"Yukinoshita... is indeed not suited to be a leader." After muttering that sentence, Ayanokouji began providing suggestions to Ryuen.
"Use the promise of a swift promotion to Class A as a condition, and find a way to take back your leadership position."
Ryuen felt this method was reasonable enough. After all, if this plan succeeded, Ryunosuke—their greatest enemy—would be eliminated, and ascending to Class A would no longer be an impossible dream.
Thus, Ryuen and Ayanokouji left the KTV room, preparing to meet Yukino to negotiate.
Ryuen managed to meet with Yukino to demand the return of the leadership position. This time, he refrained from using harsh words to preserve the girl's dignity; he simply convinced her that he was capable of leading Class D toward Class A.
Yukino looked toward her classmates, who appeared listless under her leadership, and ultimately chose to relinquish her power.
Perhaps she herself was starting to realize that she truly had no talent for leading. If she continued to force her will, Class D might truly lose the ability to climb to the top.
Yukino crossed her arms over her chest, clenched her fists for a moment, and then let them drop limply. Though she felt reluctant, she nodded with a weary face.
"I understand."
Yukino returned the leadership status to Ryuen.
Ryuen intended to head straight to the class podium to execute the fund-gathering plan, but he was immediately stopped by Ayanokouji, who stood beside him.
"Do not trigger suspicion."
Ayanokouji gestured with his eyes toward Hiyori, who was reading a book in the classroom. Ryuen immediately understood the meaning. If the fundraising action triggered Hiyori's suspicion, that clever girl stood a chance of contacting Ryunosuke outside the school.
After all, Hiyori was one of Ryunosuke's women. This was a point Ryuen had briefly forgotten.
However, if he didn't raise funds in his own class, where would the capital for the plan come from?
Ayanokouji stated that he already had a solution: they could approach the first-year students who had also been vexed by Ryunosuke to cooperate. The reason Ryuen had to take back the leadership position was so that he would have the legitimate authority to conduct inter-class negotiations.
Just as Ayanokouji was about to tell him to negotiate with the first-years, Ryuen suddenly changed his mind and proposed an additional condition.
With a mocking tone, Ryuen said, "Just getting Akasaka expelled isn't enough... Ayanokouji."
As if he had expected this, Ayanokouji sighed. "What else is your condition?"
His plan absolutely required a class leader. Since the second-year leaders of Classes A, B, and C were all Ryunosuke's people, he had no choice but to collaborate with Ryuen.
He wasn't particularly close with the first-years. Although there were Ichika and Nanase who could be utilized, they weren't as effective as Ryuen.
Ryuen then put forward his condition:
"I want all the second-year leaders, including their right-hand men, to be expelled as well!!!"
Ryuen's gaze was savage. If he wanted to rise to Class A, he had to eliminate all potential opponents. Whether it was Asuna from Class A, or Arisu who had once been the leader along with her candidate, Katsuragi.
The same went for Honami and Hachiman from Class B, as well as Rokusuke from Class C. They were all opponents with extraordinary abilities who would become obstacles for Ryuen to reach Class A.
So, he had to eliminate them all!
From the start, his vision had never changed: to lead all members of Class D up to Class A so they could all graduate as Class A students. That was the obligation he had to fulfill as their boss.
Ayanokouji pretended to look troubled, trying to bargain to lower the difficulty of the task. This task was already heavy enough, and adding this extreme condition made him—someone who actually wanted to be lazy—feel that this was very troublesome.
However, it didn't mean he couldn't do it.
Ryuen wore a mocking face. "Don't forget, without my help, are you sure your plan will work? The condition for your plan's success is that you must deceive all the second-year students. Once I betray you, your plan is ruined."
Facing Ryuen's threat, Ayanokouji was finally forced to agree, but he warned that Koenji must not be touched.
Ryuen merely clicked his tongue. He wasn't a fool; why would he look for trouble with one of the four great conglomerates? If he offended Koenji, the moment he stepped out from the protection of this school, he might be kidnapped, stuffed into a sack, and sent to Malaysia to plant potatoes.
The two then met with the first-year students to cooperate. Since they all held grudges against Ryunosuke, they agreed quickly.
After all, their Class 1-C leaders, Sakurako and Riku, had already been eliminated by Ryunosuke. Although Ayanokouji's shadow was there, eliminating the final boss was far more important. Personal matters with Ayanokouji could be settled later.
They then began discussing the fundraising issue. The four classes from the first year would contribute the funds, while Ryuen and Ayanokouji were responsible for the plan's execution.
To prevent the second-year students from noticing something and using 10,000 points to contact Ryunosuke, Ayanokouji intended this time to change one class hour for the entire first, second, and third-year levels.
So the points needed were 3.6 million x 2 (for two levels), which meant 7.2 million points, plus the remaining one class of the third year; a total of about 8 million private points was required.
Naturally, the first-year kids did not agree. "Why are we the ones shelling out money while you only provide the plan?"
To them, this was very disadvantageous. Ryuen had to provide a guarantee.
Because Ryuen was the figure put forward by Ayanokouji as a pawn, everyone regarded him as the primary leader, while Ayanokouji beside him was viewed as a passerby or merely an assistant.
Ryuen's face darkened. He knew he was being used, but for the sake of kicking Ryunosuke out of the school, he chose to be patient.
He didn't let the first-years feel cheated; if they were the ones putting up the money, then he would be the one bearing the risk. Ryuen signed a contract stating that if this plan failed, he would be the one expelled from school. Only then did it calm the anger of the first-year students.
The plan officially began.
Ryuen obtained 8 million points as initial capital and handed it over to him. Ayanokouji used that money to change one subject for the entire school into Art Class. He also paid 10,000 points per person to distribute one cutter to every student, complete with their respective names engraved on each knife to distinguish them.
At this moment, no one realized there was a problem and only thought this was a normal art class.
However, Arisu noticed something odd. She stared at the yellow cutter in her hand, which clearly had her name engraved on it. She felt something was wrong, yet she couldn't explain it.
On the other hand, Hachiman felt the same oddity, though he didn't know where the strange feeling originated.
Meanwhile, Asuna began drawing casually like a fool.
It was an art class, wasn't it?
What else would one do but draw?
Asuna bit her pencil while pretending to think seriously about what she should draw.
Hiyori was also inside Class 2-D, unaware of anything strange and just drawing peacefully. Considering her cousin was an expert at drawing, she had also learned some basic techniques from Mashiro, which at least made her work much better than an average person's.
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