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so......

Asakusa Tetsu's first destination.

It's Class A.

To be precise, it was Sakayanagi Arisu's seat.

"Can I borrow your lap for a moment? If you can't stand up, you can sit on my lap."

He told Sakayanagi Arisu this in advance.

If it were Hiyori and Honami, he probably wouldn't have made such a prior announcement.

But Sakayanagi Arisu is not an option.

Sakayanagi Arisu wasn't really interested in playing these games with him, and Aizaka TV's broadcast had already ended, so his target this time was naturally not his own beautiful girl.

It's better for everyone to say it in advance.

"...You should sit in someone else's seat." To some surprise, Sakayanagi Arisu shook her head and refused.

It's not because I dislike it.

Instead.

"You're not just planning to observe, are you?"

Yes, that's the root cause. The condition for the end of this world is 'fulfilled'.

Simply watching from the sidelines is clearly not enough to truly satisfy this man.

Instead of sitting with her and watching, it would be more efficient for him to try out the mini-game he designed himself.

As for whether her position will be taken away...

Just lie down on the floor and that's it.

The students in Class D don't yet have that strong mental fortitude.

Of course, she won't lie down.

There was no need for her to quell the arrogance of Class D on the first day.

"You're right."

Asakusa Toru acknowledged this.

However, the question remains: which specific target should be chosen...?

"Morishita," Arisu Sakayanagi suddenly suggested. "She actually likes you quite a bit, though not in a romantic way."

"The more you like something, the more you should 'love' it properly. Isn't that your guiding principle?"

she says.

I had a feeling that he was subtly implying something, but since it was Alice who said it, it didn't matter.

"I will love you properly again after we go back."

With both hands, he pinched Sakayanagi Arisu's soft cheeks, gently rubbing and pulling them softly, and Asakusa Tetsu said this.

Sakayanagi Arisu, whose cheek he was pinching, smiled and said:

"I can't ask for it."

Let's put women's issues aside for now.

The opening ceremony has been going on for a while now, and in fact, you should be able to see something interesting if you go to the gymnasium now.

For example, the empty space should belong to Class D of the first year.

For example, a leader who has an unpleasant expression but, in order to minimize the impact and prevent it from escalating, even if it means leaving an unsightly empty space in the entire stadium, will shamelessly pretend to be nonchalant while speaking on stage.

For example, there are high school students who are very curious and have a strong desire to gossip, but they have to suppress their curiosity because the stupid leader is rambling on stage and giving a useless speech. They are slightly restless and want to discuss the situation of Class D next to them with the people next to them.

Even though he wasn't there, Toru Asakusa could guess how they would react.

"..."

Pushing open the door to Class A, Asakusa Tetsu immediately saw that the classroom, which should have been empty, was already mostly filled with people.

Yes, they're all from their D class.

It seems that his statement that only Class A could receive the privilege of being recommended for university admission made Class A the target of everyone's subconscious choice.

More than half of the students in the class came to Class A.

There's a bit of a herd mentality involved; people think that having more people around might make it easier to resolve problems.

Ultimately, the students in Class D are just high school students; they don't have the courage to casually get into conflicts with others.

That's why he's needed to be the supervisor.

Get to work! Lazybones!

.....

The atmosphere in the stadium was very eerie.

The strangeness made Hashimoto Masayoshi begin to doubt whether coming to this school was the right decision.

On the first day of school, an entire class was absent from the opening ceremony, yet the school leaders still proceeded with the ceremony anyway.

It's utterly absurd.

Although there were some absentees in their class, Sakayanagi Arisu had a congenital heart condition, so it was understandable that she didn't participate.

It's quite suspicious that the school gave all students 100,000 yuan right off the bat, and the things they said at the start of the semester make one want to think.

Many doubts remain.

However, despite the many problems, the opening ceremony ended smoothly without any issues.

Normally, the end of the opening ceremony should correspond to the first day of free time.

After all, the students have just arrived in a new environment, and they need some time to adapt to everything.

Based on the procedures of other schools that Hashimoto Masayoshi had learned about in advance, there would definitely be no classes on the first day.

But there seems to be a slight deviation at this school.

The homeroom teacher also said that class shouldn't have been held today.

Masayoshi Hashimoto believed that the reason for Class D's absence must be the reason.

However, the specific reasons cannot be investigated in detail, and no answer can be found at present. As a student, he can only obediently return to the classroom.

Then class began.

...That's how it should be.

But when all the students in Class A returned to the classroom, what they saw when they opened the door was not the empty classroom they had imagined.

Instead, there were already quite a few more classrooms with students.

"...?"

I went the wrong way.

Many students share this view, because the classroom layout is the same, and no student can personalize their desk on the first day of school.

It's perfectly normal to accidentally remember the wrong classroom location and go to the wrong place.

I repeatedly walked out of the classroom, comparing the scene inside with the 'Class 1A' sign on the door.

They finally confirmed it.

This is their classroom.

But, but, but...

Who are you???

Unfamiliar faces, but they were wearing the same school uniforms as them, and there was no indication that they had seen each other at the opening ceremony just now.

Although they weren't very confident in their ability to recognize people and remember faces, and even if they were in a group and classmates, they might not be able to easily recognize each other at first glance when they met for the first time at the beginning of the semester, there were so many people in Class A, surely someone would recognize them, right?

but.

Therefore, there is only one possibility regarding the other party's identity.

'The Absent Students of Class D'

Just because you're absent doesn't mean you can just be absent. What are you doing sitting in my seat?

More than half of the seats in the classroom were occupied. Although my memory is not very clear, it seems that male students occupied male seats and female students occupied female seats.

Even if someone occasionally admits their mistake, they seem to take it for granted and move to another seat after seeing the gender of the student waiting at the table.

No, what exactly is going on?

Side Story: Classroom of the Elite - Everyone Scores Zero

The question of the other party's identity went unanswered.

The students who occupied their seats were just sitting there bored, silently playing with their personal terminals.

However, it was quite obvious that the more sensitive students could sense that these "visitors from other classes" seemed to be very focused on one direction, and would frequently glance at the other person.

...Is the other party the mastermind?

Why do this?

I can't understand it.

but......

"Excuse me, this is my seat."

The composed Katsuragi Kohei stood before a man who seemed somewhat flamboyant.

When Katsuragi Kohei approached him, the man was initially startled, then glanced furtively at the mastermind before straightening his back and speaking nonchalantly:

"So what? Did you write your name on it?"

“I wrote it down,” Katsuragi Kohei said, pointing to the nameplate on the edge of the table.

The school not only divided the classes in advance, but also arranged the seats in advance.

“Look, it says ‘Katsuragi Kohei’ on it, that means it’s my seat.” He explained in a deep voice, waiting for the other person to stand up: “Excuse me, what’s your name? It shouldn’t be Katsuragi Kohei, right?”

"..." The man looked at the name on the name tag, and his expression clearly turned somewhat unpleasant.

But he still stubbornly insisted, "Oh, really? Well, it's quite unfortunate that my name is also Katsuragi Kohei."

He stubbornly refused to give his name, instead claiming it as his own.

Just when Katsuragi Kohei was in a bit of a dilemma.

Hashimoto Masayoshi noticed that the man he had been watching, and whom the other students in Class D were also paying attention to, suddenly spoke with a chuckle:

"Wait a minute, Yamauchi, your name isn't Katsuragi Kohei, is it?"

"Don't take someone else's name."

He referred to the man who had taken Katsuragi Kohei's seat as "Yamachi".

"Huh? Didn't you say you could explain yourself however you wanted?" Yamauchi was annoyed that his real name had been exposed. In his anger, he gritted his teeth and said, "After all, you haven't told anyone your own name from beginning to end, have you?"

Yes, from beginning to end, he never introduced himself.

Without contacting anyone, without giving their name, simply existing there, they began to radiate pressure.

The fact that he didn't give his name made it even more puzzling to him.

“Oh, that’s true.” Asakusa Tetsu smiled, glanced at the other Class A students who were blocking the doorway and waiting for Katsuragi Kohei’s move, and raised his hand to his chest: “I am Asakusa Tetsu. It’s good to meet you in the days to come.”

"You must be very confused about what's going on, right?"

Actually, there's no need to explain.

Given enough time, the students in Class A, being quite intelligent, will likely soon realize what kind of games the students in Class D are playing with them.

It's like stumbling into a realm of strange rules; even if the rules aren't initially made public, you can still discover the patterns and find the reasons behind them by experimenting.

But this back-and-forth probing was too cumbersome and couldn't quickly alleviate their anxiety.