Classroom of the Elite, Kusuo Saiki

"You're so slow, Kikyo. Did it take you a while to get ahead of your classmates?"

"What exactly do you want, Ryuen-kun?"

At this moment, Kikyo Kushida made no attempt to disguise herself, revealing her furious side directly, her gaze sharp as if she were wielding a knife.

"what?"

A meaningful smile appeared on Long Yuanxiang's face.

"Why are the questions and answers you gave me completely different from the exam content!?"

Kikyo Kushida exuded a murderous aura.

"Yes, because I changed the topic before the deadline. Why?"

Long Yuanxiang had an expression that seemed completely indifferent.

"I told you, I would do whatever it takes to get Horikita expelled. To that end, I betrayed my friends and secretly switched the B class's math problems with the answers to your D class's math problems. If you had kept your promise, Horikita would have already dropped out. But you betrayed me!"

"What? You're angry about something like that?"

"This kind of thing? This is an opportunity for Horikita Suzune to drop out of school, and it can also drag down Class B, allowing your Class D to gain more points!"

“You’ve got it wrong from the start, Kikyo. The topic you proposed wasn’t used in the exam.”

"what?!"

Upon hearing Ryuen Sho's words, Kushida Kikyo was stunned for a moment.

"How is this possible? Teacher Chabashira clearly accepted my test and confirmed it!"

"Haven't you noticed yet? Horikita Suzune took measures first to prevent your topic from being officially adopted. Thanks to that, we not only missed out on victory, but we almost died, because we were all counting on this operation."

As Long Yuanxiang spoke, a chilling killing intent also spread out.

"No, impossible?! How could it be before me..."

"If you have any doubts, just wait for the exam results. Our Class D probably lost to your Class B, right? Our agreement is invalid, we didn't receive any reward, so it's only natural that we can't let you see the correct answers."

As Ryuen Sho spoke, he leaned slightly forward, his gaze fixed on Kushida Kikyo.

"I'll say it first, Kikyo. You should be thanking me, there's no reason for you to hate me."

"Thank you? I lost to Horikita, what do you expect me to thank you for!?"

For Kikyo Kushida, losing to Suzune Horikita was a tremendous humiliation.

"Check your clothes pockets and your backpack or similar items."

Upon hearing Ryuen Sho's words, Kushida Kikyo immediately reached out and began groping herself—

A look of terror immediately appeared on her face.

Because Kikyo Kushida clearly felt that several small slips of paper were stuffed into her pocket, filled with answers.

"How, how is it possible?!"

"I'm afraid it's not just that."

Long Yuanxiang said with a smile.

It was Ayanokoji Kiyotaka who contacted Ryuen Sho under the identity of X, which led the latter to learn about these matters and terminate his cooperation with Kushida Kikyo.

"There are probably still quite a few cheat sheets around you..."

Kikyo Kushida was utterly shocked. She then opened her schoolbag, which contained numerous cheat sheets.

Seeing countless notes being taken out of his schoolbag, Long Yuanxiang's eyebrows twitched slightly.

The number of these notes seemed to be more than he had imagined.

While the two of them were facing off, a few meters away, Kusuo Saiki used his invisibility ability to silently observe them.

'Oh dear... I forgot about that, I stuffed too much food in my mouth all at once...'

Kusuo Saiki pursed his lips.

Using his superpowers, he easily created numerous cheat sheets, which he then delivered to Kikyo Kushida during the exam—the quantity was indeed a bit excessive.

However, after hearing Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's words, Saiki Kusuo completely forgot about the incident.

"When exactly were they let in...?"

Kikyo Kushida's eyes were full of doubt.

Has anyone come close to you?

"Nobody... no no no no, it's Yamauchi!"

Kikyo Kushida seemed to remember something and immediately said,

"During the exam, my pencil case and stationery were damaged, and during that time, only my partner Yamauchi had the opportunity to get close to me!"

"You knew there was a problem in the mountains, yet you still chose to bring it with you? How foolish!"

Long Yuanxiang scoffed.

"I thought that if he were by my side, I could better monitor the mountain and see any unusual movements or phone calls he made... But when exactly did he do it... I didn't even notice..."

'It's a superpower; naturally, you wouldn't be able to detect it.'

Kusuo Saiki responded to the other party in his heart.

"Interesting, very interesting. You think you can control Yamauchi, but actually Yamauchi has been monitoring you all along. He sees through everything you do, and Yamauchi is very clever. He knows how to disguise himself, and he deliberately travels to and from school with others every day. Even I can't openly lay a hand on him, otherwise he might use this to complain to the school. However—"

A wolfish grin spread across Long Yuanxiang's face.

"Then we'll just create an occasion where Yamauchi has no choice but to step in."

Ryuen Sho took out his phone, which contained a video of Karuizawa Megumi and Manabe Shiho.

Chapter 114: Fine, I'll stop pretending, I'm a superpowered person.

"This is... Karuizawa?"

Kikyo Kushida frowned, completely unprepared for the other party to pull out a video about Megumi Karuizawa.

“I mentioned it to you before, right? There’s a mole in our class, it’s Manabe. She tried to bully Karuizawa in your class, and it’s because of this video that Manabe had to obey X—that is, Yamauchi’s orders.”

Long Yuanxiang said slowly.

"What does that have to do with Karuizawa?"

"Have you ever thought about why Saiki went out to save Karuizawa and stop Manabe's actions back then? If they really wanted to use that to threaten Manabe, wouldn't it have been more effective to wait until Manabe used even more extreme and excessive bullying methods?"

Long Yuanxiang narrowed his eyes slightly.

"That's true... then why did he...?"

“I can sense that Yamauchi’s way of thinking is similar to mine. If I’m not mistaken, his idea is to use Karuizawa Kei as his tool. Only by saving Karuizawa Kei can he gain her trust and make her work for him.”

'Oh my, no wonder Ayanokouji said you two have a lot in common; your thoughts are remarkably similar...'

Kusuo Saiki thought to himself.

"You mean... Yamauchi is planning to turn Karuizawa into his own tool."

"That's right, but because he needed to remain hidden within the class, he chose Qi Mu as his proxy."

“Saiki? No wonder… no wonder Saiki Kusuo was there when Horikita Suzune approached me to make a bet…”

Kikyo Kushida looked as if she had just realized something.

"Last time I tried to get Qi Mu to talk and find out more information about the mountain, but in the end I was blocked by a recording. Using a driverless car to install pinhole cameras, even I didn't think of such a method."

Long Yuanxiang's lips curled up slightly.

Actually, he just wanted to peep into the women's changing room.

Kusuo Saiki responded in his mind.

Even if Haruki Yamauchi appeared before them now and revealed his true purpose for buying these things, they probably wouldn't believe him.

What are you planning to do now?

Kikyo Kushida leaned forward slightly, her gaze fixed on Sho Ryuen.

"By using Karuizawa, we might be able to lure Yamauchi out of a safe place and then leave him in utter despair."

When are you planning to make your move?

"The sooner the better. After all, we already know their true identities, but we just can't do anything to them for the time being. And I'm not going to play along with Yamauchi anymore. Let him withdraw from this competition completely and let him see what true despair is."

'Oh dear, the invisibility duration is almost up.'

Kusuo Saiki's invisibility lasts for a maximum of ten minutes. It took him quite some time to follow Kikyo Kushida here, so he naturally can't linger around here any longer.

However, he already knew Long Yuanxiang's true thoughts.

Although Kusuo Saiki was a person who disliked trouble, he was also very clear that if he didn't take some action, these guys would probably keep causing him trouble.

......

Time flies, and the sky gradually darkens; it's already evening.

While resting in her room, Karuizawa Kei suddenly received a text message from Manabe Shiho.

Shiho Manabe: Come to the roof of the special teaching building.

Shiho Manabe: I need to talk to you about the bullying incident from last time.

Shiho Manabe: If you don't come, I will spread rumors about your past throughout the school.

Upon seeing Shiho Manabe's message, Megumi Karuizawa clenched her fists so tightly that her nails almost dug into her palms. Painful memories kept assaulting her heart, and all she could do was grit her teeth.

If this gets out, the image she has worked so hard to build over the past six months will be ruined.

A feeling of helplessness and pain welled up inside her. Karuizawa Kei didn't know what to do, so she could only take out her phone and send a message to Saiki Kusuo.

Karuizawa Megumi: Kusuo... Manabe just messaged me, asking me to go see her...

Kusuo Saiki: No need to go, I'll handle it.

Karuizawa Kei had just sent the message when Saiki Kusuo's message arrived immediately.

Megumi Karuizawa: But....