him, without receiving a ban.

At this time, Qi should be boarding the bus, right...?

"Tachibana-san? Tachibana-san?"

"Orange!!"

The shouts in her ears brought Tachibana Akane back to her senses from her jumbled thoughts.

"Ah! What's wrong?!"

She looked at her friend who had spoken, her face showing the confusion of someone just waking up.

"Ju, why are you spacing out? Is your cold getting worse? Should you ask for leave this morning?"

The first student who asked if Tachibana Akane had a cold asked this question.

But before Tachibana Akane could respond, another friend chimed in with a mischievous grin, "This doesn't seem like a reaction to being unwell! I think Akane's just going through puberty!"

As soon as this "sensitive" topic came up, the classmates around Tachibana Akane burst into laughter.

"Were you thinking about Horikita just now, Horikita- kun?"

"That should be right. Only someone as outstanding as Horikita could make Tachibana lose focus so easily, ignoring the TPO (Test of Proficiency in English)."

"They often spend time alone together in the Student Council Office, who knows, they might already be having an affair!"

"..."

Their voices were so distant, so distant that Tachibana Akane could only hear the faintest sounds; yet their voices were also so clear, so clear that the meaning of each word bypassed the analysis of Tachibana Akane's language center and reached her mind directly.

Horikita President... She used to think about "what the president is doing at this time" during her free time, but recently that seems to have stopped.

It seems that he disappeared after... that rude person that day) & transfer=∪QuN: suspicious◆′qi↓cha∶:~∑'$3′" He lost his temper at Chairman Horikita.

And ever since then, that rude junior has kept appearing in her mind in the middle of the night, scolding her in a cold tone and disturbing her sleep.

Thinking of this, Tachibana Akane couldn't help but grit her teeth.

That rude guy!!!

The students who had been jeering were all taken aback by her reaction.

"It doesn't seem to be Horikita. Tachibana-kun seems quite angry."

"As expected, there's a first-year student who doesn't know any manners! These young people nowadays are really..."

"I hope Tachibana can quickly get back to her normal state. If we can just hold on for another year, we'll win."

"..."

Meanwhile, in front of the school gate, the homeroom teachers of the four first-grade classes were organizing their respective classes and explaining the situation.

"To recognize your outstanding performance over the past three months, the school has decided to reward you with a Luxury Cruise Ship trip."

Standing at the front of the group of Class 1-D, Chabashira Sae explained.

However, Hoshino En could clearly hear that she deliberately emphasized the word "excellent".

Judging from Class D's performance over the past three months, they are not entirely unrelated to these two words; in fact, they are quite the opposite.

The reasoning is untenable; clearly, this "Luxury Cruise Ship trip" is problematic, and who knows what strange test it might be hiding—this conclusion is easily reached by following this line of thought.

Chabashira Sae really put in a lot of effort!

Hoshino En sighed inwardly. (Tortilla)

Unfortunately, her hints were in vain: most of Class D were already immersed in the joy of their "Luxury Cruise Ship," and none of those who understood the implication wanted to step forward and explain.

Karuizawa had given prior instructions—she must wait until the school was suddenly attacked and Class D was completely thrown into chaos before calmly and collectedly appearing to rally the scattered hearts of the students.

Karuizawa's "Once and for All" plan can only proceed flawlessly if everyone in Class D, except for those who are abnormal, genuinely accepts his leadership.

By the time Class D finished their excited cheers, the other three classes had already boarded the bus.

Oh, wait, another person got off the bus from Class A and walked straight towards Class D. Hmm.

The visitor is Kamuro Masumi.

"Oh, beautiful lady, what brings you to our Class D?" (by He)

Kamuro Masumi's appearance is undeniably stunning; she possesses the aloof beauty type. Moreover, her figure is quite impressive, which immediately attracted the attention and concern of male students such as Yamauchi Haruki and Kanji Ike.

Surrounded by boys making greasy faces, Kamuro Masumi's eyes revealed a hint of disdain, as if she were looking at an insect—a look directed at Hoshino Enishi, who was standing in the corner watching her make a Hoshino En of herself.

Hoshino En: "..."

What does this have to do with me? Why are you glaring at me?

Stare at them!

Hoshino En's sarcastic remark reached Kamuro Masumi's eyes without any trouble. However, for some reason, Hoshino En felt that this guy seemed to be smiling, and the corners of her mouth turned up about 3 degrees.

Good heavens, that half-smiling expression looks so strange on Kamuro's face!

"Hoshino, Sakayanagi wants you to go to the bus with Class A. She has something to say to you."

Then, Hoshino En's smile vanished.

First Semester of First Year:

Chapters 146 and 137: Probing and Counterattack on the Bus

Despite the strange looks from the students in Class D, especially the boys who seemed to be staring at her like she was dead, Hoshino En boarded the bus carrying the students from Class A.

As soon as she boarded the bus, Hoshino En was immediately subjected to a second wave of focused attention.

The bus, which was carrying forty people plus the driver, the Class A homeroom teacher, and Hoshino En —a total of forty-three people—was unusually quiet, as if a class was in session.

The students of Class A watched as the three men who had taken away their "princess" yesterday walked step by step to their "Princess Zero's" side, and obediently sat down at the "princess's" prompting.

As expected, Classmate Sakayanagi is still the Classmate Sakayanagi; even when facing her lover, she insists on taking a dominant and assertive position.

Upon seeing this, most of the students in Class A looked away—after what happened yesterday, they thought their "Princess" had been taken by someone else.

She is the core of the Sakayanagi Faction and a crucial force in the class's competition. If she were to be bound by "love," they would be very troubled.

Fortunately, judging from the situation, it was the boy who was tamed.

"Sakayanagi, you had Kamuro call me over, you didn't just want me to ride this short distance with you, did you?"

Hoshino En looked at Sakayanagi Arisu's left hand, which had immediately clung to her as soon as she sat down, and a hint of helplessness flashed in her eyes.

"Anyway, I'll be with you when we get there, so there's no need to rush, right?"

"But some things won't be available at the final destination of the journey. Can you bear to leave me all alone to endure the hardships of the journey?"

Well, I still can't relax—isn't Classmate Sakayanagi completely immersed in the bliss of love?!

Looking at Sakayanagi Arisu, who was tilting her head back and blinking her big, watery eyes, Hoshino En wanted to say "Of course," but the sudden concentration of gazes around her made her give in.

"I just can't do anything with you."

He squeezed Sakayanagi Arisu's left hand and shook his head as if in resignation.

However, since there were students from other classes on the bus, Katsuragi Kohei did not organize a class discussion about the possible Special Exam. The other students in Class A were also quietly chatting with their friends about various private topics, and did not bring up topics related to class competition.

But there are always some people who view others through a prejudiced lens, and they especially like to cause trouble.

"Tsk tsk, the people in your Sakayanagi Faction really have terrible taste in people, actually choosing to date a defective product from Class D."

Seeing Sakayanagi Arisu Hoshino En, Totsuka Yahiko began to exert his influence.

In Kodo Ikusei, Class D is synonymous with "worst" and "lowest," and for the other students in Class A who don't know which class Hoshino En is in, this is undoubtedly the most powerful blow to lower his evaluation.

Sakayanagi Arisu for a "trash" student from Class D —this news directly shook the foundations of the Sakayanagi Faction.

They looked at Sakayanagi Arisu, staring intently at their leader, hoping for an explanation.

But Sakayanagi Arisu also heard the sarcastic remark, ignored them and continued chatting and laughing with Hoshino En.

Even Totsuka Yahiko jumped around Hoshino En a bird.

"But don't you have many 'friends'? You can't be all alone, can you? And if all else fails, there's always Kamuro, right?"

Kamuro Masumi: Am I some kind of low-grade substitute? Swollen◆∝Redirect: Qiyi) jiu neighbor￠★ miserable♀

"You know perfectly well that even though they seem indifferent on the surface, they still see me as a child, whether it's Katsuragi- kun or the others on my side."

Almost everyone in the car was stung by those words, including Mashima Tomoya, the homeroom teacher of Class A who genuinely treated the Chairman's daughter like a child.

"However, there are some interesting ones here, like Totsuka- kun, the way he bounces around is quite amusing."

Totsuka Yahiko: Sakayanagi, that guy--!!

"Yeah, I haven't seen this type of clown in a long time. Attacking his classmates over and over again, so persistent, he doesn't know when to stop."

"Isn't he afraid of really angering you, causing you to team up with Ichinose from the inside and crush Class A in Ichinose swoop? Anyway, with your abilities, even without the benefits of Class A, you can still find your ideal university or job after graduation, right?"

"But can he, and the others in Class A —I don't know them well enough to know—do they do it?"

His words startled everyone in the car, who belatedly realized what was happening.

Indeed, if the Katsuragi Faction, which dominates the class, really pushes Classmate Sakayanagi to the brink, given her abilities, it wouldn't be a problem for her to rally the other three classes to encircle and annihilate Class A.

Without her help, Class A might even fall into a state of complete division and antagonism, with its potential greatly reduced. At that point, it would be questionable whether it could withstand attacks from other classes.

The roles of offense and defense have shifted, and now Totsuka Yahiko started this topic, is being targeted by his own classmates.

Four buses arrived at the port quickly, and students from each class disembarked in an orderly fashion.

Looking at the huge Cruise Ship docked in the harbor, almost every student's face showed undisguised excitement and exhilaration.

Inspired by this atmosphere, even the boys in Class D were no longer in the mood to target Hoshino Enishi, who was holding hands with Sakayanagi Arisu Hoshino En.