Chapter 15: Are These Really High School Students?

[Bit by bit, I will completely erode them away, and then climb upward with the entire class, and in the end, I will trample Class A, and that guy in Class A, underfoot together.]

When he left, Ryuen's face bloomed into a smile, just like a hunter who had discovered prey.

And all of his mental activity was heard clearly by Saiki.

'Good grief, here comes another troublesome guy.'

Saiki used the corner of his eye to look in the direction Ryuen left in.

'In a certain sense, Ryuen and Ayanokoji are a bit similar, both of them treat the people around them as chess pieces and tools... Are today's high school students already all like this?'

'But without a doubt, this guy called Ryuen will surely cause a lot of trouble afterward.'

'At this point, both inside and outside the class, it has become somewhat dangerous.'

Inside the class, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, having heard Chabashira Sae's information, had already started to have some suspicions toward Saiki.

And outside the class, their Class C had again become Ryuen's target.

At this moment, Saiki truly wanted to let out a sigh. This simply could not be called a school, right?

"I am very sorry, Saiki-kun!"

Shiina Hiyori hurriedly explained to Saiki, "This is someone from our class, called Ryuen... Saiki-kun, it's best not to get into conflict with him."

[Ryuen-kun, in the first month after the school started, basically beat up almost all the boys in the class, thereby obtaining the right to speak for the class... Although I do not agree with his methods, Ryuen-kun indeed successfully completed the organization of the class. He is quite an incredible person... If our Class D wants to climb back up, surely Ryuen's power will be necessary.]

'Is this some kind of hot-blooded high school drama?'

Saiki for a moment did not know how to complain about this. This was clearly a school, but Ryuen and the others forcibly turned it into something like a fighting arena.

'In any case, I must try my best to avoid conflict with Ryuen and them. If it really turns into a brawl...'

Even with the limiter existing, Saiki still found it difficult to perfectly control his power. Sending Ryuen flying out of the atmosphere with one punch was by no means impossible.

[Whoa, isn't that Saiki?!]

And just at that time, Saiki heard familiar voices coming from the side.

It was precisely the idiot trio formed by Ike Kanji, Sudo Ken, and Yamauchi Haruki. They had probably just finished buying some snacks and drinks for tonight's gathering and happened to pass by here. After all, this café was quite close to the student supermarket.

'Compared with guys like Ayanokoji and Ryuen, the idiot trio's personalities could be said to be simple to the extreme. They didn't have any scheming, though to me, it makes no difference anyway. I can hear their thoughts either way.'

The idiot trio ought to be the ones who more accurately fit the image of ordinary high school students.

[Wait, who's that person next to Saiki?]

[A beautiful girl I've never seen! Not from our class!]

[Usually Saiki doesn't have any sense of presence in the class, but it turns out he's already hooking up with girls from other classes?! I'm so jealous! Tonight, I must ask Saiki how he did it!]

'I take back what I just thought. These three are complete idiots.'

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After chatting a bit more with Shiina Hiyori about detective novels, the two of them left the café.

Shiina Hiyori first returned to the dormitory. Saiki then headed to the supermarket to buy some snacks, according to what the others had said.

Although Saiki absolutely did not agree with holding a celebration party in his own room that night, things had come to this point, and he could only let it go naturally.

After he more or less finished buying things, Saiki returned to the dormitory to rest. But he did not get to rest for long, as several other classmates came one after another to Saiki's room.

"Sorry to intrude, Saiki!"

Kushida smiled as she spoke to Saiki, and at the same time let her gaze sweep around Saiki's room.

"We're here!" Behind Kushida was the idiot trio.

After they entered Saiki's room, the three of them couldn't help showing a surprised expression on their faces.

[Saiki's room is this clean?]

'After all, I don't really sleep here every night.'

[I didn't expect Saiki's room to be so neat and tidy. I thought it would look as awful as mine.]

'Please don't lump me together with you. Also, what exactly does your room look like? I almost don't dare to imagine.'

[Saiki-kun's room must have been very messy. It must be because he knew we were coming, no, it must be because he knew Kushida-san was coming, that he tidied up in advance! While getting closer to Kushida-san, he also doesn't forget to hook up with girls from other classes. Saiki, you are amazing! You have earned my respect!]

'Sorry, but I don't need your respect. Also, do you have a deep misunderstanding of me?'

As Saiki expected, this idiot trio's brains truly didn't work very well.

Earlier, Saiki had indeed considered deliberately messing up the room, so he could stop them from wanting to have the party here. But thinking that he might instead be misunderstood or even despised more, he finally chose to keep it as it was.

"Sorry to intrude."

Very soon, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka also arrived here, with Horikita Suzune following beside him.

"Horikita? Why did you come?"

Sudo Ken was a bit surprised. He didn't think Horikita Suzune would also participate in this celebration party.

Earlier, they hadn't planned to invite Horikita Suzune, because they also knew that with her personality, she would absolutely refuse.

[I don't want to attend such a boring gathering. Just the second-to-last results are enough for you to celebrate. You guys are nothing but burdens. If it weren't for getting the test questions in advance, we would still be Class D, maybe even with all class points deducted!]

Horikita Suzune almost wrote her impatience all over her face.

If not for Ayanokoji Kiyotaka insisting, she would never have come to such a boring thing.

'Although it's unpleasant to hear, I very much agree with what you said.' Saiki thought in his heart.

Different from Horikita Suzune, he almost never showed emotions on his face.

[Leaving aside Ayanokoji, Chabashira-sensei specifically mentioned Saiki's name. Even though in every way he looks completely ordinary... could it be that he really can control his own ranking?]

Horikita Suzune's sharp gaze landed on Saiki, but very soon returned to Sudo Ken. Just as she was about to say something, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka spoke first.

"Oh, I invited Horikita to come together."

[At present, Horikita is a very worthwhile tool to cultivate. With her acting as a puppet attracting attention, I will be able to act more freely in the class, and it can also prevent all sorts of unexpected situations.]

[But before that, she must first grow a bit.]

[To become a suitable chess piece, Horikita at least needs to become a relatively proper leader within the class. First, she needs to improve her interpersonal relationships.] Ayanokoji Kiyotaka thought so in his heart.

Bringing Horikita Suzune here was precisely to make her relationships with the other classmates slightly better.

He was very clear about why Horikita Suzune had been assigned to this class, it was because of her aloof personality.

If she wanted to go further, she had to be "recognized" by the people around her.

And Ayanokoji Kiyotaka could never have imagined that all his inner thoughts were being clearly heard by Saiki.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was, without doubt, a weirdo.

"Because Chabashira-sensei has said that anyone who fails the midterm exam will be directly expelled, Horikita-san actually doesn't want anyone in the class to leave. So she wanted to take this opportunity to discuss with everyone how to deal with the upcoming exams, only that earlier there was no good chance to express her intention." Ayanokoji Kiyotaka further explained.

"I see." Ike Kanji nodded in surprise.

[I thought Horikita-san was the type who didn't care at all about her classmates... I didn't expect that she actually cares about everyone.]

'Your original thought was not wrong.' Saiki inwardly replied to Ike Kanji's thoughts.

[I don't care what happens to you burdens. If possible, I really wish you'd get expelled, so you wouldn't drag our class down!]

[If I wasn't worried about what Ayanokoji said, that someone being expelled might affect the class evaluation, I would never have come here.]

[I will rise to Class A, and I will absolutely not allow you people to hold me back!] At this moment, Horikita Suzune was inwardly muttering to herself.

Saiki felt a bit helpless. This kind of aloof personality of Horikita Suzune was also a headache.

Such a person, Ayanokoji actually wanted to "use" her?

But because of Ayanokoji's words just now, the others seemed to have a slightly better attitude toward Horikita Suzune.

[What is she pretending for? Just looking at her is disgusting.]

Without needing to think, Saiki knew the voice's source, it was Kushida.

If at this time he transmitted their thoughts into everyone's minds, the scene would instantly descend into chaos.

Saiki absolutely did not want them to make a huge mess in his room.

[Saiki's room is so clean, you can't even see a bit of trash. It's as if he doesn't sleep here at all. Could it be that Saiki actually doesn't sleep in the dormitory every night?]

At this moment, Saiki captured another thought. Hearing this, he couldn't help feeling a thud in his heart.

The voice's source was Ayanokoji.

After entering Saiki's room, Ayanokoji began observing the surroundings, wanting to deduce Saiki's identity from clues.

'This guy... is even trickier than I imagined. His powers of observation are terrifying.' Saiki had already started thinking about how to explain.

[No, the possibility is very low. Saiki's room is located further inside. If he left the dormitory at night, other classmates should have seen it. Even if he left the dormitory, where could he stay? Unless it was in someone else's dorm, but the possibility is also very low. If he had been staying elsewhere, he would definitely have been noticed. Besides, there's no special reason for him to do so.]

[At present, it's more likely that Saiki has a cleanliness obsession? So he keeps the whole room spotless, without any trash.]

Saiki silently let out a long breath.

Although he was now labeled as having a cleanliness obsession, at least that was better than having the other discover the truth.

Even though Ayanokoji's powers of observation were strong and his intelligence very high, for him, supernatural powers were still outside the scope of understanding.

[The snacks Saiki brought back are basically all sweet things. I've seen him several times in the cafeteria before, and he seemed to always buy sweet foods. It looks like he really likes this kind of food. Is it simply personal taste? If someone frequently engages in high-intensity mental work, they also need to supplement sugar. Possibly...]

'I just purely like eating them.'

[There are several detective novels on the table. Saiki seems to sometimes go to the library, probably to borrow these books. I don't dislike reading myself. Detective novels can also train reasoning ability to some extent. Then Saiki's logical reasoning skills should not be bad. In the future, I might deliberately use detective novels as a topic to get close to Saiki, and thereby probe for more information.]

'By that time, I'll just say I read them casually to pass the time.'

[At present, there's no way to get more information from Saiki. He has the habit of reading detective novels and likes sweet foods. These more or less prove that he likely has a good mind. But for now, this is all I can get. Is he really someone sent by that man? But anyone from the White Room can't possibly surpass me.]

'What White Room? What man? This has nothing to do with me.'

If he could, Saiki really wanted to directly tell Ayanokoji Kiyotaka that he had nothing to do with any White Room.

But that was impossible.

'First, I have to think of a way to dispel Ayanokoji's suspicions about me... Damn it... Being arranged into this school, it really was no good thing.'

Before enrolling, Saiki never thought that his high school life could actually be this exhausting.

He must quickly dispel the suspicions others had of him; otherwise, the next three years would be full of endless trouble...

"Since everyone is here, let's start! I brought a lot of snacks for everyone!"

Though inwardly cursing Horikita Suzune nonstop, Kushida didn't show any emotion on her face. Instead, she looked very happy.

"Sure, let's start!"

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