Classroom of the Elite, Kusuo Saiki

Before they knew it, it had been more than two months since Kusuo Saiki and the others arrived at the school.

Today is July 1st, Monday. Saiki Kusuo got up from his bedroom in the morning, opened the door and went straight back to his dormitory.

Without him having to do anything, the toiletries in the bathroom, such as toothbrushes and towels, would automatically fly to Kusuo Saiki's side as if they had a mind of their own, helping him wash up.

In front of Kusuo Saiki, his student's cell phone floated slowly in mid-air.

"Oh dear, the points for this month haven't been credited yet."

Looking at his points, which hadn't changed at all, Saiki Kusuo muttered to himself.

"Looks like something's happened again. What kind of trouble have these people gotten into while I've been away from school for a few days?"

The first two days were the weekend, and instead of staying at school, Kusuo Saiki used his superpowers to return home and rest for two days.

After all, you don't need to spend points to eat and drink at home, and staying at home can also prevent you from being targeted by some strange guys at school.

If anyone notices that Kusuo Saiki hasn't left his room for two days, he can use the excuse that he stayed in his dorm watching TV dramas or playing games for two days.

Furthermore, before the weekend, Kusuo Saiki had stocked up on a lot of snacks in his dorm room, which would explain why he hadn't gone to the cafeteria these past few days.

After making some preparations, Kusuo Saiki left the dormitory and headed to the classroom.

Good morning, Qi Mu.

Just then, a slightly languid voice came from behind Saiki Kusuo. He turned around and saw that it was Ayanokouji Kiyotaka.

I haven't seen Qi Mu for the past couple of days. What has he been doing?

During this time, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji continued to observe Saiki Kusuo in secret. He always felt that Saiki Kusuo should have something different about him. For example, the other people around them had changed a little bit.

However, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji has no way of knowing whether these changes are related to Kusuo Saiki. But for now, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji believes that the possibility of Kusuo Saiki coming from Shirofusa is relatively low.

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji was not an arrogant or blindly confident person, but he was very clear that anyone from the White House could never be his match.

Even now, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji has not obtained any valuable information from Kusuo Saiki. If it were an assassin from the White House, they would never have been able to do this.

If Kusuo Saiki came from the White House, then it's impossible that he wouldn't have been inactive during this period.

"morning."

Kusuo Saiki gave a brief response to the other party.

I haven't seen you for the past few days. What were you doing last weekend?

"I stayed in my dorm room the whole time and caught up on a few anime series."

"Anime?"

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji repeated the term.

There was no education related to it in the white room... This could be considered a secular thing that should be discarded.

"As a high school student, it's a tragedy that I haven't even watched a single anime, and I know absolutely nothing about anime."

Saiki Kusuo thought to himself that he deliberately brought up anime because he had already used his telepathy to know that Ayanokouji Kiyotaka knew nothing about the matter. This would make Ayanokouji Kiyotaka more certain that he had nothing to do with that illegal educational institution called Shirofusa.

'However, I didn't expect that while Ayanokouji has a thorough understanding of most subjects, he's completely clueless when it comes to anime.'

"Really? But I was planning to ask you to go to the library with me yesterday. I knocked on the door and called out to you, but you didn't answer. I thought you weren't there."

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji spoke slowly, his gaze falling on Kusuo Saiki's face.

'Even though they think I'm no longer a threat, they still want to test me.'

Kusuo Saiki also looked at the other person, and he could hear Kiyotaka Ayanokouji's thoughts very clearly.

[Has he not left his room for two days? That's possible, but not very likely. Qi Mu doesn't seem like the type to love staying indoors. I'll just ask to gauge his reaction.]

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji had not contacted him, and Kusuo Saiki knew this very well. The other party wanted to judge whether Kusuo Saiki's words were true based on his reaction.

'You're underestimating superpowered individuals a little.'

Kusuo Saiki's expression remained unchanged; he simply spoke casually.

"Really? I didn't hear you. What time did you knock on the door? If you wanted to find me, you should have just called me."

"Since it wasn't anything important, I didn't bother you any further."

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka replied.

There was no particular reaction, which seems to be the truth. If that's the case, then we can basically eliminate Saiki Kusuo from the list of threats.

'Yes, you should have done this a long time ago.'

Kusuo Saiki responded to Xi Zeng.

"By the way, Qi Mu, have you received your points?"

"No."

"No, I didn't either. Maybe something happened at the school. I think Mr. Chabashira will explain."

"Ah."

The two did not exchange any further words, maintaining a tacit silence as they entered the classroom together.

"Qi Mu, have you guys earned any points yet? Theoretically, you should have arrived before you even got up this morning."

"Yeah, Ayanokouji and Saiki, did you get any points?"

"Could it be that our class has run out of points? That can't be!?"

Everyone was talking about the points.

Just then, a series of crisp footsteps came from the classroom door; it was Chabashira Sae.

Wearing a black teacher's suit and a black pencil skirt with tight, semi-transparent black stockings, Chabashira Saeko would undoubtedly be a very attractive presence to the opposite sex in a crowd.

"Teacher, why haven't I received my points for this month?"

A classmate asked.

"That's exactly what I was talking about. Because of a special event that happened to the school's system, the points for this month will be delayed."

A meaningful smile appeared on Chabashira Sae's face.

"Special event?"

Everyone was extremely puzzled.

“We received a report from members of the D-class basketball team—Sudo, they accuse you of unilaterally assaulting them.”

Chabashira Sae's gaze fell on Sudo Ken.

Chapter 50: Crisis Strikes, Sudo's Fighting Incident

'Oh dear, I almost forgot about that. It must have been Longyuan's doing.'

Upon hearing these words, Kusuo Saiki immediately made a judgment.

He already knew what Ryuen Sho was planning to do, but since the other party hadn't taken any action yet and it didn't affect him, Saiki Kusuo put the matter out of his mind for the time being.

"I was acting in self-defense!"

Upon hearing Chabashira Sae's words, Sudo Ken immediately became restless and loudly explained,

"They started it. They were jealous that I became a starting player, so they provoked everyone!"

"If there are witnesses, things will be much easier."

Chabashira Sae narrowed her eyes slightly, seemingly already guessing Sudo Ken's reaction.

"cut....."

Takeru Sudo wanted to say something, but in the end he could only fall silent.

[Damn it...it seems like no one was there at the time!]

Sudo Ken was very unhappy and tried hard to recall what had happened yesterday.

Using his telepathic abilities, Kusuo Saiki learned a general picture from Ken Sudo's mind. While there might be discrepancies due to personal biases, Saiki also knew that the probability of Ken Sudo initiating a fight was not very high.

Although Takeru Sudo has a very fiery temper, he generally doesn't easily resort to violence, but Ryuen Sho seems to have successfully exploited his personality flaws.

"Everyone! Has anyone witnessed the entire sequence of events?"

At that moment, Kikyo Kushida stood up from her seat, appearing very concerned about Takeru Sudo.

This must be the method used by Longyuan.

[By getting Sudo Ken expelled and plunging our class into crisis, this is my "gift" to Ryuen. This way, I can better use Ryuen to get rid of Horikita later.]

Of course, the same was true for Longyuan, who knew all of this in the end.

Kikyo Kushida thought to herself.

Kusuo Saiki could certainly reveal Kikyo Kushida's true feelings, so that the whole class would know what was going on, but that would probably cause even greater turmoil.

It seems that Kikyo Kushida's class in junior high school collapsed for a similar reason.

After Kikyo Kushida spoke, the classroom fell silent for a moment.

However, to Kusuo Saiki's ears, it was rather noisy.

[Sudo? I have a feeling he'd do that.]

[It was definitely Sudo who initiated the fight!]

Why didn't Sudo drop out during the midterms? He's made everyone else miss out on points this month!

Although no one in the class was speaking, Kusuo Saiki could clearly hear their thoughts.

Because Sudo Ken wasn't very popular in his class and was known for his bad temper, everyone believed that Sudo Ken was indeed involved in this matter.

'While the law states that a crime cannot be prosecuted without evidence, the situation here seems to be reversed; Sudo must prove he did not initiate the fight in order to avoid liability.'

'But even if there are eyewitnesses in the class, it probably won't be of much use. After all, they're classmates, and there's no substantial evidence to prove Sudo Ken's innocence. Ryuen will definitely choose a place where there are no other witnesses to carry out his attack.'

"Oh dear, this is a bit troublesome. The most direct method is to wait until there's an opportunity later and relay the thoughts of those involved to the others. However, things might become more complicated then. Although Sudo isn't the brightest and has a bad temper, he hasn't actually done anything truly wrong."

Kusuo Saiki knew that in this school, actively participating in fights would result in expulsion.

Just as Saiki Kusuo was pondering, he caught a somewhat unfamiliar voice in his heart.

【Sudo-kun... is innocent... I saw the whole thing... and it seems I even filmed it...】