Volume 9 Chapter 6 Intro (1/2)

Classroom of the Elite – Voluue”

TL: Graze

ED: Graze

PR: Josh-kun

For Hashi+moto Masayoshi+, the question of whose side he supports was a trivial one

Or better yet, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he didn't care about it at all

Regardless of whether the leader of the class turned out to be Sakayanagi or Katsuragi, he would've chosen the side that turned out most beneficial to himself That's all there was to it While he was fortunate to have started out in Class A, he was always considering the option of falling down to Class B or C

The i for his around in the end

This was the reason why, after sensing his potential, he had gotten into contact with Ryūen Kakeru after he had quickly risen to poithin Class C at the start of the year

His outstanding talent could've taken down both Sakayanagi and Ichinose Hashi+th If Ryūen had asked for it, Hashi+moto wouldn't have hesitated to leak him information about Class A Of course, this behavior was just espionage done under Sakayanagi's instruction However, if Ryūen had the potential to overtake the other classes, he was fully prepared to double-cross even her

This was the saeted Ichinose in Class B However, Ichinose was different than Sakayanagi or Ryūen because underhanded deals simply wouldn't ith her In response to this, Hashi+radually approach froo as far as to betray Ichinose, he established connections with a certain someone from B class as close to her

Hashi+moto had promptly set up this type of social netith students fro to this school

It was better to prepare as much insurance as possible for the sake of any unexpected situations

And today, once again, he was ements in preparation for yet another unexpected situation

”U-um, Hashi+moto-kun Do you have a irl from Class A, Motodoi Chikako, called out to Hashi+moto from behind Like Hashi+moto, she was a member of the tennis club She appeared to have run to catch up with hihtly fidgety appearance, unable to completely maintain her composure

Hashi+ to hear anything more

Today was February 14th He had already experienced this sort of scene several tih he understood as happening, he didn't let that show on his face Of course, he wouldn't say anything either

”Sure thing, Motodoi What's up?”

After getting such a gentle response, Motodoi cohts and came out with it

”This is chocolate Because, uh, it's Valentine's day today”

As she spoke, she held out the chocolate, to which Hashi+lad”

”G-great!”

Hashi+ at him with affection as a member of the opposite sex Thus, this chocolate was most likely meant with romantic intentions While he was confident that he would succeed were he to confess, he felt nothing towards her This was because, for better or worse, he saw her as a person who sied that there weren't anyout with her

”You should show your face around the club every once in a while”

”Sorry, I've been skipping out a lot recently, haven't I?”

”Definitely Our senpais have been worried”

”I'll keep that in mind Anyways, I'll make sure to properly show you my thanks next month”

”Y-yeah”

Motodoi blushed, nodded, and ran off It was as if she was escaping fro atmosphere

Despite the fact that there was no possibility that the two of theet into a relationshi+p, Hashi+moto made sure to keep his options open

After all, e with her in the future

In order to make up for this delay, Hashi+moto sped up his pace as he moved toward the first-year Class C classroom

For now, there was somebody far more worthy of his attention than Motodoi

A male student within Class C, Ayanokōji Kiyotaka

”Why is it that I care so much about him…”

There was a part of himself that couldn't help but wonder

Before the training camp, he had no iuely familiar face He could reainst the for the sports competition, but that was all he could think of Even then, Hashi+e simply because they were quick on their feet Furtheri and Ryūen were quick to catch on to things like this, yet Ayanokōji hadn't caught the attention of either of them

Recently, however, there was an incident that forced hie his opinion of Ayanokōji

A curious reu that Ayanokōji was soher estee it off as a joke, but soht about it again, there had been signs that he had overlooked

Why did the former student council president and Ayanokōji personally confront each other during the relay?

What if that confrontation was more than just a mere coincidence?

What if it was intentional? Spurred on by soainst one another?

Doubts like these began to swirl in his mind

Hashi+moto had also yet to be convinced about what had happened to Ryūen, as said to have been overthrown by Ishi+zaki and others from his own class Moreover, the current Class C, who had started out the year at the very bottoap with the upper classes

What if Ayanokōji had actually been involved with each of these events…?

”What if… he's an existence that surpasses both Sakayanagi and Ryūen…?”

At this point, this train of thought didn't seem very likely to hi erated delusions It was umo had said was simply an unrealistic joke, and the reality of what had happened during the relay at the sports festival was nothing more than a fantasy that Hashi+moto had come up with to fit his own convenience

That hy Hashi+moto chose to confir under the orders of Sakayanagi, spreading ru his free ti in order to find out the truth

Hashi+moto finally reached the Class C classroom, but Ayanokōji was already nowhere to be seen

”You never do waste time, do you Ayanokōji?”

His pool of friends was rather confined, so he seldom stayed behind in the classroom after school

Was he with Yukiroup of close friends today as well? Hashi+moto considered it, but saw that both Yukimura and Sakura were still in the classroom, so he quickly dismissed the idea

”Yo, Hirata”

Aardly watching the students of another class would make hi at the classroom, Hashi+moto called out to Hirata, who had yet to head out to his club activities

”Yo, Hashi+moto-kun What's up?”

”I just cairlfriend”

”Is that it? I'ht now”

”In theyour broken heart, are you?”

”Haha… So like that”

”I'd like to hear all about it so around for the contact infor the training caone home already”

”You didn't run into hio…”

He had ave his thanks to Hirata and immediately went back out into the hallway

The end-of-year exa up soon, so Hashi+ Ayanokōji every day He was hoping to come to a definitive conclusion about Ayanokōji soon so that he could turn his full attention to the exams and tackle the new any time now”

He would make his move at the soonest opportunity With this conviction, Hashi+ht of Ayanokōji standing near the front entryway, his attention focused in on his cell phone Was hesome time? Either way, it was a lucky break

Ayanokōji was always using his cell phone to stay in touch with so in contact with Miyake and the others? Or was he speaking to someone Hashi+ he could say for certain was that Ayanokōji was an unusually easy target to track

Hashi+i, Ryūen, Kanzaki, and even Ichinose at times None of them were particularly easy to keep tabs on It would be a stroke of good luck to be able to follow one of them once every two days On the other hand, it would take more than an entire week to find out any new infors went poorly