POV: Kiyotaka

I am currently at the Pallet Cafe, with Horikita, Hirata, and Karuizawa. We are discussing our previous zodiac exam.

"So that's how they sorted out the VIPs of the groups." Spouted Karuizawa. "It was THAT easy?"

"That might not be true." Said Horikita. "When we discuss things like this, chilling in a cafe, we could figure this out easier instead of in the middle of the exam. We didn't have time to prepare for the test, too."

"But honestly, it was quite unexpected that Torikachi already prepared for the exam beforehand." Said Hirata. "I don't know how he got the information, but the information that he gave me was correct."

"I guess he's part of the student council after all..." said Horikita restlessly. She still holds grudges for him for not informing her about it.

Currently, Torikachi's position as a secretary is only known by a few people, including this group, President, and Secretary Tachibana.

Not even more than 40% of the student council members knew his existence among them.

He kept his presence hidden well.

I'm feeling his presence somewhere nearby, in this cafe, eavesdropping on our conversations.

I sent a message to him.

[What do you think about this?] I asked.

[Dunno. :P

Everything seems normal to me. I intervened too much in our zodiac exam, resulting in us being in class B. Even though it messed up my original plans, I think things will work out just fine.]

[What do you mean?] I asked.

[I already made countermeasures. I won't do anything at Sports Festival, I would just let things happen as they should be.]

[You'll get to know the rules tomorrow.] He continued.

"Had anyone told you not to use your phone during discussions, Ayanokouji-kun?" Asked Horikita while looking at me coldly.

I could only answer her question with a stare and excuses.

*next day

"I am here to inform the class about an important announcement." Said Chabashira-sensei.

"W-What is it again, Sensei?" Stuttered Ike, afraid of having another special exam coming up again. "Is it another special exam?"

"Rest assured." Replied Sensei. "I'm here to notify the class about our next event, the Sports Festival."

"Please take one of the handouts and pass it to the back seats." She continued. "And open page 34."

I then flip the handout to page 34, which explains the details of the Sports Festival that we will have on October 10th.

*a whole explanation later (yea I'm lazy to write the information again. Read the light novel pls. I told this will be spoilers.)

"What do you think about this, Ayanokouji-kun?" Asked my devil seatmate with a compass in her hand.

"You just wanted to be with your brother, aren't you, Horikita?" I teased her, resulting in me getting stabbed by the devil's compass.

"Stop with your jokes." said Horikita. "We have a cooperation relationship with Ichinose's class, so I wanted to hear your opinion about this, Ayanokouji-kun."

As I remember what Torikachi told me, we were supposed to pair up with class A in this event, but he intervened too much so that we got paired up with the former class B instead.

Students in the class are having mixed reactions.

POV: Torikachi

Sudou's mood had gone up, perhaps related to the Festival.

For most students of our class, not so much.

I'm pretty fine with this. I am sure that my stamina training during my time in this world will be worth it.

"I will join ALL recommended events in our Festival," said Sudou with a huge grin, wanting to prove himself to be useful to the class.

Especially Horikita.

"I'm opening to it." said Horikita, remarking how good Sudou was in terms of physical strength in sports back in the pool.

After hearing what Horikita said, I can see many students in the class feeling restless. Even though Sudou's contribution is good for them, but they also wanted to contribute something to our class.

Especially Ike and Yamauchi. They also wanted a chance to win something for the class.

To be honest, Ike contributed enough for our island exam, so he passed the criteria.

But Yamauchi had not contributed, nor achieved something that benefits our class.

So, Yamauchi, it is.

Moments later, we headed to the gym for some practice with other school years.

I heard from Manabu-senpai that he won't take the lead in this event,

I guess I will be fine.

I noticed that Ichinose waved at everyone in our class with a smile.

And our class's perverts started to hallucinate, again.

Honestly, she didn't feel annoyed about it?

"Good afternoon, Horikita-san." Ichinose greets.

"Hello, Ichinose-san." Replied Horikita. "What should we do in this event?"

"I guess we could practice together until the day of the festival." Ichinose replied while her fingers were on her chin, creating a V-shape gesture. "So we should share our participation table when it's confirmed, Horikita-san?"

"I guess that could be the case." Horikita said.

Minutes later, we could hear class A and C arguing with each other.

"I thought we suppose to cooperate in this event?" Said Katsuragi.

"Kukuku. This is NOT a special exam, so there are no reasons for me to cooperate." Replied drag- I mean Ryuuen. "I will do this in my way. Let head back, everyone."

"I wonder if Ryuuen does not want to win this event." Wondered Horikita. "His move is just stupid when he does not consider working with class A."

"I don't know about it, Horikita-san." Replied Ichinose. "It's hard to keep track of Ryuuen-kun's moves. So I recommend you to be careful with him."

"I will mark your works, Ichinose-san." Replied Horikita with a sigh.

"So, when should we start our training?" Asked Hirata while waving at Ichinose in close.

"I would recommend tomorrow, Hirata." Replied Horikita. "We need to take action as soon as possible."

"Is that alright with you, Ichinose-san?" Horikita said while turning to Ichinose for a reply.

"Sure thing. I will inform my class later on."

Moments later, all of our attention moved to a specific girl. She's sitting on a chair, with a cane next to her. She has short, silver hair, and cuteness that could rival any girl.

It's Arisu.

I noticed that she waved at me as a greeting, but I know what she meant just from it.

'I hoped for the meeting after our festival.' At least that was my guess.

I replied to her with a wave of return. Our class noticed this and cornered me.

Now, what should I do at the current moment to relax before things happen?

*time skip to next day.

"Everyone, I think it's time for us to have a grip test for our class at the moment. I need to note the average of our class." Said Hirata. "Sudou-kun, can you go first, please?"

"Alright. I could go first. Now watch this, everyone. I will show y'all my true strength." Sudou replied with a confident grin while holding the grip tester. "ORAAAAA!!!"

The tester started to raise the number. Initials were 60, then 70, then 80, then 90, then 91, 92, to 96.7 kilograms.

His years of basketball were not wasted for him to have this amount of strength.

"Amazing, Sudou-kun." Said Hirata. "You might be the strongest among us." (Pls no more among us memes.)

"Well, there might be exceptions like Koenji over there." Said Horikita.

As Horikita said that, Sudou immediately turns towards Koenji's direction, fuming in anger.

He sees Koenji do nothing but look himself in his mirror, combing his hair.

"Oi, Koenji!" Shouted Sudou. "Will you go for the grip test already?"

"Oh my, Red-hair-kun." Replied Koenji. "There is no need for this perfect existence to do such things. I don't usually waste my strength in such trivial things, but I will do this just once in your childish game."

As Koenji said that, leaving Sudou fuming in anger, taking the grip tester.

"Witness the true strength of this perfect existence, peasants." Koenji said loudly as he held the grip tester so tight, that I could hear the sound of the object's loose end.

Started with 70, then 80, 90, 100,

And lastly, jumped to 121.8 kilograms.

This sure shocked everyone, including those in class B.

"Oi oi... What the heck, Koenji??" Shouted Sudou. "Is the machine broken?"

"No no." Replied Koenji. "It's just my existence has already been perfect. Now excuse me, I have a date to attend. Later!"

As Koenji leaves, leaving most of us are shocked by his enormous strength, even more than Sudou.

"Most" here I mean me, Kiyotaka, and perhaps, Horikita not surprised about this.

*a few moments later

It is time for me to have my test. I could not believe that I am near the last of the boys' names.

Kiyotaka managed to reach a result of 60 kilograms. I remembered that this was Sudou's mistake in the light novel.

"It's your turn now, Torikachi-kun." Hirata called me.

"Alright alright," I replied while grabbing the object from Hirata's hand.

"Don't expect things from me, Hirata," I said. "I'm not that strong."

I finish my sentence as I use most of my force on the tester.

I could not see the numbers in detail, but I'm sure I could get around 57-59kg.

As I am out of strength, I release the tester, resulting in 58.4kg.

"You are pretty strong, Torikachi-kun." Hirata complimented. "You managed to get near Miyake-kun's score."

"Not a biggie though..." I said. I indeed lost my strength from my previous life. I wasted my time planning countermeasures for the future. "I did lose some of my strength compared to the past."

"It's fine." Said Hirata. "At least your strength is better than most of us."

As the person after me finished, the girls' tests also completed for everyone.

"It seems like everyone is all done with the grip tests." Hirata said.

"Yes! With this, Ken, Torikachi, and Ayanokouji could win the festival for sure." Shouted Ike with confidence.

"I'm not sure about it, Ike." I said, reminding him about White Team's powerhouse. "There's Yamada Albert in class D who can overpower Sudou easily. His enormous strength can crush Sudou easily.

Not to mention The Student Council President is also on the opposite team. I don't think it's wise for us to be overconfident."

"Don't you ruin our fantasies like this, Torikachi." said Yamauchi with anger with a smug on his face, lying. "Lucky for you that I held back, or else I will be the god of the school."

"It's fine. You do you, I guess...?" I told him, not wanting to continue exchanging words with this idiot.

Or I could kill him if I wanted to.

We start our training, day by day, always attend for participation.

But...

As I can see from those training, they contributed nothing.

Slacking off, exhaustion, no concentrations through training. This might not be good, but I will not do anything for this event. Both classes are too weak to fight against people like Albert and Manabu-senpai.

And the worst of all,

The bond of cooperation will be hindered if things happen in the light novel.

If I'm not mistaken, Ryuuen's pestering, Horikita's ankle, Sudou's rage, Kushida's betrayal, then the Kiyotaka and Arisu meeting in the special annex as the final moment.

At least those were the important moments, I think.

*time skip to participant table planning.

"I guess this will be the final result," said Hirata. "Are there any more questions, everyone?"

The class responded with silence, but Horikita raised her hand.

"What are your questions, Horikita-san?" he asked.

"In my opinion, we should not take pictures of the table in order of privacy of our class," Horikita said. "Those who take the picture of this table will be labeled as traitors. Am I clear?"

Horikita asked while Kushida flinched at the statement.

"How about those who can't remember the table, Horikita-san?" she asked.

"It's quite simple that you all can remember this table. If you are not in recommended events, there's no need for you to take the picture and remember what your order is instead." replied Horikita. "I'm sure those are in recommended events could remember their positions in the table, am I right?"

"Well, I mean..." Kushida stuttered. "sigh...Fine..."

I could tell that Kushida is currently pissed off not being able to betray the class.

But she could do it in private...

I just need to buy the recording cameras in the class from the school with points, and send this to the class after the festival.

Class B is now fully aware of Kushida, from my help of course. They stopped asking questions about it so that Kushida does not aware that they know her secrets.

But what they did not know,

That Kushida will sell the class to Ryuuen.

"Then, shall I submit this table to Chabashira-sensei?" asked Hirata, waiting for Horikita's confirmation."

"Sure. I will allow it." replied Horikita.

We finished our discussions and leave the school.

Except for me. The place I am aiming at is the security office. They have all access to the cameras in the school.

As I reach the third floor, where most of the staff rooms will be, a certain figure sees me and approach me.

"What are you doing here, kid?" said the person. "This place is not allowed for students to come by."

"Excuse me, do you happen to know where are the security cameras room? I would like to buy recordings." I said.

The person replied with a nod, telling me that he is one of the staff of the security breach.

"Then come with me, and tell me which camera would you like to buy." he said.

We head to the cameras room and as expected, this room contains all the camera recordings of the campus.

I then trace the "SCHOOL" category, to the fourth screen from the right to left, labeled as "C 1-D"

'There are four cameras in every class, huh.' I thought. I just need one of the recordings that contain the participation table.

"Then I would like to buy this recording, timeline from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM of today, please." I told him with brief information.

"Very well, kid." He replied with a smile. "I will inform the authorities to send you the recording. The total cost will be 100.000 private points for a 1-hour recording, if you may?"

He is fully aware of the points system of the school, and he allowed me to buy it with open arms.

"Then may I ask for the scanner please?" I ask while taking my phone from my pocket.

"Very well." He said while grabbing the scanner that everywhere on the campus uses. 

I then scan my phone, while receiving a message. The school does work fast.

"I guess they have sent you the recording," he said. "Have a safe trip back, kid."

"I could say the same for you." I said. "Have a good night."

"You too, kid." he said as I leave the room.

As I leave the school, I saw Kushida's footsteps walking to the rooftop.

How do I know?

This is after school hours, and students are not supposed to be in the school.

And Kushida usually walks very loudly while walking on the stairs.

I decided to sneak up on her and have my phone's camera ready.

"Ughh... How annoying..." Kushida said.

This thing is going to be spicy for blackmailing.

"I HATE YOU!!! I HATE YOU!!! I HATE YOU!!! HORIKITA!!!" shouted Kushida.

"DO YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL AND POPULAR AS A LEADER?!! LEADER MY ASS!!"

Damn, Horikita keeps getting roasted these days, especially on the fandom of the series after what happened at Y2V5.

"AND WHAT THE SUDDEN POPULARITY? SHE'S USELESS!!

USELESS!!!

USELESS!!!

USELESS!!!"

"AND THAT GUY TORIKACHI!!? SUDDENLY TAKE AWAY MY POPULARITY JUST FROM THAT FUCKING PIANO!? I HATE THAT PIANO!!

I HATE IT!!

I HATE IT!!!!"

Kushida keeps stomping on the railings and roasting everybody while not realizing that someone is recording her.

Honestly, whether she hates me or not, I do not hate her, at all.

She is just someone who is mentally unstable.

I could sympathize with you, Kushida Kikyou.

Yes, I used to hate someone, yes I used to roast someone.

But yet... I could not do anything about it.

Day by day, night by night, things happened to me without me knowing.

So it was useless for me to hold grudges for something such trivial.

*one hour later

Kushida has done with her roasting with everyone in the school. I need to get down carefully in order to not get spotted.

At the end of the day, I proceed to head to the store to buy some groceries and some more kitchen utilities.

I could not find anything that's enough budget for me to use, but a 1.500 private points knife. Even though it looks dull, but I could still put it to good use.

I made my purchase with a total of 50.000 private points. I bought too many quality ingredients this time, but I guess I will be fine. I have points to spare.

I head back to my dorms, take a shower, make my dinner, and head to sleep to end my day.

To be continued...

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Hello everyone.

A little bit OC this time but the main events of Vol. 5 played out, so we're good, right?

Right??

Anyway, Merry New Year, everyone. (Yes, this is intentional.)

I hope y'all have a fantastic 2022. Even though 2021 is quite tough, but we all made it to this new year.

I guess that's it for my notes, expect the next chapter next week.

PEACE!!!!