Classroom of the Elite (ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ)

Tell me something, Nanase.

Tsukishiro said he'd sent a student from the White Room as an assassin.

Was that all a bluff?

I don't know what that means.

I don't know much about the White Room myself.

She doesn't appear to be lying.

And she's not competent enough to be the assassin herself.

Which means...

Looks like we're in for a real downpour, huh,

Senpai?

Classroom of the Elite 4th Season 2nd Year 1st Term

Classroom of the Elite 4th Season 2nd Year 1st Term

#13 Obscured By the Rain

Get behind me.

Oh?

Nanase-chan, you're not happy to see me?

What an awful way to treat your own groupmate...

Or did this little guy here make me look threatening?

I can't trust you.

Not nice!

Why would you even say that?

I'm such a li'l cutie pie!

Seriously, I'm not a bad girl.

Right, Ayanokoji-senpai?

Let's talk a while.

Senpai, there's something I haven't told you about.

After the rest of you went looking for Shinohara-senpai,

I sensed someone watching us and chased after them.

They ran, so I was unable to catch up with them,

but they had a distinct hairstyle.

Amasawa-san.

You hurt Komiya-senpai and Kinoshita-senpai, didn't you?

Let me turn that one around on you.

If it turned out I did do it...

What would you do?

I'd want to know why you did it.

More importantly... why didn't your name show up on the GPS tracker?

Erasing your presence isn't difficult in and of itself.

You just have to damage your watch.

You heard him, Nanase-chan.

Why have you come here?

Or rather... how exactly did you find us?

Slow down now, Ayanokoji-senpai.

Let's savor the fact that we found each other at all.

I'm sorry, but I'd like to keep this brief, given the rain and all.

Then how about we have a sleepover chat in your tent?

Hands-on contact, huh?

I want to talk to Ayanokoji-senpai. Step aside, please.

You can talk right here.

No, I don't think we can.

We'll be talking about the White Room, see?

You get it now, little Miss Outsider?

Sorry,

but I won't believe you're from the White Room just because you know about it.

What would you gain from revealing your identity?

What do I gain?

I wanted to let you know that I'm not your enemy.

That doesn't add up.

The White Room student is an assassin sent here to get me expelled.

To say that you're not my enemy isn't logically consistent.

I'm sure he thought a White Room student

would happily expel you out of jealousy.

But he didn't anticipate that I'd be a

pure-hearted young maiden bursting with admiration for you!

Then why didn't you reveal all this the moment you arrived at the school?

Because, as much as I admired you, I'd never actually met you.

I needed time to watch you and see if that "Oh, I'm so glad I admired him!"

reaction was in the cards.

If you had the same upbringing I did,

I suppose you've realized how interesting this school is, too?

Yeah, I've thought plenty about how much I'd love to stay here and

enjoy myself until graduation.

Though I'm awful at making friends, so I don't have many people to talk to.

But I'm not totally lacking in communication skills like you are.

There are things only the fifth class, one year below yours, is learning:

the ability to hold a basic conversation.

As a member of the fourth class, you're surely aware that its focus

on pure individualism crushed nearly everyone in it.

I believe your story now.

But I don't feel you've adequately explained why you've revealed yourself.

You seem pretty calm for someone who just accepted

that I'm a White Room student.

Maybe you think I can't be a threat to you?

Oh, well... I've told you what I wanted to,

so I think I'll be on my way.

Don't go getting crushed without my permission, all right?

Are you all right?

Senpai?

Are those Amasawa-san's tracks?

Yes. There were tracks nearby when Komiya and Kinoshita were injured.

The size is about the same as Amasawa's, so I can be certain.

Amasawa seems to have approached me from behind...

But when the tracks get closer to us, they become scrambled.

And then the set of mystery tracks turns back for some reason.

Someone else was here before Amasawa-san called out to us, you mean?

Yes. And this stick has been trimmed for use as a weapon.

If Amasawa had wanted to attack me, she should have ambushed me.

However, she showed no sign of hostility.

So it wasn't Amasawa-san who brought this stick, but whoever made these tracks?

But why...

Amasawa said she admired me.

If she thought I was about to be attacked, it makes sense that

she would protect me.

Declaring her an ally based on only that feels dangerous to me.

Either way, the situation is what it is.

Let's set up the tents quickly.

Advanced Nurturing High School Management Due to today's suspension of testing due to poor weather, only 1/4 of movement and challenge tasks were able to be completed. The final day's arrival bonuses, arrival order rewards, and challenge rewards will all be doubled to compensate for this loss in points. The weather is expected to improve tomorrow morning.

"To make up for the suspension of the test,

all rewards on the last day will be doubled."

That could result in dramatic comebacks.

They've also given us time to consider how to plan for the late game.

Senpai.

Nanase?

I want to talk to you. May I come in?

So? What did you want to talk about in the rain?

I was certain that Amasawa-san had pushed those two students,

but you don't seem to think that's a guarantee.

There's no way to confirm if Amasawa did anything to them,

but I've more or less figured out who's on what table.

On the sixth day, when GPS search restrictions were lifted,

I conducted ten such searches.

It's an extremely useful tool to learn where other students are.

I'm sorry if this is a rude question,

but was that really worth spending ten game points on?

Each GPS search does cost one game point, true,

and a single usage is far from effective.

However, repeated searches allowed me to connect the dots

and see patterns I hadn't noticed before.

For instance, there are a number of third-year groups

that are always sticking close to the Nagumo and Kiriyama groups.

Nagumo G

Nagumo G

Kiriyama G

Nagumo G

Kiriyama G

Nagumo G

Kiriyama G

Nagumo G

Kiriyama G

They're likely arranging things in advance so that Nagumo

effortlessly takes first place in any challenge he participates in.

We can assume the groups cooperating with Nagumo

are being made to compete among themselves.

Nagumo has probably also prepared his own method

to avoid expulsion in an emergency.

It's like the student council president is holding a test of his own.

Nagumo has his entire class year under his thumb, after all.

As one of the people who makes the rules.

Of course, like Nagumo,

a small group of second-years are taking a strategy of helping each other.

But unlike Nagumo, we negotiated that as equals.

One thing the second-year leaders have going for them

is the ability to work together when their interests align.

I can see why that information was worth spending ten game points for.

The minute the rain stops, I'm going to go after Amasawa-san.

Now that she's made it clear she's a White Room student,

I'm worried about what she'll do next.

I wouldn't recommend that.

Focus on protecting yourself, not me.

I'm not afraid of being expelled.

I intend to do whatever it takes to protect you.

Allow me to rephrase.

Having you out there acting as a wild card

could hinder me in unexpected ways.

I'd like you to avoid making risky moves.

True... I wouldn't want to do that.

I don't want to make any more trouble for you.

Besides, Hosen's in your group, too.