After that public rejection, Mashima-sensei said to come to the auditorium for the Entrance Ceremony in 15 minutes.
Katsuragi stood up and went to the podium.
"Since we will be spending three years together from now on, let's introduce ourselves. I am Katsuragi Kohei..."
And so, the introductions began. Katsuragi Kohei, Sakayanagi Arisu, Yahiko, Hashimoto, etc. etc.
I don't really have much interest in people to try to memorize everyone.
Katsuragi seems like a nice guy, though that weirdo Morishita Ai was rubbing his bald head to make it shiny.
"While we are at it, let's choose the class representatives. Whoever wants to participate, please raise your hands."
Many people raised their hands, including Katsuragi himself.
"Hajime-kun, you don't want to participate?"
Despite facing rejection, Sakayanagi wasn't the least bit bothered and continued pestering me.
Sigh... Ignoring her will be more troublesome, wouldn't it?
"I don't have much free time."
I gave a short answer, and she 'Fufu~'ed again.
Then she said to the class, "Instead of an election when we don't even know each other, how about this? In 3 days, we will tell everyone the information we have gathered about how this school works.
A concrete answer to how many points we will get next month should be a better deciding factor, right?
Moreover, everyone has to make sure that what has been discussed doesn't get leaked to other classes."
Well, I don't really care about this competition, but finding out how many points I will get next month is something necessary.
After that, we left for the entrance ceremony.
"Yo Hajime-kun! Why don't you go run for Class Representative? You figured out a lot of things so fast afterall."
A guy named Hashimoto striked a conversation with me.
"I don't have time for it."
Afterall, I have to defeat Horikita in the next exam. In our entrance exam, she got 3rd in the entire country, and I only got 10th rank.
I have been trying to defeat her ever since she called me stupid and broke our friendship due to Horikita-senpai. Unlike her, I am not a genius.
So I have to work extra hard so that I can finally defeat her.
The boring Entrance Ceremony came and went.
I saw Horikita-senpai and walked up to him, "Horikita-senpai, your number."
"Oh. You made it here."
"Horikita is also here, you know. How about you go and congratulate her? She got 3rd rank in the entrance exam."
"Which class she is in?"
"1-D."
"I will talk to her when she comes up to me."
What the hell is up with this bastard? If he was going to give such a stupid reply, why did he ask about her class in the first place?
...Is Class D really the lowest in hierarchy, as Sakayanagi said?
In any case, "I don't understand what does she see in you. She really is narrow-minded."
I got his number, so I will have him arrange for a way later so that I can beat him up without any punishment.
I can't just call him to the back of the school, can I?
Anyway, let's head to the convenience store first and then go rest. Then I will begin studying the syllabus of this semester.
As I entered the convenience store, I spotted Horikita arguing with a brown haired guy.
"Look at me," she said. "I don't have anything to shave. Not on my chin, not under my armpits, and not down there."
There is nothing to shave down there!?
Wait a second! Impure thoughts, begone!
"Horikita, what the hell are you saying in public to a guy you just met!?"
I grabbed her shoulder, but she swatted my hand away.
She looked embarassed on being caught.
"I-I was just joking!?"
So there is something down there...? Or not?
"Horikita, don't try to joke when you don't even know how to talk. People will assume bad things about you."
"HAH!? I know perfectly how to talk. He was making a bad joke, so I tried the same."
"Just don't try."
She tried to hit me, but I grabbed her face and put her at my arm's length. She is just 5' 1.5", while I am 5'10". So it's an effective move.
I sighed and looked at the guy who she just met and told such things.
"I am Hajime Hayato from class 1-A. Her childhood friend—"
"We are not friends!"
"—anyway, forget about what she joked about. And don't spread anything about her, alright? I will give you 1000 points."
"Umm, yeah. I am Ayanokoji Kiyotaka from class 1-D. I sit beside her."
For some reason, Horikita stopped struggling as I kept her at my arms length so that she can't hit me.
If we weren't in public, she would have bitten my hand by now.
"...You don't need to pay for anything..."
It seems that she has calmed down.
So I safely remove my hand, and took out my phone.
I exchanged contact with Ayanokoji, and sent him a 1000 points.
And to keep his mouth shut, I also added a bit extra info on top.
"There must be a girl named Kushida in your class, so keep your distance from her and don't talk or tell her anything. Otherwise, she will bring you nothing but trouble."
"Ah. Understood."
If Ayanokoji spreads the rumour about Kushida, it will mean that he isn't good at keeping secrets. Still, I need to keep an eye on Horikita's class so that he or Kushida don't spread strange rumours about her.
"Who is Kushida?"
Horikita glared at me, and I could only sigh. She really is too much uninterested in what happens around her.
"Your number."
"I will not give it."
"Alright then."
"Well, if you are that desparate, I don't really mind."
So, I got her number, and sent Horikita-senpai's number to her.
She glared at me for doing something unnecessary, but I didn't really care about it.
I am going to beat up Horikita-senpai in front of her later. So she might need it to talk to him later when I shatter her illusions about him.