Chapter 14: Dragon Boy, Grand Debut!

Saiki was unable to understand why these people, without asking, simply counted him in. And just as he was about to refuse, right next to him Kushida also smiled and said, "Sorry to trouble you, Saiki-kun! Then, after we each finish dinner and get our things ready later, let's meet up in front of Saiki's room door!"

'Hey hey hey hey hey hey, why is it that we are meeting in front of my room door… Could it be that you all intend to hold it directly inside my room?'

Saiki's face was full of dark lines. Using his telepathy, he had already known the answer to this question, but without any chance to express his opinion, the others had already left.

Just now, Saiki's attention had been completely focused on Chazuka Sae and Ayanokoji over there, and he had entirely overlooked the situation on this side of the school building. As a result, things had become like this, and while he wasn't around, the others had already arbitrarily made the decision on their own.

And at that moment, Saiki's mobile terminal vibrated once. He took out his phone, it was a message from Shiina Hiyori.

[Shiina Hiyori: Saiki-kun, will you have time later? Do you want to have some coffee? Recently I finished reading several pretty good novels, you can take a look too!]

Facing Hiyori's invitation, Saiki did not hesitate much, and immediately gave an affirmative reply.

He had heard that the café in the school also sold some really good desserts. Before, there hadn't been any opportunity to go, and now was exactly the right time to try them.

Besides, the café was not particularly far from the school's supermarket. Things had already developed to this point, so he could only go along with it naturally and buy some snacks and drinks.

If, by then, everyone else had brought snacks but he came empty-handed, there was no telling that he might be disliked by the others, and perhaps after that it would bring about a huge amount of trouble again.

Saiki let out a sigh, then could only walk toward the location of the café.

"Saiki-kun!"

After a few minutes, Saiki arrived in the café, and at a glance saw Hiyori.

On Hiyori's face was a smile. Her light-purple eyes cast a focused gaze, falling onto Saiki.

Long before Saiki came near the café, he could clearly hear Hiyori's thoughts.

[Huhuhu, this is the first time inviting Saiki-kun out… No no no, not just Saiki-kun, this is the first time I've invited any peer at all…]

[After all, before this, there wasn't any common topic with the others, they simply had no interest in detective novels.]

[Saiki-kun should be arriving soon…]

Regarding matters of interpersonal relations, Hiyori could be said to be completely clueless. Although in the eyes of others, Hiyori was that kind of slightly "aloof" person, in reality, Hiyori very much longed to make friends.

In her eyes, Saiki was her only friend, who shared the same hobby. To Hiyori, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call Saiki a soulmate, so Hiyori always placed great importance on spending time with Saiki.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Saiki politely greeted Hiyori.

"It's fine, it's fine! I also just arrived!"

Hiyori quickly waved her hand, telling Saiki not to mind it.

But Saiki, using his telepathy, knew that Hiyori had actually arrived at the café long ago, and had hesitated for quite a while before sending Saiki the message.

Saiki lowered his head, on the table were placed several different styles of coffee puddings.

"These are what I ordered for you in advance, Saiki-kun. I don't know if you like them. If you don't like them, then I'll go buy some other flavors…"

Without waiting for Hiyori to finish speaking, Saiki nodded very forcefully.

This was coffee pudding, there was no reason to refuse.

'They look really good. Even though all of them are coffee puddings, the way they are made is completely different from those in the cafeteria. This presentation is also very exquisite. Judging by the looks, the taste definitely won't be bad.'

Saiki's body leaned forward slightly, his gaze fixed on the pudding before him. The crystal-clear pudding looked extremely tempting.

"That's wonderful!"

Hiyori, seeing Saiki like this, also showed a smile on her face.

[I have never been to the school cafeteria… There are too many people there… But earlier I happened to see Saiki-kun coming out of the cafeteria a few times. Every time, he had packed some desserts and snacks, and the most frequent was coffee pudding. He must really like it, so I ordered these desserts.]

'Yare yare, a few times packing sweets to bring back to the dorm was seen? It was mainly to avoid running into those troublesome guys.'

Saiki heard Hiyori's thoughts. It was from her observations that she judged Saiki to be very fond of sweets, so she had specially ordered in advance some desserts he might like.

Moreover, Hiyori had also calculated in advance approximately how much time Saiki would take to get here. When he arrived at the café, these desserts were just about ready to be served.

Whether it was Hiyori's powers of observation or her reasoning ability, both were extremely good. Perhaps because she usually read detective novels. But Saiki did not mind at all.

Saiki picked up a small spoon, gently scooped a piece of pudding, and put it into his mouth.

In the next instant, his eyes opened slightly wider. Although the taste was different from the one in the cafeteria, it was absolutely delicious.

Under the influence of the pudding, Saiki almost showed a "happy" expression at that moment.

"It seems Saiki-kun really likes eating sweets!" Hiyori said with a smile, and then immediately took out a few books from her bag and handed them to Saiki.

"These are a few novels I read recently! If Saiki-kun is interested, you can take a look!"

Although Hiyori was usually not good at communicating with others, once it came to detective novels, she would seem like an entirely different person.

"Thank you very much." Saiki nodded, taking the books Hiyori handed over.

Although the moment he received the books, Hiyori's thoughts had almost completely spoiled all the content, considering that this time she was the one treating, and also considering that a personality like hers was rare in the whole school, and that their relationship could be considered alright at present, Saiki still chose to accept Hiyori's books.

Seeing Saiki take the novels, Hiyori's smile seemed to become even more radiant, "By the way, Saiki-kun, congratulations on your class being promoted to Class C!"

"Thank you. But didn't your class more or less drop down to Class D?"

Strictly speaking, the class Saiki belonged to and the class Hiyori belonged to were in a competitive relationship. But he knew Hiyori's words just now were quite sincere.

"That was something unavoidable, after all. Everyone just started school, and there were some who haven't fully adapted to the school's rhythm. Also, nobody was sufficiently prepared for the surprise exam, so we could only accept the current situation." Hiyori lightly shook her head.

[But because of this demotion, the atmosphere in the class has undergone some slight changes. Dragon Boy used some extreme methods to forcibly twist the class into a collective. Although I don't approve of those methods, from a long-term perspective, if our class wants to keep progressing, Dragon Boy's strength is indispensable.]

[After these results came out, Dragon Boy seems to have set his sights on Saiki-kun's class.]

[I also don't like how because of these conflicts, cracks appear among classmates and between classes, destroying everyone's harmony… If possible, I hope everyone can get along peacefully…]

'Dragon Boy?'

Saiki heard an unfamiliar name. It should be one of Hiyori's classmates.

But Saiki had absolutely no interest, not only in this person called Dragon Boy, but also in the disputes between classes.

Of course, as long as these things did not affect him.

"Isn't this Hiyori?"

And right at that moment, an unfamiliar boy's voice sounded behind Saiki.

Although he hadn't seen the other's face, through Hiyori's thoughts, he could already guess that person's identity.

Ryuen Kakeru.

Saiki turned around and looked at the other.

A tall build, appearing very sturdy. Under delinquent-like long hair was an extremely rugged face, but in his expression was a kind of arrogance and cynicism.

Ryuen, precisely the person Hiyori had just thought of in her mind.

And standing next to Ryuen was an even larger-built Black man. Even Ryuenlooked somewhat small beside him.

Yamada Albert, also currently one of the students of Class D. But on his dark skin there were a few clearly visible scars.

On the other side was a girl in a school uniform, with a slightly petite figure. Blue short hair, features that were not bad, but the sharp gaze in her eyes made her have nothing to do with "cute."

Ibuki Mio, also Ryuen's classmate.

[So Hiyori is here. Didn't expect her to actually have friends. In the class, her personality looks extremely withdrawn, and she doesn't really talk to others. And now she seems to be on a date with someone?]

[Not one of our class. With Hiyori's personality, she shouldn't have much contact with upperclassmen either… This person must be from one of the other three classes.]

[But no matter which class it is, sooner or later I will trample them underfoot! Even though we are currently Class D, I will climb up step by step, and when you three classes let down your guards, I will devour you so thoroughly that not even the bones are left!]

Saiki could hear Ryuen's thoughts, sounding almost like a declaration of war.

'Yare yare, a troublesome guy has appeared.'

The reason Saiki didn't want his class rank to be too high was precisely because he feared this kind of situation. The higher the rank, the easier it was to become someone's target.

But as a first-year who had only been in school for a month, this Ryuen's belligerence was a bit too strong.

'As long as it doesn't affect me, it doesn't matter.'

Saiki did not let his gaze stay on Ryuen for long. He soon shifted his attention back to the pudding in front of him. No matter what the other party wanted to do, as long as it had nothing to do with him, Saiki couldn't be bothered.

But at this moment, Ryuen's attention was still focused on Saiki.

[He looks pretty scrawny. The type whose academic ability surpasses physical ability?]

[Since he's from another class, sooner or later he will be my stepping stone.]

[But currently I don't know anything about this person. I'll provoke him a little to see his reaction. Maybe from that I can get some information.]

Ryuen noticed the pudding in front of Saiki, and was preparing to deliberately knock it over as provocation.

This was his usual tactic, first provoking his target, making the other lose their temper, assessing their personality and abilities, and exposing weaknesses. Then he would use all kinds of methods to thoroughly subdue them.

Albert was exactly the reason why he had become Ryuen's follower. Even though he used to be a delinquent too, he was defeated by Ryuen, who was a size smaller, and even developed fear in his heart, eventually becoming his henchman.

'If you dare to knock my pudding to the ground, then three months from now you will bleed from every pore in your body and die.' Saiki's gaze in that instant became incomparably cold. He was not joking.

As long as Ryuen dared to make any move, Saiki would absolutely make him pay a price.

But Saiki soon realized Ryuen's idea could not be carried out and didn't need his own intervention.

"Ryuen-kun, I am chatting with my friend. If you have any business, could you please wait until later?" And at that moment, Hiyori raised her head and smiled at Ryuen.

Although Hiyori was not good at dealing with people, on such occasions she clearly expressed her attitude, not wishing for Ryuen to come looking for trouble here.

As a classmate, Hiyori knew Ryuen's methods. Anything he did was basically resolved with violence.

Even when school had just started and nobody was familiar yet, Ryuen had forcibly used violence to gain control of the class.

Many people in the class hated Ryuen, but they could only feel angry without daring to say anything.

[In the whole class, there aren't many people who dare talk to the boss like that…] Albert muttered in his heart, glancing sideways at Ibuki Mio, but soon his gaze returned to Hiyori.

Saiki could hear Albert's thoughts. Unlike others, Albert's inner voice was entirely in English, but Saiki could understand.

[Hiyori, her mind must be the most outstanding in all of Class D. No one can compare. Extremely smart.]

[She doesn't like conflict, so she can't be used as a pawn. But without a doubt, Hiyori's existence is necessary for our class. Her intelligence may be very important in the future.]

[At least for now, it's best to maintain a passable relationship with Hiyori. If I let the relationship worsen just to probe this guy, it would not be worth it.]

In that instant, Ryuenmade this judgment in his mind. Then a smile appeared on his face, "I was just passing by, and saw you two here, so I came to say hi. Let's get along well another time!"

Ryuen waved his hand, then led his followers out of the café.

"Who was that guy?"

"A first-year freshman? He looks so arrogant. And the one next to him?"

"Better not provoke him!"

Saiki could hear the people around discussing Ryuen.

Although Ryuen looked like an extremely violent person, on this occasion he was very calm.

[Let's make Class C our first target.]

[There is still some time before the midterm exam. I'll use this month to observe Class C and gather information about them.]

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