No, it's not that 'thing' if you are a degenerate

If you could guess, it's the Kiyo's Kabedon

Enjoy

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POV: Rabbit Group

The first meeting is very chaotic, murmurs along around each student in the group.

Honami: So basically the Monkey Group finished the exam before our first meeting??

Honami asked a question about the strange event that happened in the afternoon.

Beppu (Ryota Beppu): I heard about it from our class that their group doesn't need to attend any meetings anymore, so I guess that's the case.

Honami: I guess I couldn't do anything about it then, except hoping for their group to be outcome #4.

*meanwhile

POV: Kiyotaka

The first meeting has already been in chaos due to the Monkey Group. I guess it's either Koenji or Torikachi's actions that lead to the result.

I won't be surprised if Torikachi managed to reach outcome #3, he stated that he knows all the leaders. However, he couldn't do that since it will hinder our cooperation. He told me before that his group's VIP is a student from class B.

So I assumed Koenji somehow did it. I don't know how he figured it out, but it's inevitable now.

"Let's just forget about it, shall we?" Said Ichinose. "So who wants to play cards?" She decided to initiate the discussion through normal interaction. Quite an Ichinose strategy to deduce the VIP of the group.

However...

Karuizawa looked a bit reluctant at this point. Torikachi told me that it's important for me to have an ally.

Could she be the one??

"We'll pass." Said Machida, as the representative of class A in our group. I guess this is from Katsuragi's orders.

"Same here as me." Said Karuizawa. I initially thought she would butt in for this. 

How weird...

As the group discussion goes on, it is my time to leave. I guess I could go to Horikita.

*a few walks later

I'm currently seeing Horikita's groupmates, with familiar faces:

Katsuragi, Ryuuen, Kanzaki, Kushida, Hirata and Horikita.

I guess the whole Dragon group is a powerhouse in this exam. I can see why Torikachi didn't want to tackle this group.

But I think he could do with the rest.

"How did it go?" I asked Horikita.

"Nothing notable happened." She replied. "I didn't expect Koenji to be this reckless towards the exam."

"Welp, that's how things are." I stated. "I guess they are currently free now."

"I guess so." Said Horikita. "Could you come with me to the cafe for a moment? I want to plan for this exam."

As she speaks her requests, a bunch of notifications from our phones occurred.

[Insert message about Rat, Tiger, Snake, Sheep, Rooster, Pig group resigned the exam.]

"W-what?" Wondered Horikita. "How did this happen?"

My only guess here is from Torikachi. He's the only one who could manage to pull off such a stunt. He managed to notify our classmates about the VIPs of these groups, so I guess they aren't class B's VIPs.

"Horikita..." I calmed her down. "This is what he can do this early, and got unnoticed from everything from the start."

"He...?" She asked. "You mean Torikachi? There's no way he could do that." She still being arrogant after what happened, such a bad trait from her.

"Have anyone told you not to judge someone from the cover?" I asked. I need to ensure that Torikachi is more capable than she thought. "You might not want to believe this, but he already made plans for the future exams, for example, the island exam. He planned everything out even before its announcement. And that's the reason why we managed to win a large margin, even when our classmates didn't even know all the spots on the island. While I expected to have 225 S-points, he managed to reach 270 S-points as our results."

(So... 225 is the original, + 30 for Koenji not retiring, + 5 not missing a roll-call, + extra 10 spots in 6th night)

"And he already expects this exam." I continued. "The results of this exam are already set in stone, thanks to him."

He knows everything I do, he knows everything the school will do. He knows what the future holds, and it's his choice to do anything he wants to tackle everything.

"And this is the prime example of his capabilities?" Horikita asked, more questions rushed into her mind.

"Honestly, I don't even know," I answered. "He's more what he looks like. His efforts in the island exam are the highest, but he said that it was a bare minimum of his power."

"B-bare minimum?" She asked. "I can't believe it."

"Every interaction we've made throughout our semester already has him knowing without going anywhere," I stated the truth.

"Let's head back." She said. "I need time to digest these pieces of information."

"Whatever makes you sleep at night." I comforted her.

*time skip to 2nd meeting

I and Ichinose are currently accompanying each other to the Dragon Group, where Horikita and Kanzaki's meeting place.

When we reached our destination, Ryuuen called Horikita out.

"Hey, Suzune..." said Ryuuen, "You wanted to cooperate with me to crush class A in this exam?"

"How should I do that?" Refuted Horikita. "Especially with someone like you?"

"I like your attitude, Suzune." Said Ryuuen. "I already know all the VIPs now."

"And how could you claim that you are accurate?" Asked Horikita. "There are no benefits for me taking this risk."

"Kukuku..." Ryuuen laughed. "Even though it's just their fault that they are being reckless, I could still declare war with you again, Suzune."

I see how it is. Ryuuen's confidence in this exam is most likely from Kushida's betrayal. Honestly, even with those blackmails, and she decided to betray the class. I need to text Torikachi about this.

[Ryuuen knows the solutions. You do you from now on.]

[Thanks. I will need more materials to prepare as I need to hear from Hirata. Class A would likely continue to work with class C in the shadows. Did Kushida do anything to you last night?]

[Well, yes. She suddenly hugged me out of nowhere.]

[Anything else?]

[I think this might be useful, but when I talked to Horikita last night, there's a voice recorder underneath our table with a paper message stating 'Sorry' on it.]

[Very well then. I will post this during our 2nd semester on the forums. Expect it to be on the hottest posts. :P]

[Okay.]

I ended the text while turning off my phone. I assumed that he had made countermeasures. While Kushida's true self will be revealed, our class will be shattered in mere seconds.

And he will repair them.

POV: Torikachi

I've already sent a few videos about Kushida's past to some second and third years in private but told them not to spread it out until the second semester comes. This will create a mental shock for Kushida, believing in herself that her secrets are unknown while many of them already know about her. Kushida will be labeled as a traitor within our class,

And I will break her down.

Speaking of which, our class is doing a very great job submitting the VIPs early. This won't cause any suspicions for our class, until the results.

I still couldn't believe that Kushida decided to betray our class, even with those blackmails I sent her, and that was a bad move from her. Now her school life is ruined, and there's no way for her to build it back again. Blackmailing one student is already an issue, I should tell Kiyotaka to complain to the school about Kushida since he's the victim.

Or, if he wanted to make Kushida his pawn, I don't mind, but she's pretty much useless now.

I laughed internally while resting myself in a cafe that has an ocean view.

I am currently waiting for someone, I told her that I'm in this cafe. She should probably know pretty much about me already.

"Hai hai!!" Shouted Ryuko, someone I'm currently waiting for.

I decided to ignore her intentionally, letting her dumbfounded.

"Hey, Torikachi-kun... Why are you ignoring me?" She pouted. I decided to answer her with a teasing voice.

"You left me without letting me say goodbye before you turned off the call. I'm hurt, Nishikawa..." I joked as I stand up from the table.

"W-Wait..." she responded while holding my wrist. "I was in a hurry... please, don't be mad at me..."

"No... I wanted compensation..." I said teasingly. She probably hasn't realized that I'm teasing her. "Since you are being so mean to me... I wanted something in return for that mistakes of yours."

"E-Ehh..?" She responded with a confused expression on her face. "W-What do you want me to do...?"

"How about..." I paused my sentence while standing in front of Ryuko at a close distance. I decided to hold her chin.

She looked at me with a red tint on her cheeks.

"May I call you by your first name?" I whispered into her ears. "Ryuko?"

"Y-Yes??" She answered out of panic. "Of course you can call me with my first name. We will perform a duet in the future..."

"But..." She continued. "Calling you Torikachi-kun only makes me a bit awkward, because everyone calls you by that name... are there any names you would like me to call you?"

"Another name huh..." I murmured. Indeed, I don't have the last name, I guess I might be an orphan in this world's eyes. I guess I could tell her to call me Tori since that was one of the most used for me in my past world.

"Call me Tori." I said with a couple of pauses, acting like not wanting to talk about the details. "Since... I don't have the last name..."

"Oh..." Ryuko replied. "I'm sorry to hear that."

"It's fine." I ensured her. "Call me Tori should be fine enough. Noone in this school has ever called me by that name yet."

"Okay sure." She replied with a fist in the air. "Tori, how's your group doing in this exam?"

Hoh... she's quick on taking the lead for a conversation. I like her.

"Well... my group got resigned after the first meeting." I came up with a lie. My group got disbanded even before the first meeting. "It's a shame that I couldn't do anything to this exam and our group got dismissed."

"Oh..." She said. "I heard from my friends that 7 groups have resigned from the exam after the first meeting."

"I also heard about that," I replied. "So... how's with your group?" I asked her again. I already know Ryuko is in the Dragon group, so I just want to ask her how's her group being.

"Well, our group has a lot of big names, but it's quite bad since Sakayanagi-san isn't here." She replied. "The island exam caused Katsuragi's reputation downfall. Our classmates aren't fond of him anymore."

"I'm sorry to hear that about your class's situation." I replied.

"But I'm quite surprised that your class managed to win the exam with a large margin though. Even your class is... umm..." Ryuko looked reluctant for a few seconds. My guess is she doesn't want to mention the defective class.

"It's fine, Ryuko." I tried to make her comfortable. "I don't mind when you say it."

"Oh... I see." She replied. "I mean, it's hard to believe the results at first. But I guess your class is more than it seems."

"To be honest, I was quite surprised when I heard the results." I lied. "I guess our class had made it through the exam after all."

After my reply, Ryuko chuckled.

"You know what Tori,..." Ryuko said with a smile on her face. "You are a very bad liar."

"What do you mean about that?" I asked. Maybe I underestimated her a little bit.

"Nothing." She replied vaguely. "Anyway, I will head back to my room now."

It's currently 10:00 PM. It does make sense that she has to return to her room early.

"I guess I will head back too," I replied. "It's late already. Do you want me to accompany you to your room?"

I decided to initiate an invitation for Ryuko. There's a chance that I could encounter Hashimoto during this time. I wanted to talk to him for a bit.

"Sure!" She agreed. "I wanted to talk more about the plays you made in the piano lobby yesterday."

We decided to walk to Ryuko's room. I hope I won't make too much attention around this time.

As we walked to Ryuko's room, I heard a whistle of a snake.

"Phu~" A male figure came to us in the hallways. "Already made a move on the prodigy himself, Nishikawa?"

"Heh?" Ryuko sounded confused. "What are you doing here, Hashimoto?"

The snake's name: Hashimoto Masayoshi.

"I'm just asking you whether you decided to date him or not? With that look of yours, I'm sure he will fall for you in no time." Hashimoto replied with a wink with a thumbs up for me.

"It's okay, Hashimoto," I replied with a wink, implying a joke. "I already fell for her a while, so expect we will be dating very soon."

"D-Date??" Ryuko looked shocked. "W-wait... that's too fast..."

"Oh my, Mister. Making such a speech in front of a girl is not a good play there." Hashimoto pretended to be polite. "I am sure that you could have a harem in no time with that looks of yours, Mister."

"Oh my, Hashimoto," I replied jokingly. "I would never do that for catching girls. I just do what I wanted. It's up to them if they wanted to be with me."

AS I glanced at Ryuko, she has a scary look.

"HA-SHI-MO-TO-KUN..." Ryuko called out the snake. "What is your desire? To live with despair, or to live with regrets?"

"N-Neither of them." Hashimoto answered while exchanging gazes at me.

"Calm down, Ryuko..." I calmed her down. "We are just joking with you."

"Right! Right! Torikachi." Hashimoto went with the flow. "We were joking with you earlier on. So don't be mad at us. Torikachi's the one who wanted to tease you, not me."

"Really?" Ryuko asked while glancing at me.

"Yes. I was the one who started it first." I replied honestly. "So don't blame Hashimoto about it, Ryuko. I'm the one at fault."

"N-not fair..." Ryuko murmured.

"Hoh... first name basis already." Hashimoto looked surprised. "Please look after her, Mister."

"Please don't call me that, snake." I teased him. "How about you head back, Ryuko? You said that your room is nearby. I need to talk to Hashimoto for a moment."

"Etou... Sure!" Ryuko agreed. "I guess I will go first. Bye-bye, Tori."

"Good night, Ryuko." I said to her as she walked away from the sight.

"Hoh... Tori is such a nice name there Mister." Hashimoto complimented me. "Who came up with that?"

"It was me. People used to call me by that name in the past." That is not a lie. "The name is only for certain 'special people' to call me by that name."

"I see." Snake replied. "So what is it you wanted to talk about?"

"You are a part of Sakayanagi's faction, so I wanted to greet a few of her subordinates." I replied. "Is it wrong for me to acquaint with a few members of class A?"

"You know about Hime?" Asked the snake. "I remember that I saw her acquainted with someone from class D for once in a while. Are you that person?"

"So my feelings of someone spying on me was correct." I replied while Hashimoto flinched. "Welp, I think Arisu already knew about this."

"Arisu?" Hashimoto looked shocked. "You called Hime by her first name?"

"Of course. Since I'm technically an orphan... so it's quite normal for me to call other people by their first name. And they didn't mind about it at all."

"I see..." Hashimoto replied, perhaps satisfied by my answer. "I guess it's time for me to go now, Mister. It's nighttime already."

"I guess I will do the same." I don't have many things to do at the moment, the Rabbit group will be in Kiyotaka's hands, I also finished my business with the Dragon group, so the Horse group is in danger at the moment. I need to act fast before Ryuuen could do anything.

"Alright. Seeya."

I remembered that 2:00 AM will be Hirata and Karuizawa's meeting. But I shouldn't pry into them. It might cause unnecessary outcomes if I interfere.

I head back to my room to rest and end my day.

*time skip to 2:00 AM

POV: Kiyotaka

"Our relationship is now over! OVER!!!" shouted Karuizawa. Even if it's nighttime already, at least don't make too many noises in this area.

As Karuizawa leaves, Hirata reaches out to me.

"Ayanokouji-kun," he asked. "Could you help Karuizawa-san about this matter? I couldn't do anything about it though."

"I'm not sure about it, Hirata." I replied. "I'm just basically following Horikita's orders."

"I don't ask you to do anything much. I know you are more capable to solve this situation."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Karuizawa-san had been viciously bullied during her time in middle school and her junior high..." 

(blablabla about Kei being bullied in the past and lead to a fake relationship with Hirata. Read the light novel please.)

"So can you help me?" asked Hirata.

"I'm not capable of saving both Karuizawa and Manabe." I replied.

"I understand about that." replied Hirata. "But I hope you could do something about it."

"Okay, I will help. But don't expect much from me." I need to let Hirata knows about the risk of this. The outcome might not what he expected the most.

"Okay, Ayanokouji-kun."

Now I know that Karuizawa is somehow useful to me. I'm going to get her as an ally. I think this is why Torikachi told me to keep an eye on her.

*time skip to next day

Today is a rest day, with no meetings for our groups.

However,  today will be a unique one. As I look over my phone, I texted a certain someone.

[You know what to do now.]

[Fine, fine. You better thank me later.] (For details, read Vol.4)

As I close my phone, I'm starting to head towards the lowest layer of the cruise, the prohibited one for any students to come. But I decided to choose this place to set her up, where generally no one appears and phones have almost no reception.

It's currently 4:00 PM. I am currently hiding at a secluded place, where I could take a video for evidence.

Karuizawa shows up first, with Manabe and her gang following Karuizawa behind.

"W-What are you doing here?" Karuizawa asked with a confused look. "Where is Hirata-kun?"

"Come on now, Karuizawa." replied Manabe. "I just want you to apologies to our friend Rika over here."

*a few moments later (a bit graphic so I don't want to include. For more details, read Vol.4)

It seems like they are all done with the business. I need to confront her.

"Hello, Karuizawa." I greet her.

"W-What are you doing here...?" Karuizawa asks me, couldn't bring herself up front anymore, sitting down, on verge of crying. "Where is Hirata-kun?"

"Hirata is not here," I answer her. "The teachers called out to him at the moment, so he asked me to catch up to you."

"W-What?" Wonder Karuizawa, trying to calm herself down. "I thought he will be here for me..."

"If you tell anyone about this, I won't forgive you!" Karuizawa continue, trying to keep herself up as her dignity didn't allow her to fall for it.

"Do you know what is your current situation, Karuizawa?" I speak to her with a cruel truth. "Hirata is not here, but me."

"What are you implying?" Karuizawa asks.

"I know what Manabe and her friends have done to you, Karuizawa."

"So what? Could you do anything then??" Karuizawa desperately wanted revenge, but it won't work.

"I'm afraid that I can't." We should not do this. We will encounter another Sudou case in the future.

"Aren't you a man??"

"That's not the case, Karuizawa. An eye for an eye won't able to solve anything. Do you want to be in the same situation as Sudou?" I ask her from experience. Our class had one case like it already.

"T-Then what should I do?" ask Karuizawa.

"It's not that what should you do now, Karuizawa. I know that you have been bullied, I know that you are just a little girl, who just wanted to be safe. 

I know about your fake relationship with Hirata."

I said as I pin her against the wall, revealing my true darkness to her.

"W-What are you doing?" Karuizawa ponders, not knowing her situation.

"I said, if things continue to be like this, class D will never able to reach class A. However, if you managed to gather up the girls for me, this would be easier."

"What? Who are you that tries to order me around?" She rebels, her determination is more than I could imagine.

"I'm just a person who knows the truth. Nothing more, nothing less..." I said.

"I need you to work for me to reach class A, starting from here. Or else, I will expose you. Do you agree with this contract of ours?".

"Cut the crap" Karuizawa reply. "What do you want from me? You just want my body, do you?"

"Your body huh? That doesn't sound like a bad idea."

First of all, I need to test Karuizawa's willpower. What length would she go for just to protect her secrets...

"N-no..."

"Spread your legs." I demand coldly as she slowly moves her legs.

As I inspected her plump thighs for a moment, I slowly used my fingertip to make contact with her body.

*tap*

As soon as I did it, Karuizawa is on verge of tears, remembering all the bad things that happened to her in her junior high. I guess this is a bit too much for her. But I need to evaluate her for future measures.

I decide to lay back, supposedly confirming our contract.

"W-what??" Wondered Karuizawa. "You are not going to do anything?"

"I'm not interested in your body. I only need your help to reach class A."

"Isn't Horikita-san enough?"

"That's not the problem. Even with Horikita's existence, we won't reach class A. I need someone else who could do what Horikita couldn't." I replied. Now I'm confident that Karuizawa is more reliable than Horikita for me to continue to work in the shadows, I need my basis covered.

"So, do you agree with our contract? You will work for me to reach class A, and I will protect you from being bullied. Hirata is not a good host for a parasite like you."

"Fine." Replied Karuizawa.

"I've already sent Manabe and her friends the footage of them bullying you. They won't do anything to you again." I said as I showed her the footage so Karuizawa can feel a bit better.

"Now, let us win this exam." I speak.

"And how are we going to do that??"

"Because you are, am I right?" I asked her again. "Hirata is not just your ally. He's everyone's ally. So his nature won't be effective for you. Because Hirata asked me for this, so bear with it."

"Ugh... fine."

From that, a new relationship has formed. Will this end soon enough, or there will be new challenges awaiting our class?

I am looking forward to it.

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AnD... DONE.

Honestly, the final conversation kinda messed up because I forgot about the order of their conversation, so I just made up most of it.

My bad...

A-Anyway, the aftermath of this volume is going to be a total shock for other classes because class D had won 2 special exams in a row.

Quite a thrill

I think I've made Tori a bit OP.

I don't care!! My fanfic, my rules xD

Anyway, see y'all in the next chapter.

PEACE!!!!!