There is something wrong with Hikigaya’s classroom of the Elite, as expected

Chapter 148: My Money Isn’t That Easy to Get.

Kushida couldn’t help but recall the evening before yesterday when she suddenly received a message from Hikigaya, asking her to persuade Ayanokouji to buy surveillance equipment. At first, she didn’t know what it meant, but she didn’t sense anything unusual, so she followed Hikigaya’s instructions and did it.

Then… this afternoon, she broke out in a cold sweat.

After leaving the student council meeting room, just thinking about Ayanokouji’s “miserable situation,” Kushida couldn’t help but think about the consequences if Ayanokouji had revealed that it was her who had “asked him to buy the surveillance equipment.”

Although she could have made up many excuses to extricate herself, the problem wasn’t about whether she could get out of it or not, but that she simply didn’t want to be involved in the first place. If this matter wasn’t handled well, suspension would be the lightest punishment, and there was a significant chance of being expelled!

“So, were you deliberately instructing me, just to drag me down when Ayanokouji panicked and lashed out?”

Kushida couldn’t help but stand up and walk up to Hikigaya, questioning him.

“That way, not only do you get rid of Ayanokouji, but you can also get rid of me!”

Kushida gritted her teeth. Just thinking about that possibility filled her with anger, and she couldn’t hold back any longer, going straight to Hikigaya to confront him.

“Looks like you’re not that dumb after all!”

“!!!”

Kushida widened her eyes, about to speak, but Hikigaya interrupted her: “But have you ever thought about this? You and I have chat logs. Don’t you think I’m afraid you’ll expose them?”

Kushida stood frozen in place. Hikigaya’s words seemed to make sense.

“Wait!”

Kushida glared at Hikigaya, “Are you trying to deceive me again?!”

Hikigaya set the book aside and looked at Kushida deeply. “Kushida, you don’t really think my money is that easy to get, do you?”

At his words, Kushida’s face immediately stiffened. Her previously aggressive demeanor instantly wilted.

“I understand you don’t want to take any risks, but… don’t you think that mindset is too naive?”

Hikigaya’s words made Kushida feel a little dazed. “You should understand this yourself. Those kinds of things where you can make money with no risk? Those opportunities don’t come to people like you. If you want to climb up, to become more successful than anyone else, you can’t do it without paying the price, without taking risks!”

“Moreover, even if Ayanokouji exposes you, don’t you still have me behind you?”

Hikigaya patted Kushida’s shoulder. “Did you forget? We’re all in the same boat. Helping you is helping me, isn’t it?”

“You…”

Kushida instinctively took a step back. She suddenly felt that Hikigaya in front of her was a little scary!

“By the way, there’s still something I need you to do.”

When she heard Hikigaya’s words, Kushida didn’t think twice and turned to leave.

“Hey, this time it’s really not a scam… No, I mean, there’s really no risk!”

“Get lost!”

“Thirty thousand points!”

Kushida’s footsteps suddenly stopped.

“…You have to add more money!”

“No problem!”

……

“Ryuen-nii?!”

In the dim alley, Ishizaki didn’t even have time to react before Ryuen kicked him to the ground. Ishizaki lay there, clutching his backside, completely confused. Albert, Ibuki, and the others standing nearby also didn’t understand why Ryuen had suddenly “lost it.”

Ryuen’s face was terrifyingly dark.

“Ryuen, Ryuen-nii, what did I do wrong?!”

Ishizaki didn’t understand what he had done wrong. He had just reported everything that happened in the afternoon to Ryuen. He had thought that he would receive praise, and although it was a bit disappointing that Ichinose wasn’t punished, Class D had still been severely weakened this time!

But what Ishizaki didn’t expect was that as soon as he finished speaking, Ryuen kicked him to the ground.

“Why didn’t you contact me immediately?!”

Ryuen crouched down and grabbed Ishizaki by the collar.

“Huh? What’s the difference between contacting you and reporting it to the student council?”

Ishizaki was utterly confused.

Ryuen let go of Ishizaki with a look of “I can’t believe you’re such an idiot,” and angrily scolded him, “Idiot! This was a rare chance to grab something important on Ichinose and Class D! If used well, we could’ve… it’s so frustrating, you fool went and reported it to the student council?! And now you come here, acting all proud to tell me about it?!”

Ryuen looked like he was about to die from the frustration Ishizaki was causing.

“Huh?”

Ishizaki finally realized what was going on, but then, feeling wronged, said, “But… but didn’t you, Ryuen-nii, say ‘this matter ends here’ at noon? So, I didn’t think to contact you!”

Ishizaki didn’t speak for a moment, but when he did, Ryuen’s forehead immediately bulged with veins. He kicked over a nearby bush in frustration.

“So that’s why! I finally understand why Hikigaya, that dead-eyed fish, specifically came to us for reconciliation!!!”

Ryuen gritted his teeth and said, “His goal was to numb us, so we couldn’t react. You really got us, dead-eyed fish!!!”

Ryuen finally realized that Hikigaya’s constant insistence that he came to “reconcile” wasn’t really about resolving the fighting issue, but to eliminate the hidden danger for his future plans!

After hearing the whole story from Ishizaki, Ryuen immediately understood that this was an opportunity to catch important weaknesses from both Class B and Class D, but the frustrating part was that Hikigaya found him first and eliminated this “danger”!

Essentially, Class C had been “played” by Hikigaya!

Or more precisely, Ryuen had been completely manipulated by Hikigaya, who not only understood him but had also thoroughly humiliated him!

With this realization, Ryuen was absolutely furious!

Maybe, just maybe, the current situation where he was angrily beating up Ishizaki was already anticipated by that dead-eyed fish. But even so, Ryuen couldn’t help but be filled with rage!

“However, it’s not without any gains. At least I’ve learned something: Class D is full of conflicts!”

Ryuen could only comfort himself with that thought.

The next day at school, everyone in Class D noticed that several people were missing, but it seemed as though no one acknowledged it. People just went on with their business, which was thanks to the work done by Hirata, Kushida, and the others who had already privately explained and soothed things over the night before.

Of course, more importantly… Ike, Yamauchi, and Sudo were already disliked by everyone in the class, so everyone was happy to see them suspended. Many of the girls even thought it was a great thing. Hirata and the others could only pretend they didn’t know about it.

Because of the suspension of the trio—Ike, Yamauchi, and Sudo—no one really paid attention to the suspensions of Horikita and Ayanokouji.