Classroom of the Elite, Kusuo Saiki

A terrifying thought suddenly surfaced in Kikyo Kushida's mind.

[Before the exam, Yamauchi and I were in close proximity. Could it be that he tampered with my pencil case then, preventing me from opening it? And he had already broken the pen... Using a broken pen as an excuse, no one would suspect him! Damn it! I was careless!]

Kikyo Kushida was furious and glared at Haruki Yamauchi not far away.

Why do I sense a murderous aura...?

Haruki Yamauchi had a vague feeling, but he didn't dare to look up.

"Kushida-kun, what are you doing? Looking around in the middle of the exam room, if you keep doing that I'll mark you for cheating!"

Chabashira Sae frowned, her face showing signs of impatience.

"Tea Pillar Teacher, my pen seems to be broken..."

With no other option, Kikyo Kushida had to ask her teacher for help.

"You need to prepare your tools before the exam, just like in the workplace. Everything needs to be prepared in advance. Don't you know that?"

Chazuki Sakae questioned.

"I'm so sorry... my pen just broke... but the school rules don't say that you can't ask the proctor for help if your stationery is damaged."

Kikyo Kushida had no choice; she knew very well that she had to get a high score in this exam.

If Kikyo Kushida is unable to answer the questions due to damaged stationery, then it won't just be a matter of losing the bet; she might even have to drop out of school.

If the combined scores of both students in this exam fall below a certain threshold, it will result in expulsion.

Kikyo Kushida had no idea what Haruki Yamauchi might do, but she absolutely could not accept the risk of being expelled from school.

"Okay, but this is a one-time exception. If you do anything unusual during this exam, I have the right to give you a zero score."

Chabashira Sae said this, then took out a new ballpoint pen and handed it to Kushida Kikyo.

[This was all Saiki's doing, wasn't it? He probably destroyed Kushida's stationery beforehand, affecting her exam performance. What an excellent decision.]

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji observed everything calmly, his face showing no change in expression, but his inner thoughts resonated deeply with Kusuo Saiki.

'Isn't all this trouble caused by you sending me this message?'

However, given the current situation, even if Saiki doesn't take any action, Kushida will likely suffer a crushing defeat in this exam, since Ryuen has already changed the exam questions.

'？？？？？？？'

Chapter 113: Kikyo Kushida, you need personality correction.

'what's the situation? ’

At this moment, Kusuo Saiki looked at Kiyotaka Ayanokouji with a bewildered expression, his eyes full of incomprehension.

Horikita's actions were even more brilliant than I anticipated. She had already contacted Chabashira-sensei beforehand, instructing him to accept only her own exam questions and forbidding anyone else from reviewing them. Furthermore, she had Chabashira-sensei pretend to accept other people's questions afterward, thus deceiving Kushida and making her believe her plan had succeeded. Therefore, the exam papers sent to Class D had actually been replaced, rendering all of Kushida's answers to Ryuen meaningless.

'? '

[However, before that, I had already taken action. I anonymously informed Ryuen of the relevant information. He certainly understood that cooperating with Kushida would only plunge the class into a more precarious situation. Ryuen is a smart man; he understood the pros and cons, so he could only make a deal with me to replace the exam questions. In that case, Kushida's exam results would definitely not be ideal. Given that neither of us knew the exam questions, Kushida's academic ability was definitely inferior to Horikita's.]

'? ? ? '

[Saiki must have already realized this, and guessed Horikita's actions. He probably only tampered with Kushida's stationery as a precaution, or perhaps to further drive Kushida to a mental breakdown.]

'How would anyone know if you didn't tell me?'

Kusuo Saiki was utterly speechless. He had spent all his time in the book club and was unaware of Suzune Horikita's actions. After meeting Suzune Horikita, he was completely absorbed in studying and had no idea what she was thinking.

In the end, Horikita Suzune and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka had actually arranged everything.

'Damn it, what's the point of all this I've been doing?!'

Kusuo Saiki almost slammed his fist on the table.

At this moment, Kikyo Kushida had already obtained a spare pen from Sae Chabashira. She had just written her name down when she suddenly froze while browsing the test questions.

Why? Why are they different?!

[The questions Longyuan sent me are completely different from the actual exam paper. Did this guy trick me?! No, no, no, this doesn't benefit him at all. Why is he doing this?!]

[I should be able to score above 80 on this question... but with that score, there's absolutely no way I can beat Horikita!]

Kikyo Kushida's body trembled slightly, her right hand gripping the ballpoint pen tightly, as if she were about to crush the pen casing.

Her inner turmoil was fully reflected in her own actions.

Kushida seems to have been affected mentally; Horikita is undoubtedly the winner this time.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka thought to himself.

Overall, this matter can be considered resolved.

Kusuo Saiki sighed inwardly. He hadn't expected that taking exams at this school would be such a troublesome thing.

Let's see how things go with the others first.

Then, Kusuo Saiki used his clairvoyance and X-ray vision to observe the questions of the other people around him.

'Sakura, Karuizawa, and Sato... their grades are alright, they shouldn't be in any danger. The same goes for Miyake and Hasebe... Yamauchi's accuracy is much higher than expected, has he been studying diligently these past few days?'

After confirming the class's scores, Kusuo Saiki finally filled in his answers and precisely calculated his score.

Several tens of minutes later, the bell rang to signal the end of the exam, and everyone was given a ten-minute break.

Kikyo Kushida stood up from her seat, her body trembling slightly, her face extremely gloomy.

"It was all, it was all your doing."

Kikyo Kushida's murderous gaze fell on Haruki Yamauchi's face.

"Wha, what?"

Haruki Yamauchi instinctively curled his body back, completely unaware of what Kikyo Kushida was saying.

Kikyo Kushida gritted her teeth, wanting to say something, but there were too many people present, and she couldn't afford to ruin her image, so she swallowed her words in the end.

"Kushida seems a bit strange today."

"Maybe you didn't review well?"

"That's strange, this is the first time I've seen Kushida-kun so out of sorts."

The crowd watched Kikyo Kushida and whispered among themselves.

.....

In the afternoon, after all the exams were over, the students left the examination room one by one.

Horikita Suzune went directly to Kushida Kikyo, and Saiki Kusuo had no choice but to follow Ayanokoji Kiyotaka behind her. As for Yamauchi Haruki, he had long since disappeared.

"I'm confident I can get over 98 points. What about you?"

Horikita Suzune asked, but Saiki Kusuo could sense a faint unease in her heart.

If my plan fails, I will really face the risk of dropping out of school.

"Even without waiting for the result, it's already quite obvious."

Kikyo Kushida muttered something self-deprecatingly.

"Even at its best, it's only around 80 points, no, it's probably not even 80 points, so this bet is yours, Horikita-kun."

Although Kikyo Kushida said this, her words were full of resentment.

"Yeah……"

Horikita Suzune frowned.

[Kushida had no reason to lie; did her score really have to be that low?]

"The results haven't come out yet. Does our bet only take effect after the school releases the results?"

"There's no need for that. You won this bet."

Kikyo Kushida said this, but her voice trembled slightly, as if a kind of anger was burning in her eyes.

Is this guy mocking me?

"So can I trust that you won't get in my way in the future?"

"Of course I will keep my promise, no matter how much I disagree with it. Do you expect me to write it down?"

Kikyo Kushida seemed to be getting a little impatient.

"No need, let's start by building mutual trust."

As Horikita Suzune spoke, she extended her hand, seemingly wanting to shake hands with Kushida Kikyo.

However, Kikyo Kushida did not make any move, her eyes filled with indifference.

"I hate you the most, and I think I hate you more and more."

Kikyo Kushida walked past Suzune Horikita, completely ignoring her request to shake hands.

"I won't do anything to hinder you, but I will absolutely not help you either. Please don't forget that."

"...Is that so? It's a pity, but there's nothing we can do about it; these are the conditions."

Horikita Suzune nodded; for her, this was already an acceptable condition.

"Horikita-kun, don't forget, the only thing I'm betting on is not getting in your way. As for Yamauchi and Ayanokoji, you're not included in my bet!"

As Kikyo Kushida spoke, her gaze fell upon Kusuo Saiki.

"Also, Saiki-kun, I never expected you to be from Horikita's side. It was a miscalculation of mine. From now on, you're also on my list of enemies."

'Oh dear, oh dear, has everything we've done from beginning to end been completely meaningless?'

Faced with Kikyo Kushida's words, Kusuo Saiki was speechless.

"Besides, I'm not even from Horikita's side. I'm just a superpowered person who got dragged into this by accident... I didn't expect you to play these word games, Kushida. Well, to avoid trouble later, I guess I'll have to do something."

Kusuo Saiki's gaze fell on Kikyo Kushida, who had already started walking away.

'It seems we really need to tweak Kikyo Kushida's personality a bit today.'

.....

Ten minutes later, in front of a deserted grove of trees at the school.