Classroom of the Elite, Kusuo Saiki

[Seriously, what's with that Sudo guy trying to show off? And there's that awful Saiki, so close to Kushida, even my Sakura seems to have a thing for him. And that hot Karuizawa's hanging around Saiki too, I'm so envious! Maybe I'll take his place if he gets injured!]

The voice belonged to Haruki Yamauchi, who had just finished training and made up an excuse to go to the toilet to slack off.

'Oh dear, looks like he deserved it.'

Kusuo Saiki narrowed his eyes slightly.

Although they are a trio of idiots, Haruki Yamauchi is fundamentally different from Ken Sudo and Kanji Ike.

Although Chi Kuanzhi is somewhat lewd at heart, he is a good friend and has decent interpersonal relationships. He also made a lot of contributions to the class during the summer vacation.

Takeru Sudo has a fiery temper and a straightforward personality, but as a friend, he is quite loyal, and he doesn't keep his thoughts to himself; he speaks his mind directly.

Haruki Yamauchi, on the other hand, is different. This guy only has an inexplicable confidence and lust that surpass others, and he might even stab his friends in the back when necessary.

Having heard Haruki Yamauchi's thoughts, Kusuo Saiki's already insignificant sense of guilt vanished.

"Oh, Kushida-kun?"

At this moment, Haruki Yamauchi did not head towards the restroom, intending to slack off nearby, but bumped into Kikyo Kushida who was coming out of it.

"Yamauchi?"

Upon seeing Haruki Yamauchi, Kikyo Kushida's expression subtly changed.

Why is this guy here? Has he been following me?

Kikyo Kushida's eyes were full of doubt.

'He was just taking a break and passing by.'

Kushida-san is staring at me! And her gaze is different than usual! Could it be... that she just noticed me running so hard?

Haruki Yamauchi's face flushed slightly, and he turned his head away somewhat embarrassed.

That's the look a hunter gives his prey.

"Yamachi-kun, what are you doing here?"

“I want….”

Haruki Yamauchi, of course, couldn't admit that he was there to slack off, otherwise it would lower his standing in Kikyo Kushida's eyes, so he continued with his previous lie.

"I was going to the restroom."

[The restroom isn't in that direction at all. Something's definitely off about him.]

Kikyo Kushida's mind raced, but she maintained a smile on her face.

"Okay, I'll head back to the playground now. Good luck, Yamauchi-kun! I'll focus all my attention on you from now on~"

As she spoke, Kikyo Kushida exuded a murderous aura.

"Okay, I'll definitely do my best!"

Haruki Yamauchi didn't sense any of this murderous intent at all; in fact, after hearing Kikyo Kushida's words, his smile became even brighter.

[Kushida-kun said he'd follow me! That's awesome! Looks like Kushida-kun and I have a chance! We'll go on dates, see movies during the day, go to karaoke in the afternoon, and... well, Ike will be so jealous!]

'You're probably not far from death.'

Meanwhile, Kikyo Kushida hurried back to the playground, her face devoid of any smile, her gaze turning icy cold.

Was that guy's smile mocking me?

He probably already knows quite a bit...

It seems there's another name on the list of students dropping out. Haruki Yamauchi, I won't let you get away with this.

'Wow, what a terrifying murderous aura...'

Saiki Kusuo sighed to himself. After making sure no one was around, he deactivated his invisibility and returned to the playground.

'Kushida leaked the class information, and changing the participant list seems to cost a lot of points. Ayanokouji doesn't seem to have any intention of announcing this, so I guess I don't need to take any action.'

'But it seems like Class D is planning some underhanded tactics?'

'If it involves something that violates the spirit of sportsmanship, we can't just sit idly by.'

Kusuo Saiki thought to himself.

......

A month later, the day of the sports festival finally arrived.

After a rather unremarkable opening ceremony, the competitions for each event began.

The stadium is very large, and different events are taking place at the same time.

Sudo Ken participated in many competitions at the beginning and achieved good results.

Kusuo Saiki was also forced to participate in some competitions, including several sprint events.

Throughout the run, Kusuo Saiki carefully controlled his pace, avoiding first place but also ensuring he didn't fall behind, always maintaining a middle position.

"A middle ranking is acceptable, I guess."

As he thought to himself, Kusuo Saiki grabbed a towel from the finish line and pretended to wipe his sweat.

At that moment, Sudo Ken and the others surrounded them.

"Impressive, Qi Mu. I underestimated you a little."

Takeru Sudo patted Kusuo Saiki on the shoulder and said with a smile.

'? '

Kusuo Saiki's eyes were full of doubt.

"Your opponents were all members of the track and field club. I didn't expect you to achieve such a ranking, Qi Mu!"

Hirata Yosuke also praised him with a smile.

'You@#￥@#￥'

Kusuo Saiki was completely speechless.

"Kusuo-kun...you're amazing..."

"Not bad, Kusuo!"

Karuizawa Megumi and Sakura Airi immediately handed over water and praised Saiki Kusuo.

......

Before we knew it, several projects had already come to an end.

Before the start of the next competition, the initial scores for the red and white groups were announced: the red group had 2,110 points and the white group had 1,891 points.

Although the competition has only just begun, the red team already has a slight advantage.

The next event is the pole vaulting competition, a simple yet brutal and somewhat dangerous team competition.

The rules are simple: there are several wooden poles stuck in the ground in the field. The classes on the field need to protect their own poles while also pulling out the opponent's poles. The first group to remove two of the opponent's poles wins the activity.

'Wow, wow, we're actually going to participate in this kind of competition?'

Although he already knew he had been assigned to this competition, Kusuo Saiki still felt somewhat helpless about his situation.

"But thinking about it a bit, this competition event is acceptable. As a team event, at least I can coast along."

Kusuo Saiki looked up and saw the combined forces of Class C and Class D in front of him. Although there were familiar faces like Ryuji Kanzaki among them, there were also quite a few unruly members from Class D.

'Although the classes are supposed to be divided according to overall qualities, there are quite a few troublemakers in the Longyuan class.'

As Saiki Kusuo thought to himself, he could also hear the thoughts of the D-class members.

Kill them!

Kill these guys!

We have to kill them!

"Hey, hey, hey, isn't this a sports festival event? Why does it look like a fight?"

Kusuo Saiki narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze falling on the direction of Ryuen Sho in the opposing camp.

In the pole vault competition, the judges don't have any requirements regarding the movements, so any injuries sustained during the competition will likely be considered accidents.

[I've already taught these guys elbow strikes and other techniques, so let Takeru Sudo get injured in this match.]

Let's take this project on our White Team.

'Oh, I see.'

Saiki Kusuo had already heard Ryuen Sho's idea, it seems the other party is serious.

'Although I myself wanted to take advantage of the situation, if that's the case, I can't just stand by and do nothing.'

Once everyone was ready, the match officially began with the referee's whistle.

Class A was responsible for defense, while Takeru Sudo of Class B led the other boys in his class to be on the offensive.

But at that very moment, the students from Class D swarmed forward, with some members surrounding Sudo Ken and taking the opportunity to repeatedly elbow and shove him. Even though Sudo Ken was physically very strong, he felt unbearable pain, lost his balance, and fell to the ground.

"You guys are committing a foul!"

Takeru Sudo shouted angrily.

"Complaining won't help. In the teachers' eyes, injuries during this competition are probably very common accidents."

Meanwhile, Ryuen Sho stood to the side, sneering at Sudo Ken.

Besides Takeru Sudo, the boys from Class C were also responsible for defense. Although they didn't use dirty tricks like the Ryuen Class, they successfully contained Class B, who didn't have Takeru Sudo.

On the other side, the remaining members of Class D raised their elbows and charged in recklessly, easily tearing apart Class A's defense—Albert had already reached the first pole and easily pushed it down with his immense strength.

1: 0!

"hateful!"

Ken Sudo reluctantly got up from the ground, complaining loudly.

"It's not over yet! The second round is about to begin! We still have a chance!"

Hirata Yosuke immediately comforted Sudou Ken.

Although losing means being pushed over two poles, the red team is now on the verge of collapse.