Makoto Nishikado

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Makoto Nishikado
Alias(es)	Ximen Cheng; Ximen; Teacher Ximen; Boss 2 31 39
Species/Race	Human; transmigrator 2 10
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Advanced Nurturing High School; Class 1-B / Class B; Student Council 3 7 47
Occupation/Role	Class B leader and external strategist; Horikita Suzune's mentor; Student Council member 7 23 29 47
System	Emotional-point system that converts characters' emotional fluctuations into redeemable skill points 2
First Appearance	Chapter 2, “A Big Baby with a Broad Mind”

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Go upgraded	10	Started at a valuation of 3.92 million points, described as professional 5-dan level; spent 100,000 emotional points to upgrade it. The resulting rank is not stated.
Hayato Shibata's athletic talent acquired	18	Spent 2.7 million emotional points. Its effects stacked with his existing physique, making Makoto Class B's strongest athlete.
Chariot skill acquired	29	Redeemed Koenji Rokusuke's 630,000-point Chariot skill after finding the 10.21-million-point Ape skill unaffordable.
Anti-Bullying through Bullying acquired	29	Redeemed Hirata Yosuke's 1.37-million-point practical-combat skill; paired with his athletic ability, it leaves few students capable of defeating him.

Background / History

Makoto lived a previous life as Ximen Cheng and retained knowledge of the Classroom of the Elite story after transmigrating. Eighteen years into his new life, he initially intended not to interfere with the original plot. His talents and experience from two lifetimes had already made him a childhood genius, though he considered himself unable to compete with Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, whom he calls the “masterpiece.” 2

On the first day of the school year, he discovered his system: by causing emotional fluctuations in original characters, he earns emotional points that can be exchanged for their abilities. This immediately redirected his ambitions toward surpassing Ayanokoji over the course of three years. 2

Makoto entered Class 1-B, where Honami Ichinose relinquished the class leadership to him shortly after enrollment. He developed Class B into a coordinated group while positioning himself as its strategist, gathering intelligence, assigning roles, and preparing for conflicts with the other classes. 3 7 23

Appearance

Makoto is described as having a handsome face and later develops a visibly muscular physique after obtaining Hayato Shibata's athletic talent. 2 18 21

• Handsome enough that classmates and several girls take an interest in him. 2 28 43
• Notably muscular by the swimming test. 21
• Can adopt an exceptionally gentle, “big-brotherly” expression when manipulating or teasing others. 7

Personality

Makoto is calculating, provocative, and highly goal-oriented. He routinely teases people, exposes their vulnerabilities, or engineers tense situations to harvest emotional points. He is particularly pleased by large emotional reactions and judges others partly by how valuable they are to his system. 2 3 15

Despite this opportunism, he is not purely reckless. Makoto plans over long timeframes, emphasizes Class B's unity, and sees value in developing capable allies rather than simply defeating them. His mentorship of Horikita Suzune is intended to make Class D useful to Class B, but he also takes her growth seriously. 19 23 29

He can be protective when he chooses: he intervenes on Airi Sakura's behalf against Class D's harassment and promises Karuizawa Kei protection in exchange for her cooperation. 26 27 43 44 He nevertheless treats many relationships as negotiations, leverage, or lessons.

Abilities & Skills

Emotional-Point System

Makoto's system rewards him for causing emotional fluctuations in characters from the original work. He can spend those points to redeem their skills and upgrade abilities he already possesses. 2 10

• A character's life abilities appear as purchasable skills with point values. 2 29
• He can upgrade existing skills with emotional points. 10
• He needs sufficient emotional value from an individual—stated as 1,000 points—to view that person's status panel. 11
• Characters who provide insufficient emotion, such as Ayanokoji, are difficult or impossible for him to assess and exploit through the system. 2 11
• His personal panel lists an unawakened ability called Hand of God. 10

Go

Go is Makoto's lifelong specialty. Before his system-assisted upgrade, it was rated at professional 5-dan level; Sakayanagi Narimori later identifies him as an exceptional Go player and one of the school's top performers. 10 18

• Uses knowledge of AI-influenced Go from his prior life, including 3-3 invasions and the “crawl” technique. 40
• Defeats Sakayanagi Arisu by breaking through her central position; by the 47th move, her defeat is inevitable. 39 40
• Treats serious board-game competition with complete focus, unlike his usual playful demeanor. 39

Athleticism and Combat

After purchasing Hayato Shibata's athletic talent, Makoto becomes Class B's strongest athlete. 18

• His enhanced stamina allows him to continue a night run without the exhaustion he previously experienced. 18
• His physique becomes visibly muscular enough for Kanzaki to ask whether he trains regularly. 21
• He later adds Hirata Yosuke's practical-combat skill, Anti-Bullying through Bullying. 29
• Makoto judges that his combined physical and combat abilities let him take on ten opponents, though this is his own assessment. 29

Strategy, Leadership, and Information Control

Makoto leads Class B's external strategy while leaving internal unity and social cohesion largely to Honami Ichinose. 23 38

• Assigns classmates according to their strengths, including Himeno's records of class capabilities and Honami's study-group organization. 23
• Uses Class B's collective social network to gather intelligence rather than claiming all credit himself. 20
• Identifies surveillance blind spots and distributes a map to help Class B avoid Ryuen Kakeru's methods. 38
• Records Kushida Kikyo's threats and uses the evidence to force her cooperation with Horikita Suzune's faction. 31 32
• Anticipates the political consequences of Miyabi Nagumo's reforms and the administration's plan to use him to address their fallout. 47 50

Equipment / Items

• Personal terminal — used for communication, transferring private points, and coordinating contacts across classes. 9 44
• Digital recorder — contains Kushida Kikyo's recorded threats and serves as leverage over her. 31 32
• Surveillance blind-spot map — provided to Amikura Asako to help Class B avoid vulnerable locations. 38

Relationships

• Honami Ichinose — Class B's central social figure and Makoto's closest leadership partner. She stepped down so he could lead the class, while he relies on her to organize internal affairs and gather intelligence. 7 16 23 38
• Yuki Himeno — Makoto's self-described sidekick and assistant. She accepted up to two hours of work for him daily in exchange for freedom from unwanted social invitations, later becoming a trusted participant in his plans. 15 29 39
• Horikita Suzune — His paid student and long-term Class D proxy. Makoto negotiated with Horikita Manabu to train her, then helps her assemble allies and take control of Class D. 19 24 29
• Kushida Kikyo — Initially a highly profitable source of emotional points and an uneasy acquaintance. Makoto later blackmails her with a recording into joining Horikita's camp; he recognizes her feelings for him but considers his pursuit stalled at “75%.” 2 31 32 53
• Sakayanagi Arisu — A competitive rival who considers Makoto worthy of her attention. Their interactions begin with his teasing her as a child and develop into a serious Go match that he wins. 7 8 39 40
• Kamuro Masumi — A wary contact whom Makoto teases over her theft and relationship with Sakayanagi. They exchange contact information, and she later acts as an intermediary for Sakayanagi. 9 10 32
• Karuizawa Kei — An inside agent in Class D. Makoto agrees to protect her after learning of her bullying history, in return for information and critical support; he pays her 5,000 private points monthly. 43 44
• Horikita Manabu — Student Council President and political ally. Makoto rejects an immediate vice-presidency offer, instead securing payment to mentor Suzune, then later joins the Student Council. 19 47
• Ayanokoji Kiyotaka — Makoto's perceived natural enemy. Ayanokoji's minimal emotional output frustrates him, and Makoto actively warns Honami to avoid him while preparing for a possible indirect conflict in Class D. 11 17 29
• Miyabi Nagumo — Student Council rival. Nagumo challenges Makoto to a 100,000-private-point wager, while Makoto sees through the risks behind Nagumo's reform ambitions. 47 50
• Airi Sakura — A Class D student Makoto protects from her classmates' harassment by posing as her friend and confronting the boys involved. 26 27

Story Role / Major Arcs

Class B Leadership

Following Honami's concession, Makoto becomes Class B's leader. He recognizes the school’s free necessities and extravagant spending opportunities as warnings, then builds Class B around planning, role assignment, private-point management, and unity. 7 12 14 23

Training Horikita and Reshaping Class D

Makoto uses his connection with Horikita Manabu to become Suzune's mentor for 300,000 points per month. He intends to cultivate her into Class D's leader, viewing her class as a future ally, a shield against Class A and Class C, and a means of keeping Ayanokoji from gaining control over her development. 19 24 29

He supports Suzune's recruitment efforts, exposes Kushida's hostility toward her, and uses a recording of Kushida's threats to force her into Suzune's camp. 24 30 31 32

Rivalries and Cross-Class Preparation

Makoto treats Sakayanagi as a worthy board-game opponent, defeats her in Go, and prepares Class B for Ryuen Kakeru's ruthlessness through intelligence work and precautions. 18 38 39 40

He also recruits Karuizawa as an agent inside Class D, promising protection and regular private points in exchange for her loyalty. 43 44

Student Council Politics

Makoto formally joins the Student Council under Horikita Manabu. He challenges Nagumo's assumptions about an upcoming expulsion exam and recognizes that the school administration may be positioning him to contain the fallout from Nagumo's reforms. 47 48 50

Notable Quotes

“Class B's goal is to ascend to Class A while ensuring that not a single person in the class drops out.” 19

“I can help you, but you must become my inside agent in Class D.” 43

Trivia

• Makoto initially regrets being assigned to Class B because Class D contains more characters capable of generating emotional points for him. 2
• He claims to have never been in a relationship despite Yuki Himeno accusing him of acting like a playboy. 15
• His system identifies him as a “Child of Destiny,” while the nature of his transmigrator status and unawakened Hand of God remain unspecified. 10