Chapter 107: A Surprisingly Considerate Horikita Suzune!
What surprised Yuto was Sotomura Hideo, that chubby otaku.
He was actually in the classroom too.
It seemed Sotomura was different from Ike Kanji and the others. He had taken the midterm seriously and was afraid of being forcibly expelled by the school.
Yuto looked around Class D and nodded in satisfaction.
Right now, the students had split into several small circles to study together. The study atmosphere was fairly good.
At this rate, the students of Class D should be able to achieve decent results on the midterm, right?
Yuto and Kei returned to their seats.
Kei carefully turned her desk around and joined it with Yuto's.
After that, Kei happily watched her handsome boyfriend while miserably studying.
She experienced heaven and hell at the same time.
Since Yuto had already finished learning all the material for this school year last month, he did not study.
Instead, he took out the first volume of Journey Under the Midnight Sun, a mystery novel, and began reading.
The school had a massive library.
It contained all kinds of study materials, as well as famous books from around the world.
The mystery novel Yuto was reading, Journey Under the Midnight Sun, and Horikita Suzune's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold had both been borrowed from that library.
As Kei studied bitterly and Yuto read his novel, a note was tossed over from Yuto's right side.
Kei, who was not fully focused on studying, noticed it.
Her lively eyes widened slightly, and she looked at the person who had passed Yuto the note in disbelief.
It was Horikita Suzune who had passed Yuto a note...
Kei was not very familiar with Suzune, because Suzune was too cold.
She rarely took the initiative to speak with anyone.
But only with Kei's boyfriend, Yuto, did she seem able to talk properly!
However, because Suzune had always been cold and did not cling to Yuto like Kikyo, Kei had never treated her as a love rival.
But now, Suzune had passed Yuto a note right in front of her!
Yuto was also rather surprised by Suzune passing a note.
After all, Suzune did not look like the type of person who would take the initiative to pass notes.
Yuto turned and glanced at her.
Suzune's expression remained cold, and she looked focused on studying, as if the person who had passed the note just now was not her at all.
Yuto looked at Suzune's note.
[Although the students of Class D are actively participating in the study group, Sudo Ken, Ike Kanji, and Yamauchi Haruki, the ones who need it most, are absent. What do you think about this, Shimizu?]
After reading the note, Yuto noticed that Kei, seated across from him, was looking at him with sour eyes.
Yuto smiled and handed Suzune's note to her.
After discovering that the note was about studying, Kei's jealousy faded a lot.
She felt a little ashamed, thinking she had made too big a deal of it.
Although Suzune was quite pretty, she was too cold.
And her figure was worse than Kei's too.
She definitely was not the type Yuto would like.
Feeling a little guilty, Kei obediently returned the note to Yuto.
Yuto smiled at Kei, whose eyes were shifting around. "Not jealous anymore?"
"I wasn't jealous~" Kei answered somewhat bashfully.
Yuto smiled, wrote a reply on the note, and tossed it back to Suzune.
[I'm not surprised they didn't come study. What surprises me is that you actually care about those three enough to pass me a note for them, Horikita.]
Yuto's reply was full of teasing.
But Suzune's expression did not change.
She quickly wrote a line.
[If this continues, there is a high chance they will fail the midterm. If their midterm results are bad, it should affect the class points Class D receives, right?]
[I am determined to rise to Class A. I do not want them dragging me down.]
Suzune's reply made Yuto smile.
Because her response carried a tsundere flavor.
It was like she clearly cared about others, but had to find an excuse and say her concern was only incidental.
[If you don't want them dragging you down, do you have any ideas? Let me state this first. I can only restrain their discipline. I can't restrain their studying.]
[Besides, students forced to study won't actually learn anything.]
Looking at Yuto's two replies, Suzune silently nodded.
Indeed.
When it came to studying, if someone was forced, their efficiency would be extremely low.
It might even have the opposite effect, making their grades worse and causing them to hate studying.
Suzune wrote down her thoughts and tossed the note back to Yuto.
[My method is to privately teach them. So I want to ask you to find their friends and have those friends invite them to the quiet library. Then I will personally teach them.]
Suzune's note made Yuto raise an eyebrow.
So that was her idea.
Fine.
Yuto did not want to act as Ike's nanny.
Since Suzune wanted to do it, he would let her.
However, this did conflict with Yuto's plan to clean out the worms.
After all, Yuto had planned to remove those four poor students who would drag the class down while Class D's class points were zero.
"Then let's give them one chance. Besides, I don't think they'll study seriously anyway," Yuto murmured softly.
Since he did not plan to stop Suzune, he wrote a reply on the note.
[I can ask Kikyo to invite them.]
Kikyo was Class D's little angel.
If she stepped forward, Ike and the others would definitely follow her happily to the library.
Yuto now felt that Kikyo was truly too convenient as a helper.
However, Suzune strongly opposed it.
[No! We absolutely cannot ask Kushida Kikyo for this!]
[Why?]
[Because she will definitely get involved. I hate her... no, it should be that she hates me. And even though she hates me, she keeps inexplicably clinging to me.]
Yuto glanced at Kikyo, who was studying with everyone up front.
Although he was not sure whether Kikyo hated Suzune, Yuto knew that Kikyo had a strange fixation on her.
[If you won't let Kikyo participate, who do you plan to ask to invite those three? It definitely can't be me. They'll only be afraid of me.]
[Have Ayanokouji invite them. I often see Ayanokouji mixing with those three, so I think their relationship should be fairly good.]
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, huh...
Yuto silently nodded.
He had been planning to contact Ayanokouji too, especially after learning that his father was Ayanokouji Atsuomi.
Judging from Ayanokouji Atsuomi ordering Chabashira to process Kiyotaka's withdrawal, this father and son probably had some conflict.
Otherwise, when Atsuomi contacted Chabashira, he would not have directly demanded withdrawal.
He would have asked Chabashira to call Kiyotaka over so he could speak with him.
Yuto did not want to know about the conflict between father and son.
He was just somewhat curious why Ayanokouji Kiyotaka from the White Room was attending this school.
Yuto looked around the classroom and unexpectedly found that Ayanokouji Kiyotaka was not here.
So finding him to talk would not work right now.
[Horikita, Ayanokouji isn't in the classroom. I'll ask Kikyo for his contact information later, then ask Ayanokouji to invite Ike and the others.]
[Then I'll leave it to you.]
Just like that, Yuto and Suzune's note-passing ended.
...
At that moment, Ryuen Kakeru, who was wandering around the school, was found by Tonokawa from Class 2-A.
"You're saying you have a good method to make Shimizu Yuto withdraw?"
Ryuen suspiciously studied the man standing across from him.
Ryuen was not just a delinquent driven only by revenge.
He was actually quite sharp and suspicious, and he would not easily believe what others said.
"That's right," Tonokawa answered calmly.
"Is that so? Then what grudge do you have against Shimizu Yuto that you want him expelled?"
Ryuen asked bluntly.
"That has nothing to do with you, and I have nothing to say about it."
"In short, I will provide you with a method that can absolutely make Shimizu Yuto withdraw. Will you accept it or not?"
Tonokawa's words made Ryuen's face darken instantly.
He had already heard it.
This guy wanted to use him as a blade.
A blade to kill Shimizu Yuto.
The feeling of being used made Ryuen extremely unhappy.
With a cold smile, he took out his phone and directly took a photo of Tonokawa.
Click.
The sound of the camera made Tonokawa show a shocked expression.
He said in anger, "Ryuen Kakeru, what are you doing?!"
"I hate people who act high and mighty, act self-important, and try to use me."
"And unfortunately for you, bastard, you hit all three."
The unruly Ryuen laughed coldly.
"You plan to use me against Shimizu Yuto, so you must have a grudge against him."
"I'll throw your photo straight to Shimizu Yuto and let him know you're preparing to mess with him."
Tonokawa's heart sank.
Although he was certain Shimizu Yuto did not know who he was, he was Nagumo Miyabi's right-hand man and fairly well-known in this school.
So if Shimizu Yuto got his photo and asked a few upperclassmen, he would confirm that Tonokawa was Nagumo Miyabi's right-hand man.
Then Yuto would know that Nagumo intended to deal with him.
Tonokawa looked deeply at the sinister-smiling Ryuen.
He admitted he had underestimated this thug.
He had not expected Ryuen to be far from the kind of delinquent who could be casually used.
"Ryuen, telling Shimizu Yuto about me won't benefit you at all."
"And our goal is the same. We both have grudges against Shimizu Yuto."
"Don't dress it up."
"You just plan to use me against Shimizu Yuto. Stop saying our goals are the same," Ryuen said disdainfully.
"...I won't deny that. But my intention to deal with Shimizu Yuto is serious."
"Then tell me about the grudge between you and Shimizu Yuto. If you hide even a little, I'll go find Shimizu Yuto," Ryuen threatened.
Tonokawa knew that Ryuen, who hated Shimizu Yuto, would not actually go find Yuto.
This delinquent was only unhappy about being used and wanted leverage over him.
"Fine. But let me make a phone call first, because I can't decide on my own."
"Tch. So you're just an errand-running small fry," Ryuen said in disgust.
Tonokawa called Nagumo to explain the situation.
Ryuen waited impatiently.
Ryuen knew this guy and the person behind him wanted to use him against Shimizu Yuto.
That made Ryuen unhappy.
But unhappiness was unhappiness.
Ryuen still had not thought of a way to take revenge on Shimizu Yuto.
So no matter how unhappy he was, he still needed to hear how these guys planned to deal with Yuto.
After all, Tonokawa had confidently said this method could even make Shimizu Yuto withdraw.
After listening to Tonokawa's explanation, Nagumo, holding his phone, said thoughtfully, "Is that so? It seems this delinquent isn't an idiot who can be used casually."
"Yes. Boss Nagumo, what should we do now?"
"Bring Ryuen Kakeru over. You can also tell him who we are," Nagumo said.
Ryuen was not a delinquent who could be casually used.
He was someone with a little cleverness.
On top of that, he had a deep grudge against Shimizu Yuto.
Nagumo felt this first-year student was qualified to meet him personally.
Although Nagumo did not want others to know he intended to deal with Yuto, Ryuen clearly would not cooperate unless he met the mastermind.
So he would meet him.
After receiving permission, Tonokawa ended the call with Nagumo.
He looked at Ryuen. "Let's go. Our boss agreed to meet you."
"Go where? Call your boss over here!" Ryuen said arrogantly.
"Don't get carried away."
Tonokawa said coldly, "Our boss is the vice president of the student council. How could he personally come to meet you?"
...Who said Nagumo Miyabi would not personally meet people?
One month ago, hadn't he personally come to meet Shimizu Yuto and transferred more than three million points to him?
"So the guy hiding behind you is the student council vice president."
"That guy wouldn't happen to be named Nagumo Miyabi, would he?"
Ryuen showed a mocking smile.
"The idiot who got crossed up by Shimizu Yuto on the basketball court and twisted his ankle."
Because Ryuen had been severely taught a lesson by Yuto, he had investigated matters related to Yuto before.
He had also heard about the huge wager between Yuto and Nagumo on the basketball court.
"Shut up!"
Tonokawa glared at Ryuen.
"Are you coming or not? If you don't, you'll forever lose the best method to take revenge on Shimizu Yuto!"
"Heh. Lead the way," Ryuen said with a cold laugh.
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