Classroom Of The Elite 2nd Year - Full Volume
Chapter 3

"This time, let's play together, just the two of us, or have you chosen that girl? I hate crocodile men, so if you want to play with that woman I won't go with you" Karuizawa told Machida. I was really surprised she would say something like that so boldly while dating Hirata. In fact, Machida seems interested in the words "just the two of us" and has already decided which one to choose.

"Can you go? That's where Karuizawa will sit, even this afternoon" Machida told Manabe.

"Huh? Whatdoes thatmean? It sucks..." Saying those words with a loving face, the Class C girls left Machida. Karuizawa quickly went to the empty place and sat down. In fact, he was sitting so close that it looked almost like he was glued to Machida. Honestly speaking, their bodies had already touched each other at this moment.

Perhaps the only reason people didn't consider the act reckless was because people already knew what Karuizawa was like. Maybe he doesn't know if Karuizawa is going to date Hirata, or maybe it is, but it looks like Machida has already started to open her heart to Karuizawa or is already in love with her.

If we only talk about looks, Karuizawa is cute and if you look at her from the point of view of liking her, maybe the feeling of protecting her will also be born in you. The interesting thing is, the newly formed group of yesterday, has started to develop its own level of power and ecosystem today. A loner is a loner while someone who is popular will remain popular.

The division of the student into levels is complete. But this division is not done in the usual way. For example, if two people happen to share in the same rank in the group, inevitably one must rise and the other rank will fall. It could even be described as a 'Living From the Strongest' environment and the losers in the competition would be relegated to a lower rank among their peers.

Maybe even to the bottom. To the point where their existence did not matter even a single point was not there. For example, someone like me is in this situation. The interesting thing about this test was that it forced the people who competed with each other earlier to join hands. Even Ichinose, who was very popular among his class, had trouble influencing his enemies in this class. If it was Hirata, maybe he was able to organize this into a better group?

"Let's go today too!" Ichinose himself came and brought life back to the lifeless room. I also soon realized that the atmosphere in the room was very thick today and chose not to talk carelessly. But even so, Karuizawa's actions look too powerful and incomprehensible to me.

If he wanted to get closer to Machida, he wouldn't have to antagonize a Class C girl to do it. I just feel that this incident and the test itself have no direct connection. As someone who had been paying attention to Karuizawa since the beginning of the first semester, I was able to tell after observing her personality and actions.

Karuizawa wanted to stand on top. Of course, he was not a talented person so he was able to rise to the top of such a group of women. He had no talent belonging to Ichinose and something like that was generally impossible for him. But there are things like 'human relations' that come into play here. It is a fact that Karuizawa with a strong personality became the leader of the Class D women. Subsequently, she becomes Hirata's girlfriend, the commanding power of the class and gets influence from the boys as well.

If one uses Karuizawa's attitude then in this example, the truth becomes clearer. He attaches himself to the strongest man he can find like Machida and gains influence in such a group. Of course, in reality, the Class C girls who were unable to defeat Machida's influence and reluctantly returned to their own seats. Karuizawa accepts the risk of being hated in exchange for actual power.

For a superiority? For self-satisfaction? Or just want attention?

I still can't see the root cause of this kind of behavior, but apparently there's something along those lines that's responsible for his actions.

"That's not good"

"Yes, if we continue like this, we will let that ‘target’ get away" The one who replied to my murmur was Yukimura who happened to be sitting next to me. It would be awkward for me to correct regarding this matter, so I followed the current.

"If it's not wrong, Class A will not participate in the discussion as usual right?"

"Of course, feel free to continue the discussion without us. Our attitude will not change" The student sitting next to Machida who made the statement that had been hiding his emotions the entire time was Morishige. I've seen it before this exam. According to what I heard, Class A is currently divided into two groups. Katsuragi and Sakayanagi.

Morishige is one of the people who betrayed Katsuragi during the exam on the island. Generally he who would not listen to the orders from Katsuragi obediently like this, Sakayanagi was not present in this incident because of his poor health and without anyone giving him orders directly, Sakayanagi was not present, he had no choice but to follow Katsuragi's orders.

I hope Katsuragi soon loses her influence in the classroom after her failure during the exam on the island but it seems like she won't be easy to do so. Since he had also been silent for two days now, it seemed that Morishige was also convinced that he had no choice but to obey Katsuragi's orders.

"Because it would be useless to spend an hour like this, are we going to play cards again?"

Ichinose said as if he had gotten used to this when he proposed a card game after the first meeting. In this exam, there are several approaches that can be done, but Ichinose seems to want to find a "target" through talking while Katsuragi takes the opposite approach by preventing all talk.

On the other hand, Ryuuen's strategy is to turn everyone into an enemy when taking full control of her own class. But I can't confirm their respective strategies until the distance falls. After all, it was impossible to talk about it while being playing cards for an entire hour. Yukimura seemed to be very attentive to the surroundings but she did not seem to understand who her "target was".

I'm sure it's the same for the other students as well and surely that's the conclusion they all reached. Even if the conversation is successful, it is unlikely that those "targets" will name themselves. As soon as an hour passed, I observed the message where the disciples left the room.

A Class C student who is always one of the first to come out of the door is not seen will leave the room if class A is not the first person, But it seems Machida and Karuizawa are busy exchanging their contact numbers with each other and making preparations to get in touch. Then Yukimura and Sotomura got up to leave.

"Let's go back, Ayanokouji, you're going too, right?"

"Yes" And at the same time, Karuizawa also stood up to leave while talking to someone on the phone, It looks like she is chatting about something interesting. And as she left, the three girls from Class C also passed by us to follow her.

"Those three girls, don't they look weird to you?" Yukimura seemed to have noticed something unusual about them and looked at me with an anxious face.

"Do you think so? I haven't seen anything yet" Sotomura replied to him in her crazy tone.

Regardless of Sotomura's opinion, Yukimura's thinking was correct. It seems like the Class C girl also harbored a bit of anger towards them as well. Yukimura and I were slightly out of the room to the corridor outside. And we saw the three girls chasing after Karuizawa quickly in the corridor. I'd rather not follow them alone. And Ibuki who seems to be uninterested in Karuizawa is not there either.

"Is it possible to have a personal fight between them?" Yukimura looked at me as if asking what to do.

“we follow them, may not end in violence but may cause a little quarrel"

"Damn Karuizawa, always doing things that make people hate her... Even though I want to find ‘target’ for myself"

While Sotomura went to return to his room, Yukimura and I quickly followed the four girls calmly. When I got to the corner, I heard the sound of the door slamming shut and saw the entrance to the emergency staircase closed. But there is no reason to use the emergency stairs unless the elevator is broken which means there is something else going on here.

"Hey, what are you doing? take me to a place like this?". I quietly opened the door of the emergency stairs and heard a voice from inside.

"Don't fool us, you pushed Rika right? Speak out".

"... W-w-why are you accusing me? I told you you were wrong, right?" The three girls then approached Karuizawa and escorted her back to the wall as if preventing her from escaping. But even in such a situation, Karuizawa continued to deny the accusations without apologizing. Is that true not him?

"There's something I need to do now, can you step aside?"

"Then let me make sure now, I'll call Rika now, if not you, then I'll forgive you"

“I don't know what you're talking about, I'll call the teacher"

"What would you say to the teacher? It's not that we're using violence on you right now. If you tell them, we can also tell them that you pushed Rika and will also be a problem for you" It seemed like they had no intention of retreating as they grabbed Karuizawa's hand as she tried to escape and pushed her back against the wall. One of the girls then started using her phone to contact a woman named Rika.

"T-wait a minute" Once aware of the serious situation, Karuizawa tries to stop them from

not calling.

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

"... I just remembered, I accidentally bumped into that woman" Karuizawa quickly told them.

"you're such a disgusting liar, you remember him from the beginning, don't you? I don't care, but are you going to apologize to Rika?"

"No, he's wrong. She's a stupid woman" I thought Karuizawa would accept responsibility, but she seemed as tough as ever. Despite knowing he would make the C Class girls even more furious, he still said those words.

"You won't forgive him in the first place ... won't you?" It was a girl named Yamashita who had always followed Manabe until now who said so.

"Shiho-chan, I can't take it anymore, I really won't forgive Karuizawa"

"I know, I'm sure Rika shares the same feelings as you. Let's bully him"

This time, with more strength, he pushed Karuizawa's shoulder with his palm again. Yukimura tried to open the door quickly, but I grabbed her arm and stopped her. Even if we stop this now, Karuizawa will definitely be bullied again. But allowing them to use violence for their current personal problems would be a hindrance to them in the future. And depending on the level of violence, it's not impossible to bring them to the school and most importantly, the current existence of Karuizawa Kei will change.

"Ha ..haa"

Karuizawa seems to have difficulty breathing. Or maybe he looks in pain. But he grabbed Karuizawa's head with both hands. When he saw his suffering, rather than arousing empathy, it caused more anger than Manabe and the other girls.

"Even if you act feminine like that, I won't forgive you anymore" She then grabbed Karuizawa's hair and raised her head firmly.

"I've always hated Karuizawa's face, Do you think she's so ugly?"

"I know, do you want to hurt her face?" ask one of the girls.

"B-b-stop"

"B-stop, he said? what happened to the determination you had a while ago?" It seems the more you hate your enemies, the more you try to attack their superiority. If we only talk about beauty, there is no doubt that Karuizawa is much better. But it seems like Manabe, Yamashita and Yabu will not be satisfied until they deny Karuizawa such an appearance.

After the silence shook, Karuizawa was unable to move. No more impressions that he always used to look now. A person's true nature always appears in such a dilemma. Less than this, I was soon able to see and know more about Karuizawa Kei.

But it seems like Yukimura's sense of justice has been kicked, as she looks like she can't stand it anymore. He then quickly opened the door forcefully and shocked the three women inside. On the other hand, as if he had been saved, Karuizawa looked at Yukimura with a relieved face.

"What are you guys doing?"

"A-a-a-a-a-what? I just talked to Karuizawa-san, right?" Manabe looked at Karuizawa with a threatening expression if he dared to say a single word, but Karuizawa was not the type of person to be intimidated with just that.

"Hei Yukimura-kun, do something. They kidnapped me violently and began to push me. They're the worst, they suck so I told them to leave me alone but-"

Generally Karuizawa would not care about Yukimura, but maybe she was very grateful to him because he appeared here to save her. Her face looks relieved, but Class C looks very resentful of Yukimura. It's almost like saying that this has nothing to do with Yukimura.

"I was just helping Rika with her Karuizawa problem. Since you came here, you must have heard the real story"

"...I think you should let him go. If they just happen to meet each other, it doesn't mean Karuizawa is guilty, you know" Yukimura had no choice but to answer like that.

"Shut your mouth, this has nothing to do with you"

"....." Since she was ordered to keep her mouth shut by the Class C girls, this time Yukimura had no other choice but to obey and be quiet. Karuizawa then started to look at Yukimura as if looking at the pitiful man while I slowly pulled out my phone quietly.

"Leave me, otherwise I will call someone" Karuizawa said.

"Call? Calling who? Hirata-kun's? A machida-kun? Or maybe a whore like you can call as many men as you like?" It can be said that fights between women are disgusting and cannot be resolved easily through violence such as conflict between men. As someone who was already involved in this, I felt a great pain while looking and listening.

"Just a teacher passed by, I think it's better if you guys leave" Since I had no other choice, I stepped in and said those words to help her. I'm sure Class C didn't expect that to happen here either.

"I'm really going to make you lower your head before Rika"

It was a threat to Karuizawa by the other party who said that they would use any means necessary for it. Karuizawa desperately tried to be assertive, but clearly she was no longer able to. It seemed like the other girls also felt Karuizawa's weakness as they stared at Karuizawa from above with condescending gazes.

"Are you okay?" Unable to leave Karuizawa, who looked hyperventilated, Yukimura asked.

T/N: Hyperventilation is medically defined as the act of breathing excessively, or inhaling and exhaling rapidly and superficially. Generally, panic attacks or anxiety will result in a person experiencing hyperventilation.

"Leave me alone!" Karuizawa quickly fended off Yukimura's hand as she came to help him.

"What the fuck? I came to help you because I was worried"

"Shut up! No one asked you to do it" Karuizawa said as she took her breath back.

Yukimura took a step back as if being stabbed by his words. I also stepped back not to get involved in it, but Karuizawa looked at me sharply with an angry expression before forcefully opening the emergency staircase door and then slamming it behind.

"What's wrong with her? Always causing trouble for us" I understand Yukimura's feeling of hating her. A 'trouble maker' is a great way to describe Karuizawa.

But it seemed that he was also tired of the torment, as Yukimura did not say anything more and went from the door of the emergency stairs as well. Now, alone on the emergency stairs, I think of Karuizawa and the weak side of the leader of the D-Class girls already shown. Karuizawa's frightened appearance now was not only because she was threatened at the time but because of something else.

***

Midnight. Or rather, two hours passed from midnight. My roommate seemed to have woken up quietly. Be careful not to wake the other three sleeping people in the room, she slowly got out of bed. Because students are instructed by school rules to sleep in their jersey, they leave their room while wearing it. After making sure that she didn't just go to the toilet, I also grabbed my room card key and got out of bed alone.

There was no guarantee that he would make his move today, but it seemed like the result of my hard work was finally seen on its own. As soon as I realized that I had also woken up, he quickly turned to look at me. Our eyes met and without taking a look from her eyes, I told her that there was something I needed to talk to her about. He replied that he would wait in the corridor. Then he left the room, and in the corridor he was waiting for me with a loud expression.

"Did I wake you up or did you wake up, which one was right?" he asked me.

"Last of all, I thought you were leaving the room tonight" I replied.

"Why do you think that? Tonight was the first night I actually left the room at night" I assessed the situation and decided to fight would not take us anywhere and asked honestly.

"It's not just that Karuizawa called you tonight?" And with that one word he seemed to have understood it all. As expected of Hirata, his ability to understand the situation was indeed incomparable.

"You know something?"

"I'm in the same group as Karuizawa, I don't know to what extent, but more or less I understand the situation," It seemed like Hirata was waiting for me to say more and of course with the explanation I gave at the moment, it was still not enough of a reason why I followed him late into the night.

"You once said that you wanted me to act as a bridge between you and Horikita, didn't you?"

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