Classroom of the Elite, Kusuo Saiki

[How boring! This school is so boring! How boring is it without Horikita Gakuen?]

[This school is teeming with incompetent people. It's supposed to be a meritocratic school, but quite a few defective individuals have infiltrated. Horikita-senpai is too kind; his tolerance for trash is too high. I'm going to eliminate them all—incompetent people don't deserve to live in this school!]

I can't wait to shape this school into my own form, so that the capable can climb to the top and the incapable can fall to the bottom...

'Yay! Yay!'

Kusuo Saiki's gaze remained fixed on Masayuki Nagumo.

Chapter 104: Was all of this part of Saiki Kusuo's plan?

"I originally wanted to implement the new system I envisioned immediately, but unfortunately, I can't do that because the newly appointed student council president will have all sorts of constraints."

Nan Yunya maintained her smile and turned to look at Horikita Manabu behind her, whose face showed no change in expression.

[Horikita-senpai is still at school, and he probably still has cronies in the student council. If we were to completely overthrow his entire system now, it might cause some trouble.]

Nan Yunya thought to herself.

"I promise to start a revolution soon. Students with ability will climb to the top, while those without will fall to the bottom. I will transform this school into a true meritocratic school. Please guide me."

As Nan Yunya spoke, the entire venue fell silent for the declaration. However, almost all the second-year students then broke the silence with joyful screams, indicating that Nan Yunya held a very high position among the second-year students.

'But there probably won't be much contact between second-year students and us first-year students... I guess...'

Kusuo Saiki muttered to himself.

.....

After the meeting concluded, all the students gradually left, and Kusuo Saiki also prepared to return to his dormitory.

Just then, someone called out to him from behind.

"Qi Mu, could you wait a moment?"

Kusuo Saiki turned his head and saw a girl from his class. She had dark, slightly wavy hair that fell to her shoulders, and pretty features, but her sharp eyes gave the impression that she had a very strong personality.

'This person... what was their name again? I think it was Sato Maya...'

Kusuo Saiki's mind raced as he remembered the other person's name.

Sato Maya is not the kind of person who has no presence in the class. On the contrary, she has a very high presence in the class. She is the type of girl like Karuizawa Megumi, and she has a very close relationship with Karuizawa Megumi.

Previously, during the special exam on the artificial island, Maya Sato and several other girls had a very heated argument with Kanji Ike about whether or not to buy a second toilet.

For this reason, there was no communication between Kusuo Saiki and Maya Sato, and Maya Sato was basically only active in the girls' circle, and had a poor relationship with the boys in the class.

However, Kusuo Saiki noticed that Maya Sato seemed to be paying more and more attention to him lately.

[Saiki was originally not very noticeable in class... but since summer vacation ended, I've started to look at him with a slightly different eye, and his performance at the sports festival was actually quite cool!]

Now that Qi Mu is finally alone, I should quickly take this opportunity to get closer to him.

'Oh dear, here comes another troublesome fellow,'

Kusuo Saiki could clearly hear Maya Sato's inner thoughts.

'Sato is also a girl who easily attracts attention from others.'

Kusuo Saiki still wanted to avoid having too much contact with people like Maya Sato as much as possible. Karuizawa Kei had already brought him a lot of trouble, and if Maya Sato came along, it would probably be even more troublesome.

"Excuse me, what's the matter?"

"Um—well, how should I put it, could I have a moment to talk to you about something—"

[I hope Saiki won't refuse my request...]

I'm sorry, I can't do as you wish.

Saiki Kusuo thought to himself, and then spoke directly.

"Sorry, I have other things to take care of later."

"what?!"

Saiki Kusuo's almost unhesitating answer surprised Sato Maya, but she reacted very quickly and continued,

"It's alright, I won't waste your time. I just want to ask a few questions, is that alright?"

"Well, I've already made my point clear. If I refuse now, things will get a little complicated. Sato has good relationships with the girls in his class. If they all isolate him, that'll definitely cause a lot of trouble."

Kusuo Saiki sighed inwardly. The other party hadn't given him any room to refuse; he could only nod.

"Okay, let's talk over there."

"Great! Let me ask you something first, Qi Mu. Do you... have a girlfriend right now?"

Sato Maya followed Saiki Kusuo to the side and immediately asked, her eyes widening with curiosity.

[I noticed that Karuizawa and Saiki were very close before. I wonder if there's something going on between them... Karuizawa seemed to care a lot about Hirata before, so why is she so close to Saiki after summer vacation?]

"No."

Without hesitation, Kusuo Saiki immediately shook his head in denial.

After all, Karuizawa Kei has a considerable influence in the class. She is very good-looking and has a great figure. Although her personality is not considered likable by others, there are quite a few boys in the class and even in the grade who have a crush on her.

If some baseless rumors start circulating, Kusuo Saiki will face a lot of trouble at school.

"Oh—I see… Well then, I can consider you as someone who's looking for a girlfriend…."

Upon hearing Saiki Kusuo's words, Sato Maya immediately smiled and eagerly inquired.

However, before Sato Maya could speak, a familiar voice rang out from the side.

"Sato, Saiki, what are you two doing!"

The source of the sound was Karuizawa Megumi.

At this moment, Karuizawa Kei, like a curious kitten, leaned forward and quickly walked to Saiki Kusuo's side.

"No, it's nothing!"

The words had already reached her ears, and Maya Sato could only swallow them down, since such words were not appropriate to say in the presence of other girls.

What's more, there's Karuizawa Megumi, who recently seems to have some special feelings for Kusuo Shiki.

In fact, all of this was done by Kusuo Saiki.

He had used telepathy to read Karuizawa Kei's voice from the beginning and knew the direction she was coming from. So he led Sato Maya to that place in advance, so that Karuizawa Kei could run into her and stop Sato Maya from saying anything strange.

"Oh dear, although Sato seems to just want to get closer to me, and hasn't even confessed yet, this direct question is really hard to handle. Of course, I can't give a definite answer, and I don't want things to get too awkward, so I'll have Karuizawa help me avoid that."

Saiki Kusuo thought to himself that calling Karuizawa Megumi over would save him a lot of trouble.

"I was just thinking that since I hadn't spoken much with Qi Mu before, I wanted to exchange contact information or something."

Sato Maya immediately spoke, her expression appearing very calm.

"oh oh."

As Karuizawa spoke with a smile, she moved slightly closer to Saiki Kusuo's position.

"Qi Mu, are you free tonight? I heard the dessert shop has launched some new items, want to try them?"

Judging from Sato's expression, he probably wants to flirt with Saiki, right? But... I can't let you get away with it so easily.

"Hey, hey, hey, this has nothing to do with you, right? Why do you look like you've encountered an enemy?"

Qi Mu Naxiong thought to himself.

[They seem quite intimate, but Saiki just said he and Karuizawa aren't a couple... So, Saiki really is Karuizawa's target.]

"While the dessert shop's new product launch is indeed very appealing, and I was planning to go there, I absolutely can't agree to go now. Otherwise, I'll get dragged into their conflict, which would be troublesome."

Kusuo Saiki realized that things seemed to have gotten even more complicated after he called Megumi Karuizawa over.

"I'm sorry, I have other plans for tonight."

"Oh! Really?"

"Hey Qi Mu, what I was saying earlier, let's exchange contact information. As classmates, it's not good that we haven't been able to contact each other before. If we exchange numbers, we can also talk to each other about any problems we have with our studies."

"Ah."

Since the other party had already gone this far, Kusuo Saiki could only nod and exchange contact information with Maya Sato.

Kei Karuizawa, standing to the side, maintained a smile on her face.

'You'd better leave quickly.'

After finishing, Kusuo Saiki quickly left the place to avoid further escalation of the trouble.

After Kusuo Saiki left, Megumi Karuizawa and Maya Sato's eyes met.

"I didn't expect you to take the initiative to talk to Qi Mu. It seems like you two haven't had much contact before, have you?"

Karuizawa asked.

"OK."

Maya Sato nodded, a meaningful smile appearing on her face.

"By the way, I just asked Saiki, and it seems he doesn't have a girlfriend yet! I noticed him during the sports festival; he looks really cool running around!"

Are you planning to... pursue Qi Mu?

"It's not certain yet, but for now, it's not a bad idea to develop a relationship first."

Maya Sato slightly raised her chin, her gaze fixed on Megumi Karuizawa's eyes, but she didn't notice the hint of panic in them.

"What's so great about Saiki? Hirata's performance is pretty good too, isn't it? Why don't you consider Hirata?"

"Hirata must have a lot of girls chasing after him, it's too difficult for him! Besides, I think Saiki is more my type!"

"I don't think you two are a good match..."

"What's wrong? Karuizawa, you seem really bothered... Could it be that you like Saiki?"

"No way! How could that be!"

Upon hearing these words, Karuizawa Megumi's face instantly turned bright red, and she quickly shook her head.

......

Before we knew it, more than a month had passed.