Start with Hayasaka Ai

"I'll be the student council president..."

Baiyin touched his chin and said, "That sounds like a good idea. I was planning to quit the student union when I came to you today, but now, okay, I agree to your request."

The student union secretary is not okay, but the student union president... is okay!

"Shirogane, you look like you're preparing a speech for your inauguration," the current student council president immediately grumbled. "I'm not asking you to be the student council president. I'm only asking you to be president if you can get them to join the student council. Don't you realize I'm just being facetious and trying to be funny?"

"Whatever. I'm going to take action. Also, the coffee is great. Thanks for the treat."

Baiyin took the last sip, put down the cup, and stood up to leave.

If I can get those talented girls into the student union, and the current president doesn't voluntarily step down, there are plenty of ways to influence him.

There is still some time before class starts, which is enough time for me to go and say hello to Kaguya Shinomiya first.

When the student union itself does not attract them, other methods are naturally needed.

Baiyin felt that the student council president's five previous invitations had failed to grasp the true point.

The reason why Zhuge Liang came out of seclusion when Liu Bei was visited for the third time was not only because he felt Liu Bei's sincerity, but also because he recognized Liu Bei's ambitions and Liu Bei's group. He also followed Liu Bei out of seclusion in order to realize his own ambitions.

But getting a high school girl into the student union naturally doesn't require any ideals or ambitions, or even sincerity.

As long as she can...

"By the way, which class is Shinomiya Kaguya in?"

Baiyin only remembered this important matter when he was halfway there. It would be a bit troublesome to go back to the student union office now, as he didn't know whether the current president had left.

Just ask each class one by one. Anyway, you can rule out your own class C first.

The class divisions at Shuchiin were not hierarchical like those in a certain ○○ Supreme classroom, but were randomly assigned by computer, so Shirogane decided to ask in order of position.

First, he stopped a girl with pink hair and a plump figure that looked very maternal and friendly. He politely asked, "Hello, classmate, is there a girl named Shinomiya Kaguya in your class?"

"Hey, are you looking for Kaguya-chan?"

The girl's already cute smile brightened even more. She tugged at Shirogane's sleeve, pulled him aside, and whispered, "Hey, tell me first, why are you looking for Kaguya-chan? So, you're going to confess your love, right?!"

What's with those big, sparkling eyes? Is dating gossip really that appealing to high school girls?

Also, how can you confess your feelings without knowing if the other person is in the same class as you?

Baiyin spoke truthfully, "It's not a confession, it's something else."

"Oh, boring."

The expression on the pink-haired girl's face disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, and she casually pointed to another classroom.

"Kaguya-chan is in Class B. Do you want me to call her out for you?"

"Well, that's even better, thank you."

Generally speaking, there is actually a special invisible wall between different classes in high school, and the default rule is that students who are not from the same class cannot enter at will.

The phenomenon is even more serious in neon, which focuses on "reading the air".

But for the pink-haired girl, there seemed to be no such restrictions at all. She entered the other class's classroom normally, and then whispered a few words to the beautiful girl with long black hair sitting by the window in the last row.

Then the girl with long black hair slowly stood up, left the classroom at a leisurely pace, and came to Baiyin.

Her appearance is quite delicate, but her gray eyes and cold temperament make her look like a finely carved porcelain doll.

Beautiful but lifeless.

"What do you want from me?"

Shinomiya Kaguya spoke. Although she was at a complete disadvantage in terms of height with only 1.58 meters, she created an inorganic sense of oppression with her expressionless face and deliberately slowed breathing, giving her a vague look of looking down on others.

It seemed that her true perspective was always high up in the sky. Most students would feel uncomfortable facing such a gaze, as if their entire human value was being devalued.

Baiyin, who has received abnormal training from the Bai family and is almost fully resistant to monsters, will naturally not be affected by this effect of reducing attack power.

Her attitude has always been very natural, as if she were just an ordinary girl.

"Shinomiya-san, I came to you specifically for two reasons. First, I want to express my gratitude. I will always remember your life-saving grace. Now, I may seem like just a passing bug to you, and it may sound like arrogant talk, but who can predict the future? When you need me most, I will definitely do something for you. Anything."

Shirogane stared into Kaguya Shinomiya's cold dark red eyes without showing any weakness, his tone extremely sincere.

But the girl was not moved at all. She just thought it was good that the guy in front of her had the courage to look directly at her.

There was a hint of self-awareness in his words, but not much.

She also said that if you help her do anything in the future, the caterpillar may become a butterfly, but it will never become an elephant, let alone a god who can fulfill wishes.

Does this person really think of himself as a god?

The girl twirled her hair with her hands and said impatiently, "Hurry up and finish the second thing. I want to go back to my seat and read."

"Well, the second thing is—let's have a showdown, Shinomiya! In the form of an exam."

"A showdown?" As if she had heard something incredible, Kaguya Shinomiya was suddenly unable to react.

When it comes to exams, no one has ever said anything like this to her since she was a child. She has a huge lead over the second-best student in the grade and she doesn't consider anyone as her rival.

Baiyin continued, "If I can surpass you in grades and become the top student in this midterm exam, you will join the student union."

"Huh? That's really meaningless. Why do you think I would accept such a boring challenge?"

No, the challenger is actually you.

Shirogane learned about Kaguya Shinomiya's grades from the president. She has always been the top student in the grade since she was a child, but she is still a few points away from getting full marks in all subjects.

And these few points are the real difference between heaven and earth.

I have to defeat her in the area where she is best at in order to successfully bring her into the student union.

The president's previous ways of showing sincerity must have seemed as ridiculous as a clown's tricks to this thorny girl.

Sincerity is just the icing on the cake. Only strength is the most important capital. This is also applicable to the relationship between men and women.

"Reject because you're bored?"

Baiyin raised his chin slightly, deliberately showing an arrogant smile, "Don't tell me that as a member of the Shinomiya family, you don't even have the courage to face the challenge?"

Chapter 6 Kaguya: The Advantage is in Me

"I've heard that the Shinomiya family is a perfectionist family. No matter what field they venture into, they're determined to achieve perfection. But Shinomiya Kaguya-san, although you've always been top of your class, it seems you've never gotten a perfect score in any subject, right?"

"Is that what you wanted to say? A poor way of provoking me."

Having said that, Shinomiya Kaguya's fingertips clenched the moment Baiyin's words came out, and her pupils contracted violently in the dark red irises, which became more eye-catching against the backdrop of her long straight black hair.

"The questions at Shuzhiyuan aren't that simple. For ordinary people, even getting a perfect score on one subject is considered excellent. Do you think you can get a perfect score on all subjects?"

"Of course, I will surpass you and take first place in this exam, and I will get full marks in all subjects. That's why I haven't given my name yet because there's no need. Anyway, my name will be ranked first when the exam is over."

Baiyin said slowly, "But you, Shinomiya-san, if you don't even have the courage to accept the challenge, others might think... that you, the heir of the Shinomiya family, are afraid of losing."

These words were like a fuse, instantly igniting the girl's anger.

Her cheeks were flushed with anger, and her eyes, staring at Baiyin, also showed some emotional colors, no longer a blank dark red.

"You insolent fellow—if I win, you will pay the price for your arrogance in front of the entire school."

"no problem."

Baiyin raised the corner of his mouth, revealing a confident smile, "If I lose, you can ask me to do anything, but remember, if you lose, remember to join the student union."

"You're just daydreaming! Just wait for your embarrassment!"

Shinomiya Kaguya snorted coldly, turned around and strode towards the classroom.

To dare to declare war on her with such arrogance, he's no longer an ordinary student. I must give him a heavy beating!

The girl took out her cell phone and edited a text message and sent it. Then she picked up a Chinese test paper and started working on it.

With a full score of 100, she only scored 97 points at most, which is considered a relatively weak subject and she must focus on strengthening her practice.

In her heart, Kaguya Shinomiya did not admit that she took the so-called duel seriously. She felt that such arrogant people were not worthy of being her opponents, and now she was studying hard just to challenge her limits.

Goal - full marks in all subjects!

During the lunch break at noon, Kaguya Shinomiya met her loyal maid Hayasaka Ai in a secluded corner of the campus.

"Have you checked the information about that person?"

"Ah."

Dressed in a blonde JK girl outfit, Hayasaka Ai, looking exceptionally youthful and beautiful, pulled out a pink notebook she always carried with her and read out expressionlessly, "Shirogane Miyuki, first-year mixed-class student, special admissions student, student council secretary, ranked ninth on the entrance exam with 469 points. Family financially struggling, has to work three odd jobs every day, but for some reason she skipped all of them yesterday. Currently single..."

"Forget about information not related to study," Shinomiya Kaguya interrupted Hayasaka Ai's report. "How dare a mere ninth-ranked scumbag challenge me? How foolish!"

Hayasaka Ai put away her notebook and said, "Is that how you see him, Kaguya-san? But I think it's a sign of courage. He knew the chances of winning were almost zero, yet he still charged forward without hesitation."

"That's not courage, that's recklessness," Shinomiya Kaguya corrected. "Just like Don Quixote charging like a windmill, it's a reckless act that no normal person would do."

"But he did manage to attract your attention, didn't he? After all, this is the first time you've asked me to look up information on a boy from the same school."

"Hayasaka, I'll say it again. No matter who the opponent is, as long as I agree to compete with him, no matter how much I despise him strategically, I must treat him as my opponent tactically. As the saying goes, even a lion will fight a rabbit with all its might."

"No matter what, he is now truly regarded as an individual by you, Miss Kaguya, and no longer a weed by the roadside."

Hayasaka Ai added, "Actually, Shirogane Miyuki also tried to get in touch with you when he first entered school. For example, he tried to help you by talking to you while you were moving things, but you ignored him every time."

Shinomiya Kaguya frowned. "Is that true? Now that you mention it, I do have some impression of him. Compared to my memory, this guy called Shirogane has changed a lot."

She continued, "There's no such thing as unprovoked help in this world. If you want to receive something, you must first give it. He definitely wants to help me because he has some ulterior motive. And for someone with ill intentions, isn't it the right thing to ignore him?"

"Hey."

Hayasaka Ai sighed softly.

The things that happened in junior high school had a huge impact on her.

As the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family, Kaguya's every word and action will be taken out by many people and reorganized according to their needs.

Whether it is a fact or a groundless rumor, it can become a fascinating and interesting topic in the eyes of some people.

It was on the seventh anniversary of Kaguya Shinomiya's mother's death. Kaguya Shinomiya heard her classmates discussing that she was the child of a concubine.

As for her mother's affairs, Kaguya Shinomiya only told people she was close to, and those who knew about her mother also promised Kaguya to keep it a secret.

But someone obviously broke their promise.

Since then, Shinomiya Kaguya has also made the decision that only those who can keep secrets can be her friends, and began to use "testing people's hearts" as her way of doing things. She would tell specific people the secrets that "would make people want to gossip", and later, let Hayasaka Ai discuss this topic with people around that person.

See if there will be any leaks.

Unfortunately, in junior high school, the only person who passed this test was Fujiwara Chika.

From then on, Shinomiya Kaguya became unusually wary of outsiders, as if she was completely frozen. She would only reveal her girlish side in front of herself and Fujiwara Chika.

When thinking of this, Hayasaka Ai felt quite uncomfortable, as if something was pinching her.

Even though he was the person Kaguya Shinomiya trusted the most, he was actually a "traitor" sent to monitor her...

Although her heart was aching, Hayasaka Ai's appearance did not change at all, and she continued:

"Miss Kaguya, if he had ulterior motives towards the person he was helping, how do you explain what happened yesterday? As a newly enrolled mixed-class student, he didn't know the identity of the person who fell into the water. He clearly couldn't swim, but he still went into the water. What benefit was there that was worth risking his life for?"

"Because he's stupid."

Shinomiya Kaguya folded her arms across her chest and made a final decision on Shirogane Miyuki's character with an unquestionable tone.

"A fool who is both stupid and arrogant."

"Then Ms. Kaguya, do you need to follow up on his studies?"

"no."

Shinomiya Kaguya waved her hand and said proudly, "No matter what, first place versus ninth place, 495 points versus 469 points, the advantage is mine!!"

Chapter 7: Longzhu Tao's Straight Confession

The spring sunshine shines through the wire fence, casting mottled spots of light on the rooftop.

Long Zhutao lowered her beret slightly, and the brim just covered her iris-colored eyes.

She sat on a plaid picnic mat, her long light blue hair lifted by the wind, a few strands flowing over her shoulders like crushed light.