His wording was rather official, so leaving school this way still let him save face.
He had decided to leave because he felt he could not adapt to the school.
But—
"You are a Class A student, and there is a very good chance that you will still graduate as a Class A student."
"Are you willing to give up that future?" Katsuragi was also from Class A, so he found Ishigami's voluntary withdrawal regrettable and wanted to try persuading him to stay.
"Class A should still be secure two years from now, but that would be far too boring." Ishigami spoke. "Amasawa has already taken control of the class. Although the four classes are still competing, the outcome was decided long ago."
"I have no intention of wasting any more time on a situation where the winner has already been decided."
"So I am leaving." Ishigami spoke with the same composed, superior air.
In other words, although he had claimed earlier that he could not adapt to the school, he was not leaving because he had failed here. He believed the school's trials were too easy and wanted a greater challenge?
"But your Class A status—" Katsuragi still wanted to make an effort.
"I will inherit the family business in the future, so I do not need some prestigious university." Ishigami cut Katsuragi off. "People are different. I imagine Senior Katsuragi needs his Class A status very badly."
Those words were an outright rejection. Even someone as eager to recruit talent as Katsuragi could only stop there.
Katsuragi sighed, then stood to one side with the documents in his arms without saying anything.
"Since you have made your decision, the Student Council will accept this withdrawal application."
Vice President Hachiman said, "You have two hours from now to sort